Old Restaurant thread

rhertz · 12-30-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by decolady

Good Sansones (S'port Barksdale Hwy), Pizza Inn (Kings and Youree), Shaky's Pizza (Shreve City), and the Alphies Fish and Chips (Pierremont).

yeah I loved Alphies... I thought it was better than Author Treachers Fish and Chips..

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Originally Posted by decolady

Wasn't Weismans the place that always had the huge pot of soup where you served yourself? Seems to me I remember going there when I was in college.

Yep, and they also had a pot of steaming hot tamales. Each 1/2 dozen was wrapped in foil like the zwollie tamales of today.

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The Big Chain Cafeteria in Shreve City was another favourite place to go with my grandmother - for dessert. They always had Butter Roll, which she said was just like her grandmother used to make it. Didn't Shreve City also used to have a Woolworth's with a lunch counter? I remember eating fried shrimp there.

Yes all good. The Lo-mart on youree had great fried chicken. I also miss the ham poboys from Cobb's on Kings... (with pickles and cole slaw)

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Is Strawn's Eat Shop still across from Centenary with their fresh strawberry and peach pies in season?

Yes, there is also Strawn's Too and another in Bossier. I had a burger and strawberry pie just yesterday! hmmmmm...

decolady · 12-30-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rhertz

Yes, there is also Strawn's Too and another in Bossier. I had a burger and strawberry pie just yesterday! hmmmmm...

Three Strawns? That's amazing. I'd love to have a piece of that pie right now!

I thought of another two more that I don't know if they are still there or not - Kon Tiki (in the 70s we thought it very exotic to eat there) and Brocato's.

j.nc · 01-01-2008, 10:45 PM

Thanks for some memories decolady !

A little off topic but any of you techsters eat at the Blue Light? There was another soul food place in Ruston I onlywent to once and cannot recall the name but we always went to the Blue Light.

decolady · 01-02-2008, 12:35 AM

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Thanks for some memories decolady !

A little off topic but any of you techsters eat at the Blue Light? There was another soul food place in Ruston I only went to once and cannot recall the name but we always went to the Blue Light.

You're welcome. Thanks to everyone here contributing to this thread. I'm really enjoying the memories, too.

When I was at Tech (72-76) we used to go to the Pitt Grill a lot. Also some Mexican food place on California in a shopping centre next to the K&B Drugstore. And Bonanza on Tuesdays, which was ladies night. On Wednesday nights after astronomy lab we went for pizza. Forget whether it was Pizza Hut or Pizza Inn, but it was also on California.

joepole · 01-02-2008, 08:39 AM

Kon Tiki is still open and exactly the same.

Brocatos was the last of its generation to close, but close it did about 5-ish years ago. It's a photography studio now. I think Superior Bar & Grill bought the neon fish sign.

joepole · 01-02-2008, 08:40 AM

...and it turned out the treasure was in Betty Virginia Park.

Pocahontas · 01-02-2008, 09:15 AM

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You're welcome. Thanks to everyone here contributing to this thread. I'm really enjoying the memories, too.

When I was at Tech (72-76) we used to go to the Pitt Grill a lot. Also some Mexican food place on California in a shopping centre next to the K&B Drugstore. And Bonanza on Tuesdays, which was ladies night. On Wednesday nights after astronomy lab we went for pizza. Forget whether it was Pizza Hut or Pizza Inn, but it was also on California.

Another soul food place in Ruston in addition to Blue Light is Sweet Peas both are still there. Also the Mexican Restaurant was El Pollinos..."Table for Two"....the same girl seated us for years and we had her voice inflection down to a tee. Bonanza is now a shoe store. Pitt Grill has been long gone. Do y'all remember Munchies sandwich shop and Al's Taco Grande (the only place open after midnight?) They were good but both gone. Restaurants have struggled there for years!
But guess what they are starting to get chains! They have a Chili's and an Applebee's! Times are a changing indeed!

purpahurl · 01-03-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Pocahontas

Another soul food place in Ruston in addition to Blue Light is Sweet Peas both are still there. Also the Mexican Restaurant was El Pollinos..."Table for Two"....the same girl seated us for years and we had her voice inflection down to a tee. Bonanza is now a shoe store. Pitt Grill has been long gone. Do y'all remember Munchies sandwich shop and Al's Taco Grande (the only place open after midnight?) They were good but both gone. Restaurants have struggled there for years!
But guess what they are starting to get chains! They have a Chili's and an Applebee's! Times are a changing indeed!

Seems like they have a Super 1 where a nice old house used to be also. The times have been changing.

Isaac-Saxxon · 01-03-2008, 06:25 PM

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Seems like they have a Super 1 where a nice old house used to be also. The times have been changing.

Know what not to say and when not to say it

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joepole · 01-02-2008, 09:50 AM

Why would anyone purposely eat at a TGI Friday's? Especially if there are any other restaurants open.

rhertz · 01-02-2008, 11:12 AM

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Why would anyone purposely eat at a TGI Friday's? Especially if there are any other restaurants open.

I dunno but the parking lot looks packed all the time, even on New Years Day. I haven't eatten at a TGI Fridays since the 70's down in Baton Rouge.. All those places were good back then, even Chili's. But by the time decades pass and they make their way to Shreveport, it's not the same.

decolady · 01-02-2008, 04:16 PM

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I dunno but the parking lot looks packed all the time, even on New Years Day. I haven't eatten at a TGI Fridays since the 70's down in Baton Rouge.. All those places were good back then, even Chili's. But by the time decades pass and they make their way to Shreveport, it's not the same.

Oh I remember TGI Friday's in Baton Rouge then, too. There was another similar place across College Drive, but the name escapes me. We used to call them the fern bars. Girls night out and strawberry daquiris. :-)

j.nc · 01-02-2008, 06:51 PM

The other Ruston soul food place i was trying to recall was Bea's.. Mrs j.nc remembered.

01-01-2008, 10:45 PM	#3
j.nc Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 161 Rep Power: 211	Thanks for some memories decolady ! A little off topic but any of you techsters eat at the Blue Light? There was another soul food place in Ruston I onlywent to once and cannot recall the name but we always went to the Blue Light.

01-02-2008, 08:39 AM	#5
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	Kon Tiki is still open and exactly the same. Brocatos was the last of its generation to close, but close it did about 5-ish years ago. It's a photography studio now. I think Superior Bar & Grill bought the neon fish sign.

01-02-2008, 08:40 AM	#6
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	...and it turned out the treasure was in Betty Virginia Park.

01-02-2008, 09:50 AM	#10
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	Why would anyone purposely eat at a TGI Friday's? Especially if there are any other restaurants open.

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j.nc Advanced Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 161 Rep Power: 211	The other Ruston soul food place i was trying to recall was Bea's.. Mrs j.nc remembered.

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