Black Friday in Fields Corner

adamg — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:03:48 +0000

Whalehead King reports Fields Corner stores were so busy early this afternoon that the fire department had to count heads to make sure one of the stores, 99-Cent State, wasn't exceeding its licensed capacity:

... Super Dollar Plus was busy. Family Dollar was busy. Stereo Electronics was busy and its better known rival, Radio Shack, was busy. The busiest place of all was that bottomless bargain emporium, 99-Cent State, a place that puts Ocean State Job Lot to shame with less square footage and only one outlet located along the teeming sidewalks of Dot Ave. ...