Do You Remember...? Central Avenue

In this issue of Do You Remember, I'd like to discuss some old memories of Central Avenue when we were young. The face of "The Avenue" has changed greatly since we were in elementary school. For example, do you remember when Ruthies used to be Baskin Robbins? Do you remember Burger Nosh? My good friend, who was in the Israeli Army, claims that Burger Nosh closed down because he found a pebble in one of his chicken nuggets. There seem to be two locations on Central Avenue that used to have a curse, but were recently broken. Dave's Pizza went through many changes until we were fortunate to have our favorite raspy Israeli Pizza owner grace us on Central Avenue. At one point, it was Talia's (they had an incredible cheese sauce on their fries), and was then Pizza Cave, and until Dave came along, no one was able to hold ground. The other cursed location was the present Off The Grill location. At one point it was Anise, Loris, and then Hapinah. One of my saddest memories was when KB Toys was turned into Washington Mutual Bank! How about Oh Goodie? The predecessor to the now very succesful Oh Nuts. And perhaps one of the best, underrated restaurtants, the Dairy Revue (which was originally located where Jerusalem Mini Mart is now, and then moved to the Dougies/Carlos and Gabbys location). Commerce Bank used to be Pearl Carpet. Borders was Waldenbooks (I love the Irish acents). Tea for Two was Abigael's, and then the Cedar Club. Remember the cheese sticks in Pizza Professor? And the cinnamon and sugar sticks with the custard sauce.
How about Karl's? Stride Rite? The drive-thru supermarket on the corner of prospect and West Broadway?