Hardees in the mall

It has been a very long time since I have been there but I liked the shakes. Very thick and creamy. The decor was neat. I like the pictures of guys blowing glass. Very cool.

Anybody remember the old Hardees in the mall back in the 80s? I remember it being very dark--a strange atmosphere for fast food.

From what I remember, the entire mall was a dark, strange atmosphere back then.

Hardees in the mall ?? Circus World ?? That tells you how long its been for me since I have been to the mall.

Ironic that y'all bring this up. I was thinking about that Hardee's just the other day, for some reason or another. It must have went out by the time I was about 4 or 5 years old, but I can just barely remember going there for a milkshake. I also remember it being very dark.

I can also remember a great little shoe store next to Chick-Fil-A where my parents bought a lot of my first shoes. The people in there were always so nice to a hyper kid like me. We also ate a lot at Morrison's, though I know it hasn't been gone quite as long as the others. Never understand why that didn't become a Picadilly cafeteria.

Fun memories.

Smoothcat, I remember that shoe store too. I think it was where Journey's is now and was a Stride Rite? I also remember the dark Hardee's. It seems like it was two stores down from J.C Penney and that there was a record store right next to it.

Most people get it..that's I'm talking about the past. The mall back was the style of the time.. dark stone floors, planters, fountains, ridiculous metal sculptures, and unfinished wood.

I'd take those old floors over the carpet there now.. it looks like crap in my opinion

What stands out in my mind most about that place is the pictures of basketweaving theme..very weird. I also remember that as a kid, when I heard "roast beef sandwich", I thought of Hardee's, NOT Arby's! Ha..

The carpet looks cheap and dirty and it's a health hazard.

I remember there also being two music stores (one was Pegasus) the place that sold organs, the Singer Sewing center, Waterbed World, Mothercare and a great import store.

And for the first few years the Christmas decorations were wonderful....lots of animated characters. When my son was little he loved the carolers that were put in the middle of the fountain which was made to look like snow.

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Originally posted by MarianLibrarian:
Smoothcat, I remember that shoe store too. I think it was where Journey's is now and was a Stride Rite? I also remember the dark Hardee's. It seems like it was two stores down from J.C Penney and that there was a record store right next to it.

Yeah, I think you are right about the location of that shoe store. As for the Hardee's, I seem to want to place it at the very end, next to JCPenney, where Dollar Tree had a store for a while. I could be, and probably are, wrong though.

As a kid I enjoyed the fountains of course, and throwing pennies into them. Wasn't there a "Big B" drug store (I think that was the name) where the children's Dillard's store is now? I seem to remember having to step up to go inside, and always buying a coke in there.

Sorry about all the reminiscing, LOL. This is fun.

How I miss the old Record Bar...

I actually ran across an old Record Bar receipt the other day while going through some old papers. It almost brought a tear to my eye.

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a great import store.

Oh, I remember this place! They always had this wicker indoor swing chair that I would have given my tiny right arm for.

are ya'll talking about Regency square mall?

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Originally posted by Isobel:
I actually ran across an old Record Bar receipt the other day while going through some old papers. It almost brought a tear to my eye.

I know what you mean! Not long ago I ran into an old friend who worked there forever (you may remember a shorter guy with long, straight brown hair pulled back in a ponytail that went down to his waist). The Record Bar came up in conversation, and I swear we both lost track of time reminiscing about the place.

Just remembered another place that I loved to visit as a kid: Rareities. That place helped to support my baseball/basketball/football card habit for several years.

The Record Bar must have been before my time. Where was it located?

I remember this Hardees! It was the first place I had ever been where you'd pump your ketchup in the little white cups.

I loved the old Regency Mall. Does anyone remember a store called "World Bazaar" or something like that? Bazaar Bazaar? I remember Big B's. I remember a shoe store named "McKinneys" or something like that. I loved going to the mall on the weekend and then to the Capri 4 behind it.

Anyone remember the Big Top Deli?

World Bazaar...that's the name of the import i mentioned.
Thanks for the memory jog.

World Bazaar was across from Hardees and Circus World, which were both next to JC Penneys.

Hardees also had art/stuff about glass blowing.

Circus World had the checkout counter on the left as you walked in. There was a big clown head on a helium tank and the carpet had a circus/colorful pattern to it. I bought Star Wars figs there. I remember the day I bought the AT-AT at Circus World, then got my haircut at the "Beauty Shop" in Castner Knotts..

But hey..this one is about Hardee's.. We'll have to reminisce about the other stores in another thread.

BTW.. The drug store was Eckerd's, located where whichever dept store's kid's store is. It HAD an entrance in the mall, and another entrance/exit down a hallway that led out next to Baskin Robbins..

E---was the guy at Record Bar named Wade? (I won't go into the last name, but I do remember it.) Anyways, I was in 6th grade and thought Wade at Record Bar was the Bee's Knees. It was that pre-pubescent, well, pubescent love that just got to me. Cutest boy ever, back then. He was a big U2 fan... Gosh. I even remember his personalized tag, and I now feel like I was a 12 year old stalker. But all 12 year girls are "stalkers", right?

Neh...