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  1. #126

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    Quote Originally Posted by MsDarkstar View Post
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by Prunepicker View Post
    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.

  2. #127

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    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.

  3. #128

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    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

  4. #129

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    Quote Originally Posted by MsDarkstar View Post
    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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  5. #130

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    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

  6. #131

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    Is Scott chevrolet still in business? I bought my first new car there, it was a 1972 Monte Carlo.
    Last edited by gen70; 07-29-2009 at 10:50 AM. Reason: fix

  7. #132

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    Quote Originally Posted by papaOU View Post
    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.

  8. #133

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    Quote Originally Posted by gen70 View Post
    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.

  9. #134

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    Quote Originally Posted by MsDarkstar View Post
    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.

  10. #135

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCOKC View Post
    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................??????????

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    Quote Originally Posted by westsidesooner View Post
    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

  12. #137

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    Peach's records and tapes.

  13. #138

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    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

  14. #139
    Prunepicker Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by papaOU View Post
    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.

  15. #140

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    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
    Last edited by gen70; 07-31-2009 at 10:03 AM. Reason: add

  16. #141

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    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

  17. #142
    Prunepicker Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by gen70 View Post
    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.

  18. #143

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    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

  19. #144

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    Quote Originally Posted by gen70 View Post
    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.

  20. #145

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

  21. #146

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    Quote Originally Posted by gen70 View Post
    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.....

  22. #147

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    Where was Ellen's?

  23. #148

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    Quote Originally Posted by gen70 View Post
    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.....

  24. #149
    Prunepicker Guest

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    Quote Originally Posted by Generals64 View Post
    ... 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.

  25. #150

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    Quote Originally Posted by Generals64 View Post
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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.

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