On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:02:36 -0500, Lou Decruss >
wrote:

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>Any Midwesterners remember these places? When I was growing up I
>guess there were 70 of them in the Chicago area. My siblings and I
>loved it when the parents would take us there on Friday nights. We
>felt we living large and the activity was overwhelming! We got these
>huge mugs of root beer and a burger or hot dog and even got to order
>onion rings. I'm sure the food was junk but it sure brings back some
>great memories of the 60's. I didn't even know there were still any
>around but it seems there are a few still around. Now I want to go on
>a short road trip. I'm looking forward to the car-hops.

Dog'n'Suds wasn't just for midwesterners...when I lived in the
Tidewater VA area, my buds and I used to go down to Nags Head NC to
surf - very, very decent surf, I might add - and there was a
Dog'n'Suds right there on the beach. After you've been surfing all
day, fried board would likely taste pretty good if it were salt and
peppered just right, but my memories of Dog'n'Suds rootbeer, burgers
and rings are taste bud happy memories.

Oh, and no car hops - their skates got stuck in the sand.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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