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Can someone tell me about Sakowitz? What was it like? What happened to it?

Sakowitz was a very attractive store taking up almost a full block across from the downtown Foley's. (Foley's was built first).The prices were higher than Foley's and there was a nice restaurant in the store where I recall eating with my Mother occasionally. An example of the prices: I couldn't spend the $200 for the beautiful formal gown in Sakowitz window for a school dance, so I drew a picture of it and had it made for much less. At that time (1950s) $200 was a lot of money.....equivalent to thousands now, I believe.

Later there was a smaller Sakowitz across from Galleria.

I thought part of Westbury Square was still there, but part was a Home Depot or something.

What about restaurants? My grandfather said that Kaphan's Restaurant and Sonny Look's were the nice places to go, but they're gone now.

I remember Kaphan's very well and it was a sponsor for one of the popular disk jockeys way back when and was very popular.

I miss Alfred's in the Village for their wonderful hamburgers, and does anybody remember the Ming Palace restaurant on (I think) West Gray?