Borden's cafeteria/restaurants

[PaulR]

Does anybody know when the LAST Borden's cafeteria or restaurant closed? And where it was located?

Thanks,
Paul

[waterboy]

I think it was on Admiral in the shopping center off the Yale exit. Sign may still be there and I think one of the Borden's still owns the property.

[PaulR]

If I am thinking of the same place...the Borden's sign there marks the corporate office of the real estate part of the business now run by one of the sons. Was that ever a cafeteria/restaurant ?

If so, when did it stop being a cafeteria/restaurant ?

Paul

[dbacks fan]

If you scroll half way through you will see the one from Sheridan Village:

http://www.losttulsa.com/labels/demolition.html

I think the last one was either South Land, or Sheridan Village. The one in the Shoppers Fair Center had become Crystal's Pizza by the late 70's.

[PaulR]

An email from Phil Borden (son of the cafeteria owner) says the last cafeteria "was located at 1st & Lewis, and closed (approximately) in 1985."

Since they opened their first restaurant  in 1935 that means they were in the business for 50 years in Tulsa.

Paul

[Conan71]

I can't picture which corner Bordens was on at 1st & Lewis.  Wasn't there also one at 51st & Peoria south of I-44?

[dbacks fan]

I can't picture which corner Bordens was on at 1st & Lewis.  Wasn't there also one at 51st & Peoria south of I-44?

I think so. I think it was in the shopping center on the south east side, and it was in the middle of the stretch that faced west. There was some variety store, Woolworth or Otasco next to it.

[MichaelBates]

I think so. I think it was in the shopping center on the south east side, and it was in the middle of the stretch that faced west. There was some variety store, Woolworth or Otasco next to it.

That's right. The 51st and Peoria Borden's was a Po Folks in the '90s.

[dbacks fan]

That's right. The 51st and Peoria Borden's was a Po Folks in the '90s.

Po Folk's. I could not think of it.

[waterboy]

I can't picture which corner Bordens was on at 1st & Lewis.  Wasn't there also one at 51st & Peoria south of I-44?

Coney, the one at 1st and Lewis was on the South East corner facing into Whittier Square. It was diagonally across from the TG&Y and just south of Otasco and the Silver Castle. My childhood shopping center.

[Conan71]

Coney, the one at 1st and Lewis was on the South East corner facing into Whittier Square. It was diagonally across from the TG&Y and just south of Otasco and the Silver Castle. My childhood shopping center.

I used to go to the Thursday 25 cent matinees at the Circle when I was a kid and cannot, for the life of me, picture the Bordens.  I keep picturing OTASCO on the north side of 3rd St. at Lewis. Hmmm, can't picture TG&Y either.

Anyone have any photos they could post?

[dbacks fan]

I used to go to the Thursday 25 cent matinees at the Circle when I was a kid and cannot, for the life of me, picture the Bordens.  I keep picturing OTASCO on the north side of 3rd St. at Lewis. Hmmm, can't picture TG&Y either.

Anyone have any photos they could post?

There was a TG&Y at 3rd and Utica on the south east corner, and just south of there was a Dairy Queen (Taco Mayo is there now). I have been trying to find something on Google but to no avail.


Found this: http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/vintage-ads-from-tulsas-past/

$1.49 Steak, salad,potato, toast, and coffee or tea at Sirloin Stockade on Tuesdays.

[Conan71]

There was a TG&Y at 3rd and Utica on the south east corner, and just south of there was a Dairy Queen (Taco Mayo is there now). I have been trying to find something on Google but to no avail.


Found this: http://irritatedtulsan.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/vintage-ads-from-tulsas-past/

$1.49 Steak, salad,potato, toast, and coffee or tea at Sirloin Stockade on Tuesdays.

Ahh, SE corner of 3rd & Lewis is now a Warehouse Market.

[waterboy]

I used to go to the Thursday 25 cent matinees at the Circle when I was a kid and cannot, for the life of me, picture the Bordens.  I keep picturing OTASCO on the north side of 3rd St. at Lewis. Hmmm, can't picture TG&Y either.

Anyone have any photos they could post?

3rd street and Lewis was actually a Warehouse Mkt, then directly north were two car lots, Then the Bordens at first, then Silver Castle, then farther north  by Admiral was Otasco.

TG&Y had been on Admiral west of Lewis, next to Swinney's Hardware and Crown Drug, but when Banfield Meat Market moved out at 1st and Lewis they took it over. Funny, the only thing still in existence after all these years...is the liquor store at 2nd & Lewis.

Saturday matinee at the Circle was 10cents in my day. Dang...that hurts.

[MichaelBates]

None of these seem to be of the Whittier Square Borden's but here's a link to every Borden's picture in the Beryl Ford Collection.

UPDATE: Never mind -- can't link directly to the search results. Type "Borden's" in the title field on that page and you should get the list of 17 photos.