My New Favorite Safeway!

[captain_slinky]

Remember The 70's? More specifically, remember shopping carts that you could sit and ride under while Mom did her shopping? Remember carts that were designed to hold the amount of food that an average family of four would need for a week instead of being these giant barges made for holding 6 months of goods? Remember when a six-pack of Coke was A LOT of Soda Pop?

And for those of you who grew up in Anacortes (like me)... Remember when the only two grocery options in town where Safeway on 11th and Thrifty Foods (which was connected to Thrifty Drugs), and all that was at the corner f 12th and Commercial was a giant empty lot where the Carnival would set up? That Safeway on 11th, which became several different discount clearance-type stores before finally becoming some srt of Marine Supply store?

THAT Safeway of 1976 (or so) is PERFECTLY PRESERVED here in Bothell! No Deli... no bakery... no specialty seafood counter... no Starbucks... no daycare center... just a Safeway. About 1/3rd to 1/2 the size of a modern Safeway, with a very modest produce section, butcher shop and standard dry goods. All the original "Starburst" linoleum is perfectly in tact and well maintained, as is the original shelving and check-out counters. Same prices as any other Safeway only there's no lines, plenty of friendly employees to help you and you can browse the entire store in 10 minutes flat.

I'm in love with it :)

Comments

[teegin.livejournal.com]

Nice gourds!

[thecookielady.livejournal.com]

I miss the old Safeway. But I believe it was on 10th. But I could be wrong.

Anyway, that was the BEST store to shop at. I remember when the moved. I cried because the carnival had nowhere to set up after that. They tried a few places, but it was never the same.

Thrifty was also a great place. They were open 24 hours when we lived on 16th, so we did all of our shopping in the middle of the night. It was wonderful. No screaming kids, no crowds. Just midnight shopping at its best.

When I came back from AZ to find it gone... not just something different but completely RIPPED out of the ground and replaced by a new building... It was a terrible thing.

*sigh* I feel so old now...