Highrise Tower Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I was browsing the newspaper Bellaire Texan dated June 17, 1959 and came across a business ad for Dobbs House Restaurant At 5214 Bellaire Blvd. Another restaurant chain that is no longer around. Dutch Kettle, Kettle Restaurant, Kopper Kettle, Toddle House, One's A Meal, etc. Did anyone eat here back in the day? Any other locations of this place? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 😃 Aha! So that's what that was. Now Fresh and Best Donuts, right next door to the (likely) permanently closed Bellaire Broiler Burger. I went in only once (to the donut shop), a few years ago. I'd been in the parking lot next door so many times I thought I'd give them a try. I got a powdered sugar donut with a near lethal amount of powdered sugar. It was the last one of the day so I don't know if that was characteristic of what they served. Haven't been back; there's a donut shop much closer to me than I prefer. It was tasty (I also got a cake donut), just had to be careful not to put too much of it in your mouth at one time and have some water handy. Never went to a Dobbs House; I thought they were more upscale eateries than Toddle Houses, which Dobbs owned, at least toward the end. Toddle House, One's a Meal, Dutch Kettle, and Steak and Egg I went to back in those days. Steak and Egg was another Dobbs owned chain, very similar to Toddle House but a little more upscale interior in my one experience There was one on Montrose, just north of 59, back in the 60s, maybe into the early 70s. I think it was Zimm's that was in that space (southern end of the strip center) years later. Dobbs House in Houston - The Arch-ive The revolving restaurant at IAH was a Dobbs House. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Dobbs House was a national chain. Martin Luther King was once denied service at an Atlanta Dobbs House. Never ate there either. I don't specifically remember the one on Bellaire, but I do remember one on South Main, roughly across the road from the Chief Motel, and one on N. Braeswood at Stella Link. They had a lot of locations around town. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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