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  1. Did this cafeteria ever connect to Houston's downtown tunnel system? (particularly in the 1970s)
  2. Maybe the fallout shelters were to escape the smoke from the fire. Mystery solved.
  3. I remember eating at a late-night, UFO/alien-themed restaurant in 1992, on either Richmond or Westheimer. I guess it could have been described as '50s style as well. I was pretty impressed with the decor, and I remember a lot of blue light. Sorry I can't remember the name. (Even sorrier I can't provide info on Highrise Tower's request about the girls at the Reno Club - they sure are a bunch of lookers who embody all that Houston has to offer!)
  4. That's what it looks like, based on my memories of many high-school lunches spent seeking out fast food on Bellaire. The stadium in the 1976 film looks the same as I remember it in the '80s, although it might have been expanded by the time I was there. Google Maps shows a stadium there now, "LeRoy Crump Stadium." Is it the same one?
  5. "Old Alief" is, for the record, the neighborhood north of Alief Middle School, but that is not what this post is about. It's more about YouTube. If you search for Alief on YouTube, you can find lots of neat stuff, like this film (made in the same year that the Texas-centric movie Dazed & Confused is set, and looking pretty much like it): But if you focus your search to "Old Alief" in quote marks, it pulls up this: The video above is somewhat rambling, but does in fact contain some relevant descriptions of life in Alief in the 1970s, mostly beginning at 21 minutes into the video. It's only one of thousands this guy made, starting about ten years ago, and ending his production run five years ago. A number of his videos contain details about Alief, although there is a lot to filter through to get to it.
  6. We saw Continental Divide on the upper screen in 1981. Not what I was expecting from a Belushi flick. And after you mentioned it, I might remember the stairs to the upper section being taped off for construction. Can't be sure if I am thinking of a different theater at Fuqua and Hiram-Clarke that was also converting its balcony at the time.
  7. Yes, that's the one, thanks. Except I wouldn't have described the bread as 'biscuits' like those at a KFC. More like soft dinner rolls.
  8. I thought this was going to be a thread about going to Numbers, but good luck in finding out what the 'Jackson' exchange meant.
  9. Wasn't there also a Ron's Fried Chicken across the street on S. Post Oak, maybe a little further south?
  10. I dunno, it looks like the VCR would sustain water damage when the lady jumps out of the pool to give it to you.
  11. They had a memorable ad jingle: "Weiner's...Weiner's...Keeps you lookin' great for less."
  12. Thanks for posting that Texas Monthly article - it's a great snapshot of mall culture at its height, and shows what made the Galleria like its own, self-enclosed city (although THX1138 is a good point of reference too).
  13. I went there in the '80s, probably to the Bellaire location. Cafeterias like that didn't do a lot to distinguish themselves from the competition, so it's not always easy to remember which cafeteria was which. They all seemed to have the exact same food selections.
  14. Which narrows down when they added the second screen - 1978, maybe? I remember the chairs and walls looking brand new at the time, but I don't remember it being under construction. It was definitely there by the end of 1980, because that's where I saw Flash Gordon.
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