Denver in the 1960s and 1970s (Memory Lane) (Colorado Springs, Fort Collins: best, business)

[Montana Griz]

...come on you guys.............somebody has to remember the "Toll Booth" on Highway 36 at Broomfield............

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by Montana Griz

...come on you guys.............somebody has to remember the "Toll Booth" on Highway 36 at Broomfield............

Colo Hwys: Denver-Boulder Tpk
A quick read.

[kevin_in_Denver]

I remember Canary, as previously mentioned, they lit the cymbals on fire during Chicago's "Beginnings" (which was awesome). I saw them at My Sweet Lass in Cherry Creek. That building has been redeveloped twice since then (1980)
Where was Godfather's?
There was a Duckwall's and Super Drug at a strip mall at Colo Blvd & Mexico, again, twice redeveloped.
I raced HO scale slot cars at Bonnie Brae Hobbies and was a pinball rat at Celebrity Sports Center and Colorado Bowl, graduating to Glendale singles bars later.

The short lived Club Soda was my favorite place, the first place I saw Rob Mullins. Now it's the Penthouse strip club, and Glendale has 10% of the nightlife it had in the 60's-90's when LoDo started sucking the life out of it.

[SoCalCpl2]

Originally Posted by kevin_in_Denver

I remember Canary, as previously mentioned, they lit the cymbals on fire during Chicago's "Beginnings" (which was awesome). I saw them at My Sweet Lass in Cherry Creek. That building has been redeveloped twice since then (1980)
Where was Godfather's?
There was a Duckwall's and Super Drug at a strip mall at Colo Blvd & Mexico, again, twice redeveloped.
I raced HO scale slot cars at Bonnie Brae Hobbies and was a pinball rat at Celebrity Sports Center and Colorado Bowl, graduating to Glendale singles bars later.

The short lived Club Soda was my favorite place, the first place I saw Rob Mullins. Now it's the Penthouse strip club, and Glendale has 10% of the nightlife it had in the 60's-90's when LoDo started sucking the life out of it.

I remember My Sweet Lass......Had a few good times there...

Heck I remember when LoDo used to be a place to stay away from....

[Lorisays]

Oh my goodness I remember the Yum Yum Tree!! one of my best memories was going there when my cousins came to town. They had this gift shop next to it too. For some reason I always thought it was Pier One. I remember buying this deck of round playing cards! I had never seen those before and thought that was the most unique thing a kid could have! and those chinese torture finger things that u couldn't get off!! How funny!!

[SSRJIM]

Originally Posted by Darvada

I'm an Arvada guy. I've lived here my entire life (49 years). Anybody got any memories from way back?
Remember Duckwalls? Hesteads? Gambles? The Arvada Plaza Theater? The old Tastee-Freeze? The "trails" at Brooks Drive & Garrison? Mr. Taco? King's Food Host? The big fire in 1960... was it the Metz Lumber place in Old Arvada?
My brothers worked in the theaters and drive-ins in the late '60's & 70's . Wolfburg Theaters, I think. Anybody got/need anything on those places?

Spent a lot of time on those trails behind the Tastee-Freeze and shopping center on my Stigray bike with a banana seat and high handle bars. I think I live in the "Creek" when I was not in North Jeffco pool in the summers. Saw many a movie at the Arvada Plaza. I like to go into the Soundtrack and look at stereos in that shopping center. I think my familys favorate place to eat was the "Poision Palace" Furrs with the live piano player. They used to fill the hole next to North Jeffco Gym with water in the winter to make a ice skating rink, before they built the big indoor rink. All of this was in walking distance to the house.

[Montana Griz]

.......Remember GART BROS sporting goods store in the 1600 block of LARIMER Street???.........This was way before they opened the GART BROS SPORTS CASTLE at 1000 Broadway!!

If you were a "reloading nut" like me, you could buy Hodgdon's 4831 for "a buck a pound!!" And if you thought you were a "real smart gun nut".....you could haggle over the price of some used firearm with George, Kibby, Melvin or Jerry.

You may also remember their annual "SNIAGRAB Sale" on Ski Equipment, which by the 1990s was hearlded as the nation's largest Ski Equipment Sale!!

..........Yeah,..................."the good old days'!!!!

[newcombe st]

Fun posts. Hey does anyone remember anything about Kings Food Host? I remember the big orange crown-shaped sign & the phones at each table for putting in your order but I'm starting to think I dreamed the whole thing as I can't find anyone that knows what I'm talking about. Also, I'm looking for pics of the Soda Straw ice cream parlor that was on Colo. blvd. --participated in many a birthday party there --they'd bring the birthday kid's order with sparklers stuck in it, sounding the firetruck siren. Between that & the candy store up front it seemed like the greatest place on earth when I was about 7.

[newcombe st]

Hey Darvada, can't believe I missed your post --good to know I didn't just invent Kings Food Host 'cause that Cheese Frenchie is one of my fondest memories. Anything else you can tell me about it would be appreciated. You also mentioned Duckwalls --spent all my dimes between there & the U-totem!

[goshawk58]

Godfather's was on the south side of West Evans just west of the Santa Fe bridge. The building is still there with the arch shaped facade over each window.