Wow, google knew the restaurant. It was Baby Does restaurant.

Baby Doe's

Yep....but i don't remember where the nearest Stuckey's was.

Yes....and it hasn't changed one bit!

Shit yes! Their zucchini souffle was awesome!

I've not read EVERY post....but has someone mentioned "Annies Sante Fe"?

Wow. When did that close? It doesn't seem that long ago that we'd stop for shakes on the way back from Columbia.

Makes me think of Casa Bonita in Tulsa. Not quite the same, but it had theming.

I loved that place as a kid.

That green rice was pretty great also.

Probably close to 10 years since it moved. Been shut down for 3-4.

SuperCenter Walmart and the other chains that have moved in have done what they do: Kill small local operations. Wheel-Inn was a victim of that once it was no longer on the corner.


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Pretty sure they changed the intersection. The Verizon store is farther back in the lot.

Ha.....loved that place. Flags up....bring more food!

I worked there in the 80's.....

That was one helluva restaurant. My nephew would always take me there when I visited him.


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Not exactly a restaurant of yesteryear, yet.

But in keeping with the tenor of the discussion, Iron Barley is moving out of the city into rural JeffCo. I'm sure it will still be awesome, but now it's a bit of a slog to go.

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainmen...e9df84693.html

I believe I only experienced the new place because there were definitely a few tables, maybe 6 or 8. It was pretty good even then. No one I know except the friend I ate there with ever remembers it. I was beginning to think I made it up or something.

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Loved that place.


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The building for the one on Blue Ridge has been a million different things, and is now a Payday Loan.

Remember right across the highway when Truman Corners had one of the few Smorgasbords anyone had ever heard of. So 'exotic' a concept that the restaurant was merely named 'Smorgasbord?' [EDIT: now that I think, it also incorporated 'Svedenhaus' into it's nameplate]

Heh, I remember that place. I don't recall ever eating there though. Only later when it became Harry T's.

Yep. The smorgasbord, remember it but don't remember eating there. I do also remember the Spaghetti Spot right behind it (or somewhere nearby). There was an ice cream place there too.

Grew up a little further south, so Zardas on down 71 was THE ice cream spot for us.

Cherry Walnut in a sugar cone, FTW!!

You mean aside from the OP? :shake:

Yes t'was!

There used to be a tiny little cafe in Warrensburg called "Corner Cafe." Standard cafe fare, but really, really good. Excellent breakfasts, and their burgers were fantastic. They closed sometime in the early 2000s.

The best thing, though, was their prices were from yesteryear. You could get a double burger, fries, and a drink for less than $4. A full breakfast would run you like $3. Probably why they eventually closed. But damn do I miss that place.

My old employer in the 90's had holiday parties there.

I'll bet Foster Brooks was funnier than Hell...

That's because it sucked.. Ate there once courtesy of Randy Robinson

California Taqueria on Jefferson rocked, New place sucked, I wonder what the new place is now after shipping Allen to Vikings.

No, it did not.

Annie's was the best Mexican place in town from the late 70's to the mid-80's. It was always jammed packed in OP and the Plaza and reservations were needed if you wanted a table quickly.

Who the **** is that?

The one at the old Bannister Mall?

Back in the early 80s that was a pretty happening place. My mom used to hang out there with her friends a lot.

That's getting in the way back machine there! I remember him on the Dean Martin Roasts as a kid with Ruth Buzzi and Arte Johnson and Jonathan Winters.

:clap:

I used to frequent the IB, loved the street signs but dinner in the basement was the coolest thing ever. Owner's wife sold me a case of Bourbon County (6-4 packs $120) on Thanksgiving eve when there was none to be bought in all St Louie.


I lived off 67 and dated a gal in (Pacific coffee + opera house and RJ's) so traveled that area often.

Used to be an old house/ music venue near the new IB location called Villa Magnolia Saw some great shows there but Billy Peek (blues) was my favorite.

billypeek.com

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FIFU

Definitely didn't suck - it was 'Americanized' but was darned good and they used good/quality ingredients. Unfortunately we'd generally go to the Bannister Mall location.

Sunday lunch with Mom at Myron Green's in Mission... Wofferman's in Fairway when $$$ allowed.
Schnitzels for lunch from Warners in Mission

Eddy's Loaf and Stein, Prairie Village

Mugs-Up 75th and Metcalf crap food, good root beer

Shakey's Pizza

Villa Capri

Pizza Queen

Kremy Kone - Blue Springs 1979 closed - i barely remember it - off of 40hwy

I thought it sucked myself Growing up, my mother would go to KC, KS and take cooking lessons from real Mexican cooks in authentic Mexican restaurants. When my mom made Mexican food there were at least 20 people over for dinner.

I never went to the Bannister Mall location, as I grew up mostly in the Overland Park/Lenexa/Shawnee Mission area.

I'd go to the Oak Park Mall location quite a bit and since my Dad worked on the Plaza, I'd occasionally meet him for lunch there or take dates there, especially around the winter holidays.

I'm sure it was "Americanized" but it was all I knew at the time. I recall loving their chips and salsa, along with their "Mexican Pizza".

I wonder if I'd like it today...

Maybe if you could recognize them for what they are - You're a pretty big food snob though, so who knows? California will do that w/ regards to Mexican food.

We ate there everytime we were in KC I think when I was a kid

Mexican pizza was the thing. Good eats

Pics of mom?

Pizza by Stout in Joplin Missouri


Best apple pizza on the planet.

Probably be the best DeBerg thread ever

Speaking of Mexican.. Chi-Chi's. are they still around?

Currently or from 1981?

1st time I ate at California Taqueria I swore off crap Mexican. I like some things at Tequila Harry's especially the low carb margaritas. Partial to the old SW Blvd location where the cooks were not high school kids but seasoned Mexican cooks.

both!

New York Bakery & Delicatessen- Reuben sandwiches
Torreon Mexican Restaurant
The train that carried food to customers at Fritz's Railroad Restaurant

Cascone's Italian Restaurant in the Market for breakfast

Don Pepe's near KU Med before cocaine

Friday Tamales from "Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Shrine" near the blvd. where the elderly ladies made them as a fund raiser. Bought them by the dozen. Put Ponak's to shame.

You're like 70, huh? I mean no offense - but you're an old timer - I like this.

Joes Pizza in the Blue Ridge Mall. Went to may birthday parties there.

My Wife and I have a "tradition" that started some 40 years ago. We go to ANY local A&W (actually, it started in earnest at the Metcalfe South Mall) and we have a root beer, chili cheese fries and corn dog bites.

It's kind of goofy, but it has always meant a lot to us...

I just turned 70 myself.....still feel like a 20 year old....and yeah, I always liked Fritz's, too...

Thanks 2011. Although the place went downhill in a hurry way before that. Porn shop sits in that area now.

Old? Maybe tom you but I keep up with Gen X. I have one as a SO.

California Taqueria off Southwest was tex mex, sorry. The most popular dish was the burrito spread. Two burritos smothered in cheddar cheese. That isn't mexican. MY favorite mex place is Bickelmiers (sp) meats on saturday mornings. Great tacos el pastor, great carne asada, and killer tamales.

There were a couple of Fritz's one was in Crown Center which was fair, but a nice date place. Then there was Fritz's, a good burger joint but I had a Smak's close by.

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I meant the old Nick's Railroad? on 20th+ and Main St. with the train in the ceiling.

Watching "The Deuce" with the hookers, pimps and business customers kinda reminds me of the place in the 80's. Midwest Hotel and all

Smaks. There's another oldie.

it's cool - meant no offense

that's cool

I do a pot of chili and a horror film on Halloween - LOL - this year it's George C Scott's "The Changeling" in queue.

Manny's was Tex-Mex. I was talking about the original CT location in an old house a couple of doors off the blvd, When they moved, they sucked!!!!...

I have been away from KC too long as they didn't do that when I was around.

I used to assist a photographer who took pictures of their meat in knife and butcher supply catalogs and someone had to eat the meat afterwards (:D:D:D).

I have always liked the place but Warner's Market in Mission (before closing) was where I bought personal meat as I had a business within throwing distance and I used Fisher's Meat on Troost for large purchases of Prime meat.

I used to buy skirt steak from Bichelmeyer's as no one else had it when I needed it back in the 90's.

After marrying a ranchers daughter I didn't need a butcher very often. I now have "The Savory Swine" when I need a butcher but I try to buy direct from farmers now days.

What do you know about Whisler's Hamburgers, Carthage, Mo?

None taken.

My SO gives me enough crap about it as she looks 10 years younger than her age. I listened to a comment from a coworker of hers when looking at a picture of us saying: "So that's your dad?" and I have never lived it down...

Perkins....

Never stopped in Carthage, even for gas, we used to drive from Bronaugh to Nixa, MO quite often.

Tippins ?

Waids ?

Tequila Harry's is ****ing nasty. Never again.

:Lin:

I always ate at the SW Blvd location (a lot) because I had a warehouse in the same block and thought what I was served blew Ponak's and Manny's away. It was fantastic compared to Annies!. But then again, the kitchen knew my name and I had done favors for owners and bartenders alike.

I used to drink at the Lee's Summit location (a lot) as the bartender took care of me and most of the bill...due to history. Only had 1/2 price appetizers and they were decent to share with wifey.

North Oak and OP were the same way as they kinda reminded me of Annies SF. Owners came from a Westport Mexican rest. (3 amigos?).
I never ate a meal there, barely even went there but when i did drinks were strong and cheap due to history...

California's was no way Tex mex when they were in the hole...


Bichelmeyer's is awesome and always has been.

My first job was Shoney's on Antioch Rd. That's where I discovered pot and learned to love it. Salad bar was meticulous. Don't eat the cole slaw. There is a good chance there was a loogy or a blown nose in there (not mine).

I'll always have fond memories of Chi-Chis, it was decent tex-mex fare and they always had a rocking little bar in the one I worked at as a kid... they'd let me get hammered after work at age 19

Same thing for The Ground Round, thats where I fell in love with a very specific burger

Buttered and grilled marble rye
Fire grilled high quality burger
Swiss cheese
Grilled onion

There simply isnt a better burger on the planet

Chi Chi's
Out of business

Yep. There was one in grandview I recall.

Indian Hills ****ry Club.

Great food, free flowing booze and free golf...

Learned how to make a poorboy's Brandy Alexander there and dammed if the girls didn't drop panties for them!!!!

At 17 i was serving them to Muriel Kaufman, even gave her the recipe and got a $29 tip. (lot of money back then.)

Mr. Donut.

Never before or since a better donut & cup of coffee.

Dinny

<-- loved LaMars myself

Thats a patty melt I love that burger.

Donut King when they were on Choutau Trwy N/o Parvin Rd next to Diamond Joes ( not that I know anything of that place) new location in NKC sucks. Daylite Donuts are good best glazed I ever had Lamars original location. Warm melts in your mouth so rich instant heartburn 5 minutes after devouring.