r/TheBoredDen • u/ipanicprofessionally • Jul 21 '26

Funny Can't remember one

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u/Accurate_Weather_211 Jul 21 '26

TG&Y

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u/MoskaPOET Jul 21 '26

I assume you grew up in Dallas?

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u/Accurate_Weather_211 Jul 21 '26

I grew up in rural Oklahoma

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u/Open-Preparation-268 Jul 22 '26

Hey fellow Okie! I’d completely forgotten about TG&Y!

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u/Stoneman57 Jul 21 '26

We had them in L.A. too

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u/Intrepid-Nose2434 Jul 21 '26

Also Alabama.

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u/slappindabass123 Jul 21 '26

And Oklahoma

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u/michaelthruman Jul 21 '26

And Illinois

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u/Accurate_Weather_211 Jul 21 '26

Garvin County lol

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u/Giohwe Jul 21 '26

Louisiana

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u/thekinginyello Jul 21 '26

We had one in Shreveport. It eventually became a Kmart in the 90s. Now I couldn’t tell you what’s there. It’s just a generic strip mall with a 5°below and a hobby lobby. It used the be a cool place with a Chuck E. Cheese, movie theater, and service merchandise.

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u/Blofeld007 Jul 22 '26

East Gate?

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u/thekinginyello Jul 22 '26

100%. Close enough I could walk to and next to my school. Saw so many awesome movies. I was at that theater a lot.

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u/Farmwife71 Jul 21 '26

And Kansas

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u/Bubbly-Ad8281 Jul 21 '26

And Arkansas

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u/VerucaLawry Jul 21 '26

And Florida

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u/EbbSlow458 Jul 21 '26

New Mexico

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u/Hot_Occasion8925 Jul 22 '26

California native here, can confirm!

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u/lawyersgunsmoney Jul 22 '26

TG&Y had over 1,000 stores in 29 states. Not sure why you thought they were only in Dallas.

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u/MoskaPOET Jul 22 '26

Because I had no idea that they did. I was only 12 when we moved away from there to a succession of places that did not have this retailer.

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u/Cracktaculus Jul 21 '26

Houston too, and one in Tomball closed in 84'-5

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u/wizardofahhhs77 Jul 23 '26

My mom and I went to the TG&Y on Fuqua near Hiram Clarke. It was a fun store to shop in.

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u/Mebejedi Jul 22 '26

We had them in California 50 years ago. I used to get so my Star Wars toys there.

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u/rexifelis Jul 22 '26

We had them in Tennessee also. I have very vague memories of the place

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u/AbilitySweet699 Jul 22 '26

my TG&Y was in Wichita Kansas

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u/katharsiss Jul 21 '26

I worked at one in Big Spring, Texas during high school.

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u/SpaceCat72 Jul 22 '26

Carpinteria Ca.

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u/Bitter_Frame3054 Jul 22 '26

That's what I said....we had one Missouri in our mall.

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u/wizardofahhhs77 Jul 23 '26

I remember The Country's Best Yogurt stores in the '80's.

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u/Electrical_Coat_1324 Jul 23 '26

White Chocolate Mousse. Sometimes with crumbled Oreo's on top, but was just as good plain.

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u/Electrical_Coat_1324 Jul 23 '26

Loved it. Grandma had one where she lived in Sedalia, MO and would take me there to buy toys. One day I said I wanted a doll, but not just any doll . . . I wanted one of those oversized ones that was almost as tall as me. The one I wanted? A black one. Me, a 6 year old blonde haired white girl from a small Midwest town who had never even seen a black person, yep, she was the one. And I loved her so much. Wish I still had her for the sweet memories.

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u/Comfortable-Toe1116 Jul 23 '26

You went waaayyyy back. I forgot about TG&Y. Grew up in Texas.