memories of fast food restaurants
Guy Noir - private eye
Mcdonalds, also called the Mc d's supper club. I remember when they wore those
rust-colored polyester uniforms with those paper hats. they all looked like
morons. Back then, they promoted more of the mcdonalds characters too. mayor mc
cheese and big mac, which was supposed to be the cop or something. remember
when the fry guys were called goblins? they were supposed to be evil or
something. and the hamburglar always stealing something, burgers i guess. ah,
and those lovable styrofoam burger containers too.
burger king- don't remember much about these guys although they did have that
jingle that everyone could sing. they did have a burger king mascot guy with a
beard and wearing a hat or something. can anyone add more?
Hardee's. my favourite nowadays. can't beat the frisco burger! they had a
mascot or some kind of characters. it was a guy called the roadrunner who had a
white car with orange stripes on it. I actually had that little matchbox car
for a little while! I remember in the late 70's you could get a free token and
use it to get something out of a vending machine. some little useless trinket
or something but it was cool nonetheless.
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antipos...@127.0.0.1
In Jersey City, when I was a kid, we didn't really have that many of what
are now the big name, chain fast food places (McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys,
Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, etc.). Instead, we had White Castle, White Manor, Astro
Burger, Tippys, Mr. S, Chicken Delight, and Texas Hot Wieners, that is, mainly
locally owned, locally run eateries. Oh, and also Blimpies, if you want to
count that as fast food, as well as lots of local pizzerias, like Donnas,
Pizza Masters, Central Pizza, Jules, Vinnies, etc. For a time, we had an
Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips up in Union City. I don't think we got our
neighborhood Burger King until the mid to late 70s, which, not so coincidentally,
is when we got our city's first mall, Newport Center (which, if you watch
Seinfeld, was apparently the mall they visit in the "parking lot" episode).
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DA66
>jingle that everyone could sing. they did have a burger king mascot guy with
>a
>beard and wearing a hat or something. can anyone add more?
They also had the magical guy. He would try magic or spells, but it always
seemed to be wrong, kind of like Mr Magoo gets special powers. I remember the
one where they were buying burgers and one of the group said: Give me the bill.
and the magician gave him a bird's bill.
Kelly
<antipos...@127.0.0.1> wrote
I don't think we got our
> neighborhood Burger King until the mid to late 70s, which, not so
coincidentally,
> is when we got our city's first mall, Newport Center (which, if you watch
> Seinfeld, was apparently the mall they visit in the "parking lot"
episode).
>
>
than my beloved Roosevelt Field out on Long Island. My friend Kiersten and I
would do "mall days" there.
Kelly
andy749
least that's how I remember it around our neighborhood. We had a White
Castle too. There were these White Castle imitators all over town caled
Royal Castle...their burgers were probably a little tastier than WC's
imo.
Back then Burger King had the fat crinkly fries...I don't think they do
anymore. I always liked those type of fries the best.
First McDonalds I remember us going to, you had to eat outside...you
ordered from a window like at a Dairy Queen. They didn't have much to
choose from back then...this was before Big Macs. I think they had hot
dogs then tho.
Speaking of hot dogs there was a chain near us called Lums that had the
best dogs! They were steamed in beer...then smothered with mustard and
kraut...mmmm!
Brent Popham
> Hardee's. my favourite nowadays. can't beat the frisco burger! they had a
> mascot or some kind of characters. it was a guy called the roadrunner who had a
> white car with orange stripes on it. I actually had that little matchbox car
> for a little while! I remember in the late 70's you could get a free token and
> use it to get something out of a vending machine. some little useless trinket
> or something but it was cool nonetheless.
> D.B. Young. Team OS/2!
When Hardee's first came to our area (I think they bought the Sandy's
hamburger chain) they had a cowboy character named Gilbert Giddyup and
a villian named Speedy McGreedy. I had a canvas backpack with Speedy
McGreedy on it when I started 8th grade and the kids in my school
started calling me Speedy. I seen a fellow that I went to school with
in Wal-Mart a few months ago and he didn't call me Brent,he called me
Speed.
Brent
12-28-61
Hatter
> I remember the good old days of fast food places and I'm sure you do too.
> Mcdonalds, also called the Mc d's supper club. I remember when they wore those
> rust-colored polyester uniforms with those paper hats. they all looked like
> morons. Back then, they promoted more of the mcdonalds characters too. mayor mc
> cheese and big mac, which was supposed to be the cop or something. remember
> when the fry guys were called goblins? they were supposed to be evil or
> something. and the hamburglar always stealing something, burgers i guess. ah,
> and those lovable styrofoam burger containers too.
>
in makeup instead of a guy in a fuzzy 'character' getup like they have
nowaday. also had a pirate called Captain Cook for promoting the fish
samwhich
burger king- don't remember much about these guys although they did
have that
> jingle that everyone could sing. they did have a burger king mascot guy with a
> beard and wearing a hat or something. can anyone add more?
>
'The Burger King'- that simple
A Robot called 'The Wizard of Fries' that had a clear bubble head that
was full of fries
A Knight that clattered around 'Sir Shakes-A-Lot'
There was a mild badguy on the order of the hamburgler "The Duke of
Doubt"
Can't remember past that.
Just throwing in my two cents after taking them off my eyelids
Nanc
for a couple of things and then....I was walking by the refrigerator section
and what do I see? A box of "ready-made" White Castle burgers, Otis
Spunkmeyer Muffins (not cookies or I would have tried one) and Dove Bars. I
immediately thought of this NG.
It's interesting that just by going about my daily business, this group
comes to mind because of these simple things. Always brings a smile to my
face :-) BTW the WC burgers looked scary!
Nanc
DL
wrote:
>what do I see? A box of "ready-made" White Castle burgers, Otis
>Spunkmeyer Muffins (not cookies or I would have tried one) and Dove Bars. I
>immediately thought of this NG.
The other day at CostCo I noticed that they sell frozen boxes of Otis
Spunkmeister cookie dough, all ready to go. Speaking as one who bakes
a lot, I find them good but my homemade ones can be just as good if I
put in good ingredients and don't cheap out. Also the two rack
cooking method and the air-baking-sheets really helps.
- -
DL
antipos...@127.0.0.1
>Nanc
I'm sure they did, Nanc. As far as I am concerned, the only way to eat murderburgers
is to go to the Castle, and to eat them there - preferably after the bars
close for the night; that's usually when White Castle is at its liveliest.
(In my neighborhood, its when all the pimps are taking their girls out to
dinner.)
Tom
(who needs to go get himself some spunkmeyer cookies to try)
Yeff
antipos...@127.0.0.1<antipos...@127.0.0.1> wrote in
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> I'm sure they did, Nanc. As far as I am concerned, the only way to eat murderburgers
> is to go to the Castle, and to eat them there - preferably after the bars
> close for the night; that's usually when White Castle is at its liveliest.
> (In my neighborhood, its when all the pimps are taking their girls out to
> dinner.)
When I was in Korea there was a lady who set
up a stand outside the bases main gate every
night. She wore an old McDonalds hat and had
a sign that read "Ms Kim's Burgers".
The burgers would be kept warm for hours until
you ordered one. Then she'd move it directly
over the fire to get it really hot before putting
it on a bun with some weird sauce, onions, shredded
cabbage (yes, you read that correctly) and tomato.
Everyone I knew called them "yobo-burgers". Yobo
means something like "mate" in Korean. If you
hooked up steady with a girl she was your yobo.
The bar-girls all seemed to like the burgers hence
the name.
I always walked by the cart without eating there
until one night when I was out on a flight run.
My supervisor got the munchies and ordered me to
accompany him to Ms Kim's. We staggered down
there and each ordered a burger. Delicious!
After that, every time I ran the 'ville I'd order
one on my way home.
One day I'm sitting in my dorm before working a
mid. I was thinking about heading over to the
chow-hall for dinner but decided to get a yobo-burger
instead. I walked off base, sober, went straight
to Ms Kim and ordered one. After getting my food
I walked back on base and, while walking, opened
the newspaper wrapper and took a bite...
...which I promptly spit out.
What in the world had convinced me that the slimy,
cabbage-tasting mess in my hand was any good?
My good friend alcohol.
There's a lesson there someplace.
-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
Dixon Hayes
>As far as I am concerned, the only way to eat murderburgers
>is to go to the Castle, and to eat them there - preferably after the bars
>close for the night; that's usually when White Castle is at its liveliest.
We don't have White Castles here in the south but we do have a chain called
Krystal that serves the same kind of burger. You're not considered a real man
in these parts if you haven't tried to stomach at least five Krystals and maybe
even a couple of Krystal chili pups.
Dixon
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Guy Noir - private eye wrote:
>burger king- don't remember much about these guys although they did have
that
>jingle that everyone could sing. they did have a burger king mascot guy
with a
>beard and wearing a hat or something. can anyone add more?
I believe they had some sort of robotic french-fry machine character. Or
maybe I was only dreaming? Speaking of Burger King, I remember their
onion-rings were much bigger. They also gave really amazing toys to the
kids (like the little cars which you had to pull some sort of zippered
plastic strip thru to make them go fast!)
antipos...@127.0.0.1
Yum, yum, what else is on the menu there, Dixon?
antipos...@127.0.0.1
>
>What in the world had convinced me that the slimy,
>cabbage-tasting mess in my hand was any good?
>
>My good friend alcohol.
>
>There's a lesson there someplace.
>
>-Jeff B.
>yeff at erols dot com
Good story, Jeff. I guess, given that it was Asia, it could have been just
about anything in the food. I know that when I was in Japan, I sometimes
didn't always know what I was eating, though it was almost always delicious,
with or without lots of beer (and sake) :)
Tom
Dixon Hayes
>Yum, yum, what else is on the menu there, Dixon?
The only other thing I can think of right off the bat is the Krystal Chik
(their chicken sandwich)...
antipos...@127.0.0.1
Krystal Chik, that sounds like it could be the name of a band - perhaps an
80s hair metal band.
Tom
Kelly
<antipos...@127.0.0.1 wrote
> Krystal Chik, that sounds like it could be the name of a band - perhaps
an
> 80s hair metal band.
>
> Tom
>
>
The Dead Milkmen mention it "Bitchin' Camaro", I also remember hearing radio
ads for them.
Kelly
The Wanderer
puttin' 'em out around sundown, and once after pickin' 'em up for home (and
collecting) just before sun up.
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The Wanderer
into the city until they have saturated the suburbs first. That's why
McDonalds, Burger King, Red Lobster, Bennigan's, Arthur Treacger's, etc.
dont get here until everybody in the country is already well familiar with
them. We used to stop at a McDonalds, out in Jersey by my cousins, back in
'65-'66. They didn't arrive in N.Y.C. until the early '70s, like wise with
Burger King. We'd see all these commercials and they would just frustrate
us. It just seemed that they concerned themselves more with
"mightywhiteyland" where all the upper middle class white folks had moved to
get away from the city. In the city it was more diverse, less financially
stable hence non-lucrative, and just not their real focus. They proliferated
in the areas where you HAD to have a car, and we were in an area where there
was massive public transportation. The attitude of these places was always
we'll get to ya later (it was the same with cable TV-it didn't even get INTO
Brooklyn until the late '80s).
I remember my best friend Bruce, who was a big
seafood lover, would see commercials for Red Lobster and salivate. He would
say that "We've GOT to go there soon sometime." One day he picks me up in a
car so that we could go to Red Lobster (on Long Island-the closest). It was
a Cadillac. I asked him who he borrowed the Caddy off of but he shook me
off. He later showed me a piece of paper with this Italian guys name,
address, and phone number on it and said the car was his. I said "So who is
he? How do you know this guy?" (Bruce knew a lot of people and a lot of
shady people.) He said "I dont know him. I stole the car. I found the name
address and phone number in the car." That's how bad HE wanted Red Lobster.
The next day while I was with him he called the guy up and told him on what
corner he could find his car-unharmed. The guy said "I'd like to meet you so
I could give you a reward, or somethin'" and Bruce said "I only took it
because I needed it to go somewhere. Meet you? Ha ha, you must think I'm
stupid!"
--
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Nanc
don't have them here in MA.
Nanc
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enjoyed it twice that night: once going down and then coming up again.
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counter and they give you a number. The food is pretty good. The part that
is good for the kids are the games. They have a section of game machines
etc. If you don't like being in a noisy place with lots of kids, I wouldn't
recommend it.
Nanc
Naz Reyes wrote in message <3BFC3D19...@american.edu>...
>
>First off, Red Lobster is NOT a fastfood chain. It's more like a family
>restaurant/bar/diner. Just wanted to get that straight :-)
>
>Two, the only fastfood seafood chain we have here in Northern
>VA/Washington DC area is Long John Silver. I think we still have Arthur
>Treacher's Fish and Chips here and there, but very few compared to the
>number of 'em in the 80s.
>
>Question: has anyone been to Fuddruckers? We have a few around here
>but I've never been in one.
>
>-Naz
Jude
And then one called Mr. Burger
We had a lot of independent fast food places that have since died, but we do
have a drive in, from the '50s, still alive and kicking today called Frosto.
Serving items as diverse as fried egg sandwiches to Alka-Seltzer LOL.
Dixon Hayes
>I grew up with Burger Chef--yall remember that one?
Who doesn't remember Burger Chef? Not only did they invent the kid's meal,
they even invented the movie tie-in ("Star Wars" posters in 1977).
When my kids get a Happy Meal now, they are surprisingly often bored by the
now-elaborate prizes, even if they incorporate their favorite characters. I
actually hear myself saying "When I was your age all we got from Burger Chef
was a whistle and we loved it!" LOL
Lee Ayrton
On or about Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Jude of jhc86SP...@att.net wrote:
> I grew up with Burger Chef--yall remember that one?
Yep, there's a vacant building a mile or so from where I'm sitting that is
a largely un-remodeled Burger Chef. Still has the half-a-pentagon arch
coming up through the roof.
You might find the following two sites interesting:
3. The History of Burger Chef
http://www.burgerchef.com/BCHistory.htm
and this one for Indiana `Chefs:
2. Lost Indiana: Burger Chef
http://www.in.net/~mcdonajp/lostindiana/html/burger_chef.html
> We had a lot of independent fast food places that have since died, but we do
> have a drive in, from the '50s, still alive and kicking today called Frosto.
> Serving items as diverse as fried egg sandwiches to Alka-Seltzer LOL.
Yep, We still have a few mom-n-pop stands still working here in
eastern Connecticut.
LizzieZ
Uh, that would be me, Dixon. I don't think we had those here in Chicago...
Liz
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Tiny Dancer
>When my kids get a Happy Meal now, they are surprisingly often bored
>by the now-elaborate prizes, even if they incorporate their favorite characters.
>I actually hear myself saying "When I was your age all we got from Burger
>Chef was a whistle and we loved it!" LOL
And don't forget we had to walk there barefoot, Dixon, in a snow storm!
Kids today, huh? They do get elaborate prizes these days, half the time
I can't even figure out how to put them together!
Cheers,
TD
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All the girls and boys
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'Cause they found new toys
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Naz Reyes
Anyway...I guess people feel strange going to "normal food chains" in
NYC because there are so many great restaurants there!
-Naz
The Wanderer wrote:
> Didn't say it WAS a fasy food place. Said it was a CHAIN. And my statement
> still stands the large chains usually are very slow to come into the city.
>
> --
> Buddy
> from Brooklyn
>
Nanc
The Wanderer wrote in message ...
Anonymous
"> Speaking of hot dogs there was a chain near us called Lums that had the
> best dogs! They were steamed in beer...then smothered with mustard and
> kraut...mmmm!
>
MMM! Lum's in Columbus Ohio were the bomb! But the best Sundaes defnintly
came from Isaly's!
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I gotta admit, those new "Lord of the Rings" toys are pretty spiffy!
Dixon Hayes
>Anyway...I guess people feel strange going to "normal food chains" in
>NYC because there are so many great restaurants there!
Well I know if/when I haul *my* silly ass to the Big Apple I ain't wasting time
in no McDonald's!!!
Maybe the Krispy Kreme shop tho (just to see it) and maybe the Starbucks
(because we don't have those here and besides, that's where the NY 70s NG
people meet) but like, I want NY pizza, hell we got Pizza Hut and Domino's
here!!
Nanc
Phaedra Alwell
LOL
Reminds me of my dad's old stories of when he was young. He told us of a
time when he went to Burger Chef and bought like tons of food and went
to his car to pig out and was so into it he didn't see a bunch of
teenagers watching from the window and pointing and laughing.
My dad could put down the hamburgers as I recall. For a time he actually
worked there as well as a cook and so did his younger brother.
Is this restaraunt related in anyway to the Frisch's/Big Boy chain?
Phaedra ; )
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fond memories of going there when we'd go down to Long Island to visit my
grandparents, or stopping there on our way to my eye doctor's in Boston.
They had one here in Buffalo at the Main Place Mall, but sadly they closed a
few years ago. I loved their clam rolls.
Molly
Naz Reyes
Dixon Hayes wrote:
> Naz wrote:
>
>
>>Anyway...I guess people feel strange going to "normal food chains" in
>>NYC because there are so many great restaurants there!
>>
>
> Well I know if/when I haul *my* silly ass to the Big Apple I ain't wasting time
> in no McDonald's!!!
I know exactly what you mean. But, believe it or not, there are still
people going to Mickey D's in the MALLS here! I just don't get it!
>
> Maybe the Krispy Kreme shop tho (just to see it) and maybe the Starbucks
> (because we don't have those here and besides, that's where the NY 70s NG
> people meet) but like, I want NY pizza, hell we got Pizza Hut and Domino's
> here!!
>
> Dixon
You don't have STARBUCKS in Alabama???!!! Wow...I don't know how you
get through your mornings! :-)
-Naz
Kelly
Naz Reyes wrote
> You don't have STARBUCKS in Alabama???!!! Wow...I don't know how you
> get through your mornings! :-)
>
> -Naz
>
a coffee drinker, I don't even know how to make the stuff.
But don't worry Naz. I am living in the apartment of a coffee drinker. I
have whole beans, a coffee grinder, a coffee pot, and something I think you
can make coffee in. I will leave the coffee making to someone else's capable
hands so you will have freshly ground coffee when you get here.
Kelly
Naz Reyes
Kelly wrote:
Kelly, that's great. I know *I* can use it :)
One word of warning, though...my coffee (the way I make it) can make a
dead man c*m (Mick Jagger's words) :-)
-Naz
Kelly
Naz Reyes wrote
>
> Kelly, that's great. I know *I* can use it :)
>
> One word of warning, though...my coffee (the way I make it) can make a
> dead man c*m (Mick Jagger's words) :-)
>
> -Naz
>
If you call me from the subway here in Forest Hills, I can make sure a fresh
pot will be ready the moment you walk in the door.
I think I will ask Rachel to make the coffee. I don't think we need any dead
men messing up my carpets.
Kelly
Dixon Hayes
>You don't have STARBUCKS in Alabama???!!! Wow...I don't know how you
>get through your mornings! :-)
I spend my mornings hangin' out in a place called the Maxwell House...
Tiny Dancer
>Naz wrote:
>
>>You don't have STARBUCKS in Alabama???!!! Wow...I don't know how you
>>get through your mornings! :-)
>
>I spend my mornings hangin' out in a place called the Maxwell House...
Ditto (actually their cousin, Half Caf). I've never even seen the inside of
a Starbucks yet :-0
Cheers,
TD
I'm on my second cup of coffee
And I still can't face the day
from Gordon Lightfoot's "Second Cup of Coffee"
Jude
> And so the word went out from dixon...@aol.comspamless (Dixon Hayes):
>
> >Naz wrote:
> >
> >>You don't have STARBUCKS in Alabama???!!! Wow...I don't know how you
> >>get through your mornings! :-)
> >
> >I spend my mornings hangin' out in a place called the Maxwell House...
>
> Ditto (actually their cousin, Half Caf). I've never even seen the inside
of
> a Starbucks yet :-0
>
Jude--who lives in the boonies
Jude
"Phaedra Alwell" <Phae...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Burger Chef!
> LOL
> Reminds me of my dad's old stories of when he was young. He told us of a
> time when he went to Burger Chef and bought like tons of food and went
> to his car to pig out and was so into it he didn't see a bunch of
> teenagers watching from the window and pointing and laughing.
> My dad could put down the hamburgers as I recall. For a time he actually
> worked there as well as a cook and so did his younger brother.
> Is this restaraunt related in anyway to the Frisch's/Big Boy chain?
>
Except in La. and Miss--the franchisees formed their own burger chain,
called Mr. Cook (died about 10 years ago).
Jeff Troutman
>
>
> Two, the only fastfood seafood chain we have here in Northern
> VA/Washington DC area is Long John Silver. I think we still have Arthur
> Treacher's Fish and Chips here and there, but very few compared to the
> number of 'em in the 80s.
There's an Arthur Treacher's down the street from Landmark Mall, next to the
Fuddruckers. Just FYI. Haven't been in the place myself.
>
> Question: has anyone been to Fuddruckers? We have a few around here
> but I've never been in one.
>
My roommate's a fan, so we go a lot. I like it OK, but I think the main
attraction is the sheer volume of food they serve you. And the cool
photos of '50s/'60s rock and sports heroes on the walls.
Jeff Troutman
Jeff Troutman
>
> One word of warning, though...my coffee (the way I make it) can make a
> dead man c*m (Mick Jagger's words) :-)
>
You see, this is why I just chug 2-liters of Mountain Dew; No muss, no
fuss, and no old blues metaphors leaping out at you unexpectedly.
Jeff Troutman
Kelly
Jeff Troutman wrote
>
> You see, this is why I just chug 2-liters of Mountain Dew; No muss, no
> fuss, and no old blues metaphors leaping out at you unexpectedly.
>
>
> Jeff Troutman
I can't drink Mountain Dew anymore. Iced Tea or very cold chocolate milk is
the morning drink of choice for me.
Kelly
Phaedra Alwell
ago. They do have great coffee and stuff. To quote Tom Hanks from
"You've Got Mail":
"Sell them overpriced books and legal stimulants", LOL
I worked at one right next to Barnes and Noble.
Busy Busy!
Now that i do not work there anymore I miss the gourmet coffee, but as
of recently found a good substitute in our Diamond Shamrock Gas Stations
Its called Cafe something or other and it is really good coffee. I had
their house blend yesterday with chocolate cream and it was to die for.
Also a perk about that : its cheaper and i dont have to travel 12 miles
to get it. But Starbucks is a great company and they have a good thing
going. The only thing i didn't like was the "McDonaldization" of the
service. Just get em in and out in as fast a time as possible.
I prefer a more laid back coffee experience.
Anyway for those of you who do not have Starbucks in your area you can
visit www.Starbucks.com
Phaedra : ) '74
googlesux
>Instead, we had White Castle, White Manor, Astro
> Burger, Tippys, Mr. S, Chicken Delight, and Texas Hot Wieners
Don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight.
Remember that?
antipos...@127.0.0.1
I sure do. On those occasions when my mom was out, and my dad was in charge
of feeding us, that's pretty much what he'd do. There's really nothing quite
like getting a big bucket of greasy chicken pieces delivered right to your
house; I'd always look forward to that.
-------------------
none of our pockets are filled with gold
nobody's caught the bouquet
there are no dead presidents we can fold
nothing is going our way
--Tom Waits (More Than Rain, 1987)
Tiny Dancer
After jkl...@my-deja.com (googlesux) mentioned:
>>Don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight.
>>
>>Remember that?
>
>I sure do. On those occasions when my mom was out, and my dad was in charge
>of feeding us, that's pretty much what he'd do. There's really nothing quite
>like getting a big bucket of greasy chicken pieces delivered right to your
>house; I'd always look forward to that.
Speaking of chicken, what about Mary Brown's with the best legs in town?
Or was that place just in Canada? There's still at least one restaurant left
in the Toronto area, out by Pickering, I think. They had it all over KFC, *the*
best fried chicken I've ever tasted, mmmmm!
Cheers,
TD
Then I crossed the empty street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
And it took me back to somethin'
That I'd lost somehow somewhere along the way
from Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
Jamie M.
>And so the word went out from <antipos...@127.0.0.1>:
>
>After jkl...@my-deja.com (googlesux) mentioned:
>
>>>Don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight.
>>>
>>>Remember that?
>>
>>I sure do. On those occasions when my mom was out, and my dad was in charge
>>of feeding us, that's pretty much what he'd do. There's really nothing quite
>Speaking of chicken, what about Mary Brown's with the best legs in town?
>Or was that place just in Canada? There's still at least one restaurant left
>in the Toronto area, out by Pickering, I think. They had it all over KFC, *the*
>best fried chicken I've ever tasted, mmmmm!
They are still north of the city, in Aurora. Used to be at the end of
the street where I lived. Very dangerous location... Mary Brown's and
and Dairy Queen. *sigh*
Tiny Dancer
Re: Mary Brown's:
>They are still north of the city, in Aurora.
Cool! Glad to hear they're still out there.
>Used to be at the end of the street where I lived. Very dangerous location...
>Mary Brown's and and Dairy Queen. *sigh*
Dangerous is right, I'd never leave my block if those two were around!
Very warm and fuzzies about DQ, I can remember when it took two hands
to hold a big dipped cone and an hour to polish off a Peanut Buster Parfait!
Cheers,
TD
Oh, but folks lately I have been spotted
With a Big Mac on my breath
Stumbling into a Colonel Sanders
With a face as white as death
from Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie"
antipos...@127.0.0.1
myst...@hotmail.com (Jamie M.) wrote:
>They are still north of the city, in Aurora. Used to be at the end of
>the street where I lived. Very dangerous location... Mary Brown's and
>and Dairy Queen. *sigh*
Canada had *dangerous* locations? I always thought that the only danger you
faced was falling through some thin ice, floating away on a loose iceberg,
or encountering a hungry polar bear, none of which I assume occur in the
greater Toronto metropolitan area. Gee, you learn something new every day.
Tom
Jamie M.
>Canada had *dangerous* locations? I always thought that the only danger you
>faced was falling through some thin ice, floating away on a loose iceberg,
>or encountering a hungry polar bear, none of which I assume occur in the
>greater Toronto metropolitan area. Gee, you learn something new every day.
Sure we do ... and it's all in how you define *dangerous* Tom. :)
I used to live in a small town about an hour north of the Toronto
limits... by a small lake. Several years ago ice fisherman on the lake
got stranded, despite thin ice warnings, and the military helicopters
had to rescue about a hundred of 'em. Good use of public money I'd
say... idiots.
Hungry brown bears are also a big threat this year, especially out
west. Should have let the bears loose on the ice fishermen, taking
care of two problems :)
Jamie
The Wanderer
--
Buddy
from Brooklyn
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/5591/
http://the70s.cjb.net
It'd take a guy a lifetime to know Brooklyn troo an' troo. An' even den yuh
wouldn't know it all.
Thomas Wolfe from Death To Morning
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Naz Reyes
I know one place that will top that one, though. HOLLY FARMS CHICKEN - the fastfood place!
LOL :-) Anyone remember that one?!
-Naz
Naz Reyes
I remember lots of weekends eating heroburgers, the GIANT sandwich, and their awesome Fish
sandwich! I'm salivating now!!! Oh, and they also served the famous KFC chicken!
-Naz
Sunshine State
say they can never get any order correct and it's gotten way too expensive.
A burger, fries, and soda will run you nine bucks.
Naz Reyes wrote:
> First off, Red Lobster is NOT a fastfood chain. It's more like a family
> restaurant/bar/diner. Just wanted to get that straight :-)
>
> Two, the only fastfood seafood chain we have here in Northern
> VA/Washington DC area is Long John Silver. I think we still have Arthur
> Treacher's Fish and Chips here and there, but very few compared to the
> number of 'em in the 80s.
>
> Question: has anyone been to Fuddruckers? We have a few around here
> but I've never been in one.
>
> -Naz
>
> Nanc wrote:
>
> > Cool story Buddy, bet you could write a book. But how *was* the food. We
> > don't have them here in MA.
> > Nanc
> >
>
Sunshine State
put a spell on a sleeping/passed out college student in one at 3 a.m.
once. Added atmosphere to the Krystal burger experience.
Dixon Hayes wrote:
> Tom wrote:
>
> >As far as I am concerned, the only way to eat murderburgers
> >is to go to the Castle, and to eat them there - preferably after the bars
> >close for the night; that's usually when White Castle is at its liveliest.
>
> We don't have White Castles here in the south but we do have a chain called
> Krystal that serves the same kind of burger. You're not considered a real man
> in these parts if you haven't tried to stomach at least five Krystals and maybe
> even a couple of Krystal chili pups.