Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part II (Marshall: private schools, to live in)

[ged_782]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

I remember the HEB and there was a Revco drug store next door, remember the shops on colony that i think included the BBQ hut?

Hickory Hut. It was there for many years, at least as far back as the late 1960s. It closed when the HEB expansion swallowed that property.

Originally Posted by Willsatx

Question i want to ask, when did the last Sommers drug store close here in SA? Anyone know which one it was.

Sommers locations began rapidly disappearing in the early 1980s, and were pretty much all gone by the mid 1980s, except for the location in the Nix Professional Building. That location survived at least a few more years, I'm guessing until maybe the 1990s?

[outafocus]

Originally Posted by ged_782

Hickory Hut. It was there for many years, at least as far back as the late 1960s. It closed when the HEB expansion swallowed that property.

Sommers locations began rapidly disappearing in the early 1980s, and were pretty much all gone by the mid 1980s, except for the location in the Nix Professional Building. That location survived at least a few more years, I'm guessing until maybe the 1990s?

When HEB expanded, two gas stations went kaput, too. A Chevron (formerly Gulf0 on the corner of Wurzbach and 10, and a Phillips 66. Next to the Hickory Hut was a veterinarian's office that relocated to Huebner Road.

Ddin't Skillerns take over from Sommers?

[ged_782]

Originally Posted by outafocus

Ddin't Skillerns take over from Sommers?

Possibly at some locations, but I think most of them either became Eckerd or Revco. The only Skillerns locations in San Antonio I was familiar with opened up in the 1970s at locations that were not previously drug stores.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by ged_782

Hickory Hut. It was there for many years, at least as far back as the late 1960s. It closed when the HEB expansion swallowed that property.

Sommers locations began rapidly disappearing in the early 1980s, and were pretty much all gone by the mid 1980s, except for the location in the Nix Professional Building. That location survived at least a few more years, I'm guessing until maybe the 1990s?

Hickory Hut is still around, or at least was a few years ago, the family maintains one location in Helotes. I don't know if they moved when the HEB expanded, or if they already had another location there in Helotes.

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by ged_782

Hickory Hut. It was there for many years, at least as far back as the late 1960s. It closed when the HEB expansion swallowed that property.

Man i was trying hard to remember the name.

Sommers locations began rapidly disappearing in the early 1980s, and were pretty much all gone by the mid 1980s, except for the location in the Nix Professional Building. That location survived at least a few more years, I'm guessing until maybe the 1990s?

It's sad how we lost those, then Revco a few years later.

[GWhopper]

My mom used to work in that Sommer's. If I remember correctly, Sommer's was bought by Revco, then Revco merged with Eckerd's (I think). There was already an Eckerd's at the HEB behind Colonies Mall, so I think they closed down the Colonies North location since the other location was closer to the highway and had more traffic.

Now for some bonus points, does anybody remember when the old HEB building behind Colonies was built? I remember in the same building as the HEB, which faced Wurzbach, not I-10, was the Eckerd's and a women's clothing shop called Michael's (no relation to the hobby shop). For a few years, there was actually another building in the parking lot of the HEB. If you were facing the HEB from the Wurzbach entrance, there was a stand alone strip-like center to the left of the entrance and had about 3 stores in it. One of the stores was a Radio Shack, I think. It was only there for a few years, then they tore it down.

[Primo]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

My mom used to work in that Sommer's. If I remember correctly, Sommer's was bought by Revco, then Revco merged with Eckerd's (I think). There was already an Eckerd's at the HEB behind Colonies Mall, so I think they closed down the Colonies North location since the other location was closer to the highway and had more traffic.

Now for some bonus points, does anybody remember when the old HEB building behind Colonies was built? I remember in the same building as the HEB, which faced Wurzbach, not I-10, was the Eckerd's and a women's clothing shop called Michael's (no relation to the hobby shop). For a few years, there was actually another building in the parking lot of the HEB. If you were facing the HEB from the Wurzbach entrance, there was a stand alone strip-like center to the left of the entrance and had about 3 stores in it. One of the stores was a Radio Shack, I think. It was only there for a few years, then they tore it down.

I want to clarify...that Hickory Hut was separate from Colonies North Mall. It was in its own building, behind it and behind the HEB. My parents moved into Colonies North in 1968..Wurzbach was a dirt road...they have always said that Hickory Hut "had always been there"

Drug Stores...I believe the drug store Next to the HEB was originally a Skillerens..and then an Eckards.

Next to the Radio Shack was the Colonies North Shoe Repair which later moved next to the Hickory Hut and then to Oak Gate (corner of Wurzbach & Vance Jackson). And dont forget Whopper Burger was also in the HEB parking lot at the very corner of I-10 & Wurzbach. I wish someone had a photo of that parking lot

[RGJ]

I remember all this now that my memory has been jogged. Hickory Hut had pretty good BBQ if I remember right. I moved to Shenandoah subdivision in the early 70's. It was the furtherest subdivision out IH10 at the time.

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

Hickory Hut in Helotes has been closed for years. It has since been another restaurant and is now becoming a bar and grill. I talked to a member of the Helotes Historical society and he told me that the family is not interested in bringing it back.

[Vector28]

I'm thinking that HH catered one of my John Marshall reunions many years ago, and that the fellow running the show was also a JMHS grad although many years younger than than my fellow grads. Met him briefly but can't remember the name.