Any Northside Memories??????

[bluedogok]

The south location opened after the Britton Rd. location and closed before it. When I was at Benham in the late 80's (before moving to Dallas) it closed and there was a few different places that opened up in there before it finally was converted into offices in the 90's.

Those were part of the Kelly-Johnston restaurant group if I recall.

[westsidesooner]

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?

Ahh Joe Kellys...I've been trying to forget that place for years. Not that the food or service was bad, it was actually very good, its just that thats where one of my worst dates occured. I was sitting there trying to act all cool to impress my date and it was going great til our dinner came. I ordered lobster tail and while trying to release the meat from the shell I flung the shell nearly 10' towards the next table almost hitting an eldery woman. It's kinda funny now but I can assure you my face was probably as red as the lobste for the rest of the meal.

[RealJimbo]

Hope I'm not repeating anything...too many pages to read.

Cruising on a Friday night -

Start at Quick's on Classen (the security cop rode a Yamaha 350 scrambler)
go to Hollie's, then to the Spot (southside) then back through Hollie's, then back to Quick's. Wish I had all that gasoline back.

Movies -

Hillcrest Drive-In on the south side
Will Rogers Theater on the north side
N. Penn Twin Drive-In on the norht side
Ritz Theater in Britton (it WAS a real town once)
Villa Theater on the north side (all first-run movies)

Swimming -

Twilight Beach on the north side
Elmwood on the south side
Springlake on the north side
Wedgewood on the north side

Dancing -

The Scene
Wedgewood's dance parties
What was the name of the dance club in Midwest City?

Food -
Sambo's on classen
Glen's Hickory Inn on NW 10th
Dolores on 23rd
Kip's Big Boy on N. May
Geno's on S. Agnew
Carnation Ice Cream on 23rd and Western
Billie Lee's Pies on 23rd around Shartel
Sussy's Pizza on Lincoln
89er Inn on Lincoln - they had a great restaurant
Governor's Club on Lincoln
Spit-T
Shipman's on S. Robinson - can't leave it out...the fried chicken, yeast biscuits and honey were awesome
Herman's Seafood on Classen
Der Dutchmann on NW Expwy

Clothing -

C.R. Anthony - all over the North Side
Mr. Buck's
Varsity Shop
Rothschild's
Napolean Nash
Kerr's

Drug Stores -

Hyde's Drug at 50th and N. Shartel - they had a lunch counter
Art's Drug Store on Western North of 68th
Conrad Marr in the Village
Katz in Mayfair

More later...

[Generals64]

Hope I'm not repeating anything...too many pages to read.

Cruising on a Friday night -

Start at Quick's on Classen (the security cop rode a Yamaha 350 scrambler)
go to Hollie's, then to the Spot (southside) then back through Hollie's, then back to Quick's. Wish I had all that gasoline back.

Movies -

Hillcrest Drive-In on the south side
Will Rogers Theater on the north side
N. Penn Twin Drive-In on the norht side
Ritz Theater in Britton (it WAS a real town once)
Villa Theater on the north side (all first-run movies)

Swimming -

Twilight Beach on the north side
Elmwood on the south side
Springlake on the north side
Wedgewood on the north side

Dancing -

The Scene
Wedgewood's dance parties
What was the name of the dance club in Midwest City?

Food -
Sambo's on classen
Glen's Hickory Inn on NW 10th
Dolores on 23rd
Kip's Big Boy on N. May
Geno's on S. Agnew
Carnation Ice Cream on 23rd and Western
Billie Lee's Pies on 23rd around Shartel
Sussy's Pizza on Lincoln
89er Inn on Lincoln - they had a great restaurant
Governor's Club on Lincoln
Spit-T
Shipman's on S. Robinson - can't leave it out...the fried chicken, yeast biscuits and honey were awesome
Herman's Seafood on Classen
Der Dutchmann on NW Expwy

Clothing -

C.R. Anthony - all over the North Side
Mr. Buck's
Varsity Shop
Rothschild's
Napolean Nash
Kerr's

Drug Stores -

Hyde's Drug at 50th and N. Shartel - they had a lunch counter
Art's Drug Store on Western North of 68th
Conrad Marr in the Village
Katz in Mayfair

More later...

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ALL great Places....All are closed. We were southsiders but we frequented most of the places you just named. About the time you were cruising though I was married.....Oh Well, they were great places anyways. The Glen's Parking sign is still there. I think I'm going to try and find out who is building the new strip center there and see if we can get it for the Historical group....
Hey, I saw one of the old TG&Y buyers yesterday at the Fair....

[RealJimbo]

Just reviewed the whole thread and realized that I just repeated MYSELF! Well, I just gotta stop trying to work and do this at the same time. Can't chew gum and walk.

Quick on the draw there, Bob.

[Prunepicker]

Start at Quick's on Classen (the security cop rode a Yamaha 350 scrambler)
go to Hollie's, then to the Spot (southside) then back through Hollie's, then
back to Quick's. Wish I had all that gasoline back.

I guess you don't remember when Officer Rains got his Kawasaki Mark III!
We had just finished visiting with him, he was going home, and took off west
on N.W. 32nd (?) After he took off we never saw the front wheel hit the
ground!

I was a northside cruising southsider!

[Prunepicker]

Just reviewed the whole thread and realized that I just repeated MYSELF!
Well, I just gotta stop trying to work and do this at the same time. Can't
chew gum and walk.

Quick on the draw there, Bob.

We don't mind. Once it changes to another page we'll all forget it and need a
refresher. But these are your memories and you might add a twist.

[Prunepicker]

When did Dolores's close? I remember seeing a post card with the
restaurant. Wasn't it named after the owners daughter?

[perrygreen]

I have a vague memory coming through from the mid to late 80's...63rd between Meridian and MacArthur, there was a little strip mall with a Hostess Bakery shop and a soccer store I think. For a short while, there was a little dirt track with jumps and stuff behind that strip center. This was all pretty close to Rollingwood Elementary.

[Prunepicker]

I have a vague memory coming through from the mid to late 80's...63rd
between Meridian and MacArthur, there was a little strip mall with a Hostess
Bakery shop and a soccer store I think. For a short while, there was a little
dirt track with jumps and stuff behind that strip center. This was all pretty
close to Rollingwood Elementary.

It's still there. Just east of MacArthur. I think it's a Dolly Madison.

[mugofbeer]

19th & Portland, there used to be a donut shop, a place where you could race slot cars and a place you could play ping pong.

[bluedogok]

19th & Portland, there used to be a donut shop, a place where you could race slot cars and a place you could play ping pong.

Frankie's BIG Doughnut..still the best that I have had.

[progressiveboy]

They still have the milk bottle on Classen. And that weird helmet shaped building on 30th (30th?). There was a hamburger place right next to it with something like 19 cent burgers. Or .25 - somthing like that.

I used to go with my best friend to wash her volkswagon at the carwash on Classen near thirtieth and we'd hit Baskin Robbins and Pizza Inn on that strip. I'd get a scoop of vanilla and daquairi [sic] Ice - when I was a kid I thought it had alcohol in it and that was my way of being bad.

Yeah, Shepherd Mall at Christmas - our chorus always performed.

The hamburger shop your talking about was Quicks Hamburgers. It was on about 31st and Classen if I recall.

[Prunepicker]

The hamburger shop your talking about was Quick's Hamburgers. It was on
about 31st and Classen if I recall.

You are correctomundo. Quick's was one of my fave hang outs.

[Prunepicker]

Frankie's BIG Doughnut... still the best that I have had.

Was that on N.W. 19th & N. Portland?

[bluedogok]

Yes, in the building on the northeast corner facing Portland a little down from the corner. They closed in the mid 80's when Frankie retired.

[RealJimbo]

Old fashioned strip on NW 36th and Western. South end, Safeway then a little independent hardware store then a cleaners then T.G.&Y. then Humpty Dumpty on the north end. Now it is all Bruno's and the Cock O' The Walk is still right across the street where it always has been. We went there every Saturday. My folks would go in Humpty Dumpty to buy groceries (4 big sacks for $20) while we kids terrorized the T.G.&Y. next door. Can't tell you how many sacks of fresh hot redskin peanuts I ate there while I shopped for model cars, kites, pocket knives, etc. I just couldn't resist the smell of those fresh peanuts.

[Generals64]

Old fashioned strip on NW 36th and Western. South end, Safeway then a little independent hardware store then a cleaners then T.G.&Y. then Humpty Dumpty on the north end. Now it is all Bruno's and the Cock O' The Walk is still right across the street where it always has been. We went there every Saturday. My folks would go in Humpty Dumpty to buy groceries (4 big sacks for $20) while we kids terrorized the T.G.&Y. next door. Can't tell you how many sacks of fresh hot redskin peanuts I ate there while I shopped for model cars, kites, pocket knives, etc. I just couldn't resist the smell of those fresh peanuts.

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I can remember when they would cook those nuts and the Cashews....Would come in and work the candy counter just for "Free" Peanuts.....more than once....

[RealJimbo]

That is still a soft spot for me...but it is getting harder and harder to find a place that serves nuts warm. (Now don't get ahead of me)

[papaOU]

That is still a soft spot for me...but it is getting harder and harder to find a place that serves nuts warm. (Now don't get ahead of me)

I remember dad always getting them when we went to Sears. It seemed gigantic that candy and nut kiosk.

[Generals64]

I remember dad always getting them when we went to Sears. It seemed gigantic that candy and nut kiosk.

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The profit margin was so high and the volume was so much that they TG&Y and Sears and other stores made it a special thing. Then some Idiot came up with the idea of pre cooking and having a hot light over them.....I can remember the lady (Mrs. Andrews) would cook the Nuts on Thursdays so she could capitalize on the sales through the week-end.....As in an earlier post, I would come in early or if off I'd come in anyway just to help her cook those Cashews and Peanuts....The Cashews had to be cook a certain way but every now and then she would cook them a little too long and those were the ones I wanted.....Now, I've gotta go to the Store and fix some.....I would take those that were cooked too long for her inspection home and heat them in the oven in an Iron skillet with a little oil and Tabasco....Then let them dry on a towel.....to die for.....

[RealJimbo]

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The profit margin was so high and the volume was so much that they TG&Y and Sears and other stores made it a special thing. Then some Idiot came up with the idea of pre cooking and having a hot light over them.....I can remember the lady (Mrs. Andrews) would cook the Nuts on Thursdays so she could capitalize on the sales through the week-end.....As in an earlier post, I would come in early or if off I'd come in anyway just to help her cook those Cashews and Peanuts....The Cashews had to be cook a certain way but every now and then she would cook them a little too long and those were the ones I wanted.....Now, I've gotta go to the Store and fix some.....I would take those that were cooked too long for her inspection home and heat them in the oven in an Iron skillet with a little oil and Tabasco....Then let them dry on a towel.....to die for.....

Oh gosh, stop it! Yer killin' me!

[Generals64]

Oh gosh, stop it! Yer killin' me!

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Yeah, but I'm right....Another thing we were taught in the store operations was to keep the Popcorn machine going....It used to cost 3 cents for bag, corn, and cooking ingredients for a 10 cent bag....5 cents for the 25 cent bag....I used to keep the 25 cent bag full in the machine....Then on Saturdays I would have the candy girl fill the smallest white candy bag with popcorn and she would go through the store and give "Free" (1 bag) Popcorn....Of course they (the customers) would have it eaten before the girl got down the aisle so they would go and buy a 25 cent bag....used to sell so much candy and popcorn by the bulk.......Kept a Coleman ice chest with Coke and Dr. Pepper out to they were 7 cents cost and sold them for 25 cents....."Suggestive Selling"......But boy did it work....

[papaOU]

Seems like someone on one of these threads worked at one of the kiosks and they also had tobacco products at one end.

[Generals64]

Old Southside boy remembering that on the North Side of OKC we used to always go and look at Christmas lights......There was a street off N. May Avenue (Middle Sex road) that had some quite extravagant displays in the 60's..And, as always, Nichols hills always shined during this time of year....