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CouponKT
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For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
I drove by there today and was really taken back about how it USED to be 
Remember:
- that shady motel on the corner of 347 and 25 (by Pep Boys)
- when the mall had a movie theatre!
- when there was no Sports Authority, Office Max and Kmart
- when there WAS Kmart 
- the mini-golf course down the road a bit on 347 (now is Country Pointe homes)
- Spaceplex!
- Carringtons
Ahhhhh the memories 
Message edited 10/11/2008 6:12:44 PM.
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
I have no idea when that mall got so fancy
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| Posted 10/11/08 6:45 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
DH and I just got back from the Cheesecake Factory (and a quick shopping excursion to Ann Taylor Loft  ). I love that mall now! It used to be such a dump!
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| Posted 10/11/08 7:16 PM |
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MrsK914
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Posted by BabyCote2006
I drove by there today and was really taken back about how it USED to be
Remember:
- that shady motel on the corner of 347 and 25 (by Pep Boys)
- when the mall had a movie theatre!
- when there was no Sports Authority, Office Max and Kmart
- when there WAS Kmart
- the mini-golf course down the road a bit on 347 (now is Country Pointe homes)
- Spaceplex!
- Carringtons
Ahhhhh the memories
Spaceplex...wow thats an old memory!It really has come a long way. The amount of stuff that has come and gone over the years, even decades, is crazy.
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| Posted 10/11/08 7:26 PM |
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
I remember the drive-in diagonal from the mall, where there are now homes.
I also remember Corvettes and then Gertz where JC Penney is.
Oh and what about RockBottom!?! Hell, I remember what it was like before they built that plaza.
Message edited 10/11/2008 8:42:32 PM.
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| Posted 10/11/08 8:40 PM |
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CouponKT
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Oooh, how about A&S (Abraham & Strauss) or Steinbach's!!
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:05 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
How about the old Drive in Movie? (way way long ago..)
Wasnt there a Mexican Restaurant? Chi Chis?
Kids R Us used to be over...
And the Motel was the Squeakin Beacon!!!!!
How about Spanky's/Shadows?
ETA: DH says the restaurant was El Torito...
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:28 PM |
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CouponKT
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Or the Brass Monkey!!!!! 
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:29 PM |
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
A&S was one of my very first credit cards. I'm a SUNY Stony Brook alum and when I was going there, ALL of those things were still around.
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:30 PM |
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DaniJude
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
omg i thought they were never going to knock down that shady motel!!! hahah!! and now - sports plus is added to the "memory" list! and remember when the hamlet homes was just a HUGE wooded area?!
it has changed so much - i love how they, last i remember, STILL have that out-dated OLD sign that used to be where they listed the movies --- i think it was covered up with something that said "simon malls" on it -- but it is blue and yellow and black and totally 1980's!! ugh! so funny.
i remember all the stores they used to have in the mall too - like sassssy hahahaha!!! and wow carrington's REALLY brought me back - girl scout dances!! lol lol.
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:36 PM |
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Luvlylady
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Back in the early 80's there was a Jack Lalanne in there!
Also a Sabbaro was across from the gym!
Beefsteak Charlies(The Long hallway down there)
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:37 PM |
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CouponKT
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Yeah, the movie board on the Smithhaven Mall sign is just a big black board now
Oh - how about McCrory's! I used to buy such cheap-o Christmas gifts there (when I was in middle school). And it had the pet store in the back!
Remember the arcade they had there too?
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| Posted 10/11/08 9:38 PM |
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My4GirlsMyLife
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
I know it wasnt by the mall but remember Caldors
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| Posted 10/12/08 12:01 AM |
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RoleModel
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Posted by vmystique33
I know it wasnt by the mall but remember Caldors
Anybody who lives around East Patchogue should remember Caldor because its empty shell was there for so long after it closed. It only was recently demolished for Lowe's...except, they didn't take down the sign pointing to Caldor and Pergament!
Thankfully, that should be opening soon, and I heard Shoprite may be going where Waldbaum's was, just down the road.
Anybody remember Cheap Johns? They had a few locations (I remember the one on Sunrise in Patchogue where Party City is, and the one on the corner of Broadway and Vets in Holbrook). That was the definition of "kid in a candy store."
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| Posted 10/12/08 12:32 AM |
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
I remember none of that because I grew up in Nassau but I am extremely thankful for what it looks like now. I love living here!!
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| Posted 10/12/08 8:31 AM |
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PrincessP
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
OMG...you girls just took me WAY back with spankys, spaceplex and that movie theater. Oh and of course santa in the basement of A&S with free coloring books. Now its like 35 bucks to sit on santas lap and forget a coloring book.
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| Posted 10/12/08 8:37 AM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Posted by vmystique33
I know it wasnt by the mall but remember Caldors
My DH started out as a buyer for them.
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| Posted 10/12/08 10:57 AM |
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Nobody Beats the Wiz was next to Rockbottom!
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| Posted 10/12/08 11:00 AM |
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Do you guys remember the fountains in the Smithaven Mall?
Moments of Love? Fluff & Stuff? Import Alley? Orange Julius?
I loved McCrory's pretzels and slushies!
And do you guys recall the step down circle in the middle of the mall, where they would set up the Christmas Train?
Ahhhh memories! 
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| Posted 10/12/08 11:01 AM |
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BunnyWife
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
Posted by RoleModel
Anybody remember Cheap Johns? They had a few locations (I remember the one on Sunrise in Patchogue where Party City is, and the one on the corner of Broadway and Vets in Holbrook). That was the definition of "kid in a candy store."
I loved cheap johns when I was a kid! 3 for a $1 candy and we always bought or plastic Halloween costumes there The mall has gotten very fancy. I remember going to the movies and getting and A&S mouse when shopping in that store for christmas one year.
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| Posted 10/12/08 11:56 AM |
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MrsKelly
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Re: For those who used to frequent the Smithhaven Mall area.....
omg yesss... spaceplex... mccrory's... sassy!!
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