I remember the old Weingartens. I liked the grill/diner that was on the west side of the store. While my folks would shop I would watch them make the donuts. For some reason I liked to watch them drop, fry as they floated in a circle, get flipped to do the other side and then scooped out to drain. We shopped the nursery everyspring that was on the corner of Oak Forest and 43rd. Most of the groceries came from the Minimax store that was where the Eckerds is now at. I can't remember the name of the little ice cream shop that was next door to the Minimax. It was directly on the right side of the Minimax where the sidewalk makes the 90 degree turn. Of course I was 5 or 6 then. For some reason I think the ame had "Village" in it. The biggest treat though was when we had some extra money. We would go to SS Kreske's across the street and get hamburgers to take home. There were quite a few businesses that called that center home. There was the Western Auto to the left of the Minimax, a bowling alley was there to the left (I believe) of where the Hallmark is now. It stayed vacant for quite a while and then the Gordon's jewelers took that space. Probably my favorite place though was the Midgit Market. It was between the Dominos and the Red Wing store on Ella and 43rd. We used to run to the big chest that they sold the drinks out of and jam our hands into the ice. Dr. Pepper was 10 cents a bottle with a 3 cent deposit. We bought ice there in brown paper bags that were filled while we waited. Ahhhhhh......i can almost see it all again.