Reply With Quote1st Taco Cabana still exists...corner of Hildebrand and San Pedro.
Where was the 2nd Taco Cabana located?
OK...a slow pitch...
Where was the first Taco Cabana?
a little tougher...
Where was the first Lubys?
1st Taco Cabana still exists...corner of Hildebrand and San Pedro.
Where was the 2nd Taco Cabana located?
UTSA Downtown was that Fiesta Plaza (?) mall. That nasty pink thing.
I think the first luby's was on Fred. rd
and the 2nd TC was at Bandera and Wurzbach?
Briefly in the 80's and early 90's...Taco Cabana split into a second franchise...what was it called?
nopeI think the first luby's was on Fred. rd
Was that Fajita Junction or something like that??
you are correct sir...UTSA Downtown was that Fiesta Plaza (?) mall. That nasty pink thing.
Henry Cisnero's famous "pink elephant"...he dumped a bunch of city money into it to "revitalize the west side"...but really to bail out a real estate developer. It sat virtually empty for years...It was such a visible reminder of his screw up being right there by the freeway that they demolished it and gave the property to UTSA...
Briefly in the 80's and early 90's...Taco Cabana split into a second franchise...what was it called?
Tacasita?
Bigzak got it!
hmmmm...
Where was TMI before it moved out by the Dominion?
What used to be where the Lowes at Callaghan and I-10 is now?
Don't know the exact street, but it was in Alamo Heights and overlooked McAllister Freeway (South of where the Quarry Market is now).Where was TMI before it moved out by the Dominion?
How about this one. What was the name of the waterpark that used to be located at San Pedro and McAllister Freeway?
close enough...Don't know the exact street, but it was in Alamo Heights and overlooked McAllister Freeway (South of where the Quarry Market is now).
Couple more:
What was the name of the beer joint/dance halls that were located;
1. Where Parrish and Co. is now on 281 North?
2. Where the auto auction is now on Ackerman Road?
OK...there was a country club out Blanco that had a golf course etc...It is closed now but I think its golf course became one of the Sonterra golf courses when they built stone oak.... What was the name of this country club?
Used to be San Antonio Country Club I'm pretty sure.
Texas Dance Hall...1. Where Parrish and Co. is now on 281 North?
what was the name of the wildly successful C&W bar that used to be in the Colonies Mall? At it's peak at midnight every night of the week almost the whole mall parking lot would be full...
*BZZZZZZZZ*Used to be San Antonio Country Club I'm pretty sure.
wrong
San Antonio Country Club is still alive and kicking on New Braunfels near Ft. Sam...
Midget Mansion?What used to be where the Lowes at Callaghan and I-10 is now?
no wait...isn't that now Mouse's place?
you are correct sir...not sure about the midgets but it was an abandoned mansion...very classical greek with big stone Ionic columns on the front porch...
a good one...
what was the name of the "famous" mexican gangster/heroin dealer based in San Antonio...finally got sent up to Huntsville...but somehow got guns smuggled in to the prison and held a bunch of teachers and librarians hostage in the prison library for 11 days till he killed a couple and then killed himself...
How about this one. What was the name of the waterpark that used to be located at San Pedro and McAllister Freeway?
I don't remember, but I do remember breaking my tailbone there...
Actually, I'm thinking of the water park that was off I35 (not Splashtown, but on the other side of the highway)..
There used to be a drive-in around there, too. :wink
"what was the name of the "famous" mexican gangster/heroin dealer based in San Antonio...finally got sent up to Huntsville...but somehow got guns smuggled in to the prison and held a bunch of teachers and librarians hostage in the prison library for 11 days till he killed a couple and then killed himself..." ...........Fred Gomez Carrasco
"What was the name of the beer joint/dance halls that were located;
1. Where Parrish and Co. is now on 281 North?
2. Where the auto auction is now on Ackerman Road?"..........1. Texas dance hall . 2. Golden Stallion next to Conestoga
The first Luby's was on Main
I don't remember the name of the pet store, but I remember going in there all the time when I was getting my watch(s) fixed at Adrienne's--the jewelry shop next door to it.The Winn's distro warehouse is on 410 south wher it splits from IH35. I remember them because I would go to the pet store next to the one on Austin Hwy all the time. Hmmmm what was the name of that pet store?
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