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[stampincraze]

Does anyone remember Valerio's? On Broadway across from the Wittie.

[Snowglobe]

Originally Posted by stampincraze

Does anyone remember Valerio's? On Broadway across from the Wittie.

I remember Valerio's. It was my family's favorite place to go for Italian food. According to my 1984 Kriss-Kross directory, the address was 3820 Broadway, which is IHOP's address now.

I don't know if this was mentioned before, but Christie's, another favorite restaurant of my family, was at 3130 Broadway. Whataburger has that address now.

[Primo]

Since we are on the topic of GBNF on Broadway...Naples which is where the present day Tomatios. Anyone remember when it closed down and if that building was anything else?
Is the Naples on NW Military and Huebner somehow related to it?

[wCat]

Originally Posted by Snowglobe

I remember Valerio's. It was my family's favorite place to go for Italian food. According to my 1984 Kriss-Kross directory, the address was 3820 Broadway, which is IHOP's address now.

I don't know if this was mentioned before, but Christie's, another favorite restaurant of my family, was at 3130 Broadway. Whataburger has that address now.

Snowglobe....is La Louisianne (sp?) in your kriss kross? I can't remember when it closed, but I think it was still there in 84. I try to remember the location and don't recognize it when I go down Broadway. Do you have the address # in that edition?

[Snowglobe]

Originally Posted by wCat

Snowglobe....is La Louisianne (sp?) in your kriss kross? I can't remember when it closed, but I think it was still there in 84. I try to remember the location and don't recognize it when I go down Broadway. Do you have the address # in that edition?

La Louisiane is in the 1984 directory at 2632 Broadway. When I googled the address, I got several listings for medical offices and professional offices with their various suite numbers.

[Snowglobe]

Originally Posted by Primo

Since we are on the topic of GBNF on Broadway...Naples which is where the present day Tomatios. Anyone remember when it closed down and if that building was anything else?
Is the Naples on NW Military and Huebner somehow related to it?

Naples is not listed in my 1984 directory. There is no listing for the 3210 address number (Tomatillos' address), not even a "vacant" designation.

[jg1208]

Eastwood Village which is on W.W.White Rd. 1 block south of E.Houston St. at one time had a Winn's and a Piggly Wiggly . The PW was at the
north end and is now a Dollar General. If you keep going southbound
where W.W.White meets Rigsby there was a Pig Stand. Had good
breakfast, burgers, and fish & chips. Used to hit it after a hard night
of bowling nine pin. jg1208

[hhwolfman]

Originally Posted by jg1208

Eastwood Village which is on W.W.White Rd. 1 block south of E.Houston St. at one time had a Winn's and a Piggly Wiggly . The PW was at the
north end and is now a Dollar General. If you keep going southbound
where W.W.White meets Rigsby there was a Pig Stand. Had good
breakfast, burgers, and fish & chips. Used to hit it after a hard night
of bowling nine pin. jg1208

I used to eat the Ham Breakfast at the same Pig Stand. When I went for dinner. I would get the Pig Sandwich.

[wCat]

Originally Posted by Snowglobe

La Louisiane is in the 1984 directory at 2632 Broadway. When I googled the address, I got several listings for medical offices and professional offices with their various suite numbers.

Thanks Snowglobe! Now I know why I couldn't find it! It's not there! On top of the fact that I didn't remember it being down Broadway that far. That address is just South of Mulberry next to a car dealership. There are a couple of new buildings on that bend in Broadway that were built in the last couple of years. That must be what you found listed.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Primo

Since we are on the topic of GBNF on Broadway...Naples which is where the present day Tomatios. Anyone remember when it closed down and if that building was anything else?
Is the Naples on NW Military and Huebner somehow related to it?

Nope, that Naple's, which is called Naple's Pizza (and dam* good New York style Pizza btw) is from a family that owned a couple of successful pizza places in Connecticut, one most notably on or near the Yale campus. I don't know if the whole family relocated here or just a part of it. They originally had some sort of partnership with the family that owns Sorrento's, but had some kind of falling out. An Italian friend of mine from Boston once asked one of the people at the NW Military location what was their relationship with Sorrento's and the guy just looked at him like he was going to jump over the counter and rip out his throat. He said something like, "that was a long time ago", but his tone was like "it's none of your effen business. These are not the droids you are looking for. Move Along."

The original Naples on Broadway was owned by an Italian couple who shut it down when they got too old ( or one of them sadly died, I can't remember which). My parents, who grew up in New Jersey, would take me there all the time when I was kid. To them, it was the closest italian food to what they got back home that they could get in San Antonio. My mom still tells the story that when I was a toddler, still sitting in a high chair, I decided for some unexpected reason, to pick up my kiddie-menu spaggetti bowl and dump it on my head. My dad used to complain about having to take me to the bathroom to clean me off, and having to explain to the other men in the bathroom why he was cleaning spaggetti sauce and noodles out of his kid's hair, like I was retarded or something. He then apparently had to actually "use" the bathroom, so I took the opportunity to escape and run through the dining room where my mom saw me, grabbed me, then started yelling at my dad for losing me. Growing up, I was reminded of this incident frequently. I have no memory of any of this, so I have to decided to believe they were just screwing with my head. That's my story and I am sticking with it.

In the mid to late 1990s, the grandchildren of the original Naples owners, opened up Naples again on Babcock near Huebner. They used their Grandparents recipes. I used to eat there all the time when I worked at Billing Concepts after they relocated to the medical center. Primo, I think you even joined us there once. Regardless, that restaurant was a success, and the grandchildren eventually parlayed that to a move back near the original location. Sadly, the new location failed and they went out of business in less than 2 years.