Comments on: Hard Times for Macy’s and Brookdale

By: Meles

Meles — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:16:27 +0000

The crunch hits hard-if these guys are struggling imagine what must be happening to local buisnesses.

But what I wanna know is: if everyone’s losing money, where’s it all going? Is there some firm making megabucks out of this crisis?

By: jonny

jonny — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:15:42 +0000

It’s all “Apache Plaza” this and “Apache Plaza” that, probably ’cause Northeast has more of a voice than the Western suburbs do. But man, I *grew up* at Brookdale. That’s where I used to go scope chicks. That’s where I had my first job (at a Record Shop, where I first heard about half the music I still like). I used to go there with my mom when I was little and there was still a restaurant occupying the center court near Macy’s/Dayton’s, and there was a head shop on the far side of the mall. I miss the hell out of it, and I wish there was something could be done to make it live again. I understand its in what is considered an “economically depressed area” (read: “urban”) but wow, can’t some kind of development save it from Apache Plaza’s fate?

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:42:57 +0000

Could be Dougie. I can only speak for it from ~’98 and later, being in a the strip mall (I think where the Freedom gas station is).

Thanks for the Frattalone’s update, NrdeastB. I’ll have to look for it.That will be quite a bit closer for me than Roseville or Arden Hills.

By: Dougie_D

Dougie_D — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:21:12 +0000

The Apache was a great theater and pretty well maintained. I think the SAV used to actually be in the Mall before it moved to the "temporary" strip mall location. My brother in Law worked there over 20 years ago. Here is an odd Apache Plaza dedicated site. It seems there are no links between the pages.

By: NrdeastB

NrdeastB — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:55:27 +0000

Frattalone’s has a new store on Central and 40th(?) next to Rainbow and Slumberland.

I miss the Apache Theater.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:48:21 +0000

I wouldn’t have put Barley John’s in the Apache Mall area. That’s quite a ways away.

They did move a SAV liquor store into one of the spots in the Silver Lake “Lifestyle” mall that partly replaced the old mall. Seems fine by me, but I don’t know how it compares to the old one.

One bummer that I discovered last week: The Frattalone’s Ace Hardware store that is next to the Unique store is closing.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:07:14 +0000

mnblrmkr is correct. There are still a couple of reasons to go to the old Apache Mall area:

1) Top Valu Liquor, in new digs and every bit as good as the old SAV store.

2) Unique Thift: Now expanded to twice the size of old store. Mrs. Lungs fav.

3) Barley John's Brew Pub.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:46:57 +0000

The liquor store wasn’t actually in Apache mall. It was in an adjacent strip mall

By: Dougie_D

Dougie_D — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:38:34 +0000

Wasn’t one of the SAV liquor stores in Apache Plaza? I’m fairly sure the one that Nick Schenk worked at was the one next to the Stone House that was torn down.

Maybe I should start working on the Nick Schenk Celebrity tour.

On your left is the former location of the SAV liquor store that inspired portions of Gran Torino. And the next stop will be Grumpys NE. That stool right there next to the waitress station is where the script was written. Free Summit EPA with tour.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:40:58 +0000

I miss Apache Plaza, AndyG. They had a nice Herbergers, a little postal shop and the Little Professor bookstore.

(sigh)

Also, they had Apache Wells, arguably the smokiest in-the-shopping-mall bar in America.