Throwback Thursday: Do You Remember...?

ENFIELD, CT — In this weekly series, Enfield Patch publishes a photo of a business or landmark in town that is no longer in existence.

In 1995, the longstanding Abdow's Big Boy restaurant was sold to the Brockton, Mass.-based Bickford's chain. The original Bickford's in Enfield was on the corner of Hazard Avenue and Palomba Drive (site of the current First Niagara Bank building), and in the late 1990s, the restaurant moved into the former Abdow's location at 7 Hazard Avenue, at the south entrance to Enfield Square.

Bickford's, founded in 1921, was one of the first establishments where breakfast fare was served all day long; in fact, its slogan was "breakfast anytime."

The Route 190 restaurant closed abruptly in Oct. 2010, the same day as the Westfield, Mass. location. Today, just four restaurants operate under the Bickford's name, all in Massachusetts: Acton, Brockton, Burlington and Woburn.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, an AT&T store and SuperCuts are currently housed in the remodeled building at 7 Hazard Avenue.

Enfield Patch invites readers to share their memories of Bickford's in the comments section below.

Do you have a photo of a former Enfield business or landmark? Email it to tim.jensen@patch.com and we’ll feature it in an upcoming column.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen