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Goodbye Uptown Snack Shop

By Rachelle Bowden in Food on Mar 1, 2006 3:49PM

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It may not be the Berghoff, but last Saturday, after being open for 47 years, the Uptown Snack Shop closed. To make room for condos. Double whammy. Uptown Snack Shop was dear to many people who are sad to see it closed now, to say the least.

Today on You Tube we saw some videos recorded on the last day of operation. The people singing Auld Lang Syne made us kind of sad, even though you can see they're enjoying their last day. There are also clips of regular customers telling what the closing means to them and to the Uptown community.

More photographs of Uptown Snack Shop at rachelleb.com and on Flickr