George Leppla wrote:
> On 6/21/2010 9:56 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:

>> However, I will go inside. I want to check out the lunch counter. I
>> have fond memories of eating at a Woolworths lunch counter. And
>> judging from the responses I have gotten to my FB posting, others
>> have fond memories too.
>>
>> Anyone else have memories, even fond memories?

> Sounds like fun. The big treat when we were kids was to go into "the
> city" (Manhattan) and eat at the Horn and Hardart's Automat.
> http://www.theautomat.net/ Mom would give us each some nickles and we
> would be off. My favorite was the Macaroni and Cheese.

My aunt would take me to H&H when I'd stay with her. She
lived in the Bronx but she'd take me into Manhattan to see the
sights.

Later, I worked in the Liberty Plaza building, a block over from
the World Trade Center. I'd have lunch at a counter service place
across the street once in a while, they had date nut/cream cheese
sandwiches that were to die for. I know that's not much of a lunch. Hey.
Refresh my memory, the place was named for the brand of
coffee? I forget. It was a chain, like H&H. Eight O'Clock?

Across the street on the other side was a Woolworth's. I ate at
the counter a few times, the most memorable part was how loudly
you could hear the subway pass while sitting there.

nancy

On 6/22/2010 08:00, Nancy Young wrote:

> My aunt would take me to H&H when I'd stay with her. She lived in the
> Bronx but she'd take me into Manhattan to see the
> sights.
> Later, I worked in the Liberty Plaza building, a block over from
> the World Trade Center. I'd have lunch at a counter service place
> across the street once in a while, they had date nut/cream cheese
> sandwiches that were to die for. I know that's not much of a lunch. Hey.
> Refresh my memory, the place was named for the brand of
> coffee? I forget. It was a chain, like H&H. Eight O'Clock?


Chock Full O Nuts?


When I was a kid, the lunch counters we loved were one at a dinky little
diner on our Main Street, the Woolworth's counter and the Rexall store
fountain. When I got a little older and a tiny bit more worldly, Mom and
I would go to the restaurant/diner of a more upscale department store
local to us -- swank as hell when you haven't seen very much else! We
were duly impressed.

The first place I took my daughter to eat out was the last Woolworth
extant in our area. She loved going there and I loved taking her, so I
would make a point of having to stop at Woolworth's for something
whenever we were out and we would run in for a bite. She always had
grilled cheese and milk, and I always had cheeseburger on rye (with big
caraway seeds.... oooooo, I'm about starving to death thinking about it
right now!) served with free refills of some of the best coffee around.
She and I got the biggest kick out of shopping and eating at
Woolworth's. She cried loudly when they closed that store.

On 6/22/2010 9:00 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> George Leppla wrote:
>> On 6/21/2010 9:56 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>>> However, I will go inside. I want to check out the lunch counter. I
>>> have fond memories of eating at a Woolworths lunch counter. And
>>> judging from the responses I have gotten to my FB posting, others
>>> have fond memories too.
>>>
>>> Anyone else have memories, even fond memories?
>
>> Sounds like fun. The big treat when we were kids was to go into "the
>> city" (Manhattan) and eat at the Horn and Hardart's Automat.
>> http://www.theautomat.net/ Mom would give us each some nickles and we
>> would be off. My favorite was the Macaroni and Cheese.
>
> My aunt would take me to H&H when I'd stay with her. She lived in the
> Bronx but she'd take me into Manhattan to see the
> sights.
> Later, I worked in the Liberty Plaza building, a block over from
> the World Trade Center. I'd have lunch at a counter service place
> across the street once in a while, they had date nut/cream cheese
> sandwiches that were to die for. I know that's not much of a lunch. Hey.
> Refresh my memory, the place was named for the brand of
> coffee? I forget. It was a chain, like H&H. Eight O'Clock?


Chock Full 'o Nuts?

George L

Pennyaline wrote:
> On 6/22/2010 08:00, Nancy Young wrote:

>> sandwiches that were to die for. I know that's not much of a lunch.
>> Hey. Refresh my memory, the place was named for the brand of
>> coffee? I forget. It was a chain, like H&H. Eight O'Clock?
>
>
> Chock Full O Nuts?

Of course!! I could see the sign in my mind but not what
it said. Duh.

> When I was a kid, the lunch counters we loved were one at a dinky
> little diner on our Main Street, the Woolworth's counter and the
> Rexall store fountain. When I got a little older and a tiny bit more
> worldly, Mom and I would go to the restaurant/diner of a more upscale
> department store local to us -- swank as hell when you haven't seen
> very much else! We were duly impressed.

I'll say! My aunt would also take my family to restaurants, I guess
I never got over being impressed. I remember my first cheesecake
and my first popovers from those excursions.

> The first place I took my daughter to eat out was the last Woolworth
> extant in our area. She loved going there and I loved taking her, so I
> would make a point of having to stop at Woolworth's for something
> whenever we were out and we would run in for a bite. She always had
> grilled cheese and milk, and I always had cheeseburger on rye (with
> big caraway seeds.... oooooo, I'm about starving to death thinking
> about it right now!) served with free refills of some of the best
> coffee around. She and I got the biggest kick out of shopping and
> eating at Woolworth's. She cried loudly when they closed that store.

Awww. But just think that she'll always remember you taking her.
Those kind of memories are the best.

nancy

George Leppla wrote:
> On 6/22/2010 9:00 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> Hey. Refresh my memory, the place was named for the brand of
>> coffee? I forget. It was a chain, like H&H. Eight O'Clock?
>
>
> Chock Full 'o Nuts?

So sad, I couldn't come up with the name. But I do see
that I got the o' right and Chock=Clock? (laugh) Once
I got the Eight O'Clock in my head there was no getting around
it.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

> Later, I worked in the Liberty Plaza building, a block over from
> the World Trade Center. I'd have lunch at a counter service place
> across the street once in a while, they had date nut/cream cheese
> sandwiches that were to die for. I know that's not much of a lunch. Hey.
> Refresh my memory, the place was named for the brand of
> coffee? I forget. It was a chain, like H&H. Eight O'Clock?


Chock Full O'Nuts.

gloria p

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ROFL!!! Like a bowl of granola...

What ain't fruits or nuts is flakes? ;-)

JUST KIDDING!!!
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LOL