Golden Corral, Pancho's and Other Low-Brow Eateries of Your Youth

[SimonBolivar 10958]

On 11/30/2021 at 5:24 PM, CHIEF said:

 

Chicken Express is the "go to" in all the small towns around here.

In my advanced analytics of my gut I have

 

Chicken Express > Bush's > Golden Chick

Edited December 2, 2021 by SimonBolivar

[Brisketexan 105132]

10 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

In my advanced analytics of my gut I have

 

Chicken Express > Bush's > Golden Chick

Your ordering is correct.  Much of that score is related to the offering of fried innards by CE.

[CHIEF 5086]

7 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

In my advanced analytics of my gut I have

 

Chicken Express > Bush's > Golden Chick

CHIEF Jr. will go to the Golden Chick, in Granbury, they sell their "Lotta Zing" spice in a shaker container. He will then walk next door to Chicken Express to buy gizzards. He says their "Serendipity" spice is too salty. We have a couple of shakers of "Lotta Zing" in the truck to use on the gizzards we pick up in Graham or Seymour at Chicken E, and then sprinkle them with Golden Chick spice. I have to say, he is correct on this combo.

CHIEF

[RPM 26320]

Living in Wise County severely limited your options in the 80's-90's but there was always the Alvord Truck Stop. Open 24/7 and had kick ass mexican food. They also had a bar in the back that was hopping. Live band or DJ on the weekends. We'd hit that place and tear up some fajitas and enchiladas. The secret off the menu was the fajita nachos. Had a full order of fajita meat and cost a lot less. Left more money for beer. Sometime around 2000 a corporation bought the place and thought it was a bad idea to have a bar in a truckstop. Cocksuckers.

[SimonBolivar 10958]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Your ordering is correct.  Much of that score is related to the offering of fried innards by CE.

That and I'm by no means a roll hater, but there's something about dipping a biscuit in that gravy at the end of the meal that completes it.

[next2naus 439]

Who else went to 39 cent hmburgers in High School?

[Native Horn 3504]

1 hour ago, next2naus said:

Who else went to 39 cent hmburgers in High School?

Anderson Lane location, where y Mas is now.

[Kel Varnsen 8460]

Bag of Burgers from Short Stop was my family's Friday night goto.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Your ordering is correct.  Much of that score is related to the offering of fried innards by CE.

and fried okra

[Mo Horn 8835]

Burger Chef was my favorite as a kid. 

[SimonBolivar 10958]

1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said:

Bag of Burgers from Short Stop was my family's Friday night goto.

Looks like that's still a thing for $20 now.

[Storm the Field 5294]

As a child growing up in Beaumont in the 80's/90's a trip to Parkdale Mall wasn't complete without a visit to Piccadilly. Fried fish, mac and cheese and fried okra. It's a wonder I wasn't a fat little turd.

From some googling, it appears to have closed down for good in 2008, which is honestly shocking to me that it was still open that recently. 

There was also a Po' Folks near our first house. God knows how many times my parents took us their since kids under 10 ate free, but I was so young back then I don't really remember anything about the food.

[Brisketexan 105132]

We were definitely lower middle class when I was a youngun.  This was dad's absolute favorite treat on a Friday night, for a fantastic dinner out in Houston....

[956 Worldwide 34713]

On 12/1/2021 at 5:35 AM, tx 3 putt said:

 

el pato is the BOMB !!!!!!

Yeah, El Pato is still the bomb. When I was a really little kid, like 4, they’d make a PBJ taco served warm. Still a place I hit up, carne guisada going strong. 

[Kel Varnsen 8460]

1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said:

Looks like that's still a thing for $20 now.

My memory seems to think it was under $10 in the 80s. Still a good deal today, but I haven't had a SS burger in 10-15 years.

Edited December 2, 2021 by Kel Varnsen

[Deej 76781]

Short Stop is still the shit. Just don't go on Saturday. The fries taste like the fish from the Friday special.

[Steel Shank 9425]

5 hours ago, RPM said:

Living in Wise County severely limited your options in the 80's-90's but there was always the Alvord Truck Stop. Open 24/7 and had kick ass mexican food. They also had a bar in the back that was hopping. Live band or DJ on the weekends. We'd hit that place and tear up some fajitas and enchiladas. The secret off the menu was the fajita nachos. Had a full order of fajita meat and cost a lot less. Left more money for beer. Sometime around 2000 a corporation bought the place and thought it was a bad idea to have a bar in a truckstop. Cocksuckers.

/csb

[Steel Shank 9425]

On 11/30/2021 at 9:40 PM, Deej said:

The most underrated chicken in the industry. 

[Deej 76781]

[Underdog 28627]

Short Stop had an underrated grilled chicken sandwich from what I remember. 

[pch 1259]

2 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

Burger Chef was my favorite as a kid. 

The .15 burger in the 60's made it easy to get filled up for under a buck.

Edited December 3, 2021 by pch

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

Short Stop is still the shit. Just don't go on Saturday. The fries taste like the fish from the Friday special.

I hit up the one at William Cannon and Manchaca on occasion.   

[Steel Shank 9425]

22 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

I hit up the one at William Cannon and Manchaca on occasion.   

Tell me you ain't the guy that gets his order, pulls up 10 feet, then parks and starts eating. A dastard deed, indeed.

[tigol 2396]

4 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Tell me you ain't the guy that gets his order, pulls up 10 feet, then parks and starts eating. A dastard deed, indeed.

That's him.

[ztejas 43425]

On 12/2/2021 at 11:14 AM, CHIEF said:

CHIEF Jr. will go to the Golden Chick, in Granbury, they sell their "Lotta Zing" spice in a shaker container. He will then walk next door to Chicken Express to buy gizzards. He says their "Serendipity" spice is too salty. We have a couple of shakers of "Lotta Zing" in the truck to use on the gizzards we pick up in Graham or Seymour at Chicken E, and then sprinkle them with Golden Chick spice. I have to say, he is correct on this combo.

CHIEF

We will be watching his career with great interest. 

[hookemATL 11728]

I probably ate 10,000 slices easy from the Gattis on MLK. only got food poisoning once!

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

2 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

Tell me you ain't the guy that gets his order, pulls up 10 feet, then parks and starts eating. A dastard deed, indeed.

I wasn’t that guy, but I might be next time!

[Brisketexan 105132]

I probably ate 10,000 slices easy from the Gattis on MLK. only got food poisoning once!

I should really do an estimated count. I lived blocks away for all 4 years of undergrad. I ate there a LOT.

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

I should really do an estimated count. I lived blocks away for all 4 years of undergrad. I ate there a LOT.

Throw together a count on t-man’s as well.   You’re a little older, but I’m pretty sure my running average would put me in first place for my years in west campus.

[Brisketexan 105132]

Throw together a count on t-man’s as well.   You’re a little older, but I’m pretty sure my running average would put me in first place for my years in west campus.

Dude….I took girls to Berts on DATES. Cuz classy is how I rolled.

[conVINCEd 21469]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Dude….I took girls to Berts on DATES. Cuz classy is how I rolled.

You might pass me up if you were getting double points for dates.  Tom has always treated me well, but I got the impression that Gary didn’t like me anymore after I told our soon to be governor Rick Perry to go fuck himself while I was eating lunch and trying to study for a final and didn’t feel like being harassed by a politician. 

[RPM 26320]

2 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

You might pass me up if you were getting double points for dates.  Tom has always treated me well, but I got the impression that Gary didn’t like me anymore after I told our soon to be governor Rick Perry to go fuck himself while I was eating lunch and trying to study for a final and didn’t feel like being harassed by a politician. 

Pos rep for telling the aggy to f o.

[ztejas 43425]

Driving by the other day I was amazed to see that Bert's on Far West is still open.

[4th&Five 41541]

6 hours ago, ztejas said:

Driving by the other day I was amazed to see that Bert's on Far West is still open.

Lived right by there between’04 and ‘07 and ate probably half my meals either there or at the El Arroyo next door. 

[Brisketexan 105132]

Driving by the other day I was amazed to see that Bert's on Far West is still open.

Not only is it open, they have some items on the menu at the new burger place next door.

On the rare occasion my wife and I stop in there for lunch, every time she looks around and says “this is such a guy place.”

[pch 1259]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 

On the rare occasion my wife and I stop in there for lunch, every time she looks around and says “this is such a guy place.”

I'm sure this is on the endangered species list along with the whooping cranes.

[South Austin 52498]

I still swing by Bert’s every once in a while to pick up a T-Man. One of my favorite all-time meals in town.

[zlavydra 2121]

Just had a flashback to a place in west Fort Worth, or maybe west of FW, called Vance Godby's? It was like an elevated cafeteria, but with a carving station. Used to go there a few times a year in the late 70s, early 80s. I think they were mainly in the catering biz 

[shadow_operative2.0 15975]

^ It lasted until 2015. That was the Easter/Mother Day's spot back in the day. Mini-golf place next door was cool.

[hookemATL 11728]

20 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

You might pass me up if you were getting double points for dates.  Tom has always treated me well, but I got the impression that Gary didn’t like me anymore after I told our soon to be governor Rick Perry to go fuck himself while I was eating lunch and trying to study for a final and didn’t feel like being harassed by a politician. 

Was he trying to flirt/grope you?  He gave me the heebie jeebies a few times when I worked at the capitol complex. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

3 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

Was he trying to flirt/grope you?  He gave me the heebie jeebies a few times when I worked at the capitol complex. 

No, but he insisted upon himself.  I’m not good looking enough, but I do know someone who would corroborate that.  I was just annoyed and told him to go away.

[RPM 26320]

12 hours ago, zlavydra said:

Just had a flashback to a place in west Fort Worth, or maybe west of FW, called Vance Godby's? It was like an elevated cafeteria, but with a carving station. Used to go there a few times a year in the late 70s, early 80s. I think they were mainly in the catering biz 

Vance Godbey's Smorgasbord. They catered most of the school banquets when I was a kid.

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

[Steel Shank 9425]

[tx 3 putt 76950]

that's a weird porno

[billfromlaketravis 11468]

7 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

 

My goodness, that guy is creepy as shit. 

[tigol 2396]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

My goodness, that guy is creepy as shit. 

Dirt squirrel having M'frs.

[WhatTheBuck 28781]

On 12/2/2021 at 7:49 PM, pch said:

Burger Chef ruled. The Top Shef was the first bacon burger I ever had and it was an eye opener. What sucked was that when they got bought out, all the stores in my area turned into Hardee’s stores. It should’ve been the other way around. 

[Deej 76781]

On 12/6/2021 at 9:12 PM, Steel Shank said:

 

"Do you like gladiator movies?"

[Steel Shank 9425]

17 hours ago, Deej said:

"Do you like gladiator movies?"

Yes, and hot fudge sundaes.