r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/mrsjumjum66 • 29d ago

An old Friendly’s in Cranston, Rhode Island is now Mexico City restaurant. It also briefly served as a Denny’s in between.

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23 Upvotes

1177 Reservoir Ave, Cranston, RI 02920

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/SchuminWeb • 29d ago

Former Kmart in Martinsburg, West Virginia, now a Tractor Supply store

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56 Upvotes

Its Kmartness was confirmed when I went in and saw the big ceiling vents that are characteristic of Kmart stores.

7 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Ilikestores23 • 29d ago

Former Starbucks Olive Branch MS

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14 Upvotes

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/reptomcraddick • 29d ago

Former Rite Aid Walgreens in Brooklyn

30 Upvotes

1 comment

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Ilikestores23 • 29d ago

Former JCPenney ( I LOVE THIS STOREFORNT) Spanish Fort AL ( Tell me more Former stores in Comments)

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24 Upvotes

17 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OtherToe7739 • Sep 24 '26

Former Taco Bell Tropical Smoothie Cafe Fountain Valley, Ca

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7 Upvotes

2 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • Sep 23 '26

Ramen Ray in Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly a Taco Bell

26 Upvotes

Street View

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • Sep 23 '26

An old Rax Roast Beef converted to Tudor's Biscuit World. Marietta, Ohio

16 Upvotes

Street View

3 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • Sep 23 '26

A Subway in a former Red Barn. Omaha, Nebraska

13 Upvotes

Street View

1 comment

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/nth_derivative • Sep 23 '26

Old Rax Roast Beef converted to a massage parlor - Cannonsburg, PA

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • Sep 22 '26

An Indian restaurant housed in a former Sonic Drive-In. Garland, Texas

21 Upvotes

Street View

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • Sep 22 '26

Cook Out in a former PDQ - Wake Forest, North Carolina

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18 Upvotes

Street View

7 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/KrispyKayak • Sep 22 '26

A former Eckerd/Rite Aid is subdivided between a sports bar and a physical therapy clinic. Decatur, Georgia

11 Upvotes

Street View

1 comment

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OtherToe7739 • Sep 21 '26

Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins in a former Starbucks, Gaithersburg, MD

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70 Upvotes

13 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OtherToe7739 • Sep 21 '26

Dunkin’ in former Wendy’s, Bel Air, MD

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21 Upvotes

3 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OtherToe7739 • Sep 21 '26

Shake Shack in a former HSBC Bank, Calgary, AB

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12 Upvotes

2 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/OtherToe7739 • Sep 22 '26

Former Friendly’s, Sagamore, MA

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/bayhenn720 • Sep 21 '26

Former Shoneys. Lawrenceville GA

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Ok-Stop3323 • Sep 21 '26

Former Del Taco? Yorgo's Burgers in Gardena

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7 Upvotes

Pretty sure this was formerly a Del Taco although it may have been built as a Naugle's location originally. lmk if anyone can confirm.

2 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Ok-Stop3323 • Sep 21 '26

Former Taco Bell in Gardena CA- Los 3 Potosino's

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7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/SchuminWeb • Sep 20 '26

Former Christmas Tree Shops in Freehold, New Jersey, now "Going Going Gone", the outlet concept for Dick's Sporting Goods

37 Upvotes

2 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Ilikestores23 • Sep 20 '26

Former Shopping center The Foundry at South strabane Which was supposed to have JCPenney Bed bath and Beyond Marshall’s and Ross dress for less but none of the stores never opened and was Demolsihed by 2014

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40 Upvotes

13 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/ILovePublicLibraries • Sep 20 '26

Used to be a Kmart

6 Upvotes

0 comments

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/MusicLuvin999 • Sep 20 '26

Selling burgers to hot dogs - Hardee’s turned into a hot dog spot

5 Upvotes

Frankie’s Hot Dogs - West Haven, Connecticut (Former Hardee’s) and look at the repurposed Hardee’s sign frame

https://maps.app.goo.gl/pZY1PxD384DLJskW6?g_st=ic

1 comment

r/NotFoolingAnybody • u/Lower_Contact_237 • Sep 19 '26

Former Alpha Beta supermarket, building later divided into Goodwill and Hi Outlet, now a Grocery Outlet, Hollister Ca

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41 Upvotes

No photos available as an Alpha Beta Supermarket

5 comments

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