![]() ![]() It takes longer to find what you need, and the bakery did not have as much to offer as its small counterpart. Although this was a bigger version of the Compare Foods store, I did not enjoy the atmosphere as much. I liked the Compare Foods near my house a lot better. They also have a very large meat section and can get hard to find cuts and meat as well. If you have only ever shopped in regular grocery store you will find produce you never even heard of before. However, youre not going to find a wider selection of produce at any other store in town. It is not as clean as I would like and clearly some sections of the store is more neglected than others. Where else can you get apple soda? How about banana strawberry? Hell yeah son.Ī very large latin American grocery store. Just stop at Olde World Meat Market for your steaks. The only negative thing I can say is their steak selection sucks, but everything is half the price of anywhere else. They have the best produce selection in town along with awesome prices. If you live in Winston and you shop anywhere else you are doing it wrong. i dont recommend anyone buying from this store. another thing, theyre floors are always wet and almost never have a CAUTIOUS sign. i have bough some milk before and two of them were expired of over 2 months ! i love theyre selection of food dont get me wrong but they are not clean at ALL. its very disgusting ! they never have it clean. where the cheese is at, u can clearly see dead flies, hairs, and a whole bunch of trash. Stay tuned for the next historical post on April 1st.I have never seen such a disgusting store. Today, Compare Foods is located on the site of the former Parkway Theatre.īlack and white images courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.Ĭolor images courtesy of Molly Grogan Rawls. ![]() When the movie theatre left the building around 1981, it was used for several purposes. For the opening event, works of local artists were displayed around the lobby. A circular concession stand held refreshments in the lobby. There were side-lights with dimmers and aisle lights to help viewers locate their seats. The screen could handle the 70 mm films, and the stereophonic sound system had speakers surrounding the walls and behind the screen. The rows were 44 inches apart, making it easy to walk between the rows and to give long-legged viewers plenty of leg room. The seats were 20-23 inches wide and they were staggered for better sight lines. The “lounger” chairs were well-padded, with a swivel base that allowed the movie-goer to swing back and rock. The carpet was described as “rich, luxuriant, and multicolored in a floral pattern.” The building and furnishings cost $250,000. Attendees could see for themselves all the features of the theatre, such as the chandeliers that reflected in the entrance glass. The advertisement also touted the fact that there would be plenty of free parking, and that the chairs in the theatre were “lounger” chairs.Ī preview party for the new theatre was held on August 30, 1965. ![]() And, notice the mention for Bob Gordon who would present a Kiddie Show on Saturday morning at the theatre. The featured movie would be “A Very Special Favor,” starring Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, and Charles Boyer. Parkway Theatre was under construction in the summer of 1965, located to the side of Parkway Plaza Shopping Center on Silas Creek Parkway (once called Corporation Parkway), near Buchanan Street.Īn advertisement in the Winston-Salem Journal announced the opening to be on Wednesday, September 1st, 1965. Some of these theatres were Thruway Theatre, Reynolda Manor Cinema, and Parkway Theatre. When the shopping centers opened, drawing shoppers to the outlying areas, movie theatres were built at some of the shopping centers. Parkway Plaza (shown above) opened in 1960.Īt one time, movie theatres in Winston-Salem were located in the downtown area. Soon, there were other shopping centers in and around Winston-Salem, and they were called Northside, Reynolda Manor, and Parkway Plaza. Winston-Salem had the second shopping center in North Carolina, when Thruway Shopping Center opened in 1955. New shopping centers began appearing in North Carolina in 1949, when Cameron Village opened. ![]()
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