What Milford Businesses Do You Miss?

Milford, MA - Businesses open and close, but the impression they leave on a community can last long after they board up their doors.

Has your favorite venue vanished from Milford? If you’re missing an old hardware store, bakery or mom-and-pop shop, you’re in good company.

We asked Patch Readers in Milford, what extinct local business they’d bring back from the dead. Here’s a list of one-time favorites:

• “I wouldn’t call it nostalgic, but Beijing Dumpling House was awesome.”

• “Bidinos Pizza”

• “The Soda Shoppe and Crystal Spa!”

• “PJ Stanley’s, Skate Palace, Rubber Chicken Comics, Peppermint Twist...plenty more”

• “Main Street Coffee, Crystal Spa...but Pago Pago really crushed me.”

• “Skate Palace, for sure! There are other stores, restaurants, etc, Kids didn’t need a video game arcade, they need the socialization and exercise, that Skate Palace provided!”

• “Ponderosa ...Pago Pago, Taco Bell, Teds Diner, Skate Palace”

• “Woman’s store, Tigers den....I miss the sidewalk fairs they used to have down town when there were actually stores there.”

• “PJ Stanley’s and I so miss the movie theater across from Jonny Jacks”

• “I can’t remember the name of the place but they had all kinds of ice cream and candy. It was downtown smack dab in the middle. Same side of the road as Johnny jacks. Every time I went there I got crazy vanilla. I loved that place. So much candy.” (The Ice Cream Parlor)

Is your choice business not on the list? Add it in the comments below or on our Milford Patch Facebook page.