03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2861 ) |
Paddy |
Freddy's Steak House at 165th and Kennedy was a favorite back in the day. It drew huge crowds of faithful clients, and we would wait an hour or more to get a table. My wife and I ate there two years ago when we were in town for a wedding, and we were disappointed. The setting was nice, but the food left a lot to be desired. |
03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2862 ) |
FloridaKelly |
How about John's Pizzeria in Cal. City? The best part was getting there. There use to be a "strip joint" on the NW corner of State Street and State Line that had their front doors open and one could see the strippers from the street. I guess they might not have had central air or there was too much smoke. |
03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2864 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by FloridaKelly
How about John's Pizzeria in Cal. City? The best part was getting there. There use to be a "strip joint" on the NW corner of State Street and State Line that had their front doors open and one could see the strippers from the street. I guess they might not have had central air or there was too much smoke.
Uh, Kelly, I somehow think the strip joint made a bigger impression on you than the restaurant. [?] [:)]
Could you devote a least a FEW words to the restaurant? [:D]
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2865 ) |
Tom J |
One of my favorite foods from my youth was the Candes Pizza Italian beef sandwich. We would get them to take home.
Candes was located on 165th Street in the days when we did business with them, but I know that they had a place on Kennedy in earlier years.
Another of my favorite take home foods was the barbeque chicken from a tavern in Cal City. The name of the place was "Thiesen's," if I am spelling it correctly. I think it was on State Street. Maybe it was spelled "Tyson's," which is the way it was pronounced. There was just Mom, Dad, amd I at home, but we would get two whole chickens. I would eat one by myself and then help Mom and Dad finish theirs. That is NOT an exaggeration. I was a "big eater" then, and I still am.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
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03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2867 ) |
wvcogs |
Tom,
You mentioned Candes' before I got the chance. It's been almost fifty years and I still haven't found a pizza to equal the ones from Candes'. The little guy you could watch from the front window spinning the dough was an artist. Maybe Seejay can tell us some of his stories about the place.
You're right, Candes' moved from Kennedy Avenue at Kenwood Street to the 2800 block of 165th Street in 1958.
Ken |
03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2868 ) |
Paddy |
John's was a Cal City institution, and their pizza was always my favorite. In the old days, their Take Out counter was an exterior window. They also sold Italian Beef sandwiches on Hoagie rolls that were fantastic. We would stand in line outside in any weather to buy that great food.
John's was able to last through the razing of the Strip, as we called it, blocks of bars/strip clubs. I last visited John's two years ago with my wife and a sister who still lives in Hammond. The outside Take Out window was gone, and the place was surrounded by empty buildings and parking lots.
They had the same great food, but looking at the other gray-headed customers told us that times were getting lean. No young people, just customers in their 60's and up, probably loyal customers from the old days when Hammond and Cal City were thriving.
I found out that John's closed their doors over a year ago. I guess that their declining customer base finally got too small for them to survive.
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03-18-2009
( Reply#: 2869 ) |
duane |
Just a list of some of my favorites:
Blue Top - still go there when visiting the Calumet Region!
Hot Dog John's - if the chili bean moves...it's a cockroach!
Kennedy Cafe - Have been going there for the past 20 years when my folks were alive. Good food, great prices, good service and friendly owners.
Miner Dunn's - good Hamburgers
White Castle - especially the one in Whiting
Art's Drive In
Svaboda's - in Chicago Heights. Lots of nickelodeans and animated machines to keep you having fun.
Barton's Pizza - original one in Illinois, but also later on Indy Blvd near 165th.
Spencer's restaurant - long gone, but originally across from EC city hall...went there with Mom as a young kid and had burgers and chips and orange pop.
Embers Restaraunt - Schererville - owned by a family friend, Gus Kourous.
Sauzer's Waffle Shop - intersection of US 41 and US 30.
Annie's - on Route 6 just east of Highland.
Cam Lan's - of course!
Chef Toni's Pizza - Downtown East Chicago our family's favorite
Indiana Restaraunt - downtown EC and again owned by family friend Gus Kourous.
Walnut Room - located in Marshal Field's in Chicago Loop. We'd eat there during the Christmas season when they had the huge Christmas tree on display in the middle of the dining area.
Dunken Burger - early burger competitor with McDonalds. Located on Chicago Avenue near Bishop Noll High School.
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03-19-2009
( Reply#: 2875 ) |
Tom J |
Ok, I think the place that I was talking about where we got the BBQ chickens was called "Theisen's Jet Lounge" at 301 State Street in Cal City. I found mention of such a place on a page of the September 1, 1966, editon of the Hammond Times on that website I signed up for, newspaperarchive.com.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
03-20-2009
( Reply#: 2881 ) |
Tom J |
I think a lot of space has already been devoted to Maid-Rite in other threads, but I HAVE to at least mention it in this thread.
Maid-Rite was a hamburger joint across from Hammond High and one and half blocks north. I spent many lunch hours there as an HHS student between 1963 and 1967.
They had delicious loose meat "burgers" that were served on steamed buns.
Tom
A 1967 Graduate of Hammond High who cherishes his memories of growing up in the Hammond of the 1950's and 1960's. Bring back those days!
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Tom%20and%20Georgeann/img014.jpg[/IMG] |
07-04-2009
( Reply#: 3233 ) |
Nannerz |
I remember Maid Rite Hamburgers so well. My Mom used to take me there as a kid. To this day I still can taste them in my memories. Does anyone know where you can find them today?
Anyone have a good recipe for them? I have tried through the years with no luck. They can't be that hard to duplicate.
Nannerz |
07-04-2009
( Reply#: 3234 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by Nannerz
I remember Maid Rite Hamburgers so well. My Mom used to take me there as a kid. To this day I still can taste them in my memories. Does anyone know where you can find them today?
Anyone have a good recipe for them? I have tried through the years with no luck. They can't be that hard to duplicate.
Nannerz
Springfield, IL, may be your closest Maid-Rite. I didn't even know that there was such a thing as a Maid-Rite franchise until about three years ago. I thought the Hammond Maid-Rite was the only one.
I have been to the one in Springfield, and it is one of the very first Maid-Rites ever (I think it might be the third restaurant in the chain.)
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Maid%20Rite/WebP6190004.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/tsjay/Maid%20Rite/WebP6200017.jpg[/IMG]
They will ship frozen Maid-Rites to you overnight delivery, but they are very expensive, due to the shipping charge.
Here's a recipe. I tried a recipe one time, but I'm not sure it was this one. My Maid-Rites were OK, but NOT the delicious burgers that you get at a Maid-Rite restaurant.
Real Maid-Rite hamburgers
2 pounds ground beef
1 chopped onion
1 teaspoon mustard
Sauce:
1/4 to 1/3 cup soy sauce
4 beef bouillon cubes in 1 cup hot water
1 teaspoon Lowry's seasoned salt
Add water to make two full cups with the above ingredients for the sauce
In a large kettle brown the meat until the pink is gone. Add onion and mustard. Add sauce and steam slowly. Do not brown. Serve on bun with mustard, onion and pickle.
Tom
P.S. Here's a link to a whole thread on the topic of Maid-Rite's here in Sheptalk.
http://www.sheptalk.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=164 |
07-05-2009
( Reply#: 3237 ) |
seejay2 |
Hey Tom, I've tried various recipes over the years and this is the one I have also settled on. Some years ago, the owner (Dick somebody) revealed his recipe to Hammond Times, I think. Of course I can't find it now. Maybe that is a good thing though because I would pig out on these things embarrassingly. |
07-05-2009
( Reply#: 3238 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
Hey Tom, I've tried various recipes over the years and this is the one I have also settled on. Some years ago, the owner (Dick somebody) revealed his recipe to Hammond Times, I think. Of course I can't find it now. Maybe that is a good thing though because I would pig out on these things embarrassingly.
Chris:
The only owner of the Hammond Maid-Rite that I ever heard anyone talk about is a Mrs. Langmaid. This guy you are referring might have been related to her or something?
Tom |
07-05-2009
( Reply#: 3239 ) |
seejay2 |
I can't remember. I do remember someone by the name of Dick Karsten (or something on that order), claiming to be more than a customer, 'setting the record straight' on how those things were made. Could it have been a relative or another Maid-Rite or something? I don't remember. The recipe was very close to ours, but even better. I had clipped it out and stuck it in a recipe book. But like all good things, it got sucked into the 'Black Hole' of things I intended to keep.....Cj |
07-05-2009
( Reply#: 3240 ) |
tom w |
Hi Tom;
I didn't go to Hammond High so I didn't hang out or even discover Maid Rite until I was a junior at Tech. There is a story about me and a policeman and a buddy of mine that was robbing Maid Rite one night, but I won't go into that one now! I had the end stool at Kwikee Snax reserved for several years. Being a creature of habit, I
always had the same thing in that tiny restaurant on Hohman Ave near Douglas Street. Double Steakburger with cheese, chili and a large milk. Although it is many years later and 1200 miles away, Steak and Shake which is the exact same restaurant, only the building is different, is still one of our favorites. Oh, by the way, I was with the policeman the night mentioned above. Take care all, Tom W |
07-11-2009
( Reply#: 3272 ) |
seejay2 |
LET IT BE ON YOUR HEAD, TOM!!
All that talk about "Maid-Rite" has forced me to make a pot of that stuff. In a little bit I will begin to eat them to the point where they could put me in the hospital.
C'mon over and share some!....Cj |
07-11-2009
( Reply#: 3279 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
LET IT BE ON YOUR HEAD, TOM!!
All that talk about "Maid-Rite" has forced me to make a pot of that stuff. In a little bit I will begin to eat them to the point where they could put me in the hospital.
C'mon over and share some!....Cj
Be right over. Well, give me six and a half hours or so to drive up there.
Hey, when you get down here, we are going to have some MAJOR reminiscing sessions, and you can feed me some of those home made Maid-Rites.
Tomster |
07-12-2009
( Reply#: 3286 ) |
dilligaf717 |
Was the resturant at the intersection of U.S. 41 and U.S. 30 Tiebel's? I also remember a resturant on Indianpolis Blvd. named The Wheel. Some friends of mine and I got in trouble there once for shooting the little toothpicks with the fringe into the ceiling tiles with our straws. The manger was going to make us get on a ladder and pull all of them out.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
07-12-2009
( Reply#: 3287 ) |
seejay2 |
quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
LET IT BE ON YOUR HEAD, TOM!!
All that talk about "Maid-Rite" has forced me to make a pot of that stuff. In a little bit I will begin to eat them to the point where they could put me in the hospital.
C'mon over and share some!....Cj
Be right over. Well, give me six and a half hours or so to drive up there.
Six hours and thirty three minutes if you go straight to Porter Memorial Hospital.
"Fabulous Hotdog", which was on 169th just east of Kennedy, had a pretty good recipe for those loose-meats as well.
Hey, when you get down here, we are going to have some MAJOR reminiscing sessions, and you can feed me some of those home made Maid-Rites.
I'll certainly be feeding off of those for a couple of days.
Tomster
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07-12-2009
( Reply#: 3290 ) |
duane |
quote:
Originally posted by dilligaf717
Was the resturant at the intersection of U.S. 41 and U.S. 30 Tiebel's? I also remember a resturant on Indianpolis Blvd. named The Wheel. Some friends of mine and I got in trouble there once for shooting the little toothpicks with the fringe into the ceiling tiles with our straws. The manger was going to make us get on a ladder and pull all of them out.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind.
Yes, that was Tiebels. I think that it is still there, but am not sure. Across the street from that was Sauser's Waffle Shop (now gone). On the NW side and a ways down US-30 was Kiddie Land, which closed its doors several years ago. |
07-12-2009
( Reply#: 3292 ) |
wvcogs |
Yes, Teibel's is still there. We had our 45th reunion there (MHS 1960) in 2005 and have a date reserved for our 50th next year.
Ken |
07-13-2009
( Reply#: 3300 ) |
Joel357 |
Being Doc Miner's grandson, I liked the Miner Dunn burgers and the chocolate shakes. Now people don't eat a Miner Dunn hamburger right. The orange sherbit is suppose to be eaten along with the hamburger and french fries. It is suppose to cleanse the palatt. I don't know if they still serve it because lately, though I haven't been back to Miner Dunn. They didn't get around to take my order for 1/2 hour and it took another 1/2 hour to get what I ordered. The restaurant was nearly empty. I was so disappointed and haven't been back since and that was 2 or 3 years ago. Needless to say I didn't leave a tip and told the manager that I was embarrassed to have my name on the sign. Tom, when you come up here you need to go to Schoops. Al Schoop worked for my grandfather before he started Fogarty and Schoops and their burgers are close to what the original Miner Dunn tasted like so I'm told.
Joel Miner |
07-13-2009
( Reply#: 3302 ) |
Tom J |
OK, Joel, I'll try a Fogarty and Schoops, but I will probably also have to try a Miner-Dunn.
Tom |
07-13-2009
( Reply#: 3303 ) |
Joel357 |
Ok Tom, by the way I have been reading your posts on Minas and in particular your dad. It sounds like he was one of the good guys. I remember my brother, sister and I used to take the bus from Munster to downtown Hammond, I was 5 or 6 at the time. Guess we wouldn't be able to get away with that now. I really enjoy readinng your different posts.
Joel |
07-13-2009
( Reply#: 3304 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by Joel357
Ok Tom, by the way I have been reading your posts on Minas and in particular your dad. It sounds like he was one of the good guys. I remember my brother, sister and I used to take the bus from Munster to downtown Hammond, I was 5 or 6 at the time. Guess we wouldn't be able to get away with that now. I really enjoy readinng your different posts.
Joel
Thanks for the kind words, Joel.
Yeah, my dad was one of those guys who was always the same every time you met him. What you saw was what you got with Dad; he was down to earth and didn't try to impress anyone. He would always take time to chat whenever he met someone he knew. People really liked him. I feel very blessed to have had him for a dad.
When I speak of the Hammond of my youth, I speak of something dear to my heart, so it seems easy to write about it. I'm glad you have enjoyed the things that I have written.
We have had some extremely good contributions from you and from other folks, and I thank each of you. This place is a treasure chest of memories, and all of us working together make it what it is.
Tom |
07-16-2009
( Reply#: 3336 ) |
phulfy |
As I read through here I see no one mentioned Phil Smidts (now gone the way of the penny slot machine) or another place on Indianapolis Blvd, long gone the Roby Cafe. In fact that little strectch of road was called Roby IN right across the street from the Rinso plant. We would go there because my Dad didn't want to wait at the old Phil Smidts restaurant. (The one that burned down). But the frog legs and fried chicken seemed to be just as good.
We liked Phil Smidts because my brother and I could throw rocks into the water afterward. (I really don't remember what river or creek was back there.)
When we were back to visit my youngest brother in Miller we did stop at the current Phil Smidts for chicken before it closed. It seems like it tasted better when we were kids. |
07-16-2009
( Reply#: 3341 ) |
Pro2am |
Phil,
Yes, I'm familiar with Phil Smidts - though I never ate there. I still visit the area to take railroad photos.
Back in the '50s my Dad would take my brother Larry and I north across the tracks to Hammond Beach and we'd throw stones in the water (Lake Michigan). Interesting coincidence. [:)]
Just west of Five Points (Inpls. Blvd./Cal. Ave. intersection) on the Blvd. was another eatery named Vogel's. Great food. They shut down sometime in the early '90s, I believe.
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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quote:
Originally posted by phulfy
As I read through here I see no one mentioned Phil Smidts (now gone the way of the penny slot machine) or another place on Indianapolis Blvd, long gone the Roby Cafe. In fact that little strectch of road was called Roby IN right across the street from the Rinso plant. We would go there because my Dad didn't want to wait at the old Phil Smidts restaurant. (The one that burned down). But the frog legs and fried chicken seemed to be just as good.
We liked Phil Smidts because my brother and I could throw rocks into the water afterward. (I really don't remember what river or creek was back there.)
When we were back to visit my youngest brother in Miller we did stop at the current Phil Smidts for chicken before it closed. It seems like it tasted better when we were kids.
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07-17-2009
( Reply#: 3349 ) |
duane |
Since you guys are talking about the area adjacent to the Rinso (Level Brothers) plant, do any of you remeber the little amusemenet park that used to be along that side of the road? They sed to have a little train and some other rides. The train tracks remained there for a time after everything else was gone.
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07-17-2009
( Reply#: 3366 ) |
Pro2am |
Duane,
I remember it. It was on the south side of the Blvd. across the street from Lever Bros. It was called Merry Land. I remember our Dad taking us there once or twice back in the '50s. I also forget what year it was torn down.
Mike Rapchak Jr.
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quote:
Originally posted by duane
Since you guys are talking about the area adjacent to the Rinso (Level Brothers) plant, do any of you remeber the little amusemenet park that used to be along that side of the road? They sed to have a little train and some other rides. The train tracks remained there for a time after everything else was gone.
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07-19-2009
( Reply#: 3379 ) |
Dave |
How 'bout the auto racetrack in Roby? Right where the Indiana Toll Road goes into Illinois. (OK, I'm really not 100 years old, my father mentioned it to me.)
In the 1890's, Roby apparently was some kind of early version of Calumet City's Strip. (Possibly because it was just over the border from Illinois?) There were horse racetracks and casinos, even.
The Roby post office was renowned as the smallest post office in the United States. It was right near the Amaizo gate on Calumet Avenue. It was in business until th 1970s, at least. I think the sole reason that it lasted so long was to feed mail to the Stateline Generating plant.
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07-19-2009
( Reply#: 3381 ) |
phulfy |
Mike,
Yep! I remember Vogel's just south of where the old Phil Smidt's was. We never went there because my Dad subscribed to the espionage theory that Phil Smidt's was burned down by Nazi agents because the Smidts refused to contribute to the Bund. In spite of the owners saying it was a grease fire (I think) my Dad thought that Vogels wanted that spot for themselves and hid the agents. We liked the espionage theory as kids because it was like being somewhere that Jack Armstrong could have saved - if he was around.
So after that (when he won at the track) we would go to the Steak & Shake on the next corner intersection.
Phil
quote:
Originally posted by Pro2am
Phil,
Yes, I'm familiar with Phil Smidts - though I never ate there. I still visit the area to take railroad photos.
Back in the '50s my Dad would take my brother Larry and I north across the tracks to Hammond Beach and we'd throw stones in the water (Lake Michigan). Interesting coincidence. [:)]
Just west of Five Points (Inpls. Blvd./Cal. Ave. intersection) on the Blvd. was another eatery named Vogel's. Great food. They shut down sometime in the early '90s, I believe.
Mike Rapchak Jr.
==============================
quote:
Originally posted by phulfy
As I read through here I see no one mentioned Phil Smidts (now gone the way of the penny slot machine) or another place on Indianapolis Blvd, long gone the Roby Cafe. In fact that little strectch of road was called Roby IN right across the street from the Rinso plant. We would go there because my Dad didn't want to wait at the old Phil Smidts restaurant. (The one that burned down). But the frog legs and fried chicken seemed to be just as good.
We liked Phil Smidts because my brother and I could throw rocks into the water afterward. (I really don't remember what river or creek was back there.)
When we were back to visit my youngest brother in Miller we did stop at the current Phil Smidts for chicken before it closed. It seems like it tasted better when we were kids.
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07-19-2009
( Reply#: 3382 ) |
phulfy |
Boy, this is more than I could ever find on the history of Roby.
Phil
quote:
Originally posted by Dave
How 'bout the auto racetrack in Roby? Right where the Indiana Toll Road goes into Illinois. (OK, I'm really not 100 years old, my father mentioned it to me.)
In the 1890's, Roby apparently was some kind of early version of Calumet City's Strip. (Possibly because it was just over the border from Illinois?) There were horse racetracks and casinos, even.
The Roby post office was renowned as the smallest post office in the United States. It was right near the Amaizo gate on Calumet Avenue. It was in business until th 1970s, at least. I think the sole reason that it lasted so long was to feed mail to the Stateline Generating plant.
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07-20-2009
( Reply#: 3389 ) |
Dave |
quote:
Originally posted by phulfy
Boy, this is more than I could ever find on the history of Roby.
Phil
Well, we lived on the Illinois side of the border, so I would hear stuff from my dad and uncles. There is also a book called "Calumet Beginnings" that has a few pages on Roby. (I may not have the correct book title, and I do not want to look for my copy now.)
The Vogel family went to our church. Mr. Vogel had caught the world record lake trout which hung on the wall of the bar in the restaurant. (I am really stretching my memory to pull out that tidbit. I wonder how true that story is?) |
07-21-2009
( Reply#: 3406 ) |
dilligaf717 |
Does anyone remember a place called "Ray's Golden Bird?" I can't remember where it was at, but, it was "the home of the pig ear sandwich." Went there once with some friends on a dare and ordered one. Sadly enough, it was easier to eat than my first wife's cooking, LOL.
Jim
Still runnin against the wind. |
07-22-2009
( Reply#: 3411 ) |
duane |
Yes - I do remember Ray's Golden Bird, but only tangentially.
When I was in high school, we did a section on business and business advertising, where we had to make up and act out a commercial.
Of course, one of the class clowns (not me) did his ad on Ray's Golden Bird...it went like this...
"Bite my bird, says Ray of Ray's golden bird!" That's all I remember, except for the fact that most of the class just about wet our pants laughing at that presentation. |
07-22-2009
( Reply#: 3416 ) |
Tom J |
Tom W (Tech Grad) or anyone else who knows, where was "The Kettle" restaurant. I believe it was a hang-out for the Tech kids like Maid-Rite was for the HHS kids. Was the actual name of the place "The Copper Kettle," or was it just "The Kettle?"
Who remembers the Red Rooster? I think it was close to HHS on Calumet Ave, but I can't seem to remember it very clearly.
Tom |
07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3419 ) |
seejay2 |
I just remember it being there. I thought of it as a HHS hangout. There is a "Red Rooster" in Hobart with a red rooster standing out front. Didn't they do that with the Hammond one?
BTW:
We're closing on that house I told you about in a week....Cj |
07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3420 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
I just remember it being there. I thought of it as a HHS hangout. There is a "Red Rooster" in Hobart with a red rooster standing out front. Didn't they do that with the Hammond one?
BTW:
We're closing on that house I told you about in a week....Cj
CJ:
You remember it being where? I cannot even remember its location. I definitely remember that the place existed and that it was mainly a hang-out for the Tech kids, but darned if I can remember where it was or what it looked like.
Hey, that's exciting about the house! We'll definitely have to get together once in a while during your stays in the Bluegrass State.
Tomster |
07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3421 ) |
seejay2 |
Oh God, I think I remember it being only a block or so south of HHS on the same side of the street...and if I'm correct, it too had a rooster statue in front. I never went in there, but I do remember a "Red Rooster" over there. Now that I think about it, I was chasing some girl around from Tech and I believe she said something about going in there.
If I remeber to do so, I'll take a pic of the one in Hobart on my way to work. This place reminds me of the old one........Cj |
07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3422 ) |
duane |
The Red Rooster was where Ralphie took Wanda Hickey after the prom, in the story (and movie) entitled "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and other Disasters"
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07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3423 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by seejay2
Oh God, I think I remember it being only a block or so south of HHS on the same side of the street...and if I'm correct, it too had a rooster statue in front. I never went in there, but I do remember a "Red Rooster" over there. Now that I think about it, I was chasing some girl around from Tech and I believe she said something about going in there.
If I remeber to do so, I'll take a pic of the one in Hobart on my way to work. This place reminds me of the old one........Cj
Yeah, that's where the Rooster was, but I would like to know where the Kettle was.
Tomster |
07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3424 ) |
tom w |
Tom J
I don't remember the name of the street that ran just north of the school but if you came out the north doors, the Kettle was right in front of you. I hung at the Rooster too for a while. right next to Hammond Electric Motor, about a half block south of Hammond High, west side of Calumet. There was a tap room across the street where all the city hall guys would hang. (Jack West's??} They had a guy cooking at the Rooster that was a cook on the Great Lakes boats. He told me how to sign up for the boats. I did and sailed for a few years. Great guy and a darn good cook too. I think that next to the Kettle was a place called Chat-n-Chew. Does that ring any bells?
Tom W |
07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3425 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by tom w
Tom J
I don't remember the name of the street that ran just north of the school but if you came out the north doors, the Kettle was right in front of you. I hung at the Rooster too for a while. right next to Hammond Electric Motor, about a half block south of Hammond High, west side of Calumet. There was a tap room across the street where all the city hall guys would hang. (Jack West's??} They had a guy cooking at the Rooster that was a cook on the Great Lakes boats. He told me how to sign up for the boats. I did and sailed for a few years. Great guy and a darn good cook too. I think that next to the Kettle was a place called Chat-n-Chew. Does that ring any bells?
Tom W
Just checked Mapquest, and the street just north of Tech is E. Caroll Street. Tech was on Sohl, of course, the street on the south end was Becker, and the street on the north end was E. Caroll.
I would have guessed that the Kettle was where you said it was, but my memory is REAL vague. I don't think I ever set foot in the place.
I "kind of" remember the Chat-n-Chew.
Were you on ore boats in the Great Lakes? That must have been interesting. Get caught in any major storms? That's what I would be afraid of.
Thanks for the info.
Tomster
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07-23-2009
( Reply#: 3426 ) |
tom w |
Tom J;
Yeah, musta been. We never went in either. They were both to ratty and clique for us. Yes, I sailed for Inland Steel. Funny thing was, I was an apprentice on the ore docks for the Engineers when I left the boat at the same dock. Talk about experience, huh?? Tom W |
08-09-2009
( Reply#: 3491 ) |
Bill Bucko |
quote:
Originally posted by rmkekeis
Hot Dog John's was great ....
I, and many others, certainly agree: http://www.sheptalk.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=362 .
Best, juiciest hot dogs I've ever tasted ... exotically wrapped in wax Wonder Bread wrappers!
Bill
Warren G. Harding Class of '63 |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3494 ) |
BobK |
"How 'bout the auto racetrack in Roby? Right where the Indiana Toll Road goes into Illinois. (OK, I'm really not 100 years old, my father mentioned it to me.)"
My Uncle told me about his racing there.
Phil Smidts had the most wonderful frog legs and boned and buttered perch. It was expensive but once I ate there I felt it was worth every penny.
Art's Drive-In was there on the five points corner and was included in our drive-in cruising between Kelly's on the corner of 169th and (my mind just went! I can't remember the name of the drive-in on 169th near Kennedy Ave.)
I remember Red Rooster from when I was very little and lived a short distance from it. My Mother would at times when she didn't feel like cooking send me there to eat. Then in high school I would go there for lunch and sometimes across the street at Jack ________ tavern. They had a couple of booths in the back and had great hamburgers. I now go to the Red Rooster in Hobart on Ridge Road on Wednesdays to lunch with friends. It's a dive.
Paul's on the corner of Calumet and 169th had the loose hamburgers like Maid-Rite. Paul used to work for Maid-Rite and when he opened his place I remember Maid-Rite suing him but he won.
Bob |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3495 ) |
wvcogs |
Hey Bob - That was the Pow Wow at 169th just west of Kennedy and a blocks or so from the original Morton High School.
Ken... |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3496 ) |
BobK |
quote:
Originally posted by wvcogs
Hey Bob - That was the Pow Wow at 169th just west of Kennedy and a blocks or so from the original Morton High School.
Ken...
Thanks Ken. I knew it had something to do with something indian but the brain couldn't get wrapped around it.
Bob |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3497 ) |
Tom J |
Bob:
I have sent you a private message. I think we have LOTS of stuff in common. I was at Wallace School from 1956 to 1961. Also, I lived not all the far from you, just two blocks south and two blocks east of Calumet.
Tom |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3498 ) |
BobK |
Reply sent Tom.
Reply returned. Apparently I'm not approved to your Earthlink.
Bob |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3501 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by BobK
Reply sent Tom.
Reply returned. Apparently I'm not approved to your Earthlink.
Bob
U R now. I replied to your reply. Did ya get it?
Tom |
08-10-2009
( Reply#: 3502 ) |
BobK |
Yes
Bob |
10-28-2009
( Reply#: 3868 ) |
tom w |
Heres one that hasnt been mentioned but needs to be. there was a place in Cal City where Douglas runs across the state line. About halfway down the block was a steakhouse that only served aged steaks. The name was Lauer's LampPost. The best steaks next to
Cancer Clinic that I ever tasted. Thats also where yours truly took the wife for our first date!! Anyone else remember Lauers? Nicest people and food that was done exactly to your orders. Maybe it's still there. Tom W |
10-28-2009
( Reply#: 3869 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by tom w
Heres one that hasnt been mentioned but needs to be. there was a place in Cal City where Douglas runs across the state line. About halfway down the block was a steakhouse that only served aged steaks. The name was Lauer's LampPost. The best steaks next to
Cancer Clinic that I ever tasted. Thats also where yours truly took the wife for our first date!! Anyone else remember Lauers? Nicest people and food that was done exactly to your orders. Maybe it's still there. Tom W
I don't remember the place, Tom, but I was never in Cal City very much.
Tom |
10-28-2009
( Reply#: 3870 ) |
BobK |
They had great lobster tail too. A good place to eat.
Bob
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10-29-2009
( Reply#: 3871 ) |
seejay2 |
Yes! Best prime rib ever! They weren't stingy about the portions either. The king cut looked more like a stump than a roast...Cj |
10-29-2009
( Reply#: 3872 ) |
tom w |
I just Googled and it appears that they are still there too. YUM Tom W |
10-29-2009
( Reply#: 3873 ) |
Tom J |
quote:
Originally posted by tom w
I just Googled and it appears that they are still there too. YUM Tom W
I looked it up on Whitepages.com, and the name of the place now is Lauer's Pub. The address is 31 154th Place, Calumet City, IL. This is apparently the same location you mentioned, Tom, since 154th Place in Cal City would project onto Douglas Street in Hammond.
Tom |
10-29-2009
( Reply#: 3874 ) |
tom w |
Thanks, Tom Tom W |
12-07-2009
( Reply#: 4115 ) |
Jay |
Whenever I want a great breakfast or brunch at a reasonable price, I head out to Aunt Sally's in Calumet City. Although they are open seven days a week, they only serve between 7am and 3pm. They are located across the street from Holy Cross Cemetery, just a short distance north of River Oaks Drive on Burnham Avenue. |
12-22-2009
( Reply#: 4256 ) |
nitti |
quote:
Originally posted by duane
Just a list of some of my favorites:
Blue Top - still go there when visiting the Calumet Region!
Hot Dog John's - if the chili bean moves...it's a cockroach!
Kennedy Cafe - Have been going there for the past 20 years when my folks were alive. Good food, great prices, good service and friendly owners.
Miner Dunn's - good Hamburgers
White Castle - especially the one in Whiting
Art's Drive In
Svaboda's - in Chicago Heights. Lots of nickelodeans and animated machines to keep you having fun.
Barton's Pizza - original one in Illinois, but also later on Indy Blvd near 165th.
Spencer's restaurant - long gone, but originally across from EC city hall...went there with Mom as a young kid and had burgers and chips and orange pop.
Embers Restaraunt - Schererville - owned by a family friend, Gus Kourous.
Sauzer's Waffle Shop - intersection of US 41 and US 30.
Annie's - on Route 6 just east of Highland.
Cam Lan's - of course!
Chef Toni's Pizza - Downtown East Chicago our family's favorite
Indiana Restaraunt - downtown EC and again owned by family friend Gus Kourous.
Walnut Room - located in Marshal Field's in Chicago Loop. We'd eat there during the Christmas season when they had the huge Christmas tree on display in the middle of the dining area.
Dunken Burger - early burger competitor with McDonalds. Located on Chicago Avenue near Bishop Noll High School.
There was also a Duncanburger in Hessville - West side of Kennedy near the Borman - naturally a McDonalds is now on the site.I used to stop for fish sandwiches on Friday in Lent after Babe Ruth practice at the field near the Armory.
I'm pretty sure the Kennedy Restaurant occupies the buidling where "Sip and Bite" used to be in the 50's & 60's.
Miner Dunn's has Onion Burgers to die for.
Also, responding to the Maid Rite "loose hamburger" thread. Don't forget the Dog and Suds across the street form Dell's Dairy Queen on Kennedy - now a cycle shop. It had the first loose meat burgers that I encountered. There was also a Dog in Suds just south of the Borman in Highland on the West side of Kennedy. |
12-22-2009
( Reply#: 4257 ) |
Tom J |
Nitti:
Welcome to Sheptalk! I'm glad that you have joined us and that you are taking an active part in the discussions.
Please feel free to revive "old" threads. If you are reading a thread that has not been posted to in months and months, go ahead and make any comment that you would have made if you had been with us back when the thread was active, OK? It's always fun when an old thread comes back to life.
Tom |
01-08-2010
( Reply#: 4559 ) |
EastHammondBoomer |
Okay, right now I've got food on the brain. Probably because my breakfast was at 5:00am and lunch isn’t for another hour.
Please let me divert just a little and mention that I love watching what some may refer to as “old” movies. I get a kick out of seeing what the cars were like, what they considered “modern technology” and sometimes even the fashions (although I’m no slave to fashion by any means). Anyway, one of my favorite classic flicks is “The Best Years of Our Lives”. One of the background scenes which sticks in my mind is how there was usually a diner in the drugstores. This brings to mind the diners found in what used to be Downtown stores Jupiter; Goldblatts; Walgreens and Woolworths, just to name a few.
Jupiter used to have a “win a free banana split” contest where you would pick a balloon – popped it and you might find a winning slip of paper.
I remember Goldblatts’ Walnut Room – I barely remember the cafeteria before they built the newer Walnut Room.
Walgreens (for me) had their diner all the way in the back. They had a counter and tables. The tables had small numbered plaques on the edge and the walls were mostly mirrored.
Woolworths had a killer diner! I think it ran from the Hohman entrance all the way down to where we would stand and wait for the bus at the Sibley entrance. I think it even continued under the big stairway on the east wall.
A question to all you knowledgeable posters: what was the name of that diner located near the north east corner of Hohman and State? It was situated along with another small building and they formed a triangular shape if you looked down upon them.
I know there are/were a ton of other eateries scattered around Hammond but I was just thinking of the Downtown district. I only ate once at Cam Lan’s. We had our own little private room. Great food!
Dave G |
01-09-2010
( Reply#: 4582 ) |
Tom J |
Dave:
I don't remember the name of the place, but it seems like I have seen something about the place on the Internet somewhere, maybe even here at Sheptalk.
Tom |
01-09-2010
( Reply#: 4587 ) |
Roger D |
I don't remember the name, but it was on the north east corner. The old hotel was across Hohman on the north west corner.
Someone PLEASE come up with a name!!
Roger D.
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01-09-2010
( Reply#: 4597 ) |
S C Jones |
[b]Dave, You might find some answers on the "Downtown Hammond of the 60's" blog. I was just perusing that blog looking for the Cam Lan reference I knew someone had posted. It is on the 2nd page of that blog. [/b]
I know there are/were a ton of other eateries scattered around Hammond but I was just thinking of the Downtown district. I only ate once at Cam Lan's. We had our own little private room. Great food!
Dave G
[/quote] |
01-09-2010
( Reply#: 4598 ) |
tom w |
Ask Florida Kelly about Cam Lan. He might know something about it. His dad, Charlie owned it.
That little place on Hohman and State changed names more often than I change sox. There were 2 places in that one building, One on Hohman and one on State and they were both restaurants at one time or another.
Across the tracks on the north side of State was a little hat shop.
I was standing in front of the shop one day when the gates went down and the earth started shaking. The noise got louder and louder and the ground shook more and more and suddenly the Nickle Plate rounded the corner spewing smoke and ashes and steam. That was the closest I have ever been to a steamer and the last one I ever saw working. That was one of those times when you are so scared you want to run but cant. I stood there frozen until the last car went by and the caboose and the gates went back up and the cars and people that were waiting continued across the tracks. Whew!! Tom W |
07-29-2011
( Reply#: 6749 ) |
tommy51 |
quote:
Dunken Burger - early burger competitor with McDonalds. Located on Chicago Avenue near Bishop Noll High School.
There was also a Duncanburger in Hessville - West side of Kennedy near the Borman - naturally a McDonalds is now on the site.I used to stop for fish sandwiches on Friday in Lent after Babe Ruth practice at the field near the Armory.
Does anyone know the color scheme of Dunkenburgers? I'm trying to colorize the only decent B&W photo in existence, I think.
Tommy |
