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Even Fraternities had "taco eating contests at that "Ponchos"

Allen Saxe, a U.T. Arlington Political Science Professor, wrote a column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram or maybe the Arlington Citizens Journal. Anyway after they closed 7 Seas he wrote: "When you step into the voting booth ask yourself: "Would you buy a used whale from this man?"

Before this place was "Pancho's" it was the "Great Southwest Cafeteria". Pancho's was a fun & jolly place to go to and stuff your face.

Yeah, it’s actually true that Mr. munch used to be a gorilla, but he still has a two machine but they give their update but now he’s a monster I think

Thanks for the video brings past some good family memories. We used to eat here a lot.

It's really sad to see these old buildings, imagine all the years of people having good times at Panchos and now it's just dilapidated building. We used to go to some really fancy Panchos in the 70s in Dallas I don't remember what location. The last time I went to Pancho's in Grand Prairie 15 years ago it was terrible. Thanks for the visit! I'm in Fort Worth and it's cool to see your videos!

We finally took Iris yesterday! Just in time 🤣

I had totally forgot about these (Seven Seas and Hawaii Kai). I remember the TV commercials. Anyone remember Lion Country Safari in Grand Prairie?

Do you know if they’re doing anything special on Halloween day?

I've got to take a trip out to Denton!

I think they are turning that into a Peppa pig amusement park I pass by it every day on my way to work. They have torn down all the putt putt stuff and have almost all the park built it's the one next to the nhr2o behind the sonic on old highway 26

AC was destroyed by copper thieves

great story

I played a lot of miniature golf there in the 70s, video games there in the 80s, drove the cars there in the 90s, and hit baseballs and later softballs there in the batting cages as late as the 21st century.

Ate at that Ponchos all the time when I was a kid. Grew up on the north side of GP. That area was always industrial.

So cool 👻👻👻

NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED

I just found your channel & subbed! Loving the content! 💙💙💙

I worked here the last run summer of 2000. Night shift here would raise the hair on the back of my neck. I think it was razed 04 or 05.

if you see i actually went inside everything inside is falling apart its very dangourous so please dont go back there unless you like doing risky stuff

You forgot to mention that the Spanish Galleon with the pool stayed for awhile with the hotel....dont know when it was finally torn down....they used to have diving shows with the divers jumping off the galleon into the really deep pool during seven seas days...went a few times when i was a kidl

Super toxic land Fort Worth weekly did a story about it like 15 years. That's why it has not been tore down, I'm going to guess they didn't not tell all the people in those apartments all around it.

The Putt Putt Golf & Games championship is the only trophy tou have been given "so far". (You still could win the most awesome drive-inn videos on youtube award)! Keep em coming :)

I loved grandys steak biscuits with a side of gravy & a hash brown. Yum!! Had 3 that i would frequent. Traffic circle ftw, Beach st. Ftw & cooper in Arlington.

Weird fact... Lol. I'm one of the half that can't swim. Always been terrified of water

That is so cool!! Can't believe remnants are still out there. Great find!! Love this channel.

That place is huge. Would uave got a good workout walking that place. Do you have an update? What did it become? Torn down? Still there? Thanks for another great explore.

Been a few years since I saw it, I remember it being a storage place for a trash company.(waste management maybe) Cool explore.

It was also called Hawaii Kiwi in mid 70s

I used to do sound in that glass Pavillion rock structure for a church back in 2004

I can tell you lots about the original things on the site, wrote a paper about this place when I was at uta. For instance, the plaque "in honor of JT Upchurch" was funded by the home's choir, and gifted to him and placed it in front of his prayer chapel (the foundation is located in the front of the cemetery gate on the side that faces the creek). You can also see the original border stones of the cemetery. Not sure if the printing press foundation is still in the park because it's been a minute since I've been there, but it used be in the entrance of the park on the corner of mitchell and cooper.

I spent a lot of money at this very location.

I used to live on Skylark ( old section ). Do you remember when that creek between the Jr High & Stardust flooded ? Boy that was a mess, some of those people lost their houses due to that flood.

Is that in Arlington Tx. ??

The building looks like a Fire Training Tower. If you've ever seen one of those. Like that building, the kind of look like a rich kids play house. lol :~)

I always loved going to Pancho's when I was a kid. Kept going on an off as a grown up, got to keep up the tradition & take the kids. But I guess all good things must come to an end. Out of all buffets, I'd much rather have kept Pancho's. ** Now that I found your channel, I'll have to go back an check out the rest ! :~)

Ifykyk this was THE ponchos the other locations are ass

Is it still there, or did they bulldoze all of it?

Took my kids there many times....sad its gone now

Here in the Houston area, I don't know of any of them still open.

Played there years ago. Enjoyed some candle light inn & some putt putt. It was fun back in the day.

Been there a couple of times, peaceful, but sad. Crazy that its so close to UTA.

A favorite of mine since I was a kid, living in Houston. I go to the one in Humble for my birthday every year and thank God it is still open! It's sad that Pancho's is nearly extinct now, minus a few stray locations still open. Gonna miss Luby's too, another awesome place that is nearly dead as well. People, support the restaurants you love or they will go out of business! This was a cool find and just subscribed!!

I never went but I do remember it from the early 70s going to my aunt's house in Mesquite. It's too bad it didn't last.

I remember it well during my high school and college years as a great place to pig out at low cost.

And you are actually in Grand Prairie but hey close enough

I used to eat at that ponchos for decades.

Absolutely wrong! This female in this video doesn’t know what she’s talking about! The show brought lots of revune to seaside heights!

Went there in Pasadena Tx and Houston lo ed go n 😢

I ate at that location. I think it was around 2009.