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Home › Forums › Miscellaneous Forums › Miscellaneous – Food Related › Re: Best Steak house in Las Vegas

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  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603302
    MetroplexJim
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    Several of the restaurants listed were chains that I enjoyed in NoVa back in the ’70’s – ’80’s:  Farrells, Victoria Station, and Hamburger Hamlet.  Even the Carnegie Deli had a Tyson’s Corner location.

     

    But the place I remember the most was http://www.cliftonscafeteria.com/pages/history_pacific_seas_frame.html Clifton’s Pacific Seas.  In 1956 it made quite an impression on 8 y.o. me:  first cigarette girls I ever saw, first roving photographer I ever saw, etc. – it was completely over the top.

     

    # Very interesting back-story; the company is still in business today.

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603356
    Louis
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    Speaking of old Los Angeles restaurants, a dozen years ago I edited a couple of cookbooks that list recipes that come from some of the restaurants that Duncan Hines recommended (1936-1955).  The books are “Adventures in Good Cooking” and “The Dessert Book.”  Below is what was listed in them for Los Angeles.

     

    Artichoke Bottom Stuffed with Crab or Lobster
    Biltmore Hotel
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 1

    Salade Biltmore
    Biltmore Hotel
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 80

    Strawberries Biltmore
    Biltmore Hotel
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 681
    The Dessert Book, page 128

    Cock ‘n Bull’s Yorkshire Pudding
    Cock ‘n Bull
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 222

    Coconut Cream Pie
    El Encanto Tea Shop
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 595
    The Dessert Book, page 182

    Squash Fritters
    Food Magician
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 475

    Tamale Pie
    Hody’s
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 233

    Cheese Cake
    Hody’s
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 513
    The Dessert Book, page 139

    Corn Beef and Cabbage a la Cabbage a la House of Murphy
    House of Murphy
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 212

    Creme Senegalese Soup
    Tail ‘o the Cock
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 32

    Pineapple Salad
    Tick Tock Tea Room
    Los Angeles, California
    Adventures in Good Cooking, Recipe # 73

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603394
    Mar-52
    Mar-52
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    Ed, Airport Village is one of my favorite memories.  Got stuck there in the rain…. before drains were invented.

     

    Dale….  Right!

     

    If you read all the posts on Woody’s Smorgasburger you’ll find me there.  I loved Woody’s!

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603401
    Guest
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    Out of the entire list, the only one that interested me was the Brown Derby, as I would have loved to have tried the only in LA unique gen-u-wine Roadfood speciality, Cobb Salad

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603404
    EdSails
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    I don’t remember if I did or not, Mar. I mainly remember the A-frame building on Sepulveda and that I loved hamburgers!

     

    http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2009/08/12/hamburger-handout/?doing_wp_cron=1407969753.5892829895019531250000 Hamburger Handout was the place near our houser that I really liked. I got in big trouble though once for walking over there to buy hamburgers with my younger brother. What was wrong with a six and four year old wanting hamburgers?[:0]

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603406
    Mar-52
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    Ed, did you put peanuts on your Smorgasburger?  I’ve perfected a copycat recipe for Woody’s tomato paste salsa.

     

    I miss all my old Los Angeles restaurants. 

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603417
    EdSails
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    It is an interesting site, Bart. I’ve actually looked at it before, using it when I was trying to find out about places I grew up with like Woody’s Smorgasburger, Kowloon Chinese Restaurant and the Helms Bakery (boy, we always loved when their trucks stopped on the streets and we could buy a fresh donut!). You’re right—-even non-Angelenos will find some interesting places in there.

     

    Ed

  • June 20, 2006 at 8:22 am #2603419
    bartl
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    Writer/Voice Director/Producer (Welcome Back Kotter, Garfield, Thundarr the Barbarian) Mark Evanier, a foodie from way back, has a site highlighting his favorite old Los Angeles Restaurants. Even if you’ve never been to Los Angeles, it’s a great read: http://www.oldlarestaurants.com http://www.oldlarestaurants.com/

     

    Bart

  • October 30, 2019 at 8:45 am #886209
    bartl
    bartl
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    [p]No simple baked potato is worth $11; period, end of discussion.[/p]

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