Amen to that. Back in the 70s, my hometown built a nice pedestrian mall, which I photographed extensively. It was unpopular, and was razed in the '90s, and the streets put back in. The director of the historical society said all their photos were monochrome newspaper shots, so they were delighted to get my slides. I kept the scans and gave them the originals.

Man, I’m getting old when the year 1980 makes it on to Shorpy!

Seeing this photo reminds me that I never think of taking photos of the streets, businesses, and cars, in Durham, NC, where I live. I mean, how interesting could such photos be? But Shorpy shows every day that subjects that seem mundane and uninteresting in the here and now are hugely interesting in later years. So, take some pictures, people, and save them.

When I first saw this I was wondering about Coors being available in Buffalo, NY in 1980. As I had recalled it wasn't sold in the the eastern US until later in the eighties. Thanks for clearing this up Dave!

Coors was the beer of the West back then; you couldn't legally buy it east of the Mississippi. Got a couple cases of it out here in Michigan back then and thought WOW, let's party!! It tasted like Golden water. Back to Stroh's.

Coors was kind of a big deal back then. Smokey and the Bandit helped.

Here's a current photo of the building.

I've lived here for 70 years and do not recognize this. I've also shared on Facebook "Former Buffalo Restaurants" and no one else recognizes. It might be Buffalo, Wyoming.

[Indeed it is. Caption corrected! - Dave]

Is it just me, or was 1980 just 10 or 20 years ago; not FORTY years ago.