Albertsons Florida Blog
National Root Beer Float Day
Long John Silvers/A&W
1180 S Babcock St., Melbourne, FL
Originally opened as a Long John Silvers restaurant in 1976. Sometime in the 2000's an A&W was added here and the building was given some minor renovations.
And the reason why I came here - the root beer float. Not a bad size for being free, and it tasted good. If you live near an A&W, it's not too late to get one for free - you have until the restaurant closes tonight, 8/6/15.
Anyway, a note about scheduling. Next week is AFB on flickr's annual Restaurant Week. Restaurant Week will run from this Sunday, 8/9, until Friday, 8/14. I'll be posting 4-5 photos everyday (there might be a few more than that on some days). All of this year's features will be either repurposed or abandoned restaurants located just to the north of the LJS/A&W along the North Babcock restaurant death row (not to be confused with the Palm Bay restaurant death row, featured last year, which you can peruse here). I'll also be posting some Albertsons photos on Sunday as well as I have a new blog post going up that day. After Restaurant Week, my usual Tuesday/Friday uploads will resume, and our subject matter on flickr will switch to a dead mall. Maybe. I can change my mind on that by then, but I've had those mall photos sitting around for over a year now and I'd like to get them out of my way, or at least start on them. I'll figure something out, and I've rambled on long enough. Just be sure to stay tuned for Sunday! - AFB
National Root Beer Float Day
Long John Silvers/A&W
1180 S Babcock St., Melbourne, FL
Originally opened as a Long John Silvers restaurant in 1976. Sometime in the 2000's an A&W was added here and the building was given some minor renovations.
And the reason why I came here - the root beer float. Not a bad size for being free, and it tasted good. If you live near an A&W, it's not too late to get one for free - you have until the restaurant closes tonight, 8/6/15.
Anyway, a note about scheduling. Next week is AFB on flickr's annual Restaurant Week. Restaurant Week will run from this Sunday, 8/9, until Friday, 8/14. I'll be posting 4-5 photos everyday (there might be a few more than that on some days). All of this year's features will be either repurposed or abandoned restaurants located just to the north of the LJS/A&W along the North Babcock restaurant death row (not to be confused with the Palm Bay restaurant death row, featured last year, which you can peruse here). I'll also be posting some Albertsons photos on Sunday as well as I have a new blog post going up that day. After Restaurant Week, my usual Tuesday/Friday uploads will resume, and our subject matter on flickr will switch to a dead mall. Maybe. I can change my mind on that by then, but I've had those mall photos sitting around for over a year now and I'd like to get them out of my way, or at least start on them. I'll figure something out, and I've rambled on long enough. Just be sure to stay tuned for Sunday! - AFB