Restaurants of Yore
Chris Pando
Kennon Baird wrote:
>
[great restaraunts that aren't anymore]
> There was a little BBQ place which I can't recall the name of. We
> went south on Main for a long way (it was kind of in the country
> then), and turned right (west) on some street. It was named after the
> owner. I want to say "Mel's", but maybe that's not right.
>
Al's, in Stafford?
> Any other old-timers out there?
>
The Purple Cow, Bissonnet and Hillcroft. Burger Joint.
Brittains(sp) Flame Kissed Burgers
Maria's Mexican, off the Bellaire Triangle
Chris "Ron's Crispy Fried Chicken" Pando
Tyler Hopper
Chris Pando wrote:
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> Kennon Baird wrote:
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>
> [great restaraunts that aren't anymore]
Oooh, oooh, (waving hand in air) I've got another one!
Youngbloods Chicken. The only one I really remember was in some strip
center on the North Freeway around Airline. That narrows it right down
doesn't it?
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I never ate at Youngbloods here, but we always tried to eat there
when my family went to the Texas State Fair in Dallas. That's where
I learned how good honey is on fried chicken! We also would go to
the one in Lubbock when visiting there. ( I grew up in northeast
Texas...a little town called Atlanta.)
Tyler Hopper
John M. Cotterell wrote:
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> The Youngbloods I frequented was on Main Street. Best onion rings
> ever! It was across from Rice Institute, near Ye Old College Inn
> (there's a couple more memories for ya!)
Rice Institute? You have been around a while. I haven't heard anybody
call it that in a long time.
I second the onion ring vote. IMHO somebody could make a killing on
chicken restaurants if they could dig out the Youngbloods recipe. The
current crop pales in comparison.
Has anybody mentioned Frenchy's chicken? Yum!
Dave Garrett
In article <3598ECCE...@postoffice.swbell.net>,
tho...@postoffice.swbell.net says...
> Chris Pando wrote:
> >
> > Kennon Baird wrote:
> > >
> >
> > [great restaraunts that aren't anymore]
>
> Oooh, oooh, (waving hand in air) I've got another one!
>
> Youngbloods Chicken. The only one I really remember was in some strip
> center on the North Freeway around Airline. That narrows it right down
> doesn't it?
Good God, I hadn't thought of Youngblood's in years. Used to eat
there all the time when I was a kid. The one you're thinking of
was in Northtown Plaza, between I-45 and Airline at Tidwell. It
changed hands and was rechristened Aunt Bea's Chicken, but the
food never quite managed to be as good as when it was
Youngblood's.
That reminds me of another one, as well. Anyone remember the Wind
Swept Inn on Airline, in the vicinity of Gulf Bank/Canino Road?
Their specialty was chicken as well, but it was a little nicer
place than Youngblood's. They advertised "Family Style Dinners",
which usually consisted of a big platter of fried chicken, with
generous helpings of mashed potatoes and gravy, beans, mustard
greens, rolls, and cornbread. It's been closed for quite a few
years now, but in its heyday it used to pack 'em in every night.
Dave
Tyler Hopper
Dave Garrett wrote:
>
> That reminds me of another one, as well. Anyone remember the Wind
> Swept Inn on Airline, in the vicinity of Gulf Bank/Canino Road?
> Their specialty was chicken as well, but it was a little nicer
> place than Youngblood's. They advertised "Family Style Dinners",
> which usually consisted of a big platter of fried chicken, with
> generous helpings of mashed potatoes and gravy, beans, mustard
> greens, rolls, and cornbread. It's been closed for quite a few
> years now, but in its heyday it used to pack 'em in every night.
>
> Dave
There was a place in Pasadena just like that. In the neighborhood close
to the tunnel. Platters of fried chicken, roast, liver, greens,
biscuits, ....... po' folks soul food. Can't remember the name. It
_has_ been 25 years or so.
Mixmaster
Back in the 50's I remember Chuck Wagon Hamburgers in several locations
around town. Looked like a covered wagon out of the old west. Spoke dogs,
hub, and wheel burgers !
Lothar
While visiting my folk's in Baytown, I was reminded of Burger Chef. While
cleaning out a closet, we discovered a frisbee given out as a promo from
Burger Chef. Great on a Saturday after attending the Kiddie Show at the
Bruenson Theatre on Texas Ave. in Baytown. Watch low-budget Japanese sci-fi
flics and eat a burger bigger than your head.
Mixmaster <mixm...@remail.obscura.com> wrote in article
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John Howland
Orange Julius is alive and well on the West Coast in the Los Angeles area.
John
Dave Garrett (da...@compassnet.com) wrote:
: Just thought of another one. Anyone remember the various Orange
: Julius locations around town? Yeah, it was a chain, and from out
: of town as well, but I have fond memories of sucking down many
: OJs as a kid.
:
: Anyone know if there are any left? Last one I was aware of was in
: the food court at Northwest Mall, and I haven't been there in
: several years.
:
: Dave
:
Tyler Hopper
Dave Garrett wrote:
>
> Just thought of another one. Anyone remember the various Orange
> Julius locations around town? Yeah, it was a chain, and from out
> of town as well, but I have fond memories of sucking down many
> OJs as a kid.
>
> Anyone know if there are any left? Last one I was aware of was in
> the food court at Northwest Mall, and I haven't been there in
> several years.
I'm pretty sure that I remember seeing one at Rolling Oaks mall here in
San Antonio.
Chris Pando
>
> Back in the 50's I remember Chuck Wagon Hamburgers in several locations
> around town. Looked like a covered wagon out of the old west. Spoke dogs,
> hub, and wheel burgers !
There was a chuckwagon near Beechnut and Bissonnet.
How about El Michoacan, located where the parking lot for
Sound Warehouse/the former 8.0 is? A favorite when I was
an undergrad at Rice (we used to walk). Wonderful Tacos
al Carbon (circa. 1978).
Chris
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PIZGRL
an icream popsicle called Pink Thing? It had a pink dragon on the box
Melissa.
Chris Pando
still misses their special won ton soup. Anybody know
what happened to the restaurant (or where to get a
comparable bowl of soup?).
Chris "Burgerville #2" Pando
PIZGRL
thru my childhood. Great egg drop soup!
Melissa
SpIgOt
piz...@aol.com (PIZGRL) wrote:
There was a huge buffet on sundays ! o yeah....
Another one from that period was Bud Bigelowe's Steakhouse on westheimer,
next door to the old Molinas, now the site of a storage building ;(.
Almost as good as Herman Brenners place on Katy freeway. Bigelowes also
had real homemade bread made on premises everyday. Got to make bread
there once as a kid ! Food and memories......
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Kennon Baird
to go there for Chinese in the early 70s.
I think the building actually blew up a few years ago.
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> Anybody remember these?:
>
> Zorba's - Tuam (I think) @ Helena. In '72, it was a crumbling shack
> (my foot actually went through the floor one night) - but what a feed!
> Later, they built a larger place at the same location, but it wasn't
> the same.
>
> Valian's Steak House - S. Main, across from where The Shamrock Hotel
> was. I remember the ceiling was blue, with painted stars.
>
> Alfred's in The Village - Wonderful soups and breads. Just the thing
> to satisfy hungry student types.
>
> The Cellar Door on Stella Link - This was our "special" restaurant
> when I was young and "in love".
>
> Hamburgers by Gourmet - various locations (I recall the one at Yoakum
> and Alabama the best). You placed your order from your table via an
> old-timey telephone. I can still taste their Hickory Burger.
>
> Rolando's Burger Factory - various locations. Always good - and cheap!
> There was a little BBQ place which I can't recall the name of. We
> went south on Main for a long way (it was kind of in the country
> then), and turned right (west) on some street. It was named after the
> owner. I want to say "Mel's", but maybe that's not right.
>
>
Looking for the Cellar Door Cheese Spread recipe, and the Salad Dressing on their delicious salads; what a treat!
