Ashikaga
-
Posts
1,058 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Ashikaga
-
-
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Molina's "Mexico City" on Main St. I've never had mexican food like that since they closed and the "new" location just doesn't seem the same. The Woolworth's downtown location also had good hot dogs & for a quarter, you could have a dog & a malt too. Also, "Ye Olde Cottage Inn", close to Rice Institute (then), with their little "flags" stuck in the baked potatos claiming that, "You may eat my jacket. We have been rubbed, tubbed & scrubbed." I really miss Valian's pizza too & the salads were the best.
Yes, I can vaguely remember the soda fountains at downtown places like Woolworth's and Walgreens. I can still see the crushed ice on the wet Coca-Cola glass and those upside-down cone-shaped thick glasses that they put ice cream in for a float. Yes, that with a patty-melt sandwich.
-
Many of the big releases play on more than one screen. Look at the times. If a movie is playing every hour but it is 2 hours long you know they are playing it on more than one screen.
Thanks. I learn something new almost every day.
-
If the Millionare did not care about profit it would probably stay open. If he was trying to make a return or got sick of covering the losses he might just close it down. If these were profitable (for new construction) there would be new ones opening up. Quity frankly they are not profitable and the ones that are still open are most likely living off prior success or berely ekeing by. I am no expert on the subject, just my opinion.
No, your reasoning sounds logical. There are reasons why businesses fold. It just so happens that drive-in theatres, roller rinks, and malt shops were the most popular recreational places for young people. They were en vogue when I was a teen, and also when my parents were. As a matter of fact, my dad met my mom in a roller rink. She's now 66 and he's 72. Naturally, the roller rink where they met no longer exists, just like the drive-in theatres that they took me with them to as a little kid.
-
Current Texas locations.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abilene, TX 2997 South 14th Street TX 79605 325-690-9845
Allen 415 E. Bethany TX 75002 972-747-7090
Amarillo 1507 Ross TX 79108 806-373-1232
Amarillo 4431 South Bell TX 79109 806-467-1006
Amarillo 2801 Western Avenue TX 79109 806-355-7971
Amarillo 600 Amarillo Blvd. TX 79107 806-374-3433
Austin 2512 Braker Lane TX 78758 512-821-2747
Beaumont 6050 Folsom Road TX 77706 409-347-0385
Bryan 501 South Texas Avenue TX 77801 979-775-1984
Cedar Park 508 N. Bell Blvd. TX 78613 512-336-3875
Corpus Christi 4221 S. Alameda TX 78412 361-991-2323
Corpus Christi 2401 Ayers Street TX 78404 361-884-4242
Corpus Christi 3555 S. Padre Island Dr. TX 78415 361-855-6821
Corpus Christi 4001 Highway 77 TX 78410 361-241-8706
Corpus Christi 520 S. Shoreline Blvd. TX 78411 361-881-9122
Corpus Christi 5861 Staples Streeet TX 78413 361-991-1711
Denton 2221 S. I-35 E TX 76205 940-383-9260
El Paso 1200 N. Yarbrough Dr. TX 79925 915-592-6290
El Paso 7000 North Mesa TX 79912 915-581-6396
El Paso 10008 Dyer Street TX 79924 915-755-3620
El Paso 1899 Lee Trevino Ave. TX 79935 915-593-7389
El Paso 2222 North Mesa TX 79902 915-545-1595
El Paso 1401 Airways Blvd. TX 79925 915-778-5673
Garland 3110 South Shiloh Road TX 75041 972-840-3230
Grand Prairie 2614 West I-20 TX 75052 972-641-5545
Lubbock 7615 B University Street TX 79423 806-745-5942
Lubbock 7102 Quaker Avenue TX 79424 806-793-5941
Lubbock 301 University TX 79415 806-747-6881
Lubbock 1202 50th Street TX 79412 806-747-9773
Lubbock 4809 34th Street TX 79410 806-796-2086
Mesquite 1904 Oates Drive TX 75150 972-682-3643
Orange 2420 McArthur Drive TX 77630 409-882-0616
Plano 1301 Coit Road TX 75075 972-596-9764
San Angelo 1809 S. Bryant Boulvard TX 76901 325-659-2259
San Angelo 3205 Sherwood Way TX 76901 325-944-1414
San Antonio 8530 Perrin Beitel Road TX 78217 210-654-1710
San Antonio 615 San Pedro TX 78212 210-224-6827
San Marcos 1071 Wonder World Drive TX 78666 512-392-7077
Victoria 3602 John Stockbauer Dr. TX 77907 361-578-3132
Victoria 1218 Rio Grande TX 77901 361-578-0962
Waco 101 S. New Road TX 76710 254-772-7526
BTW, that is the hardest word to spell. I would bet that 80% of its employees could not spell the danm name
Wienershnitzil --- See, even I can't spell it.
Excellent work, TP! Yes, I live about 5 miles from the Der Wienerschnitzel in Orange. It's been a long time since I've been there. I distinctly remember going to one as a kid in Galveston back in 1960s. How can I forget it? My dad jumped all over me for spilling chili on my shirt. From then on I would always get a kraut dog whenever we would go there. I guess that one is closed since you don't have it on your list.
-
Dante's turned into Angelas (?) and is now closed. We last ate there in 2001.
It's a Taqueria now. Same building.
Is Taqueria a chain?
-
now that's creativity...
and animatronics creep me out
I guess that Monterey House went the same way that El Chico and Felix. Over here, the only El Chico in Parkdale Mall in Beaumont closed, and I think that Felix on Calder Avenue in the same city also left. The Monterey House on S. 11th Street is still open, but it's the only one in this area. According to what you have told me, the only ones now in Houston were re-named Monterey Tex-Mex Restaurants. And you make it sound as if Houston also no longer has any El Chico and Felix.
-
Wait--I think think the name of the place I'm thinking about was Jamil's on the NE corner of Gessner & SW Fwy!
Most of those fast food hot dogs chain restaurants called "Der Wienierschnitzel" have closed. Are there still any open in Houston? They use to serve Kraut Dogs and Polish Sandwiches.
-
moved to wortham.
I wonder if a millionaire opened a real big roller rink next to a five-screen drive-in movie theatre somewhere in Houston if it would suceed or fold?
-
The buildings are huge. Yes, some of the auditoriums are larger than others, but they've all got stadium seating and plenty of legroom.
I just looked at the movie theatre ads in today's Chronicle. I counted the number of movies now playing at those two 30-screen theatres. They added up to less than 30. What am I missing?
-
I don't know how old Dot, Bonnie's, and Dante's (is it still open?) are, but they go back as far as my memory does, which is almost 30 years.
Also, right across from Gulfgate is Spanky's. It's straight out of the 70's. I don't think it's ever been remodeled, judging by the interior. I'm not a big fan of the pizza there...but apparently somebody likes it.
A little ways down Telephone from the South Loop is the Original Kolache Shoppe. I think it's been there since the 50's or 60's.
I'm wanting to remember a short-lived restaurant chain called "Roy Roger's Roast Beef Sandwich". I'm picturing it somewhere around Gulfgate.
-
Those were Katrina evacuees
Well, do you now think that Houston will become a Chocolate, Jazz, & R&B city?
-
How old is the Dot Diner at the old Gulfgate Mall location? It is next to the Pappas Bar-BQ place (formerly called Brisket House). Both are some of the oldest in the Pappas chain. They are probably from the 70's.
Although not Houston....how old is Gaido's in Galveston? Has it always been at that seewall location? I went there in the 60's at least.
Until it burned down maybe 5 years ago....how old was the "Sho 'Nuf" Bar-BQ place on I-10 east right past Mercury on the south side of the freeway? It looked old.........
How old is Bonnie's on the Gulfgate freeway near Woodridge and how old is Dante's also on Gulfgate (a little further south on the freeway feeder road).
Just some thoughts of old restraurant locations.....
I remember as a kid back in the 1960s we would go to Galveston and remember seeing Gaido's back then. I wish that I could remember some of the old restaurants around Gulfgate. On this same category on a topic called "Tour de Telephone" Subdude posted a bunch of photos of old businesses including restaurants. I think that one of them was Gaido's. I know that he did post one of the Tel-Wink Drive-In Restaurant which is/was located near Gulfgate on Telephone Road at Winkler Drive.
-
" This may sound like a stupid question, but is Houston growing? If it is, about what rate?"
-----------------------------------
We added 150,000 last September.
Is that in the city of Houston itself, or does that figure include suburbs?
-
I am sorry to here that. The good news is that I have excellent credit and I found a pretty woman to marry me. Hopefully both will last !!!
Well, I'm glad for you. I wish both of you the best. As far as my credit goes, the negative items will be deleted in the year 2012. As far as women, I've concluded that there will probably never be one in my life again. But I did say "probably". If I would affix a percentage, I would say that there is a 75% chance that there will never be a woman in my life again. I've never been legally married. My only child came from a woman whom I lived with.
-
Williams Tower - formerly known as Transco Tower
Height: 901 feet
64 stories
Circa: 1983
Architects: Johnson Burgee and Morris Aubry
Facts
- Then Transco Tower became Williams Tower when Transco Energy was bought out by Williams Energy Corp. in 1999
- Tallest building outside of any CBD
- Rotating beacon at night on roof every 15 seconds
- Williams Tower functions as two 32-floor towers stacked on top of each other, complete with separate lobbies, elevators, and garages.
- South of the building is a 3-acre park with a large fountain called the "Waterwall" (aka Transco Fountain), designed by the building's architects with Richard Fitzgerald & Partners. The fountain is a stunning work of hydraulic engineering.
- The top of the building features a beacon that sweeps the night sky over the Galleria area.
- Construction took only 16 months, a remarkably short time for a tower of such height.
2 Pics by Patrick Benders
Next four Pics by Mancuso
Former
-
1
-
-
I hated the hokey pokey. They made us do the hokey pokey in PE class in elementary school and I hated it. I heard it a few years ago and had to leave the room. Weird how a song can do that someone.
I also did not like the ladies choice time because I was goofy looking and more goofy acting. Chicks never asked me to skate so I had to sit around and wait.
Well, I admire your honesty. I'm 48 and recently I've learn to accept the truth and hard facts about the two things that I have always been a complete, total failure with: women & credit.
-
Humble Tower Apartments are really nice and most of all secure. I have been there about 1.5 years. If you want to rent downtown go for it. Now is the time; night life is pretty fun here. They are a bit on the $$$ side, but they are worth it. Nice lofts and apartments, actually has a pool (mostly for sunbathers), not a diving pool. But they are one of the few buildings that have one.
Anywhere you are going to live downtown is going to be noisy. You will get used to it fast. I have been born and raised in the suburbs, but always slept with my tv on, since I have lived downtown I don't have to, LOL.
It has taken me a long time to learn that rural life simply isn't for me. Now I wish that we had stayed in Houston instead of moving back in 1964. I would have liked going to and being around 5A high schools, and anytime needing something just drive to a store. But it still surprises me that Houston is bigger than Dallas. I thought that Big D would have surpassed The Bayou City long ago.
This may sound like a stupid question, but is Houston growing? If it is, about what rate?
-
I have ask since we lived parrallel lives. Did you ever couple skate at the Dairy Ashford Rink. I was usually too busy gearing up for the races they had. My buddy and I always won the derby race (one person crouches and another pushes)- I was the pusher !!! . I was pretty good at the all around speed skate, but there was some apartment kid who always won. I wonder what happened to him. Probably drank himself to death after all that early success.
My Friday's at the Rink were great. Now my friday's usually mean I am drinking a few glasses of wine and posting on this site. LOSER ALERT.
Oh yes, I remember the races. During the push races, sometimes the one being pushed would lose their balance and fall over, and the other racers would trip and fall all over causing a pileup on the floor. I also remember doing the Hokey Pokey. If you shook your leg the wrong way, you'd lose your balance, fall, and bust your butt on that hard wooden floor. Someone else on this forum said that he remembers playing a game called Snap The Whip, but I don't recall ever seeing, much less participating in, that game.
Do any of you remember Ladies Choice couple's skating? It's where a girl would go and ask a guy to couple skate with her.
-
roller rinks are few and far between here, although there is a growing roller derby crowd...
as far as old print ads, i believe PCfixit owns the papers.
Yes, but I didn't think of until now to ask: Are there still any roller rinks operating in Houston? Or did they die out like the drive-in movie theatres?
-
Besides the two bigtex wrote about (Houston House and 2016 Main) there are the following
OWN
Four Seasons Condos on the top 5 floors of the hotel
Commerce Towers (actually two bldgs, one 24 floors and one 12 floors)
RENTAL
Post Rice Lofts
Humble Tower Apartments in the tallest portion of the old bldg
Apartments at the Club Quarters hotel
There are many places that are in the 10 stories or under category like Hogg Palace Lofts (rent), Bayou Lofts (own), Capitol Lofts (own), Keystone Lofts (own), St Germain (changing from rental to ownership), Hermann Lofts (own), the Rise (changing from rental to own), Franklin Lofts (own), Beaconsfield (own)...
Everything is life has a positive and a negative aspect. If you live in an apartment, you have no lawn to mow. And if something goes wrong with the plumbing, electricity, air conditioning, etc., you simply pick up the phone and call Maintenance.
-
Okay, thanks! I didn't remember there being another so close to the one that was behind Benihana's. We must not have gone to the other often as it doesn't ring any bells, but I should have known from the name. Was it where Bayou Mama's club (I think that's the right one) was located in the late 80's, early 90's? We went there a few times in college and I can see how that would have been old theatres by the set up.
I went to that theatre some too growing up. I think it was 8-10 screens and has been closed probably 8-10 years (at least that's how it seems to me).
It was T&C 10. We used to go there ALOT in high school. The Chili's is still there, but the Bennigan's was torn down about a year ago b/c of freeway expansion. I remember the Surf Bar too with the thatched roof.
Now that we have DVDs, do you think that movie theatres will eventually die a natural death?
-
The latest trend seems to be combining movie theaters and bars/restaurants (a la the Alamo Drafthouse), giving a whole new meaning to the old phrase, "dinner and a movie." While that seems like a neat idea, there are times when I need to give my undivided attention to a movie. I'll confess that, at home, I often watch movies while I'm eating dinner. But if I miss a snippet of dialogue or a crucial scene because I'm too busy stuffing my face (or if I'm chewing too loudly) I can always rewind. Obviously, that's not an option at a movie theater.
Yes, I understand about Netflix, Blockbuster, Hollywood, etc. Back in the late 1970s/early 1980s when the VCR came out, I believed that it would result in putting all movie theatres out of business, but I was wrong. Most drive-in theatres folded, but there are still plenty of walk-ins. I based my belief that most people don't like to have to get dressed up, hire a baby sitter, to go out to a movie. If they could watch the movie at home, they would do that. I wonder where I went wrong?
I, personally, haven't been to a movie theatre since 1998. There are two reasons why I don't go to one today: 1) the high cost of admission and snacks 2) I'm getting older with physical problems; I don't want to have to go to the restroom in the middle of a movie and have to wonder what I missed. It's like someone else just said: If you're watching a movie at home on a VCR/DVD, you can pause it if Mother Nature calls (or if someone else calls on the telephone).
-
When I moved to Houston 20-some years ago, there was practically no residential units Downtown. The only major apartment buildings were Houston House and 2016 Main (if that's considered to be downtown).
So which of the new developments offer the best in downtown living? Consider accesss to transportation, parking, noise, quality of workmanship and materials, and "bang for the buck".
The thought of living in an apartment on about the 20th floor of a well-maintained building downtown doesn't sound too bad to me. Are there any?
-
I am torn on this issue. I grew up going to Theatres with 3-6 screens. I have some great memories of Briargrove 3 before it became and dollar theatre and after. When we moved to Briargrove Park we had all sorts of options. There was AMC Westchase 5, Plitt Woodlake Square 3, AMC Town & Country 6 and Also Lowes Town and Country 3. Any movie you wanted to see was at those theaters.
I can remember seeing Rocky III, Scarface (snuck in), and ET at Woodlake 3.
I can remember the narrowness of the T&C 6 Lobby. There was also a cool video game room. It probably had 6-10 video games.
I can remember in 7th grade meeting and kissing a girl at T&C 3 while viewing Revenge of the Nerds. It was my first pick up. My buddy got farther than me (2nd base if you will) and never let me live that one down. His girl was cuter as well.
I remember getting dropped off at all these theaters for an early movie and we would stay and watch 2 movies. It was a fun time.
When AMC Town and Country 12 was built across I-10 the movie experience started to shift towards bigger theaters with more choices.
Today, I enjoy the big theaters with the multiple choices, more legroom, stadium seating etc. But I would never change the memories I had of the old school 70's and 80's and theatres. I am sure some of the older people remember the theaters with one screen and thought the Town n Country 6 was a huge change.
We have Netflix so it is rare we even head to a theater anymore. Maybe 3-5 times a year. We might hit a movie tomorrow. AMC 30 / Dunvale here we come. Parking be damned.
Yes, I grew up with the one-screeners. When I was in either the fourth or the fifth grade, the Park Plaza Theatre opened in Port Arthur. It was the talk and sensation of the whole area. People would say: "That new theatre in Port Arthur has TWO screens"! I remember seeing "Bullitt" starring Steve McQueen there when it first opened. But recently the wrecking ball was administered to it.
A good website to look at is "cinematour.com". On it I posted a photo of the first Village Theatre in Port Arthur. Lightning stuck it in either 1966/67 and it was rebuilt. The new one lasted until the 1980s but its roof collapsed.
"CinemaTreasures.Org" is also another good website, but at this time they are not accepting any photos.
Gulfgate Roller Rink At 6839 Holmes Rd.
in Historic Houston
Posted
Here's my theory. Years ago, there were no video games, Internet, cell phones, cable TV, VCRs/DVDs, etc. So for recreation, people had to go out to places like drive-in restaurants, drive-in movie theatres, roller rinks, etc.
It's just a theory.