Re: Old Businesses
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:30 pm
I've heard there's a Godfathers in Benson.
Nope. Just two mediocre local pizza joints. I work in the area and dining options are scarce...wyo-cat wrote:I've heard there's a Godfathers in Benson.
There actually is a Godfather's in Benson.UAdevil wrote:Nope. Just two mediocre local pizza joints. I work in the area and dining options are scarce...wyo-cat wrote:I've heard there's a Godfathers in Benson.
Only 1 in AZ is in Yuma.UAEebs86 wrote:Are there any Round Table Pizza's left?
Used to be one in Chandler before we moved.
Cattracks,Daryl Zero wrote:Goazcats
Every Sunday ... when I was a dorm rat. Only meal of the day. We'd sit at the king's table, and wear the paper crowns. As soon as the roast beef tray came out, we emptied it.ASUHATER! wrote:what about king's table buffets?
that was my dad's first real job back in the late 70s when he was out of high school in mesa. he was the guy in back cooking the 9030 pounds of roast beef and mashed potatoes. thanksgivings were hell. fyi...if you ate at king's table in the late 70s in mesa on thanksgiving...the turkey was probably cooked a week earlier...gumby wrote:Every Sunday ... when I was a dorm rat. Only meal of the day. We'd sit at the king's table, and wear the paper crowns. As soon as the roast beef tray came out, we emptied it.ASUHATER! wrote:what about king's table buffets?
They hated us.
What's the place in Benson with the joke books on the table? They have diner and Mexican options, with sub-par food.UAdevil wrote:Nope. Just two mediocre local pizza joints. I work in the area and dining options are scarce...wyo-cat wrote:I've heard there's a Godfathers in Benson.
Hmm...perhaps Reb's?Longhorned wrote:No, it's like the Horseshoe but smaller and a little more on the edge of town. Oh, well. I have good memories of the place from 2011. I don't know why. It really was mediocre.
Yes! Thank you! I looked it up and my wife and I are laughing about it.UAdevil wrote:Hmm...perhaps Reb's?Longhorned wrote:No, it's like the Horseshoe but smaller and a little more on the edge of town. Oh, well. I have good memories of the place from 2011. I don't know why. It really was mediocre.
I just wrote a Yelp review.UAdevil wrote:I had a pretty decent omelette there yesterday.
Really miss Lunt Ave for the great Sunday brunch with the fried mushrooms.devilswin99 wrote:Just for Feet
Lucky's (grocery store)
Braniff (airline)
Winchell's (donuts)
The Good Earth (restaurant)
Lunt Ave Marble Club (restaurant)
PSA (airline)
And that's how you came to be, Son.gumby wrote:Was it the Windjammer that had a comedy club? GF was hypnotized there. Got a post-hypnotic suggestion to be horny. Worked.
Reydituto wrote: The Tack Room - only once when I was a kid, wore a blazer
After it became the Stray Cat is when it burned down.Merkin wrote:
Dooley's used to be close to campus. I think it was an old library or church. Burned down.
Lot of places super far away from campus. Hard to believe stone was ever a hot spot. Even 10 years ago it was a run down ghetto hell hole. These days students avoid anything north of speedway and west of about 6th avenue as if it was plague infested. Now though, even 4th avenue is seen by students as the run down old place where the weird 30+ Tucson locals go. It's all about downtown and maingate square. Mostly downtown now is where everyone goes.Merkin wrote:N. Stone used to be the hot spot for college bars, but I guess now it's around campus? Drinking age was 19 then in AZ, so a lot more bars then. Lots of drinking and driving too.
Chances was on Tanque Verde. That's were the DJ (Bob Lee?) who was also Tucson's most popular radio DJ on KWFM was killed by a fan. Burned down.
Cowboys (a college bar not a country bar) was on 22nd and Wilmot. 25 cent drafts on Wednesdays. Sundance was also on 22nd. It was a blue collar bar, lots of pool tables and stabbings. City finally closed it down due to the violence. I never had an issue there.
Dooley's used to be close to campus. I think it was an old library or church. Burned down.
All of thexe, plus Stumble Inn, Someplace Else and Starz (a N. Stone bar ).Merkin wrote:Reydituto wrote: The Tack Room - only once when I was a kid, wore a blazer
Always thought the Tack Room would have been a good place to propose to my GF, but never made it.
Hidden Valley Inn up on Sabino Canyon had very reasonably priced steaks, and the cowboy kitsch was cool.
All the clubs I used to hang out in as a college student are all gone. It was nice being able to walk between the first 3.
Wildcat House
Bum Steer
The Outlaw
Cowboys
Chances
Sundance
Dooleys
Green Dolphin
Gentle Ben's (original)
Of course a couple of those burned down under very mysterious circumstances.
Still big in California. One that has an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet right next to Disneyland. Not bad for the buck.Daryl Zero wrote:Shakey's Pizza
No, thanks to Mitt Romney.ASUCatFan wrote:Back on topic: Is KB Toys still around?
Oh yea, forgot about the Stumble Inn. That was my future brother-in-law's favorite pub.gumby wrote: All of thexe, plus Stumble Inn, Someplace Else and Starz (a N. Stone bar ).
Chicat wrote:No, thanks to Mitt Romney.ASUCatFan wrote:Back on topic: Is KB Toys still around?
Chuck was a Stumble regular. My favorite bar band.Merkin wrote:Oh yea, forgot about the Stumble Inn. That was my future brother-in-law's favorite pub.gumby wrote: All of thexe, plus Stumble Inn, Someplace Else and Starz (a N. Stone bar ).
Where did Chuck Wagon and the Wheels play? Maverick Saloon?
Chicat wrote:No, thanks to Mitt Romney.ASUCatFan wrote:Back on topic: Is KB Toys still around?
At the KB Toys' outlet in Gilroy I found a UA cheerleader Barbie doll for my daughter.
Oh yes, I liked them too. My favorite of course was Street Pajama, and I recall you were a fan of Merle too. Usually at Gentle Ben's but they performed at other clubs too.gumby wrote:Chuck was a Stumble regular. My favorite bar band.
Got one up in my neck of the woods.UAEebs86 wrote:Are there any Round Table Pizza's left?
Used to be one in Chandler before we moved.
And Meighan was best friends with the twin brothers who owned Chances (mysteriously burned down as Merk mentioned above) one of whom is married to the ex-Mrs. BD89's best friend. Chances was the place people got excited about sneaking into when I was in high school.gumby wrote:I have a Street Pajama album. Also played at Tequila Mockingbird at El Con. Bob Meighan Band was another fave.
BMalo wrote:I lived in Chico, CA for a few years in high school. The owner of the Wildcat House has a place there called The Graduate. They looks the EXACT same on the inside and out. There is also a place in Chico called Madison Bear Garden which I heard was also owned by the same person who owned the Bum Steer but I haven't been able to confirm. That place also looked similar to the inside of Bum Steer, from what I remember.
Time flies.ASUHATER! wrote:I miss el cubanito. Been gone for like 7 years now. Only went a couple times but it was great.
Hidden Valley Inn was cool, although I'm not surprised that burnt down, that place was a tinder box, always had one eye scanning the room for potential fire hazards ...Merkin wrote:Reydituto wrote: The Tack Room - only once when I was a kid, wore a blazer
Always thought the Tack Room would have been a good place to propose to my GF, but never made it.
Hidden Valley Inn up on Sabino Canyon had very reasonably priced steaks, and the cowboy kitsch was cool.
All the clubs I used to hang out in as a college student are all gone. It was nice being able to walk between the first 3.
Wildcat House
Bum Steer
The Outlaw
Cowboys
Chances
Sundance
Dooleys
Green Dolphin
Gentle Ben's (original)
Of course a couple of those burned down under very mysterious circumstances.
See, I think 4th is where the immature, jagoff college students should go, let the weird 30+ Tucson locals have more of downtown. Most of the downtown bars and restaurants - with a few exceptions, old (Congress) and new (Hi-fi, Playground) - don't really cater to the students per se, they just offer up attractive options for large slices of the population at large. They can have Maingate Square, save for a visit to the Frog every now and then.ASUHATER! wrote:Lot of places super far away from campus. Hard to believe stone was ever a hot spot. Even 10 years ago it was a run down ghetto hell hole. These days students avoid anything north of speedway and west of about 6th avenue as if it was plague infested. Now though, even 4th avenue is seen by students as the run down old place where the weird 30+ Tucson locals go. It's all about downtown and maingate square. Mostly downtown now is where everyone goes.
The original Jim Anderson Experience, where you could drink with a note from your Mom saying you were of age. Also a weird location for a bar IMO.gumby wrote:Someplace Else
Loved trying to sneak into that bar in HS. Succeeded once.gumby wrote:Also played at Tequila Mockingbird at El Con.
Phoenix had a version of the Bum Steer too, with that "Grandma's Attic" themed decor, Minder Binders.BMalo wrote:I lived in Chico, CA for a few years in high school. The owner of the Wildcat House has a place there called The Graduate. They looks the EXACT same on the inside and out. There is also a place in Chico called Madison Bear Garden which I heard was also owned by the same person who owned the Bum Steer but I haven't been able to confirm. That place also looked similar to the inside of Bum Steer, from what I remember.
The once-popular college hot spot northwest of the University of Arizona opened back in the early 1970s and closed in 2010.
The restaurant was founded by a group of airline pilots who simply wanted a place to have fun while in town, according to the auction house, Phoenix-based Cunningham and Associates.
Featuring a red barnlike structure and antique decor across its walls, the Bum Steer was one of several other similar properties the group opened across the country, including the now-closed Minder Binders in Tempe.
Auctioneer George Cunningham says the roughly 8,000-square-foot Tucson building is still sound and features an upper level that gives it a lot of potential for use as a brewpub or other uses.
Cunningham said the 1.4-acre land is valuable in itself, and much of the decor inside the restaurant came from the back lot of a Hollywood studio that was closing in the ‘70s.