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10-14-2015, 02:34 PM
marv2

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

I used to love Shasta Grape soda. That stuff burned in the way down [[in a good way). We used to stay up late in Friday nights to watch "Chiller Theater", a local late night creature feature. Those old vampire and werewolf flicks are corny now but they scared the mess out of elementary school kids. LOL. I don't know how old I was when I stopped falling asleep before the end of the movie.

Does anybody recall driving on the interstate with your family when the only food stops on the way were Howard Johnson restaurants? Those hamburgers were wrapped in foil and were probably cooked hours before but left out all day. They were nasty but the only thing to eat.

Shasta? You guys are killing me! LOL!

Yeah I remember the Hojos,but they weren't the only ones. If you travel South, there were "Stuckeys". They had the big yellow billboards.
10-14-2015, 02:35 PM
marv2

Hardee's also wrapped their burgers in foil. The all time worst burgers in my opinion were Roy Rogers up and down the New York State Thru-way and along the Penn Turnpike.....yuk!
10-14-2015, 02:37 PM
marv2

The best "have it your way" hamburgers were "Harveys" in Canada.
10-14-2015, 03:26 PM
arr&bee

Did anyone have[toddlehouse]hamburger joints in your town? Twenty five cents and good too.
10-14-2015, 03:32 PM
marv2

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Originally Posted by arr&bee

Did anyone have[toddlehouse]hamburger joints in your town? Twenty five cents and good too.

No we didn't have Toddlehouse hamburgers. We did have Kewpee's [[with the big baby in nothing but a diaper LOL!), Super King [[aka Uncle Sam's. They made the special Super King burger that was the size of a large pizza and could serve 5 people!). Also the neighborhood favorite called "Li'l Hut" on Detroit Ave.
10-14-2015, 03:36 PM
arr&bee

Remember the[deluxe playmobile]?
10-14-2015, 03:46 PM
Jerry Oz

No, but I remember when Big Wheels first came out. I never understood the appeal, so I never asked for one. One of the best Christmas present I remember was an air hockey table that my brother and I received one year. You rarely see air hockey anywhere but game arcades these days.

http://originalbigwheel.us/images/SuperBW_500.jpg
10-14-2015, 04:28 PM
MotownSteve

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Originally Posted by arr&bee

Did anyone have[toddlehouse]hamburger joints in your town? Twenty five cents and good too.

I remember them. I vaguely remember easting there with my parents. That is about all I can remember. Not even where they were.
10-14-2015, 04:30 PM
MotownSteve

Back to burgers. I remember a Gino's in either Jersey City or Bayonne NJ and I thought the burgers were pretty good.
10-14-2015, 04:36 PM
Jerry Oz

Wendy's was founded in my hometown and they were delicious when they first came out. We used to have Burger Boy here with carhops. Those were good as well. They were big, too. I was too young to eat one by myself.
10-14-2015, 08:09 PM
marv2

Remember this one?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A3GUlmIFzE
10-14-2015, 08:17 PM
marv2

Remember how K-Tel have these package albums of a bunch of popular singles in the 70s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH7jQ3Rnv3o
10-14-2015, 09:12 PM
Jerry Oz

Don't forget Mister Microphone...
10-14-2015, 09:57 PM
robb_k

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Originally Posted by marv2

The best "have it your way" hamburgers were "Harveys" in Canada.

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Yes. They were pretty good. They started in Toronto in 1959, and went national across Canada in 1963. That's when we got our first one in Winnipeg.
10-14-2015, 10:16 PM
marv2

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

Don't forget Mister Microphone...

Never tried the product, but I hated the commercial for it. LOL!
10-14-2015, 10:17 PM
marv2

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Originally Posted by robb_k

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Yes. They were pretty good. They started in Toronto in 1959, and went national across Canada in 1963. That's when we got our first one in Winnipeg.

I use to go to the ones in London,
On, Brampton and Montreal! Loved the "Super Burger".
10-14-2015, 11:24 PM
robb_k

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I use to go to the ones in London,
On, Brampton and Montreal! Loved the "Super Burger".

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Didn't they have one in Windsor?

If I were anywhere near Toronto. I'd always eat in an "ethnic" restaurant, [[Indian, Jamaican, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Lebanese, etc.). They have a lot of great ones there. Speaking of "ethnic", -take a look at The Four Tops' "Sexy Ways" thread again. I put up another funny story.
10-14-2015, 11:43 PM
soulster

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

Does anybody recall driving on the interstate with your family when the only food stops on the way were Howard Johnson restaurants? Those hamburgers were wrapped in foil and were probably cooked hours before but left out all day. They were nasty but the only thing to eat.

Not me. I remember back in the 60s where they served them on a plate.
10-14-2015, 11:44 PM
soulster

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Originally Posted by marv2

Shasta? You guys are killing me! LOL!

Shasta was good stuff! Cheap, too! I was sad to see them disappear in the 80s.
10-14-2015, 11:47 PM
soulster

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Originally Posted by marv2

Hardee's also wrapped their burgers in foil. The all time worst burgers in my opinion were Roy Rogers up and down the New York State Thru-way and along the Penn Turnpike.....yuk!

I don't remember burger places along the freeways back in the 70s. I think that started to happen in the 80s and 90s, at least out here. Nowadays, you can't go a mile without seeing a McDonald's, Burger King, Del Taco, or In-N-Out.
10-14-2015, 11:51 PM
soulster

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Hey, you remember...

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10-14-2015, 11:59 PM
robb_k

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I don't remember burger places along the freeways back in the 70s. I think that started to happen in the 80s and 90s, at least out here. Nowadays, you can't go a mile without seeing a McDonald's, Burger King, Del Taco, or In-N-Out.

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Harvey Houses were on The Toll Roads even in the 1950s [[Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Pennysylvania that I can remember, and, possibly Nebraska)! They usually had a Standard Station with them [[Standard of Indiana, or Sohio). Maybe they had Sinclair stations with them in the great plains and Mountain States?

Of course, Harvey Houses were general family eating restaurants [[glorified coffee shops with expanded menus-rather than "hamburger fast-food joints). I guess they must have been similar to Howard Johnson's. I don't think we ever stopped at a Howard Johnson's. Most often, we stopped at "Ma and Pa greasy spoons", - and had mostly good luck doing so. We did a LOT of car driven trips across USA and Canada for not having a "Caravan" [[live-in trailer or RV).

We traveled across Canada1 [[Trans Canada Highway), US Route 66, US Lincoln Highway, US I 90-94, US 60, US I 70, and US I 40. Before most of those Interstates were completed, and while they were still, for the most part, old 2 to 4 lane highways, rather than limited access expressways, tollways and freeways.

Where were you living in the 1970s?
10-15-2015, 04:09 AM
Methuselah2

Gosh, I loved Howard Johnson's. Famous French chef Jacques Pepin worked there when he moved to America and became the research director for their food lines and menus.

And this Judy Garland movie is about the waitresses at Harvey House.

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10-15-2015, 04:14 AM
robb_k

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And this Judy Garland movie is about the waitresses at Harvey House.
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But that film is about the very start of Harvey House in the 1880s.
10-15-2015, 04:22 AM
Methuselah2

Well, that's true, Robb. But those Harvey House restaurants were steeped in tradition. Part of what made them so popular. I loved going there--always felt like a wonderful step back in time. [[With fresh food, of course!)
10-15-2015, 08:58 AM
GrtGzu

Were you a "swinger" back in the day? We had one of these! And I use to sing along with the commercial..."Meet the Swinger, Polaroid Swinger!"

http://i.nextmedia.com.au/News/polar...retro-chic.jpg
10-15-2015, 12:29 PM
marv2

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Originally Posted by robb_k

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Didn't they have one in Windsor?

If I were anywhere near Toronto. I'd always eat in an "ethnic" restaurant, [[Indian, Jamaican, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Lebanese, etc.). They have a lot of great ones there. Speaking of "ethnic", -take a look at The Four Tops' "Sexy Ways" thread again. I put up another funny story.

They may have had one in Windsor, I just remember the ones I went to most often. My first Tim Horton experience was in Windsor back in the 80s. Then there was Swiss Chalet........hehehehehehehe!
10-15-2015, 12:40 PM
soulster

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Originally Posted by robb_k

Where were you living in the 1970s?

The southwest, but we travelled through California, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
10-15-2015, 12:41 PM
soulster

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Originally Posted by GrtGzu

Were you a "swinger" back in the day? We had one of these! And I use to sing along with the commercial..."Meet the Swinger, Polaroid Swinger!"

I liked these:

http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-...in/6/85188.jpg
10-15-2015, 12:51 PM
arr&bee

Geno's was started by geno marchetti who played for the baltimore colts.
10-15-2015, 02:42 PM
robb_k

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Geno's was started by Geno Marchetti who played for the Baltimore Colts.
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The football player's name was spelled G-I-N-O. So, why was the restaurant G-E-N-O's?
10-15-2015, 04:32 PM
arr&bee

Ummm..gino's!!!
10-15-2015, 07:01 PM
marv2

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Originally Posted by robb_k

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Didn't they have one in Windsor?

If I were anywhere near Toronto. I'd always eat in an "ethnic" restaurant, [[Indian, Jamaican, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Lebanese, etc.). They have a lot of great ones there. Speaking of "ethnic", -take a look at The Four Tops' "Sexy Ways" thread again. I put up another funny story.

I saw it about the drunk Japanese Businessmen. hehehehehehehe...............
10-15-2015, 09:56 PM
supremester

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Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

Ice cold Orange Crush in the old glass bottles.
http://texaslegacybrands.com/media/c...ush-040130.jpg

http://usasoda.com/images/bireleys59db6oz.JPGMy fave orange soda now only available in Japan. It was made with something called oranges.
10-15-2015, 09:59 PM
supremester

My fave soda ever Coke. Why? Because "Coke Keeps You Thin" as in this commercial!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zTDbpxT8ZI
10-16-2015, 03:11 AM
Jerry Oz

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Originally Posted by supremester

http://usasoda.com/images/bireleys59db6oz.JPGMy fave orange soda now only available in Japan. It was made with something called oranges.

Interesting. What's it taste like?
10-16-2015, 04:04 AM
robb_k

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http://usasoda.com/images/bireleys59db6oz.JPGMy fave orange soda now only available in Japan. It was made with something called oranges.

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I remember Birekey's. It was national, just like Nehi and Canada Dry. Like Nehi and the others, they also had a large variety of soft drink flavours.
10-16-2015, 02:49 PM
marv2

This is my school lunch box from 1969:

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10-16-2015, 03:36 PM
arr&bee

Marv,you must have alot of stuff in your attic,hehehehe!!!
10-16-2015, 03:40 PM
marv2

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Marv,you must have alot of stuff in your attic,hehehehe!!!

JAI, we have a ton of stuff LOL!!!

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