Archive for the ‘Saint Andrews Road’ tag
Blockbuster Video, 7249 Saint Andrews Road: December 2013 18 comments
Well, as we've discussed recently, Blockbuster, at least as a physical store, is on the way out. The parent company, Dish Network is shuttering the chain, basically, due to the rise of Internet video. The last Blockbuster movie rental, 'This Is The End', was on Saturday in Hawaii.
I'm not sure how long the clearance at the remaining stores will go on. It's possible this Irmo store is already closed, as these pictures were taken a week ago now, and I haven't been back by. This location joins a long list of Columbia area Blockbusters which have featured here. And Rosewood will be up as soon as I get the chance to get some pictures there.
UPDATE 26 January 2014 -- Well, that's it, as seen in this pix from 12 Jan:
UPDATE 12 February 2016 - As mentioned in the comments, this whole store has now been subdivided and re-purposed:
UPDATE 5 October 2020: Change name in post title from "Blockbuster" to "Blockbuster Video". Update tags, add map icon. Changing closing date from "Real Soon Now" to December 2013.
Curves, 6030 Saint Andrews Road Suite G/H: 2011 (moved) 24 comments
Women's gym Curves moved out of this little strip just past Piney Grove Road sometime in 2011, to set up shop down the street at Seven Oaks Shopping Center (6169 Saint Andrews Road). As of last week, I believe this storefront was still empty.
Update 26 January 2014 -- The new location:
Irmo Alterations, 6801 Saint Andrews Road Suite 13-B: 2009 no comments
Here's another storefront in Irmo's Quail Valley Plaza.
As far as I can tell, this tailoring and alterations shop closed in 2009.
Huller’s Black Forest German – American Restaurant, 7713 Saint Andrews Road: 14 July 2013 4 comments
I had no idea this little sunken plaza was there on Saint Andrews Road until I went looking for Huller's a few weeks ago. It's quite a ways out, North of Lake Murray Boulevard, and I don't think I had ever been in the area before.
Although Huller's announced their closing on Facebook back on 14 July 2013, the place still looks like someone could fling the doors open any minute. All the signs and menuboards are still up with the weekly specials still posted. For that matter, the main web site is still available as well.
I've been to Germany, but about all I recall about the food is the hotel breakfast had limp bacon and the one time we tried to break away from work and go to a real restaurant, the hostess stalked off in front of us leaving us to weave between tables until she had totally lost us. We never saw her again, and ended up at a Chi-Chis, as I recall it.. So anyway, I was never moved to check out Huller's though I did like their I-26 billboard which was very much in the spirit of our old State Fair friend:
(Hat tip to commenter jason)
Fancy Cutter Children & Adult Hair Design, 6801 Saint Andrews Road: 2008 no comments
Today we're back in Quail Valley Plaza for a hair styling storefront.
Just looking at the logo, it seems that more drama than styling is going on:
Fred's, 736 Saint Andrews Road: 8 June 2013 22 comments
I've always had a soft spot for Fred's. That's probably because they came to Fernandina when I was in my teens or twenties and were a nice store withing easy walking distance of my Aunt's house to get pretty much any item we might need while visiting. I also liked that they left the big spanish-moss covered oak in their parking lot (inherited from the previous store) alone:
Some years after they moved into the Fernandina area, they started a big push into South Carolina, and on the whole, I think it has not been a success. I feel that perhaps they have too much overlap with Dollar General which got here first, and would have done better to put more Fred's in areas where people already knew the brand than pushing new stores into areas where there was no brand recognition. Of course, the economic crunch can't have helped any either..
I had not expected this Fred's to close as quickly as it did, especially given the protracted proceedings at the Saint Andrews Road Kmart. When I took the interior picture above on 19 May, the store was still almost fully stocked, and the discounts weren't really that good yet, but just a couple weeks later it was gone.
Eagle Cleaners, 6801 Saint Andrews Road: 2009 (moved) no comments
Here's another open spot in Quail Valley Plaza on Saint Andrews Road.
In this case, Eagle Cleaners relocated several years ago to 6281 Saint Andrews Road, so if you need your eagle cleaned (which I swear sounds like a euphemism), that's the place for it now.
Truly Scrumptious Catering, 6801 Saint Andrews Road: mid-2000s (moved) 1 comment
Back to Saint Andrews Road again today.
I like the quail logo on this Irmo strip mall...
From what I can tell, Truly Scrumptious Catering moved from here to 1937 Augusta Highway in Lexington around 2006, and are still there today in a much nicer building/banquet hall.
Polish Distribution LLC, 6903 Saint Andrews Road: 2013 3 comments
There are only a few words in English that change meaning (and pronuciation) when capitalized, and Polish Distribution is vague enough and capitalized enough that either meaning could apply here, so the little nail polish bottle in logo is a nice disambiguation touch.
Food Lion #112, 543 Saint Andrews Road: 19 May 2013 68 comments
Well, this is hardly news now, but I was finally able to get by the Saint Andrews Road Food Lion near the dollar movies and get some outside pictures, though I did not have time to go in. I believe this store dates back into the LFPISC era, if not all the way to the Food Town era.
With this closing, I think the two closest alternatives are both Bi-Lo.
(Hat tips to commenters Joe H. & Nick L).
UPDATE 20 May 2013 -- Well, that's it. When I was in the store on 19 May, they announced they would be closings in 15 min at 6:00PM and "We will not be re-opening tomorrow":
UPDATE 23 February 2014 -- The KJ's IGA is about ready to open:
UPDATE 6 March 2014 -- Open as promised: