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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
[Re: Don Cardi]
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01/16/08 02:00 PM
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Speaking of family run mom and pop places, when I was growing up we had neighborhood places called 'Luncheonettes' where you could go for a $1.99 full breakfast, lunch and dinner. They were store front 'mini' diners which were mostly known for their breakfast specials and fountain service.
Yes, there was one on practically every block in my old Brooklyn neighborhoods. The difference between a "luncheonette" and a "candy store" was that the former had a grille, and the latter didn't. Coca-Cola practically had an armlock on the business of both. Typically, Coke put two big, round signs over the corners of their windows. We kids used to throw Spaldeens against the signs, which would make a huge, gonging crash like the beginning of a J. Arthur Rank movie.  It'd drive the proprietors wild. The soda dispensing machines looked like Evenrude outboard motors. Coke also supplied the luncheonettes with decorative cards that were hung up over the grill, showing the various dishes they'd serve: hamburger, Virginia ham sandwich, etc., each with a Coke logo and a blank circle to fill in the price. The local Mob guy supplied the jukebox.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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Most drug stores had counters where you could get great shakes, ice cream, hot dogs, burgers, a few kinds of sandwiches, and my favorite, Coke made with syrup and carbonated water. I would always ask for extra syrup!
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/16/08 05:17 PM
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That reminds me of the pharmacy young George worked at in "It's a wonderful life". That might be considered an ice cream shop instead of a candy store though.
I remember going to the one in my neighborhood when I was young to get the 5 cent pencils. They came in all variety of rainbow and swirling colors. Yes, I remember we also had these diners in a major department store downtown. Their shakes/malts always tasted good. One time my brother, at about 12/13 or so was having a soda or sundae or something of the sort at the counter. They were either fixing or putting in a new whipped cream dispenser/handle or whatever. They were testing it, and kept asking him if they could put more whipped cream on his soda. Ha ha...he says "heck ya." He loved it.  To this day we still tease him about it. TIS
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/21/08 10:02 PM
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Klyd, or anyone else for that matter, if you're up tonight at 10:00 PM check out the Food Network's Episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Tonight he's going to some burger places that include burgers made from fresh-ground steak available in 16 varieties at a place in San Fran; stuffed burgers and vinegar-blanched hand-cut fries that are a signature dish of a place in Minnesota ; and 10-to-the-pound sliders, topped with almost anything, from a place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is also known for their legendary fried onion rings.
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/21/08 11:30 PM
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Tonight he's going to some burger places that include burgers made from fresh-ground steak available in 16 varieties at a place in San Fran; stuffed burgers and vinegar-blanched hand-cut fries that are a signature dish of a place in Minnesota ; and 10-to-the-pound sliders, topped with almost anything, from a place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is also known for their legendary fried onion rings. I saw the last 20 minutes of the show... those burgers in San Francisco looked awesome (as did the onion rings in Michigan).
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/21/08 11:31 PM
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(as did the onion rings in Michigan). They weren't playing "Don't stop believing" were they?
How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/23/08 02:59 PM
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I saw the last 20 minutes of the show... those burgers in San Francisco looked awesome.
Didn't they look fantastic? My goodness! Next Episode : January 25th 9:00PM Open 24/7 Guy Fieri goes 'round the clock at some great joints with great food at any hour of the day: The San Diego diner where they're flying fresh seafood in from New England; the 68-year-old Chicago institution where 3 a.m. means veal parmesan and short rib dinners; and the Philadelphia diner that's still doing scrapple and creamed chipped beef. Then at 9:30 - Local Flavor Guy Fieri hits the road to find some of the best local favorites in the country: Off the hook chili from a secret family recipe at an 85-year-old Seattle joint; Crab cioppino and artichoke soup at a more than 100-year-old California bar-turned-restaurant, with a produce garden of its own; and an Oklahoma joint on Rt. 66 that serves some of the most bizarre local favorites you've ever seen.
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/27/08 12:21 AM
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Pizza or SB - Either of you ever been to or hear of this place? It was featured on an episode of this show and got rave reviews. MO GRIDDER'S located on Hunt's Point Ave. in the Bronx?
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/27/08 12:25 AM
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Either of you ever been to or hear of this place? It was featured on an episode of this show and got rave reviews. MO GRIDDER'S located on Hunt's Point Ave. in the Bronx? That is one piss-poor hellhole of a neighborhood. You wouldn't want to take your family there. You and me, on the other hand, is a different story.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/27/08 12:28 AM
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That is one piss-poor hellhole of a neighborhood. You wouldn't want to take your family there. The location is Hunt's point. I take it it's not beaver they're hunging.
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Re: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives
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01/27/08 12:30 AM
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The location is Hunt's point. You REALLY wanna be a New Yawker.... two points for knowing that its the "Point". (How'd you know that, and know the area's reputation??)
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