I'm disappointed they left out black and white cookies. I loved these as a child - but now they seem to have either shrunk into mini versions o themselves - or grown into a huge size that is way too thick and cake like.

Yes, they are supposed to be cake like under the icing - not crisp like a cookie - but they aren;t supposed to be the size of a frisbee - and they are supposed to be much thinner - not 1 to 1.5" thick.

Have not seem a real one in several years.

nytraveler: Have you tried the black and whites at Glasers? I haven't, but no fondant on top already sounds great:

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/nycs-5-best-black-white-cookies/

I've walked by Pastrami Queen many times, but my intense loyalty to Katz's and 2nd Avenue kept me from sampling the fare. No more!

Agree that the hot dogs really are better at Nathan's on Coney Island.

Funny timing. I just created a photo album of my favorites from a visit to the Village with a Fodorite - and noted the bialys store was closed (as were The Pickle Guys). Thanks for this list, ekscrunchy! I'll use it in my upcoming visit!

I preferred Pastrami King when it was still in Queens across from the courthouse. I made many pilgrimages out there, but Pastrami Queen is ok, though not as good for me as before it moved. I haven't been for a couple of years, so I may have to try it again now that I've relocated to the Upper East Side and am closer by. There's really no excuse now.

Mimi should try bagels from Bagelworks on 1st Ave. Delicious and baked on premises.

A portion of sliced rye from Orwasher's 20 lb loaf is amazing. More like what was called corn rye in 60's Brooklyn bakeries, it is great toasted with unsalted butter.

and noted the bialys store was closed (as were The Pickle Guys).

You were there either Friday afternoon or Saturday because they are closed for the Jewish Sabbath.
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There is a small difference between rye bread and Jewish corn bread, which is the corn meal that is added. But it looks and tastes nothing like American corn bread.

Corn rye....oh, the memories of getting a loaf fresh and still warm from the bakery with its' crispy crust and dense innards screaming to be shmeared with unsalted butter. Thanks CPG for that quick hop down memory lane!

I am glad that the article said that true NY Cheesecake is not flavored, nor buried beneath a sea of glutinous "fruit" or other toppings. Vanilla and lemon [a hint] is the only true homage.

Bagels need holes in the middle; it is, as the article stated, essential to getting a resplendent taste of the filling unencumbered by the bagel. Think of it as the bagels "belly-button" and the life connect that comes of it.

Never all that fond of a bialy, I would kill for one, being here in the deli barreness of the southwest.

The snap of a good Kosher hot dog can revive a person, so that they may continue on to down a pastrami on rye is a joy to behold. A slather of deli mustard is very good, but...

...please, put that pastrami on rye, with Thousand Island and some cole slaw.

Signed,
A native NYer, languishing for NY foods, in the vast barrens of the Southwest!

You also could have been there on an asosrtment of Jewish holidays when they also would be closed.

DebitNM: Will any NYC restaurants ship to the Southwest? Grey's Papaya?? Katz? Juniors? (in a pinch you could do worse)

H&H used to ship here. The only safe time to ship here is in winter; I wouldn't chance it during the summer for sure.

I was there during Easter break/ Passover. They were closed for the week.

The good H & H is out of business.

I doubt if Grey's ship the dogs barely make it to the counter.

Katz's is known to ship salamis but I do not know about pastrami.

Junior's freezes their cheesecakes for shipping.

Junior's also freezes their cheesecakes for transport from Brooklyn to Grand Central and Times Square, which is probably why the ones from Brooklyn taste better.

This is the best post I've read in a LONG TIME!! It makes me
sorry I ever left the Big Apple.

The bialys place was closed when we went too. Looking forward to trying those on our next trip. We did get some cinnamon and chocolate babka - good stuff.

ah, chocolate babka - another delight. And meltaway coffee cakes from a wonderful bakery in New Rochelle, Hackers.

DebitNM, have you ever tried Wolfe's Bagels on Montgomery? If so, how do they compare to what you remember?

Lee Ann

Native Californian here. What is a bialy? But do love Manhattan clam chowder. Hard to find and then when you do, it is hard to find a good one. Found a nice one at the Ferry Building in SF.

Deb, I've been wanting to try it since I saw in on Seinfeld!

I've been thinking about this post, and I gotta tell a great story. Here goes-- I have to strongly disagree that there are any better hot dogs than Nathan's. When I was much younger, in the 1940's to be exact, I used to work for Nathan's in Coney Island. I grew up on Avenue U in Brooklyn, so Coney Island was only a short walk from there. I was attending Lafayette High School, and to make some money, I worked at Nathan's. The owner, Nathan, I think I remember his last name as Lefkowitz, was a real nice old guy. He was originally an ICE MAN, one of those guys that used to deliver cakes of ice to the people who had ice boxes, before refrigerators. He would give you the shirt off his back if you worked hard (how times have changed!). One of my chores was to shovel meat from the meat locker to the bin, so that the hamburgers could be made into patties. When I originally told my kids this, they thought that this was a filthy job, but was anything but that. Nathan would not give one cent to the many inspectors that tried to shake him down for bribes, so ran an antiseptic operation. The shovel I used was stainless steel, and the boots I wore in the meat locker were disinfected many times during the day. I'm sure Nathan never paid a cent to all those inspectors. They could never find any infractions. Most of the older guys that worked there were also former ice men. There was a bond between Nathan and his employees, (my God! things really have changed!!). Nathan's Hot Dogs, at that time, were made by HYGRADE, to Nathan's specifications. The hot dog rolls and hamburger rolls were made by BOND BREAD, which was popular at the time. One great fringe benefit for me was that I could eat all the hot dogs and hamburgers I wanted-no limit. The french fries were absolutely the best in the world. One of my other chores was to peel and cut up the potatos. It was all pretty hard work, but I remember those days with a lot of nostalgia. Nathan also owned the ice cream operation next door, so I also used to gorge on ice cream. That's my story.

Thanks for sharing that piece of NYC history. I think you are talking about Nathan Handwerker.

But look at this:

http://gothamist.com/2010/01/19/last_remnant_of_feltmans_coney_isla.php#photo-1

And a nice story it is.

My husband is from Brooklyn, I'm upper crust, from the Bronx haha, but was expecting a nice lunch at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens on a trip we took there a few years ago. Husband had promised me a nice surprise lunch, so I was a bit disappointed when we left the gardens without having lunch. Thinking a nice place was in store, imagine how I felt when his surprise was Nathans! The thing is, I'm a vegetarian, what the #@&% did he think I was to eat?! I just had the french fries, and he still owes me that lunch in the BBG!


Karen

Karen

Nathan, I think I remember his last name as Lefkowitz, was a real nice old guy.

The family name was Handwerker. And they were extremely nice people, I went to school with his grand daughter and went Lincoln High School. Originally the family was going to sell Nathan's to Hershey's but they said the name "too ethnic." So they would selling to the Riese Bros, who are alchemists, they turn food into s--t.
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A bialy is round about four inches in width made from the basic ingredients of flour, water, yeast, sugar, and salt, and when baked would emulate the best pizza dough you have eaten. There is an indent in the center where they put either garlic, onions, or poppy seeds. There is an oversized version called the pletzel which is fully covered with something usually poppy seeds and onions.

http://www.artisanbreadbaking.com/breads/bialy/bialy32.htm

<The snap of a good Kosher hot dog can revive a person, so that they may continue on to down a pastrami on rye is a joy to behold.>

So very true! But it is hard to find a good dog with skin, or casing, these days! (Three good ones that I know of, both available in NYC, are the Hebrew National sold from strings at Zabar's (not in the plastic supermarket package); Citarella's house beef hot dogs..and Schaller and Weber beef dogs in natural casing. If anyone knows of others, let me know, please! We always have at least one hot dog feast in summer..with slaw and deli mustard, of course!


A remnant of old Yorkville:

http://www.schallerweber.com/find-buy/original-store/


Agree, too, about the cheesecake...pineapple cheese cake!? Oh, the horror!

Chocolate babka...swoon worthy!

The best we have here in NM are Boar's Head all Beef. Not kosher, but they do snap.

Lee Ann, just ain't the same ;o(

Nathan also owned the ice cream operation next door, so I also used to gorge on ice cream. That's my story.

Actually that was owned by a Handwerker cousin who I also went to scholl with.
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The french fries were the best, made by adults who needed skill not just set a timer. They were perfext-crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. My joke was that if you wanted extra salt, they old guys would just wipe their brow.

One of my cousins is on the board of directors of the Coney Island freak show and is on the Mermaid Parade Committee. This year the Grand Marshall was Jackie the Jokeman and my cousin went on his radio show and read the dirty jokes he was given to read. Not the best idea to propel a medical doctor's career.

The best hot dogs and the best pastrami ever were at the Hy Tulip deli on 86th St., around 19th Avenue in Brooklyn, under the El. They had good knishes too, but I was never a big knish fan.

Nathan's and Hebrew National dogs were good, but nothing compared to Hy Tulip's. Man, I loved that place. One of the great traumas of my childhood was when it closed down.

To Aduchamp-- You are right!!!! They used to say that the guys dishing out the hot dogs used to sweat on them, and that's how they got the salty taste!
Another thing--The story was that the police wanted to get assigned to patrol near Nathan's. It was said to me that the cops used to receive $5.00 each to keep the traffic flowing on Surf Avenue, and being lax on allowing triple parking in front of the place. Oh, the good ole days.
Lincoln High, eh?
Handwerker, THAT'S IT!!
Also, I believe that Nathan also owned the place that used to sell that great corn on the cob, in the alley between the resturant and the ice cream place.
We got no places like that here in Maryland!! It has been 58 years since I left Brooklyn.

To DebitNM- Maybe you don't have good hot dogs in NM, but you sure have some great Mexican food. My daughter lives in Las Cruces, and my wife and I vist frequently. We absolutely go bananas over the authentic Mexican food in the Mesilla section of Las Cruces.

Waldo, nice story. I went to Lafayette too and loved to go to Nathan's on the weekends.

I recently had citarella hot dogs that a friend grilled. They were plumper than I was used to, but absolutely delicious.

Deb, I'm coming to ABQ next week. I can bring a hunk of Orwashers corn rye (it's just called rye in the bakery) if you like. Crispy crust and dense innards - perfect description. I always bring my son bagels. One time, I had 3 dozen in my carry on and the guy checking the X-ray screener asked me what all the circles were! Just say the word!

Panecott - Hy Tulip was good, but also Zeimar on Brighton Beach Ave. t
There was another on Kings Highway and around East 3rd St, but I can't remember their name.

OH CPG!!! I would love it; if you have room. We can meet for coffee too!

Also, I believe that Nathan also owned the place that used to sell that great corn on the cob, in the alley between the resturant and the ice cream place.

That could have been owned by a cousin named Kirsh, but I am not sure.
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There was another on Kings Highway and around East 3rd St, but I can't remember their name.

I think that was called Joe's because a fat jovial guy named owned it. There was also a place called Scnipper's on Kings Highway and East 8th Street. The food was not very good and they did not like us. Five us would walk in order five waters and an order of fench fries just to annoy them.

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My friend wanted me to be a lifegaurd with him on Coney Island. It was excellent pay for the summer. For the most part it was quiet, except if a fight broke out and once a summer they would get a "floater". But I liked to get away and worked in the mountains. Families used to go to Manhattan Beach and both my grandmothers lived in Brighton Beach and their big splurge was a yearly ticket to Brighton Private.

I went Public School 238 with the Handwerkers but not high school.

I was born in Brooklyn, but grew up on Long Island, and frequented the Nathan's in Oceanside. The French fries, drowned in Nathan's catsup (definitely not Heinz or Del Monte) were scrumptious. I liked them way better than any of the skinny fries so common today (although McD fries were good before they switched to vegetable oil).

And they used to serve the fries in a paper cup with a narrow, plastic spear/fork that they stacked with fries and put in the cup!!

Yes they did!

debit - my pleasure! It will be a very short trip. Email me at centralparkgirl at gmail dot com. I'm working today and out tonight, but I'll respond tomorrow.

eks - thanks for posting the article which always evokes 'memory lane' for so many of us!

This is an amazing thread. Waldo Adu Eks and everyone else thank you for your memories.

SF7307: Do you remember when that Nathan's was Roadside Rest?

http://www.1960sailors.net/09a_nathan's.htm

Wasn't there some sort of kids amusement area at the Oceanside location?? I can remember eating there, gobbling down our food and getting our 10 dimes to play on games or such. We used to stop there every Sunday in summer on our way home from the marina where my dad kept his boat. Knolls Boatyard??

We also ate at Rainbow Diner and Texas Ranger.

http://www.1960sailors.net/09_our_town.htm

eks, I don't remember it before it was "Nathan's Roadside Rest" (which it became according to the article in 1959). I never went there with my family -- it was with my friends once we had cars - it was THE place to hang out on Friday nights with other teens from all over Nassau County.

I remember seeing a guy behind the counter toss a pizza and it got caught on a hook on the ceiling The one thing I hated was having to stand in different lines -- the hot dog line, the fries line, etc.

Hey Aduchamp-- I digress, but do you remember Dubrow's on Kings Highway, near the Brighton line? When we married, my wife and I used to eat there every night, there was no sense cooking, when you could have such a great meal for so little dough. When we went down to Miami Beach one year, many of the employees of the Kings Highway place were working down there for the winter. They all instantly recognized us.

Yes, I know Dubrow's well. All the Democratic candidates had to make a campaign stop at Dubrow's. I remember my parents taking me to see JFK make his obligatory appearance there.

They would set up a little platform and bring in spolights.

Right..I remember when it was Nathan's' RoadSide Rest. Did they used to have some kind of amusement rides in the back?

Another place I have a very vague recollection of is the French Roumanian Restaurant..soemplace in or near the Lower East Side..maybe on Delancey Street?

And a deli very close to Katz's named Henry's; I think that one was Kosher. I remember it as being next door to Katz's.

I also remember my aunt having a fight with a waiter in Ratner's (Delancey) because she took the onion rolls from the bread basket and put them in her purse, claiming that they belonged to her since they were on the table.

I agree with cpg - great thread, ekscrunchy! Thanks for posting. It's been a great read.

One rival of Dubrow's was the Famous on 86th Street near the West End line (also on the same block as Jahn's ice cream parlor). Now they're both gone and the B became the D train and the D became the B train. Where's the logic?

Oh, there was a Jahn's in Eastchester. Didn't they have a huge sundae with a sinful # of scoops of ice cream??

The kitchen sink was in a huge silver bowl (like a small punch bowl) and fed an entire table of teenagers! When it started melting it was gross. Jahn's was the place to go after a Friday night basketball game. The original was in Queens and there was another in the Kings Bay section of Sheepshead Bay.

Jahn's had what they called the Kitchen Sink which had an untold number of scoops of flavors plus every syrup in the joint, topped, of course, with a mountain of whipped cream, sprinkles, and cherries,
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Eks

Please do not feel your aunt was the only one to get into a fight with a waiter at Ratner's, eveyone got into a fight with the waiters at Ratner's. They were the nastiest old men, who thought they could hide their union buttons who would throw the food on the table and care little if you asked for a clean fork. Some thought it contributed to the ambience, others just did not leave a tip.

This post makes me wanna cry!

Oh, but I loved the potato blitzes at Ratner's.

Debit: I just saw your post before my own! I do remember those rides!! And I also remember the Texas Ranger..on Long Beach Road, right? We used to drive past there when my parents belonged to a beach club on Lido Beach!

Starrs: You're welcome!

Adu: I was so embarrassed at Ratner's..they were both (my aunt and the elderly waiter) were screaming at the top of their lungs!! Only in New York!

Jahn's, went to the one on Fordham Road in the Bronx, where the kitchen sink was famous amongst the teens.


Karen

Adu: I was so embarrassed at Ratner's..they were both (my aunt and the elderly waiter) were screaming at the top of their lungs!! Only in New York!
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I can completely understand being embarrassed. But think of it this way, you and probably everyone else in Ratner's remembers the incident and where else were the onion rolls so good they worth stealing and fighting over.

So help me out here. I recall both Ratners and Rappaports, but for the life of me can't remember the difference between the two. One was a dairy only place.

My parents used to say where else can you pay to be insulted?

Also remember the Jahn's just off of Fordham (maybe Kingsbridge?) and the kitchen sink. The wait staff would sing some kind of embarrassing song if you ordered it.

And although not originally a Nathans, there used to be an Adventurer's Inn on Central Ave. in Yonkers that eventually became a Nathans. We would split up on the lines to order food and then play on the amusement rides.

Yes, Adventurer's Inn! And Freedomland in the Bronx, that was so much fun.

And let's not forget Patricia Murphy's on Central or was it Tuckahoe Rd?? Not in the same league as Nathan's, by a long shot, but oh my, what elegance to go there to eat.

I used to go to Jahn's in Richmond Hill in Queens. The mammoth ice cream dish I remember is Tall in The Saddle. It was a vase full of ice cream, syrup and whipped cream. It didn't impress me very much. One time I said to the waiter (the waiters had the reputation of not writing down your order, but remembering it. I never heard of one single mistaken serving), "just bring me a lot of ice cream", I swear, he must have brought me a gallon of ice cream in a LARGE bowl. It looked like a flower pot.
Anyone ever been to The Steeplchase?

Yup-Patricia Murphy's was on Central Ave. Definitely more "upscale" than Adventurer's Inn/Nathans.

Jahn's was our go-to birthday treat too - in my family, a coming of age ritual was getting a Tall in the Saddle all for yourself.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned egg creams. I think the only place now where one can get an authentic egg cream might be my house.

On Cross Bay Blvd, one time street drag racing capitol of NY, just before the bridge connecting Brooklyn with the Rockaway's was a large Nathan's like place that was wildly popular - the main attraction was a chowmein sandwich. That's chowmein on a hamburger bun. It sounds awful but was really tasty.

The other thing that I miss is authentic Italian hero sandwiches. Pepper and eggs, potato and eggs, sausage and peppers, all slathered in tomato sauce on real crusty Italian bread - heaven. Come to think of it, maybe I'll make one for lunch tomorrow.

<< where else were the onion rolls so good they worth stealing and fighting over. >>

Peter Luger's in B'klyn, but the onion rolls are not the same there anymore. And you really didn't have to steal. If you asked, the waiters would gladly pack up a bag of them to go.

My memories of going to Ratner's was crack of dawn (literally) for breakfast after coming out of the midnight show at the Filmore East.

The other thing that I miss is authentic Italian hero sandwiches. Pepper and eggs, potato and eggs, sausage and peppers, all slathered in tomato sauce on real crusty Italian bread - heaven. Come to think of it, maybe I'll make one for lunch tomorrow.
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Next time you are in NYC go to Defonte's on 3rd and 22nd Street and they make those sandwiches that taste like old Brooklyn. They have a place in Red hook for 75 years and opened a Manhattan branch about 3 years.

You will not be disappointed, I asure you.

Egg Cream - I think I had one at Katz' a few years ago - as long as they use Fox's UBet, I'm

A quick google leads me to believe Ratner's and Rappoport's were both dairy.

And there was also a Lorraine Murphy's on Long Island - Manhasset maybe?

Who remembers Linc's Log Cabin? I have no idea where it was - somewhere out in the island, maybe even Suffolk County- but we loved going there for Thanksgiving and Mother's Day.

There was a fried chicken place in Queens - maybe Queens Blvd in Forest Hills? Maybe the name was Rainer's? OMG that was good! Chicken-in-a-basket.

Lorraine Murphy's -- did you mean Patricia? I think it might have been in Great Neck?

Nope there was a Lorraine Murphy's - I think they were sisters. It might have been in Great Neck, though

Here are some photos that might be of interest. One is the owner of Pickle Guys making horseradish for passover. The others are black and cookies with the words for black and white written in Turkish, Lakota, Arabic, and Lakota. (Ignore the one in the middle. I cannot figure out how to delete it.)

https://picasaweb.google.com/113523841271811111555/MakingHorseradish

Linc's Log Cabin was located in Northport, Long Island. Right on Rt 25A . After leaving Brooklyn, I lived in Smithtown, LI, and my wife and I were frequent visitors to Linc's. I often wonder if it's still in existence. It was a great place, and they had the largest cocktails around at that time.

There are many older places in Brooklyn including Brennan and Carr on Nostrand and Avenue U. I will never understand its charm and has been around 75 years. They make tough roast beast that they drown in a tasteless gravy but the place has become a legend.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/253682

Waldo, I was too young to be taking note of the size of their cocktails! I don't think itx's there anymore (remember when it burned down?)

Wow - I was underwhelmed by the NYT piece, but this thread is beyond nostalgic for me. I grew up in Bklyn, then moved to the Village and the UWS before settling in SoCal. (Also lived in NM - DebiNM, no complaining...the food there is superior to practically everything mentioned here)

Nathan's/Coney Island - My dad was a lifeguard in Brighton Beach during h.s. and his college job was parking cars in a lot near Nathan's. He also worked in the lot next to Steeplechase where he proposed to my mom in one of the parked cars. Waldo, you might have known them - maybe they bought a hot dog from you to celebrate their engagement!

Coney Island remained near and dear to my parents and we were regulars throughout my childhood, including at the freak show. And my grandfather was a polar bear, which meant he swam there daily.

Adu - can't believe your cousin was on the freak show board. I probably have that to thank for my edginess.

Knishes - I remember buying greasy, sandy ones on the beach. They came in a wax paper bag.

Hy Tulip - near my grandma's (mom's side). Never was a fan of hot pastrami, but members of my family were obsessed. Loved the hot dogs because they were grilled.

Brennan&Carr - Agreed - that place was disgusting. Meat quality like Arby's.

Ratner's - CPG, I too went after concerts at the Fillmore! Were you at the next table?

Fries and gravy - What I ordered at every coffee shop, with a vanilla coke.

Jahn's (I was a regular when it was on Flatbush, but also frequented Nostrand & Z...occasionally in the same night)- the kitchen sink had 30 scoops of ice cream (we would complain if we didn't get all 30), but just like the gravy & fries, we would walk it off.

Di Fara's pizza on Ave. J & E. 16th - Shocked that nobody has mentioned this. Once our local hangout, now crowned the best in the US by NY Magazine and various food blogs. They've even opened an outpost in Vegas....but they haven't dusted the shelves since I was a regular.

ekscrunchy - onion rolls, crackers, sugar packets...anything on the table was up for grabs.

Dubrow's - Where I started my coffee habit, I think as a pre-teen. I only remember eating dessert there, but there was some sort of dairy noodle dish popular with the Brooklyn "literati."

Black & White Cookies - best ones were on Ave. M at Ebingers. But they couldn't hold a candle to the shadow or blackout cakes. The Seinfeld vomit-streak episode was genius...and I'll never eat a B&W again.

Church and Linden Ave, to my best recollection - Italian ice stand. Every Sunday on the way home after visiting my grandparents, who lived in Crown Heights.

This posting can never end. There's such a wealth of material to contribute.
Anyone that makes an egg cream and DOES NOT use Fox's UBet syrup, should be thrown in jail! I have had egg creams made with Hershey's syrup, which is a fabulous syrup, but the egg creams just ain't the same. I recently read that there is an old fashioned ice cream parlor somewhere in Brooklyn that still makes egg creams with Fox's.
Having grown up on Avenue U, I used to go to Brennan and Carr's frequently. I was just a kid, and I remember their roast beef sandwiches fondly, but at the time, I had no place else with which to compare them.
As far as Linc's goes, didn't they rebuild it? I think I remember something along those lines.
Keep the comments coming folks, you're allowing me to remember my young days! Every time a see a new post, I'm reminded of something else, like the times, (this has nothing to do with food) I used to commonly see a young woman in the neighborhood whose very unassuming name was Ruth Bader, who is now more familiarly known as Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Doubt that my taste was very refined then either. I do recall that Brennan & Carr was a special occasion kind of place - The "double dip" roll was actually yummy, but the meat was way too chewy.

The best egg creams were at candy stores, luncheonettes and newstands. You can still get an authentic one made with U-Bet at Gem's Spa, the newsstand on St. Mark's & 2nd Ave., which is still there.

Does anyone remember Hong Fat in Chinatown? As a teen, that was by far my favorite restaurant in the city.

Crosscheck, my paternal grandfather was a polar bear too at Coney. He had a heart attack and died on the beach after jumping in the ocean one cold November morning, I think it was 1933.

My maternal grandparents had an appetizing store on Sutter Ave in the East New York part of Brooklyn called Parnes Pickles and Salads - I described the store at some length on a post about a year or more ago. I worked there after school and as a young teen I was given the responsibility of waiting on Sunday morning customers which meant a lot of hand slicing lox.

Keep the comments coming folks, you're allowing me to remember my young days! Every time a see a new post, I'm reminded of something else, like the times, (this has nothing to do with food) I used to commonly see a young woman in the neighborhood whose very unassuming name was Ruth Bader, who is now more familiarly known as Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
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She went to PS 238 and then to Madison HS.

Oh goodness, Fox's U-Bet! My grandma in Rockaway always had this out, (strawberry AND chocolate varieties) to mix with the seltzer that was delivered by the seltzer truck. She also got deliveries of bakery items from a company called Dugan's.





No one remembers a deli named Henry's that was next to Katz's? I think it was kosher, whereas Katz is not.

Still have Foxes U Bet in my fridge.

We had deliveries from the 'Dugan man.' Their specialty was cupcakes.
We also were visited weekly by Benny (seltzer and Black Rock soda) and Sam (fresh eggs from Pa).

I loved baked clams at Carolina's in Coney Island and the little sweet vermouth amuse bouche that they served no matter what your age.

crosscheck - I was probably in the row behind you at the Fillmore. Spent a lot of time there with my Brooklyn College pals.

Eks - You are right that there was a kosher deli next to Katz's, but we never went since there were so many good ones in B'klyn back then.

The most famous thing in our Jahn;s was The Kitchen Sink. (There was one in a strip mall on Hillside Avenue blocks from where I lived in Long Island). It could feed at least 6 kids - and we would sometimes share one after visiting the move or bowling alley or skating rink (we had the best strip mall on the Island).

Also there was Kiddie City - on Norhtern Blvd in Queens - which had a decent selection of rides.

Also Rye Playland in Westchester -- which had pony rides. those were the most cantankerous, nasty (I guess they weren;t happy) ponies I ever saw. I recall my little brother (maybe he was 3) screaming his head off as he was held on the pony as it trotted around the ring. He never could get the knack of horses. I tried to get him to ride with me at Bethpage State Park as a young adult - and he just said it was too high - and I had to do the ride by myself.

Here I am feeling sorry for myself because I was born in Astoria, and only remember one food store, the italian ices around the corner, but then Waldo mentioned Linc's Log Cabin -- a regular stop once we moved to Huntington.

My MIL, who did come from Brooklyn, was a sorority sister of Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Cornell.

Ok..special request from a friend: "Does anyone remember Addie Vallins, ice cream place with the "best home made whipped cream", on 161st Street in the Bronx?

I remember a place at the very end of Coney Island Avenue in Brighton Beach that had the greatest knishes. All I now recall is that it had a large black sign that spelled its' name. Does anyone recall that place?

Hey Crosscheck--You mentioned that the food in New Mexico is better than that which we are talking about. You are wrong!! NM has great food, but you can't compare it to New York. In NY competition is so great, that an inferior restaurant will not last long if it can't compete on quality, especially since the prices in NY are so high. The only place that can come close to NY is Naples, Italy. Paris cannot compare.
By the way, we have a pretty good bagel place here in MD-Epstein's. I think it originated in Silver Spring and is now pretty much nationwide. My grandson attended the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and one day, while visiting him there, we accidentally discovered an Epstein's bagel place. The bagels were very good, and I mentioned to the salesperson that this place was an offshoot of the one in MD. I could have said it was on Mars, she had no idea.
This post really stirs one's memory--I know this is heresy, but one one of our trips to Colorado Springs, we happened on an Olive Garden. Don't puke--but it wasn't bad!!

Waldo - Mrs. Stahl's on Brighton Beach Ave. They were the best and the exact opposite of the knishes sold on the local beaches or in deli's. Well seasoned potato or kasha in dough that was not, for the lack of a better term, doughy! Totally not greasy. The best! My father used to bring them home on Saturdays.

Einsteins Bagels and they are ok, but not NY bagels. I have read that it's NYC excellent water that makes all the difference along with boiling the bagels before baking.

NM food is awesome, and it really is unique to NM. We aren't talking Tex Mex or Mexican. It is a cuisine of its own. But there is not comparison to the foods we are talking about here. NY deli/kosher treats, they just aren't here in NM.

Another favorite of mine and I am not sure if it was a chain or local [I think it was a chain]. We had a Federal Bakery that made to die for potato donuts. They were yeasty, doughy like glazed donuts, but that is where the similarity ends. They also did a mean cupcake.

And even though it was old lady heaven [more so that Patricia Murphy's] I loved going into Schrafts for a Hot Fudge Sundae. They served it with lots of whipped cream and slivered almonds.

Both Schrafts and Federal were right across the street from my dad's shop, so I used to frequent both.

Another great treat - my dad used to go fishing for blues in Montauk. On the way home, he would buy already roasted, hot, fresh ducks. Man, they were so good! It was a long ride home, and they weren't hot when he brought them in but we wouldn't even let my mom warm them up - we ate them within 5 minutes of his return home. The fish cleaning would wait.

Hello Fodorites. My name is Mike and this is my first posting. I’m always interested in food since it’s one of my favorite things to eat. I’d like to tell you my story.
We should start in Sheepshead Bay. Lundys was the fancy place to go but Randazzo’s was and I guess,still is place to eat. Just walking along the bulkhead and watching the fishing boats come back with a fresh catch always made me hungry.
And just a little ways east on the Belt Parkway, in Howard Beach, there were the great fast food places Weiss’, BowWow and Pizza City. In fact, my brother-in-law used to sell hotdogs there. They were lined up on Cross Bay Boulevard just before you went over the bridge to Broad Channel and Rockaway. As a kid (and I’m talking 60 years ago) there was a pizza place on Rockaway Beach Boulevard with a woodfired oven. I can still smell that pizza today. The funny thing is almost anyplace you went 60 years ago, you could get a great pizza, hot dog or even bagel.
Many people of mentioned Jahn’s ice cream parlor.I used to hang out at both the one in Richmond Hill and Flatbush. We would come out of the movie theater in Richmond Hill and stop in next door for kitchen sink as many people have said. I’m not sure but there was a place in Flatbush where my friends and I would go.they had a jukebox if you dropped a quarter, or maybe it was a nickel, you could play music and dance. Our favorite song was GEORGIA On My Mind by Ray Charles. It wasn’t that we particularly like the song but it was 3 min. and 40 seconds, a long time to slow dance with your girlfriend.
Funny, no one has mentioned Horn and Hardart’s. Drop the nickel’s, lift the door and enjoy the cake.
And finally Junior’s restaurant in Brooklyn. I went to Brooklyn Tech which was only a short walk from Juniors. After dances, we’d go down and get something to eat ( I never ate the cheesecake). That place must be open 24 hours a day.
So these are some of my recollections of Brooklyn and Queens fine dining establishments.
And on another, note if you really want to get as close to a Nathan;s hotdog as they were 50 or 60 years ago, don’t buy the Nathan’s hot dogs in the package, by ShopRite’s Black Bear hotdogs. Grille them, don’t put ketchup on them and you will be in hotdog heaven.

welcome mr130mph! I see that it took you a long time to get up the nerve to post, being a member for almost 3 years! I guess we finally touched a soft spot in your heart.

I do remember H&H, used to love to go there and watch the coffee get dispensed through the lions mouth - or was that the water? My mom would take me there on our treks into "the city" from the 'burbs.

Lundy's! How could I forget Lundy's. I once took a girl there, and when the waiter came, she asked, "do you serve crabs"?, he immediately replied, "we serve anyone".
There was also another place I frequented, being the gourmet I was. It was also on King's Highway, near Coney Island Avenue. It was Cookies. Their cheesecake, while not quite as good as Junior's was excellent. And then there was Ebinger's!
This is never gonna stop!
Brooklyn Tech-bah humbug!

Was that Cookie's related to the Cooky's in Green Acres Mall, and to Cooky's Steak Pub, also in Green acres (dress your own potato! Make your own sundae!)

Kiddie City was a favorite - first place I went on the Tilt-a-Whirl. Rye Playland is still in business. My husband had a job one summer painting the Wild Mouse there.

My very favorite NY food that you can't get anywhere else is a seeded roll and butter. What they serve elsewhere (Kaiser roll?) just isn't the same. That and a cup of coffee and I was good for the day (although at Horn and Hardart, it was hot chocolate, not coffee, for 5¢ that I remember).

A buttered roll, sigh, breakfast of champions. Sometimes with an egg and bacon on it, but just buttered was sublime. And the roll, had to be buttered, grilled on the flattop and then the egg and bacon put on it. Over medium so it would ooze just a bit, but not run down your arm like over easy would do.

Here's a link to basingstoke's thread about his grandparents store, mentioned above:

http://www.fodors.com/community/fodorite-lounge/old-ny-my-grandparents-store.cfm

Mr130mph - I loved having lunch at either Pizza City or the Big Bow Wow after a morning of fishing with my Dad on the Cross Bay Bridge! Great memories for me.

Lundy's had the best clam chowder and hot biscuits.

Everyone I know went into mourning when Ebinger's closed. All heartbroken.

Currently, there's an interesting exhibit at the NY Public Library on 5th Ave called Lunch Hour NYC. It traces the history of lunch in NYC. Especially endearing is the part on the Automat. They have some great display 'artifacts' for those who didn't live through it.

Cookie's was on Ave M and East 16th Street and yes it was progenitor of the others.
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Mrs. Stahl's is now a Subway Sandwich shop. It was purchased by brothers with a name something like Weinstein, they were irrascable but made a decent knish. There was an interim owner before the Subway who did not know what they were doing.
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If you went to Lundy's you had to clear you calender for at least 48 hours because it took 18 for the biscuits to arrive. Nothing was fast. The cavernous restuarant lie fallow for years as greedy heirs could not decide the best way to proceed.

mr130, I love that this is what finally got you to post.

Cookies - was on the corner of Ave M & E.16th next to the M station, was spelled with an "ie," and I think without an apostrophe, so probably not related to Cooky's. It was famous for the Cookieburger, as well as Sammy Davis Jr. sightings (his show was filmed across the street at the NBC studios).

Lundy's - The most upscale place mentioned so far! Went there to celebrate after I passed my road test on Shore Parkway, arguably the most challenging and dangerous street in the country for a new driver.

Buttered roll - Truly the best. We called it a "hard roll" with butter. Could that be Manhattan terminology? Perfect with a "light and sweet" coffee.

Kiddie amusement park - Nelly Bly next to the Belt Pkwy! Love that it was named after a feminist journalist.

I have extremely fond memories of the Horn & Hardart on Union Square, which we called the Automat. I must be younger though, because I remember putting in quarters, not nickels.

The city was also chock full of Chock Full of Nuts coffee shops. Sadly, no fond memories of that place - I recall that all the bread actually had nuts, which were not my culinary favorite at the time.

DebitNM & Waldo, I wasn't comparing current NY food to current NM cuisine. There would be no contest there. But give me a green chile enchilada over a Cookieburger any day.

Oh my, Horn & Hardart. Now that brings back memories. Personally, I never thought the food was any good, but the "automat" set up was fun. And unless I have it mixed up with another place in my mind (which wouldn't be a surprise) that's the place where you were warned to hold on to your food because if you put your plate down for an instance the busboys would swipe it away from under your nose!

DebitNM: Also remember Schrafft's. Which one did you go to? By the way, I'm sure you know that Freedomland is now Co-op City.

Rye Playland: If you want to get nostalgic, watch Big with Tom Hanks. The fortuneteller that starts (and ends) it all is filmed there.

crosscheck: Yes, Chock Full o Nuts. Their brownies were pretty good.

Can't believe no one's mentioned Krum's.

Judy - New Rochelle. I know that Freedomland became Co-Op City. My aunt and her family moved there from Yonkers when it first opened. I used to drive northbound on the Hutch and could see her apt!

I grew up going to Playland just about every weekend in the summer, and skated there in the winter. We always played a round of miniature golf while there as well. I think I went out on the rowboats once and never went to the beach or pool - which was saltwater, which seemed odd to me even as a kid. Loved that scene in "Big"

I liked the donuts at Chock Full o'Nuts [also in NR near my dads' shop] their plain donuts had a nutmeg taste to them.

Since most of these posts seem to be about Brooklyn, I feel somewhat like an interloper as I grew up in the Bronx, but I'm married to a Brooklynite so maybe I'll get a pass.

A special treat after a day at Orchard Beach was to have a pizza at Sorrento's on White Plains Road.

A very special treat during the summer was to go once or twice to Jones Beach but I have no food memories of there.

A fine resturant for celebratory events was Meyer's on 233rd st., but have no idea if they had a specialty. Upon leaving one Sunday, we passed some Bishop or whatever, higher than a priest in any case, going in. I remember granma kneeling down and kissing his ring.


Karen

Horn & Hardart had the best baked beans - ever. The mac & cheese was very good too. When I was low on cash, which was often, 5 cents bought a hard roll. That together with putting the free ketchup in a cup of the free hot water made tomato soup and a light meal. I was always amazed by the ladies who made change. They would be in a booth, you would give them some bills and they would dip into a pile of nickels, always tossing the right number back to you.

In college, my best buddy Ira (not our Ira )would go to the Donnel Library most Saturdays to study. Dinner was always at H&H followed by bumming around the city for awhile.

I always thought that one of the great things about H&H is that it provided a place for homeless folks to stay warm on cold days and get something cheap to eat. In my experience, they never bothered anybody for money although I knew some people who would not eat there because of that.

I always thought that one of the great things about H&H is that it provided a place for homeless folks to stay warm on cold days and get something cheap to eat. In my experience, they never bothered anybody for money although I knew some people who would not eat there because of that.

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Unfortunately that is a reason many attributed to the fall of the automats. People would sit there all day and others would not want to eat there.

Note about Lundy's: The building where I had my first taste of raw clams is still there but it is now occupied by an upscale Russian market, Cherry Hill Gourmet. This market carries a mix of normal supermarket items and lots of specialty foods from the former Soviet Union. The white-capped women behind the counters, who hail from far flung parts including Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, appears to be quite friendly and willing to give samples and explanations to those with an interest in the various salads, smoked fish, breads, etc etc. (There cheese breads are not as good as those from Georgian Bread on Neptune Avenue, though)

http://www.taxigourmet.com/2009/10/23/to-little-odessa-with-oleg/



When I mentioned to a fellow swimmer at my local pool that I was headed to Brighton Beach, she told me that her mother-in-law once "owned a knish shop there." You guessed it..her MIL was the person that bought the business from the original family.

See last few posts on this recent thread, about Brighton BEach:

http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/nyc-new-restaurants-the-very-good-the-good-and-crime-scene-tape-is-needed.cfm

Nice story by Nora Ephron about cabbage strudel and Mrs. Herbst's Bakery:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/opinion/28ephron.html?pagewanted=print

basingstoke2 - Just read the thread about your grandparents' appetizing store. Wow! We went to the one on Ave. M & E.17th almost daily, mostly for whitefish and half sour pickles, and I that's also where we got our bagels and bialies. I had no ideas that the owners were actually picking out and killing the carp for their gefilte fish! I also discovered that street sports were slightly more liberal in my day - girls and boys played punchball together (with our Spaldeens).

I hope your other grandpa's death as a polar bear was not too untimely. I still can't believe that anyone would a)swim in that icy ocean and b)schlep there everyday.

Doesn't Chock Full O Nuts still exist? I thought I saw one on my last trip, but maybe it was just the o,d sign. I used to get a hard roll and butter there and it was great (late 60s).

Always got off the Hutch to avoid the [then] 25¢ toll.

LOL, me to sf, near Mt Vernon, right?

crosscheck- unfortunately he was only 51 at the time. My dad also would swim at Coney all year round.

As far as the fish for the gefilte fish, I don't know if other stores took the same pains as my grandmother - she was VERY picky about her ingredients. People came from all over for her gefilte fish. We had one customer who would buy 2 gallon jars of the stuff every week. He used it for his congregation. He lived 7 blocks from the store on Blake ave in a 5th floor walk-up and I would have to deliver the order every Thursday. He would tip me a whole nickel, Woo-hoo!

Doesn't Chock Full O Nuts still exist? I thought I saw one on my last trip, but maybe it was just the o,d sign. I used to get a hard roll and butter there and it was great (late 60s).
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Yes they opened at least on 23rd Street on the same street as Eataly. One is substantially cheaper.

Chock Full O Nuts: So being naturally curious, I turned to my good friend Google and found that there are still some Chock Full O Nuts "cafes" mostly around in the northeast (and 1 ea. in FL & TX). However, if I'm understanding it correctly, it looks like with a few small exceptions (for example in Ft. Lee, Brooklyn, and the one Aduchamp1 mentioned on 23rd) they don't appear to be separate free-standing stores, but more like concessions inside other establishments. For example, they're in a variety of Gristede's markets in Manhattan. There's also one listed as being at JFK--so that makes this post travel-related.

mr130mpg: I've had the SR Black Bear hot dogs and don't think they're that great. However, if you get the Nathan's hot dogs with the natural casing (a little harder to find) they're very good. I think it's the "snap" of the casing that reminds me of the hot dogs of the past.

Correction to my 8/1 post. The giant rye At Orwasher's that one buys a portion of is only 10 lbs., not 20 as I had stated. It is so huge that I am still in disbelief.

I also spotted two generations of Orwashers near the store today. Old Mr. Orwasher whose father I believe started the bakery in 1916 and his son who sold it several years ago to Keith Cohen.

"Agree that the hot dogs really are better at Nathan's on Coney Island."

ha ha ha! no they are not! overpriced, over cooked, tasteless, etc. Only go there to say you've been there.

BTW, stay away from all food on the boardwalk; it makes people sick all the time. There is a Popeye's, and a few good diners around.

As a confirmed New Yorker, born in Manhattan, raised in Brooklyn and for the last 50 years living in Manhattan, this thread is bringing back many great memories

Some of my memories:

Sunday morning after mass at ST.MARY'S on 85th ST. we would walk to 86th ST to the wonderful Italian bakeries for fabulous bread and pastries.
Still on memory lane, standing on long lines for at EBINGERS for blackout cake and LOFT'S for delicious chocolates and of of course Jahns for ice cream.
All of these on 86th st in Brooklyn.

tdk320n - Do you remember a great Chinese restaurant upstairs on 86th St. (betw Bay Pkway and 21st Ave)? It may have been called New Parkway - delicious Cantonese food. You could sit in a booth by the window and watch the B train fly by.

There was also Barricini's and Barton's on 86th.

Absolutely remember Barricini's and Barton's . Both great. No memory of that Chinese restaurant however it made me remember a favorite Chinese restaurant on the Upper West Side that my husband and I used to go to all the time. It also was up a flight of stairs on Broadway and about 94th or 95th st.
A great dinner for the two of us was about $8-10 .

Has anyone read Joseph Heller's "Good as Gold?" It takes place in Brooklyn and it is about a Jewish professor who aspires to power in Washington, DC. But no matter his achievements, his family treats him like a moron. It has a great sense of place and time and it is extremely funny.

I don't remember if it was Barracini's or Barton's but one of them used to describe each piece right on the box or wrapper, so you never had to eat one you wouldn't like (I always grabbed the chocolate covered cherries before anyone else could steal them )

Barracinis had little green maripan acorns topped with chocolate that my sister and I fought over.This is a trip down memory lane, Lundy'swith my grandmother and going to Horn and Hardart too.

I love NY nostalgia!

Born in the Bronx in the 50's

-We had a Jahns near Fordham Road

-Took trips to Westchester to have burgers and fries at "Adventurer's Inn" (This was after my Mom shopped at EJ Korvettes)

Went to Orchard Beach, but the big trip was out to Jones beach! (anyone remember the boardwalk with the archery targets?)

-My cousin had a deli on 187 and Arthur Ave. (deli long gone) but I was just back there for a funeral (too many of those these days) and can say that the best bread is still found at Addio's Bakery, and the best deli is Casa Della!)

-Met the wife who was from Ridgewood Queens. Great German deli still going strong, Moishers! on Catalpa avenue (right near the most beautiful church that can rival those in Italy (St Matthias)

-I think there was a Patricia Murphys in Yonkers?. It was a wedding Resturant.

-I could go on forever! Dont get me started on Street Games!!

-john

John - why not start a new thread on street games - it could be fun.

(This was after my Mom shopped at EJ Korvettes)

It was always rumored that the name stood for eight Jewish Korean Veterans.

Adu your mention of a possible origin of the name EJ Korvettes intrigued me so I looked it up. Sorry to say it is an urban legend- too bad because I liked the idea. The true origin is more mundane - EJ for Eugene and Joe, the founders and Korvette's because they liked the sound of the word "Corvette" a type of war ship. This all according to Eugene who also said they changed the C to a K because he believed there was some WW II reg about using the names of ship classes for commercial gain.

Not to mention that the name preceded the war by 3 years.

E.J. KORVETTES
More great memories. I was a buyer for the chain in the 1960's. The founder of the chain was Eugene Ferkauf. A truly great man. Very philanthropic and kind. Also a great merchant. It was my honor and privilege to know him and work with him.
He passed away June 2012.

That is wonderful TDK.

Such memories! I was barely 18 with my father's Buick Le Sabre and it wouldn't start in the Korvette's parking lot near Bay Parkway ('down by the Bay'). I bought all my albums at Korvettes; they had the best prices!

Centralparkgirl
I remember that store well and srange as it seems Korvette's had 2 buyers for the record department. One just was in charge of FRANK SINATRA reoords.

Oh my how this is bringing back memories of a time long gone and probably never to be repeated. We were all so innocent then.

We were all so innocent then.
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Speak for yourself.
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My uncle was a long time buyer of girl's clothes at Orbach's. Of course he had three sons.

Then there was Klein's on Union Square and A & S on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. And Gimbel's across the street from Macy's.

And only in NYC do we call the Thanksgiving parade The Macy's Day parade.

We had a Korvette's near me, too. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember hearing that the name derived partially from the letters in "Jewish Korean War Veterans."

Speaking of records, we have to take a moment to remember Sam Goody's!

Oh, those $8 cashmere sweaters on the tables at Kleln's!! They NEVER pilled, the way cashmere does today!

What was the candy in the black tin with pink poodles on it? Almond something? They were dark, chewy individually wrapped candies....(??)

After my grandma's box of Barricini was used up, she would break up bars of less "fancy" chocolate and put the chunks in the compartments in the Barricini box!

Oh, never mind about the EJ Korvette's origin..as usual, I missed the story in the post above!
Sorry, again!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/business/eugene-ferkauf-founder-of-e-j-korvette-chain-dies-at-91.html

<< What was the candy in the black tin with pink poodles on it? Almond something? They were dark, chewy individually wrapped candies....(??) >>

I don't remember poodles, but could you mean Barton's Almond Kisses? They had chewy, fudgy chocolate that coated a whole almond and were wrapped in plastic that was twisted on both ends. They are still around today!

<< What was the candy in the black tin with pink poodles on it? Almond something? They were dark, chewy individually wrapped candies....(??) >>

Maybe you got chocolate on your old poodle skirt.

Very funny! Yes, they were Almond Kisses. So gooey and so delicious!
Maybe I am confusing the with pink poodles with the poodles on another candy box!

I never had a poodle skirt, but I did have a complete Annie Oakley costume, complete with a "gun" in a holster.

Ok..who remembers the original Fizzies?

ekscrunchy: Your memory is pretty good. If you google Barton's almond kisses you'll see the black tin box you're referring to. It had a Parisian scene with a poodle outlined in white on the black background, and pink stuff elsewhere, so that's probably how you put it together and got pink poodles. Unless your name is Laverne or Shirley.

Were Fizzies like the Pixie straws? Remember the paper with the dots?

A moment of silence - I am heading out the door to meet up with Centralparkgirl and some CORN RYE!!! Yipee! Gotta love Fodors.

Judy you are right on both counts! That is just how I got the poodles..they had parasols!

I did not watch all that much tv, because I remained true to my one-and-only: Dr. Ben Casey, M.D. aka Vincent Edwards, of 11 Pleasant Place, Brownsville, Brooklyn. I know the address well because I once convinced my mother to drive me past the building. (This, probably in compensation for the fact that our family foray to Freedomland was canceled at the last moment due to bad behavior on the part of a would-be passenger!)

Fizzies were round, flat discs that fizzed when you dropped them in water. Like sugary, colored Alka Seltzer! Well, at least they were better than NoCal soda!!

And YES, I remember those dots on the long white strips of paper!!

I remember fizzles! and Pixie Stix, and dot candy! And Ben Casey (although my "one-and-only was Richard Chamberlain, aka Dr. Kildare.... And years later as Father Ralph).

Remember Devil Dogs? 5¢ at my local appetizer in the early 60s.

Deb, how was your visit, and is the bread great?

The bread was truly, manna. Had a nice visit with centralparkgirl as well. Great afternoon!

Devil Dogs! Do you mean to say that these are not available anymore? They certainly were an iconic food, along with Twinkies and the other Hostess "pastries!"

Do unborn chicken eggs fall into the iconic food category? Does anyone remember these tiny treats, eaten with a lot of salt?

How about Bonamo Turkish Taffy? (I liked the chocolate but the vanilla was a close second and the banana was not shabby, either)

Bonamo Turkish Taffy - Freeze and then smash it to small pieces.

My grandmother and mother would put the unborn eggs in the chicken soup - then us kids would fight over them. I never tried them with salt though.

Bonamo's would rip the teeth out of your head.

And the most over rated drink-lime rickey.

It's Bonomo and the only reason I know that is that I can clearly remember the jingle that advertised it.

"B O N O M O spells Bonomo......taffy!"

Remember that?

Actually, it was 'candy,' not 'taffy' at the end of the jingle. I can still hear the tune.

Actually, it was 'candy,' not 'taffy' at the end of the jingle. I can still hear the tune.
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CPG. It may be time to get rid of that aluminum beanie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePucRtuOorc - Bonomo commercial

Adu - Beanies were before my time
But the tv commercial I recall is not the one posted. I think the one I remember was later.