Best of - Tulsa Restaurants That Are Gone

[AMP]

Ah ha, I believe Elmo's was next to the knife sharpening place also.  I remember eating in there quite often.  

Pat Callahan, who I attended school with, passed away in 1998.  His parents owned and operated Callahan's Restaurant at 32nd and Harvard for years.  They baked some wonderful pies.  

Pat became a golf pro and the access road to the entrance of the Chickasaw Pointe Golf Course is named Callahan Lane in his memory.

[Wingnut]

quote: This gives posters a sounding board to talk about those times. I totally enjoyed the story about the two glasses at Frankenstein's Roast Beef Sandwhch restaurant of the small and large beverage glasses. They held the same amount as told by the person that was the dishwasher at one time. I could picture him pouring the dishwater out of one glass into the other to see just how much more pop you got if you bought a large. And shazam it was the same! I doubt if the owners ever knew that. It was a great story.

Ha! Were you watching me?? That's exactly what I did. The small was short and fat and the large was tall and skinny. Whether the owners knew or not I don't know, but I would tend to think they did.
You were absolutly correct about Crystals Pizza being a Bordens. That was a bit before my time so I didn't know about Bordens being there. Thanks for the correction and history lesson.
And thank you for all the great pictures! I love looking at stuff like that.

quote: Ashby's Cafe Near 11th and Hudson. Close to where McCloums was.  

I believe that building is still there. Mcculloms was across the street and a bit east on Ashbys. It's now a car lot office

Wasn't there a Griffs on Admiral near Pittsburg? It seems like I went there a time or two in high school.
I remember the Mcdonalds on 11th (that has now closed and moved to 13th & Harvard) We would go there in the evenings and you would walk in the front thru some big sliding doors that would be open and order at the stainless steel counter with bugs flying all over the place. I don't think that would go over very well today. It had the arches on the sides that were lit up yellow. I used to eat there alot in high school also, only it was an updated store.
Looks like I'm going to have to put the top down and tour around town looking at the old spots to see what else I remember about what used to be good in Tulsa.....

[AMP]

quote:Originally posted by AMP

The orginal Ron's Hamburgers & Chili at 15th and Lewis building.  

Is that a hamburger restaurant in that building in this photo?  

Click on the photo to zoom in and read the sign!

[waterboy]

Of course Pennington's was well known, especially by Central students who simply called it 'tons. But another favorite of ours was Don's Playboy Burgers where Quik Trip now sits at 36th & Peoria. Since we only had 30min. for lunch, we would run to our cars parked downtown and haul donkey down Peoria to Don's, then eat a burger on the way back in the car.

I think the Rogers HS equivalent was Boots but don't remember where it was exactly.

Great pics btw. Just remembered Coop's Whizburger at 4th street and Lewis avenue. Replaced a Pure Milk outlet.

[Nick Danger]

I LOVE the old photos! Some of these are before my time, but some bring back fond memories.

<sigh>

Nick

[AMP]

36th and Peoria not sure which intersection the Don's Playboy Burgers sat on.  

Gas was up to 29 cents per gallon.

We didn't need curbs then, and to avoid crashing sometimes you had to "ditch it" which ment run off into the drainage ditch that often ran next to the street. LOL





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This is the Intesection of 71st and Memorial around 1967. There weren't too many restaurants there yet, but many to come.  I bought gasoline at those stations a lot when I was a teenager.

[waterboy]

Don's was on the South West corner of 36th & Peoria. We also loved Shakeys Pizza just a bit farther down across from channel 2 studios. They ran a continuous loop of Three Stooges shorts. Best Hardward is there now.

I remember when DX had to gold plate the gasoline pump handles and offer Color TV in their lobby to get people to travel as far as...51st & Yale to buy gas. And they did.

[Denizen]

The only place I miss that hasn't been mentioned yet is Bundy's Hamburgers. Bundy's was on W. 48th St. in Carbondale. It burned down several years ago.

[AMP]

Never got to eat at this one, but they had a nice sign.



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Many Tulsan's Favorite The Golden Drumstick


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Town and Country - Seems Steaks, Sea Food and Chicken are still popular today.  

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The White Swan - Looked like a hoppin' joint.

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Wynn's Club Buffet on 21 West 3rd Street
Beer was a quarter!
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THAT IS ONE SMOOTH STREET !

6th and Boston looking north in 1926. Businesses pictured include the Sunoco Building, Public Service Co. Electric (later AEP/PSO), and the Philtower Building (under construction). The church in front of the Philtower was the site of the Boston Avenue Methodist Church before they moved to their larger, more famous Art Deco building.

The location occupied in this picture by Grant's Lunch was replaced by a Borden's Cafe, which later became Nelson's Buffeteria.

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The northwest corner of 5th and Boston in 1939. Crown Drugstore is on the corner, Nelson's Char-Broiled Steaks (with the white elephant signage) is to the right. Nelson's would later become Nelsons Buffeteria at a location a block away.

[AMP]

WHO COULD FORGET THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA

EAT A SQUARE LUNCH !

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BACK DOWNTOWN TO PRIDES CAFETERIA



Looking east on 3rd Street from Main. Buildings shown include Zales Jewelry, First National Bank, Bell Clothing, Pride's Cafeteria, and the Tulsa Hotel.

[AMP]

Soda or Ice Cream perhaps.

Anyone remember where this was in Tulsa and when?

Notice how many employees they have working taking care of business. And all in proper uniforms as well.

[AMP]

quote:Originally posted by waterboy


I remember when DX had to gold plate the gasoline pump handles and offer Color TV in their lobby to get people to travel as far as...51st & Yale to buy gas. And they did.

Gas station on the nw corner of 51st and Yale had high performance high octane blue fuel.  It was around 50 cents per gallon.  Only had it at the single pump off on the north west side of the parking lot.  All the gear heads bought it.

51st and Yale in 1951

[southof30a]

Willie's Silver Castle - 24 hour diner across the street from the Circle Theater in Whittier.  Best at about 3:00 AM (if you could find a seat).

RJ's - On north side of 15th, just a little ways west of the original Ron's Hamburgers and Chili.  Ran by a Cajun guy named Ron Sonnier.  No set menu, best gumbo I have ever eaten.  In fact, I have his recipe.

Hank's Hamburgers - This has been mentioned but a little more info.  This Hank's was located at 9th and Lewis.  Ran by a guy named Walt and his wife, Margie.  The Margie's special:  Triple meat, triple pepper, triple cheese.  At supper there every Sunday night during the mid-late 70's while at TU.

[AMP]

Jim Elias at his Jamil's Restaurant which was located at 26th & Harvard.  At one time they purchased their meat from the Jitney Jungle Food store nearby.  



Jamil's is now located on east 51st street between Harvard and Lewis on the south side of the Skelly Bypass I-44.

[BASleuth]

AMP those family restaurants..were you referring to the old Walker Family Foods?

Remember "Mr T's" on the Northeast corner of 36th and South Peoria.

Article in recently indicated Golden Drumstick was previously at Ninde's Funeral Home on South Peoria, for some reason I had associated Don's Streak House with that location.