On Thu 10 Feb 2005 04:02:08p, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Thu 10 Feb 2005 08:20:54a, L, not -L wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>>> Subject: Boston Market - Max & Erma
>>> From: "L, not -L" >
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10-Feb-2005, Dog3 > wrote:
>>>
>>>> AFAIK, Miss Hulling's is still going strong in the downtown area. I
>>>> used to eat there often when I lived in the city. Their cakes and
>>>> pies are excellent at dessert time. I am not sure if there are other
>>>> Miss Hulling's
>>>>
>>>> restaurants in St. Louis besides the downtown store. I used to go to
>>>> Alfred
>>>> Solomon's in Memphis. I think it closed a few years ago.
>>>
>>> The downtown Miss Hulling's closed 10 or 12 years ago; the other STL
>>> area locations had closed long before that. It was very sad, in its
>>> last few years; they had the same excellent, reasonably priced food,
>>> served by many of the same staff that had been there for years (and
>>> were in their 70s and 80s). But, instead of being full of happy
>>> diners, there were few customers.
>>>
>>> Some of the Hulling's family members have restaurants around town;
>>> but, Miss Hulling's as we knew and loved it is long gone.
>>>
>>> PS: Very little is "going strong" in downtown STL these days; there
>>> are areas of downtown that are desolate. But, the garment district
>>> on the north side of downtown is booming, now that the old buildings
>>> have been converted to lofts.
>>
>> Thanks for the update! I have fond memories of going to Miss
>> Hulling's when my mother would take me for a day's shopping trip
>> downtown. That was an era when many women "dressed" to go shopping,
>> replete with fashionable hat, fur coat, and gloves. Our usual tour
>> was Scruggs, Vandervoort, and Barney; Stix, Baer, and Fuller; and
>> Famous-Barr, sometimes also stopping at Vandervoort's. At some point
>> we would stop at Miss Hulling's for a lunch break.
>>
>> Wayne
>
> Gawd, makes me tired reading it Wayne. How did you 2 manage all that
> running around?
>
> One of my fondest memories is of Schneidhorst on Lindburg. It is a
> German
> restaurnt directly across the street from Plaza Frontenac. A group of us
> went to Schneidhorst for a long, leisurly Christmas lunch and we were
> going to finish our shopping up at Plaza Frontenac. We were all
> completely slammed when we got to the shopping mall. I had one gift to
> buy, for my 3 year old niece. I was in this toy store (privately owned,
> not a chain and closed years ago)and saw this beautiful white carousel
> horse. It had rails like a rocking chair and the thing rocked back and
> forth. It was hand painted and it was incredible. I had it delivered.
> Well, around the first week of Feb. I got my AMEX statement. The horse
> was $2500 + shipping and handling. In my drunken state, I thought it
> was $250. Methinks it was a good investment though. She rode it
> constantly and still has it. The horse is all wrapped up and stored in a
> dry place at home. Her first born will also love it.
>
> Michael
>

OMG, Michael! Remind me to tell you not to drink when you shop! I bet
that's one beautiful horse!

Wayne