What businesses do you miss?

[bluedogok]

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.

Thanks, next time we are up there we will have to give it a try.

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.

Yes, my parents get pizza and calzones from there and we sometimes get some stuff from there when we are in town. There is a small independent here that I know the owner, I need to get him to make some like the Sammy's/Pizza House. When I lived near Mayfair there was a place across from NW Classen H.S. that had the same type of calzones and I ordered from them.

[SOUTHSIDE GIRL]

Streets, Anthony's Otasco and TG & Y in the Reding Shopping center. DQ and Tastee Freeze at 29th and Santa Fe .........they had the best Limades (made with plain water) in town.

[MsDarkstar]

Some of these have been mentioned, and some are probably pretty obscure lol.

Starwinds on N. May (they sold incense & other "mystical" things)
the Converse Store (also on N. May)
Mr. Steak in Norman - my grandparents used to take me there.
The Playhouse - children's clothing store in Moore, in the City of Moore shopping center
The Fashion Box - Ladies clothing store in Moore ; my grandmother shopped there ALL the time.
The Blackeyed Pea on NW Expressway - I loved their squash cassarole.
Der Duchman/Zaider Ze (or however you spelled it)
Molly Murphy's
TG&Y
Venture
Taco Tico in Moore
The Dynasty Chinese restaurant that was in the City of Moore shopping center.
Otasco
Pratt's in Moore and the video rental place in front.

Some places that are still around, but just not the same as they used to be:
Chuck E. Cheese
Arbuckle Wilderness

[Generals64]

Some of these have been mentioned, and some are probably pretty obscure lol.

Starwinds on N. May (they sold incense & other "mystical" things)
the Converse Store (also on N. May)
Mr. Steak in Norman - my grandparents used to take me there.
The Playhouse - children's clothing store in Moore, in the City of Moore shopping center
The Fashion Box - Ladies clothing store in Moore ; my grandmother shopped there ALL the time.
The Blackeyed Pea on NW Expressway - I loved their squash cassarole.
Der Duchman/Zaider Ze (or however you spelled it)
Molly Murphy's
TG&Y
Venture
Taco Tico in Moore
The Dynasty Chinese restaurant that was in the City of Moore shopping center.
Otasco
Pratt's in Moore and the video rental place in front.

Some places that are still around, but just not the same as they used to be:
Chuck E. Cheese
Arbuckle Wilderness

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[MsDarkstar]

Thanks! I've been around some, but mostly just in the food & Moore threads. I'll try to be more active here in the nostalgia threads

[gen70]

Is Scott chevrolet still in business? I bought my first new car there, it was a 1972 Monte Carlo.

[oneforone]

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.

Unless, I am mistaken some of the Del Rancho's still sell Broasted Chicken.

[USG '60]

Is Scott chevrolet still in business? I bought my first new car there, it was a 1972 Monte Carlo.

No. But I bought my first new car from them too. '65 Corvair Corsa. Gads, I wish I had it back.

[CCOKC]

The Blackeyed Pea on NW Expressway - I loved their squash cassarole.

Funny, I had dinner at my mom's tonight and she made a dish she called Blackeyed Pea's Squash Casserole. I don't remember eating the dish at the Blackeyed Pea but others there tonight thought it tasted the same. Not sure where she got the recipe but I am sure it is floating around the internets somewhere. Her brother-in-law brought Herman's cole slaw. Same story there.

[papaOU]

Funny, I had dinner at my mom's tonight and she made a dish she called Blackeyed Pea's Squash Casserole. I don't remember eating the dish at the Blackeyed Pea but others there tonight thought it tasted the same. Not sure where she got the recipe but I am sure it is floating around the internets somewhere. Her brother-in-law brought Herman's cole slaw. Same story there.

And the recipe for Herman's cole saw is................??????????

[aubreytodd@hotmail.com]

Ditto on everything you said..Continental was the best theatre and I also loved walking around in French Market Mall...I dont know why...probably the first place I remember seeing mall walkers. We always walked around before getting in the neverending line at furrs.

I know some of these have already been mentioned but heres my list.

Kips Big Boy on may ave.
Dairy Queen
Shotgun Sams
Across the street (may and Hefner)
Eagles Nest
Split T
Molly Murphys
Glens Hickory Inn
All the cafetrerias (I dont know why)
Casa Bonita
Bonapartes Drive In
Taco Tico (loved their taco burgers)
Burger Shack..(Only open for a short time at Rockwell and 39th) best burgers!

and there was a breakfast type diner at May and Grand that changed names several times...seems like it had a putting green...I cant remember the name. Alot of restaurants..I must be getting hungry.

Otasco.. I miss Timothy
TG&Y
Hook and slice
The original hobby lobby
The original Beverlys
Anthonys

I'm 35 (grew up in okc in late '70s, and '80s. I lived at NW 39th and Portland. Around '78-'79 I used to walk with my mom to the TG&Y at 39th and Portland, and Casa Bonita was like two doors down in that strip mall (There was an IGA and a barber shop on the other end of the mall, where we bought groceries and got my hair cut with my dad until I was around 16). Otasco and Anthony's (the one by the other TG&Y on N. May), I spent many hours there growing up also. Remember Crystal's Pizza on NW Expressway? (loved that place) I'm trying to find O'Mealy's bakery descendants who might be willing to share the recipe for Harvey's lemon cake. My mom turns 60 today, and if I could attempt to make that cake for her, that would totally make her day on a hard day for her. I also used to eat "Chicken in the rough" at the original Beverly's

[gen70]

Peach's records and tapes.

[papaOU]

The Capitol Hill Bakery

The Capitol Hill Ice Cream Store/Shop (?). One item they had that probably not be on the menu today was an "egg" malt or shake. It was a regular type malt with a raw egg added. They also had cake malts. Take one of the two hostess cupcakes and put it in the malt with the other goodies. Yum-Yum

[Prunepicker]

And the recipe for Herman's cole saw is?

This may be it. I can't find the waitress who served us when we ate there.
Her name was Betty. She had the recipe, because that was one of her jobs
at Herman's.

This may be the recipe. Prunette and I made some a couple of weeks ago
and it's very good.

Herman’s Coleslaw

3 pound head of cabbage, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 large green pepper, chopped
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup olive oil
3/4 cup vinegar
2 TB sugar
1 TB salt
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon dry mustard

Mix the cabbage, onion and green pepper with the 1 cup sugar. Let it sit
for one full hour. Bring to boil the oil, vinegar, 2 TB sugar, salt, celery seed
and dry mustard. Pour the mixture over cabbage mix and refrigerate for 4
hours or longer before serving. Mix again and serve.

[gen70]

Ray's bar-b-que
El Rancho Sanchez
Fox and Horn
El Charrito
Der Dutchman
Steak and Ale
Leo's
Almost every cafateria in town
Los Tacos
Chilinos
Taco Bueno
Texanna Red's
Cajuns Warf

[gen70]

Moore's little Mexico
Sooner Bar-b-que
Wilkerson's Drive-In
Hungry Peddler
Pearl's
Poncho's[Really!]
Don's Drive-In
What-A-Burger
Casa Bonita
Taco Tico
Niccoloci's
Little Italy
Del Rancho
Circus Time
Catfish Cabin
ShotGun Sam's
Jr's
Crockett's
Shipman's
Pioneer Pie's
Black Eyed Peas
Kip's Big Boy
Taco Mayo
Girlie's
Denco's
Herman's
Chinese joint @ 44th and May
Across the Street
Sirloin Stockade
Church's chicken
Golden fried chicken
Roundup Cafe
Cattleman's
Shakey's
A@W Rootbeer
Coit's
Cherry's
A-1 Cafe
Beazley's
Drugstore lunch counter's
Coney Island Hot Dogs
Pizza Planet
Ann's
Roy Rogers
Capitol Hill Ice Cream

[Prunepicker]

Moore's little Mexico
Sooner Bar-b-que
Wilkerson's Drive-In
Hungry Peddler
Pearl's
Poncho's[Really!] Spelled Pancho's. A Poncho is a raincoat LOL!
Don's Drive-In
What-A-Burger
Casa Bonita
Taco Tico
Niccoloci's
Little Italy
Del Rancho
Circus Time
Catfish Cabin
ShotGun Sam's
Jr's
Crockett's
Shipman's
Pioneer Pie's
Black Eyed Peas
Kip's Big Boy
Taco Mayo
Girlie's
Denco's
Herman's
Chinese joint @ 44th and May (Chan's)
Across the Street
Sirloin Stockade
Church's chicken
Golden fried chicken
Roundup Cafe
Cattleman's
Shakey's
A@W Rootbeer
Coit's
Cherry's
A-1 Cafe
Beazley's
Drugstore lunch counter's
Coney Island Hot Dogs
Pizza Planet
Ann's
Roy Rogers
Capitol Hill Ice Cream

Some of these are still around. Do you miss them because you no longer
live here?

The drug store in Nichol's Hills Plaza has a great lunch counter. Tres bon!
Try it the next time you're in town.

Jr's, do you mean Juniors? It's still open. JR Chicken ranch? Gone.

It seems that there were several A-1 Cafe's. One was on Britton Road.
Where was the one you remember?

Are there no Church's Chicken's in NC?

I highlighted the businesses that are still open.

[gen70]

1. yes
2. yes, been there
3. Juniors
4. 39th @ close to Ann Arbor
5. not where I live
6. I knew some were still open but, I miss em cause they aren't avaliable round here

[papaOU]

1. yes
2. yes, been there
3. Juniors
4. 39th @ close to Ann Arbor
5. not where I live
6. I knew some were still open but, I miss em cause they aren't avaliable round here

Sooner bar-b-q is still open. Don't know the hours though.

[gen70]

Chan's....Ahhhhhhh!
Sooner bar-b-q....Ahhhhhh!
The memories flood.

[Generals64]

Chan's....Ahhhhhhh!
Sooner bar-b-q....Ahhhhhh!
The memories flood.

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Do you remember Ellen's Grille?.....How about the Homemade pies with the mile high Meringue?????My mother used to bake those pies at Ellens.....That's how I have always had a physique like Prunepicker's.....But Coconut Cream Pies were GRRRREAT......Long before Tony the Tiger......Chocolate was to die for.....

[gen70]

Where was Ellen's?

[Generals64]

Where was Ellen's?

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There were five or six of them around town....My mother worked at the one on 42nd/S. Penn and there was one across from the old Train Depot downtown....She would bake the pies for them different stores at the one on s. Penn.....Miss her and the pies too.....

[Prunepicker]

... My mother used to bake those pies at Ellens. That's how I have always
had a physique like Prunepicker's.

I'm going to open my own chain of body building schools.

[papaOU]

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There were five or six of them around town....My mother worked at the one on 42nd/S. Penn and there was one across from the old Train Depot downtown....She would bake the pies for them different stores at the one on s. Penn.....Miss her and the pies too.....

Which old Train Depot? My grandmother worked at Chick's Burger Bar which was on California directly across the street from the Santa Fe Depot from the early 50's until it closed for urban-renewal. She later bought the little diner that is still at 26th and S. Walker until (?) I don't remember. It closed when Capitol Hill pretty much shut down. It was like a lot of diners at that time, breakfast and lunch. Closed around 3:00 or 3:30.

Don't remember where Chick's got their pies but Grandma got hers from Chet's. Used Jack's Potato House, Cox Tomatoes, lard (Clabber Girl?) that was brought in tin cans once a week.

I'd give anything to have a "REAL" chocolate Boston Cream Pie!! No body makes them anymore. There are only a few places that still use real meringue. I was told by a baker that most younger people want the sticky stuff or a creme based topping. How about egg-custard pies.

SouthSide Girl is said to make a wicked chocolate cake.