1849 Village on University
#1
Posted 29 December 2009 - 03:37 PM
Opera House Theater--movies
Lum's--hot dogs and sandwiches
Pizza Inn--duh
Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken--duh
Pepe Taco--think poor man's Taco Bell
Bonanza Steakhouse--cafeteria style steaks
maybe a video arcade?
Mrs. O'Leary's Ice Cream Parlor--bells and sirens went off when you came out of the bathroom.
A gazebo in the middle for occasional live music.
Am I missing anything?
The only physical building still remaining is Minnie Pearl's--It's now the Hoffbrau Steakhouse.
#3
Posted 30 December 2009 - 02:47 PM
1. Movie theater : saw Paint your Wagon in 1969
2. Ice Cream store.
3. I do seem to remember Lums and there was one out on East Lancaster also.
#4
Posted 30 December 2009 - 03:19 PM
Double Huh? What's the background to your post?
Bruce Burton
#5
Posted 30 December 2009 - 04:22 PM
#6
Posted 30 December 2009 - 04:29 PM
Yeah, maybe Shakey's Pizza Parlor--not Pizza Inn.
By the way, Lum's was also on Berry St. and is now Mama's Pizza.
#7
Posted 30 December 2009 - 05:15 PM
Opera House Opening
#8
Posted 30 December 2009 - 07:04 PM
I also remember the go cart track.
#9
Posted 30 December 2009 - 08:43 PM
I also remember the go cart track.
#10
Posted 31 December 2009 - 06:10 AM
Opera House Opening
Cool article; thanks for posting. I remember seeing Star Wars at the Opera House. Beautiful Theatre.
I remember going to some birthday parties at O'leary's. They'd serve the birthday person some sort of flaming Ice cream dish & firemen would rush out and extinguish the flames with whipped cream or some such. Remember it being a fun place.
There was a Lum's on E. Lancaster, too. The building is still there. Some sort of medical place now I think.
#11
Posted 31 December 2009 - 11:28 AM
A go-cart track ( the same one that is located N on University) across University.
A moto-cross track that I recall using Honda 50s.
Bicycles Built Two as well as the Paddle boats.
The Parkair Drive In still open.
#12
Posted 31 December 2009 - 12:15 PM
A go-cart track ( the same one that is located N on University) across University.
A moto-cross track that I recall using Honda 50s.
Bicycles Built Two as well as the Paddle boats.
The Parkair Drive In still open.
#13
Posted 01 January 2010 - 12:23 AM
I seem to remember a video arcade there, too, as the '70s was when I discovered video games. Thanks to member "ramjet" and his link to Boxoffice magazine, Phillip C. Tidball, president of Tejas Theatres at that time, also owned the nearby Parkaire Drive-In Theatre after his father, L.C. Tidball, passed away in 1966. The younger Mr. Tidball held on to the drive-in until around 1972, when he leased it to McLendon Theatres.
Very cool topic, unknowntbone, and "Welcome Aboard"!
--Saginaw
#14
Posted 01 January 2010 - 10:38 PM
Can you imagine what an insurance nightmare that would be today.............they didn't even require helmets
Moto Cross
year of graduation? ( I was '71)
#16
Posted 05 January 2010 - 12:09 PM
Can you imagine what an insurance nightmare that would be today.............they didn't even require helmets
Moto Cross
year of graduation? ( I was '71)
#17
Posted 05 January 2010 - 03:51 PM
I graduated in '76. I still have my lovely bicentennial class ring, with "Spirit of '76" on one side, and a confederate rebel on the other.
Mark. Class of '72 here. Did you know that the 'rebel' mascot had nothing to do with the Confederacy? The first class of Wedgwood area residents--'69, I think--had a choice between Paschal and Southwest and those that left Paschal were considered rebels.
Anyhoo, O'Leary's Ice Cream Parlor later became Spencer's Palace for drinkin', disco-dancin', and wet t-shirtin'
And someone earlier mentioned Philip Tidball as owning the theater. That's right, and it was managed by a Mr. Campbell. He always wore a white tuxedo jacket with a little 'Country-Western' bow tie type of thing like Charlie Pride wore, and Mr. Campbell claimed he invented.
#18
Posted 05 January 2010 - 04:07 PM
Mark. Class of '72 here. Did you know that the 'rebel' mascot had nothing to do with the Confederacy? The first class of Wedgwood area residents--'69, I think--had a choice between Paschal and Southwest and those that left Paschal were considered rebels.
Actually, Southwest opened in 1967 with only sophomores and juniors. There was no senior class the first year. I was in the sophomore class and we voted on the mascot. Rebels was selected among 3 options. The new building wasn't completed until January 1968 and we shared the Paschal campus, actually the shacks, until that time. By having no senior class the first year, none of the Paschal seniors had to move to Southwest. I don't recall any option for the juniors that lived in the Southwest district to remain at Paschal.
#19
Posted 05 January 2010 - 05:00 PM
Actually, Southwest opened in 1967 with only sophomores and juniors. There was no senior class the first year. I was in the sophomore class and we voted on the mascot. Rebels was selected among 3 options. The new building wasn't completed until January 1968 and we shared the Paschal campus, actually the shacks, until that time. By having no senior class the first year, none of the Paschal seniors had to move to Southwest. I don't recall any option for the juniors that lived in the Southwest district to remain at Paschal.
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That's right, Bailey. I was referring to the first 'graduating' class---'69. They were the only ones that could choose between the two schools.
#20
Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:04 PM
Noop, O'Leary's became the Daily Double (what a happy hour!) while the former Farmer's Daughter Steakhouse down the street became Spencer's Palace.
#21
Posted 06 January 2010 - 08:36 AM
Noop, O'Leary's became the Daily Double (what a happy hour!) while the former Farmer's Daughter Steakhouse down the street became Spencer's Palace.
Yeah, the Daily Double! Do you remember if Spencer had anything to do with it? ...come to think of it, it was Spencer's CORNER that had the wet t-shirt contests. That was in the old TCU Drug store.
#22
Posted 08 January 2010 - 09:41 AM
Other establishments along University were Wilkinson's Pet Store near Carlson's, and the old skating rink. When I was a child was a popular place for birthday parties.
1849 Village was quite a hang-out for both Southwest and Paschal kids. There was some sort of Gazebo-like stage structure in the middle of the restaurants that comes to mind for me only because I recall Steve Gravitt doing what may have been the world's first Karoke performance there in '69 or '70. Some local band was playing and Steve went up and commandeered the mike from the lead singer and sang for the crowd.
Brad
#23
Posted 16 May 2010 - 12:22 PM
#24
Posted 16 May 2010 - 03:31 PM
#25
Posted 25 July 2010 - 04:57 PM
Opera House Theater--movies
Lum's--hot dogs and sandwiches
Pizza Inn--duh
Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken--duh
Pepe Taco--think poor man's Taco Bell
Bonanza Steakhouse--cafeteria style steaks
maybe a video arcade?
Mrs. O'Leary's Ice Cream Parlor--bells and sirens went off when you came out of the bathroom.
A gazebo in the middle for occasional live music.
Am I missing anything?
The only physical building still remaining is Minnie Pearl's--It's now the Hoffbrau Steakhouse.
in the early 80s the ice cream parlor was bought by two doctors harry whip and dixson presnell, i ran the nite club for them fannies, after a couple of years we sold it to spencer taylor , he opened the daily double niteclub, it was a huge sucess.
#26
Posted 26 July 2010 - 09:46 AM
Noop, O'Leary's became the Daily Double (what a happy hour!) while the former Farmer's Daughter Steakhouse down the street became Spencer's Palace.
#27
Posted 26 July 2010 - 12:54 PM
Noop, O'Leary's became the Daily Double (what a happy hour!) while the former Farmer's Daughter Steakhouse down the street became Spencer's Palace.
wrong , it was fannies , then the daily double , i know that for a fact. because i did the transfer with spencer taylor .
#28
Posted 12 August 2010 - 11:00 AM
#29
Posted 13 August 2010 - 09:41 AM
#30
Posted 21 August 2010 - 02:06 AM
Wow, I'd forgotten all about the helicopter rides. Never rode but remember seeing them take off. I remember The Opera House very well. They had the most comfortable seats of any indoor cinema in town. In fact, I can remember actually dozing off at least twice in that theater, no matter how good the movie was! I remember the Opera House had a slightly elevated floor in the back rows that gradually tapered down towards the screen, almost creating a stadium seating effect. Practically every seat was a good one. I even remember the critics of the day, people like Elston Brooks and Perry Stewart, calling it the best in town.
#31
Posted 21 August 2010 - 03:13 AM
Had a friend in HiSchool who worked at O' Leary's and that was all good--no insider horror stories to tarnish those 1849 Villiage memories.
#32
Posted 21 August 2010 - 04:10 PM
#33
Posted 26 August 2010 - 03:55 PM
I was a doorman there in the early days, and if we knew one of the critics was coming to the theater, I would sit in the preferred seat when the doors opened so no one else could sit there. When Gordon or Stewart showed up, I would have to go back to tearing tickets.
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Posted 26 August 2010 - 08:40 PM
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Posted 17 November 2010 - 08:12 PM
#37
Posted 20 January 2011 - 11:25 AM
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Noop, O'Leary's became the Daily Double (what a happy hour!) while the former Farmer's Daughter Steakhouse down the street became Spencer's Palace.
#38
Posted 20 January 2011 - 11:28 AM
#39
Posted 23 January 2014 - 03:49 AM
QUOTE (ramjet @ Dec 30 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The movie theater was called the Opera House. For some reason I remember seeing "Scanners" there. The bad guy's head explodes. (Perhaps that's why.) Here's a fun link to Opera House history:
Opera House Opening
Cool article; thanks for posting. I remember seeing Star Wars at the Opera House. Beautiful Theatre.
I remember going to some birthday parties at O'leary's. They'd serve the birthday person some sort of flaming Ice cream dish & firemen would rush out and extinguish the flames with whipped cream or some such. Remember it being a fun place.
There was a Lum's on E. Lancaster, too. The building is still there. Some sort of medical place now I think.
Firehouse Fandango (the ice cream / fireman dish above). Nice to read this as well as many other old threads.
#40
Posted 10 April 2022 - 06:58 AM
I was just reminiscing about University Drive near the Trinity River, circa 1968ish. There were also paddle boat rentals on the river, and a go-cart track where the Residence Inn now sits. 1849 Village was a group of eating and entertainment businesses all together in one small area of land. The architecture might remind you of the "Confederate" section of Six Flags at the time.
Yeah, maybe Shakey's Pizza Parlor--not Pizza Inn.
By the way, Lum's was also on Berry St. and is now Mama's Pizza.
There was an archery range as well near the Trinity River.
#41
Posted 01 July 2022 - 05:50 PM
When the released the first Star Wars movie, I saw it at the movie theater in 1849 villlage.
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#42
Posted 11 July 2023 - 01:54 PM
I stumbled across this ad for 1849 Village, and somehow remembered this thread.
https://usg02.safeli...q9s=&reserved=0
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#44
Posted 11 July 2023 - 05:55 PM
This website says the Opera House closed in 1985:
https://cinematreasu.../theaters/24576
I remember watching the movie "Earthquake" there.
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#46
Posted 11 July 2023 - 10:06 PM
This website says the Opera House closed in 1985:
https://cinematreasu.../theaters/24576
I remember watching the movie "Earthquake" there.
Sunday October 20, 1985
#47
Posted 12 July 2023 - 12:04 AM
I remember watching the movie "Earthquake" there.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
#48
Posted 12 July 2023 - 06:47 AM
Was O'leary's the building in the rear left corner in that Advertisement picture? Looks like that building might of had an upper level and in my memory O'leary's had an upper "balcony" like area, and I want to think it was around back...I was very young then, i may be confusing it another place.
University from 30 to the river was a fun stretch back then. The zoo entrance was right there back then too, and the zoo rides were located by the entrance. A great area for kids.
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