NEW: Athens GA, 1923-2015

[Groceteria]

Including not one, but TWO incarnations of the legendary 40 Watt Club (including the current one) that were housed in former Colonial/Big Star stores:

https://www.groceteria.com/place/georgia/athens/

[Andrew T.]

This is a nice surprise! It's not exactly brimming with surviving artifacts, though...Athens has been a little too redevelopment-happy over the years. There is a 1970s Bell's still open for business at 995 Hawthorne Ave. A decently-preserved A&P centennial at 101 Alps Rd. And a couple of severely mucked-up Kroger greenhouses on Broad Street and College Station Road.

Athens is a cultural oasis and a musical mecca. Alas, I can't think of any songs the B-52's recorded about grocery stores; though they did immortalize a general-merchandise chain with the line "Walking out of Korvettes, package in her hand" a mere three months before that company went out of business!