Vintage Fast Food of Babcock Street
Babcock St is one of the old retail corridors of Melbourne, and unfortunately one mostly abandoned. Even where retail persists, like at the intersection with Palm Bay Rd, it's morphed and scattered- Kmart turned to Uhaul, Winn-Dixie split into several tenants, etc. In general, the street is home to many retail relics from days gone by. And today, we get pretty retro. 421 S Babcock St - Blt 1978 Starting off with our most "modern" building, dating to 1978. It's a late example of the "Mission" style Taco Bell, with added round entrances and a partial solarium. It's been operating as a bar called On The Rocks for the past couple years, and has been a bar since 2007 at least. If I had to throw a guess at when this closed as Taco Bell, I'd say 1999, as that's when a newer store was built at 4855 Babcock St NE. 433 S Babcock St - Blt 1970 We now jump to my favorite, a sad looking and well disguised A-frame, a Der Weinerschnitzel to be exact! I have a ...