Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part II (Howe: unemployment, permit)

[SATX56]

I remember the Night Hawk or Night Hawk's .... Steak and Ale's and of course Chelsea Street Pub. South park Mall had a Chelsea Street Pub.

[Dwangle]

I think the Night Hawk had planters with Ivy growing in them around the booths. Classy! The Winns with the wooden floors was close by. Danny's Pool Hall, The Clover leaf lounge. A Head Shop called US. A weird book store. Don't remember the name. Gatsby's sandwich shop. L&M book Store with directions to the North Pole on the brick wall out side. Quarter House further down. (Beer, Burgers and 25 cent pool tables--honest!) A Natural Food Restaurant. Can't remember that name either. Oh yes! San Pedro Highschool also known as San Antonio College.

[69GSstage1]

Originally Posted by ged_782

The only other steakhouse I reacall hearing about, Big John Hamilton's, was actually on Harry Wurzbach near Austin Highway. See the article below:
Paula Allen: Kids in beer ads fairly common - San Antonio Express-News

The Steak and Ale was actually about where Advance Auto Parts and ExpressLube are now. It was demolished in the early 1980s to make way for the new HEB, that was replacing a smaller location in Terrell Plaza. That HEB (where Goodwill and the chinese buffet are now) would later move into an even larger facility across Austin Highway.

That's it, Big John Hamilton's, thank-you! I remember when the HEB you referred to opened around '84. This larger store replaced the one at Terrell Plaza, as you mentioned, as well as the HEB on Walzem that was next door to Woolco. Does anyone remember when Handy Andy was the dominate supermarket chain in San Antonio?

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

Originally Posted by 69GSstage1

Does anyone remember when Handy Andy was the dominate supermarket chain in San Antonio?

Heck yeah! When I was a teen I proudly donned my brown corduroy pants, white dress shirt and red tie! Good times.

[69GSstage1]

Originally Posted by HillCountryHotRodMan

Heck yeah! When I was a teen I proudly donned my brown corduroy pants, white dress shirt and red tie! Good times.

We used to frequent the Handy Andy on Austin Highway. The area has come full circle as it is now the new HEB mentioned earlier. We also went to the Handy Andy on Walzem. Most of them had a San Antonio Savings inside the store. Sold many an empty soda bottles at the courtesy booth back in the day.

[rctsat]

I didn't think there were any Handy Andys left but I was out on Commerce St a few weeks ago (I think it was Commerce, it may make a name change around Our Lady of the Lake ), just a couple of blocks before 410 there was a Handy Andy I had to go and check it out. It is so nice to go into a grocery store and just see groceries. They had great produce, good prices I wish it wasn't so far I would do all my shopping there. They just built one of those horrific HEB monstrosities here in Boerne it opened Thanksgiving week. I have been in there one time, I went in wanting some fried chicken I was informed at the "Deli" they no longer make fried chicken, you can get Teriaki chicken of honey baked chicken or marinated chicken strips with bean sprouts but no fried chicken, I have not been back since and don't intend to either. I will drive to the HEB at Leon Springs it's a lot easier to get around and find what I need, but I still wish that Handy Andy wasn't so far.

[SATX56]

Uh...Handy Andy's aren't what they used to be. Their prices are way off the chart. More like a pricier convenience store nowadays. Sadly there's one closer to me than several nearby HEB's.

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by 69GSstage1

We used to frequent the Handy Andy on Austin Highway. The area has come full circle as it is now the new HEB mentioned earlier. We also went to the Handy Andy on Walzem. Most of them had a San Antonio Savings inside the store. Sold many an empty soda bottles at the courtesy booth back in the day.

I remember going to the Handy Andy at Colonies, San Pedro, and Fred Rd. I always thought they were better than HEB as a kid, sadly how they slowly died.

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by rctsat

I didn't think there were any Handy Andys left but I was out on Commerce St a few weeks ago (I think it was Commerce, it may make a name change around Our Lady of the Lake ), just a couple of blocks before 410 there was a Handy Andy I had to go and check it out. It is so nice to go into a grocery store and just see groceries. They had great produce, good prices I wish it wasn't so far I would do all my shopping there. They just built one of those horrific HEB monstrosities here in Boerne it opened Thanksgiving week. I have been in there one time, I went in wanting some fried chicken I was informed at the "Deli" they no longer make fried chicken, you can get Teriaki chicken of honey baked chicken or marinated chicken strips with bean sprouts but no fried chicken, I have not been back since and don't intend to either. I will drive to the HEB at Leon Springs it's a lot easier to get around and find what I need, but I still wish that Handy Andy wasn't so far.

Funny I went to the Handy Andy on Commerce and Zarzamora within a few weeks, its a nice long drive but good to see people in the produce and meat market that want to help. The produce did last longer than HEB's

[outafocus]

Handy Andy was a class act when former mayor Charles Becker owned it. After he sold out, the quality seemed to go down dramatically.

I remember Handy Andy gave Top Value trading stamps. HEB gave Texas Gold, and Piggly Wiggly gave S&H Green stamps.

I remember when I was a 4th grader, one of my favorite jokes was "Did you hear Piggly Wiggly, and HEB are going to merge? The stores will be renamed Wiggly Butt".