"House of Cards" found a Minnesota relic

The survivor.

March 13, 2015 at 5:40PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Eagle-eyed viewers who watched the season finale of "House of Cards" may have noticed a small scurrying mouse, because that's what an eagle would be looking for. A human being with a sense of retail history might have been surprised to see this:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

That's the original Gambles logo. But - but they're gone. Aren't they? Yes, they are - as a chain, anyway. As Wikipedia puts it:

Bonus: in '68 they bought Red Owl. For a while, the company operated out of this building in downtown Minneapolis:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Anyway, they didn't slap an old brand on an empty store. It's a real place, and it's in Vegas.

VotD If you could bring to life a character many kids know only as a meme, that'd be great.

It's a wise move, but I don't think it'll stop anyone from moving to Slack. Because Slack has "buzz" and Hipchat has a stupid name.

Skogmo, though: that was fun to say, once upon a time.

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