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Stumpy the Lawnmower Guy
Nov 12, 2012, 9:03:02 AM11/12/12
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anyone remember the old Blues Lakefront by Bachman Lake (while it was still
in the Prufrock family)?
in the Prufrock family)?
Rick Massey
Nov 12, 2012, 11:04:38 AM11/12/12
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"Stumpy the Lawnmower Guy" <rvn...@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> anyone remember the old Blues Lakefront by Bachman Lake (while it was
> still in the Prufrock family)?
Yep, and their second location on Forest Lane, which didn't last too long.
> still in the Prufrock family)?
(It became Dunston's Steak House after that) I miss several Prufrock
restaurants, like Tamales, The Old Church, and Black Eyed Pea. (The Prufrock
BEP was a completely different type of place from the ones these days)
Stumpy the Lawnmower Guy
Nov 12, 2012, 6:36:45 PM11/12/12
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there was only one Blues Lakefront across NW HiWay from Bachman Lake.
Forest Lane was a BEP or Dixie House. Gene Street and Phil Cobb started
with a bar called J Alfreds where there was a sign at the door "these folks
are barred" and you wondered just how bad "these folks" were considering
the bar patrons. at some point Gene and Phil built the first BEP on Cedar
Springs. Blues came along when they bought a chicken joint on NW Highway,
I think. Blues seemed to be a training store (kinda hard to find lakes
suitable for a restaurant like the original) for future managers and servers
as soon as they got good they went to a new Prufrock (as in J. Alfred
Prufrock) location. They opened other BEP stores and I do believe the
first store in Houston was robbed....the guy managing the store had started
either at the original BEP or Blues and he related the story at the bar one
night in Blues. they opened a Dixie House (I think that was what the
Forest Lane store was) in an old liquor store down from Blues and then sold
Blues to an Egyptian named George....things kinda went downhill then but it
was an interesting watering hole for sometime until they finally lost the
liqour license. Friendly Chevrolet owned the land and it became a parking
lot.
fwiw there's a Dixie House over on Belknap in FW and possibly
another....these were local to FW and I believe the DH name actually
belonged to them and not Prufrock.
"Rick Massey" <sea...@gypsyheir.com> wrote in message
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Forest Lane was a BEP or Dixie House. Gene Street and Phil Cobb started
with a bar called J Alfreds where there was a sign at the door "these folks
are barred" and you wondered just how bad "these folks" were considering
the bar patrons. at some point Gene and Phil built the first BEP on Cedar
Springs. Blues came along when they bought a chicken joint on NW Highway,
I think. Blues seemed to be a training store (kinda hard to find lakes
suitable for a restaurant like the original) for future managers and servers
as soon as they got good they went to a new Prufrock (as in J. Alfred
Prufrock) location. They opened other BEP stores and I do believe the
first store in Houston was robbed....the guy managing the store had started
either at the original BEP or Blues and he related the story at the bar one
night in Blues. they opened a Dixie House (I think that was what the
Forest Lane store was) in an old liquor store down from Blues and then sold
Blues to an Egyptian named George....things kinda went downhill then but it
was an interesting watering hole for sometime until they finally lost the
liqour license. Friendly Chevrolet owned the land and it became a parking
lot.
fwiw there's a Dixie House over on Belknap in FW and possibly
another....these were local to FW and I believe the DH name actually
belonged to them and not Prufrock.
"Rick Massey" <sea...@gypsyheir.com> wrote in message
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Rick Massey
Nov 12, 2012, 9:10:17 PM11/12/12
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Close. Dixie House was one of their first restaurants, and that was the one
in Oak Lawn -- the first repeat of a location was a Dixie House in Lakewood.
We used to eat at the Oak Lawn location all the time. I remember the
references to "Dixie Lakewood" and the rather wonderful watermelon sherbert
with chocolate chips in it instead of watermelon seeds. (The original recipe
called for the seeds back in, but one of he founders' grandmother replaced
them with chocolate chips because the men would use the seeds as poker chips
at Baptist Church Socials when she brought it)
I was in J. Alfred's once with my cousin.
I know the Forest Lane location wasn't a Dixie House, because I used to see
it all the time as we went to the Fed Mart across the street. At the corner
of Marsh there was the Phillips 66 station, then Burger King, then Pizza
Inn, then Taco Patio, and then Arby's. Next was Hannah's Pies, or possibly
H. Salt Fish and Chips, (I get those two mixed up a bit) and then the
restaurant that became Edunstun's, then the Wolf Nursury with the Jack in
the Box in front of half of it, then the Bee Clean car wash.
This was back in the day when we had a set list of restaurants we liked to
visit from time to time -- Tupinamba in the huge location on Northwest
Highway, Jay's Marine Grill across from Love Field, (decent fish but amazing
rolls and onion popovers) The Spanish Galleon in Medallion Center, and the
El Fenix buffet at Webbs Chapel and Forest. (A Wednesday night constant for
most of my youth)
The first Black Eyed Pea I knew of was on Greenville near where Elitrique
Boutique is now. (Also close to the corpse of Desparado's)
in Oak Lawn -- the first repeat of a location was a Dixie House in Lakewood.
We used to eat at the Oak Lawn location all the time. I remember the
references to "Dixie Lakewood" and the rather wonderful watermelon sherbert
with chocolate chips in it instead of watermelon seeds. (The original recipe
called for the seeds back in, but one of he founders' grandmother replaced
them with chocolate chips because the men would use the seeds as poker chips
at Baptist Church Socials when she brought it)
I was in J. Alfred's once with my cousin.
I know the Forest Lane location wasn't a Dixie House, because I used to see
it all the time as we went to the Fed Mart across the street. At the corner
of Marsh there was the Phillips 66 station, then Burger King, then Pizza
Inn, then Taco Patio, and then Arby's. Next was Hannah's Pies, or possibly
H. Salt Fish and Chips, (I get those two mixed up a bit) and then the
restaurant that became Edunstun's, then the Wolf Nursury with the Jack in
the Box in front of half of it, then the Bee Clean car wash.
This was back in the day when we had a set list of restaurants we liked to
visit from time to time -- Tupinamba in the huge location on Northwest
Highway, Jay's Marine Grill across from Love Field, (decent fish but amazing
rolls and onion popovers) The Spanish Galleon in Medallion Center, and the
El Fenix buffet at Webbs Chapel and Forest. (A Wednesday night constant for
most of my youth)
The first Black Eyed Pea I knew of was on Greenville near where Elitrique
Boutique is now. (Also close to the corpse of Desparado's)
Stumpy the Lawnmower Guy
Nov 13, 2012, 7:43:44 AM11/13/12
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first BEP was on Cedar Springs near Oak Lawn honestly don't believe
they'd have a DH next door to the Pea and I still think that store in the
old liquour store was the first DH once Gene and Phil got the concepts
going they got nicer locations but I think they stayed with existing
buildings. once the Brits took over in 86 you started seeing new stores
in new buildings. I note that there may actually be a DH still in Dallas
over on Gaston Rd? but the restaurants in FW are Dixie House Cafes and
totally different. ahh the memories of the copper clad bar at Blues and
the time the power to the glass washer got shorted to bent up conduit (makes
you wonder about their wiring and grounds) everytime a bartender would
wash the beer glasses they'd get a tingle I think finally it did blow the
breaker and they got it fixed before someone died <G>
they'd have a DH next door to the Pea and I still think that store in the
old liquour store was the first DH once Gene and Phil got the concepts
going they got nicer locations but I think they stayed with existing
buildings. once the Brits took over in 86 you started seeing new stores
in new buildings. I note that there may actually be a DH still in Dallas
over on Gaston Rd? but the restaurants in FW are Dixie House Cafes and
totally different. ahh the memories of the copper clad bar at Blues and
the time the power to the glass washer got shorted to bent up conduit (makes
you wonder about their wiring and grounds) everytime a bartender would
wash the beer glasses they'd get a tingle I think finally it did blow the
breaker and they got it fixed before someone died <G>
joe....@gmail.com
Feb 7, 2018, 2:18:52 PM2/7/18
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Loved Blues, so much that I moved into an apartment 2 blocks down the side st.
Annie, the bar manager who went off to seek a show biz career; Nancy, Mary Booth, Mary M, Laura Long, Mac Attack, Bill Godwin, managers like Danny and Patty, Bill David at the bar, lotsa great personalities on any given night.
joeboyd at gmail will reach me if anyone wants an extended email discussion about those great days!
Annie, the bar manager who went off to seek a show biz career; Nancy, Mary Booth, Mary M, Laura Long, Mac Attack, Bill Godwin, managers like Danny and Patty, Bill David at the bar, lotsa great personalities on any given night.
joeboyd at gmail will reach me if anyone wants an extended email discussion about those great days!
Mark Shaw
Feb 7, 2018, 3:06:52 PM2/7/18
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joe....@gmail.com wrote:
> Loved Blues, so much that I moved into an apartment 2 blocks down the side st.
> Annie, the bar manager who went off to seek a show biz career; Nancy, Mary Booth, Mary M, Laura Long, Mac Attack, Bill Godwin, managers like Danny and Patty, Bill David at the bar, lotsa great personalities on any given night.
Where was this? Google isn't any help.
> Loved Blues, so much that I moved into an apartment 2 blocks down the side st.
> Annie, the bar manager who went off to seek a show biz career; Nancy, Mary Booth, Mary M, Laura Long, Mac Attack, Bill Godwin, managers like Danny and Patty, Bill David at the bar, lotsa great personalities on any given night.
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joe....@gmail.com
Jun 1, 2018, 4:17:37 PM6/1/18
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I lived at 3115 Oradell #106. May not exist now, but they were newish apts when I moved in, circa 1975 or so. Hope that helps!
joe....@gmail.com
Jun 1, 2018, 4:20:06 PM6/1/18
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Mark, the bar itself was directly across from Bachman Lake on Northwest Highway aka Loop 12.
Mark Shaw
Jun 1, 2018, 4:27:07 PM6/1/18
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joe....@gmail.com wrote:
> Mark, the bar itself was directly across from Bachman Lake on Northwest Highway aka Loop 12.
Ghod, but I hate Google Groups.
> Mark, the bar itself was directly across from Bachman Lake on Northwest Highway aka Loop 12.
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