Capt' Jim's remembered ( photos anyone ) (great, owner, husband)

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by kittywoman

Lol, are you having a conversation with yourself satx56? Capt' Jims is still there next to pizza hut. In fact they just redid it a little.

Wrong! Hey great rep

[johnrex62]

Back in the early 80's when I started dating my girlfriend (now wife), I asked my Dad where a nice place would be to take her out. He told me about how he used to drive up from Poteet to Capt' Jims on Military drive and how much they enjoyed it. He had not been there in years, but it was the nicest place he could think of that wasn't really expensive.

That was the last time I listened to my Daddy with respect to dating advice.

We arrived around 8pm and the place was filthy. Trash still on the floor, sticky booths, glass rings of water still on the tables. We ordered anyway and the food was horrible. Cold, greasy and wilted brown salads.

We laugh about it now, but then I wondered if she would ever go out with me again.

Two generations of memories of Capt' Jim. Amazing how different they can be in just a decade or so.

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by johnrex62

Back in the early 80's when I started dating my girlfriend (now wife), I asked my Dad where a nice place would be to take her out. He told me about how he used to drive up from Poteet to Capt' Jims on Military drive and how much they enjoyed it. He had not been there in years, but it was the nicest place he could think of that wasn't really expensive.

That was the last time I listened to my Daddy with respect to dating advice.

We arrived around 8pm and the place was filthy. Trash still on the floor, sticky booths, glass rings of water still on the tables. We ordered anyway and the food was horrible. Cold, greasy and wilted brown salads.

We laugh about it now, but then I wondered if she would ever go out with me again.

Two generations of memories of Capt' Jim. Amazing how different they can be in just a decade or so.

Well glad it all worked out. The same can be said for another southside landmark. They have their good days and their bad. You might have gotten there just after the unruly 6pm crowd left. Maybe they rehashed leftovers!
But, seriously I've never bragged about the place. You could probably have that experience on any given night anywhere. In the early 80's it would have been in it's dying days. I think it bit the dust in 86' or 87' about the time the new Wal-Mart was built next door. It had to have been around since the early 50's anyway. I'm sure it saw a lot of people coming into town on 281 from down south. I won't name the other place I mentioned because somehow It lives on.

[brightn]

Originally Posted by satx56

Ernie DeWinnes Capt' Jim's restaurant was on the corner of Roosevelt & S.E.Military Drive for so many years. This thread is for people to share memories of their experiences there. Hopefully , someone will have old photos they can share. There was another DeWinnes' location on S. Flores two or three blks. north of Alamo St. There was a Belgian Inn on Commerce or the location on S.Flores. I'm not sure of location on Commerce (read that somewhere) . But I do know the one on Flores was there. Maybe they were run by other family members?

Hi. I lived in San antonio in the 60s and Capn jims was my favorite place to eat on a friday. I still have have a menu from that time. T bone steak and black eyed peas.

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by brightn

Hi. I lived in San antonio in the 60s and Capn jims was my favorite place to eat on a friday. I still have have a menu from that time. T bone steak and black eyed peas.

Hello brightn, did you live on the street your username closely resembles?
Capt' Jim's is just a memory but was a south side institution!!

[brightn]

Originally Posted by satx56

Hello brightn, did you live on the street your username closely resembles?
Capt' Jim's is just a memory but was a south side institution!!

Hi. I lived on E Vado which was just off of S Flores. I moved there form England when I was 18.

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by brightn

Hi. I lived on E Vado which was just off of S Flores. I moved there form England when I was 18.

You're kidding ? England? Wow, theres a Brighton off Pleasanton RD. Is why I asked ! I learned to ride a bike on Vado by the park!

[brightn]

Are you still in San Antonio? I now live in Pennsylvania

[SnappyBob]

Wow, that's weird. I don't travel too much for my work but the last two business trips that I went on was to Pennsylvania and the last one was too the Brighton area of England. Brightn is there any way you could post a pic of that menu?

[NanciRaesells]

I worked for Capn Jims when I was pregnant 26 years ago...great guy...no photos though....