"Remember When?"

[1972Shocker]

Live lobster tank?

I don't know with a stay at home Mom and a hard-working jig buider at Boeing raising me and my 9 siblings we didn't get to eat at much. Like never. I have kind of gone 360 on that with the virus restrictions.

But it sure seemed like a popular place.

[60Shock]

Do You remember when there was no road construction anywhere on Kellogg?

Unfortunately, YES.

[1972Shocker]

Stumbled across this article: Dining down memory lane

https://www.kansas.com/entertainment...le1036797.html

[molly jabali]

Unfortunately, YES.

When I moved to Wichita, it was BRUTAL going down Kellogg( 1977). Always seemed to get slowed down around the Livingston’s there... I’m ok with the construction, thanks!!!

[WstateU]

I don't know with a stay at home Mom and a hard-working jig buider at Boeing raising me and my 9 siblings we didn't get to eat at much. Like never. I have kind of gone 360 on that with the virus restrictions.

But it sure seemed like a popular place.

I'm probably thinking of the wrong place? As I recall the 'Hickory House' was a block or two west of the canal route off of 2nd street. The place I'm thinking had a large lobster tank near the entrance like what you see at Red Lobster today. Back then, we weren't 'upper crusters' by any means, but once in a while we'd "eat high on the hog". My favorite Wichita restaurants were Angelo's, Kips Big Boy, The Next Door, Shakey's (Pizza Parlor), Savute's (probably my favorite back in the day), Connie's Mexico Cafe, NuWay (crumbly is good!), Kings-X Diner and Sandy's (good burgers also).

P.S. Wasn't there a Lazy R somewhere in Wichita? I recall it being pretty good, but the old memory is fading.

[1972Shocker]

P.S. Wasn't there a Lazy R somewhere in Wichita? I recall it being pretty good, but the old memory is fading.

Yes, indeed Lazy R was in Wichita.

[WuShock Reaper]

Yes, indeed Lazy R was in Wichita.

[1972Shocker]

I'm probably thinking of the wrong place? As I recall the 'Hickory House' was a block or two west of the canal route off of 2nd street. The place I'm thinking had a large lobster tank near the entrance like what you see at Red Lobster today. Back then, we weren't 'upper crusters' by any means, but once in a while we'd "eat high on the hog". My favorite Wichita restaurants were Angelo's, Kips Big Boy, The Next Door, Shakey's (Pizza Parlor), Savute's (probably my favorite back in the day), Connie's Mexico Cafe, NuWay (crumbly is good!), Kings-X Diner and Sandy's (good burgers also).

P.S. Wasn't there a Lazy R somewhere in Wichita? I recall it being pretty good, but the old memory is fading.

The Hickory House was on Central, one block west of Hydraulic on the Southwest corner of Central and Pennsylvania. Washington Elementary School is on the Southease corner of that intersection. The school is still there but the original school building that was there in my day and at the time of the Hickory House was tore down and replaced with the current building. We lived just 1.5 blocks south on Pennsylvania. In my day Washington School had a pretty large playground area north of the school building with Central on the north, Pennsylvania on the west and Hydraulic on the east as the boundaries. It had a pretty good piece of open ground (other than the two big sidewalks that crossed from north to south and a huge flagpole right in the middle of the area on the south side of the building. I am sure you are familiar with the movie THE SANDLOT. This schoolyard was my sandlot.

Here is the old homestead (321 N Pennsylvania):

https://www.google.com/maps/place/32...!4d-97.3186215

The house has been spruced up some since we lived there. New siding and a new roof. But it was a great place to grow up and we didn't even realize we were poor. When my parents bought that house it was 4 separate apartments. But it was the only place big enough to house the 12 of us that my Mom and Dad could afford and thankfully my Dad was about as handy and skilled with his mind and his hands as you could get. Somehow they made it work and made it work well.

I thank God for Wichita State. If Wichita State had not been available to me no way do I get a college education.

[im4wsu]

I remember becoming a distant friend of Paul White. They called him "hot dawg fingers" Here is what FSF highly recommended to him to do when he finished College. "Get into Professional wrestling." It was a "no brainer and other people told him the same thing." True story! Years later he did. I'm thinking a commish check is in order, but I hold Not my breath. He made it to the top of the heap and I'm happy for Paul. Is he still wrestling or did he retire?

Did you ever meet Paul Wight?

[ShockerDropOut]

My wife worked with Paul Wight's mom at the Wal-Mart on rock rd when he was at WSU. She said he would bring her to work driving a Ford Escort! I would have loved to see that!

[Kung Wu]

Remember when we used to pee in those stinky-ass horse troughs?

[forevershockerfan]

Did you ever meet Paul Wight?

Yes, I met Paul in person and he is very nice. That is when I told him that he should consider becoming a Pro Wrestler.

[Shockm]

Remember when we used to pee in those stinky-ass horse troughs?

There wasn’t ever a lot of privacy but in 1968, they weren’t too “stinky” yet.

[mattdalt]

R & S bar b que? I seem to remember he did mostly catering, but had a little place that was open like Thursday and Friday from 11-1? Might be wrong though

[forevershockerfan]

lines long---food very very good