What businesses do you miss?

[OKCnBA]

Anyone remember Hagee's Redbud? (That's going way back.)
Gale Cable Chrysler Plymouth?
O'Joy at Crossroads?

[USG '60]

Van's Sesame Seed Bread!!! Van's Bakery evidently closed in the REAL early '60's. Best commercially packaged bread I ever ate in my life. I've never witnessed anything remotely close to it since. SOOO special.

[Sooner_Fan]

Does anyone remember Buster Brown's shoes in Northpark mall? Was it Buster Browns or another store that had the monkey in the back with a little playhouse you could play in.

I'm not going to mention all the ones as miss as most of them have been hit upon to some extent already. Cool thread lots of memories.

[danielf1935]

I remember the Gibson's that was downtown, I went to Junior High at Central (NW 7th and Robinson), Gibson's had a popcorn machine and coke machines, we used to go there during lunch break and grab some, I know, not very healthy.

[Yakimono]

I miss Jimmy's Egg, the original. Jimmy was kewl guy I worked for when he had the only cafe on May and about 16th NW. Went to the one in Moore and was disappointed in the food. Especially the home fries, which used to have bell peppers and onions. Now very dry. So are the omelets. He taught me to make the best omelets by not letting them cook completely, folding them and they would finish cooking when they were taken to the customer. He could also flip pancakes in the air and was the fastest chopper I had ever seen. Now it's own by a Vietamese man and the menu has changed so much. Went to the one on Classen NW and it was a nasty restaurant, IMO. Maybe it's me, but I want the good old days back! Good food, friendly personal employees.

[storybookmom]

I miss a lot of old businesses.

Service Merchendise (Really Really Miss Service Merchendise!)
Dairy Queen
TG&Y
Otasco
Full Service Gas Stations
Dodson's Cafeteria
Streets
All of Reding Shopping Center!
Venture Store
KMart
Big Ed's Burgers
Pratt's Grocery Store
Albertson's Grocery Store
Buchanan's Grocery Store
(Crest is okay, but the one in Moore is very rude when you have coupons!!)
Winchell's Donuts
Taco John's in Quail Springs Mall
Chi Chi's Mexican Restaurant
Der Dutchman
Molly Murphy's
Toy City Toy Shop on SW 59th & Western
Beauty Co.
Hillcrest Drug Store on SW 59th & Penn
Showbiz Pizza (Better than Chuck E Cheese)

[klhokc]

The Boar's Head.

Otherwise, I'm fine with whatever's gone. I don't get all that attached to retail establishments. I just liked the Boar's Head because they let me play (and drink there, for free) well before I was 21. The owners there were very supportive of the local music scene, and I recall they had an excellent stage setup.

I agree! Except I was old enough to get in, but the setup & the live music was outstanding! Fritz now runs the bar at Belle Isle Brewery which has some great music & food... The setup is just not outstanding!!!

[Prunepicker]

Does anyone remember Buster Brown's shoes in Northpark mall? Was it Buster
Browns or another store that had the monkey in the back with a little
playhouse you could play in.

Wasn't the place with the monkey called Guy Madison's?

[Generals64]

I miss a lot of old businesses.

Service Merchendise (Really Really Miss Service Merchendise!)
Dairy Queen
TG&Y
Otasco
Full Service Gas Stations
Dodson's Cafeteria
Streets
All of Reding Shopping Center!
Venture Store
KMart
Big Ed's Burgers
Pratt's Grocery Store
Albertson's Grocery Store
Buchanan's Grocery Store
(Crest is okay, but the one in Moore is very rude when you have coupons!!)
Winchell's Donuts
Taco John's in Quail Springs Mall
Chi Chi's Mexican Restaurant
Der Dutchman
Molly Murphy's
Toy City Toy Shop on SW 59th & Western
Beauty Co.
Hillcrest Drug Store on SW 59th & Penn
Showbiz Pizza (Better than Chuck E Cheese)

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Get the store manager or Larry Porter if you are ever treated rudely at the Moore Crest and you can watch as the heads roll. Nick Haroz (Owner) will NOT put up with that period. Remember, he makes a profit on those coupons....He remembers so just place your complaint...

[papaOU]

Mother's and the Abextra!!!

[sansee]

nicholicees not sure how to spell it it was on nw 10th. shipleys, ana maude, dodsons, boulevard, cattlemens,

[gen70]

Is JR Chicken Ranch still around?

[Generals64]

Is JR Chicken Ranch still around?

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No, but that was a great place to eat....and wasn't too expensive either.....

[papaOU]

Herman's Seafood.

[Prunepicker]

Herman's is the biggest miss for me. Next is Johnnie's Topper Burger that was
on the S.E. corner of N.W. 12th and N. Hudson, Beverly's between N.W. 11th
and 12th on N. Walker on the west side and then Priddy's, which later
became Martin's, on N.W. 11th and N. Hudson on the N.W. corner.

[Prunepicker]

nicholicees not sure how to spell it it was on nw 10th. shipleys, ana maude,
dodsons, boulevard, cattlemens,

Nicolosi's is the correct spelling. I believe one of the family members still lives
on Ann Arbor just north of 10th on the east side of the street. He or she
was a veterinarian.

Cattleman's is still open in the Stockyards and the Boulevard cafeteria is still
open, too, in the same location across from the Plaza Court.

[bluedogok]

Is JR Chicken Ranch still around?

The original one closed in the late 80's I believe, there was someone who tried to reopen it but it didn't last long. It has been a senior wellness center for 15 or more years.

Nicolosi's is the correct spelling. I believe one of the family members still lives
on Ann Arbor just north of 10th on the east side of the street. He or she
was a veterinarian.

One of the children is a vet, their office is on NW 23rd Street between Meridian and Portland.

We lived a half mile from there but went to Shotgun Sam's on 39th & May weekly, we went to Nicolosi's occasionally.

[gmwise]

Poor Cattlemen's no wonder they run those commercials "We're still here"..lol

[papaOU]

[QUOTE=bluedogok;241598]The original one closed in the late 80's I believe, there was someone who tried to reopen it but it didn't last long. It has been a senior wellness center for 15 or more years.


Are the people in the wellness center as a direct result of eating at J R Chicken Ranch?

[papaOU]

What happened to all the little drive-ins that featured Broasted Chicken? Two I remember most are the ones at S.W.44th west of Agnew and one at about 6th and Walnut where we often stopped at on the way to the Zoo.

[grantgeneral78]

Went to Cattlemans for the 1st time this weekend ...not bad at all very nostalgic place.

Pathetic lived southside my whole life and just now going...sheeeesh

[evh5150]

Shotgun Sams Pizza
Shoneys
Mr. Gattis Pizza
Roy Rogers
Anthonys Department Stores
Soundtrak (everyone remembers the Linda Soundtrak commercials during Christmas time)

[bluedogok]

There are still some Roy Roger's scattered around the east half of the US, the closest to OKC is Cincinnati. It was always a favorite of mine, went to the NW 39th location often.

Another place that I miss was Sammy's Pizza, I know that many of their recipes live on in other places now. I still can't find a calzone like theirs anywhere but OKC. I like Meiki's Route 66 which had some of the similar items to Sammy's but it closed not too long after I moved to Austin. I took my wife there one time when we were back in town and she really liked it, it was gone the next time we were up there.

[MsDarkstar]

Blueodgok: Meiki's Route 66 closed, but they reopened as "Meiki's Italian American" off of Northwest Expressway & Rockwell. They're in the shopping center behind where Chick-Fil-A is, between Hobby Lobby & the fabric store.

[Prunepicker]

Another place that I miss was Sammy's Pizza, I know that many of their
recipes live on in other places now. I still can't find a calzone like theirs
anywhere but OKC.

Have you tried Pizza House on N.W. 23rd & Ann Arbor? It's very good and I
believe it's very similar to Sammy's, which I liked very much.