notbubbleboy said:
I also more or less remember a pretty good burger place at Ft Fisher INSIDE what is now the museum. Again in the 70's
CTbruin said:It started with all you can eat for $.98.chorne68 said:
Laverders...All you could eat for $3.00. I used to leave sick I ate so much. This was in the mid 60's.
Yeah my 19 yo self loved Egg Roll House. I bet now it would taste like stale cat rollsPTGHUNTER said:
Egg Roll House...although it could be if it was still there I would just think it is mediocre Chinese food.
notbubbleboy said:
Schlotzskys directly across the street from Collins. They sold be as late as 1982. Literally played quarters there, maybe 10 feet from campus.
Yes, it was La Cabana. I had my rehearsal dinner there in '95. I know that they were still open in '98.Tiny Elvis said:
My college roommate LOVED Jasper DiMaro's. I liked it, too, but not like him! I also loved a Tex-Mex place that used to be out on Hwy 6…was it La Cabana?
Tiny Elvis said:
My college roommate LOVED Jasper DiMaro's. I liked it, too, but not like him! I also loved a Tex-Mex place that used to be out on Hwy 6…was it La Cabana?
txjoebear said:
Can anyone tell me the name of the diner that was off I-35 in Waco back in the 60s? It was just a small place, my dad would tank up on coffee there when we were driving to Fort Worth from the coast to our relatives' house.
Thanks!
Toddle House?forza orsi said:txjoebear said:
Can anyone tell me the name of the diner that was off I-35 in Waco back in the 60s? It was just a small place, my dad would tank up on coffee there when we were driving to Fort Worth from the coast to our relatives' house.
Thanks!
A small diner just off I-35. Small knocks out George's and the Elite. Right off I-35 knocks out Kim's, Ira's, MC's, and Leslie's. I think Diamond's closed in the 1950s. Was it Cupp's or Vitek's?
Home of the famous Grilled Rat. Anyone heard from him lately?STxBear81 said:
maybe Petes Diner across from Brooks on Dutton
Toddle House was way before my time but I have seen it discussed in other similar threads back in the past on bfans including photos and that building still exists, for the time being that is. That was between 17th and 18th on Columbus, which I do not really consider to be off of 35 at all. That could still be what the poster was talking about however with just a bit of foggy memory thrown in. I certainly wouldnt know what was right on 35 in the 60s except maybe Cupps. That said I dont think there was a 35 going through Waco, that was open at least, until the end of the 60s.EnglishBear said:Toddle House?forza orsi said:txjoebear said:
Can anyone tell me the name of the diner that was off I-35 in Waco back in the 60s? It was just a small place, my dad would tank up on coffee there when we were driving to Fort Worth from the coast to our relatives' house.
Thanks!
A small diner just off I-35. Small knocks out George's and the Elite. Right off I-35 knocks out Kim's, Ira's, MC's, and Leslie's. I think Diamond's closed in the 1950s. Was it Cupp's or Vitek's?
Thanks for the insight. It was way before my time as well, but my dad grew up in Waco in the 50s and 60s and talked about it, so I was kinda throwing it against the wall.PartyBear said:Toddle House was way before my time but I have seen it discussed in other similar threads back in the past on bfans including photos and that building still exists, for the time being that is. That was between 17th and 18th on Columbus, which I do not really consider to be off of 35 at all. That could still be what the poster was talking about however with just a bit of foggy memory thrown in. I certainly wouldnt know what was right on 35 in the 60s except maybe Cupps. That said I dont think there was a 35 going through Waco, that was open at least, until the end of the 60s.EnglishBear said:Toddle House?forza orsi said:txjoebear said:
Can anyone tell me the name of the diner that was off I-35 in Waco back in the 60s? It was just a small place, my dad would tank up on coffee there when we were driving to Fort Worth from the coast to our relatives' house.
Thanks!
A small diner just off I-35. Small knocks out George's and the Elite. Right off I-35 knocks out Kim's, Ira's, MC's, and Leslie's. I think Diamond's closed in the 1950s. Was it Cupp's or Vitek's?
forza orsi said:Tiny Elvis said:
My college roommate LOVED Jasper DiMaro's. I liked it, too, but not like him! I also loved a Tex-Mex place that used to be out on Hwy 6…was it La Cabana?
I used to eat at Jasper Di Maria's regularly. My cousin owned it back in the 90s but I got out of the habit of going after he died in 2002. Back before 1920, brothers Gaspare and Antonino di Maria, Sicilian immigrants, started doing barbecue here on Elm Street under their Americanized names of Jasper and Joe. Then Jasper moved over to Clifton Street, a few blocks away, and Joe's son Tony took over the Elm Street location and opened his own restaurant. It was a tight Italian community back then, with almost all the Waco Italians from the same 3 square mile area in Sicily (including our family) so everyone knew each other, and lots were related.
Jasper and Tony both did it in Sicilian style, simmering for hours in beef broth first, then finishing it in the smoker. A lot of these same families immigrated to New Orleans and you'll also find barbecue places there that do it that way. It's a throwback to cooking in Sicily, and my friends there do something similar, called a sheep boil. They do the same thing with a whole lamb, simmered for hours in broth before finishing over wood fire. They pour the broth over the pasta for the first course and serve the meat as the second. There are usually 15-20 of us. Add some beer and wine and it's a great way to spend a winter Saturday with friends.
Toddle House's two locations still stand today.Blackjack Bear said:
Can't recall where Toddle House was , but I do recall in the mid 60s That 35 ended about 4th street. The work to extend 35 further north hadn't been let yet . Hard to believe but true. Was for local traffic only, Thru traffic to DFW went down Lasalle , around by general tire and what was and still is called New Dallas Highway. Imagine doing that today.
Don't speak ill of Pete. That guy was a saint! I ate there on the Pete Dris meal plan and lived in his houses. Loved that guy, and his henchman .. the guy with eyes looking two directions! I do not remember his name. He did handyman work for Pete on his rent houses. Maybe a little rat killing too ....beardoc said:Home of the famous Grilled Rat. Anyone heard from him lately?STxBear81 said:
maybe Petes Diner across from Brooks on Dutton
