Okay. Thanks. See above post re Safeway.
My theory is that Judge’s Book is the epicenter of Ford’s story and none of this story could have existed without this stupid drunk-a-logue. Once Ford got a hold of the book she could piece together a story coming up with names, events, where Judge worked, etc.
I personally remember this store back to the early to mid-80s, and it had been established for a while. Another poster posted that his mother shopped there when it opened in NINETEEN SEVEVTY-TWO.