Good Bye Quincy's
@LeaPea2417 (36486)
Toccoa, Georgia
July 15, 2022 2:25pm CST
Quincy's Steak House was a fixture here in my town for decades. It was the kind of restaurant where you could order steaks but if you were not wanting that, you could get food from the hot bar buffet. The buffet always had good Southern food to offer.
The restaurant was popular. I have many memories eating there with my family and other times when relatives came to visit. My parents liked eating there when they came to visit.
In the past ten years, there was two different times when it change ownership. The last time, they closed for good.
Then Chic Fil A decided to buy the area. It just tore down the old restaurant building to put up a new building.
That was sad to see a video in the local online news , seeing the old decades Quincy building bulldozed.
Good bye Quincy's. I will always have fond memories.
Is there any place in your areas that are being torn down that you will miss?
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@snowy22315 (170307)
• United States
15 Jul 22
Hmm, there was an Applebees that got replaced with an ethnic place. Famous Dave's in Spotsy closed about a year ago..I will have to look not sure what they did with that.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Jul 22
Applebee's was another restaurant that closed here. I never thought it would close. It was here at least 10 years.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
2 Aug 22
Oh no I am sorry to know this..an era gone by.
So many are shutting down and have shut down from our days Anne.
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@RebeccasFarm (86830)
• United States
2 Aug 22
@LeaPea2417 I miss a steak house called Ponderosa..and Bonanza..none around here anymore if there ever were.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2 Aug 22
Yes, it is sad. I have so many memories of that restaurant.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2 Aug 22
@RebeccasFarm I remember those two steak house names. I don't think they are still around.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
18 Sep 22
It always makes me sad to when I see old buildings being torn down especially if they hold memories for me. Sad it wasn’t just reopened by someone else rather then being torn down and a chain restaurant going up. We just got a chick-fil-a where I get groceries. Doubt I’ll ever go.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
19 Sep 22
@LeaPea2417 yep I saw that in your post above. Have you ever eaten at one before?
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
19 Sep 22
@shaggin yes, I do like Chik Fil A.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Sep 22
They are building a Chic FIL A in my town right now.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Aug 22
I agree. There was many years ago a department store here in Georgia called Rich's Department Store. It sold clothes and had a great bakery and restaurant, a pure classic Southern cultural place. It was the saddest day when it got bought out and closed and replaced.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Aug 22
@DianneN yes, precious memories.
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@DianneN (247103)
• United States
30 Aug 22
@LeaPea2417 Same here. At least they left us with good memories.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
21 May
It is sad about the closure of so many small businesses.
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 May
@LeaPea2417 Very sad. So many families have suffered. And they should not have.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
16 Jul 22
Oh I can relate to this
Our small rustic town was once hone to one of the most famous night clubs in the UK
It's a ruin now
And will be torn down very soon after sitting unused for almost 30 years
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 22
That's sad. I wonder what will be built in its place.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
16 Jul 22
@LeaPea2417
Well we don't know
But it's going to cost millions to get the asbestos removed
Far more than the site the building is on is worth
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 22
@JimBo452020 oh okay, I didn't realize about the asbestos.
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@jstory07 (134508)
• Roseburg, Oregon
28 Sep 22
That is to bad Quincys went over.
DelTaco burned down here and they tore it down. I am hoping they rebuild it.
@jstory07 (134508)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13 Nov 22
@LeaPea2417 There tacos were good so I hope they come back.
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@LadyDuck (458760)
• Switzerland
17 Jul 22
@LeaPea2417 This is true, some places that are disappearing were very good.
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@wolfgirl569 (95533)
• Marion, Ohio
16 Jul 22
It hasnt been torn down but been closed forever. LaRue used to have a wonderful restaurant.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 22
It's sad when no one wants to buy it to renovate it to reopen it.
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@Fleura (29199)
• United Kingdom
15 Jul 22
It's a shame when that happens. We had a department store in the middle of town that was first opened in 1738. It was the place to go if you wanted any sort of kitchen item - pots and pans, gadgets of all sorts, crockery and glassware, cleaning supplies, cake decorating things - towels, bedding, hosiery and umbrellas and that sort of thing, pharmacy items and fancy soaps, luggage, and a great selection of toys and games of all kinds, as well as souvenirs and Christmas stuff. They closed for good in 2020 and the building is currently being converted into a hotel. It's such a shame. And I struggle to think of where to go for all those little useful things I used to get there!
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 22
When I was a child there was a store like the one you mention near. It was so historical. It got bought out by another company and closed for good. It is still sad to think about.
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@Fleura (29199)
• United Kingdom
16 Jul 22
@LeaPea2417 It is such a shame when a piece of local history like that vanishes.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 22
That's sad when a town changes a lot.
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@Deepizzaguy (94773)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jul 22
There was a pizza parlor named Little Caesar's Pizza that is located in a shopping mall near a bookstore that was severely damaged in 2020 by Hurricane Laura which has closed for good. I miss that pizza parlor because they have a $5 dollar carryout special.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 22
We luckily still have Little Caesars here. I agree. I like the 5 dollar carry out special.
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@Deepizzaguy (94773)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Jul 22
@LeaPea2417 I like their pepperoni pizzas a lot.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Jul 22
@Deepizzaguy yes, they are very tasty.
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@LindaOHio (156804)
• United States
16 Jul 22
It's always sad to lose a good restaurant. There are so few around. I can't think of any that we have lost.
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@LeaPea2417 (36486)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Jul 22
I have also thought it when I read about restaurants closing in different areas I have visited but never ate at.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
24 Jul 22
@LeaPea2417 We always figure, "No wonder they couldn't stay in business." lol
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