It is spring so you know what that means? Fresh Rhubarb everywhere! Especially for those of us with a CSA.
RHUBARB CRUNCH
2 ½ cups sifted flour
¾ cup uncooked rolled oats
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 cups diced rhubarb
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix together flour, oats, sugar, melted butter and cinnamon to make a crumb topping mixture. Press half the crumbs into a 9” layer cake pan. Cover with rhubarb.
In a small saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, water and vanilla. Cook stirring constantly until mixture is thick and clear. Pour over rhubarb. Top with the remaining crumbs. Bake in a 350° oven for 1 hour. Cover and server warm, plain or with whipped cream (or vanilla ice cream). Makes 8 servings.
So much retail- so little time. Or something like that. I have just discovered the browse newspapers section of Fulton History and now I will be getting nothing done.
Why 1971? Why not. Why Tonawanda retail history? Because that is the first newspaper I snagged since I know the area & remember some of the now closed stores.
The Division & Erie location in North Tonawanda would have been in the plaza that Budway’s Groceries is. No good Google streetview available.
2101 Elmwood is now an Ahold Era Tops Supermarket. Prior to it being Tops there had been a Gold Circle & other stores on the site.
I am unsure where in the (former) Bells-Park Edge Plaza that the Rite Aid would have been in. The Plaza is still standing there with a Savers thrift store in the former Bells-Park Edge store/ Curtis-Wright Airplane Hanger. (Even if Google Street view still shows Office Depot in the former hanger)
The 452 Main Street location? Still a Rite-Aid. I can’t post a Google Street view of the front since traffic isn’t allowed on Main Street- so here it is from Pearl Street.
Tops- Why Pay More? (credit to Fulton History 1 & 2)
This ad also dates to January 1971 and is North Tonawanda specific with only two locations mentioned.
1385 Nash Road is sitting empty. I believe it may have been converted to Vix at one point- Vix being Tops drug & general merchandise discount store.
Remember when stores were closed on Sundays and that being open and selling stuff could lead to arrest? I don’t but there was a time when it was a big deal and against the law.
In January, 1971 charges against the manager and clerk of the Ames Department Store were dismissed. Apparently Ames and a few other stores opened the Sunday before Christmas in hopes of getting a few sales.
1 pkg. Frozen green beans
1 can mushroom soup
1 can French fried onions
Partially cook 1 pkg. Frozen green beans. Place in casserole and add 1 cap soup. Add a little water if necessary and mix. Cover with French fried onions. Bake in a 350° oven until bubbling- about 30-35 minutes.