Restaurants from your childhood that don’t exist anymore

[Longboard Horn 41350]

Howard Johnson’s, Jojo’s and Don Pablo’s are a few that come to mind.

[CO Horn 172]

Sambo’s, Burger Chef, Farell’s ice Cream Parlour

[AustinMT 952]

Farrell’s is still around, but very limited. Shakey’s is similar — only a few remain.

Nickerson Farms

Steak and Ale

pantera’s

[Longboard Horn 41350]

Steak and Ale, totally forgot about them.

[Zepol87 9341]

I think there is a don Pablo's in Grand prairie still. Steak and Ale was a good one, I miss checkers. I know they still around but not in Dallas. That was my after school spot

[Longboard Horn 41350]

33 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

I think there is a don Pablo's in Grand prairie still. Steak and Ale was a good one, I miss checkers. I know they still around but not in Dallas. That was my after school spot

I saw a commercial for Checkers the other day and my first thought, “Those are still around? Haven’t seen any in Dallas.”

Edited August 15, 2018 by Longboard Horn

[Lhorn 5092]

Used to love Shaky's.  They had these great breaded fried potatoes and chicken with your pizza.  Brilliant.

[woohorn 1131]

Gonna say Birraporetti's, but I see there is still one left.

 

How 'bout Panjo's or Fandango's?

 

Used to love Fajita Flats in Austin too.

[DalTxHornFan 3130]

Holiday House.  I practically lived there in high school.

[Gil Bang 26233]

Sambo’s, Burger Chef, Farell’s ice Cream Parlour

Still a Sambo’s beachfront in Santa Barbara CA

[Superhero 9019]

54 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Used to love Shaky's.  They had these great breaded fried potatoes and chicken with your pizza.  Brilliant.

Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs while we eat pizza and fried chicken at Shakey’s.

Theres 2 that I know of... in fact I just had it 2-3 months ago.

[Zepol87 9341]

I saw a commercial for Checkers the other day and my first thought, “Those are still around? Haven’t seen any in Dallas.”

Checkers is still in Minneapolis. Had it a few weeks ago when I was up there for work

[mdmost 43980]

Crystal’s Pizza. Shotgun Sam’s. Hamburger USA. Swensen’s

 

[Knoxtnhorn 6303]

Pipe Organ Pizza

Pistol Pete's Pizza

Chicken on the Run (Brownwood)

Not really a kid but Magic Wok and Pronto's (I ate a lit of hot dogs from there)

 

[G650 14437]

5 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

 

Still a Sambo’s beachfront in Santa Barbara CA

 

This warms my heart. SB never changes much.

 

 

[EE2B 1569]

Bonanza. My parents loved that damn place.

[AUS-97HORN 12050]

in line with Bonanaza....

 

Sizzler.

 

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Shoneys Big Boy restaurants.

[Steamboat1874 4321]

For you old time Austinites.....

Kirschners

Chicken Shack

Airport Haven

The Stallion

Sid's

Christie's

Steak Island

Zuider Zee's

The Big Wheel

King Burger (not Burger King) On Manor Road (This was basically Dan's before Dan's)

 

[gsoda3 3362]

sizzler (in texas)

and someone already mentioned big boy

[Deej 77813]

Los Tres Bobos

Lock, Stock,and Barrel

Mike and Charlie's

Capitol Oyster Bar

Fisherman's Reef

Marimont Cafeteria

Sids

Burger Chef

Scampis Organ Palace

The Stallion

The Red Tomato/Bananas

 

 

[gyroprotagonist 2597]

9 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Chicken on the Run (Brownwood)

 

used to live next to the owners.  Loved their fried fish and the greasy puff rolls.  I think they said it that it was just 1/2 a hungry jack biscuit thrown in the fryer.

Are there any Jim's left in SA?

Furrs is also a dying breed.

 

[Anastasis 23717]

2Js

[G650 14437]

1 hour ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Shoneys Big Boy restaurants.

Still have a few here in VB.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

20 minutes ago, G650 said:

Still have a few here in VB.

Yeah I thought they still had some locations, the ones up here in the Richmond area are Shoneys in name only it seems, not in the old school atmosphere.  And ya gotta have that huge ass Big Boy out front.

 

Shoneys Hot fudge cake....... mmmmmmmmmmmm

[Tylerocks 2603]

Fry's (it was like a Chili's/Bennigans) type place

Two Pesos

Some good ones that have already been mentioned- Panjo's, Pipe Organ, Swensen's, Fandango's

[utee94 16080]

Scampi's Organ Grinder.

First place I ever played Space Invaders, and it was the sit-down version.

 

[G650 14437]

38 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Yeah I thought they still had some locations, the ones up here in the Richmond area are Shoneys in name only it seems, not in the old school atmosphere.  And ya gotta have that huge ass Big Boy out front.

 

Shoneys Hot fudge cake....... mmmmmmmmmmmm

I remember New Year's 2000 (well, vaguely remember) rolling into Shoney's for the breakfast buffett the following morning and eating 6 full plates a food. No idea where I fit it all.

 

That location however has sadly been one of the ones that has closed. It is a pretty good local restaurant now though.

[BurdineBandit 846]

54 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

 

Are there any Jim's left in SA?

 

 

Absolutely there is.

In Houston's 2nd Ward/East-end area I remember eating Rally's every once in a while, and I must have been like 6-7 years old, but I remember a drive-in that might have been Rally's or might have been something else, but we would go there often and get onion rings and those are cool memories. Probably somewhere off Navigation kinda near the ship channel, as we lived off Navigation/Canal.

[Fat Bastard 670]

Texas Tumbleweed. Loved their nachos and sit down Pac-Man as a kid

[huge 3831]

Panjos is where this begins and ends for west Houston.

[Longboard Horn 41350]

3 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Shoneys Big Boy restaurants.

There are a few Big Boy restaurants still around in the Midwest. But they’re scarce.

[SurlyBDR 23152]

2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Airport Haven

 

 

Their burgers were the best, before they sold it

[Steamboat1874 4321]

1 hour ago, SurlyBDR said:

Their burgers were the best, before they sold it

Yeah but they were racists fucks.

I still remember the "Whites Only" sign on their front door in the 60's.

[Woland 755]

The Barn and the Silo

The restaurant at the Villa Capri

[SurlyBDR 23152]

2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Yeah but they were racists fucks.

I still remember the "Whites Only" sign on their front door in the 60's.

I'm not quite that old, so I dont remember anything like that. I remember it from the late 80's/early 90's. I then remember them selling it to to someone else, and the quality just wasnt the same after that. Makes me wonder how many times it changed owners, though

[Jive Turkey 12996]

I was gonna say Monterey House, but it looks like there is one location still standing, in Beaumont.  We used to go to one in Plano all the time.  Loved that place.

http://southbelthouston.blogspot.com/2014/02/monterey-house-candy.html

http://www.montereyhousebmt.com/

 

[Jive Turkey 12996]

I don't think The Feed Bag exists anymore.  There was one in Plano and one in Uptown (Dallas) for the longest time.  Big ass steak cut fries that were the bomb.  Decent burger, too.

[gsoda3 3362]

the feed bag was awesome.  had lunch at the one in plano a bunch in HS.

[Spankytoes 1748]

17 hours ago, Longboard Horn said:

Howard Johnson’s, Jojo’s and Don Pablo’s are a few that come to mind.

HoJo is still around. There’s one right next to Jamaica station on the LIRR

[Spankytoes 1748]

No love for Purdy’s? It was Fuddruckers before it was cool.

is Mr. Jim’s pizza still around? Best Chinese food carton of Pepsi money could buy.

[blacklab 12064]

Bennagin's

I thought they were dead but bennigans.com shows they still have some stores. Website features a "Own a Bennigan's" link as well as a "Own a Steak and Ale"

I did work in a Steak and Ale in high school.

[G650 14437]

21 minutes ago, blacklab said:

Bennagin's

 

I almost brought that up, but I didn't know if they even had them in Texas.

 

The one here in closed about 10 years ago.

[txhorns 2421]

22 minutes ago, G650 said:

I almost brought that up, but I didn't know if they even had them in Texas.

 

The one here in closed about 10 years ago.

There's one in Borger, Texas.

[Dbeasy 15588]

Sambo’s, Burger Chef, Farell’s ice Cream Parlour

I was a night waiter at Sambos, and it’s successor, Seasons. You probably saw me and our stoned chef at 3 in the morning on your way back from a strip club. You also saw the strippers there.

One night we were cleaning out the storage room and found the old Sambo’s mascot costume. One of our chefs went dancing around the restaurant in it during one of those 3 am late customer rushes. Fortunately, the mascot was a tiger.

[Longboard Horn 41350]

Is TGI Friday’s still around?

[DanRydell 799]

Holiday House

Time Out for Burgers

Mr. C's

Willie's

Five Star Smokehouse

C-5 Steakhouse

[landman 564]

GM Steakhouse

La Fiesta

 

[Billy Pilgrim 2077]

1 hour ago, DanRydell said:

Holiday House

Time Out for Burgers

Mr. C's

Willie's

Five Star Smokehouse

C-5 Steakhouse

I see Dan Rydell grew up in Westlake too. Loved Holiday House and the alligator/crocodile they used to have there. I remember when Mr. C’s went out of business and everything was priced from the year they opened (1969 i think)- was getting burgers for $1, shakes for $.25. 

 

miss the buffalo chicken sandwich from Bennigens. 

[Brisketexan 106884]

2 hours ago, txhorns said:

There's one in Borger, Texas.

There are 14 total -- one in Borger, one in Monahans...and the rest are mostly in the upper midwest (IL and IA), with a few on the east coast.  How far the mighty, Monte Cristo-cooking have fallen.