Dairy Twist then Taco Rico?

Definitely the smokehouse

Steak and ale

I had forgotten about them. Always enjoyed eating there too.

This isnt food related. Does anyone remember the old airplane on top of a building along old Dallas hwy back in the early 70's.

dave714 said:

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Steak and ale

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Fine dining circa 1988

J.R. said:

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Can I get some love for Jess Radle's out on hyw6? Let me hear from the rednecks!

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Loved Jess Radles. Roomies and I would eat CFS. After the salad we would squirt dressing on crackers until the meal arrived. It's a wonder I stayed under 160 lbs during my time in Waco. (30 years later I have remained under 175.) (Not to brag.)

Someone mentioned Archy Burgers. We would go around campus and get the coupons out of the campus directories for free burger or fries. We could get tons of food for less than $2 each.

Ly-Le was another fav. For some reason the common thread is quantity of food we were able to eat! My roommates were some big boys.

The Griddle. 753-2417 LOL that was actually their number. Crazy I remember it after 30 years.

Seemed appropriate to post here that the old WaterWorks building just sold.

Local businessman Taylor Hobbs and his wife Rachel purchased it. From the Trib article dated August 12, the building will be used for business, not a restaurant/bar, but the historical character of the building will be retained.

Which is great!

Anything is better than a vacant building or a club that attracted 220 police calls in three years.

There was a little hole-in-the-wall place on Brook Circle, just off Bosque and 34th Street, There's a place called Garibaldi there now.

Tiny little place, but it had great steak fingers, chicken fingers and fries. Usually served with a pickled pepper.

Edit: I think it was called Jackie's,

Nalli's Handy Chef, I believe .

Chipoople said:

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There was a little hole-in-the-wall place on Brook Circle, just off Bosque and 34th Street, There's a place called Garibaldi there now.

Tiny little place, but it had great steak fingers, chicken fingers and fries. Usually served with a pickled pepper.

Edit: I think it was called Jackie's,

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In its later years it was called Jackie's. In its original incarnation it was known as Nalley's. Steak fingers, chicken fingers and catfish. All fried, of course. French fries and Texas toast.

Jackie's was great. The gravy was awesome.

There was also an orange and white restaurant on the corner of MacArthur and Hillcrest that I remember my folks liking when I was a kid (it's not Whataburger).

Chipoople said:

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There was also an orange and white restaurant on the corner of MacArthur and Hillcrest that I remember my folks liking when I was a kid (it's not Whataburger).

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A&W

MrGolfguy said:

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Chipoople said:

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There was also an orange and white restaurant on the corner of MacArthur and Hillcrest that I remember my folks liking when I was a kid (it's not Whataburger).

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A&W

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A&W was on Lake Air where Wendy's is. Griddle used to be at Hillcrest & MacArthur where the clinic is now.

There was an A&W at MacArthur/Hillcrest too, my mom & grandmother took me there often (lived 1/2 mile away).

MrGolfguy said:

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There was an A&W at MacArthur/Hillcrest too, my mom & grandmother took me there often (lived 1/2 mile away).

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Long before my time. I recall the one on VM/Lake Air from about 1966/67 until Wendy's replaced it in 1978.

whitetrash said:

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MrGolfguy said:

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Chipoople said:

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There was also an orange and white restaurant on the corner of MacArthur and Hillcrest that I remember my folks liking when I was a kid (it's not Whataburger).

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A&W

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A&W was on Lake Air where Wendy's is. Griddle used to be at Hillcrest & MacArthur where the clinic is now.

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Yep definitely Griddle.

Is Tom's Burgers still good? Capt Billys? I'm sure Dubl R still is.

I just called that number and Chip Gaines answered. How cool is that?

"there was an A&W at MacArthur/Hillcrest too,"
I don't think so unless it was before I was born. That location was a Kim's (or maybe it was The Griddle) back in the 1960's and 1970's.

Pea Weevil

Pea Weevil said:

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"there was an A&W at MacArthur/Hillcrest too,"
I don't think so unless it was before I was born. That location was a Kim's (or maybe it was The Griddle) back in the 1960's and 1970's.

Pea Weevil

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I can't help on what was at that intersection but...

Kim's was a chain?

Or not always at the location it is at now on Waco Dr?

I thought there were more than one Kim's but perhaps it was a one of a kind establishment. I didn't even realize until now that it is still open: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kims-50s-diner-waco-2 I thought it closed down a few years ago but apparently not.

Pea Weevil

Pea Weevil said:

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I thought there were more than one Kim's but perhaps it was a one of a kind establishment. I didn't even realize until now that it is still open: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kims-50s-diner-waco-2 I thought it closed down a few years ago but apparently not.

Pea Weevil

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It closed down and then re-opened under new ownership. That ownership held onto it for about 18 months after re-construction and sold it again if I'm not mistaken.

trey3216 said:

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Pea Weevil said:

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I thought there were more than one Kim's but perhaps it was a one of a kind establishment. I didn't even realize until now that it is still open: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kims-50s-diner-waco-2 I thought it closed down a few years ago but apparently not.

Pea Weevil

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It closed down and then re-opened under new ownership. That ownership held onto it for about 18 months after re-construction and sold it again if I'm not mistaken.

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Correct. It was closed for a while, then remodeled (but still looks old fashioned), reopened and then sold. I like it and enjoy the food there.

There were several locations of Kim's. At least according to this Trib article and from talking to Sarah in the article while the Stanley's still owned it and I went to breakfast there weekly.

https://www.wacotrib.com/waco_today_magazine/the-story-of-kim-s-old-school-restaurant-still-dishing/article_50c59694-3c77-5d2a-9bac-901d4682302f.html

In addition to the Waco Drive location, Kim's had a number of other locations throughout the years: on 18th Street; at 33rd Street and Hillcrest Drive; on South Valley Mills Drive; and one in Woodway, which was located near the Highway 84 access road and Santa Fe Drive.

I believe this was the old Bill Miller car lot.
The Stanleys' first Waco location, on East Waco Drive, was called AAA.


Full disclosure, I still go to breakfast there weekly.

There was a Chinese hole in the wall that had great eggrolls. Mid to late 80s. Left side of Valley Mills about 2/3rds the way down going from I35 toward Lake Waco. Hunan House or something like that. Ate 100 eggrolls and chicken fried rice.

Peoples was an odd chain during that era.

Iirc, People's had a hepatitis A outbreak that killed several. The resulting lawsuits closed them down.

Pea Weevil said:

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"there was an A&W at MacArthur/Hillcrest too,"
I don't think so unless it was before I was born. That location was a Kim's (or maybe it was The Griddle) back in the 1960's and 1970's.

Pea Weevil

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It was The Griddle. Ate many a Southern Caper there and at the SoVM location..

Chathams Drive-In at Valley Mills & Waco Drive.

I think I could have survived a long time on Chicken Shack rolls and Tanglewood Farms bisquits.

I had no idea there were so many Kim's. When I moved here in early 80s there was just the one on Waco Dr and no remnants of the others.

HunterBear said:

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Chathams Drive-In at Valley Mills & Waco Drive.

I think I could have survived a long time on Chicken Shack rolls and Tanglewood Farms bisquits.

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The father of a friend of mine and roommate one year owned and operated Tanglewood Farms. That was his grandmother's biscuit recipe. I was enjoying those before Tanglewood Farms.

I still have an old menu from the Elite Cafe from back in the early 60's. We used to eat there every home game and I always had the broiled red snapper steak, "the king of the gulf" with french fries.