Stores That Are No More in Massachusetts... an Incomplete List

With more and more stores closing down or leaving Massachusetts, I decided I better make a list so that even I don't totally forget them!  These are ones I personally knew, but by no means a complete list. Perhaps you will remember some yourself!

AS OF 10/1/25:

Ames - Department Store (replaced Zayer) - Waltham, MA (2002)
Ann & Hope - Department Store - Arsenal Mall, Watertown MA
Bailey's - Ice Cream & Candy - Belmont Center, MA

Bed Bath & Beyond - (2023)

Ben Franklin - 5&10/craft store - Belmont MA, etc

Bildner's - Food Store - Belmont Center, MA

Bradlee's - Department Store - Burlington, MA (2001)

Bugaboo Creek - Restaurant - Watertown, MA (2016)

Building 19 (etc) - Closeout Items (2013)

Caldor - Department Store - (1999)

Chadwick's - Restaurant - Lexington, MA (demolished)

Child World - Toy Store (1992)

Christmas Tree Shops - (2023)

Circuit City - Electronics, appliances, etc (2009)

Cottage Crest - Restaurant - Waltham, MA

Dandelion Green - Restaurant - Burlington, MA 

Dexter Shoes - Shoe Stores (Maine)

Durgin Park - Restaurant (1827-2019) 

Filene's - Clothing/Department Store  (2006)

Filene's Basement - Discount Clothing

Finest - Supermarket

Fotomat - photo processing 

Granite State Potato Chips - Salem, NH (demolished)

Grossman's - Home Improvement

K-B Toys - Toy Store - (2009)

K-Mart - Department Store (none in Massachusetts)

Heartland - Supermarket

Hilltop Steak House - Restaurant - Saugus MA

Jordan Marsh (became Macy's) - Department Store

Lechmere - Electronics, Appliances, etc (1997)

LeeWards - Crafts (became Michael's)

Lord & Taylor - Clothing

Magic Pan - Restaurant (crêpes) 

Moe Black's - Hardware Store, etc - Waltham, MA

Old Oak'n Bucket - Restaurant - Westford, MA

Papa Razzi - Restaurant - (1 location left as of 2024) 

Paperama - Woburn MA

Pewter Pot - Restaurant 

Purity Supreme - Supermarket (was Heartland)

Radio Shack - Electronics

RiteAid - Pharmacy (10/2025)

Rotman's Furniture - Worcester MA (2022)

Sage's - Food Market - Belmont Center, MA

Sears - Department store (11 stores remaining nationwide as of 2024)

Service Merchandise - Electronics, Appliances, etc - Burlington, MA (2002)

Spag's - Discount - Shrewsbury, MA (2004)

Strawberries - Record Store (sold 1989)

Tweeter - Electronics (2008)

Videosmith - Movie Rentals 

Quarterdeck - Seafood Restaurant - York, ME

Wal-Lex - Bowling Alley - Waltham, MA

You Do It Electronics - (Dec 2024)
Zayer - Department Store - Waltham, MA (1990)

Toys R Us, Winchester MA 7/2/19


Sears, Leominster MA 11/22/22


Bed Bath & Beyond, Leominster MA (2/26/23)

Below are some stores that turned online-only, out of Massachusetts, closing stores, or on their last legs (a shame, too)

Arthur Treacher's - Fish Restaurant - Woburn, MA

Baskin Robbins - Ice Cream (one is in a Dunkin Donuts, Lexington MA)

Bed Bath & Beyond - home goods (now online only)

Bob's Stores - (2024)

Boston Chicken (now Boston Market) - Lexington, MA

Carvel - Ice Cream (shops) - Woburn, MA

Friendly's - Family Restaurant (most Boston area locations closed)

Jo-Ann Fabrics 

Office Depot - Online only

Papa Gino's - Pizza Restaurant... many locations have closed 

Tower Records - Record Store (online)

Toys R Us - Toy Store - Winchester, MA (online, various attempts to get back into brick & mortar sales)

Rotman's Furniture, Worcester MA 12/11/22


Papa Razzi, Concord MA (6/30/23) (DEMOLISHED)

Papa Gino's, Bedford MA 7/26/21 (DEMOLISHED)