lenquixote66 Posted August 20, 2023 #1 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Have you ever gone back to a restaurant from that you dined in as a child to see if it was the same ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Harters Posted August 20, 2023 #2 Share Posted August 20, 2023 We didnt eat out as a family back in those days. Few "ordinary people" did. I think I would have been about 20 when I went for my first restaurant meal - no doubt, a evening at a Berni Inn (then the UK's largest restaurant chain) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted August 20, 2023 #3 Share Posted August 20, 2023 A fine dining establishment? Or just a regular place? We didn't really do fine dining. A nice place for a special occasion maybe, but As for "fine dining", not sure there were even those type of places when and where I grew up. Maybe a good steakhouse, yes. But that was as fancy as I can recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BklynBoy8 Posted August 20, 2023 #4 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Brass Rail and Patricia Murphy's in the NY Region was fun as a child to be introduced to the restaurant scene.. Of course, Millridge Inn in Jericho LI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTNORMANDIE Posted August 21, 2023 #5 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Howard Johnson’s was always a treat when we were on the road. There were many burger shacks where you could get a couple burgers, fries and a shake for less than a dollar! I remember cheese burgers when they were 15 cents! Most of the dining establishments back in the 50’s were diners and barrooms and a lot of them were very good. Urban renewal ruined most of the small restaurants in Boston. We had at least 5 outstanding delis in Boston and dozens of little Italian and ethnic joints…one better than the next. Chinatown had at least a dozen outstanding restaurants. I really miss them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted August 21, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted August 21, 2023 18 hours ago, BklynBoy8 said: Brass Rail and Patricia Murphy's in the NY Region was fun as a child to be introduced to the restaurant scene.. Of course, Millridge Inn in Jericho LI... I have been to Millridge Inn.Wow,I remember Brass Rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted August 21, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted August 21, 2023 13 hours ago, CGTNORMANDIE said: Howard Johnson’s was always a treat when we were on the road. There were many burger shacks where you could get a couple burgers, fries and a shake for less than a dollar! I remember cheese burgers when they were 15 cents! Most of the dining establishments back in the 50’s were diners and barrooms and a lot of them were very good. Urban renewal ruined most of the small restaurants in Boston. We had at least 5 outstanding delis in Boston and dozens of little Italian and ethnic joints…one better than the next. Chinatown had at least a dozen outstanding restaurants. I really miss them all. Howard Johnson’s was frequented by my family and I many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted August 21, 2023 #8 Share Posted August 21, 2023 CGT, we had Howard Johnson's here too. Now, I don't know if this was only in the south but they always had a Fish Fry on Fridays. Fried fish, all you can eat with fries and cole slaw😀 Actually, I still like that food. Back then (in the 60s/70s), it was so cheap and really good too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted August 21, 2023 #9 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I was going to say HoJo's, too. As a child our family had occasional Sunday dinners there, and then in high school it was a convenient and predictable place to double-date after a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted August 21, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I used to go to a diner like the one in the movie Diner. On a Friday or Saturday night all the regulars would go there after their dates to discuss the dates. It was the York Diner in Brooklyn,NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTNORMANDIE Posted August 22, 2023 #11 Share Posted August 22, 2023 19 hours ago, Lois R said: CGT, we had Howard Johnson's here too. Now, I don't know if this was only in the south but they always had a Fish Fry on Fridays. Fried fish, all you can eat with fries and cole slaw😀 Actually, I still like that food. Back then (in the 60s/70s), it was so cheap and really good too! Hi Lois, YES…the Friday Night Fish Fry at HoJo’s was nation wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CntPAcruiser Posted August 23, 2023 #12 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Many of the ones I went to in my teens and college years in Green Bay and Milwaukee are sadly no longer there, and I am content with my happy memories. There is a restaurant in Green Bay called Krolls that had a butterflied pork chop sandwich on a butter-toasted roll with pickles I remember being incredibly good, but it has changed on their menu and I doubt is at all the same. Their food is probably still darned good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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