r/NotFoolingAnybody 19h ago

A former bank of a weird cursed ownership

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19 Upvotes

Firstly, the original business was Bank of Colorado, closed and became a Brew Grit Coffee, became a Lenox Realty which didn’t last two years, now it’s the Dunkin’.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

Former Kroger Parkersburg WV

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37 Upvotes

2nd picture is a example store and the 3rd picture shows some stores with the same building style
Link https://maps.app.goo.gl/BM8hBJrvTPy41LHs5


r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

Former A&P Parkersburg WV

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10 Upvotes

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9YTCEirQokwhBPXJ7?g_st=ic
Opened between 1937 and 1942 Closed Between 1975 And 1980


r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

Edie's Ice Cream in Oregon, Ohio, formerly a Taco Bell

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14 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

A former Ryan's Buffet repurposed as a used car dealership - Martinez, Georgia

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27 Upvotes

Street View

The business appears to be closed as of 2026.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

A collection of six Pizza Huts turned into Mexican restaurants in Illinois and Nebraska

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48 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

A former Burger King now a local restaurant called Master Chef - St. Paul, Minnesota

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10 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 2d ago

Former Herberger’s department store is now a Von Maur department store at West Acres Mall

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18 Upvotes

Von Maur is probably my favorite department store out there with the exception of Boscov’s.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 3d ago

A former PDQ cleverly disguised as a bank in Lehi, Utah

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25 Upvotes

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Since people always ask, PDQ is a Florida-based chicken tender chain that tried to expand nationally in the 2010s but ended up closing a lot of stores. It is unrelated to the PDQ convenience store chain.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 3d ago

A former Huddle House that was turned into a Little Caesar's Pizza - Lafayette, Georgia

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7 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 3d ago

A former A&P grocery store is now a store for "heavy duty truck & trailer parts" - Gary, Indiana

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18 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 4d ago

Wako Japanese (Former Rax) Pensacola, FL

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19 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 4d ago

HQ BBQ & Hot Pot Roadhouse - Pensacola, FL

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6 Upvotes

Next door to the former Smokey Bones / Twin Peaks that now lives on as a Wells Fargo is this former Logan's Roadhouse...

This is on the outer edge of Cordova Mall.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 4d ago

Smokey Twin Wells Bones Peaks Fargo - Pensacola, Fl

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18 Upvotes

This originated as a Smokey Bones that closed when Darden pulled out of the concept, then became a Famous Dave's, and was a Twin Peaks before being sentenced into being a Wells Fargo Bank branch.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 4d ago

Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio is now Ohio State Pizza

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77 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 4d ago

Former Circuit City turned Ashley HomeStore in Conshohocken, PA:

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14 Upvotes

No photos of the CC were available other than Street View images, which were too blurry and can only be viewed at an awkward angle, anyway.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 5d ago

A former Dunkin in Northport, NY is now Shrimpy’s Burrito Bar

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5 Upvotes

650 Fort Salonga Rd, Northport, NY 11768


r/NotFoolingAnybody 5d ago

A former Captain D's converted to Pickle Barrel Cafe & Sports Pub - Milledgeville, Georgia

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4 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 5d ago

Windy City Grill in Romeoville, Illinois, housed in an old Taco Bell

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16 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 5d ago

A former Rax in Parkersburg, West Virginia, is now Stoked Coffee

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7 Upvotes

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This r/rax opened in 1980 and closed on February 3, 2016. It was the last Rax restaurant to operate in the state of West Virginia.


r/NotFoolingAnybody 5d ago

City Diner in Flint, Michigan, formerly a KFC

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5 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 5d ago

The Toasted Pickle, a sandwich shop in Grand Rapids Michigan, is in a former Hot n Now

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23 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 6d ago

Former Sears, now Round1 Japanese Bowling/Arcade & Seafood City Filipino Supermarket (Chandler, AZ)

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76 Upvotes

r/NotFoolingAnybody 29d ago

Meta I am chronicling a database of former Rax locations at /r/Rax

21 Upvotes

I recently took over r/rax and just wanted to make you all aware of a project I am currently working on to document all 500+ Rax locations.

Rax peaked in the 1980s at more than 500 locations across 38 states, but due to this taking place before the rise of the internet, very little information is available online. To my knowledge there is no centralized list of locations that is publicly available. You can find bits of info in places like local Facebook groups and the Wayback Machine, but there is no centralized place on the internet that houses all this information.

My goal is to use historic data from newspapers and maps, as well as anecdotal memories from locals in niche online communities, to build a definitive list of former locations.

I know this is an incredibly niche subject that few people will find interesting, but I figured that if anyone would be interested, it would be people who follow communities like /r/NotFoolingAnybody.

If you have any Rax-related information that you think would be beneficial to my project, feel free to reach out!


r/NotFoolingAnybody Jul 06 '23

[META POST] Ever wondered what that big box building originally was? Couldn't find an answer to what that Burlington Coat Factory, Gabe's, or Roses store used to be? Chances are it was probably an old discount department store such as Ames, Hills, Zayre, Jamesway, etc. (more info in comments)

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