Walmart will be open, Target will be closed, and Costco is closed, but number of other stores will remain open on Easter Sunday, albeit usually with shorter hours.
A number of stores will remain open on Easter Sunday, albeit usually with shorter hours.
Walmart will remain open, and some Walmart Super Walmart stores will be open 24 hours on the holiday. Check hours before going. Shoppers can stock up on Easter eggs, candy, and jelly beans there.
Target: Target will be closed on Easter. Check hours. “Thanks for taking the time to ask us about Target store hours for Easter Sunday. All Target stores will be closed on Easter. We will open again at 8 AM on Monday morning,” a Target rep said.
Costco: Costco won’t be open in Easter Sunday.
Best Buy: Best Buy is closed Easter. Check hours online.
Malls: Some malls will be open. Call ahead for hours.
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Libraries will be closed.
All state and federal offices will be closed.
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Publix is closed on Easter.
Save Mart: Likely closed. Check local hours.
Kroger: Not closed on Easter. Check hours.
Safeway: Safeway is open on Easter. Check hours online.
Staples: Likely not open in most locations. Check hours online.
Trader Joe’s: Trader Joe’s is open on Easter. Check hours online.
Whole Foods: Whole Foods is open. Check hours.
Albertson’s is open on Easter. Some hours might vary, with some stores closing at 4 p.m. Check hours.
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The vast majority of gas stations also tend to be open on Easter.
CVS is open. Check hours.
Rite Aid is open as well. Check hours.
Walgreens is also open. Check hours.
Duane Reade is open as well. Check hours.
Good Neighbor Pharmacy is also likely open. Check hours.
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Banks mostly won’t be open because it’s a Sunday and a federal holiday. Mobile banking, ATMs, and online banking are available.
Wells Fargo won’t be open.
Citibank won’t be open.
Bank of America won’t be open.
Chase also won’t be open.
TD Bank won’t be open.
Other regional banks likely aren’t open.
The majority of banks, credit unions, and post offices won’t be open on Easter. TD Bank will remain open on Easter
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Chain restaurants:
Golden Corral: The chain is offering a full buffet on Easter Sunday at nearly 500 locations in the United States. Most hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. However, some might be closed, so check hours. Check hours
Cracker Barrel: This chain is also going to be open, with hours between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. in some locations. However, it’s best to check local hours.
Denny’s is always open.
Applebee’s is usually open Easter. Check hours.
Chili’s Grill & Bar is usually open but usually until 12 p.m. noon. Check hours.
Olive Garden is open and usually has the same hours. Check hours.
Red Lobster is usually open. Check hours.
Outback Steakhouse is open and kids eat fee, according to a recent promotion. Check hours.
Buffalo Wild Wings is usually open on Easter but some are only open until 12 p.m. Check hours.
TGI Friday’s is usually open. Check hours.
The Cheesecake Factory tends to be open on Easter. Check hours.
Texas Roadhouse is usually open. Check hours.
Ruby Tuesday is usually open. Check hours
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Fast food:
Starbucks is usually open, but check hours and listings.
Dunkin’ Donuts is usually open but check hours and listings.
Krispy Kreme is usually open but check hours and listings.
McDonald’s is usually open but check hours.
Burger King is usually open but check hours.
Domino’s Pizza is open but some locations open later in the day--sometimes as late as 4 p.m. Check listings.
Taco Bell is usually open but check hours.
Subway is usually open but check hours.
KFC is usually open but check hours.
Pizza Hut is usually open but check hours.
Wendy’s is usually open. Check hours.
Panera Bread varies on location. Check hours.
Jack in the Box is usually open. Check hours.
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Next page: SpaceX Rocket Makes Easter Delivery to Space Station
AP update: SpaceX making Easter delivery of station supplies
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday, setting the stage for an Easter morning delivery and urgent spacewalking repairs later in the week.
Following its midday launch through cloudy skies, the Dragon cargo carrier was shown drifting away in the blackness of space, against the blue backdrop of Earth.
It’s transporting 2½ tons of goods, including a new spacesuit, spacesuit replacement parts, much-needed food, legs for NASA’s humanoid, Robonaut, a bevy of mating flies, and germs gathered from sports arenas and historic sites across the U.S.
Neither NASA nor SpaceX packed any Easter goodies, but the families of the six astronauts sent private care packages.
“It will be a surprise for all of us when they open the hatch,” said NASA’s human exploration chief, Bill Gerstenmaier.
The Dragon will reach the orbiting lab on Sunday morning. That pushes urgent spacewalking repairs to Wednesday; NASA wants a bad backup computer replaced before something else breaks.
This was the second launch attempt this week for SpaceX after a month’s delay.
On Monday, NASA’s commercial supplier was foiled by a leaky rocket valve. The valve was replaced, and the company aimed for a Friday liftoff despite a dismal forecast. Storms cleared out of Cape Canaveral just in time.
SpaceX’s billionaire chief executive officer, Elon Musk, was delighted with the successful launch for NASA, the customer. “This was a happy day,” he told reporters from company headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif.
Last Friday, a critical backup computer failed outside the space station, and NASA considered postponing the SpaceX flight. The primary computer is working fine, but numerous systems would be seriously compromised if it broke, too. A double failure also would hinder visits by the Dragon and other vessels.
“It’s imperative that we maintain” backups for these external command-routing computer boxes, also called multiplexer-demultiplexers, or MDMs, said flight director Brian Smith said Friday. “Right now, we don’t have that.”
NASA decided late this week to use the gasket-like material already on board the space station for the repair, instead of waiting for the Dragon and the new, precision-cut material that NASA rushed on board for the computer swap. Astronauts trimmed their own thermal material Friday to fit the bottom of the replacement computer, and inserted a fresh circuit card.
The space station’s crew watched the launch via a live TV hookup; the outpost was soaring 260 miles above Turkey at the time of ignition. Video beamed down from Dragon showed the solar wings unfurling.
The shipment is close to five weeks late. Initially set for mid-March, the launch was delayed by extra prepping, then damage to an Air Force radar and, finally on Monday, the rocket leak.
Earlier, as the countdown entered its final few hours, NASA’s space station program manager Mike Suffredini said an investigation continues into the reason for last summer’s spacesuit failure. The helmet worn by an Italian astronaut filled with water from the suit’s cooling system, and he nearly drowned during a spacewalk.
Routine U.S. spacewalks are on hold until engineers are certain what caused the water leak. The upcoming spacewalk by the two Americans on board is considered an exception because of its urgent nature; it will include no unnecessary tasks, just the 2½-hour computer swap.
NASA is paying SpaceX — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — and Virginia’s Orbital Sciences Corp. to keep the orbiting lab well stocked. It was SpaceX’s fourth trip to the space station. Russia, Japan and Europe also make periodic deliveries.
Unlike the other cargo carriers, the Dragon can bring items back for analysis.
Among the science samples going up on the Dragon and slated to return with it in a month: 200 fruit flies and their expected progeny, and germs collected from stadiums and sports arenas, as well as such notables as America’s Liberty Bell and Sue, the T. rex fossil skeleton at Chicago’s Field Museum.
Scientists will study the hearts of the returning flies — as many as 3,000 are expected for the trip home. The germ samples, once back on Earth, will be compared with duplicate cultures on the ground.
Staying up there — for as long as the space station lives — will be new legs for NASA’s humanoid, Robonaut. The indoor robot has been in orbit for three years, but only from the waist up.
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