Cajun Cutie

HBG, had the best burger, and onion rings!

Their bread was the best for poboys. I use to go there and buy it to make my own as well. My favorite of theirs was the ham salad, with the jalapeno cheese - called the "Piggy", that "end piece" of the bread was the bomb! I have been going thru this thread for sometime so many fabulous old places. Alfreds was sort of in my hood...Heberts, our parents use to take us there, it was my Dad's favorite. I can only remember small memories of the inside, dark and brocade like wallpaper. Vallians...that was an institution!! Sonny Look's...my brother worked a summer or two there, kinda tacky of him, but he kypted one of those Gold coffee cups and gave it to Mom...I think they still have it! I saw Yamins brought up. Man that brought back memories, when I was a teenager, I use to work in the clothing/jewelry shop inside Goofy's on Buffalo Spdwy back in the day. My parents would swing by and pick me up to go to Romana cafeteria (now Luby's) which was right behind Goofy's on Fridays, (I use to always run into one of my teachers while standing in line, so it made for interesting times let me tell ya ) that place was so good. You guys mentioned Pappas took it over too, which explains the change in their food quality (what is the deal with Pappas wanting to own everything, and running alot of restuarants out of business here)? Anyway - Yamins was there in that strip mall (along with the original Buffalo Pharmacy lunch counter - yum!!), but Yamins had this sandwich, which was basic....hamburger, with pizza sauce...toasted with a bit of mozzarella. Nothing to it, but I guess it was their combination of ingredients that was so good. Can't remember their pizza being all that, just this one sandwich? I haven't seen anyone mention Old Mexico so far....they were on W. Gray close to the mid-town area now, actually right on the curve. That dude was German from what my parents say. anyway, you walked thru an area reminiscent of being in Mexico, with all these things you could buy at market. They had cool toys for kids. This kept you occupied waiting for your table. They had some awesome food! Place caught on fire, and they never rebuilt it. I guess I'll finish reading this thread...I had to post, I couldn't help myself...thanks for the memories y'all!

Gateway Pool - I had drawn upon my memory bank about this today with a co-workers young son and thought I would look it up online to see if anyone else had though about this placed ever....how funny to find this site and you guys bringing it up recently! Wow I was a lil' kid when it was forced to close by the city, and local human rights groups. We use to beg our parents to drop us off there. 1st you had to pass thru those galvanized turnstiles bars that crossed like fingers to ensure everyone passing through had paid, and to keep others out, it had a girls and a boys locker room. The "Bubble" was only a far away vision for me, as my lungs weren't able to hold air long enough to try and swim to the bottom like the older kids! In the picture, I don't see the tall metal "water" slide, which was my favorite part of going there, or the buoy thingie which was in the middle of the deep end; the boys loved swinging from side to side, dipping their heads into the water. So this must have been a concept photo, and not a reality drawing, like the other member had said. Actually my parents still live in the neighborhood behind where it stood, which are the fields in the background. The old guy who owned it said he would fill the pool up with cement rather than allow anyone (he did not approve of) to enter. Which he did, and it stood closed and fenced off for a number of years. There was an article in the Chronicle about the whole thing, I can remember that. He was very prejudice, such a shame....it was a very cool pool! They played Summer time music on that old jukebox, such a blast to people watch there, boys watching the girls, and vice-versa!! That photo was very cool, pretty much as I remember it!! And yes, much too early for Kodak pocket cameras - lol!! Thanks so much for the memories!!