Anybody remember these restaurants? (Cincinnati, Warren: cost, malls, assess)
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Maurice's is 90 mins from me in Columbia. I am in Greenville. And I would take a Big Boy burger over a doughnut, although KK is delectable in its own way. But I'm sure you have Dunkin to choose from. But not quite KK.
Maurice's is 90 mins from me in Columbia. I am in Greenville. And I would take a Big Boy burger over a doughnut, although KK is delectable in its own way. But I'm sure you have Dunkin to choose from. But not quite KK.
You simply cannot find a bigger junk food junkie than I am. A few months ago I bought a couple Dunkin' doughnuts, after not having any for probably three or four years. I was horrified at how dry and tasteless they were.
The Big Boy, on the other hand, is pretty much unchanged over the years except, of course, for the price.
Krispy Kreme doughnuts are made fresh instore, as you see the neon Hot n Now sign shining in the window. Dunkin are made at a central distribution center and delivered to the stores. That's why they are dry. You can taste the diference.
Hear hear! Dunkin donuts are NASTY. Once upon a time the stores were larger and the product was made on-site. If you walked in right after a batch left the fryer you were in for a treat. Nobody jumps with glee when a semi rolls up to deliver the latest cases from the commissary.
To this day it makes no sense to me that KK bailed from my area after several years of going great guns. Bostonians simply turned back to "Dunkies" after showing much love for a while. That, and overexpansion, did in KK. goyguy so sad. And losing Tim Horton's was an unhappy thing too. Luckily there's an old-school bakery about a half-hour from me that not only makes everything right on the premises, they bake the donuts instead of frying. Lawd do they taste wonderful.
Since this thread is about remembering places...this might well be a repeat for me, but my favorite Cincinnati donut memory has to do with the lost and lamented Virginia Bakery in Clifton. Along with their holiday "shnecken" which won them the most love of all (and is still made from the original recipe by Busken Bakery) they proffered the full range of goodies. Raised by parents who sought to turn out a child following the preppie model, I put in many hours taking piano lessons with a retired CSO musician who lived in the gaslight area near Ludlow Ave. Whenever there was a recital at her place, she'd have platters of freshly warmed Virginia Bakery cinnamon twist donuts alongside just-opened glass bottles of Coke for afterwards. Those sensory sensations have stayed in my noggin after all these years.
I also fondly look back on early-morning runs to the Wyoming Pastry Shop for stuffing a few glazed donuts into my face while they were still hot. mmmm MMMMM.
... I put in many hours taking piano lessons with a retired CSO musician who lived in the gaslight area near Ludlow Ave. Whenever there was a recital at her place, she'd have platters of freshly warmed Virginia Bakery cinnamon twist donuts alongside just-opened glass bottles of Coke for afterwards. Those sensory sensations have stayed in my noggin after all these years...
how does the saying go ? you can take the boy out of Cincinnati (now in Greater Tampa) but you can't take Cincinnati out of the boy. I have diligrntly read every thread posted so far and I either missed these or I am the only one who recalls:
The Sidewalk Cafe (later Yeatman's Cove) in the old Sheraton Gibson Hotel. It was so nice to go there on a Saturday dresed up with my three sisters, and listening to the wiatress compliment my father on how well behaved the four of us were...Mom was not with us on one particular Saturday, and the nice waitress inquired "where is their mother? is she dead?" "Oh no" my father told her. "she is at home, after getting them ready, she is only half dead" Needless to say all four of us prayed to become instantly invisible. The Sidewalk Cafe is where we learned the word "Parfait" and how good you had to behave to get one of these super good treats. Then there were the conical shaped rolls (they were rock hard on the outside and so soft on the inside, never did learn how they did that), served with real creamery butter on a table with linen table cloth and heavy silverware. Soft lighing, smiling faces and lunches that any Cincinnati child, who knew the good stuff, would happily let mother dress them up for the bus trip from Kenwood to downtown and never make a fuss.
The Oyster House: this was a family Christmas Eve Ritual. After Christmas services at Christ Church, the dad had to have his Oyster House 'fix' before heading home. Neither I, nor my sisters were very fond of this rather stange, poorly lighted place, that only my father seemed to know about. I don't recall any of us having a love for anything oyster other than the man in charge...what did I miss out on at that place as a kid that I should have regrets about now as an adult?
The Three Boots / Grafton's Hop off Inn (and maybe another name that I don't recall) in Silverton on Montgomery Road not far from the fairgrounds where the annual Fireman's Festival brought smiles, laughs and good times, and fun foods, for a ton of people. I was too young to go there but I heard that the fare (probably what today is dubbed as 'pub grub') was pretty darn good. Anyone remember ?
The Colonade (a cafeteria in the lower level of the Central Trust Bank Building) the best Chicken or Salmon Croquets with a white sauce and baby green peas was well worth the trip. That is where I learned the word 'croguets'...couldn't eat just one ever !
Mrs. Thomas' Candies in the Dixie Termanal Building on Fourth Street at Walnut. Homemade (Ludlow, KY) confections that were good all year round but at Easter (those wonderful Easter Baskets filled to overflowing ) and the wide aray of Christmas goodies sometimes filling up hand-painted Tolle trays (round ones were the best) took on a magical flavor never tasted again...eat your hearts out Esther Price, Fanny Farmer and Bissinger's you came close on a few things but never duplicated the original. Her son, Don took over the business upon his mothers death. He may have been an excellent candy maker... but a business man, he was not... sad that it is long gone too.
The Minit Chef was a fast paced coffee shop type (along the lines of Hathaway's), in the front area of the Sheraton Gibson Hotel, above the barbershop, and bowling alley. It faced Walnut Street. The waitress were home...they never seemed to change or leave for greener patures...nice, friendly, smiling faces and for their ages... pretty darn fast on their feet.
The coffee was good and it was a light, bright and airy place...never again another Minit Chef in the 21st Century. sad.
Reshulte's Inn somewhere in Northern KY (I want to say near the Ft Mitchell or Erlanger Area) was the place for Live Maine Lobster. I learned what a good lobster served with drawn butter, tasted like: my mom shared a few bites of hers with me, (an entire lobster was too expensive for a sixth grader to enjoy solo) but getting an entire roll of nickels from the dad, to keep my sisters and me occupied at the slot machines was just the ticket. In today's world my parents would be behind bars for contibuting to the deliquency of minors and being poor role models...wonder how in the world I survived it all and without a crash helmet LOL.
Oh yeah, there was this... my mother also ate sweetbreads...once I found out what they were, I had to admire my mothers Ludlow, KY roots ! GRINN
These had to be incredible folks, every one of them ! LOL
The Prime & wine in Northgate mall is now a Friday's. Before it was Prime & Wine it was Johnny Bench Dugout Restraurant. I remember us having many Manhattans in the small dugout they has inside. We went to this Prime & Wine so many times after my wife got off work at McAlpins that when the bartender saw us come by the large glass windows, she would have our drinks ready and sitting at our favorite stools by time we sat down.
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