Old Restaurant thread
Mrs Hertz and I were talking about old restaurants that are no longer in business here in Shreveport Bossier. These come to mind...
Danby's (Eastgate and Riverfront) We liked their Ham and cheese sandwiches Italian Gardens (Cross Lake) We liked the seafood linguini Sansones (S'port Barksdale Hwy) Good Canoloni But then that turned into the Chinese restaurant with the rats! Remember that!? Pizza Inn (Kings and Youree) good sausage pizza Shaky's pizza (Shreve city) Crock of Cheese (now Chiante's on Line) It was a funeral home before that Northeast Seafood Deli (on Youree in old Whataburger) short lived Stump Water Inn (near blanchard) Awesome catfish and frog legs! Centenary Oyster House (across from head shop on Centenary) Bad ass Jalpeno cheese fries Dobb's House (on youree) Open late like Nanking And how about Fertitta's and Monseur's?? Or Abes?? that's going wayyyy back |
The chinese place served rat? :D Ive heard of korean places sellin dog, but man, thats too much! Yeah, I remember Shaky's Pizza...there was a neighborhood guy that worked there...Baldwin or somethin was his name...guy always smelled like pizza and we rarely ever saw him around. Heres one I bet nobody remembers...Luigi's Pizza, was at the front of the Sun City subdivision in Bossier City, in front of Parkway High School back in the early to mid 70's, next to the old 7-11, the 7-11 was a hardware place after that...and there was a small white brick building that was a beauty shop I think...or maybe it was a dog grooming business, cant remember now its been so long. Anyway, we used to pronounce Luigi's "Loogie's", which always got me and my brothers giggling. Inside, they had this picture on the wall...depending on how ya looked at it, it was either a picture of two victorian era ladies having tea, or it was a rather eerie skull...always thought it was a pretty strange picture to have hanging up on the wall of a resteraunt. Yeah, Pizza King was great...ate alot of good pizza and drank alot of beer there in the 90's...they had some weird wall art there, too...guess they closed not long after that. Seems the older I get, the more I find my thoughts turning back to those days, and remembering them thru rose colored filters, so to speak...when I KNOW that those days werent always good, like that line from the Billy Joel tune. We lived on Saturn street in Sun City when I was a kid back in the 70s, and we'd walk or ride our bikes all the way up to that 7-11 and get icees and candy...and I'd get those little packs of cinnamin or wintergreen toothpicks, maybe buy a comic book or one of those cheap balsawood planes you put together..if I had a bit more money I might even buy one of those planes with the rubberband powered propellers. Some of the songs on the radio were "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace, Billy Swann's "I Can Help", and "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers, "Those Were The Days My Friend" by Mary Hopkins. My favorite toys were a lime green or lemon yellow "Duncan" Beginner's Yoyo ( I never was good enough with a yoyo that I could handle a Duncan "Imperial"), and a "Nerf" Fokker Tri-plane that never flew too good...or how about those foot-tall GI Joe action figures with the weird hair that would come off if ya got em wet? Yeah, its kind of alarming when I realize how often I think about those things. Just a different era. I cant help but think that these young people today are missing out on all that stuff.
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The "Chinese food rat story" refers to one night when the cops answered an alarm call at a Chinese restaurant (Taste of China, maybe?) and found the buffet food was still sitting out at night and "rats the size of housecats" were munching away on it.
I miss Cypress Inn and the place that used to be across the street from Schumpert that had really good Eggs Benedict. I also spent many hours of my youth spinning on the counter stools at The Tic-Tock Grill (now Schumpert on line) despite the protests from my parents. Weismans (now The Margarita Cafe, formerly Tacomania) always had the best fried chicken and Theo's (downtown across from the library) has the best cheeseburger po-boys. |
LOL back in the day, growing up in New Jersey.. on every street corner it seemed, there'd be some no-name Italian pizza place.. some italian guy back there tossin' pizza dough in the air. We'd buy one slice of pizza for a meal.. best damn pizza I ever had. Moved down here to the likes of PIzza hut and the like and I was all like "this ain't pizza!"
And to comment on what Al was saying about today's kids missing out.. you got that right., they spend too much damn time playin' video games and on the computer. |
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I know, I work downtown, I meant to say "had."
Leon's also closed recently, so I have to put them on my list, as well. |
I am rarely ever here, but this evening when I read this topic it brought back some memories. I am 34 years old. Do you remember Powell's in Bossier? What about ?Walgreens?(Ugh!! I can't remember the name now!!)Restaurant in South Park Mall? And what about Bonanza on 70th, just before the tracks at Mansfield Rd? And lastly, what was the name of that place that was just north of 70th on Southern? It was a white building and seemed to have an awning spanning out around it.
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Mr Beef (Pierremont) Alphies Fish and Chips (Pierremont) Sambo's (Benton Rd at Old Minden) Sambo's logo was a Indian guy with a turban on his head as I recall. Regardless, I'm sure this chain is out of business or at least changed their name and logo. |
I remember the Walgreen's in Southpark. That was a long time ago. You are definitely dating all of us with this list of restaurants.
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Did you eat at Walgreen's often ?
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sounds like you like the holes in the wall. Do you like the Don's stuffed crab and iced tea, you get a discount, earlybird special.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: where you around for firenzes by the cambridge club. p.s. forgive the spelling, it was before my time Nice avatar, it reminds me of Pink Floyd:The Wall. |
You know Neo it is like in the Matrix
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Isaac Texasbelle you know if you have your AARP card you get 10% off at Don's and the Pickle Barrel too might want to check out some of them biscuits and white gravy. Take home a bag of roll too. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Isaac |
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Italian food is my favorite YUM! |
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Pink Floyd? No...can't go there. And won't even bite on that hook. |
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I heard the Steakhouse calling me this morning since DD is coming in to town this afternoon from LSU-BR. But she wants to order her first LEGAL drink from Superior Bar and Grill so there we must go this afternoon so the bombshell mini-me can order a margarita!
Have you tried the new Cantina Laredo? |
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I went to lunch at Cantina Laredo a couple of weeks ago with the wife. I think it's the first $50 lunch i ever had in Shreveport. It was pretty good, though.
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I agree Joe, it is good but pricey. The margaritas are very, very good. The tableside guacamole is good. Can't remember the entrees I have tried but they were adequate. They serve two sauces with your chips which are both very nice. It's worth a try if you've never been.
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Just where is Cantina Laredo ?
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sir Isaac, did you notice the matrix is running.:clap:
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Where is it located?
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Twice a month Isabella not is not enough
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What kind of food at Village? Is it downtown?
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They serve surf and turf
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The Village is next to Monjunis. Louisiana @ Stoner. I love the food but am genuinely surprised that it's still in business after the Steakhouse opened.
Bella Fresca is the best food in Shreveport. It's on Line Ave next to the old Fertita's (now called something like "The Bistro 6301") just North of Superior bar & Grill (which is just north of Superior's Steakhouse) |
The Village is next to Monjunis. Louisiana @ Stoner
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I would think that all public businesses would be accesible
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old sansone's restaurant
does anyone know or remember where the old sansone's restaurant is/was? A group of us are trying to figure it out....Thanks.
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Searching for the KEEL treasure?
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To answer the question, though, Sansone's was on the North side of E. Kings, East of Youree, next to Deli Casino. I'm not sure what is there now, some kind of lounge, I think. |
The only public place those clues seem to lead to is the park next to A.C. Steere.
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Thanks!
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Anybody remember Toudan's? It was where Imperial Cathay is now. It was kind of like TGI Fridays. Has anyone tried the new Friday's yet?
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