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lee · Aug 1, 2005

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Originally Posted by lee
David,

how 'bout we take him to that place in Amarillo where you have to eat that 72 oz steak in one hour?

that should get his attention...

lee\c

If it were me, I'd request Angelo's. Or maybe Tolbert's. One for lunch, the other for dinner?

Lee

P.S. Hit the Kimball and Amon Carter in between.

good place that Angelo's dont know Tolberts in Ft Worth

Amon Carter has one of the better photo collections in the world

lee\c

Lee L · Aug 1, 2005

lee,

Tolbert's is (hopefully still) an old-style chili parlor in downtown Dallas. Used to be open only for lunch. Frank X. Tolbert was a journalist who wrote for the Dallas Morning News after working for the Ft. Worth Startlegram, and co-founder of the Terlingua World Championship Chili Cookoff. He died in '84, and the parlor may have closed down. I hope not. It always had a pretty good cross-section of the Dallas populace, and lots of news people. It was a long-standing tradition like Old South Pancake House and Angelo's.

Lee (not the one with the \c)

Found a listing on google that's heartening:
Tolbert's Texas Chili Parlor
350 North Street at Paul Street
Dallas, Texas
214.953.1353
Chili
$5 - $10

colrehogan · Aug 1, 2005

Chicago.

lee · Aug 1, 2005

thanks I have meant to say "nice name" long before. I know about Frank X but have not ever eaten at the chilli parlor. Amon Carter who was from Fort Worth and owner of the Star Telegram would pack a lunch when he went to Dallas so as not to spend any money in Dallas. I try to carry on the tradition but sometimes it can't be helped.

I used to like to eat at the Old South Pancake House but it took too long to get out of there. I was always stuck to the seat or the table from all the maple syrup. Great for late night eating after a night drinking beer at the HOP. The HOP is now some Gen X joint. It got the name the HOP because years ago the place was a House Of Pizza. Local history for you. Did you go to school at TCU or how do you know all those palces?

lee\c

Gay Larson · Aug 1, 2005

In Amarillo, it's the "Big Texan" with the 72 oz steak and those of us who have lived there, laugh at the tourists who stop there. There are fine restaurants there and a surprising little canyon called Palo Duro canyon just 20 miles away. Used to be the hide-out of outlaws. Anyone who dismissed Texas as a whole has never been to Texas.

Lee L · Aug 1, 2005

Gay Larson said:
In Amarillo, it's the "Big Texan" with the 72 oz steak and those of us who have lived there, laugh at the tourists who stop there. There are fine restaurants there and a surprising little canyon called Palo Duro canyon just 20 miles away. Used to be the hide-out of outlaws. Anyone who dismissed Texas as a whole has never been to Texas.

SSshhhhhhh! Someone might hear you.

Lee

S Hime · Aug 1, 2005

It's not the location, it's the light! I hate sunlight. Give me soft overcast anytime!

MurrayMinchin · Aug 2, 2005

S Hime said:
It's not the location, it's the light! I hate sunlight. Give me soft overcast anytime!

Pssssst...Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada...known in all of BC as the city with the least sunshine.

Murray

PS Hope you like rain

joeyk49 · Aug 2, 2005

modafoto said:
I would love to go to Texas...and eat some huge steaks with chili beans...I love Texan food.

Did you know that they put Barbeque Sauce on their eggs?!!! (i.e. Everything!)
Spent a week in Austin once. Had a pretty good time....ate at a great rib joint; they had to roll me out in a wheel barrow! Also ate at a restaurant that seemed like it was 500 feet over a lake/reservoir...really cool view. Alas, it was all before I rediscovered photography...

Hotter than Hades, too...

Loose Gravel · Aug 2, 2005

mrcallow said:
Where does a vegetarian go in Texas?

First to the pasture or feedlot, then to steak houses.

Dan's45 · Aug 3, 2005

i lived in texas for 20 yrs, never heard of anyone putting bbq sauce on eggs before....what a waste of eggs. just sausage or bacon for me, with a side of hash browns an 2 slices of buttered wheat toast. as far as least favorite place, thats easy...odessa,texas...depressin town. i think i actually saw tumbleweeds go through threre..haha. hope i never have to go there again...geez.

TheFlyingCamera · Aug 18, 2005

You want depressing towns, try just about anywhere in the industrial belt of Pennsylvania. Altoona is a prime example. Great if you want to channel the spirit of Jacob Riis, and document an entire city on the down-and-outs. Worse, some of the smaller towns that sprang into existence for the purpose of supporting a specific industrial site, like a small coal mine or iron foundry, and withered when the industry went belly-up. I'd say Altoona is a boil on the industrial sphincter of Pennsylvania, but at least it sees daylight. Tyrone, on the other hand, is fifteen miles up it.

roteague · Aug 18, 2005

Lee L said:
SSshhhhhhh! Someone might hear you.

Lee

I've been to both those places myself.

nexus · Sep 4, 2005

mrcallow said:
Where does a vegetarian go in Texas?

California

my least fave location is the suburbs and anywhere with little brats running around with their parents who don't control them or bother to entertain them properly. a royal pain trying to set up.

Claire Senft · Sep 4, 2005

Behind th eight ball.

jovo · Sep 4, 2005

Rochester, NY. Home of the perpetual Festival of Clouds!!

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