Merchant Square: A Different Type Of Mall | Retail Archaeology

In this episode we take a look at Merchant Square, my favorite vintage and antique mall.
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[@TendosTrash]

The yellow booth was mine. I got a ton of comments on my channel today telling me my booth was featured on your video, so I figured I’d check it out. This video is dope! Thanks for checking out the booth!

[@RetailArchaeology]

Your booth is one of my favorites 😁

[@thisshouldbeentertaining3386]

I was about to leave a comment on your channel tendo saying you made it on RA

[@BDBD16]

Every time you say "...like a mini mall...." that song pops in my head.

[@dailyblunts3935]

Every time you said it was "like a mini mall" I thought of that flea market montgomery video that was a meme like a decade and a half ago.

[@basshead2003]

🎶It’s just like, it’s just like, a mini mall🎶

[@Larry]

0:10 It's just like a mini mall you say? :D

[@natelan69420]

YOU JUST GOT A SHOUT-OUT FROM LINUS TECH TIPS ON HIS MOST RECENT WAN SHOW!!! WOOT!!!

[@chrislongbeard]

I had a booth in a place similar to this. Never broke even at the end of the month. But it was a good tax write off.

[@kittikoko]

So cool. It's like a mini museum where you can actually buy the exhibits!

[@kittikoko]

Oh my God, I love this place. The little restaurant has so much character.

[@sageolivia1837]

damn this has character to it, it’s pretty unique

[@jtlovescodelyoko]

I needed this particularly here as a Texan where we had a week-long hell freeze

[@Ozzy_2014]

Feeze-puhlease just warmed up to the same temperature a week ago in Winnipeg. Was -30 and colder.

[@chm77777]

Found your channel a few days ago and now I'm thinking this is someone I would hang out with.

[@sherrybell3924]

Denny's: I thought we were the only people hanging out at Denny's in the middle of the night drinking coffee and smoking cigs back in the day (in the 80s in Ohio.)

[@RetailArchaeology]

We were still doing it in the 90s 🙂

[@Orangewood76]

You can't call yourself an American if you've never been shitfaced in a Denny's at 3am.

[@peachicee6861]

Ò

[@mallaholicretailadventures]

I love antique stores. Remind me of my childhood.

[@thriftsnriffs291]

that yellow booth with the nerf guns is non other than Tendos booth! check him out on youtube. he has a channel on a ton of thrifting and on his booth, as well as tons of others stuff. Edit; not sure if this is mentioned later in the video or in the comments somewhere but yeah!

[@saf2127]

“It’s just like a mini mall!” Did anyone else catch that? Ah, memories.

[@gmcnewlook]

Hey hey!

[@SearsCool]

It's nice that some stores don't demolish the old classic stores. It's interesting Payless Cashways went bankrupt the day before 9/11

[@Rogue849]

Feels like I could spend a whole afternoon poking around this place

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

I remember when Chandler was being built in the early 90s, used to be just desert, before the Styrofoam & Chicken Wire houses started going in...

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Orlando, Orlando.gov has seen massive growth 🏘. Massive RE development in the areas that were vacant, un-used in 2000.

[@comfeefort]

I remember it having Orange Groves in the mid 80's

[@CinqueMalcolm]

I remember when I was being built in Chandler in the 70s. 1977 model.

[@walkingtours8808]

LOL Vanilla Fudge!! I love that record shop.

[@johnsmart964]

Thank you for bringing us this video, it is much appreciated. It is great to see what people with some imagination can do with an otherwise moribund property. Congratulations are given to the owners and a great addition for the local community as well as those from further afield. Long may this enterprise continue.

[@Wyrdwad]

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BIRCH BEER. As a born and raised Pennsylvanian, I can honestly say that that's like, one of the best drinks in the entire world. It is legit Pennsylvania Dutch brewed, and is legit a taste of real Pennsylvania goodness. If you've never had birch beer before, give it a try next time you see it -- it's like root beer, but richer, smoother, and more flavorful all across the board. What a cool mall this place is in general, but the fact that they've got Pennsylvania Dutch birch beer on offer in their restaurant? Yeah, major points to them for that!

[@Salvaging-in-Az]

I got that pinball machine you displayed as a Christmas present when I was in sixth or seventh grade, loved it😀.

[@misterhat5823]

Frostie makes a decent blue cream soda. That's the only one I've tried.

[@trabertgraneau3323]

Basically, Payless Cashway is like the Home Depot of its day

[@VidGirl88]

Love antique malls, like a disjointed trip down memory lane

[@AmbientWalking]

Love this! Love this! Love this! So nice to go on a trip with you. So pleasant and calming.

[@zamboozle3741]

good lord seeing Leninade just made my day, i'm still cracking up hours later

[@WalkingRoscoe]

You have yourself a perfectly named channel.

[@mrtempleton5302]

Wonderful video, love this vintage tiny mall stuff! Once again you have brightened my weekend RA

[@JasonLastName]

I’m flying there just to pick up some things! This place is fantastic! 😲😲😲

[@stevexray6253]

In the 90s and before the crash of 2008 I used to browse around antique shops pretty often.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

This was a really GOOD video, love the wonky market!!!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@FuzzyKedama]

Ok that's an awesome little place. Thanks for posting this and great job as always.

[@annettevillain4352]

Decided to turn this on at dinnertime. I always enjoy your uploads. But I was surprised my husband & teen-age son enjoyed it too. That antique mall had something for everyone. Thanks!

[@Locutus]

You talking about the children books being goofy because of the kids turning into animals. In the UK, in the 90s, we had a kid's TV series called "Woof!", about a boy who randomly turns into a dog sometimes. I loved it as a kid. You can watch some of the episodes on KZbin for free, including the pilot which is great. I watched it for the first time in 25 years last month!! Search on KZbin for "Eric Woof", should be the first result.

[@strippinheat]

I remember that Dr. Pepper machine from childhood. There was one in front of the strip mall just down the hill from here, near a Safeway. I would totally get that and use it in a game room.

[@Pugetwitch]

Vanilla fudge "she's gotta ticket to ride..." Good stuff!

[@1958darkstar]

Great video, great narration!😎👍🏻

[@donutman.24]

I LOVE looking through antique stores and seeing old memorabilia from the past. I had fun poking around my local Brass Armadillo Antique Mall.

[@ashlynehere]

This is my favorite place to go! All the little shops are so fun, I spend hours each time I visit!

[@UndeadEggmiester]

Now that I am getting older and forgetting more of my childhood I have been enjoying these stores more then I did in my youth or even in early 30s so I can kick start my memories more.

[@JazzyBabe56]

this was great!! so interesting and like you, I love poking around in those places too. makes me want to find one soon

[@BigKevin1194]

I've been at this store several times and it feels like your traveling in time when you get inside!!!

[@akalyx]

those animorphs/goosebumps books!

[@treasury2586]

Thanks for everything you did to save the pinball museum!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@keepmymindpreoccupied2892]

Good ol retail archeology 😊 you never fail me.

[@nicp2344]

Reminds me of savage mill mall here in MD. Also, keep making these vids brother your the only reason I'm still in the whole dead mall hobby anymore.

[@historiclift27]

This reminds me of a place in Abilene TX I went to. It was called Under One Roof. It was in a former local department store called Minters which was built in 1925. The used the basement, main floor and mezzanine. The mezzanine housed the little cafe and everything was so good. While I was looking at the building detail I got noticed by the building owner. He ended up offering to take me on a tour through the whole building. I got to see the archives of adverts from the old Minters and even got to see the guts of the old 1925 original Otis elevators. Sadly they did not work but on the main one the call bell still rang (likely it would have still been hand operated.) Definitely had the time of my life there and would recommend anybody go if you find yourself in Abilene!

[@samueljoyce5867]

AWESOME VIDEO!! We visited Merchant Square when we lived in Gilbert. Loved the bbq too. 💗🌸 Sammy, Joy, Jeff, Patricia

[@vwgirl]

Here's a tip. So you don't miss out on games for your collection make a spreadsheet in Google drive on your phone. Make a tap for each system and list all the games you have. Then when you're out and not sure whip out your list. Its really helped me with my collection. Just remember to add new purchases to your lists.

[@mdavid1955]

Now that's cool! ..way cooler than a normal shopping mall!

[@comfeefort]

That was fun! I really like unique places like this. I would have paid $75 for that T.V. not working even, great conversation piece.

[@JohnKelly2]

Dude, The Astronauts are awesome! One of the best surf bands ever!

[@MinoTheShow]

By video alone, I know this place kicks ass

[@Vic_Coco]

So much funky things

[@MrMountainjam]

Woohoo a new video!

[@tinkerbell1129mew]

My kids and I would love to shop at this store. We love vintage and older stuff.

[@davidho9238]

Thanks for the video. Look like that can be a full day trip.

[@grndzro777]

OMG I have a Land Camera from my mother. The engineering that went into those are amazing.

[@ZachArmstrong02]

I love going to stores like this

[@wetsocks811]

Dog n Suds was a staple place to go eat with my mom when i was little, the only location in ohio was in her home town before things went downhill for Ohio. it was my favorite place, and recently in florida of all places my dad found a place that also sells vintage pop and they have this rootbeer! if youve never had it and get a chance, try it! it tastes like the little rootbeer candies melted down, im not a fan of the drink but i cant resist a bottle when we get some to the house! weird how memories are all over. we always thought that was a little local spot special to us, never knew it was a chain

[@Austin.D]

seeing all those early 2000's video games reminds me more of a Goodwill than actual Antiques like what you would find in you're grandparents Attic or garage Lol

[@user-df9ce4nn4m]

Dude I love this place I literally live in the neighborhood I’ve been going there for like 5 years now it kicks ass.

[@jesusisking9744]

Awesome video

[@notthegoatseguy]

Now this is pod racing!

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I was going to post that! 😣 sad for Jake Lloyd....

[@DalmationProductions]

Thanks for the video :)

[@arizonaalchemy7572]

This is like the ANTUIQUE TROVE here in Scottsdale. Fun to look around in these places.

[@Zenith_V]

14:34 that one booth had some good looking box radio sets, hell I have that same speaker on the bottom shelf in the corner in a different color

[@brokenst33l]

The Jar Jar Binks jab got me for some reason. You really can't trash him enough.

[@Moonbeam143]

I do enjoy looking at old, and antique stuff. There's an amazing history behind them. But I still have to get used to seeing stuff I played with along with the antiques. I had that Stars Wars Speeder!

[@dansaikyo6664]

I need that retro chair and table set and Emerson tv for my retro-future themed living room

[@B.H.56]

I'm old enough to remember when antique stores had antiques in them.

[@Habu12]

Sidral Mundet! That’s my favorite! Apple cider soda, baby! I also have had a a bottle of Leninade. The writing on it is the best part.

[@Daniel28021991]

Awesome place

[@WalkingRoscoe]

Nostalgia. Subbed. Bam!

[@emocobra666]

this place looks fun

[@SynchroSk8]

I love poking around antique stores and malls. The last few years for my birthday I had my friends meet me at Anzios for a meal and then we walked Brass Armadillo Phoenix location across the street. It seems like everyone has fun meandering around the place looking at stuff. I am looking forward to just going out and doing that again when things improve with Covid.

[@gmcnewlook]

I love poking around antique stores when I come across one, especially ones like this where there’s individual booths interesting variety

[@carrieb204]

Love poking around antique shops. We have a few line down main street in old town pocatello

[@Steve.Cutler]

I had that little pin ball machine, it's from the 70's. You should've bought it!

[@azblueauthor8081]

Those World Series cups were an awesome way to end the video! I actually had won a contest through Blimpie to be on the field of Bank One Ballpark (Now Chase Field for those not from the Phoenix area) during warm-up and the National Anthem on August 18, 2001. The game that day was against my #1 favorite team, the Chicago Cubs. For the Anthem I was placed on first base, and while ballpark crew were still setting up for it, Matt Stairs of the Cubs waved and called me over to the dugout. He swapped his Cubs hat for my Diamondbacks hat during the Anthem. It's my absolute favorite Baseball memory, and the fact that the D-Backs made it to and won the World Series that same year still brings a huge smile to my face.

[@silicon212]

There is a place on Broadway and Dobson in Mesa, called "Call it New, Call it Antique" and it's very similar to this.

[@bumboy5348]

I forgot you live in AZ this is down the road from my house

[@randycallaway583]

I love those gas station garage signs as well. Cool mall I would love to go there next time I am in AZ. I use to work at a mall for hastings music store in Mesa I wish I could remember the name of the mall.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

JarJar looks partied out on that box eh!!!! I actually remember wanting the Episode 1 MicroMachines, and I was 16 :)

[@robertsitch1415]

Canada did have a hardware store chain called Cashway but it's probably a separate company.

[@MyDreamIsAStory]

I love places like this. When things get better in the world and you have time to travel, you should go to some antique shops in surrounding states.

[@Freyii]

Frostie slaps, love the blue lemonade. Cheap as dirt, too. $1 for 32oz.

[@mattdeman5200]

This place is awesome. I could spend an entire day there.

[@andrefecteau]

well that's the problem...too many "lookie lues"...it's ebay on the ground...yawn

[@ladytron1724]

Wish we had antique stores like you do in the USA.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TragicMTG]

M.U.L.E. is one of my favorite games of all time, I played it all the time on the Commodore 64. I got all excited seeing it in the case before you even mentioned it

[@jonathangamer7606]

Poor Vanilla Fudge. Their cover of You Keep Me Hanging On is considered protometal. It's worth a listen.

[@mewmedic]

I went here a few years ago and watching this makes me want to go back.

[@liz_violet]

i want that 60s af chair/table set!

[@mathewmclean9128]

Interesting! So it's kind of like the brass armadillo... I will definitely have to take a trip over there and check this place out. And if they have any NASCAR collectibles, I will be buying them.

[@IBonePokemon4Fun]

4:36 got that speedracer dvd at home

[@markstrouse3101]

Great video...we have an old merchant's square antique mall here in Allentown PA. It's a former Mack truck plant. It will be closing soon though. I spent my weekends there doing sports card memorabilia shows and toy shows there. Did a toy show with wwe superstar mankind (Mick Foley) there and he bought stuff from me to give to his son one Christmas.

[@LadyObasu]

I had no idea we had something like this in the valley. I want to take my parents there next time they visit Arizona.

[@francisphillips53]

That Pepsi clock is cool.

[@seraphicxo]

that dog n suds root beer came all the way from lafayette, indiana area!!! it’s still open and super bomb

[@jobassett7395]

Ah man, I would love to go to someplace like this.