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Note: Some of these may have been Swiss Pretzel, which had a very similar store design and was apparently under the same ownership.
CITY ADDRESS NOTES
Battle Creek Lakeview Square Mall Closed late 1990s?, wing removed for Barnes & Noble
Benton Harbor The Orchards Mall Confirmed as Swiss Pretzel; later Bavarian Pretzel, then Flying Griddle, now vacant
Dearborn Fairlane Town Center Now Pretzelmaker
Essexville Hampton Square Mall Closed mid-1990s, vacant; mall closed 2010
Flint Genesee Valley Center Closed late 1990s?, now part of Motherhood Maternity
Grand Rapids North Kent Mall Became Pretzel Peddler before 1990; closed before 1997, mall torn down 2000 for Lowe's
Woodland Mall
Harper Woods Eastland Center Last operational Hot Sam in Michigan; closed ca. 2004, later Jenna's Dollar Dog, now vacant
Jackson Westwood Mall, ste. 768 Now Pretzel Maker
Kalamazoo Maple Hill Mall Closed 2003, mall torn down 2004
Lansing Lansing Mall Kiosk that relocated to below 1979, kiosk removed
Later Pretzel Time; space later assumed into Satchel Shop which is now a jewelry store
Livonia Livonia Mall Closed late 1990s?, possibly never retenanted; mall torn down 2010 for Walmart
Monroe Frenchtown Square Mall
(now The Mall of Monroe)
Now Pretzel Time
Okemos Meridian Mall, ste. #801 Confirmed as Swiss Pretzel; later Sandy's Pretzels, closed 2009, later Brow Art 23, now Popcorn Paradise
Portage The Crossroads, ste. #235 Later Pretzel Time, then Taco Bob's, now part of Kay Jewelers
Saginaw Fashion Square Mall Closed before 2002, now part of Men's Wearhouse & Tux
Southfield Northland Center Later part of Juicy Posh; mall closed March 2015 and torn down
Tel-Twelve Mall Closed 1990s?, mall torn down 2002
Sterling Heights Lakeside Mall
(lower level, JCPenney entrance)
Closed before 1997, later Pretzel Stop, now vacant
Taylor Southland Center Assumed into other storefronts (World of Racing, then Christopher & Banks, now Locker Room)
Waterford Summit Place Mall First location behind Hudson's; later part of Service Merchandise, now vacant
Second location near Montgomery Ward; later Men's Royal Tuxedo, now vacant. Mall closed August 2009

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