Best restaurants in Terre Haute back in the day--OFC?

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As I remember it:

best pizza: Pizza Barn, Luigi's, Beneath the Salt

best sub/strom: Pizza Barn

best fried chicken: Henri's

best home cooking: Goody Shop

best coffee: Hulman Center snack bar

best steak: who could afford steak?

Any additions? Let's have some more fun with this!
 
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Best Hot Dogs - the 25 cent Chili Dogs at Coney Island on Wabash.

Best Chokers - see above.

Best Water - Free Glass-of-the-Wabash at Coney Island

Best Sliders - Those hamburgers that gurgled in that special sauce for days and weeks on end at Coney Island

Best Chili - As we called it back in the day.... A Bowl-of-Death at Coney Island

Best Entertaining Restaurant Owner - Bill Sakell, the guy who owned Coney Island, and practically lived there. Not a song and tap kinda person....but entertaining enough.....I always thought if ya got to know this guy long ....you could be a made man....like a "Good Fella"....and hang out wit duh Tony's and Sal's of the world.
 
Gotta Hav said:
Best Hot Dogs - the 25 cent Chili Dogs at Coney Island on Wabash.

Best Chokers - see above.

Best Water - Free Glass-of-the-Wabash at Coney Island

Best Sliders - Those hamburgers that gurgled in that special sauce for days and weeks on end at Coney Island

Best Chili - As we called it back in the day.... A Bowl-of-Death at Coney Island

Best Entertaining Restaurant Owner - Bill Sakell, the guy who owned Coney Island, and practically lived there. Not a song and tap kinda person....but entertaining enough.....I always thought if ya got to know this guy long ....you could be a made man....like a "Good Fella"....and hang out wit duh Tony's and Sal's of the world.
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I take it that you liked Coney Island a lot?;)
 
If somebody else was paying, Jimmy Adami's was pretty damn good. And of course the Horse Shoe Club.
 

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bluestreak said:
If somebody else was paying, Jimmy Adami's was pretty damn good. And of course the Horse Shoe Club.
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I was getting ready to mention the Horseshoe. That was my homecoming destiny for 20+ years. Lacked atmosphere but the steaks were pretty darned good. In the last decade, we had switched to the Black Angus. Then I hate to say, it got a little too pricy for this guy.
 
Dinner at the "Canopy Club" was my 13th birthday present from my grandparents. They used to play in the club (grandpa was a drummer for a swing band and grandma sang for the band). I remember them having great steaks..

Also... best ribs in town back then: Big Shoe's Ribs... slow cooked, then stewed in sauce for possibly days... indoor pit... TENDER, served over bread...
 
For us older folks, Coney Island was a mainstay no doubt. The dogs were great and it was classic the way Bill would place the buns on his stretched out arm and then place the dogs in the buns and then lather with chili sauce.
Cunninghams, I believe was the name, offered great broasted chicken, all you could eat for a low price.......want to say it was on Locust Street.
Another place was Thompson's Truck Stop not far from campus on Third Street(U.S. 41).
Also, there was an Italian restaurant on Lafayette Ave., around 12 points, can't remember the name, that was good.....spaghetti and price.
 
Cunninghams was great now its well lets say a bar that the average person may n ot want to go there its called Zimmmars
 

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Chief_Quabachi said:
Cunninghams, I believe was the name, offered great broasted chicken, all you could eat for a low price.......want to say it was on Locust Street.
Another place was Thompson's Truck Stop not far from campus on Third Street(U.S. 41).
Also, there was an Italian restaurant on Lafayette Ave., around 12 points, can't remember the name, that was good.....spaghetti and price.
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Bramble Bush is on Locust... it's not the same that it used to be though.
Thompson's has been many things over the years... recently it was a mexican restaurant... it has since closed.
The Italian place on Lafayette - Carosi's? It is still there. They have added a bar on the back and it has more "intimate" dining - no kids.
 
Carosi's…….that's it……..couldn't remember the name…….thanks eleven for your response……appreciate it!
 
Best pizza: Homer's - one man operation, retired guy just doing what he loved.
Best sandwich: International at Hunter John's where I worked while at ISU
Best family dining: Goodie Shop - my mom's favorite
Best BBQ: Pernell's - never understood a single word he said
Best burgers: The Grille on campus pre-Hardee's and that little place just east of the Hulman Bldg on Wabash, what was it called?
Best breakfast: Red Onion - tiny place downtown, and Saratoga

Anyone remember Vi's on Lafayette just north of campus? That's one place I always wanted to go but never made it to.

That brought back a lot of good memories.
 
Showing my age

The best tenderloins anywhere were at O'Day's at 7th and Wabash (later it was Kadel's Holiday Shop). And does anybody remember The Toasty Shop?
 

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mitchr57 said:
The best tenderloins anywhere were at O'Day's at 7th and Wabash (later it was Kadel's Holiday Shop).
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If you are talking breaded tenderloins... my favorite place was Indian Acres at Wabash and Fruitridge... Now I settle for The Terminal.
 
No the 12 points red onion ( the one I remember ) had the best tenderloin hands down also had the best soup you ever tasted Chicken Curry soup on Friday and Potato soup on Saturday )next up was the Spelterville INN up north .
 
Does anyone remember Bacchi's on Wabash? Best Hoagies ever!!!!!!

Does anyone remember when Pizza City, opened their first store up on 3rd St? That was my first experience with East coast cheese pizza....it was incredible.

Also did anyone ever eat the Sirloin Steak for Two at Fat Eddie's? It was not to far from the Coke Plant...no, not the bottling plant. In the early to mid 70'the SS for two was always $8.95 and the sirloin must have weighed 3 lbs. The steak came out on a huge platter, and you divided it yourself. It came with two tossed salads , two baked potatoes, and Texas toast.

That place was wild. I remember poker games in the back room where hundreds if not thousands of dollars were on the table. Before people really had permits to carry, people were carrying anyway, and most guns were just tucked in the back...or in hip pockets, where everyone and their brother could see their piece. What a hoot.
 
A few memories from the Fifties and Sixties:
Best Ribeye - Springbrook Rod & Gun Club
Best Filet - Horseshoe Club
Other outstanding steaks: Club Illiana, Eastwood Club, Club 70, The Boat Club
Best prime rib - Albert Pick
Best lobster tail - Rod and Gun Club
Best onion rings - Rod and Gun Club
Best Barbecue ribs - Big Shoe's
Best pizza - Ambrosini's
Best garlic shrimp - Eastwood
Biggest tenderloin - Shepherdsville Inn
Best plate lunch for a buck - Berry's, Ma Embertons
Best hamburgers - Phil & Bill's
Best Chili dog - Coney Island
Best Syrian and/or Greek salad - Saratoga
Best Italian food - Castle Roma, Luigi's, Louise's, Ambrosini's, Carosi's
Best gambling - Pine Ranch. Club Idaho, Eastwood, Americus Club, Rod and Gun Club
 
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