Restaurant memories .

[papaOU]

Do they still sell it? Man.. I tell people how good that stuff was. When I lived in Penn. I had to make my own.

Was that the Oklahoma State Penn?????

[Prunepicker]

For me, Herman's equals deviled crab.

Der Dutchman equals frog legs. (and hush-puppies)

Funny you should mention that. My Dad and a doctor used to go to Herman's
one day a week and order the "Frog Legs" special for $1.59. Maybe it was
the Wednesday special. Who knows? It was all you could eat. They'd sit
there for 2 hours stuffing frog legs in their mouths.

[Prunepicker]

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[Generals64]

Nope. It's been gone for years. I think the secret was to keep it simple. I
don't know how they made their pimento cheese spread, but if I remember
correctly, the chicken salad had chicken, mayo and some relish that
contained some pimentos!. It was probably the same with the roast beef
spread.

We knew everyone in that corner of the world but never once thought
about asking them about their recipes. What's funny, even if they told you
the recipe, you wouldn't make like they did. Beasly's BBQ was a prime
example. "How do you do it?" He'd say, "salt, pepper and hickory." Did
anyone do it? Probably not. Pulliam's and Leo's was probably just as
simple!

A waitress at Herman's, Mary Babbitt?, I'm not sure, knew how to make the
cold slaw. It was her job. She'd make it on occasion after Herman's closed.

We canned a bunch of slaw last summer and it comes close to Herman's. I
still can't tell what's missing.

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Herman..................

[rocket-j-squirrel]

Excuse me for barging into the conversation, but I was wondering what the name of the seafood restaurant was on the north side of 39th expressway just west of (I think) Penn. I haven't lived in OKC in 23 years, but I remember it had large windows and was up on a hill. Was that Herman's?

I also remember back in the oil field days, the Marlow Cafe had the best chicken fried steak. What was weird is, if you ordered it ala carte, you got your choice of slaw, fries, salad, mac and cheese or whatever. I never tried it as an entree.

[Prunepicker]

Excuse me for barging into the conversation, but I was wondering what the
name of the seafood restaurant was on the north side of 39th expressway
just west of (I think) Penn. I haven't lived in OKC in 23 years, but I
remember it had large windows and was up on a hill. Was that Herman's?

Except for the hill you're describing "House of Chan". It was a great
Chinese restaurant. The city virtually eliminated any access to the
restaurant for over a year in order to improve the ramp the expressway.
House of Chan had to close.

I don't remember a seafood restaurant on N.W. 39th Expressway.

Herman's was on the N.W. corner of N.W. 16th and N. Classen Blvd.

[FRISKY]

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The only restaurant I can think of was named something like "Black Gold". It was on the south side of 39th Expressway west of Pennsylvania. I never ate there, but could see the sign while east bound on the Expressway.

[gen70]

Where was the Zider Zee?

[Prunepicker]

Where was the Zuider Zee?

I think there were 2. One was on N.W. 23rd just west of N. Pennsylvania. It
later became a "Chung King" restaurant. The other I know of was on the
southside of N.W. Expressway west of Baptist hospital. It became Der
Dutchman but I don't remember the food changing.

[OSUMom]

I miss the heck out of Piggys. In Bricktown before there was a Bricktown.

[Prunepicker]

I miss the heck out of Piggys. In Bricktown before there was a Bricktown.

Where and when was Piggy's? I don't remember it.

[OSUMom]

Orginally it was in the little building where Bricktown Burgers is now. Back when the ONLY thing around was the rail station across the street. Which is now the police station/parking lot. There was nothing in the area at the time. It was only open weekdays at lunch. When Bricktown took off they moved into the big building where Crabtown is now.

They had great BBQ. The beans were awesome. Good stuff.

[gen70]

I think there were 2. One was on N.W. 23rd just west of N. Pennsylvania. It
later became a "Chung King" restaurant. The other I know of was on the
southside of N.W. Expressway west of Baptist hospital. It became Der
Dutchman but I don't remember the food changing.

Thanks, Prune.

[papaOU]

Excuse me for barging into the conversation, but I was wondering what the name of the seafood restaurant was on the north side of 39th expressway just west of (I think) Penn. I haven't lived in OKC in 23 years, but I remember it had large windows and was up on a hill. Was that Herman's?

I also remember back in the oil field days, the Marlow Cafe had the best chicken fried steak. What was weird is, if you ordered it ala carte, you got your choice of slaw, fries, salad, mac and cheese or whatever. I never tried it as an entree.

Catfish Cabin?

[gen70]

Catfish Cabin?

I really liked Catfish Cabin.

[ddavidson8]

Does anyone remember Monterey House? I remember the sign, but don't remember eating there. Maybe there wasn't even one in OKC. I may be remembering a matchbook cover from my mom's collection. Anyway, there's still two in Beaumont, TX. I may try it someday.

[Bigrayok]

There was a Monterey House at N.W 39th Expressway about a block west of Meridian on the north side of the street. There was one on the south side somewhere too. I really liked their salsa. There was a seafood restaurant in the building where House of Chan was off 39th and Penn. I do not remember the name. There is an Aikido studio there now. Zuider Zee is what became Der Dutchman by Baptist Hospital. There is a Henry Hudson's there now. Henry Hudson's is owned by Adair's which owned Der Dutchman. Grant Baily, who managed Der Dutchman, owned Harbour House in Bethany. The food was similiar to Der Dutchman. Unfortunatley, he closed it down last year to concentrate on catering. Falcone's went into the same spot and only lasted about four months.

Bigray in Ok

[Prunepicker]

Does anyone remember Monterey House? I remember the sign, but don't
remember eating there. Maybe there wasn't even one in OKC. I may be
remembering a matchbook cover from my mom's collection. Anyway, there's
still two in Beaumont, TX. I may try it someday.

There were two that I know of. They were great. One was on N. May and
on the east side of the street. South of W. Wilshire.

The one I went to, at least once a week, was on N.W. 39th Expressway.
West of N. Meridian and on the north side of the street. About a half dozen
of us hippies invaded it every Friday night. It was the second purchase made
after cashing our pay checks.

[ddavidson8]

Anyone know if those buildings are still alive?

[bluedogok]

I really liked Catfish Cabin.

Catfish Cabin is still open at the same location that it has always had at NW 63rd & Meridian.

Does anyone remember Monterey House? I remember the sign, but don't remember eating there. Maybe there wasn't even one in OKC. I may be remembering a matchbook cover from my mom's collection. Anyway, there's still two in Beaumont, TX. I may try it someday.

Anyone know if those buildings are still alive?

The one on NW 39th west of Meridian was Meiki's Route 66 for quite awhile after Monterey House closed. Meiki's moved to the old Village Inn on NW 39th between Portland and I-44 when the land was sold. The old Monterey House location is now an Advance Auto Parts.

There was a location on North May between Grand Blvd. and Wilshire as Prune stated, the building is still there and is now Sophabella's Italian Restaurant.

Those were the two locations that I knew of, Monterey House was the first place that I ate Mexican food (the May Ave. location). We also ate at El Chico/Cafe Ole quite a bit where Zorba's is located now on North May.

One of my favorites was El Rancho Sanchez where the Oklahoma Baptist Vatican is located on May between NW. 36th & I-44. The big burrito on the hot metal plate (like the plates that Sirloin Stockade used) with a drink was like a 3.95 lunch special.

[gen70]

There once was a Catfish Cabin at S.W. 29th & May. (N.E. Corner)

[ddavidson8]

The Sofabellas building is probably where I remember seeing the Monterey sign. I always enjoyed the car rides to the Target at NWX and May for my Star Wars figures.

[OSUMom]

We used to eat at the 39th street Montery House all the time. I miss it.

Catfish Cabin is still there but it is strickly buffet now.

[papaOU]

There once was a Catfish Cabin at S.W. 29th & May. (N.E. Corner)

There was a MWC location as well. N.E. 10th near Douglas Blvd.

The one on N.W. 63rd closed for a period of time not long ago.

[grantgeneral78]

There is a old drive in sort of west of the old downtown district of Edmond where cars would park in a circle around the building and the order stands were like sonic`s , ecept for the fact a little train came out on a rail and delivered your food......what was the name of this burger joint?