Old fashioned places still selling new things!
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Old Fashioned Shopping, Pennsylvania90 Year Old Typewriter Repairman! Robert E De Barth, Lansdale PA [ Video ]
View more Show on mapWow, was my day ever made when we pulled on the door at De Barth Typewriter Repairs and it was open! Robert does most of his repairwork for people who send their typewriters to him, so he keeps the lights off in the front mostly. Here's a quick video I did with my phone (apologies/quality/my big face) to give you a peek inside. I hope to return [...]
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Old Fashioned Shopping, PennsylvaniaBurdick’s Hatboro News Agency – and Soda Fountain!
View more Show on mapBurdick’s Hatboro News Agency in downtown Hatboro PA has something for everyone in the family - including a working soda fountain! The Burdick family has owned and operated this shop since 1950, though the building itself was built in the 1860s (originally the home of an aptly named local stonemason Daniel Stone, before that it was the H [...]
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Old Fashioned Shopping, Pennsylvania, Regional Foods & DrinksBooths Corner Farmers Market – Fridays and Saturdays since 1930!
View more Show on mapMod Betty admits that this long beige building may not be much to look at from the outside, but on the inside the Booths Corner Farmers Market is bursting with a colorful collection of folks, food and fun. While the building has only been here since the 1970s, this traditional "only open on Fridays and Saturdays" market has been around since t [...]
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Delaware, Old Fashioned Shopping, Sub Shop / SandwichesHerman’s Quality Meats – Newark Delaware
View more Show on mapHerman’s Quality Meats opened in 1967, a year Mod Betty doesn’t think is that long ago; however, others may beg to differ. That year Luther Herman bought a decades-old butcher business on Main Street here in Newark. He relocated to the current location in 1970, though it happily feels like a much more old-fashioned business than that. Christ [...]
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The great thing about researching for Retro Roadmap is discovering places that I did not even know existed - even when they’ve been around almost 90 years! That is the case with M. Fierro & Sons Cheese factory on North Union Street. They’ve been making a variety of rich and creamy cheeses in Wilmington’s Little Italy since 1928. Famous [...]
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Delaware, Old Fashioned ShoppingSpence’s Bazaar Dover DE- Tuesday Friday Saturday!
View more Show on mapSpence’s Bazaar is one of Mod Betty’s fave go-to places in all of Kent County - on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, that is - since those are the only days they’re open. Part auction, part flea market, part Amish food market, it’s a distinctive one-of-a-kind destination unto itself for many reasons. Opened in 1933 and still owned and o [...]
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For many folks, a vacation in Delaware just isn’t complete without a stop at the Seaside Country Store. Located in the southernmost part of the state on a sliver of land just above the Maryland state line, the landmark bright red building has been called “The Most Unusual Store on the Shore.” Family owned and operated, the store starte [...]
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Tucked away on a little side street in Wilmington Delaware you'll find Papa's Market. Don't let the residential location scare you off - they've got a parking lot across the street. And don't let the Market moniker scare you off, as Papa's is Much More than a Market. Papa's has been serving the citizens of Wilmington's Little Italy neighborho [...]
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Diners, Old Fashioned Shopping, Vintage Signs, VirginiaDowntown Harrisonburg VA – Diner, Vintage Signs and More!
View more Show on mapWhen driving through the Shenandoah Valley and jonesing to get off the highway and explore someplace more vintage and authentic, spend some time in Harrisonburg, Virginia and you won't be disappointed. This town is the county seat and has a number of colleges and universities in it, but the thing that gets Harrisonburg on Retro Roadmap is t [...]
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California, Old Fashioned ShoppingThe Tinder Box Santa Monica, CA – “Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em”
View more Show on mapLet's start with some full disclosure: I don't smoke. Other than the occasional cigarettes in rock clubs while drunk during my college days, smoking has never been something I'm into. And if you are aware at all you know smoking ain't the best thing for you. That said, there is nothing quite like the smell of a pipe. My Pepe' (that's French Canadi [...]
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You know the place. You’ve driven by it hundreds of times. Admired the vintage sign and overall look of the place. But you never went in. After all you don’t need anything there. Or so you think. Then one day you finally walk through the doors and are blown away. That place for me was Kit Kraft Hobbies in Studio City, California. I [...]
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Old Fashioned Shopping, Pennsylvania, Vintage SignsThe Very Best (Closed 2015), Weitzenkorn’s, and a Vintage Pan Am Bag – the Pottstown Lattice of Coincidence
View more Show on mapI totally dig the kismet of the internets sometimes- and our visit to The Very Best restaurant in Pottstown, PA is a result in the "lattice of coincidence" that my neighbor and pal Rich Wilhelm hipped me to. It was a Facebook post from Rich, reposting an article his friend Matt Simmons wrote extolling the virtues of "TVB" that was the catalyst for [...]
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Old Fashioned Shopping, Pennsylvania, Vintage Signs
Great Neon Sign at 2nd Oldest Men’s Clothing Stores in the US! Weitzenkorn’s Pottstown, PA
View more Show on map2017 Update: The sight of that beautiful sign peeking through the bare tree branches on High Street in Pottstown made me pull over and pop into Weitzenkorn's to check in. Happy to report things are just swell! I had a lovely chat with David, who graciously explained to me the latest in Men's Suits (no pleat front pants, please!) and Sandy [...]
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Old Fashioned Shopping, PennsylvaniaMacy’s / Wanamaker’s – Department Store Archeology
View more Show on map2018 UPDATE: There are TOURS offered that go behind the scenes at Macy's so you can see more remaining elements of the Wanamaker department store! Contact them at VisitPhiladelphia@macys.com to find out more, and I'll post whenever we do a Retro Roadmap meetup there! Original 2010 Post: Even though the Wanamaker's Department [...]
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Old Fashioned Shopping, Pennsylvania, Vintage SignsCLOSED Jacob Zook’s Original Hex Signs – The Best Vintage Amish Souvenir Shop
View more Show on mapUPDATE: July 2010 - sad to say we drove past Jacob Zook's this weekend and the place was closed. Sigh. I admit it, I'm a collector of souvenirs, tchotchkes, dust catchers. They remind me of all of the neat places I've gone, and thinking of those adventures makes me happy. One of my favorite places to pick up trinkets is at Jacob Zook's Family [...]
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