Flick Fact: Before Binny’s along Veterans, what stores were there instead?

Question: Binny’s Beverage Depot along Veterans Parkway, near Hy-Vee, is one of Bloomington-Normal’s largest retailers of beer, wine and spirits, a sprawling store that once housed several other businesses. Can you remember what they were? Answer: After it was Golf USA, it was Shoe Carnival, adjoined by a Heavenly Ham outlet. Then it became Binny's.

More recently, it also incorporated a former Outback restaurant that had been next to it. Eats of the Week feature on Ivy Lane Bakery in downtown Bloomington Children pose during the finale of a traditional dance routine for Sunday's Festival of Joy in downtown Bloomington. The event has reached its 15th year and is presented by the Hare Krishna Community of Bloomington-Normal.



Bloomington's Jai Jadoun, 10, twirls front center of a traditional dance routine during the Festival of Joy on Sunday in downtown Bloomington. Placing floral arrangements in front of an alter to Jagannatha, a version of Lord Krishna, is Sireesha Narra, 48, of Bloomington, during Sunday's Festival of Joy in Bloomington. Shown back right is Kusuma Morisetty, 62, of Decatur.

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