Restaurant Nostalgia

by DianeHeil 5 years ago

I saw a post from 2009 about the "Rangoon Racquet Club" which was a fabulous, classic Beverly Hills Restaurant and Bar. It has been several years since any new post have been added to that chain, ...

by Melanie Wong 1 month ago

Wondering what chowhounds' opinions are of the New Mexico Culinary Treasures Trail. The intent seems to be to highlight the tried and true, or in its own words: "Here, we celebrate restaurants t...

Something got me to thinking about a place I went to long ago, The Great American Food & Beverage Company. It was somewhere in L.A. and they had something on their menu called an "orgy". Does any...

Anybody remember this place that was on devon and western. They had the best ribs ever. Lets talk about this place. Atrue oldie but goodie.

Where did Cavallone's Pizza go? I moved away for a few years, came back and it's gone. It was my favorite. Does anyone know what Rob is up to these days - does he have a new restaurant?

by LoDega 11 years ago

I've been talking to a coworker about a place he loved as a kid in Bayside, Queens, called Happy Robbins (or Happy Robin's, Happy Robbins', or some other variation) but I haven't been able to find ...

by JimmySee 5 years ago

Luchow's on East 14th Street; Mamma Leone's on West 48th; Ratner's on Delancey; The Stork Club on East 53rd; HoJo's in Times Square. One more of lesser reknown was El Coyote on Broadway between ...

by bogsidebunny 8 years ago

Does anyone remember a restaurant called Donahue's on Rte 23 in Wayne, NJ just North of the Rte-46 intersection? I know it's been gone a long time but I have memories of it being a fine place t...

any information available on the above. last known address was in riverside and before that on 55th street in chicago.

I grew up in Midwood and every Sunday for a dozen years would stop at Butterbun's Bakery on Nostrand Avenue. I could never get enough of their seven layer cake and eventually they closed and when I...

The thread below about Buffalo Wings made me think about how one of the best wings to be had was sold at this little take out shack close to Cabrini Green (I have to admit that the little asian gir...

I received a recommendation to eat at the Nantucket Cove in Chicago. But in all my searches I cannot find it. Does anyone Know about this restaraunt?

by chipbrantley 13 years ago

When I was in college in the early 1990s, a couple of friends from Georgia used to talk about a place called either Sugarbear or Honeybear, in either Macon or Albany. It was a meat-and-three that s...

Before pizzerias became common in Chicago, pizza--usually baked in large rectangular pans and sold by the square--was a specialty of Italian bakeries. Most of the old places are long gone but a few...

by foodseek 12 years ago

Athough at a risk of dating myself, I must confess to remembering with fondness a San Francisco institution located across from Union Square on Geary. Blum's was not only a regular stop for many sh...

Was there ever a branch of this Miami stalwart in Manhattan, maybe 1970's or '80's? Around 50th Street? Ate at the Las Vegas one recently, and our waiter thought not ... very possible I made it u...

Swiss Echo on Pico in West L A Great American Food & Beverage - Santa Monica Jacks at the Beach - S M Café California - S M Meyera - Vegetarian in S M that was way ahead of its time Tepparod...

In 1980 I lived at Point Grey - 4th and Collingwood - in Vancouver, and there was a wonderful little French restaurant across the street (near the SW corner) we used to go to about once a week. I ...

Anyone remember La Strega near downtown LA? They had maybe the best fugazetta pizza - stuffed with white onions, ham and cheese. I haven't been in that neighborhood in years and I can't find any l...

Anyone remember a great Italian restaurant in Miami called Gracie's near 52nd Street? It was a little pillbox building and they had the best garlic pizza knots (rolls) dripping w/garlic & oil and c...