Gone But Not Forgotten in San Antonio! - Part II (Orange: filmed, central)

[BstYet2Be]

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Besides being mentioned earlier in this thread, here are a few of the main threads where these have been discussed before here in the City-Data San Antonio Forum:

Donkey Lady

Abandoned Mansions

Scary or fun childhood memories: A place for Urban Legends and stories from San Antonio.

Haunted in San Antonio

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[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

I tried going there in high school and they informed me i had to be 21, it was a pre dave and busters.

I went there one time as a kid. It was actually much more upscale than D&B's. It was a shame it never caught on. I remember the food was pretty good.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by 69GSstage1

I noticed Rod East VW has changed its name to VW of Alamo Heights. A long time ago, it used to be Rod East VW and Northwood Porsche -Audi. Yet another entry into the annals of Gone but not Forgotten San Antonio.

I don't miss them too much. By the early 2000's their we're a bunch of crooks, at least the guys running the Audi dealership. They were selling Audi TTs, when they were hot, back on '01, for $9,000 above sticker price, which was against the rules set forth by Audi itself. I bought one in Austin, saved the $9,000. There was soon after that a recall on the tires that came with the TT, I was notified about this via a CERTIFIED letter from Audi itself. I took it over to Rod East, and they claimed they knew of no such recall, and refused to replace the tire. I went back to my office and wrote an email to Audi customer support notifying them of Rod East's refusal and mentioned the $9,000 premium they were asking for the TT.Within an hour Rod East was calling me and asking to bring the car over ASAP for my own saftey and giving me a loaner for a week while they ordered the tire. A year later Rod East lost the Audi dealership and Cavender picked it up. I always hope I had something to do with that.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

That was the steak back in the day, I never thought they would never be around. Went there many times as a kid, I miss that great steak.

They still have them out west. I ate at one in Colorado two years ago. It's nothing like it was, more like slimmed down slightly higher-end Golden Corral now.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by 69GSstage1

I think you mean Sun Harvest. Recently the store merged with another company to become Sprout's. If I remember correctly, there was another Sun Harvest on Fredericksburg Rd. just outside Loop 410.

That was actually owned by Judge and former mayor Nelson Wolf's family.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by 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.

I posted this in the old GBNFf thread. Happy to post it again, it's an interesting history.

The Flight of the Night Bird: Harry Akin and the Night Hawk Legend - Food - The Austin Chronicle

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

I went there one time as a kid. It was actually much more upscale than D&B's. It was a shame it never caught on. I remember the food was pretty good.

I remember a commercial with the coyote playing games there, man wish they would have stuck around longer.

[GWhopper]

Originally Posted by Willsatx

I remember a commercial with the coyote playing games there, man wish they would have stuck around longer.

It was called River City Something. I don't think it was amusements, River City Food and Games maybe?

[Willsatx]

Originally Posted by GWhopper

It was called River City Something. I don't think it was amusements, River City Food and Games maybe?

River City Fair if I recall, yeah tried going once and shut out. My cousin said it was one of the coolest places in town.

[filmshootz]

Does anyone remember a giant cheese with a slide attached to it at the Chuck e Cheese on SW Military Drive? This would have been in the 80's and was located towards the back of the facility. I remember it looked like a big swiss cheese with holes in it and it was kind of like a little maze or something. It looked huge at the time but I assume it was because we were small. Would be cool to see pics of it.