This week, officials with the Boscov’s Department Store chain announced that they will be closing the restaurants at several of their stores.
I went digging through our archives and discovered advertisements dealing with the restaurants located at the Boscov’s in Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Pottsville.
Wilkes-Barre location from the pages of the Citizens’ Voice –
Thu, Aug 14, 1980 – 37 · Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Tue, Oct 28, 1980 – 19 · Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Thu, Jul 9, 1981 – 31 · Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Thu, Oct 29, 1981 – 14 · Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Hazleton location from the Hazleton Standard Speaker –
Fri, Jun 23, 1978 – 7 · Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Mon, Oct 6, 1980 – 71 · Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Mon, Dec 8, 1980 – 35 · Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Wed, Mar 11, 1981 – 23 · Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Pottsville location from the Pottsville Republican Herald –
Tue, Aug 27, 1974 – 13 · Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Tue, Mar 11, 1975 – 16 · Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Wed, Mar 24, 1976 – 15 · Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Fri, Oct 15, 1976 – 8 · Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast
