On Sat 12 Feb 2005 08:23:12a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Graphic Queen > wrote in
> :
>
>> On 11 Feb 2005 03:59:18 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu 10 Feb 2005 08:06:22p, Graphic Queen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:54:29 GMT, Dog3 >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
:
>>>>>
>>>> <snipped>
>>>>>
>>>>>When I was a child my parents would bring us down and we always
>>>>>stayed at the Cheshire. The rooms have really gone downhill since
>>>>>then but the bars are still about the same. When I became legal I
>>>>>drank many a 'yard' there. Now that I live here, I seldom go ;(
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>> We spent our wedding night at the Cheshire but that was back in
>>>> 1976.
>>>>
>>>> I remember when I was a child my mother would take me on a bus to
>>>> meet the streetcar and we would go to Wellston to shop for a day.
>>>> Way back then it was the place to shop. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I went to elementary school at Marvin Elementary School and went to
>>>> Pattonville High School but I graduated in 1969. I remember when
>>>> they started clearing the area for Northwest Plaza. That was a long
>>>> time ago.
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone be able to tell me hoe Bridgeton is these days since
>>>> the airport bought so much land? We now RV full time and haven't
>>>> been back to Missouri for close to 10 years now, living and then
>>>> just spending most of our time in the southwest. We are hoping to
>>>> get back to the state within the next year or so. I sure do miss
>>>> White Castles and Steak & Shake. :-)
>>>>
>>>> GQ
>>>>
>>>
>>>My memory probably preceeds yours, as I graduated highschool in 1963,
>>>but not in St. Louis, as we moved from there in 1956 when I was 10.
>>>What I remember was Medart's Restaurant which preceeded The Cheshire
>>>Inn on that site. We moved away before Medart's closed. I remember
>>>White Tower restaurant, which my parents preferred going to over White
>>>Castle, although I think they were probably very much alike. I also
>>>remember many visits to the Steak & Shake in Clayton, their onion
>>>rings and fried shrimp baskets being my favorite. I don't know if any
>>>of the S&S restaurants still serve shrimp, but I doubt it. Can't help
>>>you much on present day St. Louis, as I've only been back a few times
>>>and not too recently.
>>>
>>>Wayne
>>
>> My favorite of Steak & Shake has and always will be the Chile Mac. I
>> totally miss that and I love their hot fudge sundaes. But then of
>> course one of the places I must visit when we come for a vist is Ted
>> Drews. Yummmmmmmmmm!! I can taste it now! ;-) Yeah, the White Tower
>> was a lot like White Castle. hehehehehe Whe I was in high school we
>> used to all go to Steak & Shake at Lindberg and Fee Fee and then after
>> we had ordered one of us would run right across the street to the
>> McDonalds and get the fries we needed. ;-) Steak & Shake kept telling
>> us all of the time that they were going to stop serving us if we
>> didn't stop it but of course they never did and neither did we. Used
>> to love being able to stay in your car to eat. And does anyone
>> remember the Four-Screen Drive-In that used to be on the Rock Road in
>> St. Ann? I did a lot of making out at that place. LOLOLOLOL ;-) And of
>> course there was the Airway Drive-In also. At one time there was a
>> Shakey's Pizza Parlor in St. Ann on the Rock Road, but it didn't last
>> that long.
>>
>> OK, I just had a brain fart here. There was a burger place on the Rock
>> Road not far from Brown Road and it was the last of it's kind and they
>> used to have small car shows, the old cars...more muscle cars of the
>> 50s and 60s. It was a great. Oooohhhhhh It was Chuck-A-Burger. Are
>> they still there.
>>
>> GQ
>>
>
> I live in Glendale, smack in the middle of Kirkwood, Webster and Ladue.
> Manchester is only a short couple of blocks from my house. On the corner
> is Steak n' Shake. I do carry out from there often I like almost the
> entire menu. Then we have Al's Diner. A greasy spoon with burgers to die
> for and the most delicious, greasy chili you will ever taste. There are
> dozens of places in Kirkwood and Webster with decent food but most
> likely before your and Wayne's time.
>
> Michael
>

No, Michael, most likely "after" our time. We moved away from St. Louis in
1956. There was a Steak N Shake in Clayton at that time, but I don't
remember the exact location.

Wayne