BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The historic Woolworth’s building, reopening as early as August 15, is going to have a lot of music, as its basement stage suggests.
Home to Moneywise Wealth Management, it’s also going to have a lot of financial activity. It will also, however, have food…burgers, fries, everything you would expect at a Woolworth’s, and more.
That’s what people seem to be clamoring for – the old luncheonette menu, the soda fountain favorites that speak to another time and place. The Woolworth’s Building, under the ownership of Sherrod and Emily Waite and the architectural direction of Daniel Cater, is transitioning more fully away from the five-and-dime era of its founding 75 years ago and into the modern era, except for the luncheonette, the last operating Woolworth’s lunch counter in existence…