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The grocery store that former Russian President Boris Yeltsin once visited during his trip to Houston in 1989 is now closed for good. The Food Town in Webster, formally a Randall's when Yeltsin ...

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The Webster Food Town, once a Randall's Grocery visited by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, has recently shuttered. A large sign reading, "This location closed," could be seen on the ...