Bye bye Luby's

[4th&Five 41506]

6 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

Aren’t all flavors of liver objectionable?

Not if you pair it with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. 

[Texzilla58 4731]

It’s Sunday. Reading this makes me want to drive to ft worth and get in line for plate of fried chicken. But I won’t…

[CTC2 2791]

Nothing takes me back to the 1980's more than going in a Luby's.  In the 70's and early 80's there was not a restaurant on every corner and Luby's was my parents go to.  Probably twice a week.  Amazing that the food has not changed at all which probably explains why they had financial trouble.

Was always partial to the fried chicken, square fish, turkey and dressing, enchiladas. fried okra, pinto beans, black-eyed peas, that strawberry shortcake thingy that always looked better than it tasted, cherry pie and an overcooked crispy on the outside brick of jalapeño cornbread.

The still have the lady pushing the cart around refilling drinks?  Don't know why but I would always ask for a wet napkin as a kid.

[elfenix 34221]

4 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

 Amazing that the food has not changed at all

the pappas changed stuff when they took it over.  ex: changed canned green beans for fresh.  which made the olds complain because they could no longer gum the green beans. 

[DalTxHornFan 3097]

58 minutes ago, elfenix said:

the pappas changed stuff when they took it over.  ex: changed canned green beans for fresh.  which made the olds complain because they could no longer gum the green beans. 

They did upgrade certain of the food experience with fresh vegetables and much better quality seafood.  There was definitely some sticker shock when the sides were priced over $1.50 -$2.50.  Welcome to the real world, olds!

[WBT 20559]

16 hours ago, CTC2 said:

The still have the lady pushing the cart around refilling drinks?  

They do not.  I think that's what started the decline.

[CooterBrown 18002]

Somehow the Luby’s on Steck is still open and delicious. Went with the classic combo last night.

[Brisketexan 105044]

^^^

That's a home run ball there, that's what that is.

[Kel Varnsen 8458]

I disagree. No pie.

[elfenix 34221]

40 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Somehow the Luby’s on Steck is still open and delicious. Went with the classic combo last night.

 

 

edit: i guess it was the other one over on 183 that's mentioned.  maybe the list changed. 

Edited April 6, 2022 by elfenix

[Brisketexan 105044]

6 minutes ago, elfenix said:

 

 

edit: i guess it was the other one over on 183 that's mentioned.  maybe the list changed. 

No, the Steck location is still on the chopping block.  But real estate transactions and projects take time.  So it will operate until a buyer shuts down the location to scrape the lot and build a hi-rise.

[DalTxHornFan 3097]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

No, the Steck location is still on the chopping block.  But real estate transactions and projects take time.  So it will operate until a buyer shuts down the location to scrape the lot and build a hi-rise.

You'd have to sell a shit-ton of chicken fried steak to equal the highest and best use of that site.  Of course, Austin being Austin, the neighborhood association is doing its best to impede this re-development.

[Brisketexan 105044]

Just now, DalTxHornFan said:

You'd have to sell a shit-ton of chicken fried steak to equal the highest and best use of that site.  Of course, Austin being Austin, the neighborhood association is doing its best to impede this re-development.

Yeah, a cafeteria there is no longer a viable highest and best use.  But.....every day of bureaucratic wrangling is another day of Luby's near my house, so I'll take it for now.

[tx 3 putt 76862]

The Lubys holiday dinner pack was damn good. 

[utee94 15797]

Just after college I dated a girl whose favorite restaurant was Luby's.  LuAnn platter at that Steck location and then back to my apartment off Far West for the night, was a guaranteed good time.  She was every bit as hot as she was crazy.  Sorry no pics, it was before Al Gore invented the internet and digital cameras.

 

 

[conVINCEd 21469]

I need to hop in the car and head south before that Steck location closes down.  I basically  had a meal plan there the year I lived in the apartments next door.

[HenryJames 66034]

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

Somehow the Luby’s on Steck is still open and delicious.

That parking lot is entirely too steep for the amount of olds that eat there.

[Texzilla58 4731]

Somehow the Luby’s on Steck is still open and delicious. Went with the classic combo last night.

The cream gravy on the cfs and brown on the taters is something I’ve never heerd of. Mainly because we only got one gravy at home. Tell me Cooter how was it? That’s like a wrinkle in the space/time continuum that requires me to drive to the other side of Ft Worth to experience for myself. It’s now a quest.

I question jalapeño cornbread without copious butter pats.

Overall high marks except from the Mexia judge. She demands green beans.

[tx 3 putt 76862]

He’s missing the cream cheese stuffed jalapeño and Mac cheese as a third side

[gsoda3 3245]

Kid had an allergic reaction at preschool today so I picked him up and brought him to the steck location. Nothing a little red jello can't fix

[Steamboat1874 4048]

Their CFS is outstanding as is the CF Chicken.

[Guest Lobo]

Does Luby’s own that plot in Steck or just in a ground lease?   

[CooterBrown 18002]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

That parking lot is entirely too steep for the amount of olds that eat there.

That's a point of discussion every time we go there.  That lot was built to kill old people.  The entrance to the Mopac service road is horrific and begs for a head on collision with either that concrete median or another car, you park at such a steep cross slope that whoever is on the lower side is going have their door fly open and hit the neighboring car. Don't get out too fast or you're going to roll down the hill.  Survive all of that and you have that hike up to the door that probably rivals many Himalayan treks. In the end, you are rewarded though.

[CooterBrown 18002]

1 hour ago, Texzilla58 said:

The cream gravy on the cfs and brown on the taters is something I’ve never heerd of. Mainly because we only got one gravy at home. Tell me Cooter how was it? That’s like a wrinkle in the space/time continuum that requires me to drive to the other side of Ft Worth to experience for myself. It’s now a quest.

I question jalapeño cornbread without copious butter pats.

Overall high marks except from the Mexia judge. She demands green beans.

Always get both gravies. Always.

The cornbread got plenty of butter once I sat down.

My kid got green beans. I ate her leftovers.

[SimonBolivar 10957]

11 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Always get both gravies. Always.

Yeah I thought this was a given.

[DalTxHornFan 3097]

2 hours ago, Lobo said:

Does Luby’s own that plot in Steck or just in a ground lease?   

Owned, though I think it is under contract contingent upon getting the zoning changes the buyer wants.  That location was not included in last year's $88 MM sale of a portfolio of 26 store locations to Store Capital.

Edited April 6, 2022 by DalTxHornFan

[Texzilla58 4731]

Yeah I thought this was a given.

Sorry but my entire life when it came to gravy the carpet matched the drapes. Cream gravy on CFS, fried chicken, and pork chops. Brown gravy with roast beef. And the same on accompanying mashed taters. I will try this next time I stumble i to a Luby’s.

[Steamboat1874 4048]

3 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Sorry but my entire life when it came to gravy the carpet matched the drapes. Cream gravy on CFS, fried chicken, and pork chops. Brown gravy with roast beef. And the same on accompanying mashed taters. I will try this next time I stumble i to a Luby’s.

This but I do not even want gravy on my mashed potatoes 

Just butter….I can always dip a bite of CFS with gravy into the mashed potatoes if I like.

[Pablo 494]

I grew up in North Austin as a kiddo, but I went to elementary school down the street from Highland Mall. 

Highland Mall had a Luby's that we would visit about twice a week, which was really my parent's splurge for eating dinner out.

Man, I would go to town on CFS, mashed potatoes, corn and fried okra everytime we went there.

Occasionally I mixed it up with the Fried Chicken, dark meat, of course, because that was great also.

Damn, good times!

[CooterBrown 18002]

This but I do not even want gravy on my mashed potatoes 
Just butter….I can always dip a bite of CFS with gravy into the mashed potatoes if I like.

Cream gravy covered CFS, dipped in brown gravy mashed taters, and then dipped in ketchup.

[Steamboat1874 4048]

11 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Cream gravy covered CFS, dipped in brown gravy mashed taters, and then dipped in ketchup.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that at all.

[Steamboat1874 4048]

11 hours ago, Pablo said:

I grew up in North Austin as a kiddo, but I went to elementary school down the street from Highland Mall. 

Highland Mall had a Luby's that we would visit about twice a week, which was really my parent's splurge for eating dinner out.

Man, I would go to town on CFS, mashed potatoes, corn and fried okra everytime we went there.

Occasionally I mixed it up with the Fried Chicken, dark meat, of course, because that was great also.

Damn, good times!

I also grew up near Highland Mall and frequently went to that Luby's.

That is where I became hooked on the mac and cheese which you can buy frozen at HEB and it is damn good.

I also loved that place called Britanny's (sic) where there was a phone at each table to ordere your food and when the red let came on you went and picked it up. They had great flamed kissed burgers (think Holiday House) there.

[utee94 15797]

13 hours ago, Pablo said:

I grew up in North Austin as a kiddo, but I went to elementary school down the street from Highland Mall. 

Highland Mall had a Luby's that we would visit about twice a week, which was really my parent's splurge for eating dinner out.

Man, I would go to town on CFS, mashed potatoes, corn and fried okra everytime we went there.

Occasionally I mixed it up with the Fried Chicken, dark meat, of course, because that was great also.

Damn, good times!

Webb?  I was bussed to Webb for grades 4,5,6, and then to Martin for 7 and 8.  

[Pablo 494]

4 hours ago, utee94 said:

Webb?  I was bussed to Webb for grades 4,5,6, and then to Martin for 7 and 8.  

Reily Elementary, right down the street from the old Butter Krust bakery.

I would have gone to Lamar High School, but I grew up in the North side and ended up going to Dobie Jr High and then Reagan.

[utee94 15797]

30 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Reily Elementary, right down the street from the old Butter Krust bakery.

I would have gone to Lamar High School, but I grew up in the North side and ended up going to Dobie Jr High and then Reagan.

We did field trips to the Butterkrust bakery every year in grade school.  I'm still not sure I've ever tasted anything since, as perfect as the hot, fresh, buttered roll at the end of the tour.

 

[tx 3 putt 76862]

unpopular pick - liver and onions was my go to. hands down. damn that's delicious there 

[CooterBrown 18002]

unpopular pick - liver and onions was my go to. hands down. damn that's delicious there 

Used to be my go to growing up. As an adult who tries to eat healthy 9 out of 10 meals, CFS is a far more acceptable option than liver with 2400% of your daily cholesterol intake.

[tx 3 putt 76862]

4 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Used to be my go to growing up. As an adult who tries to eat healthy 9 out of 10 meals, CFS is a far more acceptable option than liver with 2400% of your daily cholesterol intake.

healthy cholesterol ?

im fortunate, my cholesterol runs on the low side 

[Texzilla58 4731]

My mother generally got liver and onions as neither my old man or I would eat it. Yuck. She also liked their baked fish. Yuck.

I enjoyed their cheese enchiladas as they were like what my mom made when I was a kid. I also liked their meat loaf and fried chicken.

[Monty Capuletti 107]

At the Luby’s on Steck right now. Always had a soft spot for the fish brick. The chocolate icebox pie has always been one of my favorites.

[billfromlaketravis 11445]

The location in West Houston on Westheimer is pretty damned solid. 290 and 34th is OK. I can’t recommend the location on Kingwood. 
 

I go Cleburne’s more frequently, but it’s basically the same thing. Portions are better at Cleburne’s, but they make you pay for it. 
 

I’ll probably go after church this weekend. Ham, sweet potatoes, mac and cheese, jalapeño cornbread with the pepper sauce, cream cheese jalapeño, slice of pecan pie, and a cup of coffee. Quart of stuffing to go. I make meatloaf with it. 
 

No. I’m not old. Just an old soul.

[4th&Five 41506]

20 minutes ago, Monty Capuletti said:

At the Luby’s on Steck right now. Always had a soft spot for the fish brick. The chocolate icebox pie has always been one of my favorites.

Where's the tartar sauce?

[Monty Capuletti 107]

24 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Where's the tartar sauce?

Have to admit I'm not a fan of it.

[Dbeasy 15040]

22 hours ago, Pablo said:

Reily Elementary, right down the street from the old Butter Krust bakery.

I would have gone to Lamar High School, but I grew up in the North side and ended up going to Dobie Jr High and then Reagan.

What years were you at Reagan

[Pablo 494]

25 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

What years were you at Reagan

88-92

[Js1 85258]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

The location in West Houston on Westheimer is pretty damned solid. 290 and 34th is OK. I can’t recommend the location on Kingwood. 
 

I go Cleburne’s more frequently, but it’s basically the same thing. Portions are better at Cleburne’s, but they make you pay for it. 
 

I’ll probably go after church this weekend. Ham, sweet potatoes, mac and cheese, jalapeño cornbread with the pepper sauce, cream cheese jalapeño, slice of pecan pie, and a cup of coffee. Quart of stuffing to go. I make meatloaf with it. 
 

No. I’m not old. Just an old soul.

I love Cleburne’s. A go to when I worked in greenway plaza 

[gsoda3 3245]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I go Cleburne’s more frequently, but it’s basically the same thing. Portions are better at Cleburne’s, but they make you pay for it. 

 

21 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I love Cleburne’s. A go to when I worked in greenway plaza 

i thought cleburne's closed for good??  now you're telling me they're back?  

[Js1 85258]

2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

 

i thought cleburne's closed for good??  now you're telling me they're back?  

I stopped working in GP in 2019 and left Houston. So no idea 

[billfromlaketravis 11445]

11 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

 

i thought cleburne's closed for good??  now you're telling me they're back?  

I think they “burnt down” during Harvey. They rebuilt bigger and better about 18 months later. They are definitely open right now. 

[Underdog 28544]

3 hours ago, Monty Capuletti said:

At the Luby’s on Steck right now. Always had a soft spot for the fish brick. The chocolate icebox pie has always been one of my favorites.

What’s the backstory on the 4pcs of corn being separated from the others?  

#TeamLiver&Onions

 

Edited April 8, 2022 by Underdog