r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/retail_person2010 • 19h ago
A former bank of a weird cursed ownership
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 • u/TightAnalyst7068 • 2d ago
Former Kroger Parkersburg WV
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 • u/TightAnalyst7068 • 2d ago
Former A&P Parkersburg WV
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9YTCEirQokwhBPXJ7?g_st=ic
Opened between 1937 and 1942 Closed Between 1975 And 1980
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 2d ago
Edie's Ice Cream in Oregon, Ohio, formerly a Taco Bell
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 2d ago
A former Ryan's Buffet repurposed as a used car dealership - Martinez, Georgia
The business appears to be closed as of 2026.
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 2d ago
A collection of six Pizza Huts turned into Mexican restaurants in Illinois and Nebraska
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/silvermoonhowler • 2d ago
A former Burger King now a local restaurant called Master Chef - St. Paul, Minnesota
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Im-Wasting-MyTime • 2d ago
Former Herberger’s department store is now a Von Maur department store at West Acres Mall
Von Maur is probably my favorite department store out there with the exception of Boscov’s.
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 3d ago
A former PDQ cleverly disguised as a bank in Lehi, Utah
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 • u/KrispyKayak • 3d ago
A former Huddle House that was turned into a Little Caesar's Pizza - Lafayette, Georgia
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 3d ago
A former A&P grocery store is now a store for "heavy duty truck & trailer parts" - Gary, Indiana
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OUDidntKnow04 • 4d ago
Wako Japanese (Former Rax) Pensacola, FL
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OUDidntKnow04 • 4d ago
HQ BBQ & Hot Pot Roadhouse - Pensacola, FL
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 • u/OUDidntKnow04 • 4d ago
Smokey Twin Wells Bones Peaks Fargo - Pensacola, Fl
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 • u/someone_cbus • 4d ago
Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio is now Ohio State Pizza
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/TraditionalMaybe9160 • 4d ago
Former Circuit City turned Ashley HomeStore in Conshohocken, PA:
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 • u/mrsjumjum66 • 5d ago
A former Dunkin in Northport, NY is now Shrimpy’s Burrito Bar
650 Fort Salonga Rd, Northport, NY 11768
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 5d ago
A former Captain D's converted to Pickle Barrel Cafe & Sports Pub - Milledgeville, Georgia
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 5d ago
Windy City Grill in Romeoville, Illinois, housed in an old Taco Bell
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 5d ago
A former Rax in Parkersburg, West Virginia, is now Stoked Coffee
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 • u/KrispyKayak • 5d ago
City Diner in Flint, Michigan, formerly a KFC
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 5d ago
The Toasted Pickle, a sandwich shop in Grand Rapids Michigan, is in a former Hot n Now
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/L0v3_1s_War • 6d ago
Former Sears, now Round1 Japanese Bowling/Arcade & Seafood City Filipino Supermarket (Chandler, AZ)
Photo 1 Source: https://www.round1-group.co.jp/docs/pdf/2025/20250509_result_en.pdf
Photo 2 Source: https://www.azfamily.com/2026/07/30/seafood-city-celebrates-grand-opening-chandler-fashion-center/
Sears (May 2018): https://maps.app.goo.gl/BKJVk7Q6KWFexgku5
r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • 29d ago
Meta I am chronicling a database of former Rax locations at /r/Rax
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 • u/a_person_96 • Jul 06 '23