Hamburgers that used to be...
Chris Marksberry
Think Uvalde Malt N' Burger is still there!!! Used to live in Woodforest.
Chris
MailTo:cmark...@hickham.com
>[1] Airline/Parker, Winrock/Westheimer, Ella/22nd, Uvalde and
>something-or-other. Hey... anybody remember the Uvalde Malt N' Burger?
Kennon Baird
* Rolando's Burger Factory
Lee
>* Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
>
>* Rolando's Burger Factory
>
>
Ditto on the HBG, Kennon.
I have been told that Bubba's Burger Shack on Westpark has slid in its
quality considerably.
Anyone know differently?
Lee
H Newcomb
Kennon Baird wrote:
> * Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
>
> * Rolando's Burger Factory
>
HbG is still around? I've been missing them for years. The Hickory
Burger was one of my all time favorites.
Anyone remember the Round The Corner chain?
Aje RavenStar
Chris Marksberry
throw peanut shells on floor. Great burgers and wonderful greasy French
fries.
Chris
MailTo:cmark...@hickham.com
Becca
Becca
John Moran
<F389679839F31904.E7A9EE35...@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
ah...@ahhh.com (Lee) wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:55:41 GMT, k...@dnai.com (Kennon Baird) wrote:
>
> >* Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
> >
> >* Rolando's Burger Factory
> >
> >
> Ditto on the HBG, Kennon.
Third on the HBG, the Montrose one by St. Thomas, o my for the bacon
cheeseburger. And I know it's not hamburgers, but I can't think of
Rolandos without thinking of Hungry International on lower Westheimer in
the Montrose.
Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will date you :
Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up at the
kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They were
very good.
2Ks, in the shops along the west side parking lot of the also gone
Sakowitz on Post Oak at Westheimer. Mrs. K's was the ice cream parlor
inside 2Ks. If you remember this place, you've been in Houston for a
while.
> I have been told that Bubba's Burger Shack on Westpark has slid in its
> quality considerably.
>
> Anyone know differently?
Was there a few weeks ago 'cause I work in the area, it was ok, nothing special.
regards
jm
Hane
John Moran wrote in message ...
>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
Well, it was really next door to the JITB - and JITB is also gone now!
hane
Patrick L. Humphrey
...and as someone who grew up in that part of town, and stayed away from that
JitB religiously because of having friends in high school who worked there :),
I can say the neighborhood improved just a bit when the original JitB got
razed. The one thing that I've been wondering about all these years, though:
what was "Across the Street" across the street from, besides Westhill Village?
:-)
--PLH, who was more a fan of the Burger Chef that was a block away on
Westheimer (I've been here that long)
ge...@feeding.frenzy.com
Organization:
:
Patrick L. Humphrey <pat...@io.com> wrote:
: "Hane" <jhu...@b4-u-xxbuy.com> writes:
:>John Moran wrote in message ...
:>>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
:
:>Well, it was really next door to the JITB - and JITB is also gone now!
: ...and as someone who grew up in that part of town, and stayed away from that
: JitB religiously because of having friends in high school who worked there :),
: I can say the neighborhood improved just a bit when the original JitB got
: razed. The one thing that I've been wondering about all these years, though:
: what was "Across the Street" across the street from, besides Westhill Village?
: :-)
if i remember correctly, we got some 99 cent chicken sandwiches at the jitb on
hilcroft and westheimer sometime last month, and i drive by it everyday and i don't
think it's gone, but maybe i'm thinking of another jitb. this one is just south of
westheimer on hilcroft.
amy
--
--
Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each
year who are trying to find it.
Patrick L. Humphrey
>Patrick L. Humphrey <pat...@io.com> wrote:
>: "Hane" <jhu...@b4-u-xxbuy.com> writes:
>:>John Moran wrote in message ...
>:>>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
>:>Well, it was really next door to the JITB - and JITB is also gone now!
>:...and as someone who grew up in that part of town, and stayed away from that
>:JitB religiously because of having friends in high school who worked there
>:), I can say the neighborhood improved just a bit when the original JitB got
>:razed. The one thing that I've been wondering about all these years, though:
>:what was "Across the Street" across the street from, besides Westhill
>:Village?
> :-)
>if i remember correctly, we got some 99 cent chicken sandwiches at the jitb on
>hilcroft and westheimer sometime last month, and i drive by it everyday and i
>don't think it's gone, but maybe i'm thinking of another jitb. this one is
>just south of westheimer on hilcroft.
That's the one I'm talking about -- the JitB that is there now is next door to
where the original one stood for 30-odd years, and is a far sight removed from
the one of my high-school days. (Fortunately, my strange high-school friends
who worked there have gone on to get into other things, so you don't have to
worry _too_ much about that Ultimate Cheeseburger. :-)
--PLH, who was more prone to heading the other direction to Yamin's, back when
he was terrorizing Lee
Tina Marie
<ge...@feeding.frenzy.com> wrote:
>if i remember correctly, we got some 99 cent chicken sandwiches at the jitb on
>hilcroft and westheimer sometime last month, and i drive by it everyday and i don't
>think it's gone, but maybe i'm thinking of another jitb. this one is just south of
>westheimer on hilcroft.
It was open last night - I can hear the drive-through if I leave my
dining-room window open.
Tina Marie
--
skydiver - PP-ASEL \*\ An apostrophe does not mean, "Yikes!
http://www.neosoft.com/~tina \*\ Here comes an 's'!" - Dave Barry
No Spam Thanks
John Moran wrote:
>Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will date you :
Yeah, the Across the Street restaurant!
How about...
Roznovsky's in the Heights. A decent burger...I didn't think they were
anything special, but I remember the place used to be packed.
I haven't been to the one on 34th.
Myti Burger
--
Craig E. Groeschel >Craig at Metro Link dot com< Not speaking for my employer.
"Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play Ragtime fast." Joplin
As an alternative to SpAmazon, consider Powells. www.powells.com
Steve Cutchen
Lago? You could get those little appitizer burgers for 25 cents or a
Monster Burger (mor like a Jumbo Jack) for, I think it was, a buck.
Another early haunt was the JitBox on Southmore, about halfway between
Shaver and South Ritchie (sp?). It was a really early one... no seating
at all, only drive through. It was right on a bayou, and we'd park in the
parking lot under the trees to eat.
And down in Freeport/Surfside was a JitBox knockoff call the Crow's Nest.
It was on the main road down to the Surfside bridge.
The HBG that I remember was on Kirby. The bacon cheeseburger was my
favorite. Good fries, too, as I remember.
---Steve Cutchen O- | As published in Houston Chronicle Sports
scut...@phoenix.net |
Lee
(John Moran) wrote:
<snip>
>Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will date you :
>
>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
>had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up at the
>kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They were
>very good.
>
>
<snip>
WELL DONE! Good call on the Across the Street! I completely forgot
about that one. I was just a little kid, but I remember those red
phones and those huge hamburgers! (maybe they were huge because I was
only about 8 years old...)
There was also a Carousel Hamburgers with a Carousel inside the place
where you ate behind Memorial City Hospital.
I think others have already mentioned the Ruby Reds with the peanuts
on the floor and Rosnovsky's, where I played hooky many a day from
nearby St. Thomas High School. It is now long gone...
Cheers
Lee
Mary Gorman
didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country. I wish
they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for a sack of
them right now...
Steve Cutchen wrote in message ...
kraken
Frishe's Big Boy. One of their burgers resembled the Big Mac, but my
favorite was the Brawny Lad which was actuallly a minute steak with a
slice of Bermuda onion on a wheat bun. Now I'm getting hungry!
kraken
John Moran wrote:
>
> In article
> <F389679839F31904.E7A9EE35...@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
> ah...@ahhh.com (Lee) wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:55:41 GMT, k...@dnai.com (Kennon Baird) wrote:
> >
> > >* Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
> > >
> > >* Rolando's Burger Factory
> > >
> > >
> > Ditto on the HBG, Kennon.
>
> Third on the HBG, the Montrose one by St. Thomas, o my for the bacon
> cheeseburger. And I know it's not hamburgers, but I can't think of
> Rolandos without thinking of Hungry International on lower Westheimer in
> the Montrose.
>
> Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will date you :
>
> Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
> had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up at the
> kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They were
> very good.
>
Chris Marksberry
Steve Cutchen wrote in message ...
I never knew White Castle made it to Houston. Only real White Castle (other
than the frozen ones) I ever had was when visiting Dayton, Ohio.
Chris
MailTo:cmark...@hickham.com
Tina Marie
>You mean there actually was a White Castle in the Houston area once? I
>didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country. I wish
>they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for a sack of
>them right now...
I flew up to Indiana on the 4th of July just to get some. They
were good. :)
Marty Merritt
(Tina Marie) wrote:
> In article <3692a...@news.hia.net>, Mary Gorman <mgo...@hia.net> wrote:
> >You mean there actually was a White Castle in the Houston area once? I
> >didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country. I wish
> >they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for a sack of
> >them right now...
>
> I flew up to Indiana on the 4th of July just to get some. They
> were good. :)
>
I'm pretty sure the late lamented NASA Road burger chain place was a Steak
'n Shake, not White Castle. I and others have lamented their loss in this
forum before.
Marty
Steve Cutchen
Really? I know it had the small burgers-by-the-dozen, and thought I
remembered it as a White Castle... Might be one of those implanted
memories, though...
:-)
steve
Gourmet!
Steve
No Spam Thanks wrote in message <76u3mu$p...@tartan.metrolink.com>...
>In article <digisrvs-050...@56k-026.maxtnt7.pdq.net>,
>John Moran wrote:
>>Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will date you
:
>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
>
Judy
I recently watched a history of American food on the History Channel and one of the
segments was about burgers, including White Castle. There were a LOT of imitators
of White Castle in those days. I've been wracking my brain for days now trying to
remember the name of the imitation White Castle place we used to go to in Dallas
back in the 60s. It sounds like the one you're describing, with the castle decor,
etc. It's driving me nuts. I don't recall being too fond of the burgers, but
being a kid I just thought it was cool to be able to eat 6 hamburgers in one
sitting!
Judy
Jeremy Goodwin
Lee wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:29:12 -0600, digi...@spamenot.computize.com
> (John Moran) wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will date you :
> >
> >Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands. It
> >had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up at the
> >kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They were
> >very good.
> >
> >
claudius
Someone once told me that they had figured out how to duplicate the taste of
White Castle hamburgers - and I not so speechlessly had to wonder "Why?"
In article <7704fs$dre$1...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>, ti...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM
says...
>
>In article <3692a...@news.hia.net>, Mary Gorman <mgo...@hia.net> wrote:
>>You mean there actually was a White Castle in the Houston area once? I
>>didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country. I wish
>>they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for a sack of
>>them right now...
>
>I flew up to Indiana on the 4th of July just to get some. They
>were good. :)
>
Judy
called for a jar of baby food -- creamed liver variety as I recall.
YUUCCCCKKK!!!
Judy
greg.bretting
The thread about the best hamburger place got me to reminiscing about
my
burger-slinging days, and a place that just isn't the same any more -
if
it's found at all. I'm talking about Charlie's Hamburgers - you
know,
Over Two Dozen Sold and all that? I worked there in the mid-80's
[1],
and I really miss the food - even though there are still some
locations
open.
It just ain't the same.
When I first started, they didn't sell fries even - it was chips for
side orders, or oatmeal-raisin cookies. That, and burgers... good
ones,
too. Wash it down with bottled 10 oz. Cokes or longneck beer, and
maybe
buy an antique on the way out. All of the food was delivered fresh
during the week from the commissary on Ella Blvd. - patties were
fresh-squeezed and never frozen, veggies were freshly sliced-n-diced
-
straight from the cow and garden to the grill, almost. Not to
mention
the .25-cent happy hour on beer every Friday [2].
But that was then...
<sigh>
Greg
[1] Airline/Parker, Winrock/Westheimer, Ella/22nd, Uvalde and
something-or-other. Hey... anybody remember the Uvalde Malt N'
Burger?
[2] My first initiation to this was at the now-defunct Airline/Parker
location. We got an equal mix of bikers and rednecks for happy hour,
and went through an amazing amount of beer. Even though that store
was
near the bottom in overall sales, we topped every store in happy hour
beer volume - it was never even close.
--
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention
in human history with the possible exceptions of handguns and
tequila."
Mitch Ratliffe, _Technology Review_ April, 1992
cmark...@hickham.com
Greg,
Think Uvalde Malt N' Burger is still there!!! Used to live in
Woodforest.
Chris
MailTo:cmark...@hickham.com
kennon.baird
lee
On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:55:41 GMT, k...@dnai.com (Kennon Baird) wrote:
>* Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
>
>* Rolando's Burger Factory
>
>
Ditto on the HBG, Kennon.
I have been told that Bubba's Burger Shack on Westpark has slid in
its
quality considerably.
Anyone know differently?
Lee
h.newcomb.
Kennon Baird wrote:
> * Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
>
> * Rolando's Burger Factory
>
HbG is still around? I've been missing them for years. The
Hickory
Burger was one of my all time favorites.
Anyone remember the Round The Corner chain?
Aje RavenStar
cmark...@hickham.com
My favorite burger place was Ruby Reds (I think that was the name of
it) ...
throw peanut shells on floor. Great burgers and wonderful greasy
French
fries.
Chris
MailTo:cmark...@hickham.com
becca.
john....@tcrs.org
In article
<F389679839F31904.E7A9EE35...@library-proxy.airn
ws.net>,
ah...@ahhh.com (Lee) wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:55:41 GMT, k...@dnai.com (Kennon Baird)
wrote:
>
> >* Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
> >
> >* Rolando's Burger Factory
> >
> >
> Ditto on the HBG, Kennon.
Third on the HBG, the Montrose one by St. Thomas, o my for the bacon
cheeseburger. And I know it's not hamburgers, but I can't think of
Rolandos without thinking of Hungry International on lower Westheimer
in
the Montrose.
Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will
date you :
Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now stands.
It
had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up
at the
kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They
were
very good.
2Ks, in the shops along the west side parking lot of the also gone
Sakowitz on Post Oak at Westheimer. Mrs. K's was the ice cream
parlor
inside 2Ks. If you remember this place, you've been in Houston for a
while.
> I have been told that Bubba's Burger Shack on Westpark has slid in
its
> quality considerably.
>
> Anyone know differently?
Was there a few weeks ago 'cause I work in the area, it was ok,
nothing special.
regards
jm
hane
John Moran wrote in message ...
>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
Well, it was really next door to the JITB - and JITB is also gone
now!
hane
patrick.l..humphrey@tcrs.org
"Hane" <jhu...@b4-u-xxbuy.com> writes:
>John Moran wrote in message ...
>>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
>Well, it was really next door to the JITB - and JITB is also gone
now!
...and as someone who grew up in that part of town, and stayed away
from that
JitB religiously because of having friends in high school who worked
there :),
I can say the neighborhood improved just a bit when the original JitB
got
razed. The one thing that I've been wondering about all these years,
though:
what was "Across the Street" across the street from, besides Westhill
Village?
:-)
--PLH, who was more a fan of the Burger Chef that was a block away on
Westheimer (I've been here that long)
ge...@feeding.frenzy.com
et> <szkww31...@dillinger.io.com>
Organization:
:
Patrick L. Humphrey <pat...@io.com> wrote:
: "Hane" <jhu...@b4-u-xxbuy.com> writes:
:>John Moran wrote in message ...
:>>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
:
:>Well, it was really next door to the JITB - and JITB is also gone
now!
: ...and as someone who grew up in that part of town, and stayed away
from that
: JitB religiously because of having friends in high school who
worked there :),
: I can say the neighborhood improved just a bit when the original
JitB got
: razed. The one thing that I've been wondering about all these
years, though:
: what was "Across the Street" across the street from, besides
Westhill Village?
: :-)
if i remember correctly, we got some 99 cent chicken sandwiches at
the jitb on
hilcroft and westheimer sometime last month, and i drive by it
everyday and i don't
think it's gone, but maybe i'm thinking of another jitb. this one is
just south of
westheimer on hilcroft.
amy
--
--
Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of
people each
year who are trying to find it.
patrick.l..humphrey@tcrs.org
<ge...@feeding.frenzy.com> writes:
That's the one I'm talking about -- the JitB that is there now is
next door to
where the original one stood for 30-odd years, and is a far sight
removed from
the one of my high-school days. (Fortunately, my strange high-school
friends
who worked there have gone on to get into other things, so you don't
have to
worry _too_ much about that Ultimate Cheeseburger. :-)
--PLH, who was more prone to heading the other direction to Yamin's,
back when
he was terrorizing Lee
tina....@tcrs.org
In article <2Bpk2.5919$hf....@news2.giganews.com>,
<ge...@feeding.frenzy.com> wrote:
>if i remember correctly, we got some 99 cent chicken sandwiches at
the jitb on
>hilcroft and westheimer sometime last month, and i drive by it
everyday and i don't
>think it's gone, but maybe i'm thinking of another jitb. this one
is just south of
>westheimer on hilcroft.
It was open last night - I can hear the drive-through if I leave my
dining-room window open.
no.spam...@tcrs.org
In article <digisrvs-050...@56k-026.maxtnt7.pdq.net>,
John Moran wrote:
>Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will
date you :
>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
Yeah, the Across the Street restaurant!
steve....@tcrs.org
Anybody else remember the White Castle that used to be on NASA 1 in
El
Lago? You could get those little appitizer burgers for 25 cents or a
Monster Burger (mor like a Jumbo Jack) for, I think it was, a buck.
Another early haunt was the JitBox on Southmore, about halfway
between
Shaver and South Ritchie (sp?). It was a really early one... no
seating
at all, only drive through. It was right on a bayou, and we'd park
in the
parking lot under the trees to eat.
And down in Freeport/Surfside was a JitBox knockoff call the Crow's
Nest.
It was on the main road down to the Surfside bridge.
The HBG that I remember was on Kirby. The bacon cheeseburger was my
favorite. Good fries, too, as I remember.
lee
On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:29:12 -0600, digi...@spamenot.computize.com
(John Moran) wrote:
<snip>
>Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will
date you :
>
>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
>had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up
at the
>kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They
were
>very good.
>
>
mary.gorman
You mean there actually was a White Castle in the Houston area once?
I
didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country. I
wish
they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for a
sack of
them right now...
Steve Cutchen wrote in message ...
kraken.
Before there was a McDonald's that I was aware of, I used to enjoy
Frishe's Big Boy. One of their burgers resembled the Big Mac, but my
favorite was the Brawny Lad which was actuallly a minute steak with a
slice of Bermuda onion on a wheat bun. Now I'm getting hungry!
kraken
John Moran wrote:
>
> In article
>
<F389679839F31904.E7A9EE35...@library-proxy.air
ews.net>,
> ah...@ahhh.com (Lee) wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:55:41 GMT, k...@dnai.com (Kennon Baird)
wrote:
> >
> > >* Hamburgers by Gourmet (Hickory Burger!)
> > >
> > >* Rolando's Burger Factory
> > >
> > >
> > Ditto on the HBG, Kennon.
>
> Third on the HBG, the Montrose one by St. Thomas, o my for the
bacon
> cheeseburger. And I know it's not hamburgers, but I can't think of
> Rolandos without thinking of Hungry International on lower
Westheimer in
> the Montrose.
>
> Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will
date you :
>
> Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
> had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick up
at the
> kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready. They
were
> very good.
>
cmark...@hickham.com
Steve Cutchen wrote in message ...
I never knew White Castle made it to Houston. Only real White Castle
(other
than the frozen ones) I ever had was when visiting Dayton, Ohio.
Chris
MailTo:cmark...@hickham.com
tina....@tcrs.org
In article <3692a...@news.hia.net>, Mary Gorman <mgo...@hia.net>
wrote:
>You mean there actually was a White Castle in the Houston area once?
I
>didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country. I
wish
>they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for a
sack of
>them right now...
I flew up to Indiana on the 4th of July just to get some. They
were good. :)
Tina Marie
marty.merritt
In article <7704fs$dre$1...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
ti...@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM
(Tina Marie) wrote:
> In article <3692a...@news.hia.net>, Mary Gorman <mgo...@hia.net>
wrote:
> >You mean there actually was a White Castle in the Houston area
once? I
> >didn't know they had WC restaurants in this part of the country.
I wish
> >they'd come back here--I miss those baby burgers. I could go for
a sack of
> >them right now...
>
> I flew up to Indiana on the 4th of July just to get some. They
> were good. :)
>
steve....@tcrs.org
mar...@ruf.rice.edu (Marty Merritt) wrote:
Really? I know it had the small burgers-by-the-dozen, and thought I
remembered it as a White Castle... Might be one of those implanted
memories, though...
:-)
steve
Oh Yeah!! That dive in the Heights was the best!! Also, Hamburgers by
Gourmet!
Steve
No Spam Thanks wrote in message <76u3mu$p...@tartan.metrolink.com>...
>In article <digisrvs-050...@56k-026.maxtnt7.pdq.net>,
>John Moran wrote:
>>Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will
date you
:
>>Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
>
judy.
Steve Cutchen wrote:
I recently watched a history of American food on the History Channel
and one of the
segments was about burgers, including White Castle. There were a LOT
of imitators
of White Castle in those days. I've been wracking my brain for days
now trying to
remember the name of the imitation White Castle place we used to go
to in Dallas
back in the 60s. It sounds like the one you're describing, with the
castle decor,
etc. It's driving me nuts. I don't recall being too fond of the
burgers, but
being a kid I just thought it was cool to be able to eat 6 hamburgers
in one
sitting!
Judy
jeremy...@hypercon.com
Rovsnoskys is now on West TC Jester and 34th
Lee wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:29:12 -0600, digi...@spamenot.computize.com
> (John Moran) wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >Now, here's two oldies but goodies that if you can remember, will
date you :
> >
> >Across the Street. on Hillcroft/Westheimer where the JITB now
stands. It
> >had telephones at each table for ordering, then you went to pick
up at the
> >kitchen when your phone buzzed and they told you it was ready.
They were
> >very good.
> >
> >
larry.kessler
On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 07:04:26 GMT, Greg Bretting wrote:
>Not to mention the .25-cent happy hour on beer every Friday [2].
>
>[2] My first initiation to this was at the now-defunct
Airline/Parker
>location. We got an equal mix of bikers and rednecks for happy
hour,
>and went through an amazing amount of beer. Even though that store
was
>near the bottom in overall sales, we topped every store in happy
hour
>beer volume - it was never even close.
Do they still do that? We have a Charlie's right near us, on the
Katy
Freeway inbound feeder road near Bunker Hill.
greg.bretting
Maybe, but I kinda doubt it. I seem to remember that they were
phasing
it out even before I left. Too much hassle, not enough revenue...
Interesting to hear that the Bunker Hill store is still there - I
remember once having to load up the back of my truck and haul all of
our
perishables over to that store when our walk-in at the Winrock store
went kaput.
Greg
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Jimmy Fingers
Lee wrote:
> There was also a Carousel Hamburgers with a Carousel inside the place
> where you ate behind Memorial City Hospital.
That was Britain's Broiler Burger.
--
Jimmy Fingers
My free book, Finger Magic, at http://members.tripod.com/~imagique/magic.html
Patrick L. Humphrey
>Lee wrote:
>> There was also a Carousel Hamburgers with a Carousel inside the place
>> where you ate behind Memorial City Hospital.
>That was Britain's Broiler Burger.
I'm assuming by "behind Memorial City Hospital", you mean on Frostwood...but I
don't remember a Brittain's there _or_ on Kingsride. I *do* remember one on
the west end of the shopping center in Westbury Square (in the part with the
Weingartens in it), though.
--PLH, that's been a while :)
PIZGRL
claudius
at Jaimalito's on Buffalo Speedway at Bissonet. They were primarily a Mexican
food place,b ut their burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches were unbelievably
good. At peak times the waits were over two hours, so we would have to go at
odd times.
One day, the burger just didn't taste the same. We were willing to give them
the benefit of the doubt, so we went back, but when it still didn't taste
right, we started grilling (so to speak) the waiter, and finally found out that
they had changed distributors for the meat. We complained in writing and tried
coming back a couple of times after that in hopes that they would recapture the
magic, but alas, no. They went out of business within 6 months - the crowds
evaporated.
There is a moral there.
Steve Cutchen
clau...@phoenix.net (claudius) wrote:
I wonder which was cause and which was effect? Maybe it is as you suggest;
1. they cheapened the food,
2. the crowds left,
3. they went out of business.
But maybe they were
1. having financial trouble due to high raw material costs,
2. tried to save the business by going cheaper,
3. the crowds left,
4. they went out of business.
I'd bet on your scenario, though... If it were the former, why not go back
to best food and try higher prices before folding the tent?
---Steve Cutchen O- | As published in Houston Chronicle Sports
scut...@phoenix.net |
pat...@io.com
>That was my favorite plce ever!
What was your favorite place ever? The Brittain's in Westbury Square, or the
Weingarten's? :-)
--PLH, my current vote in that category is for Pappa La Rosa's on Westheimer
PIZGRL
but we did our shopping there.
Patrick L. Humphrey
>The hamburger place. I'm not old enough to remember shopping at Weingartens,
>but we did our shopping there.
Okay...it was a favorite of mine, too, the first year we lived in Houston (and
only a few blocks away, which *is* a significant detail when you're ten years
old, as I was at the time). Of course, the Jack in the Box over on the
opposite corner of Bellfort and Chimney Rock was my first encounter with that
bit of California cuisine. (Speaking of Weingartens, just how long ago _did_
they finally shut down? As near as my creaky memory can tell, it was 1984 or
so...:-)
--PLH, if you liked burgers, the mid-1960s was an interesting time in Houston
PIZGRL
How about Westbury Square? Do you remember going there to Rumpleheimers?
Back in the days when I tought life was so simple..................
Melissa
Patrick L. Humphrey
>I think 1984 or so is correct; sad, huh?
Not really -- the place was starting to get a bit long in the tooth by then.
(Still, at least a chunk of it hadn't been razed and the hill removed to make
room for a two-acre parking lot, as is the case now.)
>How about Westbury Square? Do you remember going there to Rumpleheimers?
>Back in the days when I tought life was so simple..................
Amen to that -- at the ripe old age of ten, I discovered Rumpleheimer's the
second or third day we lived in Westbury, and it was a place I hung around for
the next fifteen months, until we moved out to what was then the fringes of
far west Houston. (These days, it's a half-mile outside the Tollway, and it's
almost inner-city.) I'm still slightly ticked off at the removal of that part
of Westbury Square, even though Rumpleheimer's was gone long before 1997.
--PLH, the old neighborhood ain't what it used to be, dammit :)
Jay Hendrickson
judy. wrote in message <916141...@tcrs.org>...
Judy
to in Dallas (early 60's): Krystal Hamburgers.
Judy
dan...@earthlink.net
class burger place out on South Main Street that was called "Jamies?"
I used to enjoy the place----did they just go out of business or did
they move somewhere else in the city?
djb
dudemasicus
Bourbon Street a couple of months ago. Not that great . . . if I remember
correctly . . . but they were open late, they were cheap, and they were
right in front of where the taxi was going to pick us up. All in all . . .
pretty good.
-d
Judy wrote in message <36A747E7...@hal-pc.org>...
claudius
scut...@phoenix.net says...
To be fair, it might have been even less clear cut. Maybe the distributor had
gone out of business, or for some other reason, they had no choice. All our
complaining may have been futile not because they wouldn't listen, but they
couldn't act on it. On the other hand, if they WERE just trying to cheapen
costs, they deserved to go out of business. But their clientele didn't deserve
to lose that good food. sigh.
hr...@ibm.net
hickory burger there once. It was a neat place because it was so different
from the usual burger joints. It's location has been all sorts or things
since.
dan...@earthlink.net wrote in message <36A756...@earthlink.net>...
matt or suzanne
place that was in Pasadena on--I believe--the corner of Spencer and Allen Genoa
circa..1966-68 or so maybe even earlier? I can't remember much else but I
remember it was good.
Which reminded me of another one in Pasadena about the same time. I think it
was called the 3 Pigs or Little Pigs. It was in Pasadena Plaza near Cobbweb
Liquors.
Suzanne
hr...@ibm.net
chicken salad sandwiches too.
Patrick L. Humphrey wrote in message ...
Patrick L. Humphrey
>I used to love their rock candy. I seem to remember great, really packed
>chicken salad sandwiches too.
Chicken salad sandwiches? At Rumpleheimers? Maybe at Brittain's, but for the
life of me, I can't remember Rumpleheimers as being anything other that an
ice-cream and candy place...
--PLH, getting a lot closer to qualifying for AARP than I thought :)