What businesses do you miss?

[skyrick]

No, it's still opened but the smoke from all the smokers that used to eat there keeps me away.....

Order from your car!

[Prunepicker]

Order from your car!

The smoke from all the smoking cars keeps me away.
It's the southside, you know.

[papaOU]

No, it's still opened but the smoke from all the smokers that used to eat there keeps me away.....

Listen to the master, prune. It's closed!! went by there Monday.

[Prunepicker]

Sad.

[skyrick]

Listen to the master, prune. It's closed!! went by there Monday.

NOOOOOOOO!!!! That was my first Del Rancho! Our last trip to OKC, in May, we stopped at the Moore location and were very pleased and satisfied.

[Prunepicker]

NOOOOOOOO!!!! That was my first Del Rancho! Our last trip to
OKC, in May, we stopped at the Moore location and were very
pleased and satisfied.

The next time you're up let us know. Gen64 will buy everyone
breakfast, lunch and dinner at Cattleman's.

Let us know!

[skyrick]

The next time you're up let us know. Gen64 will buy everyone
breakfast, lunch and dinner at Cattleman's.

Let us know!

Woo-Hoo! Free food! I always knew Gen64 was a gentleman and a scholar!

[ck76]

Gary Dales BBQ....

[papaOU]

Gary Dales BBQ....

Nothing comes close

[Bigrayok]

Gary Dale's was my favorite BBQ. I used to meet friends of mine that had booths at Old Paris Flea Market there on Saturday night after they got off work when it was just a gas station that sold BBQ. Their sauce was really good. It seemed to close not too long after they remodled and made the place half-way nice.

Bigray in Ok

[Generals64]

I know there is still is a business there on S. Robinson. But, the old Massey's Auto parts and Accessories was quite a place for young teenage boys to go through and dream. Now, Carltonskeeper used to frequent the area but he was looking for Jesse's....I think....

[bluedogok]

On my side of town those shops were Parr Automotive at NW 10th & Ann Arbor and the Save-Auto Superstore at NW 10th & MacArthur.

[Prunepicker]

I know there is still is a business there on S. Robinson. But, the
old Massey's Auto parts and Accessories was quite a place for
young teenage boys to go through and dream.

I got an imitation Ahooga horn at Massey's. Can't afford a real
one, yet.

[skyrick]

On my side of town those shops were Parr Automotive at NW 10th & Ann Arbor and the Save-Auto Superstore at NW 10th & MacArthur.

BAP - British Auto Parts on S Robinson or S Broadway. My BF had a 1967 Triumph Spitfire, I had a 1958 Mk I Jaguar.

[papaOU]

BAP - British Auto Parts on S Robinson or S Broadway. My BF had a 1967 Triumph Spitfire, I had a 1958 Mk I Jaguar.

BOSCH Auto parts. It was like 8th or 9th east of N. Broadway. Had a '67 V.W. that was hot. Loved my Zoom Tube.

[colleydog]

Was Rahill's on the N.E. corner of S.W. 29th street and S. May Avenue? Was
it before Atlantic Mills?

I do remember the Rahill's on the corner of S.W.29th and May but I remember it being on the S.W. corner. It was South of Atlantic Mills. Atlantic Mills was almost directly across the street from the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds to the East and maybe a little bit South.

Do you remember a 2nd Rahill's on S.W. 44th Street just East of May Avenue on the North side of the street? I was very young but I remember going there with my parents and there was a huge chug hole in the parking lot there. I cannot find anyone else that remembers that location.

[colleydog]

I dont think it was showbiz, it was a chain, they where in shopping centers, smaller thana cicis pizza place, but had a game center and a play place in it.

Billy Bobs

[Prunepicker]

I do remember the Rahill's on the corner of S.W.29th and May but
I remember it being on the S.W. corner. It was South of Atlantic
Mills. Atlantic Mills was almost directly across the street from
the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds to the East and maybe a
little bit South

That was Spartan's and then Spartan-Atlantic? Forrest
Lumber is there now.

[Tritone]

I recall Spartan's across from the fairgrounds (current Forrest Lumber, right next to the Rock Island overpass) and Atlantic Mills in the Economy Square shopping ceter, northeast corner of S.W. 29th and May. They were in the same shopping center as Grider's. That was before Grider's got huge and moved on east a bit. Grider's had the grey fiberglass elephant ride for a penny outside. Right?

[Prunepicker]

I recall Spartan's across from the fairgrounds (current Forrest
Lumber, right next to the Rock Island overpass) and Atlantic
Mills in the Economy Square shopping ceter, northeast corner
of S.W. 29th and May. They were in the same shopping center
as Grider's. That was before Grider's got huge and moved on east
a bit. Grider's had the grey fiberglass elephant ride for a penny
outside. Right?

That's correct A-Eb. Later Atlantic Mills and Spartan merged.
I don't think it was for very long.

[papaOU]

GEX is now Olde Paris?

North of there were some big hills for motorcycle riders. They'd climb, or attempt to climb the steep ones. Being too young for cycles we went down these steep suckers on our bicycles. Lots of fun. They were called the GEX Hills.

[Ezrablum]

Sonic seems to be picking up where Dairy Queen is dying off. Back in the 1980s, Dairy Queen was the definition of small town Texas (I have to use Texas because that's what I know). If you had a Dairy Queen, you were a real town. If not, well...

Now, the Dairy Queens are all going out of business (even where no one ever heard of Braums). Sonic is moving in to fill the void. All the small towns have Sonic now. Good job, Sonic (local company).

Except Sonic tastes pathetically cheap. They started moving to cheaper cheese (in their once delicious ched R bites) and other ingredients. Their soda tastes funny to me as well. And it's so expensive! How do you raise prices and lower food quality? It's baffling. I like going to the gas station now like Circle K for a really good fountain drink and it's only 79 cents, 24 hours a day.

Said all that to say that I do really love DQ. Their ingredients aren't the highest quality (like say a frozen custard shop like maybe Sooner Rocks or ice cream made at a Marble Slab) but they taste better than Sonic to me. Whenever I go back to Missouri to visit my family I have to go get a Blizzard, yum!



Also, I miss the Crimson Creamery. They weren't there very long, but I would have much rather have had a nice little ice cream shop to check out than an expansion of Louies. Maybe that's just me.

[RealJimbo]

GEX is now Olde Paris?

North of there were some big hills for motorcycle riders. They'd climb, or attempt to climb the steep ones. Being too young for cycles we went down these steep suckers on our bicycles. Lots of fun. They were called the GEX Hills.

Late one night I drove my '65 Malibu SS up the steepest of the hills there. The scariest part was when I crested the top I couldn't see anything, my headlights shining up into the empty blackness.

[Generals64]

GEX is the Olde Paris Flea Market now....Atlantic Mills was on the East end of Economy Square Shopping Center and Spartan was across the street from the Fairgrounds....They merged and became Spartan/Atlantic. One of my jobs with TG&Y was to keep up with their pricing. They really had some "Junk" in those stores though. There was a store just east of 44th and May on the North Side of the street. It was Bob Poole's for a while and was Rhodes IIGA (Kay Rhodes married to Bobby Murcer) and could have been a Rahill's. It's now a Laundromat....

[skyrick]

Rothschilds downtown and their $5.95 Levis and navy blue H.I.S. jackets.

C. R. Anthony's.