The lunch counters at Woolworth's department stores hold a significant place in American history. Though they first emerged around 1923 in New Albany, Indiana, Woolworth luncheonettes are perhaps most remembered for a sit-in protest at the Greensboro, North Carolina, location during the Civil Rights movement. Although Bakersfield, California, lost its Woolworth's way back in 1994, the attached luncheonette still exists. It likely opened with the entire store in 1950, and survived the store's closure for decades after as an independent restaurant attached to an antique mall. But they always intended on keeping the restaurant, which will is slated to reopen in September 2025 with nearly all of its original features intact — and a new focus on Woolworth luncheonettes' pivotal place in Civil Rights history.