On Fri 11 Feb 2005 02:31:05p, L, not -L wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> On 11-Feb-2005, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
>> > You both must remember the Parkmoor then. My favorite Denny's type of
>> > restaurant only privately owned. It closed a few years ago.
>> > Walgreen's is putting up a new building on the property. I miss it.
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>>
>> Indeed I do, but had actually forgotten it until you mentioned the
>> name. IIRC, the Parkmoor was a cut above a Denny's back in the day.
>> But then, I
>>
>> had a child's mind at the time.
>>
>> Wayne
>
> mmmmmmm; King burger
> mmmmmmm, grilled cheese; they had the flattest, widest grilled cheese in
> the world. IIR, they used a bacon press on it while it grilled.
>
> The Parkmoor at Lindberg (Kirkwood Rd.) and Manchester was one of my
> favorite places; the building still stands but has morphed into a used
> car sales office.
>

What a sad demise. I sometimes think of coming back to St. Louis for a
visit, but I think I would find it much too sad to find most of what I
remember either gone or in ruin. What new things they may have added would
have no meaning to me.

As I was growing up we moved several times to different states, spending
longer and more favored times in some cities than in others. Years later,
as an adult, I drove to one of my more favored cities and wanted to see the
house where we had lived. Imagine my dismay when not only our house was
gone, but the entire block had been razed to provide space for an office
highrise. Mind you, this was deep in the suburbs and totally unexpected.

Wayne