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We're a women's resale store that buys gently used brand name clothing!

As commenter Andrew mentions, this Harbison Center resale store is in the process of closing. I don't know much else about it, except that I am very suspicious that its address is not really "Suite WXYZ", despite that information being given several different places online.

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

Paint and sip studio where guests drink wine and create art with guidance from artist-entertainers.

That's the come-on for Painting With A Twist, and it's a pretty good one.

According to their retirement announcement, the folks running this one had been doing so for more than nine years.

Hopefully they have time to get in some painting of their own now.

This little plaza which was formerly anchored by a Bi-Lo and now by a Trader Joe's seems to be doing pretty well, so I doubt this spot will be vacant for long.

(Hat tip to commenter Ellen)

I believe the first tenant in this spot after it was built was Bruster's Real Ice Cream, but Hibachi Express has been there quite a while now. I hope it will be there in the future, but the place appears pretty well gutted by the Saturday morning two-alarm fire.

The restaurant was open at the time, but luckily all the crew and customers are safe. So far the cause of the fire is unknown. You can read about it at The Post & Courier or The State or see video at WLTX or WIS.

(Hat tip to Mr. Guy)

or if you prefer, since Phil has apparently gifted us 6 more weeks of this:

I believe this Harbison building first featured here as a Toys-R-Us, but now it's another Value City Furniture closing due to the chain's bankruptcy. As of last week, they were down to 50% off.

I don't recommend going anywhere this weekend, but there may be some deals left next week.

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

As reported by The State, the Clutch Coffee chain has been bought out by Dutch Bros coffee (which is apparently quite large, though I had never heard of them), and the local Clutch outlets will be closed to remodel & retool before coming back as Dutch Bros locations.

This one, in Lexington is by the former Sonic location, which itself is apparently retooling to become an ice-cream shop.

(Hat tip to commenter James R)

I probably have enough furniture to last me out, so I don't know much about Sugar Creek, but they seem to have been well reviewed, and you can see their archived web site here.

This storefront featured here before as a Jewelry Warehouse location.

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

I believe I have only been in a Captain D's once, at a family event, where I ended up getting the corn-on-the-cob side item since I am not a seafood lover.

At one time, Captain D's & Shoney's were under the same ownership, and they tended to locate the two restaurants close to each other. This was the case on Two Notch and Garners Ferry, and was also the case here. In the event the Shoney's pairing with this Captain D's was closed in 2012, razed, and rebuilt as a Cook Out.

This store soldiered on for 13 more years after its partner succumbed, so that is some stick-toit-iveness.

(Hat tip to commenter Tom)

This Walgreens stands on the site of the old Cedar Terrace Pharmacy, which was torn down to build an Eckerds which was rebranded as a Rite Aid and finally as Walgreens. At the end of the day, I can see why the chain chose to close this location: It's not their current design, and is not too far from several other branches. That said, I'm not sure why they are transferring prescriptions to 7801 Garners Ferry, when it seems to me that the Devine Street location would be closer and more likely convenient to those customers.

When I think of this store, I remember this iconic signage from a few years ago which manages to encapsulate the straight-forwardness & transparency of the US health care system:

(Hat tip to commenter James R)

I have been in this store, in the Two Notch Walmart plaza, several times buying computer equipment. As I recall, I got a complete desktop system here once, and the last time I was in got some cables for my KVM setup. In the event, I ended up buying the wrong ones, and they gave me a no-hassle return experience.

The chain was recently bought and taken private, and just got a new CEO. I get the impression they have had some troubles, but are not on the ropes, despite closing this store. We will see. In the meantime, there is still a location at Dutch Square.