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price's hamburgers were on wirt road just below long point...

the mexican restaurant was panchos mexican buffet...they opened in the mid-60's next to palais royal...the buffet was $1.49

monterrey house was on wirt road next to fed-mart...

western kitchen just around the corner from fed-mart had the BEST bbq...you could watch the meat being sliced for plates and sandwiches and they had the biggest baked potatoes...

There was another Price's Hamburgers at the NW corner of South Park Blvd. (Now MLK) and Bellfort.

Anybody remember Raffles? It was on Loop 610, near Buffalo Bayou, in an office building. They had GREAT Bananas Foster!

Other notables that are long gone:

San Jacinto Inn

Old Hickory Stick on Telephone Road

Bat & Steve's Oggero's Italian Restaurant on Bellfort near Mykawa

Sonny Look's on South Main

The Driftwood Inn in San Leon

The Log Cabin Inn on 59 North, near Humble

Youngbloods Fried Chicken at Mykawa and Griggs