Any Northside Memories??????

[SoonerBent]

She's talking about a Mexican restaurant. Casa Bonita was something else.
They didn't even have onions. OY!

I'll never forget eating there once, it may have been the only time. There
was this Middle Easterner - probably an Iranian since it was in the early 70's -
singing Spanish Eyes on a Japanese guitar in what was mistaken to be a
Mexican restaurant. It was very educational. LOL

This must have been toward the end. I worked at Casa from 75 to 77. We had onions, lots of onions. I've chopped hundreds of onions and sliced hundreds of jalapeños. We put them in tiny clear plastic bowls near the end of the serving line. And the singer at that time was as Mexican as they come and was one of the original employees, in fact he came up with most of the recipes. I heard that the last few years they really went down hill. Sad.

Many posts back there was talk of Shotgun Sam's. I lived a couple of blocks from there and spent a lot of time hanging out there. They had live music on weekends. After NWC football games it was usually packed. Around 74, 75 Vince Gill played with a typical high school-kids-garage band that played there. We all thought he was a big dork. Little did we know.

[papaOU]

This must have been toward the end. I worked at Casa from 75 to 77. We had onions, lots of onions. I've chopped hundreds of onions and sliced hundreds of jalapeños. We put them in tiny clear plastic bowls near the end of the serving line. And the singer at that time was as Mexican as they come and was one of the original employees, in fact he came up with most of the recipes. I heard that the last few years they really went down hill. Sad.

Many posts back there was talk of Shotgun Sam's. I lived a couple of blocks from there and spent a lot of time hanging out there. They had live music on weekends. After NWC football games it was usually packed. Around 74, 75 Vince Gill played with a typical high school-kids-garage band that played there. We all thought he was a big dork. Little did we know.

Now he is a rich big dork!!!!!!!!!!!

[chembree]

Nip's Auto Trim (that was quite amusing in 7th grade)

Its quite amusing now! ..

I loved Cactus Jacks!

[chembree]

"Nip's Auto Trim (that was quite amusing in 7th grade)"

Its quite amusing now! ..

I loved Cactus Jacks!

****Sorry Centerback, and everyone else - I tried to quote and messed up and then created a second post --- I dont post that often, so forgive me!****

[papaOU]

"Nip's Auto Trim (that was quite amusing in 7th grade)"

Its quite amusing now! ..

I loved Cactus Jacks!

****Sorry Centerback, and everyone else - I tried to quote and messed up and then created a second post --- I dont post that often, so forgive me!****

Cactus Jacks! The former Sooner Broadcast System. A beer bar of the '70's.

There was a liquor bar on the north end of the building.

[Prunepicker]

Cactus Jacks! The former Sooner Broadcast System. A beer bar of the '70's.

There was a liquor bar on the north end of the building.

That would have been the Jail West.

[papaOU]

That would have been the Jail West.

After leaving there on Thanksgiving Eve 1975 I almost ended up in Jail Bethany. But instead, one of Bethany's Finest left me a memento of our meeting. 3 broken ribs.

[Generals64]

It's strange we don't have any memories coming from the North Side....Maybe they are ashamed of them?????

[Prunepicker]

It's strange we don't have any memories coming from the North Side... Maybe
they are ashamed of them?

Maybe they're in prison without Internet because they didn't learn how to
not get caught... as much!

[bluedogok]

I think most of us have put them into the other remembrance threads...plus we may not have as many as some of you southsiders who are a wee bit older than us

[mugofbeer]

Drexel Drug store and $25 cent ice cream. Holloways burgers on 23rd - best fries I ever had. Shotgun Sam's pizza. Riding the bus downtown when I was 8-10 years old to visit my grandparents in the Midwest building. Throwing paper airplanes out of the window on the 6th floor. Trying to get my grandmother to ride in the back of the bus and not understanding why not. Throwing snowballs at cars from behind the bridge embankments when they were building I-44 and blasting a police car before we realized what it was - running like a hive of hornets was after us when the cop stopped on the other side of the bridge.........

[USG '60]

The theater was Lakeside. After it closed Sound Warehouse moved in. I
worked at Peaches for a little while. It was at 63rd & May where Akin's is
now.

The original restaurant on top of the Founder's Tower was the Chandelle
Club. In the 70's it changed to The Eagle's Nest.

And then it was DAX for a few years ....or am I all wet?

[Prunepicker]

And then it was DAX for a few years... or am I all wet?

I don't remember DAX. It's been Nikz for years, i.e. 20 or so.

[MadMonk]

Here's a few.

Crossing 39th St to go to lunch at a little pizza place (can't remember the name right now)

Mr. Gatti's on 39th just down the way from Nip's Auto Trim (that was quite amusing in 7th grade)

Thank you! That was the place. Good times...

Crystal's Pizza, Shotgun Sam's, Casa Bonita, My Pie Pizza, Longneckers

Who had the kitchen sink dessert near NW Highway and 63rd?

I know there are a ton more but I have slept since then...

Oh how I miss My Pi pizza. I worked there for a while and had the time of my life. 'nuff said.

[Prunepicker]

QUICK's Drive-in!

Does anyone remember Lion's Share or Lionshare?
Buccaneers?
Lake Hefner Bait Shop?
Chi Chi's
Around the Corner

[papaOU]

QUICK's Drive-in!

Does anyone remember Lion's Share or Lionshare?
Buccaneers?
Lake Hefner Bait Shop?
Chi Chi's
Around the Corner

I remember Chi Chi's very well. Had great food during happy hour. Don't think I ever ate a meal there.

Was the bait shop that rock building that was also a cafe? Now that place had a great breakfast.

[bluedogok]

The Mr. Gatti's on 39th & Ann Arbor was an Across the Street before it was Mr. Gatti's.

[papaOU]

The Mr. Gatti's on 39th & Ann Arbor was an Across the Street before it was Mr. Gatti's.

Not in the same area, but does anyone remember when Legends in Norman was an Across the Street?

[Generals64]

Not in the same area, but does anyone remember when Legends in Norman was an Across the Street?

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Yes, that was along long time ago. Hal Smith was the manager there...you know, The Charleston's Hal Smith...Greaseball.....Just kidding .....great guy .. he even went to the right Highschool....U.S. Grant High School S. Penn OKC.
And he graduated the right year...1964 of course ......... Go Generals.....Se Habla Espanol....

[Prunepicker]

Yes, that was along long time ago. Hal Smith was the manager there...

Didn't he play Otis Campbell on the Andy Griffith Show?

[Generals64]

didn't he play otis campbell on the andy griffith show?

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probably:... He probably owns the movie set by now. Everything that guy touches turns to gold.....i keep trying to get him to rub up against me for "good luck".....he keeps telling me know as he knew me a long, long time ago in anothe galaxy (ardmore, okla.) and he said something like he wants to keep his wallet????don't understand....HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST GUYS I KNOW. I'm sure he's a tough boss but, he's in a tough business....

[zachtaylor alum]

Was that the tornado of '70? If so it knocked the tar out of the Dodge
dealership on 39th.

It also knocked out the sanctuary of Temple B'nai Israel (47th and Penn) and the gym and priest's house at McGuinness High. Whose God was angrier?

[mugofbeer]

What was the name of that huge, great seafood restaurant that was put in out somewhere around Kelly and Hefner - kind of out in the tower farm area? I remember it had a huge deck or glassed in area that looked over a lake with a fountain out in it. I havent been out there in years. Whats the place now?

[bluedogok]

Joe Kelly's?
It is on Britton Road east of Broadway, it was an office when I worked down the street.

[Prunepicker]

Joe Kelly's?
It is on Britton Road east of Broadway, it was an office when I worked down
the street.

There was a Joe Kelly's on the southside of town. I-240 and S. Pennsylvania.
They served a good Key Lime pie.
It's now an Olive Garden with a terrible waitstaff.