On Sep 13, 11:39 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> Are there any food places you particularly miss? Either because you moved
> or they closed? Like the 2nd Ave. Deli nearly disappeared.
>
> For me it's Buntyns in Memphis. The original Buntyns was on Southern
> Avenue. It was a real old-style diner, what with the round red vinyl and
> chrome twirly "barstools" at the counter and pies and cakes in the glass
> front cabinet. Homemade rolls that melted in your mouth and screamed
> BUTTER! The best fried chicken and they did those battered quarter-fries, I
> think. And the vegetables weren't out of a can, but this wasn't the place
> to go if you expected steamed broccoli. Squash casserole, perhaps. There
> was always a line out the door at lunch time. No parking to speak of. And
> a hardware/feed store next door with dusty windows.
>
> They got too big for their britches, though. Decided to take the show to
> East Memphis for more office-worker traffic. Oh, for a while everyone was
> all atwitter - oooh, Buntyns moved! It's in that shopping center! Lasted
> maybe 4 years. If that. They did some catering gigs for a bit. But in the
> end there was not enough business to support a business that, had they
> stayed put, had been around 40 years. Probably would have stuck around
> another 40. Alas, they got greedy. And then they got gone.
>
> Jill

I'm sure no one has ever heard of this place, but I miss it. It was
called The Merry Ray in my little hometown, Keyser, WV. I'd go there
with my parents and sisters every Sunday morning and get a huge
cinnamon roll! It was covered with awesome buttery/creamy icing. The
place closed in late 80s and became something else, and then the
building burned to the ground a few years later.

Mike