Saturday, January 5, 2013

Restaurants on Memory Lane

I miss going to a lot of restaurants from years ago. The Snack Shop and Coco's were the ones I went to with Rod, when we were dating. He worked at both of them, so that is why Coco's became our favorite all those years ago. I miss Coco's. We use to have a few up here in the NW, but have't seen any in a long time. It is just a Calif-Az area restaurant thing now. 

We also loved going to "LOVES" BBQ restaurant. We even ate there  for our wedding day dinner in San Diego. I just Googled Loves and the website says locations: Jakarta, Indonesia..  What the HECK? Well, you can order online, but it just doesn't seem like LOVE to me anymore. 

When my kids were little and on the occasional times we could all go to a restaurant, we use to have fun. It was always a treat to go to a restaurant. On Friday nights, Rod use to league bowl in Tustin Ca, and Rod and the kids and I would all go to Bob Big Boys afterwards.



I'm craving the Bob Big Boy double decker hamburger right now. The only problem is, that the nearest Big Bob is in Bakerfields Calif. Only about 1100 miles for a burger. I wonder if my kids remember going there?

We use to play a fun game of guessing the amount of the bill. The winner got to go up to the cash register and pay the bill. A great prize huh? lol But it was fun and we would all sit there and add up everyone's dinner and drinks to ourselves, and than add the amount of tax we thought it would be. Our totals were always close, but there was only one winner. After all these years, Rod and I will sometime still do this. Yep, there we go counting again. 

We also use to go to a place in Corona Del Mar, called the Zoo. It was a fun place to eat. Since it closed in the early 70's, I'm thinking it was just me and Rod that went there. But it could of been just Jennifer as a toddler. Ah, memories. Or the lack of not remembering if my kids went there with us. Everything on the menu was zoo themed related. Like the Monkey burger, the Elephant chicken, or the Giraffe meatloaf. The theme of the interior was cages with bars, with fake animals everywhere. It was really a cute place to go. They went out of business and I've always thought that I'd see a remake of it someday, somewhere. 

Most Sundays we would take the kids to the beach to just play in the sand, walk, look for fish in the tide pools. One favorite place was Dana Point. It was a nice drive down the coast and we would end up eating at a restaurant called the Jolly Rogers. Those were the Jolly old days, yo ho!

Sometimes, most likely often, when we didn't have money for the restaurants, we would get McDonalds (McRib sandwich) and just go sit on the sand at Newport Beach, and eat and watch the sunset. The kids enjoyed it and so did we. 

What restaurants bring back memories to you? 


12 comments:

  1. I have a feeling that "Love's" in Indonesia is not a restaurant, just saying! ; )

    And, I do remember going out to dinner to Bob's Big Boy, and Coco's. And, funny how I didn't remember the check thing until you mentioned it. Nowadays I try to NOT think about how much my bill is and just hand over the card!

    I love the Jolly Rogers! I think we got those fancy drinks there that prepared me for real bar drinks. : )

    And, don't forget Balboa bars on the beach!

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    1. I think your virgin drinks came with the little umbrellas. I googled Jolly Rogers and it closed in Sept.,but the one in Oceanside is still there.
      I think we were always hoping Kris would win the check amount so he would get use to going up to pay and get over his shyness.
      Oh yeah, the balboa bars at Balboa watching the 3 car ferry go across the bay. lol

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  2. I remember going to Bobs Big Boy too! I also remember going to Long Beach with the two of you and the kids, and get ice cream on the pier. And we watch the planes land. I remember staying with you alot and going to your mom's to going swimming. And going to the races with Rod. Thank-you they were good days!

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    1. I'm glad that you remember all that Leslie. We use to love going to the OC airport, John Wayne, when it was a small building. We would go stand on the balcony and watch the place come and go..Than we could go park in a field and watch the planes fly over us really close.

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    2. I forgot about watching the planes. Seems like we were always doing something and it was on the cheap! ; ) Try to go watch planes land now, and you'll find yourself arrested. lol

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    3. You should tell your kids how we use to park in the field, before the freeway was built, and we would all lay on the car hood and look up in to the sky while big airliners would just about land on us..haha You could feel the noise.

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  3. Bob's Big Boy with the youth group after church, Sizzler for steak, and Farrel's ice cream in the Northridge area (I think) with the youth group after occasional trips to the miniature gold course down there. Also Naugles on avenue I.

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  4. I was trying to remember the ice cream place. Farrel's ice cream was it. Didn't they have a Pig Trough item? A huge ice cream sundae for a bunch of people?

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  5. Yes! Farrell's up by the Orange Mall, right? I can remember feeding the ducks at the park up there, and then going to Farrell's. good times!

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    1. We would feed the ducks and than walk up that hilly park to the play ground. You were like 2 years old when we took you. I think we went several times a week too. For many years!

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    2. Wasn't there a tastey freeze? And the zoo, its called the rain forest cafe! I remember the orange Julius on Balboa.

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    3. I can't remember the tasty freeze. Jennifer? And Yes, you are right about the zoo and the rain forest cafe. Just a little fancier. The one in Corona was a scaled down version. I loved Orange Julius in Balboa. I think it is something else now, isn't it?

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