# Retail "structures" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849 "2012-03-15T11:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/1 "2012-03-15T11:34:57Z")
I can go to a **Hut** and buy sunglasses, then head over to a **Shack** for a new radio. When I’m done I can have some pizza at a different **Hut** , or maybe if I’m craving pancakes I’ll go to a **House**. What else? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/2 "2012-03-15T11:46:33Z")
I believe there’s a \*\*Barn \*\*for pottery and a \*\*Depot \*\*for your **Home** … ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/3 "2012-03-15T13:38:05Z")
Broussard, LA (near Lafayette) has a House of Meat, although I was disappointed to find it was constructed of ordinary building materials. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/4 "2012-03-15T13:38:49Z")
There is (or was) a castle you could go to for a burger and a factory for desert. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/5 "2012-03-15T14:39:15Z")
There was a Tower for your records… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/6 "2012-03-15T14:50:01Z")
When I want to buy a Carphone I can go to a Warehouse. > [@Meurglys](#): > > There was a Tower for your records… Now there’s just a Virgin. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/7 "2012-03-15T14:57:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I believe there’s a \*\*Barn \*\*for pottery and a \*\*Depot \*\*for your **Home** … You can get a dress in a barn, too. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/8 "2012-03-15T15:01:09Z")
Once upon a time, you could buy fried chicken in a[Red Barn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Barn_%28restaurant%29). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/9 "2012-03-15T15:02:30Z")
If you’re a homeless white person, I suppose you could live in a Cracker Barrel…but that’s probably stretching it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/10 "2012-03-15T15:10:33Z")
There’s a \*\*Warehouse \*\*for designer shoes, and a \*\*Factory \*\*for Burlington Coats. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/11 "2012-03-15T15:15:52Z")
Is **Church’s** chicken too much of a stretch? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/12 "2012-03-15T15:21:11Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > You can get a dress in a barn, too. In my town, there’s also [one for yarn](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%22yarn+barn%22&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/13 "2012-03-15T15:34:34Z")
There used to be a men’s clothing store called Structure but it appears it was bought out and absorbed by Sears. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/14 "2012-03-15T15:36:18Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > You can get a dress in a barn, too. Yeah, that has to be the most perplexing store name I’ve heard. In my experience, women generally dislike being associated with livestock. Wish I’d known that before I sank my life savings into a “Shoe Sty” franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/15 "2012-03-15T15:48:58Z")
There’s a \*\*Pagoda \*\*for piercing, and there used to be an electronics store chain called **Silo**. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/16 "2012-03-15T16:00:08Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > There used to be a men’s clothing store called Structure but it appears it was bought out and absorbed by Sears. Men do still have a “[wearhouse](http://www.menswearhouse.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Menswear_-1_10601_10051_10051_10051_Menswear.html)”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/17 "2012-03-15T16:10:42Z")
In New Orleans, there once was a house where many a young boy could get laid, but I think it’s closed now. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/18 "2012-03-15T16:12:15Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > Men do still have a “[wearhouse](http://www.menswearhouse.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Menswear_-1_10601_10051_10051_10051_Menswear.html)”. And a different [one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%27s_Work_Wearhouse) in Canada. (I had no idea it was owned by Canadian Tire.) ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/19 "2012-03-15T16:14:51Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Once upon a time, you could buy fried chicken in a[Red Barn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Barn_%28restaurant%29). When I was a teenager in the 70s, I got my first “real” job (paycheck with taxes taken out) at a Red Barn in Madison, Wis. I earned $2.00 an hour as a fry cook. As a fringe benefit, I also developed acne. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849/20 "2012-03-15T17:13:57Z")
In California, one buys liquor in a Barn, I suppose in some parts of Applalachia as well, according to the [Dicovery Channel](http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/moonshiners/). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-structures/615849.md?page=2)