Best of - Tulsa Restaurants That Are Gone

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by T-Town Now

Most of my old favorites have already been listed:

Ma Bell's
My Pie
Smokehouse Blues (81st and Harvard)
Kings (31st and Sheridan - great burgers!)
The Pagoda
Zuider Zee (I loved the windmill)
Charlie Mitchell's

Anyone remember Melody's at 71st and Memorial (around 1980-1981)? It was later Chi-Chi's, and the building is now torn down. It sat east of the old Target store. Melody's had great Sunday Brunches.

I believe Melody's was on the north side of the center and Chi Chi's was purpose-built for Chi-Chi's.  Could be wrong, I've had more than one or two margaritas since then.

Steamroller Blues & BBQ never worked because the food sucked.  Same owner as the Blue Rose.  Tom should have stuck with the Blue Rose concept and ploughed his profits back into updating that place instead of getting strung out on a concept that wasn't what he did best.  His personal net out of Blue Rose was reputed to be $10K per month.  The last couple of years, the Blue Rose was starting to get a little dumpy.  I wouldn't even use the restroom there anymore.  He had to dump so much time and money into the two Steamroller locations that he neglected his best asset.

Hemi's Pizza is another place I miss.  Half-baked stoners make the best pizza.

[stymied]

Cajun Boiling Pot at 16th & Memorial was great.  Sorry to see that go.

[Conan71]

CBP is gone?  When did that happen?  I heard there were some issues with the health dept. not thinking that serving crawfish on newspaper with wooden mallets was too kosher.  Well, not that mudbugs are "kosher" in the first place, but you get my drift.

Hey AMP- When did Mark & Tammie's close?  Wasn't Mark one of Hank's long-time employees when it was still Hank's?

[T-Town Now]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

quote:Originally posted by T-Town Now

Most of my old favorites have already been listed:

Ma Bell's
My Pie
Smokehouse Blues (81st and Harvard)
Kings (31st and Sheridan - great burgers!)
The Pagoda
Zuider Zee (I loved the windmill)
Charlie Mitchell's

Anyone remember Melody's at 71st and Memorial (around 1980-1981)? It was later Chi-Chi's, and the building is now torn down. It sat east of the old Target store. Melody's had great Sunday Brunches.

I believe Melody's was on the north side of the center and Chi Chi's was purpose-built for Chi-Chi's.  Could be wrong, I've had more than one or two margaritas since then.

Steamroller Blues & BBQ never worked because the food sucked.  Same owner as the Blue Rose.  Tom should have stuck with the Blue Rose concept and ploughed his profits back into updating that place instead of getting strung out on a concept that wasn't what he did best.  His personal net out of Blue Rose was reputed to be $10K per month.  The last couple of years, the Blue Rose was starting to get a little dumpy.  I wouldn't even use the restroom there anymore.  He had to dump so much time and money into the two Steamroller locations that he neglected his best asset.

Hemi's Pizza is another place I miss.  Half-baked stoners make the best pizza.

So that would put Melody's where the KFC and oil change place are now? I honestly don't remember, but I do remember it was a fun place to go.

I thought Streamroller's BBQ was great. At least it was every time I ate there. The raspberry and blueberry BBQ sauces were really, really good. I had friends in from out of town and they loved it as well. They still ask if the place ever reopened in another location.

A sports bar is going in to that location now. (The old Embers.)

[Conan71]

Embers is closed now too?

I'm relying on memories from 20++ years ago.  The site I'm thinking of would have fronted 71st St. not where the KFC is.  There was a place, I think called Magnolia cafe there after Melody's.  Might have or still is an oriental place since then.  I don't get out to that area very often anymore.

[AMP]

Mark & Tammy's is now Freddies's #1, Fred Hollis has two one there at 9th and Lewis and the other one is on east 11th Street by Mingo. The 11th Street location serves thick Char Burgers in addition to the thin onion fried in grease burger style.  I like both versions.    

Mark and Tammy were in the real estate business with several rent homes last time I saw Mark at the burger joint.

After it was Hank's another owner had it, he built a building near 4th and Lewis and called his other place Margie's I believe that was his wife's name.  Think his name was Walt.  I recall he was robbed and then after that he always was armed with a pistol he wore on his belt.  

Two girls, one was Toni Beam can't remember the others name opened when Margie's closed.  Tony's brother Joe Beam owns Will Rogers Raceway in Claremore, Oklahoma.  Bill Cox was a regular in there.  The other girl was the chef at could of been Wild Oat or some other place like that after leaving that restaurant.

Anyway, they both had a new age type restaurant where Margie's once was that served whole grain breads, and had a really great menu for lunch and dinner.  They made some really good red beans and rice.  That building is no longer there, it was replaced by the new home division along Lewis.  

Toni Beam raced against Jeff Gordon when they were both kids in quarter midgets.  I believe she defeated him in a race or two as the story goes, have to ask her mom that runs the beer shack at Will Rogers about the outcomes of those races.

[NellieBly]

I loved Shakey's growing up. My step dad used to play Dixie Land jazz once a week. I used to love watching them make the pizzas, too. "Ace of Spades your pizza is ready."

My Pie -- hamburger pizza was to die for.

The original Webber's building when you could still get car service and they hung the metal tray from your window and the kids all got mini mugs of root beer.

I miss Arthur Treachers all the time. Great fish and chips.

A big treat for us was going to Kip's Big Boy after church.

[AMP]

The Harvard Club
Home Run Pizza Pine & Harvard

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Der Winersnitzel had anothther location at 21st and Harvard sat east of where Arby's is now.  My favorite was on Brookside.

Still have them in other places:
http://www.wienerschnitzel.com/about.php

Hemi's Pizza Near TU on East 11th - Cheese Chooch yummy!

Jamil's will be closing in it's current location due to I-44 construction.  Rumor is they may re-open at the Eddy's location on 31st street.  

Freckles is opening a new Frozen Custard location across from Honda of Tulsa on the NE corner of 21st and Yale.  Their banner read something like www.frecklesbythefair.com.

http://www.frecklesfrozencustard.com/locations.asp

[AMP]

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by AMP
I do get out quite a bit, driving over 65,000 miles a year, traveling through a dozen or more states.  

Peace

You travel 65,000 miles a year and have not seen Riverparks in 25 years? That makes sense. If you haven't seen Riverpark for 25 years do you think there just might be a number of older Tulsa places that you have missed?

Here are some current places I could think of that have been in town for more than 25 years (some more than 70 years) that are not chains. I also looked in the phone book, but stopped at "F" as the list was getting too long.

Coney Island
The Petroleum Club
The Celebrity Club
Steakfinger House
Claude's
Webber's
Mary's Italian
The Polo Grill
Fuji Sushi
Queenie's
Jim's Never on Sunday
Billy's on the Square
Wilson's BBQ
Café Ole
Fellini's
Jamil's
Cardigans
Chicken Coop
Freddie's
Baxter's Interurban
The Atlas Grill
Casa Loredo
Chimi's
Bodean's
The Spudder
Diamond Jack's
Elmer's
Avalon
Atlantic Sea Grill
Brothers Houligan

Great idea for another Tread  
Best Of -  Tulsa Restaurants over 20 years old

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by AMP

Mark & Tammy's is now Freddies's #1, Fred Hollis has two one there at 9th and Lewis and the other one is on east 11th Street by Mingo. The 11th Street location serves thick Char Burgers in addition to the thin onion fried in grease burger style.  I like both versions.  

They just closed the 11th street location.

Just not enough business, I guess.

[AMP]

Freddies on east 11th is only closed until October 10th because he works his park and restaurant in Sturgis during this time. He also works a Fair up north around this time of the year as I recall.

They will also be at the Tulsa State Fair with all their regular food vendor booths including the roasted corn, on the east end of the IPE buiding.    

Ikes Chili on Admiral closes for a short time during the hot august month for vacation also, believe they reopen Sept 8th.

[dbacks fan]

Shakeys is still alive with 63 stores in the US and just over 300 in Aisa.

http://www.shakeys.com/

We actually have Tastee Freez together with wienerschnitzel's

http://www.tastee-freez.com/locations.php

Rosies Rib Joint was one of my favorites, loved the grand cut of prime rib, for lunch it was Antones/Cedars Imports.

[AMP]

"Back in 1961, 23-year-old fast-food entrepreneur John Galardi saw an opportunity and started Wienerschnitzel with the opening of a single hot dog stand. Since that time, we have taken our love for all-things-hot-dog and opened over 340 stores in ten states, and even Guam, to become The World's Largest Hot Dog Chain and one of the largest privately owned fast-food restaurant chains in the nation."
From Der Wienerschnitzel's web site...

But none here, bummer huh?

[dbacks fan]

I had a brother who worked for Dick Richardson of Dickies Fish N Chips for years. He was a floating manager and opened all of the store in Tulsa and Stillwater. The only one he did not open was when they moved the location from Admiral and Sheridan to the intersection of Adrmiral and 73rd E. Avenue, I think it was still an Egg Roll Express the last time I was in Tulsa. I still have a couple of ashtrays from the one of the stores.

[AMP]

HAMBURGER HEAVEN 71ST AND LEWIS

Here are a few ads from the 1973 season of  Tulsa Speedway Race Programs.

You can click on them to zoom in.





BIG MIKES HAMBURGERS


MR. STEAK ACROSS FOR THE RACETRACK AT THE FAIRGROUNDS


SHOTGUN SAMS - DINNER FOLLOWING THE RACES AT TULSA SPEEDWAY EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT DURING RACE SEASON.