Gone But Not Forgotten

We are putting our heads together to remember the many stores, restaurants and other businesses that have closed in Port Orchard since the four of us moved here about 40 years. They are gone but not forgotten:

Grocery Stores
     Thriftway, Mark-it Foods, Stock Market, Safeway, Haggens---but it's coming back to Safeway!---Saar's, King's Fish

Coffee Shops
     Olympic Coffee, Tully's

Taverns
     Ale House---but we still have the Bethel Saloon!

Restaurants
     Myhre's (because of a fire, then insurance fraud on the part of the owners), Captain K's, Tommy C's, Pietro's Pizza (a frequent hangout for the BVG's and the BVGO's), Godfather's Pizza (just recently), A&W (but it came back!), Popeye's, JJ's Fish House, Soo Hoy Café (that was a heartbreaker for the customers but a good thing for the dogs and cats in the area!), Pot Belly Deli (my 32-year-old son still talks about the times I would take him to lunch there before his afternoon at kindergarten), Tijuana Jail, The Beachcomber, Clam Bake, Mary Mac's (now Clubhouse), Happy Teriyaki, Best Burgers, Boston Market, Safari, TCBY, Delilah's restaurant, Morningside Bakery and the bakery that replaced it, from the owners of That One Place, Everybody's (was Pietro's, now Clubhouse Grill), Los Cabos, Tweeten's Lighthouse that closed a few times, became Gino's for a while, then back to Tweeten's Lighthouse but had to close due to one of the owners being arrested, now open as just Lighthouse and it's great, in fact our next BVG night will be held there on November 30

Stores
     Apple Annie's (j and I both have pieces of furniture we bought there, and we both painted these pieces last year), Sprouse Reitz, H&P Drugs, Kmart, Hallmark, The Hub, Bremer's, Grandma's Attic, Fashion Bug, Ben Franklin, Pay 'n Save, Payless, Ernst Hardware, Bethel Feed, Office Depot, Port Orchard Office Supply, Totally Video, Hollywood Video, Blockbuster, Mike's Video, Radio Shack, DJ's Music, the yucky New Age bookstore that was on Bethel Avenue (but not Bethel Valley Lane), Comfort Shoes, Great Prospects

Other Businesses
     SK8 Town, Plaza Twin Theater (now Dragonfly Theater), Hair & All That Jazz, Syling Rendezvous, the pest control place on Bay Street whose name escapes me but on their reader board they would 'honor' the Pest of the Month