Comments on: Nostalgia, Dayton Ohio

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:50:51 +0000

Hi Melanie,

You can still enjoy the old Rike’s Christmas display in the main lobby of the Schuster Center during Christmas.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:52:25 +0000

One of my big memories of downtown Dayton was Rike’s and the big window display at Christmas. There was always a big crowd. We went every single year and it was one of my favorite things about Christmas.

By: Henry Essick II

Henry Essick II — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:09:47 +0000

The Sawaya brothers (Bill and George) actully has a second store at Fifth and Williams. This was the store that years later, after both brothers were long dead, that a lady was killed during the “christmas massacures by Marcellous Keene.(later executed by the state of Ohio.) Keene was born just 2 blocks away at 117. S. Broadway.

How about Doug’? Owner Doug Collims. Inventer of the Bean burger. lol.

The Greasy Spoon. What a nasty little hole that was.

And then there was the Plabroski brothers (Raymond and George)who own Shop-Rite Grocery Store at the corner of W. Third @ Williams, now the home of the National Parachute Museum…

By: TIM

TIM — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:54:36 +0000

Does anyone remember the 78 or77 concert at eastwood lake with aerosmith,nugent,rory gallegher,rick derringer? who the first act before those 4 ?

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:17:59 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: Angela McKee

Angela McKee — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:25:01 +0000

Yesterday I was at my neighbor’s house across the street from my Dayton residence (I’ve been living in NYC-Harlem going on 30 years) and we were trying to remember the store on the corner of Germantown and Summit. When I used to ride the bus to ballet class at the Y-barn, I would catch the bus home in front of the store. I woke up at 3am this morning and remembered, “Sawaya’s”! I quickly wrote the name down and called my neighbor later that morning and said, “Okay, the word of the day is Sawaya’s!” Yea! that’s it, he said, and we laughed and reminisced about the store, the neighborhood and the many memories surrounding those times!

By: J. Webb

J. Webb — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:14:22 +0000

OMG, I was just talking about Bob’s with my parents the other night. There is a pet store now and I remember the Bob’s grocery story. No one believe’s me! if anyone has an old photo or something, this would be a perfect gag gift for christmas!

By: Melissa Messick

Melissa Messick — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:40:29 +0000

It was called Bob’s Food Warehouse

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:37:25 +0000

My research tells me that the grocery store on Woodman Drive that you are referring to was Bob’s.

By: Jeannie Caulfield

Jeannie Caulfield — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:53:13 +0000

You’ve got a lot of great memories of Dayton. I’m trying to find out the name of a grocery store which is no longer around. It was on Woodman Drive near the bowling alley. Customers had to mark the prices on the groceries with black crayons, bring your own bags, and pack your own groceries. Do you remember that store? I’d love to find out the name of it. I really enjoyed reading all your memories.