Gone but not forgotten in San Antonio! (Dallas, Austin: transport, shelter)

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

Some one may have mentioned this earlier in this forum, but does anybody remember the Nighthawk Steak Restaurant on San Pedro? That one closed down like in the late 70's or early 80's, but I remember stumbling on one about 10 years ago in Austin. I think the restaurants are all gone now, but they still make the frozen steak dinners in the stores. I'd be curious if anybody knows their backstory.

Where was it located by?

[tcs]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

Where was it located by?

I remember that restaurant on San Pedro. It seems to me that it was in the same area that the old Globe store was. We ate there a couple of times and I remember telling my dad that sonce they served corn fed steaks that is why the TBones tasted like corn. My folks likes Lubys better. They always went to the one on Bandera by the Brunners store.

[940]

Originally Posted by BrianW

I just found this board yesterday...so many memories!

With the Texas High School playoffs going on, does anyone else remember when there were only 2 districts in San Antonio, 1 district champion that went to the playoffs, and the "City Champion" was determined in bidistrict?

I believe the 2 districts were 15 and 16 AAAA (now AAAAA). If memory serves, the schools in each district were:

15
Edison
Highlands
Jefferson
Lee
MacArthur
Alamo Heights

16
Burbank
Brackenridge
Fox Tech
Lanier
Harlandale
I don't remember the sixth team...

I believe these were the districts until the fall of '66.

This was before Roosevelt and Churchill opened, before McCollum, etc. I think that Marshall existed, but wasn't 4A yet. I don't think Sam Houston was 4A then, either. Wheatley was still segregated and played in the Prairie View league.

Marshall (old Northside High School until renamed in 1960) might have been included then because it grew large enough to be split for the opening of Holmes in 1964 and then split again for Jay around 1967.

[BrianW]

Originally Posted by 940

Marshall (old Northside High School until renamed in 1960) might have been included then because it grew large enough to be split for the opening of Holmes in 1964 and then split again for Jay around 1967.

I remember when Jay opened...thought Holmes opened in '66, but could be wrong on that one. The northwest side was the boondocks back then!

When I was a kid, we considered the Jefferson area "northside" and thus "elite". Marshall was where the country kids went, since they still had FFA!

I haven't lived in SA since '84, although family is still there. Hard to believe that some areas we considered upscale have gone down.

I remember having to go to Broadway to eat at what we considered a "fancy" restaurant!

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

Where was it located by?

It was on San Pedro in front of the Old Kmart (may have once been a Globe Mart before according the previous post, but I am not sure I remember that). For a long time the Container Store was on that site, then even a Gateway store. It was right across from where the old EggHead software store was (Geek Alert). Behind North Star Mall. Not sure what is there now, haven't been that way in a while.

[GWhopper]

Hey, this thread just crossed 200 pages. And will reach 2000 posts with just four more.

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

It was on San Pedro in front of the Old Kmart (may have once been a Globe Mart before according the previous post, but I am not sure I remember that). For a long time the Container Store was on that site, then even a Gateway store. It was right across from where the old EggHead software store was (Geek Alert). Behind North Star Mall. Not sure what is there now, haven't been that way in a while.

I wonder what year it closed?

[Willsatx]

Another question anyone remember where all the Handy Dan's were located?

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

Hey, this thread just crossed 200 pages. And will reach 2000 posts with just four more.

I hope that it goes another 200 pages and 2000 more posts.

[940]

Originally Posted by BrianW

I remember when Jay opened...thought Holmes opened in '66, but could be wrong on that one. The northwest side was the boondocks back then!

When I was a kid, we considered the Jefferson area "northside" and thus "elite". Marshall was where the country kids went, since they still had FFA!

I could be off a year or so for Holmes too..anyway, yea, boondocks is a good word for the northwest side back then. Marshall was always the "kicker" school because of the FFA and Ag which was at Marshall until O'Connor High opened in Helotes and now I think it has the FFA chapter.


And I'm glad this thread has been so well-received...there's many of us out there with long memories of good times growing up in SA and this thread only proves it!! Let's keep it going as long as we can... It's coming up on a year since I started it...Saturday will be one year...Happy Anniversary and thanks to all that have contributed to it!!