from april 6, 1982...
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edit: according to the oklahoman archives, the place was wagonwheel ballroom in '77. an article from '78 put nino's at that address... i think it was always next door, though. in '84, it was called edelweiss no.1 restaurant. in '85, it was ole ray's barbecue. by '98 it was southwest monument.

CT, the Subway Deli where Schlotzky's is across from Baptist hospital opened I think in the 70's. He moved to the space where Fazzoli's is now sometime around 1988, and that's when Schlotzkys went in that old space. It's been there ever since. They also opened up the Subway deli on S. Meridian in the 70's or 80's, so they had a couple locations for quite some time. They eventually closed the Subway Deli on S. Meridian and changed it into something closer to Pearls. He also has owned Trappers in that area for a long time. He likes to cluster his stores. He also owned Butterfields on NW Exp, and Clementines, which was the disco in the basement of Penn Square, I believe where Macys is now located. They also tried to open Pearls in Dallas, but it didn't last.

The place on Meridian became a Pearl's Cajun Kitchen. They also had one in Edmond. I believe there were three of them.
C. T.

Good work Martin. Never realized there was a Neptune's right next to Riviera. And you're right, Nino's was always in that other building. Custino's was only there for a short time, like 94-95. There was also a City Bites for many years in the shopping center across the street.

That's right C.T., I forgot he also had Shorty Small's at Reno/Meridian and Edmond.

As for "Twitty Burger" is the any truth to the legend that when you pulled up to the drive thru speaker, the voice would say "Hello Darlin'?

from april 6, 1982...

edit: according to the oklahoman archives, the place was wagonwheel ballroom in '77. an article from '78 put nino's at that address... i think it was always next door, though. in '84, it was called edelweiss no.1 restaurant. in '85, it was ole ray's barbecue. by '98 it was southwest monument.

I also believe it spent a short stint as an onion burger restaurant in the early 90's before becoming Southwest Monument.

Good work Martin. Never realized there was a Neptune's right next to Riviera. And you're right, Nino's was always in that other building. Custino's was only there for a short time, like 94-95. There was also a City Bites for many years in the shopping center across the street.

That's right C.T., I forgot he also had Shorty Small's at Reno/Meridian and Edmond.

As for "Twitty Burger" is the any truth to the legend that when you pulled up to the drive thru speaker, the voice would say "Hello Darlin'?

Shorty Smalls was/is a ValGene Restaurant Started by Paul Kreth

The Shadow,
We ate at the Twitty Burger place several times but I don't remember a drive through. I'm sure they had one, we just went inside and enjoyed a pretty good burger. By the way, his house on Santa Fe was red brick with white bricks spelling "CT". I always wanted to buy the house because of that but when it was put up for sale they replaced the white bricks. Makes sense, how many potential buyers were named "CT"?
C. T.

What was the small sub sandwich chain that had a location in the NE corner of the Mayfair Shopping Center next door to where the UPS Store is today? The UPS was Mail Boxes Etc. at the time. The subs were good, but the name escapes me. There was also a Subzone up at 58th & May. While not sub sandwiches, who can forget Skolniks and their bagels on the west side of Mayfair Shopping Center?

Jeepnokc, My bad. I forgot Shorty Small's started out of the old Hungry Peddler, which of course was Val Gene's. Guess they moved into the old Rib Crib space after Jim Vallion sold the building at Reno and Meridian.

C.T. I didn't know about the bricks on the house on Santa Fe. You're right, I don't think the Twitty Burger by the Riviera had a drive thru, but it did have drive in stalls. That building still has a small carport on the North side, which is remnant of that.

I don't remember a sandwich shop in the NE corner of Mayfair.

There was a sub shop in the early 80's located in the light industrial,warehouse area on the north east corner of Sooner and 240. It faced 240. What was unique was the owner was somehow related to George Thorogood and they had Tastycake products for desert. The name escaped me. The GM workers were frequent customers

I mentioned this earlier ( post 39) he was George Thorogood’s brother.

Not that anybody cares but I meant to say that his fireplace had "CT" in white bricks.
C. T.

C.T. I didn't know about the bricks on the house on Santa Fe. You're right, I don't think the Twitty Burger by the Riviera had a drive thru, but it did have drive in stalls. That building still has a small carport on the North side, which is remnant of that.

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That was the Winchester that was on Western, Riviera was at 59th & Santa Fe

Not that anybody cares but I meant to say that his fireplace had "CT" in white bricks.
C. T.

And the swimming pool was in the shape of a guitar.

That was the Winchester that was on Western, Riviera was at 59th & Santa Fe

That's what I meant. Riviera is now just a grass lot.

And the swimming pool was in the shape of a guitar.

Yes, I had forgotten that.
C. T.

Yes, I had forgotten that.
C. T.
Got to see the pool when I was a kid. Somebody must have filled it in at some point.

And the swimming pool was in the shape of a guitar.

i thought it was one of the duo that comprised "jude 'n jody" that had the guitar pool... in fact, that one is still there. the only reason i know is because i grew up in the newer part (i.e smaller houses) of the same neighborhood.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3716405,-97.5173674,101m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

That looks a lot more like the one I remember.

It had to be late 60s/early 70s. I don't know if it was a sandwich shop, but at the fair they sold subs. They were damn good.

Cornucopia apparently did sell subs, back when they were on NW 11th/Dewey, saw some ads in the Oklahoman archives, so it probably was them at the fair. Went to the Hungry Frog, found out Larry retired earlier this year and it's owned by his longtime cook (Jack) now, and forgot to ask him about it when we talked, he's probably been with them that long...

I know. Just joking around. I grew up north of Philadelphia and are called hoagies in that area.

Emptefury,
I stumbled onto a web page that describes hoagies, submarines, heroes, and grinders. The title is "Is There a Difference Between Hoagies, Heroes, Subs, and Grinders?". Looks like hoagies are a Pennsylvania sandwich.
C. T.

https://www.thekitchn.com/hoagies-heroes-subs-and-grinders-whats-the-deal-with-these-sandwich-names-222944