January 1980: Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips shows the emotion that he shared with many of his players as they were welcomed by a crowd of more than 55,000 inside the Astrodome after returning from Pittsburgh. Anyone remember Zuider Zee? Det. Christies has flourished for decades and calls itself the oldest family-run restaurant in Houston, still owned and operated by the Christie family at 6029 Westheimer. Closed now : See all hours. Sillouhette Lounge a cozy neighborhood nudie club on the unfashionable side of Bellaire Blvd. Your link has been automatically embedded. Marfreless in River Oaks, an unmarked and eclectic bar for couples. They were famous for their incomparable remoulade sauce and Trout Marguery, which was absolutely delicious.. somehow Busy bees Eat and run,please! January 1980: Houston's "Luv Ya Blue" Oilers fans turn out in full force at the Astrodome to welcome the team back from Pittsburgh and express their sentiments about the Oilers' 27-13 loss. Though conditions were improving, women also faced continuing discrimination in restaurant work. The atmosphere was kind of stale, because I guess people started visiting less but the food was great and the staff very friendly. Owned by Bill Williams. Maxim's catered to Houston's new oil tycoons, like John De Menil, with fawning service and lavish prices. Do you remember these things from the 1980s? Band member Billy Gibbons became a loyal customer of the restaurant. I am proud to say my family helped start one of Houstons early delis, which evolved into Schwartzbergs. He and business partners Dr. Frank Morello and Anthony Hassen are opening a 1980s-themed diner called Hungry Like the Wolf, a name that comes from the 1982 Duran Duran hit. Sambo's. del taco is going strong in the midwest. Vice President George and wife Barbara Bush wave at crowd. In Houston, our meals show the waves of immigration that shaped the city -- and are still shaping it. I can remember walking up to the counter with my father as he introduced me to his favorite flavor of ice cream, pistachio. For the second year in a row, the Oilers lost the American Football Conference championship game to the Steelers but still received an enthusiastic welcome from their fans. When? When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. i think they got sued by taco cabana for copying style. Her famous husband missed the race. When I used to go to work with my dad on the weekends as a kid, that BBQ sandwich was the one thing that would brighten an otherwise boring day. This was Dads favorite place for fried chicken. Owned and run by Vira Fredericks and her sister, this establishment was located in an old house a few blocks east of Almeda in the MacGregor/Riverside area. I also remember Alfie's Fish & Chips, & H. Salt Fish & Chips. Putting a picture of something that looks distinctly like a pile of ____ on your advertisement is probably not a well thought out ad campaignand, if my hot dog ever looks at me, it's going into the garbage. Beautiful people, heavy druggy amorous glamorous and booze-soaked. Looking for the citys oldest soul food joint? A paragon of discos. Tea Cup dining restaurant ware Green/White : . While researching this story, I spoke with many long-timers who shared their favorite dining memories, including Buzz-neighborhood residents Nancy Levinthal, a local volunteer and philanthropist, and Leisa Holland Nelson, local author and business owner. Swingin at MaxwellsPlum Happy holidays, eatwell Department store restaurants: MarshallFields Anatomy of a restaurateur: DonDickerman Taste of a decade: 1860srestaurants The saga of Alicesrestaurants The brotherhood of the beefsteakdungeon Famous in its day:Maillards Lets do brunch ornot? It was probably around 1969 or so. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. I think it was on Westheimer or Richmond, out west. There were many other South Main Street/Medical Center area favorites, particularly Ye Olde College Inn across from what was then known as Rice Institute. Box: 6: General menu. Reading the tealeaves Is ethnic food aslur? Houston, Texas - Weather. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Northwest Freeway Houston Texas China Villa Restaurant Matchbook at the best online prices at eBay! I'm pretty sure there's a Gatti's at the corner of University and Greenbriar across from the southwest corner of the Rice campus. These include O'Charley's, Ninety Nine Restaurant and Pub, Village Inn and Bakers Square. One night, overindulged, I slept alone in the hotels crash room.. Yesterday Once More best I remember it was located in South Houston. Located in a quaint shopping plaza, Westbury Square, Rumpleheimers was fantasy brought to life. The first thing that really struck us was how early everyone went out to eat. Great ballroom drunken mix. Oil bust 1982-1986 2. One eventually learned to book a room far in advance. And in Houston, Mayor Jim McConn, who died in 2019, served as the president of the Houston Bar Association. Here are some i remember. Back in the day, it was called Der Weinerschnitzel. The Fig Pig, pictured, took the former spot for Bryan's 797, at the corner of Fifth Street and Hazel Avenue in Old Town. Crazy Frog Saloon. Yeah that good. I didn't Know Houston had Steak N Shake, Southern North America, United States, Texas, H-Town, Montrose, Lower Westheimer, Houston (previously Montrose, now Midtown) TX. Michelle Iracheta is a digital reporter in Houston. (Photo: Houston 175: A Pictorial Celebration of Houstons 175-Year History, The Houston Chronicle). Had a great Chicken Tchopitoulas and the best cornbread muffins I've ever had in a restaurant. With over 10,000 dining options, Houston restaurants will please any palate. January 1980: Dressed in a three-piece suit, Johnny L. Turlington, a chairman of Clerical Workers in Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, Houston, Local 4227, pickets the Crown Central Petroleum Corp. refinery at 111 Red Bluff. Glitter force Smile Precure Toy Set Chest Charm Decor de call Set Pretty Cure. he looks scared - i guess i would be too if i knew i was about to be covered in you-know-whathaha. Burgers are a menu mainstay, with versions that include the Original Diamond Jim Brady or the Charlie Brown. Brennans, the simbling restaurant to New Orleans world-famous Commanders Palace, is renowned for its unparalleled Creole cuisine and New Orleans-style jazz brunch, available in Houston since 1967. OPEN NOW. Lunch Tuesdays-Fridays and Sundays; dinner Tuesdays-Sundays.) The house was moved because of a crumbling foundation. Where to Find Swoon-Worthy Soup in Houston. More than a thousand customers signed a list asking to be notified if the restaurant found a new location. Architect Bert Ray and wife Julie, wearing his creations, try their wings from a picnic landing strip in Hermann Park. Their pizzas were perfect, and I remember our favorite waitress, Kay. Mountain time zone production and airing shows out there is weird out there. The Stables Steak House at 7325 S. Main was sold to a investment. Another Reynosa brother, the late Leo Jr., once worked for ZZ Top when the bad toured. Come for Sunday Supper, and you'll be in for a family-style meal of items like chicken-fried steak, fried chicken, mac 'n' cheese, coleslaw, and chocolate-chunk banana bread. The Katy Prairie begins to be destroyed 8. Spats A high-end bar and dance place in an office plaza near the Galleria. Some of the visiting rival Mets were arrested there. There was a Del Taco on Edgebrook. Upload or insert images from URL. Houston, Texas - Street Cleaning Division. I think he and his brother opened a kiddie amusement center in one of the malls after that but I don't think it lasted very long. The driver and passengers in the van were not injured. For an investment of less than $10,000, the duo would become the founding fathers of Houston and what began as a struggling trading post would in time become the fourth largest city in the nation and a capital of industry. Dunsworth, acting chairman of the Houston Aviation Advisory Council, looks on during the luncheon at the Hobby Airport Ramada Inn. In Houston, this bicyclist got a big, wet splash from a passing van at HIllcroft and Richmond, and Rice University sophomore Kristine Steinkruger, left, armed herself with a raincoat en route to a gym class. Explore the history of Houston by decade in this interactive timeline. If you were there, youll recall some of them. Restaurant history quiz (In)famous in its day: the Nixonschain The checkered life of achef Catering to the rich andfamous Famous in its day: London ChopHouse Who invented Caesarsalad? A growing interest in healthier diets influenced restaurant menus, which began to feature less red meat and more pasta, fish, and chicken dishes. It was possibly the most influential restaurant in Houston's culinary history. Digesting the MadonnaInn Halloween soup Restaurant-ing with JohnMargolies True confessions Basic fare: pancakes Black waiters in whiterestaurants Catering to airlines What were theythinking? Here are 14 rare photos of Texas in the 1970s. Its picturesque patio is still buzzy as can be during weekend brunch, and guests can count on longstanding favs like shrimp and stone ground grits and jalapeo fettuccine, which has graced the menu since the early 90s. We had some of the best music in the country, and some really rad places to hang out with our friends. Remember having a good time. The Nichols-Rice-Cherry House sits on its new foundation in the background of the site it formerly occupied in downtown Sam Houston park. When Star Trek Deep Space Nine came on we got it at 10:30 PM on ABC (on other affiliates it came on UPN) whereas Voyager came on UPN with no problem. Comprised of full-time musicians with over 150 years of live touring, recording, and stage performance, play. May 1980 - A Houston police officer directs traffic after a collision Wednesday between a police car and van in the 3700 block of the Katy Freeway. Taste of a decade: 1930srestaurants Anatomy of a restaurateur: H. M.Kinsley Sweet and sourPolynesian Bar-B-Q, barbecue, barbeque Taste of a decade: 1920srestaurants Never lose your mealticket Beans and beaneries Basic fare: hamburgers Famous in its day:Tafts Eating healthy Mary Elizabeths, a New Yorkinstitution Fast food: one-armjoints The family restauranttrade Taste of a decade: restaurants,1800-1810 Early chains: Vienna Model Bakery &Caf When ladies lunched:Schraffts Taste of a decade: 1960srestaurants Department store restaurants:Wanamakers Women as culinaryprofessionals Basic fare: friedchicken Chain restaurants: beans and bibleverses Eating kosher Restaurateurs: Alice FooteMacDougall Drinking rum, eatingCantonese Lunching in the BirdCage Cabarets and lobsterpalaces Fried chicken blues Rats and other unwantedguests Dining with Duncan Basic fare: toast Department store restaurants Roadside restaurants: teashops Tipping in restaurants Rewriting restaurant history Basic fare: hamsandwiches Americas first restaurant Joels bohemian refreshery. March 1980 - Fishing. I believe the old Mimosa Lanes site is now a hotel. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1970 Press Photo Looking down on Home Builders expo at Astrohall in Houston at the best online prices at eBay! Trader Vics was located in the Shamrock Hotel. It was an A shaped building and you'd drive through between the legs of the A. And if you're in . I thought they had the best fried chicken and fried shrimp in town. Traffic Accidents - Houston, Texas. | michelle.iracheta@chron.com, Photos show Houston life as the 1980s began, Willie Nelson pays lovely tribute to another country legend, Rare photos show 2 ocelots crossing South Texas road, Astros GM Dana Brown has more praise team's top prospect, This is what Houston looks like from space. The sidewalks are always busy, but during the lunch hour they fill up with downtown workers. Pizza Hut No. Meanwhile old favorites such as steak and baked potato, tossed salad, and cheesecake seemed dull. (I lived in Fondren Southwest) I used to go to Mr. Gatti's by Braes Bayou (I think).. What I remember of Mr. Gatti's is that they had a big screen and they'd show "The little Rascals" and old newsreels. Bermann, who the rich oilmen nicknamed "Frenchie," had trained under Georges Auguste Escoffier, and he brought French wine sauces and ingredients like endive to Houston for the first time. Powered by Invision Community. Ham & eggs by any othername Good eaters: JosephineHull Name trouble: AuntJemimas Reflections on a name:Plantation Dining on aroof Restaurant-ing on wheels Dinner to go Drive-up windows Dining during an epidemic: SanFrancisco Good eaters: bohemians Dining during anepidemic Fish on Fridays Image gallery: breadedthings Lunching in alaboratory Women drinking inrestaurants The puzzling St. Paulsandwich New Years Eve at the LatinQuarter Chinese for Christmas Turkeyburgers Themes: bordellos Finds of theday Early bird specials Franchising: Heap BigBeef Bostons automats Coffee and cakesaloons Women chefs notwanted Entree from side dish to maindish Anatomy of a restaurateur: Woo YeeSing Lobster stew at the WhiteRabbit Restaurants in the family: DorisDay Almost like flying Eye appeal Writing food memoirs Anatomy of a restaurateur: RubyFoo Soul food restaurants Effects of war onrestaurant-ing Behind the scenes at theSplendide Take your Valentine todinner Lunching at the dimestore Square meals Tea rooms forstudents Christmas dinner in thedesert Green Book restaurants Dirty by design Clown themes Basic fare: meat &potatoes Dining with Chiang Yee inBoston Slumming Picturing restaurant food Find of the day: the Double R CoffeeHouse Delicatessing at theDelirama Restaurant design anddecoration Dining on adime Anatomy of a restaurateur: GeorgeRector Catering Dining in agarden Sawdust on thefloor Learning to eat (inrestaurants) Childrens menus Taste of a decade: the1830s Check your hat How Americans learned totip Image gallery: eating in ahat The up-and-down life of a restaurantowner Dressing the femaleserver The Lunch Box, amemoir Crazy for crepes Famous in its day: ThePyramid Dining & wining on New YearsEve High-volume restaurants: Hilltop SteakHouse Famous in its day: the PublicNatatorium Turkey on themenu Getting closer to yourfood Between courses: secretrecipes Find of the day: Aladdin Studio TiffinRoom Americans in Paris: The ChineseUmbrella No smoking! No Houston restaurant memory would be complete without mentioning the history of local delicatessens. I remember that Gatti's near A&M. Its former site will be cleaned up and allowed to grow grass and remain part of the park. Several from long ago in my childhood when we used to come to Houston to see my grandparents: -Kapan's on South Main at Kirby (where the Eckerd's is now), our usual Sunday after church lunch place - good steaks and seafood, and those excellent crab ball appetizers that the guy in the white suit used to bring around to all the tables, -Angelo's, another long gone seafood restuarant, -The Strawberry Patch on Westheimer, the Pappas family's country/home cooking concept (Pappas Bros. Steakhouse is there now), -Tokyo Gardens, the first place I ever had Japanese. See all (64) document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. NOT SO OLD . I used to eat a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches there when I was a kid. We wish you all the best on your future culinary endeavors. I remember their sign with a bear, and the words A-Bear to indicate pronunciation. OH! Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 16 Kid-Friendly Houston Restaurants That Grown-Ups Wont Hate. I saw it in California as well when I went there not too long ago. and help keep the future of the Houston Press, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. 21 Essential Italian Restaurants in Houston. Between 1851 and 1863 it was owned by William Marsh Rice, the famous financier. I remember the color yellow, there where generally in parking lots, ONLY drive threw and CHECKERS!!! I was fond of Vivian the bartender. A friend of mine got clobbered. Del Taco is long gone from Texas, but alive and well in California. Houston had Bo Jangles for a while and they left quickly. Ugh. Even though it's only been gone a short time, I miss the original Antone's on Taft. The Chinese craze did not fully take hold until the early 1960's. On any Saturday night, at Shmulka Bernstein on Essex Street, the average wait for a table and the privilege . With red, blue and green color-themed rooms, Christies was known for its remoulade sauce on French-fried shrimp. Back in December, the fast-food chain revealed its most popular menu items of 2021 and waffle fries once again reigned supreme. . Houston's independent source of The restaurant, located in an old house with a tree-shaded patio, has also become known for its extensive craft beer menu. on Bellaire -- don't think they lasted too long. Can the 1980s Restaurants Be the Key to Growth in the 2020s? Leo's Mexican Restaurant I believe I ate there once or twice when I was a kid. 1. Both women came to the festival from Austin. Weekend Food Bets: A Chef Collab and Fish Fridays, Los Compadres: First Look at a Hidden Gem, Upcoming: Wine Dinners, Tequila Pairings and Exclusive Cellar Cuts, Become a member to support the independent voice of Houston In the early 1980s, millennials didn't even exist yet. Nearly every one I've ever seen has been boarded up. --Lumburger or Crumburger (?) But at lunchtime, the menu always included a few meat-and-potatoes dishes, including chicken-fried steaks, for rough-and-tough wildcatters. Weren't Showbiz and Chuck E. Cheese two different companies that merged at some point? Was "Checkers" ever in Houston? Bermann became famous as the apostle of French cuisine, but he once remarked that it was the chicken-fried steaks that made him rich. A number of cities lag behind, though, including Minneapolis and Chicago where many cling to meat and potatoes, and Columbus OH which has the dubious distinction of serving as a test market for fast food chains. Sheila Jackson Lee first elected to office With a trailer park next door, you might not have suspected the feast being served on the inside. last time i saw one was in beaumont remember Two Pesos? By - Foodservice IP. The James Coney Island downtown location was a popular lunch spot. This is the decade when I first went to the USA. Try the Gulf red snapper topped with jumbo lump crabmeat or the filet mignon paired with one of the 200 wines on hand and famous apple strudel for dessert. The current Bennigan's are owned by Dallas-based Legendary Restaurant Brands . The Astrodome was an inspiration for many of these restaurants; in later years, the restaurant landscape of this area would change dramatically. The patio features a lush garden with a picturesque waterfall. With dinner for two easily totaling $100 [about $228 now], they learn it often means higher prices too. February 1980: Houston police officer John McClellan, February 2: Hermann Park Stables: While riding through the park one day.. Dana Cobb follows Larry Smith down a trail at Hermann Park, where a number of students of the saddle like to ride. (Photo: www.bellairebook.com), Writer Russell Weils family celebrate Mothers Day 1967 at Looks Sirloin Inn. I forget the name of the road now, but it was right next to the gas station there. A food elite emerged, composed of frequent restaurant-goers with insatiable hunger for new cuisines and unfamiliar foods. What now-deceased1960s recording artist lent his name to a 1980s Houston restaurant on Woodway Drive? With the stocky and loveable Alfred at the helm behind the front counter, one could buy authentic Kosher deli meats, fish and cheese, or order huge sandwiches too large to get your mouth around. George's Restaurant Houston Second Verse Bar. Vaness Vajdos, left; Mary Cullen, center, and Laurie Pipenur, right, will try to challenge Donna Burge's Texas record for the marathon. Wed love to share your dining memories. See Best of Boston 1980 winners in the Restaurants & Food category, as selected by Boston magazine. From iconic burgers to killer Tex-Mex, these longstanding restaurants have stuck around for a reason. This was a go-to restaurant for Sunday lunch after church and for special occasions., Another of Criswells favorites was Heberts Ritz in what is now known as Midtown. Do you remember any of these places? Had the reputation of over-served customers. Losers included coffee shops, Cantonese Chinese and red-checkered Italian restaurants, and even sanctums of haute French cuisine. For Sale: 3 beds, 2.5 baths 1980 sq. It was THE place to go. Nelsons favorite dining memory is from Elliotts Steakhouse in the Medical Center. I fondly remember many meals at Looks consisting of a chopped steak with baked potato, or fried chicken. In Milwaukee, taverns continue to do brisk business serving deep fried fish on Friday nights. Owner Walter Bopp was a longtime Tucson businessmen. Paste as plain text instead, Lots of line dancing in an atmosphere of mostly Carpenter tunes ranging from the romantic to the morose. In addition to utilizing real crystal, silver, and linens imported from Italy, the restaurant offers elegant plates like Bolognese built with classic pappardelle, dry-aged duck and delicious desserts like tiramisu and fluffy tuxedo cake. Their logo was the canadian mountie from the cartoons. September 1980- Marie Cheatham, who plays Stephanie on CBS's Search For Tomorrow; pins a corsage on Lynnette Preston of Ross Sterling High School, the recipient of a scholarship named in honor of Miss Cheathama's mother, the late Mrs. Bettye Lou Cheatham.
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