OY… this is closer to Tuckahoe Rd…It’s hard to figure this all out because Everything has changed so much. For instance this photo is of Central Ave and Tuckahoe road before the underpass was built. Roosevelt HS would be and still is located directly behind the photographer. Carlo’s restaurant is still there too.
Wow, cool to see that pic of Central Ave/Tuckahoe Rd from the 50’s. I didn’t move into that area until 1973. That Esso station became the County Animal Clinic, where I worked while I was in Roosevelt High School, (graduated in '80), and then a few years later when I was the overnight emergency animal technician for awhile. I lived back then, and do so once again, just a few blocks back behind those trees.
And look at all those trees, which are now apartment buildings.
Ok, no wonder I don’t really recognize it as I usually don’t get down that far.
There was another Jahn’s over in Union NJ and we did order the KS one day, 24 scoops, 24 toppings. It was enormous. Plenty to go around and then the Birthday Boy picked it up and tried to drink the melted ice cream. It did not end well.
I grew up in the Bronx and there was a Jahn’s off Fordham Road near the Grand Concourse. The kitchen sink was legendary. I was always amazed how the waiters could remember multiple orders without writing anything down…
And if Jahn’s was too crowded, there was always Krum’s ( I believe it was called, please correct me) on the Concourse, across from the Loew’s Paradise Theater. They operated a store in White Plains for a time years ago.
Yep, Krums! And the Loews Paradise was my favorite theater. The stars on the ceiling like you were outdoors. I think Addie Vallens was in the Bronx too.
I bet Loews in New Rochelle had the same thing.
It was sad, when New Rochelle began its demise, to see the seats from the gutted RKO out on the street. Yes, I should have taken one, but I didn’t.
Did you know (way back when, of course) that each theater only showed movies from certain studios, because the studios owned the theaters? I didn’t know that until I began watching TCM.
Interesting. The things you learn on TCM!
Anyone remember Cooks Windmill between Larchmont and Mamaroneck on BPT? Food somewhat unfabulous, but those great games.
I don’t, but welcome to the discussion! Is BPT Boston Post? How about Jonathan Seagull’s?
Absolutely. Right down the road from the unremarkable McDonald’s. Lasted a good long time until it became something forgettable.
Yes, BPT is Boston Post Road. We didn’t do much in Larchmont or Mamaroneck, all I can recall with distinct clarity is going to McDonald’s on the night of the blackout in 1965.
I think I remember the National Guard, I think I remember McDonald’s being open, but how could they be?
We didn’t stray far from home. Walter’s was a big deal, and Saxon Woods Park for picnics? We thought we were driving to the great north west.
For sure. Seagull was one of many resto’s that occupied that space.
Down By The Bay was one that flourished for awhile in the 90’s… Today this is what’s there.
Great location by the harbor, but not many tables with a view;
No - I don’t remember a view at all. But I loved that place!!!
Hmmm…re Piccola Casa
It was there two weeks ago…they will not be there much longer … the building is for sale
The clam sauce is just fine
Hi Louuuuu…welcome
I Vaguely remember the windmill, but was never inside
I also remember lions … in front of a Chinese restaurant?
Tung Hoy?
We didn’t like it, went to Soo Chow in New Rochelle instead.
I was never inside either, that’s not to say I didn’t want to … I just remember driving by
on the way to someplace else.
When did they change it so that theaters showed movies from different studios? (I haven’t been to a theater to see a movie since Michael, with John Travolta, released on christmas day in 1996, and my car stereo was stolen. And that was the first movie I had seen in a theater since the early to mid 80’s, or maybe even the 70’s. I guess you figured out I don’t like movie theaters.)
It was China Lion before Tung Hoy, which accounts for the Lions at the entrance. Chowdom, It’s a shame you never made it inside. CL was a beautiful space with sexy lighting and blue lit aquaria. The cooks were light on the MSG, generous on the pour, and Bob Poon was a gracious host. Ample parking. It was always a toss up between CL and Ray’s in Larchmont. For a movie, it was Rays down the block from the Larchmont Theater. For ease, it was China Lion.
Tung Hoy was an insult to the legacy of China Lion.
Thank you
