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Holburn Junction (now closed), Union Square, Union Street (Music Hall), Back Wynd (now closed).

Subway on Back Wynd has closed down. There used to be 4 Subway's in Aberdeen's City Centre and now it's down to 2.

Thank you Jack. Five Guys Burgers & Fries will open on St Nicholas Street where Gap used to be in November 2016.

Next year, I will need to put the most loved actors on the list. I will win that way. Maybe if we started to love Donald Trump then he will die too.

No, that's Starbucks.

Cannot believe I have not posted this Aberdeen's first ever Cat Cafe 'The Cat In The Window' is now open.

Brantano Shoes located at the beach has closed down due to administration. The Inverurie store remains open.

Yep, currently vacant. Last in use by Viva Brazil which closed due to 'unacceptable' low sales. The new Halfords AutoCentre on West North Street by Morrisons now have the signs up. Please not although this is the same company this branch is not a traditional store and operates as a servicing garage.

Did you guys not know he was a racing car driver? As soon as he was mentioned I thought he had crashed and died.

The Forum bar and club was privately owned by PB Devco which own various other venue's in the city such as "Babylon...The College...Soul...Soul Casino...The Bieldside Inn...Zen Oriental...Queen Vic...The Howff...So...Dizzy's". The staff from the adjoining restaurant 'The Stage Door' have been transferred to their new venture 'Dizzy's Restaurant'. Location: The Forum was located just off Rosemount Viaduct on Skene Terrace across from the Central Library.

How do you embed streetview into posts?

Well it's not really struggling it's closing down.

This is an old one but The Old Frigate Bar what a lovely pub. I was sitting upstairs and it's so cosy and a lovely break away from the student bars with no soul. A nice place to go but perhaps not on a pub crawl. I visited this place before attending Wheatus at The Tunnels. ACE-IC

The area has seen major redevelopment in recent years with a Travelodge and Park Inn by Radisson being built where Satrosphere used to be. Across from that both the old Capitol theatre and Bells bar buildings have been demolished and are currently being rebuilt into offices. Pub wise O'Donoghue's are still there but have moved along the road towards Holburn Street. Their old building has since been demolished with the Capitol building going into where it used to be. Franklyns is currently vacant. The company behind Club Tropicana and Private Eyes previously ran it as Vogue 90s nightclub but this moved into where Riley's Chapel Street was and is now part of an expanded Club Tropicanna. Bardot's is there and open as is The Justice Mill. So overall there are less chavs since that end is now geared towards an older clientele and is therefore quite quiet. The Rig has turned into Nox nightclub which is a high class club for young people who are up there own arse. I have not been in. Further along Langstane Place there is the area where Prohibition, Paramount, Soul Casino and Jam Jar (previously Tonic) are located. This area is really popular with young people but if you want the most chaviest area then that is Belmont Street there are good places here and bad. It seems there was a shift at some point with people moving from Justice Mill Lane to Belmont Street. So overall Justice Mill Lane is dead at the weekend with people mostly now being around Langstane Place and Belmont Street.

Yep that place, the female bouncers wear balaclava type things showing only there eyes. Being wear it is I have kept a safe distance.

Slains has live music.

Does anyone know anything about the bar/club? Bandits on Justice Mill Lane looks poor dodgy with the bouncers wearings scarfs covering parts of their face?

Looking at the facebook page it still looks alive but won't be for very long. An either 'For Sale' or 'To Let' sign has appeared on the building and it's website deleted. I guess it must be just running out the remaining planned events.

I hate how fast I am aging. I turn 20 next month and it really does not feel 2 years since I turned 18. My 16-18 wait was not this fast.

Wagamama in the Academy centre is closing. The one at Union Square will still be open.

No, Chi closed down a few years ago. It turned into another type of bar restaurant but I think it's offices now. Oh, I forgot to say The Forum and Stage Door Restaurant have both closed down. The staff from Stage Door were transferred to the new Dizzy's Restaurant. I was only ever in The Forum once for The Trickery magic show and it looked really nice inside. It's a shame that it has closed but it was so underused with the odd event every few months. Gavrillo club night was in there before moving to The Underground and dying. It's sad but in the current climate it looks like it will be empty for some time or used for some other purpose. The Tunnels is still alive and have no draft options. They really had pretty much folded but had a revamp and now have regular club nights. Hopefully this stays alive but like everything now-a-days the market seems to be shrinking for going out options. Build a bear workshop also closed. I remember getting a bear from there when I was quite young back when it was called 'Bear Factory', Oh well 2002-2016.

Shop wise Enigma and Concept (previously 2 units now down to 1), Jack Wills (enter by Schoolhill). Costa Coffee in there seems to do good business especially with Robert Gordon College pupils. Bar wise Old Schoolhouse (enter via Little Belmont Street), Rye and Soda, Bosin. Restaurant wise Nando's (enter via Belmont Street) and Wagamama (which is closing down). There is a new Cuban bar from the same company as Revolution set to open where Wagamama will vacate. Did The Academy ever have a heyday? What was in it when it opened?

The Garage are getting new flooring put in despite the club seeming underused. It was thought it was go up in a insurance claim further down the line but this means there is now hope. Underdog which opened where Snafu used to be is worth a look. It was busy when I went past on Cartel Tuesday's. Brewdog bottles for £2.50. If anyone was wondering where people go on Tuesday's when out now-a-days. It's Carwash Tuesday's at Underground as Rascals at Babylon. Prohibition normally does good business too.

Starbucks are located in the following locations: St Nicholas Centre, Upperkirkgate, Union Street, Union Square, Holburn Junction, Old Aberdeen (University of Aberdeen), Prime Four Business Park. So 7 locations. They are also planning to open a Drive Thru Starbucks in Altens.

You misread my post I am not in favor of the bus gate since I do not think there is enough buses going down there to justify it.