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Someone is going into the vacant Furr's on I-45 at Louetta. Don't know what the name or restaurant concept will be, but they have applied for a Mixed Drink Permit from the TACB.

For overall best, it has to be Star Pizza at either location. For the Spring-Klein area it is Pizza Zone on Kuykendahl near Cypresswood.

When the then "modern" Nabisco Bakery opened in the early 50's in Houston on Holcombe and Almeda, the Harrisburg Rotary Club was invited on a tour of the new facility. I remember that it was as hot inside by the huge ovens as my family's laundry and dry cleaning plant.

The ones that I remember were: on Broadway in Park Place, on OST near Calhoun, on 11th in the Heights, on Bissonnet near Chimney Rock in the Bellaire area, and on Willow Meadows near Post Oak Rd. Someone above said there were some others, too. Since they are no longer around, I found a close taste to the Chuck Wagon's Wheel Burger. Next time you go to Whataburger, get them to put Mustard on both bun halves and add extra Pickles. It will bring back memories.

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I ate at Cardet's in the mid 70's. If my memory is correct, they were part of a Latin food market. Does anyone else remember? The food was good there.

Here is a Kaphan's ad from 1970 - "the Aristocrat of Sea Food and Steaks" featuring their "world series of gold bats"

Kaphans was owned and operated by Pete Tomek. While guests were waiting to be seated or sitting at tables awaiting orders, either he or his Maitre D' would circulate around with a Saute Pan full of Broiled Oysters on Toothpicks for you to savor.

Downtown on the corner of Main and Bell was the Simpsons Dinning car. It has long been closed and last I knew of, it had been moved out on Westheimer. Can't remember now just how far out it was moved and I do not know if it ever reopened again. Also as a kid I remember the Price's Hamburger place on the south west corner of Shepherd and Washington Ave. They had 19 cent hamburgers, 12 cent fries, and 5 cent Cokes. The burgers were great and the prices right. Also there was Phil's café on the corner of Richmond and Mandell. Phil's later moved over to Shepherd between Norfolk and Portsmouth where the What A Burger is now located. 

One of my late uncles was a co-owner of a Cabin Cruiser Boat in the late 40's and early 50's. I grew up attending First UMC at Main and Clay. Went to Simpson's after youth functions at the church. After the diner closed it was moved out in the country somewhere out of Houston. It was brought back to Houston and redone with a building addition. It re-opened and was later taken over by the current operator of Prince's Hamburgers-James Broussard. He later closed it and others re-opened it as a Diner. That didn't last forever, and it later closed. While empty it burned down one night.

Regarding Phil's, he sold it and the new owners changed the name to 59 Diner. Same food and menu. They even let Phil come in each day and great diners and seat them. I don't know if he is still around. The group now has several other locations scattered around town with the same theme and menus.

I miss that drive threw only burger place, and they where cheap, but the BEST! Does anyone remember? I think they had like 3 around Uptown-Westchase... I remember the color yellow, there where generally in parking lots, ONLY drive threw...

and CHECKERS!!! They had the BEST fries!!

Cinco De Mayo on Holzworth (It burned down to the ground)

Checkers is coming back to Houston. A new Franchisee will be opening some soon. It was announced in the Houston Business Journal this week.

Norris of Norris of Houston was the son of the late Leonard McNeil, the founder of Lennox Barbecue on Harrisburg Blvd. He also ran the former Houston Country Club location back in the 60's and 70's  which now known as the Gus Wortham Golf Course.

Original Timmy Chans.................

Original Timmy Chans was on Fannin past McGowen. You walked up steep steps to the restaurant on the  2nd floor. After it closed Dan McCluskey's Steak House took over the spot. Ate many lunches at Timmy Chan's when I worked downtown in the 70's and 80's.

Probably the one watermelon stand I ever went to the most was Bluebonnet Gardens on Fannin downtown. In the winter they sold Christmas Trees. Right nearby was Swayzes Barbeque that was owned by Pat Swayzes relatives. We also went to one in Pasadena on Southmore and on Lawndale near Griggs road. You ate your slice on newspaper and the opetators had big salt container on the picnic-style tables. Sometimes if you were lucky your piece of melon would be ice cold. Great memories.

For several years before becoming Saint Arnold Brewery the building was used as a storage facility for HISD Food Service. I would guess that the building goes back to the 30's or earlier.

The Seafood place on Old Market Square was Glatzmaiers(?) Seafood Market.

Re: Meadowbrook. I come from an old East End family. My late grandfather started Miller's Laundry at the corner of Laporte Road and Frio Street in 1927. At that time the family lived in Laporte and before that Deepwater. Before settling in Deepwater, my grandfather's family were living in Hillsboro, Texas. In the 1890's they moved by covered wagon to Lynchburg, Texas and then Deepwater. After Laporte, my grandparents and their family lived on Mulford, St.(near Lawndale and Telephone). Later to Roseneath St. in Riverside Terrace. During these times my Dad attended Jackson and Deady Jr. High and Milby. When he and my mother got married they bought their first house in Garden Villas. Then WW II came along and they sold that house. Mom stayed with her folks and my dad's while he was flying in the Army Air Corps. When he came back they bought the Model Home for the expanded Meadowbrook in 1945. The address is 8222 Howard and now contains Look's Upholstery shop. We moved away in 1962 when we sold the housed. I have many memories of the neighborhood. When my sister went to Bonner, it was in the old stucco building that still stands today. I went to the newer building starting with Kindergarten. Because of so many War Babies and my birth date, I was always placed in Mid-term classes. Someone mentioned in an earlier post that there were probably only 30 or 40 kids in the neighborhood in the 40's and 50's. That was not the case. There had to be several hundred. We used shacks behind the old stucco building at Bonner in addition to the new brick building. Ms. Bailey was the principal at the time. As others have stated there were some older 20's and 30's vintage homes scattered around the neighborhood. The golf pro at the Glen Brook Golf Course when I lived there was Nat Johnson. My best friend, Jimmy Oliveros, and I used to hang out in the Clubhouse snack bar and buy Cokes and Dentler Potato Chips after school. Later when we were a little older we would "shag" golf balls on the Driving Range. I don't remember the Archways at the entrances to the neighborhood but have seen the old photos of the ones by the RR tracks near Old Galveston Road. Elliott Cundiff's family lived in the first house on the South side of Howard near the tracks. He went on later to own Captain Elliott's Party Boats out of Freeport. His son runs that operation now,and I believe Elliott is more involved with his Crew Boat operation for the Offshore Rigs and Platforms. The grocery store at the corner of Howard and Winkler was named Smith's when we lived there. Later it was Davis'. Accross the street on Howard was the Texaco Station that was originally run by Howard Eslingbaum's dad. Later it was run by Mr. Whitt. The late VW and Porsche Car Dealer, Norman Scott used to live in Dogpatch in Meadowbrook. He had a small gas station and garage on Old Galveston Road. He worked on the cars in the back and she ran the gas pumps in the front. Josephine Abercrombie whose father started Cameron Iron Works helped get him started in the car business after he started maintaining her imported cars. He became the first Volkswagen dealer in the Houston area and later added Porsche cars to the mix. He became a business associate of Max Hoffman of New York(the first U.S. importer of VW and Porsche) and eventually received a commission for every VW and Porsche brought thru the Port of Houston. They left Meadowbrook for the Memorial area and then to Valley Lodge near Fulshear.
What a success story. Sadly, both he and his wife, and their son, Butch, have all passed away. His last dealership location was on the SW Freeway. He had switched to selling Mercedes Benz before passing away. Ferrari of Houston now occupies that location.

thanks bruce...yes, it was texas tumbleweeds

phil's had good cfs

the best cfs i had was at tomball at goodsons when mrs goodson was still cooking in the the little white building on the backside of tomball

one of those would sure be good right now

I grew up on the East End of Houston and after high school we moved to the Tanglewood area. We ate out a lot and here are some memories of long gone restaurants and cafes:

Derrick Drive Inn-on Winkler near South Houston

Holt's Drive Inn-on Evergreen in Pecan Park

Aunt Bea's Cafe-on Broadway

Las Vegas Inn-on Telephone

The Wishing Well-on Telephone

Tomek's Steakhouse-on Old Galveston Rd.

Bertha's Mexican Restaurant-Pasadena,South Main,Downtown and lastly on Montrose

Charlie Lung's Mexican Restaurant-Post Oak Rd. and lastly on Hillcroft

Petty's Steakhouse-on Post Oak Rd. and lastly on Richmond Ave.

Elliott's Steakhouse-on Almeda Rd.

Chicken in the Skillet-on West Gray

Clear Creek Inn-in Kemah

Robinson's Cafe-in Kemah

Salina's Seafood-in Seabrook

Eric's Restaurant-in Seabrook

Kibby's Hamburgers-on South Richey in Pasadena

Ship Ahoy Restaurant-on South Main

Youngblood's Fried Chicken-South Main and other locations

Simpson's Diner-on Main St.

Dudley's Hamburgers-on Holcombe Blvd.

Chuck Wagon Hamburger's-on Broadway and other locations

Chicken Shak-on North Shepherd

Tinsley's Fried Chicken and Roll's-various locations

Later in college at UT-Austin:

Bag of CHicken-on South Lamar

Lung's Cocina del Sol-on Burnet Rd.

Hank's Grill-on "the Drag"

Hamburger Bar-near S.W.Bell Bldg. downtown

Casaraghi's Italian Food-west of Lamar off W. 6th St.

Lung's Chinese Food-on San Jacinto

Mi Casa es Su Casa-downtown(near the Capitol)

Matt's Big Four Mexican Restaurants-various locations

The Red Barn-in northwest Austin(a Jack Ray concept-he later started Texas Tumbleweeds and other concepts)

Night Hawk Restaurants-various locations

G.M. Steakhouse-on "the Drag"

The Bierstube Restaurant-on Riverside Dr.

Holiday House Hamburgers-on "the Drag" and other locations

Villa Capri Restaurant-at the Hotel on I-35

The Gondolier-at the Hotel on I-35 and Riverside

The Summer House Restaurant-on South Congress at The Terrace Motel

Chicken Delight-Near the campus

Burger Chef-on South Lamar

Toddle House-on 19th Street

Big Daddy Pizza-in Goodall Wooten Dorm on "the Drag"

Mooreburger-on 19th Street

Yes, lots of memories!

Several from long ago in my childhood when we used to come to Houston to see my grandparents:

-Kapan's on South Main at Kirby (where the Eckerd's is now), our usual Sunday after church lunch place - good steaks and seafood, and those excellent crab ball appetizers that the guy in the white suit used to bring around to all the tables

-Angelo's, another long gone seafood restuarant

-The Strawberry Patch on Westheimer, the Pappas family's country/home cooking concept (Pappas Bros. Steakhouse is there now)

-Tokyo Gardens, the first place I ever had Japanese