Spudnut Euclid: 3 Locations Spanning 40 Years

In 1946 brothers Al and Bob Pelton of Salt Lake City, Utah began one of America's favorite food confections, a chain of Spudnut Donut Shops spanning Alaska to Mexico.

22800 Shore Center: Glenn's Carteria & Thunderbird Drive-In Restaurant

Today, technically, there is no 22800 Shore Center Drive. The closest you'll get is 22780 Shore Center, which as of 2016 is a Rental Eagle Purchase store, or you know better as the former Perkin's Restaurant (Pancake House, for those of you with nostalgic inklings).

Eagle Rental Purchase, 22780 Shore Center Dr.

Perkins Family Restaurant, 22780 Shore Center Dr.

History Lesson: 22481 Shore Center Dr. Part III - Unique Thrift Store

22481 Shore Center - 1957 -1971
22481 Shore Center - 1972-1983

The third and final tenant at 22481 Shore Center Drive in Euclid, Ohio, was Unique Thrift store.

1983

My brother loves thrift stores, but I REALLY dug going to this place, from when I was a kiddo to my high school years. They had furniture, toys, movies, and a ton of clothes. I think half my 10th grade year outfit came from this store. It was the shangri-la of used crap. To this day, the best thrift shop ever, and way better than the Willowick location now.

They had a rocky couple of months after opening, though. For starters, in March of 1983 a guy met his girlfriend at her job at Unique and then went ahead and pulled a gun on her and well, kidnapped her.

Koren Hamula, the victim, got away, but then her gun-wielding beloved, Michael Imburgia, snuck into her basement later that night. Police found him hiding with a knife.

And they say all the good ones are taken. Two months later, there was a fatality when a woman crashed her car into the wall of the building.

Unique stayed at this location until the late 1990's. This building and couple others were razed.

The top is from 1970 - the bottom from 2006. Notice the green buildings on the left are still there. The large green building in 2006 is Dave's. The red outline in 1970 is 22481 Shore Center. The section with the darker roof, shaped like an "L" was Kroger's, Minnesota Fabrics, and Unique.

History Lesson: 22481 Shore Center Dr. Part II - Minnesota Fabrics

Did you check out Part I of 22481 Shore Center Drive?

Here's one that I don't remember at -all- Minnesota Fabrics.

They became the name on the building at 22481 Shore Center Drive in 1972 - And stayed until 1983.

June 1972 - Now there are FOUR Minnesota Fabrics stores!

In 1976 there are seven stores, and it was Marlo Thomas week.. the whole damn week!!

I'm so happy that 1977 ushered in an official logo and font change. While not fantastic, at least it's better than stock Cooper, and adding a sew-through button seems natural enough.

But by 1980 the button's kind of gone again.

The last ad is from February 1983, and we have one final logo :)

Also they were advertising custom drapery, and calling themselves "Home Deco Center".

I can't say I know much about them, or recall ever hearing of them. I did a single Google search and didn't come up with anything.

Memories, anyone?

History Lesson: 22481 Shore Center Dr. Part I - Kroger's

Today, if you found yourself at 22481 Shore Center Dr. in Euclid, you would most likely be parking your car. The reason for that, is this location is now the parking lot for Dave's Supermarket.

However, if you found yourself back in, oh I don't know... the summer of 1957, you'd be ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the new Kroger grocery store.

Everyone loves the charm of these vintage ads - but this one is really something... I personally appreciate the mention of the "soft music" and "magic carpet doors".

Although there are no mentions of improvements from the following ad in Spring 1963, Kroger on Shore Center decided to throw a grand re-opening. How serendipitous for people who live for grocery store openings!

This Kroger grocery closed sometime in 1971, give or take a few months.

Above, a shot taken for the Cleveland press in 1957, showcasing the produce department of the new Kroger.

The Plaza on Shore Center Drive

Here's a few pictures I shot off the same day I took the Arthur Treachers photos. This plaza is where Dave's supermarket was before it took over the old Tops grocery store building. This is on Shore Center Drive in Euclid, Ohio.