Historical clue formulations

• Like variety stores of old — 2014-08-13
• ___ Beer Night (1974 baseball promotion that ended in a riot) — 2012-05-26
• Kind of store — 2001-06-01
• Like some stores of old — 2000-04-12
• Like old paperback novels — 1999-10-09
• With 15-Down, some chains — 1997-08-10
• Like an old pay telephone call — 1997-03-20