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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
One of my earliest OKC pizza memories was Shotgun Sams on May just south of 39th.
I remember they gave you a huge playing card instead of an order number: "Four of Diamonds! Pizza for Four of Diamonds!" 
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Many of the families in my parents neighborhood used to go there every Saturday night while I was growing up, I still wish I could find a recipe for their sauce.
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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
Sound Warehouse was on the SW corner of 39th and McArthur for years. I think it's now a drugstore.
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That Sound Warehouse store was originally a Western Auto store.
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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
I think the Penn Square disco was Clementines -- it was a big scene for a while there.
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That was it, it was on the extension that had PSB, which they tore down to build the Foley's/Macy's wing.
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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
Zanzibar?
There was also Dallas on Main Street.
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Zanzibar and Dallas were still there when I was at OU (early 80's). Dallas closed when beer went to 21 in 1983, the building later housed the Copelin's Office Supply.
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Originally Posted by diesel
Does anyone remember La Pizza in Heritage Park Mall?!?! This was in the 80's I believe.. They delivered pizza out of this old limo if my memory serves me correct.. It was the best pizza!!
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That was a 1927 Rolls-Royce street rod, I worked part time at the Lotus dealership on 8th & Broadway, that is where he bought it.
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Originally Posted by traxx
BTW, when was Penn Square enclosed? Was it in the 70s sometime? I don't remember.
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The early 80's, I saw a copy of the original construction drawings for that project in a vault drawer at Benham.
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Originally Posted by traxx
I remember that when they found that car. What a wild deal!
Thanks guys for all the info. BTW, if that hangar was on the east side of what is now Lake Hefner, would that road running behind it be Portland? I remember driving that road before they built the parkway and how it meandered next to the lake.
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The original Wiley Post airport was where the Jackie Cooper dealerships were on North May & Britton, they relocated one of the original hangars when they built out the BMW store there.
Anyone else remember the name of the drive-in theater across the street from there where the Colonade office/retail center is? They had little rides in front of the screen.
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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
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I used to work with the architect who did that and TaMolly's for Tayer. They made many trips to the Dallas, Austin and San Antonio locations for reconnaissance.
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Originally Posted by S00NERB0RN73
Or what about Exit Exito, where Johnny's now is??
Those were fun for a SHORT while.
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That was originally the above mentioned TaMolly's, it had the tile roof repossed off it at one time. After TaMolly's closed it became City lights, then the Exit Exito place after that. Another one in the area was After Daddy's Money on Wilshire which is now a church.
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Originally Posted by Prunepicker
Was Bonaparte's Drive In (39th expressway) where Jimmy's Egg is now?
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Yes, that is where it was.
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Originally Posted by writerranger
Prunepicker:
Mayfair Village was sold to an out-of-state investor last year. In fact, the investor is who recently refused to renew the lease of Mayfair Market (even at the Williams offer of double the rent!). They accepted the bid from CVS for the land. They will be tearing it down (permits already issued) and building yet another cookie-cutter CVS.
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At one time a developer for CVS proposed buying the church across the street to tear down and build a CVS there. The church turned them down rather quickly.
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Originally Posted by SoonerDave
Shifting slightly away from TV, does anyone remember the Shakey's Pizza restaurants here in town? There used to be several. The one we used to frequent was over on S. Western, and they had the most marvelous pepperoni pizza anywhere - I've never tasted anything quite like it since. The atmosphere was awesome, with its blue-and-red-keyed rinky-tink player piano and dark-hewed tables and giant pitchers of soft drinks; man, it just didn't get any better than Shakey's. The remanants of an original Shakey's building is still around over on SE 29th in Del City, under the name of "Round Up Pizza."
-soonerdave
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We used to go to the Shakey's on 39th Street after jr. high games at Central.
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Originally Posted by Millie
And some things I wish I remembered-
- was there a Fuddrucker's or something with a similar name somewhere on the southside?
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Wasn't that in the same location as the infamous Sirloin Stockade?
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Originally Posted by SoonerDave
Dunn's Dairy Queens were all over town way back when, and I sure miss them. Sad thing is that they all started deteriorating rather conspicuously in later years, and there was really only one worth visiting. The last one I know of in the central Oklahoma area was in Norman on Main Street, but it was closed and torn down over a year ago. I have NO place to get my Oreo Blizzards, although DQ's are plentiful in Texas..
-soonerdave
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Originally Posted by NikonNurse
The Bread smell is still downtown....In reference to some of the previous posts:
TV Show-Count Gregore
Restaraunts-Shotgun Sam's, Casa Bonita and Han's Barbecue
PCWest Grad myself-39th and Cactus Jacks up until late eighties
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I used to work with Count Gregore's daughter at Sound Warehouse. We went to Shoutguns a bunch and I used to work at Han's. Being a West grad as well, Cactus Jack's and 39th, yep...all the time.
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Originally Posted by ToddyWoddy
The City National Bank sign was not on top of Liberty Bank but at the top of the building that is across from the 1st Natl Bank building...the name escapes me but its the one that has the Interurban on the 1st floor. Remember calling the time?...i think the number was 599-1234. There was the advertisement for City Natl Bank and then it gave the time and temp. Everyone thought you were calling the bank, but it was really the phone co.
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That is the City Place building, it was the home of Liberty Bank until they moved into the one that is the Chase Tower now. City National Bank moved in after Liberty moved out. That was the Time/Temp number, I remember it up on my mother's bulletin board.
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Originally Posted by poe
i only lived in edmond for a couple of years (second and third grades at orvis risner) before moving to fort smith, but i fondly remember making my parents drive down may avenue so i could see the new rolls-royces and bentleys at jackie cooper. and i recall that some dealer in norman used to sell ferraris at one time.
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Big Red Sports/Imports was a Ferrari dealer in the late 80's after they moved off Lindsay over to I-35. Jackie Cooper was a Ferrari dealer in the mid 80's and Bolen Imports downtown was in the early 80's.
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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
proud2B, there was a club called Confetti in that space for a while, but that was more of a disco.
Probably was remade at least once but I don't know the other iterations.
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I think Stampede was the first club that I remember, after that it was Confetti's, The Zoo, The Plum and maybe some others.
Charlie's Chili was in the same parking lot, some friends parents owned it until the fish place investors bought out the location.
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Originally Posted by bedgraynexl
I remember a lot of those too.
There was a Shotgun Sams at Britton and May, it is now a Vietnamese Restaurant.
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It was Jokers for awhile, after Jokers started at Lakeshore Plaza they moved to the Britton & May location after Shotguns closed. I saw a bunch of midnight shows at that one.
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Originally Posted by Pete Brzycki
Thanks Solitude! I remember the theater only vaguely... I don't think it lasted until the 70's.
I used to go to that Kellers for all my school supplies and the sporting goods store was there into the 80's.
Also, there is still a little street just east of McArthur and north of 39th called Coronado Place.
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I don't remember the theater at all, but we did shop at Keller's Sporting Goods as well as Miller's on Portland. Anyone else remember the Ice Chalet at Will Rogers Plaza?
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Originally Posted by soonerborn1958
And both northside and southside- remember those great DENNIS DONUTS???
The box had an elephant drawn on top?? There was one close to Glen's on NW10th and one in Capitol Hill on SW 29th. Have never had a whole wheat glazed donut that could compare to theirs....
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In our part of town it was Frankie's Big Donut at 19th & Portland, still haven't found any like that.
Some of the places other than the ones mentioned, the family style restaurant at 10th & Rockwell, I think it was Westoaks. There was the JR Chicken Ranch on 10th by Nicolosi's. The Jolly Roger on 23rd & Ann Arbor and one that was where Godfather's was at 23rd & Minnie Lane. One that I can't remember the name of was at Shepherd Mall, it may have been a Bonaparte's as well but a sit down version of it. I remember the Christmas toys at Otasco and Kiddie City at 16th & Meridian.