BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A date has been set for the official grand opening of downtown’s renovated and modernized Woolworth’s building – Oct. 25.
If that seems like a long wait, take heart – the historic five and dime, at the center of Bakersfield’s post-war shopping district, is still on track to open later this summer, most likely in late August.
It will be a soft open, designed to get the Woolworth’s lunch counter and other food service offerings up to speed prior to the buzz of an official ribbon cutting.
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The Woolworth’s building, under the ownership of Sherrod and Emily Waite and the architectural direction of Daniel Cater, is transitioning 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…