Nostalgia (Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks: cheap apartment, to live, license)

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Hawk J

Perry Boys Smorgy Buffet...............eat all you want................

They also had one in Monterey, Salinas, etc...

that is it, I had forgotten the term "smorgusboard buffet" I knew cafeteria wasn't quite right.

Nita

[majoun]

Originally Posted by stillkit

I don't remember Russell's, but I do remember a hamburger chain called "Wimpy's," after the Popeye character.

I didn't think there were any Wimpy's in California but someone else mentioned there were a very few, perhaps they used CA to test out the US market as a whole.

They didn't last long in CA, neither did White Castle on any of their attempts to break into the CA market.

Pretty sure Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset and Doheny is still there. That's a few blocks west of their original location which was near the Whisky.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by majoun

I didn't think there were any Wimpy's in California but someone else mentioned there were a very few, perhaps they used CA to test out the US market as a whole.

They didn't last long in CA, neither did White Castle on any of their attempts to break into the CA market.

Pretty sure Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset and Doheny is still there. That's a few blocks west of their original location which was near the Whisky.

Oh and then there was Tooties I think it was called, one in Alhambra and maybe one in the Hollywood area, anyway they had the "to die for" onion rings.

NIta

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by majoun

Pretty sure Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset and Doheny is still there.

That it is.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by nmnita

Oh and then there was Tooties I think it was called, one in Alhambra...they had the "to die for" onion rings.

Twohey's, right? They're still there, on Atlantic Blvd in Alhambra. Their onion rings were--and probably still are--amazing. Before they remodeled it, they actually had waitresses on rollerskates who served your meal at your car. They were famous for their "Stink-O burgers" (grilled onions) when we were little. And they served the world's best chocolate sundaes. Wow, did we ever eat unhealthy food back then!

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

Twohey's, right? They're still there, on Atlantic Blvd in Alhambra. Their onion rings were--and probably still are--amazing. Before they remodeled it, they actually had waitresses on rollerskates who served your meal at your car. They were famous for their "Stink-O burgers" (grilled onions) when we were little. And they served the world's best chocolate sundaes. Wow, did we ever eat unhealthy food back then!

I thought Tooties wasn't quite right, some call it a senior monment, I call it plain OLD AGE!!!

Oh, you mean unhealthy food was around then, golly I thought it just appeared on the scene in the past 10 years???

Nita

[ehcsrop]

Frank Zamboni is being inducted into the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Well, yes, they still make those Zamboni's, but the nostalgia here is the first ones were based on military Jeeps. I remember skating on Saturdays at Ice Land in Paramount and the Zamboni would come out about every 2 hours and shave the ice perfectly smooth.

[Twinkle Toes]

Remember Fotomat? Ever accidentally run into a Fotomat booth with your car in a parking lot?

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Twinkle Toes

Remember Fotomat? Ever accidentally run into a Fotomat booth with your car in a parking lot?

I do remember them, but never ran into one, I have run into a few other things, but we will leave it at that...

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by ehcsrop

Frank Zamboni is being inducted into the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Well, yes, they still make those Zamboni's, but the nostalgia here is the first ones were based on military Jeeps. I remember skating on Saturdays at Ice Land in Paramount and the Zamboni would come out about every 2 hours and shave the ice perfectly smooth.

Ah, yes, the Iceland chain. Up here, the one in Berkeley may be shut (I have not driven by there of late) but the one in Belmont remains, now with a new crop of Russian and Chinese immigrants' kids. (Legal immigration is fine in my book, so long as there is eventual assimilation.)