Sunny's Surplus

Sunny's Surplus (f.k.a. Sunny's Great Outdoors and Sunny's: The Affordable Outdoor Store) was, at its peak, a chain of 55 surplus stores in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Delaware. The chain was founded in 1948 to sell World War II surplus. It later added camping gear and in 1990 renamed itself.

Sunny's was a Baltimore landmark and has appeared in Barry Levinson's movie Liberty Heights and show Homicide: Life on the Street. The chain's "dog in the gas mask" commercial was awarded a Clio.

In early January 2007, Sunny's began liquidation sales as it prepared to close down all of its locations after the Elkridge-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in a decade. March 16, 2007, marked the final day in which the company's remaining stores (a handful of stores up until this point had closed) were open for business.

In late October and early November 2007, Sunny's reopened its doors with three Maryland stores, in Annapolis, Westminster, and Frederick. These stores were again closed in late March 2008.

References

• Surplus chain reopens doors: Sunny's is back from Chapter 11, this time with three stores, not 15. November 09, 2007 Baltimore Sun, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge
• Bankruptcy forces Sunny’s Surplus stores to close, again: Outdoor goods chain donates inventory to Goodwill by Rebecca McClay. Friday, April 4, 2008. Gazette.Net