Discovery Zone – Altamonte Springs – DEFUNCT
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Rocky’s Arcade – Casselberry – DEFUNCT
Rocky’s Arcade – Casselberry
Gayfers – Metro Orlando – DEFUNCT
Gayfer’s was a regional department store chain in the southern United States. Based in Mobile, Alabama, the chain of stores operated from 1879 until 1998 when it was taken over by Dillard’s.
Cooker Restaurant – Altamonte Springs – DEFUNCT
Cooker Restaurant – Altamonte Springs
Black Eyed Pea – Metro Orlando – DEFUNCT
Twelve of the 13 remaining Black-Eyed Pea restaurants in Texas have abruptly closed catching its customers and employees off guard. The closings come after the company reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The popular restaurant chain closed without warning, leaving many customers and employees holding the bag. “I’ll guess we’ll do Mexican today,” said one customer during lunch at the Humble location. “Today is Wednesday, it’s pot pie, it’s chicken pot pie,” said customer Read More...
Play World Toys – Altamonte Springs – DEFUNCT
Play World Toys – Altamonte Springs
Service Merchandise – Metro Orlando – DEFUNCT
Service Merchandise was a retailer chain of catalog showrooms carrying fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods, and electronics that existed for 68 years (from 1934 to 2002). History Service Merchandise’s history can be traced back to 1934, to a small five-and-dime store founded by Harry and Mary Zimmerman in the town of Pulaski, Tennessee. After leaving the wholesale business, they would open Service Merchandise, Inc., the first of what evolved into a chain of catalog showrooms Read More...
Roy Rogers Restaurant – Metro Orlando – DEFUNCT
Roy Rogers Franchise Company, LLC is a chain of fast food restaurants primarily located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. The chain originated as the rebranding of the RoBee’s House of Beef chain of Fort Wayne, Indiana acquired by the Marriott Corporation in February 1968. However, Marriott first used the Roy Rogers Roast Beef name on conversions of the company’s Junior Hot Shoppes in the Washington D.C. area in April 1968, then the existing Read More...
Discovery Island at Walt Disney World – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Disney World is marketed as a place of wonder, excitement, and magic. But, there’s a secret side of Disney the company doesn’t want you to see. On the official map of Disney World, there is a blank green mass in the middle of Bay Lake in Orlando, Florida. The mysterious island is not labeled and no one is allowed to enter — not Disney World guests and not even Disney World employees. But two decades Read More...
Ranch House – Metro Orlando – DEFUNCT
Ranch House – Orlando and Sanford
Holiday House – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Holiday House – Orlando
Lum’s World Fanous Hot Dogs – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Lum’s World Fanous Hot Dogs – Orlando
Blue Man Group at Universal Studios – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Blue Man Group is bowing out of Universal Orlando. The quirky show, which ran continuously at Universal for 14 years in the old Nickelodeon Studios building, announced Monday it was leaving Orlando. “Thank you to the Blue Man Orlando cast, crew and staff for more than 6,000 shows,” the company said in a tweet, “And to the millions of fans who shared in our incredible 14 year run!” The show has been closed since the Read More...
Montgomery Ward – Orlando – DEFUNCT
When the Montgomery Ward on West Colonial Drive opened in 1961, it was a wondrous new addition to a small city’s retail mix. Time battered the store, and on Friday the home office decided to end its agony. Montgomery Ward & Co. will pull out of metropolitan Orlando in December. The West Colonial store, its first in Central Florida, will close along with one on South Orange Blossom Trail and another in Altamonte Springs. The Read More...
Woolworths Department Store – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Woolworths on Orange Ave in Downtown Orlando
Jungle Jim’s Restaurant – Orlando – DEFUNCT
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED: Step inside Jungle Jim’s and you’ll instantly realize that this is not a regular restaurant. Let’s just say that the restaurant has a inspired interior decorator. This adventure in dining is perfect for kids, except during late nights when college-aged kids seem to overtake the bar. If you’re the kind of person who looks for the most unusual item on the menu, you might have a hard time deciding here. Let’s Read More...
The Infinite Mushroom – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Head shop in Orlando, Florida – The Infinite Mushroom
Camelot Music – Metro Orlando – DEFUNCT
Camelot Music was a mall-based retailer of prerecorded music and accessories and was one of the largest music retailers in the United States based on store count.[citation needed] As of May 31, 1998, the company operated 455 stores in 37 states nationwide under two brand names: Camelot Music and the Wall. Camelot Music was founded in 1956 in Massillon, Ohio, by Paul David and his brother Robert David. It operated 305 stores with a significant Read More...
Tabu Nightclub – Orlando – DEFUNCT
Tabu Night Club in downtown Orlando has been one of the best downtown Orlando nightlife spots for years. This downtown Orlando nightclub plays mainly hip hop, reggaeton, latin, salsa, meringue, bachata, top 40, dance and old skool. In early 2011 Tabu was relaunched as The Beacham.
Goony Golf – Maitland – DEFUNCT
Remember Goony golf? This dinosaur sits on Beach Blvd in Jax but was originally at a Goony golf location. Ours was at 17-92 at the railroad bridge in Maitland.
The Painted Horse – Orlando – DEFUNCT
The Painted Horse on East Colonial Drive.
Malibu Grand Prix – Orlando – DEFUNCT
One of International Drive’s first racing establishments, Malibu Grand Prix was a staple of Orlando’s International Drive youth. Started as a Malibu Track and arcade, later a Castle Golf and Games was added next door. It was located directly off I-4 right behind the “Hi Q” hotel off International Dr on American Way. A Homewood suites hotel now sits on the property.
Original Jacobson’s Department Store – Orlando – DEFUNCT
After Jacobson’s department stores went under two years ago, Tammy Giaimo decided she liked the clothes and the shopping experience so much, she bought the company. Giaimo, a 38-year-old software entrepreneur from Longwood, isn’t creating an exact clone of the Michigan-based retail chain, which folded after 134 years in business. But she’s borrowing extensively from the old Jacobson’s DNA, particularly its Longwood store, where she shopped for 30 to 45 minutes nearly every week for Read More...
Orlando Mayhem Women’s Professional Football – Orlando – DEFUNCT
The Orlando Mayhem is a football team in the Independent Women’s Football League based in Orlando, Florida. Home games are played on the campus of East Ridge High School in nearby Clermont. From their inaugural season of 2002 until the middle of 2004, the Mayhem was known as the Orlando Starz.