wow, thanx for the cool menu post. pre war deals!
i don't remember the place.
i remember Kaphan's and Sonny Look's Sirloin.
my dad was assistant mgr at the old rice hotel (petroleum club) and i remember eating there as a child.

 

LOL..Ralph... Our wedding reception was at the Petroleum Club...be 60 years ago next June....if we're still around then.....:tongue:

 

Bud Bigilows on Westheimer and Alexanders on Westheimers

 

dad passed in 1961, Tortuga, so to think that you might have rubbed shoulders w/him puts you pretty high in my little book.

here's to many more for you and the misses!

*clink*

 

There was a lil steak house on Nasa Rd. 1 bout a half mile east of 45. T's steak house? Small place with wooden booths and an old wooden crickety floor. Pops took me there one time, best restaurant steak I ever ate. I think it's a taqueria now or something.

 

I've got meat pics somewhere, but here's what we were greeted with when trying to continue our 15yr old spring tradition of blue bonnets and steaks.

Sommerville Steak House...Ain't der no more.

We've wrassled with lots of their 3lb steaks over the nearly 20years we went there.

 

I've got meat pics somewhere, but here's what we were greeted with when trying to continue our 15yr old spring tradition of blue bonnets and steaks.

Sommerville Steak House...Ain't der no more.

We've wrassled with lots of their 3lb steaks over the nearly 20years we went there.

I am saddened by this. Ate some great steaks there through the years.

 

15 cents a beer


It would only take $25 to get sloshed :biggrin:

 

Herbert's (a-Bears) was a standard for years. The Filet at Trader Vic's at the Shamrock was hard to beat.

 

I remember Ducho's growing up. May have been on North Sheperd in Houston.

 

Lived in between Looks and Bigelows. Those were the days. Man, you are old Tortoogie! lmao

 

Lived in between Looks and Bigelows. Those were the days. Man, you are old Tortoogie! lmao

Sure beats the hell out of the alternative, Mr. B....:rotfl::rotfl:

 

My favorite from many years ago... The Night Hawk Steakhouse in Austin. Anyone remember it?

 

My 'home away from home' for a couple of years back in the 50s... Had one right behind our rooming house on 19th & Guadalupe... Right good food as I remember..Especially at the big 'Steakhouse' location... Saw some of their frozen TV dinners at the grocery store and picked up a couple for old times sake... Don't waste yore money....LOL

 

Anybody here ever been to the Lowake steak house or Zentner's in San Angelo? Two of my favorites that are still open and have been forever!

 

Closest we ever got to a steakhouse in Houston was the Goodsons Restaurant on Huffsmith Kuykendahl when it first opened! :biggrin:

 

Remember the Ritz but never ate there. Went to Sonny Look's Sir Loin House a few times after going on a couple of trail rides with Mr. Look. I always felt sorry for his horse.

 

Remember the Ritz but never ate there. Went to Sonny Look's Sir Loin House a few times after going on a couple of trail rides with Mr. Look. I always felt sorry for his horse.

LOL.. Yep, there was a LOT of Mr. Look.. Always felt he found his true calling in the food business....:rotfl:

 

Hahahahahaha, I started to suggest Hebert's, Sonny Looks, and" Bill Bennett's in the sky"; when I saw the best steak house thread. My Dad took us to them all Duchos, Trader Vic's, Petroleum Club, Phil's, Barbeque Inn (still going strong). But the steak I'll never forget were Dads custom Cut T-Bones he cooked in the backyard on his "Old Smokey". The best I ever had …. By far

 

Well growing up and not having too much money we never got to go to those places. Our only outing was once a month (maybe)to Felix Mexican restaraunt on Westheimer. Waiter Lupe (I think) never wrote anything down just remembered the orders. That amazed me

Charlie

 

Well growing up and not having too much money we never got to go to those places. Our only outing was once a month (maybe)to Felix Mexican restaraunt on Westheimer. Waiter Lupe (I think) never wrote anything down just remembered the orders. That amazed me

Charlie

I LOVED Felix's beef enchiladas smothered in cheese and the tamales in chile gravy. We went mostly to the one on Kirby...closed in the 80's. they are such simple dishes but nobody can duplicate now.

 

Years ago i remember one that was on Old Spanish Trail. But i can not think of the name. It is a mans name. And there was a small steak house over on Telephone Rd / close to Wayside. in front of the old Josephines trailer park. Any other southeast siders that may remember! I will be thinking all night now.

 

Years ago i remember one that was on Old Spanish Trail. But i can not think of the name. It is a mans name. And there was a small steak house over on Telephone Rd / close to Wayside. in front of the old Josephines trailer park. Any other southeast siders that may remember! I will be thinking all night now.

Not sure if it is the same but there was a place a little further down Telephone called the Hickory Stick that had some pretty good grub. The owner bought a new 33' Trojan in late 60s. Me and my buds (and budesses) helped him break it in startin out from Jimmie Walkers pier.

 

Bill Williams was one of them , Valian's, Sonny Look's, Kaphan's, Christie's, Lee's Den, Ye Old College Inn,

 

I liked the Rail Head.

 

The best stake house that I ever ate at was the Victorian Station on south main. Was several railroad cars.

 

In the early '60's the "original" Goodson's was our regular Sunday dinner after morning church services, esp if we had the Preacher as guest! The Church of Christ's always let out 30 min early so we could beat the Baptists to the Picadilly and Furr's cafaterias! ...those were the days! LOL

 

Back in the 80 somethings my favorite was the Continental Steak House on S Shaver in Pasadena just north of Spencer Hwy...it was my grandpas place, I loved going there. Now its the Lone Star Club. My dad was a cook and now I cook the steaks at my place; 3rd generation and prob just as good.....well close!

 

The Night Hawk Steakhouse in Austin. Anyone remember it?

The Night Hawk was my Mom's favorite place to eat in Austin and we ate there a lot lol.

I liked Bill Williams in Richmond and I think that there was one in Houston but I can't remember for sure.

The Bull & Anchor in Westbury Square had great choice cuts of steak...Steak Janice was my favorite there.

TH

 

My family was more of the Texas Tumbleweed/Bonanza/Western Stockade/Sizzler level of dining. My brother played on a baseball team sponsored by Ducho's Steakhouse. That's about as close as we got to fancy eats.

 

Remember the Knight in Armor riding that white Horse at Sonny Look's Sirloin Inn. The Chateau Briand for two was great and their flavored butter was out of this world. In those days Sonny Look would come around to talk to you at your table.

 

For a little tidbit of info....I never heard of Sonny Look's, but the chandeliers from there now hang at the Mockingbird Bistro and Cafe Bar.
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