Coney Island, downtown...ever been? other lunch?

[wordherder]

Lou's is surprisingly good, and is pretty competitive with Subway and Quizno's price-wise.  I'm addicted to their chicken subs.

Atlas Grill is pretty good... I'm not a vegetarian, but their black bean burger is quite tasty.

And the owner of Coney Island said he installed those odd schooldesks because the way they were set up would force random strangers to talk to each other.

[Ibanez]

I'm having lunch at the Steak Finger House today. See you there!

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

I'm having lunch at the Steak Finger House today. See you there!

I always get his chicken fried steak sandwich. It is less than three bucks and is yummy!

[Hometown]

Everyone's always talking about the original but I remember my mother taking me to the original back in about 1962.  It was either on 1st or maybe Archer in a long narrow storefront.  All it had were the little school desks, two rows of them facing the cooks behind the counter.

[dbacks fan]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

Everyone's always talking about the original but I remember my mother taking me to the original back in about 1962.  It was either on 1st or maybe Archer in a long narrow storefront.  All it had were the little school desks, two rows of them facing the cooks behind the counter.

The address is 108 W 4th Street.(According to Google maps it's now called Marlin Snacks) It was in that location until there was a transformer explosion that released PCB's into the Kenedy Building basement. The old motor hotel was called the Drury Inn I think.

[SXSW]

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

Still in the shuttered motel at Fourth and Cheyenne, across from the bus depot on one side and Orpha's on the other.

Still got all those little wooden school chair-desk things that are impossible to eat in. I always go for the counter.

With the arena and expanded convention center you would think there would be interest in fixing up the motel just due to location.  I've seen some neat motels in Austin that were fixed up and are now really modern, I wish the same thing could happen with that one.  Anyone remember when it was open??

[TheTed]

When it originally opened in the early 1900s it was in this spot next to the World building, right?

[Hometown]

My mother worked at 5th and Boston in what is now called the IBM building.  She took me to a Coney Island way north of that to a street that bordered the bad part of downtown.  I'm guessing it was Archer or 1st.  She loved coneys and Nelsons and Tulsa in general.  When Tuloma Oil and Gas moved to Chicago she stayed here.  The reason my family is here in Tulsa is because of my mother's affection for Tulsa.  She especially loved the old movie houses downtown.  And in a candid moment she admitted that the great love of her life was Tulsa's Chief of Police.  Sorry, off topic.  I'm inspired by AMP's memories.

[TheTed]

Here's a good story explaining how Tulsa became a Coney town.

Story

[Hometown]

quote:Originally posted by SXSW

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

Still in the shuttered motel at Fourth and Cheyenne, across from the bus depot on one side and Orpha's on the other.

Still got all those little wooden school chair-desk things that are impossible to eat in. I always go for the counter.

With the arena and expanded convention center you would think there would be interest in fixing up the motel just due to location.  I've seen some neat motels in Austin that were fixed up and are now really modern, I wish the same thing could happen with that one.  Anyone remember when it was open??

Yes, like the (beautifully restored) Tiki Hut Motel (not sure if that is the proper name) in Palm Springs where the Rat Pack used to hang out.

[SXSW]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

quote:Originally posted by SXSW

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

Still in the shuttered motel at Fourth and Cheyenne, across from the bus depot on one side and Orpha's on the other.

Still got all those little wooden school chair-desk things that are impossible to eat in. I always go for the counter.

With the arena and expanded convention center you would think there would be interest in fixing up the motel just due to location.  I've seen some neat motels in Austin that were fixed up and are now really modern, I wish the same thing could happen with that one.  Anyone remember when it was open??

Yes, like the (beautifully restored) Tiki Hut Motel (not sure if that is the proper name) in Palm Springs where the Rat Pack used to hang out.

Exactly.  A uniquely Tulsa motel located downtown near the arena/convention center with a great coney restaurant.  Maybe the people behind the Hotel Savoy would be interested?

[carltonplace]

I think we've been in this conversation before. The architectural style of the motel is now referred to as "Do-Wop" and is growing in popularity as people rediscover these building across the country. I think with some fresh paint and a new neon the building would be a nice draw for Route 66 enthusiasts.

Its not my taste personally but I think it adds to the eclecticism of downtown.

"Nostalgia is not what it used to be"

[AMP]

When I was around 4-5 years old I would ride in one of my dad's wholesale delivery trucks with my dad and we would stop for food sometines.

His favorites included Webers Root Beer, The Chuck Wagon Hamburgers on 11th Street, and the Coney place downtown with the little school chairs.  He always told me the more red grease stain that got on the brown paper bag from the time we picked them up till we got home with them, the better the coneys.  

On a few Saturday nights he would take me to the car races at Tulsa Speedway at the Fairgrounds, then we would drive downtown for Coneys.  My mom always scolded him for taking me to the races becuase I always came back with several pieces of clay from the racing surface stuck to my hair and clothes.  Guess alot more than the clay stuck to me.

[westcoastfantasy]

Yea, it's good.  I don't live in T-town anymore but when I fly there I go straight to Coney Island from the airport.  Got to get my fix of coneys.

[OUGrad05]

Ate there today, it was really really good.