Where's McDonald's gone?
Rick Walker
one whose parking lot I used as.... It's gone! What are the plans for
that Main Street corner, anyone know?
That was the first one in Dartmouth/Halifax to my knowledge, but I
stand to be corrected.
- Rick
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
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> Main Street, Dartmouth. The first one I ever had a Big Mac at, the
> one whose parking lot I used as.... It's gone! What are the plans for
> that Main Street corner, anyone know?
Did you read the large sign on the property? It tells the story.
> That was the first one in Dartmouth/Halifax to my knowledge, but I
> stand to be corrected.
I'm not sure if it was the first or the second. Kempt Road was the first
in Halifax. I just can't remember if it was before or after the Main Street
location.
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
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> Did you read the large sign on the property? It tells the story.
Just heard about it by phone... I'll check it out soon enough, and
snap a shot!
> > That was the first one in Dartmouth/Halifax to my knowledge, but
I
> > stand to be corrected.
> I'm not sure if it was the first or the second. Kempt Road was the
first
> in Halifax. I just can't remember if it was before or after the Main
Street
> location.
I know Halifax was famous for The King of Donair back then Brian,
but I can't be sure either....
- Rick
- Rick
wmd
> I'm not sure if it was the first or the second. Kempt Road was the first
> in Halifax. I just can't remember if it was before or after the Main Street
> location.
According to the Herald, the Main Street location was the first
McDonald's in Nova Scotia.
"http://www.halifaxherald.com/Metro/498458.html"
It opened in 1971. Funny... I wouldn't have thought that Main Street
would have been busy enough back in the early 70s to justify the first
McDonald's in the province! But, I wasn't around so what do I know? :)
It will be interesting to see what the new restaurant looks like. There
is a McDonald's in Newfoundland that is a bit classy (for a McDonald's,
that is)... I wonder if the Main Street location will copy that model.
The neatest McDonald's I ever saw was in NYC during a high school band
trip. It was on Broadway near Wall Street... it had a baby grand piano,
a formal dining room (complete with marble tables, silverware, linen,
etc.) and wait staff.
Having said all this, I don't eat at McDonald's much these days. I had a
Big Mac a couple of weeks ago, and I think it was the first time I dined
at McDonald's this year! (The burger was delicious... say what you will
about McDonald's, but there is a reason for their success - the food is
tasty!)
I'm currently reading "Fast Food Nation". It's an interesting book... it
gives all the dirty secrets of the fast food industry, along with a true
telling of the history behind McDonald's (not the squeaky clean official
corporate version). Some people have read the book and sworn off fast
food forever... I haven't read anything that ground shattering yet, but
I'm only half-way through!
wmd
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> Just heard about it by phone... I'll check it out soon enough, and
> snap a shot!
Did you get around to complaining about that sign on Wyse Road or
Nantucket Avenue yet?
> I know Halifax was famous for The King of Donair back then Brian,
> but I can't be sure either....
That wasn't anywhere near Kempt Road though. Their 29¢ cheeseburgers did
the A&W in, in very short time. A shame really, A&W food has always had more
taste to it, than the floor sweepings of McDonald's.
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
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>
> According to the Herald, the Main Street location was the first McDonald's
> in Nova Scotia.
I knew they were opened very close to the same time. The cement plant
was probably being torn down and Kempt Road being re-aligned at that time.
> "http://www.halifaxherald.com/Metro/498458.html"
>
> It opened in 1971. Funny... I wouldn't have thought that Main Street would
> have been busy enough back in the early 70s to justify the first
> McDonald's in the province! But, I wasn't around so what do I know? :)
It was a way for all the country folk from no man's land (eastern shore
<g>) to make their way to civilization. That and Kmart was right there as
well.
> It will be interesting to see what the new restaurant looks like. There is
> a McDonald's in Newfoundland that is a bit classy (for a McDonald's, that
> is)... I wonder if the Main Street location will copy that model.
>
> The neatest McDonald's I ever saw was in NYC during a high school band
> trip. It was on Broadway near Wall Street... it had a baby grand piano, a
> formal dining room (complete with marble tables, silverware, linen, etc.)
> and wait staff.
>
> Having said all this, I don't eat at McDonald's much these days. I had a
> Big Mac a couple of weeks ago, and I think it was the first time I dined
> at McDonald's this year! (The burger was delicious... say what you will
> about McDonald's, but there is a reason for their success - the food is
> tasty!)
>
> I'm currently reading "Fast Food Nation". It's an interesting book... it
> gives all the dirty secrets of the fast food industry, along with a true
> telling of the history behind McDonald's (not the squeaky clean official
> corporate version). Some people have read the book and sworn off fast food
> forever... I haven't read anything that ground shattering yet, but I'm
> only half-way through!
I've always said that if you value your stomach, you'll never go to a
McDonald's (except maybe to use the facilities).
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> "wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:EaJ6g.22408$cZ3.6960@clgrps13...
> > It opened in 1971. Funny... I wouldn't have thought that Main Street
would
> > have been busy enough back in the early 70s to justify the first
> > McDonald's in the province! But, I wasn't around so what do I know?
:)
> It was a way for all the country folk from no man's land (eastern
shore
> <g>) to make their way to civilization. That and Kmart was right there
as
> well.
The Lobster Hutch, don't forget. Shortly after that, KFC moved in
to make it 'calorie corner'. :-)
Originally, there was a car lot that took up that entire block,
directly across from where candiam Tire was for years (after leaving
their location on Alderney Drive, then Commercial Street). Now that
At-Can Storage has taken up some pile of room out there, ans Shoppers
made the smart move over to the other side next to Canadian Tire.
> I've always said that if you value your stomach, you'll never go
to a
> McDonald's (except maybe to use the facilities).
I value mine. In fact, there's a price on it! {;^)
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> Did you get around to complaining about that sign on Wyse Road or
> Nantucket Avenue yet?
Oh, sorry I missed this... Yes. Sent the email off last week, and
haven't heard anything back yet. I do have the picture, though, and
that's worth a thousand words! {;^)
- Rick
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> Oh, sorry I missed this... Yes. Sent the email off last week, and
> haven't heard anything back yet. I do have the picture, though, and
> that's worth a thousand words! {;^)
Just last week? That's not a bad follow-up for you <vbg>.
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> The Lobster Hutch, don't forget. Shortly after that, KFC moved in
> to make it 'calorie corner'. :-)
Ahh yes, the Lobster Hutch. I remember that. Nothing beats the Dairy
Queen there though. The same building for decades.
> Originally, there was a car lot that took up that entire block,
> directly across from where candiam Tire was for years (after leaving
> their location on Alderney Drive, then Commercial Street). Now that
> At-Can Storage has taken up some pile of room out there, ans Shoppers
> made the smart move over to the other side next to Canadian Tire.
Shoppers had to do something. They were too cramped for space, both
inside and outside of the store.
> I value mine. In fact, there's a price on it! {;^)
LOL!
wmd
> Shoppers had to do something. They were too cramped for space, both
> inside and outside of the store.
The one thing about that setup that I don't understand, is why do they
allow parking in the front of the store along the main thoroughfare? It
seems like an accident waiting to happen, what with all the traffic
coming and going to both Shopper's and Canadian Tire.
Apart from that, it is a good location for them. That old Shopper's was
really starting to show its age!
wmd
wmd
> It was a way for all the country folk from no man's land (eastern shore
> <g>) to make their way to civilization. That and Kmart was right there as
> well.
lol... it's STILL country out there, Brian! The wild lands (and they
wouldn't have it any other way!).
I didn't realize that Kmart was there at the time... that makes more
sense. Before the big shopping malls, is it safe to say that Main Street
was a popular shopping destination in Dartmouth?
> I've always said that if you value your stomach, you'll never go to a
> McDonald's (except maybe to use the facilities).
Oh, hogwash! :) McDonald's is no better or worse than any of the other
fast food joints... with the possible exception of Wendy's, which has
the best AND freshest food of any of the joints. And no, I'm not saying
that just because I worked there for two years back in high school! :)
Interestingly, according to the book I'm reading, McDonald's used to
cook their fries in beef tallow, giving them their distinctive flavour.
The had to come up with a chemical formula for the fries to maintain
that same flavour when they stopped using tallow in the fryers.
wmd
oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac
> Brian Smith wrote:
>
>> It was a way for all the country folk from no man's land (eastern
>> shore <g>) to make their way to civilization. That and Kmart was right
>> there as well.
>
>
> lol... it's STILL country out there, Brian! The wild lands (and they
> wouldn't have it any other way!).
>
> I didn't realize that Kmart was there at the time...
I can hear my mother now. "K-mart has Noxzema on sale,
5¢ off a jar. I want (order) you to take me over there
Wednesday night".
> Interestingly, according to the book I'm reading,
McDonald's used to
> cook their fries in beef tallow,
Don't know much about beef tallow but it is
sacrilegious to deep fry ANYTHING in anything but lard.
(Chips, fish, chicken, southern fried steak or chicken,
Etc.)
Same goes for making pastry.
oldtrout - ąrsaidh-breac
that makes more
> sense. Before the big shopping malls, is it safe to say that Main Street
> was a popular shopping destination in Dartmouth?
>
>
>> I've always said that if you value your stomach, you'll never go
>> to a McDonald's (except maybe to use the facilities).
>
>
> Oh, hogwash! :) McDonald's is no better or worse than any of the other
> fast food joints... with the possible exception of Wendy's, which has
> the best AND freshest food of any of the joints. And no, I'm not saying
> that just because I worked there for two years back in high school! :)
>
> Interestingly, according to the book I'm reading, McDonald's used to
> cook their fries in beef tallow, giving them their distinctive flavour.
> The had to come up with a chemical formula for the fries to maintain
> that same flavour when they stopped using tallow in the fryers.
>
> wmd
--
wmd
> My guess would be wmd was not alive when Kmart was there :)
lol... I'm young, but not THAT young! :)
I remember Kmart... my parents were shoppers at that particular
location. I took my road test when the RMV was still in that mall, in
fact (I think Kmart was still open at the time... 1995?).
wmd
wmd
> I can hear my mother now. "K-mart has Noxzema on sale, 5¢ off a jar. I
> want (order) you to take me over there Wednesday night".
Did we ever have the Kresge brand in Canada? Or was it always known as
Kmart?
wmd
Jack
big mac and beer!!
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
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wmd
> That little block around Tacoma & Main was a real hotbed of activity
> in the 70s and 80s. Some of the businesses that are gone now:
>
> Kmart
> Beazly Bowling Lanes
> Dept. of Motor Vehicles
> Dominion Grocery (then No-Frills, then IGA)
> Steak N' Stein
> The Ice Cream Factory
> Lobster Hutch
> Pizza Hut
> Glubies (was a furniture store at one time, now just the sound studio
> is left)
> A one time there was a video arcade near what is now Ralph's strip
> club, can't remember the name of it.
I remember most of those businesses. Was the Lobster Hutch that Quonset
hut between McDonald's and KFC?
Where was the bowling alley? I remember the two alleys that used to be
in downtown Dartmouth... one was on Pine Street and the other was very
close by, on the corner of Victoria Road and Ochterloney Street (they've
since torn down the former, and converted the latter into
condos/apartments). Now that I'm thinking about it, I vaguely remember a
bowling alley in that area, but I could be thinking of the current alley
up in Westphal. Was it on the site where Shopper's is now?
I dated my wife throughout high school, and her family are Steak n'
Stein fiends! We used to go to the original location quite often, before
they built the new location on Portland Street (and striped the place of
all its character). It's still good, but not the same.
Was it Swiss Chalet or Pizza Hut that burned to the ground YEARS ago?
I'm talking the mid-80s. There was a huge fire in one of those restaurants.
Color Your World is gone, and there is that bar that always burns to the
ground - wasn't it the original Hub?
The area has quite a bit of history (and change)!
wmd
Rick Walker
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
> I remember most of those businesses. Was the Lobster Hutch that
Quonset
> hut between McDonald's and KFC?
Yup, that was it!
> Where was the bowling alley? I remember the two alleys that used to be
> in downtown Dartmouth... one was on Pine Street and the other was very
> close by, on the corner of Victoria Road and Ochterloney Street
(they've
> since torn down the former, and converted the latter into
> condos/apartments). Now that I'm thinking about it, I vaguely remember
a
> bowling alley in that area, but I could be thinking of the current
alley
> up in Westphal. Was it on the site where Shopper's is now?
Roughly... K-Mart ended, and directly beside them (close to where
Shoppers is now) was beazley's second location, their first on the
corner of Queen Street and Pine, just below the old Greenvale School was
(is).
The other bowling alley was at the corner of Victoria Road and
Ochterloney Street, Whebby's Bowlodrome.
> I dated my wife throughout high school, and her family are Steak n'
> Stein fiends! We used to go to the original location quite often,
before
> they built the new location on Portland Street (and striped the place
of
> all its character). It's still good, but not the same.
I have to agree, having eaten at both, wmd.
> Was it Swiss Chalet or Pizza Hut that burned to the ground YEARS ago?
> I'm talking the mid-80s. There was a huge fire in one of those
restaurants.
I believe that was the Ponderosa, up closer to Sobey's Westphal
store.
> Color Your World is gone, and there is that bar that always burns to
the
> ground - wasn't it the original Hub?
Oh, memories of the Hub! Always sit with your back to the wall,
because you never knew when a tray of draught would come flying, or a
body.... That is now open again, wmd, just waiting for a match :-)
> The area has quite a bit of history (and change)!
I'm almost proud to say I can remember most of it!
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> The one thing about that setup that I don't understand, is why do they
> allow parking in the front of the store along the main thoroughfare? It
> seems like an accident waiting to happen, what with all the traffic coming
> and going to both Shopper's and Canadian Tire.
It is certainly a questionable decision on their part, why they designed
the lot that way.
> Apart from that, it is a good location for them. That old Shopper's was
> really starting to show its age!
It was indeed.
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> lol... it's STILL country out there, Brian! The wild lands (and they
> wouldn't have it any other way!).
They can have it <g>.
> I didn't realize that Kmart was there at the time... that makes more
> sense. Before the big shopping malls, is it safe to say that Main Street
> was a popular shopping destination in Dartmouth?
I remember when coming over the crest of the hill and seeing nothing but
trees and then the Kmart sign showing itself. Tacoma Drive was a large
destination.
> Oh, hogwash! :) McDonald's is no better or worse than any of the other
> fast food joints... with the possible exception of Wendy's, which has the
> best AND freshest food of any of the joints. And no, I'm not saying that
> just because I worked there for two years back in high school! :)
I've always found Wendy's burgers to be cold (or certainly not hot). My
personal choice for fast food is the ChickenBurger. Real meat cooked the way
you want it, after you order it the way you want it made.
> Interestingly, according to the book I'm reading, McDonald's used to cook
> their fries in beef tallow, giving them their distinctive flavour. The had
> to come up with a chemical formula for the fries to maintain that same
> flavour when they stopped using tallow in the fryers.
That made me remember how the cafeteria at Farmer's Dairy plant in
Bedford used to deep fry almost everything they served. Hot dogs, burgers
were all dropped in the fryer with the fries.
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> Did we ever have the Kresge brand in Canada? Or was it always known as
> Kmart?
There was a Kresge store in the Halifax Shopping Centre when it opened up in
the sixties. It, Sobey's and Eaton's were the anchor stores for the mall.
There was also a small aquarium in the mall when it opened. Along with
McKnight's Hardware and a Mahon's Stationery to name a few.
Brian Smith
"lucretia borgia" <lucreti...@florence.it> wrote in message
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>
> My guess would be wmd was not alive when Kmart was there :)
I know he's just a puppy, but he may have been around at that time <g>.
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> lol... I'm young, but not THAT young! :)
>
> I remember Kmart... my parents were shoppers at that particular location.
> I took my road test when the RMV was still in that mall, in fact (I think
> Kmart was still open at the time... 1995?).
Richard or Rick should be able to verify that information. I don't
recall when Kmart shut its doors.
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> I remember most of those businesses. Was the Lobster Hutch that Quonset
> hut between McDonald's and KFC?
That was the building and the spot.
> Where was the bowling alley?
It was where Shoppers is now (within a few feet either way).
>I remember the two alleys that used to be in downtown Dartmouth... one was
>on Pine Street and the other was very close by, on the corner of Victoria
>Road and Ochterloney Street (they've since torn down the former, and
>converted the latter into condos/apartments).
The Bolodrome was on the corner of Ochterloney and Victoria if memory
serves me correctly. Beazley's alley was on Pine Street.
> Now that I'm thinking about it, I vaguely remember a bowling alley in that
> area, but I could be thinking of the current alley up in Westphal. Was it
> on the site where Shopper's is now?
Yes.
> I dated my wife throughout high school, and her family are Steak n' Stein
> fiends! We used to go to the original location quite often, before they
> built the new location on Portland Street (and striped the place of all
> its character). It's still good, but not the same.
My wife's parents and she herself were as well. Many evening meals were
had there.
> Was it Swiss Chalet or Pizza Hut that burned to the ground YEARS ago? I'm
> talking the mid-80s. There was a huge fire in one of those restaurants.
Ponderosa was the victim of that fire. Pizza Hut's building is still
standing. I know Swiss Chalet's building was closer to Main Street bhind
Pizza Hut, but for the life of me, I can't remember if it is still there at
this moment.
> Color Your World is gone, and there is that bar that always burns to the
> ground - wasn't it the original Hub?
>
> The area has quite a bit of history (and change)!
Fewer trees and all the houses that overlooked the Micmac Rotary from
atop the hillside at the end of Lakecrest Drive have long vanished.
Dave
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> I was an Ass
28 years later, and you still are.
Brian Smith
"Dave" <loose_e...@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> 28 years later, and you still are.
Hi Dave. You've been quiet lately.
wmd
> The other bowling alley was at the corner of Victoria Road and
> Ochterloney Street, Whebby's Bowlodrome.
Whebby's! That was a neat bowling alley. Didn't it have two levels? My
father used to take me and my brother there on occasion - fun times!
> I believe that was the Ponderosa, up closer to Sobey's Westphal
> store.
Well there you go... I had no idea Dartmouth once had a Ponderosa. I do
remember the fire, though... I attended Alderney School at the time, and
I *think* I was walking to/from school when the fire was raging.
wmd
wmd
> Ponderosa was the victim of that fire. Pizza Hut's building is still
> standing. I know Swiss Chalet's building was closer to Main Street bhind
> Pizza Hut, but for the life of me, I can't remember if it is still there at
> this moment.
There is a Swiss Chalet still there... are you saying that Swiss Chalet
once occupied a different building? I thought so too, but that was
because I thought it was the original Swiss Chalet that burned down. If,
in fact, it was Ponderosa that caught fire, then perhaps Swiss Chalet
still occupies the same building that they always did.
wmd
Gabby
It was still open when I moved to Shearwater in '94.
Gabby
F.R. Spicer
then Kempt Road........
Brian Smith wrote:
> "Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
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>> Main Street, Dartmouth. The first one I ever had a Big Mac at, the
>> one whose parking lot I used as.... It's gone! What are the plans for
>> that Main Street corner, anyone know?
>
> Did you read the large sign on the property? It tells the story.
>
>> That was the first one in Dartmouth/Halifax to my knowledge, but I
>> stand to be corrected.
Greg Beaulieu
> oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac wrote:
> > I can hear my mother now. "K-mart has Noxzema on sale, 5¢ off a jar. I
> > want (order) you to take me over there Wednesday night".
Yes, K-Mart on Tacoma was quite the destination in the mid-60s when it
first opened. It was open nights, while stores in Halifax were not (at
least Monday, Tuesday and for a while, Wednesday). It had the cool donut
machine cooking away near the center aisle, which always fascinated me.
They had a fountain machine that served a lemon-lime drink that was quite
unique and that I loved as a kid. They sold "Virginia Ham" out of a deli
case which again was unique at the time. And they had all kinds of cheap
stuff, being the first discount department store around here.
> Did we ever have the Kresge brand in Canada? Or was it always known as
> Kmart?
Kresge's in the Halifax Shopping Center was more of a classic 5-and-dime
store, but their big event a few times a year was a "Candy Carnival" that
was a big sale on stuff at their candy counter -- the old style with bulk
candy in bins that was sold by weight and provided to you in little paper
sacks. Macaroons, broken chocolate bars, peppermint patties, chocolate
cherries... kid heaven.
Tha Main St. McD's was their first location here. My dad, a real estate
agent, sold the company the property. The corporate guy's business card
was die-cut into the shape of a Big Mac and opened up like a book. One
section had his contact info on it, the other was a certificate good for a
free Big Mac. He gave it to me and I held on to it for months until the
place opened.
a
They kept that card thing going a long time then! I had one of those a few (~5)
years ago. Used the coupon too!
Say, anyone remember the last drive-in (up?) A&W in NS? Was it the one in
Windsor? That one was around for a few years after the one in Halifax disappeared.
a
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> Whebby's! That was a neat bowling alley. Didn't it have two levels? My
> father used to take me and my brother there on occasion - fun times!
It did have two floors of bowling fun <g>. The upstairs lanes weren't
all that true, though. If memory serves me correctly.
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> There is a Swiss Chalet still there... are you saying that Swiss Chalet
> once occupied a different building? I thought so too, but that was because
> I thought it was the original Swiss Chalet that burned down. If, in fact,
> it was Ponderosa that caught fire, then perhaps Swiss Chalet still
> occupies the same building that they always did.
I just couldn't remember if it was still there. I don't like the way in
which they don't prepare their chicken properly, so I don't take notice of
their locations.
Dave
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A trip to the land of poutine and smoked meat sandwiches, and a whole lotta
spring cleaning have kept me hopping for the last week and a bit. Things
should quiet down shortly... :-)
Heather Morrison
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
> Brian Smith wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if it was the first or the second. Kempt Road was the
>> first in Halifax. I just can't remember if it was before or after the
>> Main Street location.
>
>
wmd,
When the Main St. McDonald's opened I use to bike from South End Halifax
over the bridge to go there...for an adventure!
When in High School lunch consisted of how many you could pack in to a chevy
vega to drive to Kempt Rd. McDonalds.
I have seen more than one McDonald's with linen and silverware. Probably the
most posh was in Salzburg. I have seen the one you mentioned in NYC.
The one on the Champs de Lysee in Paris is like a hot late night club..with
headphones on the wall and mp3 jukeboxes ..funky art etc. It's just down the
street from the Ben & Jerry's *G*
The one in Milan has an expresso bar and is VERY stylish..of course.
The smallest one I have seen is in Venice..in the old city ..you wouldn't
even know it was there. It looks very demure and fits in with the
surroundings. It is right across from Cartier Jewelers. It has no seating
and just one cash.
Many in Germany serve beer.
We don't eat in them very often..but they can be fun to check out. Europe
has too many wonderful inexpensive eating opportunities to ever step foot in
a McD's.
I think one of the funniest things I ever saw in a McDonald's was in a small
port city that use to be in East Germany. It was a grotty town that still
had the dark old oppressive feel of being behind "The Wall". There were only
three signs of Western civilization - McDonald's, BP gas station and a 7-11.
Go figure! We were grabbing a bite before getting a ferry. In the restaurant
was a bunch of Chinese businessmen with a German interpreter obviously
getting some sort of cultural lesson regarding fast food. It was hysterical
watching them pick their burgers apart..and being so fastidious and neat.
Looking at thier food then looking for utensils! Using napkins furiously if
special sauce dripped in the wrong place. I can say this...they didn't look
too convinced that this was really...well....food! LOL! We couldn't figure
out for the life of us why they may be there..although we do run into Asian
tourists in the most bizarre places but I think maybe it might be something
to do with the town being a port. I really hope they got a real meal later
in the day!
toodles
HeatherM
Brian Smith
"Dave" <loose_e...@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message
>
> A trip to the land of poutine and smoked meat sandwiches, and a whole
> lotta spring cleaning have kept me hopping for the last week and a bit.
> Things should quiet down shortly... :-)
You went to the Halifax Shopping Centre Food Court? {;^)
Dave
LOL...nah, those'd be cheap imitations. I got the real thing in Montreal
:-)
Dave
news:445d0d45...@news.eastlink.ca...
>
> Those things sustained me for years. Nothing beats Montreal
> smoked meat. The absolute best ones we're sliced up piled up
> just across from my old office. In a little booth at the stock
> exchange building. Man alive I must have dropped a grand a year
> at that place. Not counting the second best place, which was on
> St Catherine street. And of course the king of all smoke meat places
> in it's day. Montreal Smoked meat. That one was a good hike away
> from home base, unless I was working in the area.
My wife's family is in DDO, so we don't get downtown much. There's a
Chenoys just around the corner though...and we pay a visit every time. One
super smoked meat sandwich (regular, not that wussy lean cut stuff), and
extra pickle. Meat piled so high you have to pick half off with your
fingers before even thinking about picking it up sandwich style :-)
We tried bringing a slab of the smoked meat home with us after a visit some
time ago, but just weren't able to recreate the experience. I think it may
have something to do with being able to slice the meat very, very thinly.
>
> Did you make it out to a Lafleur restaurant.
Of course...deux steamé, all dress...LOL. I shudder to think how much
grease is in an order of their fries. Damn good, though :-)
Brian Smith
"Dave" <loose_e...@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message
>
> LOL...nah, those'd be cheap imitations. I got the real thing in Montreal
> :-)
I'm sorry to hear that <g>.
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
Oh, the upstairs lanes were a joke! During the late sixties/early
seventies I bowled on a daily basis, and the one thing that remains in
my mind about Whebby's upstairs is 'find the right groove in the floor,
and the ball will do the work for you'. Crooked as a ram's horn those
lanes were, I never took my scores too seriously there.
Beazley's on Pine Street was where I earned my 110 average; before
and after the flood (I know some people here remember the flood!)
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> I just couldn't remember if it was still there. I don't like the
way in
> which they don't prepare their chicken properly, so I don't take
notice of
> their locations.
I used to be a big fan of their ribs, back in the eighties. Had a
feed there about a year ago, my wife had their chicken, and we didn't
really enjoy it. Right beside Swiss Chalet is "Sam's", a
seafood-centred restaurant (good fish & chips), directly on the same
spot the old Pizza Hut used to be.
I remember I used to like getting their pizzas when they first
arrived here, but within a year or so, they started charging for
delivery; not long after, nor surprisingly, they were gone.
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Gabby" <Lavol...@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1146861814....@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> It was still open when I moved to Shearwater in '94.
Richard and I took a walk through the place when it was being torn
down (he'd remember the year), and what an eerie feeling... I worked
there for six months in 1978, and to walk back into the receiving area
25 or so years later... Wow!
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Greg Beaulieu" <ab...@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.106...@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca...
Yes, K-Mart on Tacoma was quite the destination in the mid-60s when it
first opened. It was open nights, while stores in Halifax were not (at
least Monday, Tuesday and for a while, Wednesday). It had the cool donut
machine cooking away near the center aisle, which always fascinated me.
They had a fountain machine that served a lemon-lime drink that was
quite
unique and that I loved as a kid. They sold "Virginia Ham" out of a deli
case which again was unique at the time. And they had all kinds of cheap
stuff, being the first discount department store around here.
Pretty good memory, Greg! Who could forget that doughnut machine?
Their 'cafeteria' only had competition from the Zeller's one, and 'blue
light specials' would be announced throughout the store... You'd hear
the announcement of something on sale at that moment, look around the
store to see a flashing blue light, and fight to get to whatever it was.
> Did we ever have the Kresge brand in Canada? Or was it always known as
> Kmart?
Kresge's in the Halifax Shopping Center was more of a classic 5-and-dime
store, but their big event a few times a year was a "Candy Carnival"
that
was a big sale on stuff at their candy counter -- the old style with
bulk
candy in bins that was sold by weight and provided to you in little
paper
sacks. Macaroons, broken chocolate bars, peppermint patties, chocolate
cherries... kid heaven.
Dartmouth had the old 'Candy Bowl' on Portland Street, right on the
corner where Seacoast Towers is now (formerly the block that had the
Mayfair Theatre, MacKinnon's Optical, and George's Barber Shop), and
that would satisfy the sweet tooth of any kid too :-)
Tha Main St. McD's was their first location here. My dad, a real estate
agent, sold the company the property. The corporate guy's business card
was die-cut into the shape of a Big Mac and opened up like a book. One
section had his contact info on it, the other was a certificate good for
a
free Big Mac. He gave it to me and I held on to it for months until the
place opened.
Greg, did your Dad work for Pat King Real Estate then?
- Rick
Rick Walker
"a" <a...@a.ca> wrote in message news:GtP6g.26387$W6.6518@edtnps89...
> Say, anyone remember the last drive-in (up?) A&W in NS? Was it the
one in
> Windsor? That one was around for a few years after the one in Halifax
disappeared.
Could have been Windsor... I remember the last one in Dartmouth
(drive in, girl comes to window with tray), was on Wyse Road. The first
one was down by Lake Banook, where I went as a kid with my parents once
a week. You could purchase a gallon of root beer to take home, and
enjoy the carside service.
- Rick
Greg Beaulieu
> Greg, did your Dad work for Pat King Real Estate then?
No, he never worked for them. In '71 he would have been with either Delano
or John F. Stevens, can't recall which (he changed firms somewhere around
that time).
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> Oh, the upstairs lanes were a joke! During the late sixties/early
> seventies I bowled on a daily basis, and the one thing that remains in
> my mind about Whebby's upstairs is 'find the right groove in the floor,
> and the ball will do the work for you'. Crooked as a ram's horn those
> lanes were, I never took my scores too seriously there.
Pretty difficult to take anything seriously in that building.
> Beazley's on Pine Street was where I earned my 110 average; before
> and after the flood (I know some people here remember the flood!)
The tide came in a touch more than was anticipated <g>.
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> I used to be a big fan of their ribs, back in the eighties. Had a
> feed there about a year ago, my wife had their chicken, and we didn't
> really enjoy it. Right beside Swiss Chalet is "Sam's", a
> seafood-centred restaurant (good fish & chips), directly on the same
> spot the old Pizza Hut used to be.
In the same building as well.
> I remember I used to like getting their pizzas when they first
> arrived here, but within a year or so, they started charging for
> delivery; not long after, nor surprisingly, they were gone.
Who started charging for delivery?
wmd
> I remember I used to like getting their pizzas when they first
> arrived here, but within a year or so, they started charging for
> delivery; not long after, nor surprisingly, they were gone.
They were there for a long time though, Rick. They only closed up shop
in the last five years or so, and they were there since at least the
early 90s, and possibly back into the 80s.
If you're looking for your fill of grease and pepperoni, there is still
the Portland Street location! :) I'm being facetious, but in reality I
love Pizza Hut pizzas. But, I try to only have them a few times per
year... I'd like to avoid a heart attack before I'm 30, if at all possible!
wmd
wmd
> Greg, did your Dad work for Pat King Real Estate then?
>
> - Rick
>
I wonder if your father knew my mother. She worked for Pat King starting
around 1984 or so. She worked for the company through the mid-90s. It
went through some name changes - King Financial was the last one before
she left, I think. Pat King was long gone by then.
wmd
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> "Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
> news:mp%6g.3891$A26.1...@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> > I remember I used to like getting their pizzas when they first
> > arrived here, but within a year or so, they started charging for
> > delivery; not long after, nor surprisingly, they were gone.
> Who started charging for delivery?
Pizza Hut... $1.00 per pizza, sometime in the early eighties. At
least, from their location to my home on Pleasant Street at the time.
- Rick
a
I loved that - and you would flick the switch to turn on the "cherry" light to
signal that you were done!
I also remember the tray liners they used - an orange plastic weave type thing.
I thought it was cool because it looked exactly like the upholstery on the
beds in the medical bay in the Enterprise on "Star Trek"!
a
Rick Walker
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
> They were there for a long time though, Rick. They only closed up shop
> in the last five years or so, and they were there since at least the
> early 90s, and possibly back into the 80s.
I meant ot say 'dropped from my menu', wmd :) I saw their place
every time I was out in the Main Street (which is daily now) area, and
remember thinking 'how much longer?'
> If you're looking for your fill of grease and pepperoni, there is
still
> the Portland Street location! :) I'm being facetious, but in reality I
> love Pizza Hut pizzas. But, I try to only have them a few times per
> year... I'd like to avoid a heart attack before I'm 30, if at all
possible!
They had a deep-dish meat-lover's pizza around 1979/80 that was
fantastic! I would have been 25 years old then, and I'm twice that
now... (and about twice that size...lol). There's another one that I've
seen just off the new bridge, heading toward Bedford. I've thought
about it, but every time I pass by I've either already eaten or have
plans to eat somewhere else. Almost like it's not meant to be :(
- Rick
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> I wonder if your father knew my mother. She worked for Pat King starting
> around 1984 or so. She worked for the company through the mid-90s. It went
> through some name changes - King Financial was the last one before she
> left, I think. Pat King was long gone by then.
Did she work for the Insurance side or the Real Estate side of the business?
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> Pizza Hut... $1.00 per pizza, sometime in the early eighties. At
> least, from their location to my home on Pleasant Street at the time.
It was probably because you were outside their regular service area. I don't
recall if I have ever paid for delivery from them. Usually it's far easier
to phone it in and stop and pick it up on the way home.
Rick Walker
"Greg Beaulieu" <ab...@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.106...@halifax.chebucto.ns.ca...
Haven't heard the name 'Delano' for a while. Those were the early
days in this market; I hope your Dad did well, many did. We did
printing for numerous real estate companies, and your last name has a
familiar ring to it. I can still (don't ask me how) remember names on
cards printed 20 years ago, or longer.
Probably because I saw the same name hundreds of times :) If you
were a stickler for quality, as I was in that biz, no card left that
shop that I wouldn't have used as my own. They were, in effect, my best
advertising tool... 'Where did you get that done?'...Possibly the best
question any printer would like to hear about his work... Or the worst
:-)
- Rick
Rick Walker
"lucretia borgia" <lucreti...@florence.it> wrote in message
news:7v3p52p86o9omopnj...@4ax.com...
> >No, he never worked for them. In '71 he would have been with either
Delano
> >or John F. Stevens, can't recall which (he changed firms somewhere
around
> >that time).
> Oh those terrible 'raining keys' ads :)
LOL! Thanks for the flashback, Sheena! :)
- Rick
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> They had a deep-dish meat-lover's pizza around 1979/80 that was
> fantastic! I would have been 25 years old then, and I'm twice that
> now... (and about twice that size...lol). There's another one that I've
> seen just off the new bridge, heading toward Bedford.
If you're still talking about Pizza Hut, the closest locations of theirs
to the new bridge are on Young Street or Lacewood Drive. The other two
aren't really on the way to Bedford as they are in the Sobey's strip mall in
Lower Sackville (take out only) and on Portland Street.
Rick Walker
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:6C07g.1699$Fl1.1372@edtnps89...
> I wonder if your father knew my mother. She worked for Pat King
starting
> around 1984 or so. She worked for the company through the mid-90s. It
> went through some name changes - King Financial was the last one
before
> she left, I think. Pat King was long gone by then.
More than likely... Homelife/Pat King was when we began to lose
touch a bit with some of the real estate end, but did all of the King
Insurance work until the mid-nineties. Pat was a good friend of my
Dad's... He and his wife would dine with my parents on occasion.
wmd, I see your address. I look forward to you seeing mine! :)
- Rick
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> LOL! Thanks for the flashback, Sheena! :)
When those ads were on, we found them entertaining as we were only six or
seven years old. LOL!
Rick Walker
"a" <a...@a.ca> wrote in message news:qR07g.1265$Qq.992@clgrps12...
> I loved that - and you would flick the switch to turn on the "cherry"
light to
> signal that you were done!
It was a treat, and something totally new as well. Not old enough
to be a teenager at the time, I'm sure that place rocked for its day.
I'll bet there were more Mustangs, Camaros, 'Vettes and Firebirds there
if they planned a show-off :)
> I also remember the tray liners they used - an orange plastic weave
type thing.
Yeah! That non-slip weave liner! Orange was the colour 'Albert and
Walter' picked for their company's logo... LOL, I remember when they
introduced 'swampwater' as a beveridge at the Prince Albert Road spot!
I remember when 'Chubby Chicken' was brought on to the menu at the Wyse
Road location.
> I thought it was cool because it looked exactly like the upholstery
on the
> beds in the medical bay in the Enterprise on "Star Trek"!
Ahh, a fan of the older series... Who seems to remember the events I
do. I'm guessing, but you have to be either my age, or one of those
teenagers I wanted to be :) I eventually became that kind of teenager
anyway, lol.
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> It was probably because you were outside their regular service area. I
don't
> recall if I have ever paid for delivery from them. Usually it's far
easier
> to phone it in and stop and pick it up on the way home.
Probably was the reason, the more I think about it. I remember a
girl apologizing on the phone about charging a little extra... Wait,
that wasn't pizza! LOL!
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
> If you're still talking about Pizza Hut, the closest locations of
theirs
> to the new bridge are on Young Street or Lacewood Drive. The other two
> aren't really on the way to Bedford as they are in the Sobey's strip
mall in
> Lower Sackville (take out only) and on Portland Street.
Yes, I am. Well, shows how much attention I pay to that side of the
harbour <g>. Babs and I went to Bayer's Lake Tuesday, and Richard and I
went last Saturday. I'm glad I took my wife on a Tuesday... Last
Saturday's traffic in that Park was a nightmare.
Lots of shops, spread over an industrial park. A bloody mess. IMO.
Traffic lights that are useless, unless you like sitting and idling your
vehicle... I'm anxious to see what the new 'Dartmouth Crossing' will
have to offer. At least it will be retail, set up for retail, not
industry.
- Rick
Rick Walker
"Brian Smith" <Hal...@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message
Didn't Sheena pose for the CBC test pattern, Brian? LOL!
- Rick
Hank
>
>Well there you go... I had no idea Dartmouth once had a Ponderosa. I do
>remember the fire, though... I attended Alderney School at the time, and
>I *think* I was walking to/from school when the fire was raging.
>
The fire everyone is talking about was the Dairy Queen. Burnt to the
ground about 15 years ago and was rebuilt quite quickly. The current building
is not the original.
- Hank
Rick Walker
"Hank" <Hank.W...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The fire everyone is talking about was the Dairy Queen. Burnt to
the
> ground about 15 years ago and was rebuilt quite quickly. The current
building
> is not the original.
Hank if that's the case, whatever became of the Ponderosa? I know
it was there, and much closer to the Rotary (Parclo,lol) than DQ. Yet I
seem to recall a fire in that DQ area that *wasn't* the 'Gag and Spew'
restaurant... 15 years ago?
- Rick
Hank
I don't recall a fire at Ponderosa (could well have been one), but I
distinctly remember the one at Dariy Queen. It was gutted overnight by a major
fire and then leveled and re-built withn a few months. The 15 years was a
guess, but it is close (+/- 3 years.) Go to the current Dairy Queen and look
around. The building is 15 years old at most -- not the same style and such as
the original. That's all I can add. This was major news at the time and I'm
surprised someone else hasn't mentioned it.
- Hank
wmd
> The fire everyone is talking about was the Dairy Queen. Burnt to the
> ground about 15 years ago and was rebuilt quite quickly. The current building
> is not the original.
>
> - Hank
>
That doesn't seem likely, only because I remember seeing the building
from the other side of the Circ... it was very close. I'm not even sure
if you can see the DQ from where I was.
I would have been able to see the fire and building from Harris Road:
Plus, the fire I'm talking about was more like twenty+ years ago...
fifteen years ago I had already moved to Cole Harbour, so I wouldn't
have seen that one.
wmd
Rick Walker
> Hank.W...@yahoo.com (Hank),in hfx.generalwrote:
> > The fire everyone is talking about was the Dairy Queen. Burnt to
the
> >ground about 15 years ago and was rebuilt quite quickly. The current
building
> >is not the original.
> So much for their memory banks lol
Main Street was a long way from where I grew up as a kid, and public
transit took me to my K-Mart job. Hank, You are right about what
changes were made at the DQ, I remember when the 'new look' arrived.
The memory banks are fine, just not giving me the interest rates I
deserve :)
- Rick
wmd
As an aside, it's interesting to look at these satellite shots. Clearly
this one was taken on a Sunday morning... the empty parking lots are the
first clue, plus zoom in to one of the local churches and you'll see
those parking lots full.
Even the Tim's next to Sobey's isn't that busy!
wmd
Rick Walker
> It was round about then that I began to see that there was something
> about television that was not for me :)
"The medium is the message" time? :)
- Rick
Rick Walker
> "Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com>,in hfx.generalwrote:
> and entertained us with
> >I remember when 'Chubby Chicken' was brought on to the menu at the
Wyse
> >Road location.
> How about the Root Beer who waddled down the road from or to, A&W ?
No, that would have been me, staggering from The Old Mill Beverage
Room, up to what once was Clancy's, The Owl, currently "My Son's Place"
pub, looking for something I was misplacing... :)
- Rick
wmd
That is an excellent question, Brian. I'll need to ask her! :)
I think she had more to do with the real estate side, but I can't be
sure. She was the executive assistant, so it might have been that she
wasn't directly involved in either side.
wmd
wmd
> More than likely... Homelife/Pat King was when we began to lose
> touch a bit with some of the real estate end, but did all of the King
> Insurance work until the mid-nineties. Pat was a good friend of my
> Dad's... He and his wife would dine with my parents on occasion.
>
> wmd, I see your address. I look forward to you seeing mine! :)
>
> - Rick
>
Mom liked Pat King... she speaks fondly of him.
I think you're telling me to watch for an e-mail... I'll keep an eye on
that mailbox! :)
wmd
Rick Walker
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
> Brian Smith wrote:
> > Did she work for the Insurance side or the Real Estate side of the
business?
>
>
> That is an excellent question, Brian. I'll need to ask her! :)
> I think she had more to do with the real estate side, but I can't be
> sure. She was the executive assistant, so it might have been that she
> wasn't directly involved in either side.
Or perhaps both. I'm sure I'd know her name. I have a few things
to do around here today, but I'll get back to you later if I can, wmd.
- Rick
Rick Walker
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
> Mom liked Pat King... she speaks fondly of him.
My Dad always said kind things about Pat and his wife Hilda.
> I think you're telling me to watch for an e-mail... I'll keep an eye
on
> that mailbox! :)
It'll be later on, but I'll be there :-)
- Rick
oldtrout
I have never been a big fan of any of the fast food takeouts, however
having said that, (I should run in politics) back in the old days it
was hard to beat A8W Whistle Dog. Remember back then hot dogs didn't
contain pork or worse still chicken, bacon was smoke in a smoker and
not "smoked" chemically, and cheese was "real" cheese unlike a lot of
the cheese to day which contains more chemicals than milk.
--
oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac
oldtrout - àrsaidh-breac
Executive assistants should be. :-{)>
--
oldtrout - ąrsaidh-breac
Rick Walker
> "Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com>,in hfx.generalwrote:
> and entertained us with
> > "The medium is the message" time? :)
> Rather more the message WAS the medium, or was becoming.
McLuhan was on to something, either way. Or on something...
- Rick
Rick Walker
> >> How about the Root Beer who waddled down the road from or to, A&W ?
> > No, that would have been me, staggering from The Old Mill
Beverage
> >Room, up to what once was Clancy's, The Owl, currently "My Son's
Place"
> >pub, looking for something I was misplacing... :)
> Whole new meaning to hippy :)
Happy hippy... :)
runmum
>
> Yeah! That non-slip weave liner! Orange was the colour 'Albert and
> Walter' picked for their company's logo... LOL, I remember when they
> introduced 'swampwater' as a beveridge at the Prince Albert Road spot!
> I remember when 'Chubby Chicken' was brought on to the menu at the Wyse
> Road location.
So where was it on Prince Albert road? I haven't been in Dartmouth long.
When I first moved here I asked a guy on the street directions. He said,
"Well, you know where the rotary used to be?"
Rick Walker
"runmum" <run...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> So where was it on Prince Albert road? I haven't been in Dartmouth
long.
>
> When I first moved here I asked a guy on the street directions. He
said,
> "Well, you know where the rotary used to be?"
He was close ;-) Just as Prince Alpert Road turns to enter the Mic
Mac Parclo (or the SuperStore), right before J. Albert's place.
Directly across the street to the left, looking away from the lakes, is
where the A&W used to be. Today, a 'Needs" or something sits there,
catches a few on fly or some local traffic from the condos.
Across the street from "Paddler's Cove' Donna, that's the easiest
way to describe it!
- Rick
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> Didn't Sheena pose for the CBC test pattern, Brian? LOL!
I've not seen her with the full headdress on (yet), Rick. But I have seen
her on the warpath. {:^)
Brian Smith
"wmd" <wmd...@yahoo.caNOSPAM> wrote in message
>
> That is an excellent question, Brian. I'll need to ask her! :)
>
> I think she had more to do with the real estate side, but I can't be sure.
> She was the executive assistant, so it might have been that she wasn't
> directly involved in either side.
I had a friend that I bowled on a league with that was in the financial side
(if memory serves me correctly), during that time period.
Brian Smith
"Rick Walker" <R...@WR.com> wrote in message
>
> Yeah! That non-slip weave liner! Orange was the colour 'Albert and
> Walter' picked for their company's logo... LOL, I remember when they
> introduced 'swampwater' as a beveridge at the Prince Albert Road spot!
> I remember when 'Chubby Chicken' was brought on to the menu at the Wyse
> Road location.
Can you say Whistle Dog?
Brian Smith
> ground about 15 years ago and was rebuilt quite quickly. The current
> building
> is not the original.
You're incorrect. The Fire everyone is talking about is the one that
levelled the Ponderosa. Where Tim Horton's location sits next to Sobey's.
Brian Smith
>
> So much for their memory banks lol
Except for the fact we were talking about the fire at the Ponderosa.