Vintage roadside

[Ghostsoldier]

Basketed chicken.

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Cool to see a family business that has probably changed little in its 102 years of operation (although the parts surely have). Ellington, Missouri.

 

[BobHufford]

Stopped for a malt in Van Buren, Missouri. Somewhere under all that remodeling is the original Jolly Cone (est. 1953).

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'm hungry.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Me, too.

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

I'm hungry.

As a kid, I saw some of these type of places - that were still holding on into the '70s and, even, '80s - in NYC on the lower east side. The lower east side (now gentrified/hipster-i-fied and crazy expensive), when I was growing up, still had some of its early 19th Century culture and signposts (clothing stores showing their goods on racks out front, ethnic food stores, people screaming down from windows to kids, etc.). If memory serves, you can see some of that old extant world in the '80s movie "Crossing Delancey."

 

[BobHufford]

Me, too.

Yup...

 

[2jakes]

I'll have the double cheeseburger & milkshake...make that chocolate
and side order of onion rings.
I’m hungry !

Behold! World's first Whataburger on Ayers Street in Corpus Christi, Tx.

This is the way I remembered WB in San Antonio.

 

[tonyb]

Me, too.

Rob

Where was this picture taken?

 

[2jakes]

Where was this picture taken?

Miami.

(Burger King history)
Pay attention...there might be a test given!

Burger King: The predecessor of this burger mega-chain was originally founded in 1953 in Jacksonville, Fla., by relatives Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns.

They decided to call their first location Insta-Burger King due to the broilers they purchased to cook the burgers, called Insta-Broilers.


The Insta-Broiler cooked the burgers in a wire basket between two broilers, allowing the burgers to be cooked on both sides simultaneously. The machine was capable of cooking over 400 patties per hour, which allowed the company to grow rapidly.

The following year, James McLamore and David Edgerton began opening Insta-Burger franchises in Miami — they replaced the Insta-Broilers with the flame broiler system that Burger King is famous for.

(Recently had a flame-broiler hamburger...afterwards my burps tasted
like I had eaten charcoal)

Due to financial hardships, Kramer and Burns sold the company to McLamore and Edgerton in 1959; they subsequently renamed the chain Burger King.

The fast food joint in Miami flipped burgers and poured milkshakes for just 18 cents apiece in 1954, in hopes of replicating the success of McDonald’s. That same year, Insta-Burger King brought on a new business partner and shortened its name to Burger King. The chain might not have reached McDonald’s status, but it certainly locked itself down as a competitor.

 

[BobHufford]

These pics popped up on a local history Facebook site this morning. The place was torn down (along with all the houses) in 1960 for a parking lot for, what was then, the only High School in town (the "colored only" High School closed in 1955). Drury University is next door as well. I'm sure my late Mother-In-Law (Class of '55) spent lots of time there.

 

[Fading Fast]

These pics popped up on a local history Facebook site this morning. The place was torn down (along with all the houses) in 1960 for a parking lot for, what was then, the only High School in town (the "colored only" High School closed in 1955). Drury University is next door as well. I'm sure my late Mother-In-Law (Class of '55) spent lots of time there.

Great pics and story - had to Google "Affy Tapple" and found this:

Affy Tapple - The Original Caramel Apple for 70 Years!

https://www.affytapple.com/about/

 

[Zombie_61]

These pics popped up on a local history Facebook site this morning. The place was torn down (along with all the houses) in 1960 for a parking lot for, what was then, the only High School in town (the "colored only" High School closed in 1955). Drury University is next door as well. I'm sure my late Mother-In-Law (Class of '55) spent lots of time there.

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This reminds me of The Apple Pan here in Los Angeles:

Open and operating in the same location since 1947, it's said to be the inspiration for the Johnny Rockets restaurant chain. Counter seating only, no tables or booths. As such, I've never actually eaten there because every time I've tried the place was packed with three to four times as many people as there were seats, all waiting for their opportunity to dine.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

This place would go broke today, at a dime for all you can drink.

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Rob, this place in my neck of the woods...

Sells the bottled Coca~Cola at 10¢.

It's a shoe factory...

with many beautiful cars from the past.

Mods, pls remove if it's not on topic.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I'd love to visit there... being a Diet Coke and Coke Zero aficionado, I could probably drink my weight in the stuff, lol.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Rob

Pastel colors were very popular.
I remember pink, agua-marine,
orange or tangerine and two-tones.

My folks drove a green/white
station wagon.
It was roomy & similar to the one Chevy Chase drove in.....

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Yee haw.

Rob