Hey:...Childhood memories....this has been mentioned before (long ago) but do you remember Kaiser's on 10th and Walker?.....That was some of the best Ice cream.....it's now called "The Grateful Bean"....and it's an ice cream parlor and sandwich shoppe......we ought to meet there some other Saturday for the Old Timers.........If you youngsters don't remember it was fun....
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For the Guys do you remember going to Sam's Surplus on Agnew and buying the old (WWII) military goods?????Tell the newbies your stories if you do....
You need to wear a dress and put some lip stick on if you go there!!

Hey... Childhood memories... this has been mentioned before (long ago) but
do you remember Kaiser's on 10th and Walker?
Mr. Kaiser was tighter than paint on a barn. My Dad had business dealings
with him. He was a nice really, really, really, really old man.


For the Guys do you remember going to Sam's Surplus on Agnew and buying
the old (WWII) military goods?Tell the newbies your stories if you do...

Hey! I remember buying a pilot's helmet that fit my head. It had speakers in
it! I rewired it and used it for head phones. I'd go to bed with it on.

Then there was the bazooka... it cost 15 to 20... probation...

We used to go to Sam's when I was older for clothing.

I found all the good military surplus stores were downtown.

Remember Big Ed's? Now there is a place in L.A. touting their OMG Burger. (Saw it on way early national news) 4 pounds of meat, plus tomatoes, onions, cheese and other salad stuff. Their "executive chef" even adds 4 pounds of fries to complete it. Copy cats!!!!! Just like bacon cheese burgers, I don't remember one being on anyone's menu until Hollie's closed. Not to say there weren't some; I just don't remember any

Remember Big Ed's? Now there is a place in L.A. touting their OMG Burger. (Saw it on way early national news) 4 pounds of meat, plus tomatoes, onions, cheese and other salad stuff. Their "executive chef" even adds 4 pounds of fries to complete it. Copy cats!!!!! Just like bacon cheese burgers, I don't remember one being on anyone's menu until Hollie's closed. Not to say there weren't some; I just don't remember any A&W had the teen burger which was a bacon cheese burger way back when.

A&W had the teen burger which was a bacon cheese burger way back when.

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Yeah, my mother had it back in the 50's. I was in Rhode Island one time and ordered a Bacon cheeseburger...Coke....French fries....The waitress looked at me like I was crazy....First of all the served Pepsi only....and what is a Bacon Cheeseburger?. I told her and the cook came from the back to make sure she had the order right....I agreed....they brought me the burger...had a guy with me...he ordered the same and then we both ordered a Banana Split......Great food.....then the bill came .....$64.44...I about passed out......Expensive bacon and Banana Split.....

Remember Big Ed's? Now there is a place in L.A. touting their OMG Burger. (Saw it on way early national news) 4 pounds of meat, plus tomatoes, onions, cheese and other salad stuff. Their "executive chef" even adds 4 pounds of fries to complete it. Copy cats!!!!! Just like bacon cheese burgers, I don't remember one being on anyone's menu until Hollie's closed. Not to say there weren't some; I just don't remember any

I don't know if there were any before, but Hollies had the best and none have even come close to coping it.

Another was the triple decker with cheese at the Spot! Do not think anyone has tried to copy it before or since.

[QUOTE=papaOU;314884]I don't know if there were any before, but Hollies had the best and none have even come close to coping it.



Amen to that! My brother and I and our at that time wives were at Hollie's one night after a concert, might have been Neil Young's After The Goldrush appearance at the Myriad, we'd placed our order and were conversing about the concert in our blown to hell state of mind when all of a sudden, whoever had the order taking duty came back on and joined right in the conversation like she'd been part of it all along. Like to have freaked us out

A&W had the teen burger which was a bacon cheese burger way back
when.
They had the Papa, Mama, Teen and Baby burgers. I don't remember the
difference between the Papa and Mama. I think the Mama had mayo and the
Papa had mustard.

How many mugs do you have in your collection? I've got 2 or 3. One is a
baby mug.

They had the Papa, Mama, Teen and Baby burgers. I don't remember the
difference between the Papa and Mama. I think the Mama had mayo and the
Papa had mustard.

How many mugs do you have in your collection? I've got 2 or 3. One is a
baby mug. Sadly I don't have any and I would like to have at least 1 so I could make root-beer floats in it.

If you start coming back to the meetings, I'm sure Coit's would sell you one.....Hint-hint.....

Sadly I don't have any and I would like to have at least 1 so I could make
root-beer floats in it.

I'd give you one but you'd be receiving stolen property and could go to jail.
Other than that, I wouldn't give you one, anyway, because their mine.

Gosh! I was almost benevolent! It felt weird. I might not do that again.

If you start coming back to the meetings, I'm sure Coit's would sell you one...
Hint-hint...
Coit's sells AW mugs?

I always liked the Trigger Burger....I mean Double-R Bar burger at Roy Roger's. I don't think I ever ate at Hollie's, we had the A&W at 23rd & Meridian and Bonaparte's on NW 39th. There was also a place called the Jolly Roger at NW 23rd by Ann Arbor, it was a the last thing that I can remember in there was a Monterey Jack's.

I always liked the Trigger Burger....I mean Double-R Bar burger at Roy Roger's. I don't think I ever ate at Hollie's, we had the A&W at 23rd & Meridian and Bonaparte's on NW 39th. There was also a place called the Jolly Roger at NW 23rd by Ann Arbor, it was a the last thing that I can remember in there was a Monterey Jack's.

I agree with the Double-R-Bar at Roy Rogers.

I also miss the seasoning salt that Arby's had for their roast beef sandwich.

The green sauce at Taco Bell. Don't use the individual packaged they now have.

Does anyone remember the drive-in at 44th and Penn? I think it was Dub's. I always got it mixed up with Don's(Fred Flintstone on sign) which was at 59th and Agnew. They both made a mean Coke float and chilidog(my favorites).

Does anyone remember the drive-in at 44th and Penn? I think it was Dub's. I always got it mixed up with Don's(Fred Flintstone on sign) which was at 59th and Agnew. They both made a mean Coke float and chilidog(my favorites).

Al and Dub's. Started out as Potter's.

Al and Dub's. Started out as Potter's.
"Come as you are, Dine in your Car" LOL

Al and Dub's. Started out as Potter's.

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It started out as Potter's and Mr. Potter got tired of the long hours. My mother was the manager there for about three years. Al and Dub were route salesmen that wanted to go into business with the idea of having a chain of them (dreams of McDonald's).....They didn't wanted to work the hours either but, Al (Alan Edwards) opened a place on 44th called Al's Hideaway....I think the building is still there.

the drive-in at 44th and Penn
Where was that - a little off the south west corner off 44th? North of the intersection on the west side of Penn?

Where was that - a little off the south west corner off 44th? North of the intersection on the west side of Penn?
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Northeast corner about 75 yards from Penn...There's a pawn shop there now...

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It started out as Potter's and Mr. Potter got tired of the long hours. My mother was the manager there for about three years. Al and Dub were route salesmen that wanted to go into business with the idea of having a chain of them (dreams of McDonald's).....They didn't wanted to work the hours either but, Al (Alan Edwards) opened a place on 44th called Al's Hideaway....I think the building is still there.

Did Al's sign have a picture of Andy Capp?

Did Al's sign have a picture of Andy Capp?

Yes it did. On Friday nights they had all you can eat catfish. Great stuff. Never tried the Bar-B-Q

If my memory hasn't failed me, it was just west of Penn 44 Lanes. I have faint memories of going there after my dad got finished league bowling with the OKC police league. :053:

Northeast corner about 75 yards from Penn


If my memory hasn't failed me, it was just west of Penn 44 Lanes

i'm confused - Penn 44 Lanes are west of Penn on 44th

i can't remember it east of Penn on 44th and can't remember it west of Penn 44 Lanes

i know my memory has failed me but my mind sees it between Penn 44 Lanes and Penn - east of Penn 44 lanes - west of Penn on 44th on the north side - maybe?

i'm confused - Penn 44 Lanes are west of Penn on 44th

i can't remember it east of Penn on 44th and can't remember it west of Penn 44 Lanes

i know my memory has failed me but my mind sees it between Penn 44 Lanes and Penn - east of Penn 44 lanes - west of Penn on 44th on the north side - maybe?

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All right Gentlemen:......Get out your pencils.....Potter's (Al .n Dub's) was located about 75 yards EAST of Pennsylvania on the North Side of 44th Street.

WILKERSON'S was located West of Penn 44 bowling Alley on the North Side of the street. There is mexican food restaurant there now...

No, Al's (S.W. 44th and Robinson) had the sign you're talking about it is located (the building) on the South Side of the street between Santa Fe and Robinson. It was called Al's Hideaway. Dub kept the old Potter's/Al 'n Dub's and ran it for a few years.....When he got out of the business it sat idle for a while then I think a Convenience store and then Kirk's pawn and now it is still a pawn shop.....Carltonskeeper....correct me where I'm wrong...please....

When I was about 10 or 11 my Mother was the manager for Potter's for 3-4 years....that WAS the Grant Hangout (right Gen60?) Mr. Potter sold to two of his route salesmen (Alan Edwards and Dub..."whatever"). My Mother stayed with them for a while and then she quit (don't know why)....One of them was a Bread salesman and I think the other was a chip salesman...not sure on that...

Now,a there was a A&W or something like that on 44th East of 44 lanes for some time. It was a group of Drive-Inn restaurant forever. Now, I think it was there on the south side of 44th St. that Griff's was located.....That was after my time in HighSchool.....Prunpicker can pick it up from here....

Thanks General! The drive-in to drag when I was at Grant was on the north side of 59th east off Penn where the Kenny Skaggs tag agency is - or was. I still can't name it.

Where was the big tall slide located? I'm talking back in the late 60's/early 70's. It was one of those you slid down on a gunny sack, they were all the rage for awhile. It seems it was maybe across the street from a shopping center?

Where was the big tall slide located? I'm talking back in the late 60's/early 70's. It was one of those you slid down on a gunny sack, they were all the rage for awhile. It seems it was maybe across the street from a shopping center?

There was one on Western across the street from Skate-O-Rama

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All right Gentlemen:......Get out your pencils.....Potter's (Al .n Dub's) was located about 75 yards EAST of Pennsylvania on the North Side of 44th Street.

WILKERSON'S was located West of Penn 44 bowling Alley on the North Side of the street. There is mexican food restaurant there now...

No, Al's (S.W. 44th and Robinson) had the sign you're talking about it is located (the building) on the South Side of the street between Santa Fe and Robinson. It was called Al's Hideaway. Dub kept the old Potter's/Al 'n Dub's and ran it for a few years.....When he got out of the business it sat idle for a while then I think a Convenience store and then Kirk's pawn and now it is still a pawn shop.....Carltonskeeper....correct me where I'm wrong...please....

When I was about 10 or 11 my Mother was the manager for Potter's for 3-4 years....that WAS the Grant Hangout (right Gen60?) Mr. Potter sold to two of his route salesmen (Alan Edwards and Dub..."whatever"). My Mother stayed with them for a while and then she quit (don't know why)....One of them was a Bread salesman and I think the other was a chip salesman...not sure on that...

Now,a there was a A&W or something like that on 44th East of 44 lanes for some time. It was a group of Drive-Inn restaurant forever. Now, I think it was there on the south side of 44th St. that Griff's was located.....That was after my time in HighSchool.....Prunpicker can pick it up from here....
I think your right on the MONEY!!!!!!!

I think your right on the MONEY!!!!!!!

Don't encourage him!!!:tiphat:

Thanks General! The drive-in to drag when I was at Grant was on the north side of 59th east off Penn where the Kenny Skaggs tag agency is - or was. I still can't name it.

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D&D Country Club Drive-Inn. That was the place for a long time. First date with my wife of 44 years was right there. It's actually (or was) where the new Arby's parking lot is which is West of Kenny Skagg's. During the late 50's and real early 60's the true place was the Western Dip on 51st and Western. And, Potter's was the other place.....Carltonskeeper and USG60 can nail the entire thing down. Potter's or Al 'n Dub's was not as social as the others above mentioned. Was getting too close to Capitol Hill Territory....The kids nowadays think there is a rivalry. Back in the 50's and 60's there WAS a rivalry. The only thing is both schools backed each other if NorthSiders or kids from Southeast gave anyone any trouble....Kinda Neat the way things Used to Happen....

I was being an Old Man last night. My wife does quilting for people as a hobby and she took a quilt to a lady who had lived there for 50 years. The Hispanics have moved in all around her. While waiting for her about three doors down these hispanic guys turned there Chicano music up so loud you couldn't hear anything else........Do, I brought out my Alan Jackson CD's and Kenny Chesney and Cranked up the old stereo....they don't like true Country either.....staring contest began....Alan Jackson has a lot of steel Guitar in it....they got loud, I got louder.....they turned theirs down to a reasonable volume.....I turned mine Off.....the older lady and her husband were still laughing when we left.... (10.30 p.m.)......

I worked with Darren at Molly's and we are the same age as well 46. Did you go to PCHS? is so we would have been in the same class

It sounds like your talking about "Royce's Cafe" on the corner of Reno and May.

sorry rocyes" cafe was at 10th and may....

WAs it the BRANDING IRON?? Close to current location of Deaconess Hospital??

branding iron was where henry hudsons is now off the pkwy.

branding iron was where henry hudsons is now off the pkwy.Nope; The Branding Iron was on a small lake, and its site is now occuped by Chandelaque (sp). I attended a wedding rehearsal dinner there in 1954...

Nope; The Branding Iron was on a small lake, and its site is now
occuped by Chandelaque (sp). I attended a wedding rehearsal dinner
there in 1954...
Is that the complex off of N. Portland? There are a few lakes in that
area.

Yes, it is. On the east side of Portland and just a bit south of the hospital's (Deaconess) main building. By 1963 the club was gone and a trailer park had been established in its place. The current occupant came along later but I don't remember just when.

Yes, it is. On the east side of Portland and just a bit south of the
hospital's (Deaconess) main building. By 1963 the club was gone and
a trailer park had been established in its place. The current occupant
came along later but I don't remember just when.
Those lakes were popular fishing places at that time. There was
a hot water heater with a hole that we'd put a $1 in to fish. Stella
was one of them, too.

Behind the Chandalaque (sp) was the Cabana Swim Club. Used to go there several nights a week in the summers. Anyone else remember it?

Hey Prune, her dad is Eddie Peak. He certainly did some jazz and I'd bet 50 cents he at least knew Wayne Nichols even if he didn't play with him. I saw him on occasion backing up some of the lady jazz singers back in the '60s and early '70s. He was a terrific keyboardist and entertainer. But I would like to know if she knows what happened to Altice Moore, and if she knew Dean McDanials died a few years ago.

Altice Moore (III) passed away a few years back. I heard this from his son, also Altice Moore, who is a good friend of mine. I was amazed at what all his father knew how to do.

Does Baird Jones or Wayne Nichols ring a bell? Larry Skinner? Norma Jean?
Benny Garcia (the world's greatest guitarist)?Just ran across this very old (2009) post on the thread and have to answer. I first encountered Baird when he was holding down the piano bar at The Store. Wayne took it over a few weeks after I discovered the place. I hung out there as long as Wayne ran it and Wayne taught me a few bits -- including the Ellington intro to A-Train -- but sadly he fell off the wagon again and it killed him.

I particularly enjoyed the nights when others would drop in and jam for a while. Haven't been back to The Store since Wayne left it. Those nights nursing a single draught beer and soaking up Wayne's memories taught me to hear the line and just follow it. I'm nowhere near pro, but still love the scene...

Reading back on the thread I find mention of Nick's Deli on Western, where I first met the muffleta -- and none of them I've tried since come close to being as good as Nick's were.

Jim,
I hate black olives but I ate quite a few muffletas at Nick's. I would always get the evil eye when I said to hold the olives but it was always excellent and the best in town ever in my opinion. I ate other items there as well, but the muffleta is the only thing I remember by name. Does anybody in town still make them other than Schlotzkie's?
C. T.
p.s. Evil eye is a little strong, let's just say, a strange look when I told them to hold the olives.

Jim,
I hate black olives but I ate quite a few muffletas at Nick's. I would always get the evil eye when I said to hold the olives but it was always excellent and the best in town ever in my opinion. I ate other items there as well, but the muffleta is the only thing I remember by name. Does anybody in town still make them other than Schlotzkie's?
C. T.
p.s. Evil eye is a little strong, let's just say, a strange look when I told them to hold the olives.

Jason's Deli makes a good Muffleletta and so does McAlister's!!!!!!! I'll let you by me one sometime CT.....LOL

CarltonsKeeper,
Jason's is fine, but I have been to McAlister's three times and got burned every time so I won't darken their doors again. Before I retired I ate at Jason's on NorthWest expressway several times and it was always good. Isn't it a local? I'm not sure.
C. T.

Jason's Deli makes a good Muffleletta and so does McAlister's!!!!!!! I'll let you by me one sometime CT.....LOL

No, Jason's is a chain. I think it started in Beaumont, TX, but I'm not sure about that. Their muffleta is better than Schlottzky's, to me; I wouldn't even call the Schlottzky Original a muffleta although there's some resemblance there...

No, Jason's is a chain. I think it started in Beaumont, TX, but I'm not sure about that.
You are correct, they started in Beaumont and it is still where their HQ is located.

Haven't read this entire thread, but wasn't Lady Ann's Oddities down the street from Red Dog? Lady Ann's was the best head shop around. Good jewelry, accessories, and posters.

Haven't read this entire thread, but wasn't Lady Ann's Oddities down the street from Red Dog?
Lady Ann's was the best head shop around. Good jewelry, accessories, and posters.
Do you remember where her first shop was?

Lady Anne's Oddities surpassed Abextra in any and every measurable way.
Both of them were superior to that creepy, proto-goth,
strip mall wannabee on the south side.

(That has somehow . . . evolved into something like Anthropologie?)

Of course, all of that was only from an alien/nonokc noob's point of view back then.
(circa '73)

I remember a head shop on the southside at about that time, though I think it was more 74 or 75. It was at just east of 59th & Blackwelder across the street from Sonic called "The Mad Hatter" but it seems like there was another one somewhere over there.

Lady Ann's is Wow, or so said the sign. Remember the station wagon out front? A Chrysler product I believe.

So far nobody has tried to answer where her, Lady Ann, first place was.
Any takers?

I remember a head shop on the southside at about that time, though
I think it was more 74 or 75. It was at just east of 59th & Blackwelder
across the street from Sonic called "The Mad Hatter" but it seems like
there was another one somewhere over there.
This is news to me. I didn't realize there was such a place on the
south side.

Speaking of head shops, does anyone remember Headquarters?

I didn't realize Lady Ann's had another location.

Headquarters rings a bell. Where was that? Classen? I have this mental picture ... of The Monkees, lol.

I loved Abextra, my neighborhood , everyday shop. Lady Ann's was an infrequent excursion.

It wasn't a head shop, but do you remember Records Inc, at 23/Classen? You could listen on headphones to an album before buying, sitting on a barstool. Cool guys worked there.

I didn't realize Lady Ann's had another location.

She did and I happened to be there when she first opened. It was
on N. Youngs Blvd and N.W. 17th. A house. She was one weird lady.



Headquarters rings a bell. Where was that? Classen? I have this
mental picture ... of The Monkees, lol.
It was on or about NW 50th and N. Western.



I loved Abextra, my neighborhood, everyday shop. Lady Ann's was
an infrequent excursion.
Same here. They were norbal people. Lady Ann was weird. Even
for people like me.


It wasn't a head shop, but do you remember Records Inc, at
23/Classen? You could listen on headphones to an album before
buying, sitting on a barstool. Cool guys worked there.
That's the intersection. I bought many a record there until I
discovered Wilcox's on NW 23rd just west of N Classen.

I didn't realize Lady Ann's had another location.

Headquarters rings a bell. Where was that? Classen? I have this mental picture ... of The Monkees, lol.

I loved Abextra, my neighborhood , everyday shop. Lady Ann's was an infrequent excursion.

It wasn't a head shop, but do you remember Records Inc, at 23/Classen? You could listen on headphones to an album before buying, sitting on a barstool. Cool guys worked there.

I recall Records, Inc. as never being real busy. They sold albums at the MSRP and made them far more expensive than other places. If my recollection serves me, it was an AfroAmerican/Ethnic/whatever hair and beauty supply place after Records, Inc. went out. I bought my records down the street at Wilcox. They had listening booths and it was in a converted house. I still miss it. I bought my first Crawdaddy magazine there and my first issue of Creem. Oh, what memories.

I recall Records, Inc. as never being real busy. They sold albums at
the MSRP and made them far more expensive than other places.
This is true, BUT, and it's a big but, if it was a Top 40 Hit they had it
immediately and in abundance. You didn't have to look anywhere else.
You knew it was there. That was a big deal until the 70's when the
music became pseudo-personal. Something Top 40 wasn't.

Gotta wonder how Records stayed in business, as unbusy as they seemed to be. I really liked the place but bought most of my albums at places like JC Penney, Hydes Drug, Founders Fair or such. The first time I spotted Rubber Soul was at the GEX on S Eastern. What a nobrainer, realizing it would soon come to me as a Christmas present.

Remember the WKY weekly Top 50 Survey, distributed where records were bought? This consisted of the Top 40 plus ten newbies in a category called Pick Hits, or something.

Soul Boutique, I think, was at 23&Classen for a while.

I don't remember Wilcox, but do remember Rainbow Records and later, Peaches.