We had a Toddle House in our neighborhood. After having our braces tightened, my mom would take us there to have a hamburger. They were great even though our teeth hurt from being tightened. The building is still there yet many businesses have occupied it. Great memories!
Seems like a great concept. Simple building, simple menu, stainless steel counter and white tile floor both easy to keep clean. Not sure how that honor system paying would work now-a-days though, lol.
We loved the delicious sweet rolls they had at the Toddle House in Milwaukee! My Mom and I used to fly to Milwaukee so I could see the Dr. who invented the Mikwaukee Brace for scoliosis. We always brought a bag full of them back home to the Bronx after every visit. How sad we were when we found it had closed when we went back one time. I'll never forget those sweet rolls. 😋😋😋
I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1950's and 1960's: at one time there were five such restaurants in the city. I have FOND memories of Toddle House! Sadly, by early 1970's, Toddle House (and Dobbs House) were gone; mostly rubbed out by the "fast food" chains. Toddle House hamburgers and French Fries (or hash browns) were delicious and had the home-made taste. Also, their "home baked" pies were "to die for"! They were open 24 hours/seven days a week! My dad used to take me there late at night for a snack; great quality time at a memorable quality diner! My mother once recalled, that as a very young child when I was with the folks eating at Toddle House, I told a waitress who had just tipped over a glass of milk, and was flustered: "Don't cry over spilt milk!" ..... Such were the days!
*( from your Amite branch of the family) "Thanks for the memories!" (and apologies to Bob Hope!) I was born in Baton Rouge in the early "Boomers era" 1948, and recall a "TODDLE HOUSE"™ on Convention St. (and/or Government St., Florida Blvd.). In my college years and early years to follow, I lived in Orangeburg and Greenville, SC both of which had at least one "TODDLE HOUSE"® Good times. . . 😊
@@mauricewascom658 Hello! Thanks for the reply. I am a couple years younger than you! But the Toddle Houses I remember in Baton Rouge were located: Florida St., Main St., 3rd St. (these were all downtown), Scenic Hwy., and Plank Rd. There were Dobbs House restaurants , also, in the mid-city area. ALL are long gone, and only recalled by folks our age or older. You may indeed be a distant cousin! I am my dad's only son; my dad was his father's only son: my grandfather had one brother who, although married, had no children (to my knowledge); my grandfather Wascom's parents both died before 1900. I know NOTHING about them (or their siblings, if they existed). Our branch of the family settled in Livingston and St. Helena parishes. My folks settled in Baton Rouge, because that's where the work was.
where they still being built in the 90s? because one was built near me during that time judging by these historical arial satellite views i found. But that cant be right its an old chain. But it still there and i can confirm it looks just like one of these toddle house buildings
@@PerfectlyFunctioningAI The "new" (or "resurrected") Toddle House chain, spoken of by the narrator in the Recollection Road video, may have been still building/expanding in the 1990's. It was a larger facility than the original Toddle Houses. I remember one located near New Orleans International Airport. But the bulk of "original" Toddle Houses were erected early 1930's thru late 1950's. There are still some original Toddle House buildings standing; but they've long been purposed for another use.
@@michaelwascom62As a child I lived in the 2- story pink house next door to the TH on Main St. I remember the tall glass & chrome pie cases on the counter with slices of pie displayed on the little glass shelves. The chocolate cream pie was to die for & cost I think 15 cents a slice. At the counter were high backless stools with seats covered in shiny minty green plastic & I liked to sit & spin myself around. The waitress was a bleached blonde who chain smoked & called everybody "Hon" & "Sugar." That old pink house had been converted into apartments when my family lived there; it had previously been a brothel in the 1930s. Later on (in the 70s I think) it was converted into a trendy restaurant called the Nickolodean. By that time the Toddle House was gone, I think it had burned down.
I recall the Toddle House Restaurant on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indianapolis just south of West 25th Street in 1961-62. We use to sit in that one all night drinking coffee and. It was slow at that time and the cook and other staff like our company as we were the only customers for the most part.
My grandmother Ruby Sutherland worked for the Toddle House way back in the '50s and '60s. She was one heck of a waitress, and so good with customers. I loved visiting her at work, it was such a family environment, and no one was a stranger there.
They paid with the honor system. Imagine doing that today...half would not even pay, and people would be coming in armed and connect a chain to it and drag it into the street with a truck. And the cops would not even come because they were defunded.😩
Truly, I ate at the Toddle House in Houston many times when I was young. There's nothing like it today. Wasn't it in the Montrose area? It's been so long ago! A left a longer comment somewhere in this string. Thank you for yours.
We had a Toddle House right next to our Travel Lodge Motel in Galesburg, IL in 1968 and later. Black Bottom Pie, eggs and waffles. Our Pizza Hut closing crew would go over for breakfast after midnight. Yummie.
There is still the building that was a Toddle House between 17th. and 18th. streets on Austin Ave. Waco, TX. Across the street from the Public Library. You can probably see it using Google Earth Street View.
Yes! I well remember it! My grandfather once told me the restaurant was there in the 1940's; he would dine there when his job brought him to the Capital City.
Toddle House. There was one in East Cleveland. I don’t recall it being very successful in the fifties and early sixties. Most people ate at Manners and Royal Castle. The along came McDonalds.
I was a folksinger in the '60s and after very late night set my trio and I reviewed our performances of the previous day and night, then rehearsed for some hours. We stopped at a Toddle House in Mobile. AL, where on the television above the counter we heard of the assassination of President Kennedy; it remains the saddest and most acute memory of my lifetime I
I used to go there, It was on north broad st. in the early 80's after Micheals lounge closed. That grill lady (I think she was blond german lady) was an amazing wizard on the grill. I used to watch her cook in awe of how fast she was.
I grew up in the sixties, too young to have ever seen a Toddle House that I can remember. But my father can remember as a college student after WW II, being able to get good food inexpensively at them.
We ate at a Toddle House in 1984 or 1985 around Christmas time and they were giving out flat brass ornaments in the shape of the building with ‘Toddle House’ engraved on it. I still hang that ornament on the Christmas tree! It’s the one pictured at 6:05 and it is still a diner today!
There are so many places RR features that I've never heard of, but it is still fun to learn about them. Maybe a former home town favorite that operated in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Indiana will be featured here someday - Bill Knapp's restaurants 🙂
Very interesting....wish I would of been lucky enough to have eaten there! I'd love if you did a segment on PO FOLKS and PIONEER CHICKEN. I'm from Sac, Ca and we once had them both. I LOVED them as a child.
I remember the Toddle House on Louisville, Ave. in our town of Monroe, Louisiana in 1958 when I was about 12. In the 60s it was sold and turned into the "Copper Penny" restaurant. It's been many things since that time. Today it's Enoch's Irish Pub. It still has it's original Toddle House "bones" and has been well taken of.
Never heard of any of these restaurants but Waffle House. Though we don't have (or haven't had)one in the cities I have lived, I have always liked diners. And diner sized places such as Toddle House early buildings.
Fabulous! This restaurant has been on my mind quite a while, but i never could recall the name. I just recall the cute little building it was in, in this case Lubbock Tx., And going there as a kid. I just recall it was like Tuttle house, well then suddenly this ad pops up and it rang a bell! I was ckose on the name. I remember my folks and I would sometimes go there like they would get coffee and dessert and i prolly got hot chocolate or milk. Nice memories! I have passed by several places throughout Tx. also that have that shape of building and I think, I just know that was one of thoise restaurants. I know they werent around that long in Lubbock, but there is also lots of competition there.
I think they were around in Lubbock a bit longer than I might have expected. Matter of fact, I think there were two Toddle Houses in Lubbock. One, right across from Lubbock High School, and another on 34th. The building may still be there on 34th, I believe. It's been several other businesses since those days. ~
We used to have a Toddle House on Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore, just northwest of the Pimlico race track. I never ate there, but it was usually very busy. They had a lot of competition from the local White Tower and Little Tavern, just a few blocks down the street.
We had a little Toddle House on a major street for years, right next to a Simple Simon. They had the best chocolate cream pie ever. Of course, though, they both bit the dust eventually, to be replaced by a crappy Wendy's and Arby's. Ours didn't have that honor system to pay, though, they had cash registers.
Morrison’s cafe was a wonderful place to eat, also a place called Po Folks and Grandys were southern style chain restaurants. Would love to see the history on these places! Great video RR , you always do it so well!
They had several Toddle House locations here in the Houston area. Never went there, because i was too young. I remember seeing them in the early eighties. I still see the empty buildings around here.
I'm from Houston (now Rogers, Arkansas), was raised there in the 50s and 60s, and I remember them AND Dobbs House very well. They were wonderful! Nothing like them any more.
There was a Toddle House on East Washington St in Indianapolis in the 60's. They had great hamburgers, vegie soup, and chocolate cream pie. as well as banana cream pie. I loved it, even though I was just a kid.
Ah, I remember those buildings in Orlando as Steak & Egg. One was still a diner by my old apartment downtown but is now gone. There’s one still standing by our hospital which I believe is now a law office. Very cool video.
1970 or'71 I went to the Toddle House on Central Ave. Albuquerque, NM. Had Breakfast at 2:00 in the morning. This one had a cash register and it cost $1.25. The building is still there and it is a hot dog stand. They had a great waffle, hash browns with eggs. Some things you think will always be there, but they're not. Thanks for your videos.
My family used to go there all the time..... here in Memphis. They were the best..... cozy, classy, great food. By then there were booths, tables..... not just counters.
These restaurants were around in Arlington, VA in the early sixties and their 'Hash Brown Potatoes' were my favorite; which were small cubed potatoes seasoned with paprika. Their cheeseburgers were outstanding too. They were mainly known for their breakfast menu and were open 24 hours. Sad to hear they folded and are no longer on the East Coast.
The last Toddle House I went to was in Myrtle Beach about the early 2000s. It was on Route 17, just across from Atlantic Avenue where is goes into Garden City.
I'm from Memphis and didn't know this history. I remember seeing the cute little buildings though. I think some are still in use for other restaurants. Great video, thanks!
There were two diner chains in Houston TX that I remember well and miss very much. There was this one, and there was Dobbs House, although I don't find any reference to Dobbs House on UA-cam. However, they were very similar. I vividly remember that one of them (either Dobbs or Toddle) served a wonderful rum-flavored dessert called Blackbottom Pie, and one of them used to sauté their hash browns in paprika oil, which gave them a wonderful flavor.
There's a building at 2910 Hillcroft in Houston that's now a Vietnam Coast restaurant. The county says the building was constructed in 1985, but there's no way that can be true. Must have been a remodel. The place has the twin faux chimneys on either side, it has the same awning above the door and it's not very deep. The front is all windows now, but even with that, I always thought it resembled a house. It must have been a Toddle House in the past.
I love all these videos, I have to get that out of the way first. I always wondered why our local Waffle House (Metro Toledo, Ohio) had my favorite dish called the “Toddle House“ omelette. Thanks for solving that mystery for me!
Waffle House bought the recipe/rights to the Toddle House Omelette - they use a milkshake blender to whip the eggs before frying. All WHs have it on the full menu, which you need to ask for.
Remember Toddle House in Cincinnati on Clifton Avenue a couple of blocks north of the University of Cincinnati and near Good Samaritan Hospital around 1960. About 15 years later my kids were born at Good Sam, don’t remember if Toddle House was still in operation. The building was still there I think.
Yeah we had a Toddle House in Midland, Texas when I was a middle school and high school kid in the late 1960's. The food choices were limited, I mean look at the menu in the video. Mainly a Toddle House, being open 24 hours, did most of their business after 2am, when all the bars in town would close. That is when people used to show up to get some coffee and some light food in order to sober up some. It was early breakfast fast food, similar to the later Kettles brand, which was another 2:15am hotspot for the same reasons.
I remember going to a Toddle House in the '60's with my dad. He loved pancakes! I don't think the building looked exactly like that.. After many renovations, today it is a doctor's office. I do recall a building that looked like that from that same time period, but it was not a restaurant at that time. That building still stands and looks original.
Hello! I have commented here before on the topic of "Toddle House" restaurants. I love "Recollection Road's" tribute to "Toddle House". I enjoyed many a meal there in the 1950's and '60's. Notable: In 2024, there is NO longer any TODDLE HOUSE, nor DOBBS HOUSE, nor STEAK and EGG KITCHEN. Just like the 1960's song: "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" sings, they are 'GONE , GONE, GONE!" Now days, the "fast food" industry is going, going, gone! Either bygones are reaping revenge, or "what goes around comes around."
In Houston at my neighborhood a little over a mile away from me and, I always see that small and cute building is up for sale. And for many years it seems like nobody wants to buy that tiny Toddle House restaurant. Way too small anyway.
Never had one of these restaurants in Wisconsin. Those little white buildings look so inviting. I have been to a couple Waffle Houses when I was in Florida visiting family! Love their food!
After collage I landed a job as head archatech and I building stuff but the stuff I build kept falling over or braking so I started to be superstitious an ended up hiding dry aged beef products inside the walls of the buildings and since then no buildin I have builded has fallen
I've never heard of Toddle House, but I want one of those buildings! They're adorable!!
LOL!! The one we had really was tiny, but they didnt have the honor system. That must have been before my time... 😎
My Mom use to work at the Toddle House for many many years I remember it well
We had a Toddle House in our neighborhood. After having our braces tightened, my mom would take us there to have a hamburger. They were great even though our teeth hurt from being tightened. The building is still there yet many businesses have occupied it. Great memories!
Seems like a great concept. Simple building, simple menu, stainless steel counter and white tile floor both easy to keep clean. Not sure how that honor system paying would work now-a-days though, lol.
We loved the delicious sweet rolls they had at the Toddle House in Milwaukee! My Mom and I used to fly to Milwaukee so I could see the Dr. who invented the Mikwaukee Brace for scoliosis. We always brought a bag full of them back home to the Bronx after every visit. How sad we were when we found it had closed when we went back one time. I'll never forget those sweet rolls. 😋😋😋
I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1950's and 1960's: at one time there were five such restaurants in the city. I have FOND memories of Toddle House!
Sadly, by early 1970's, Toddle House (and Dobbs House) were gone; mostly rubbed out by the "fast food" chains.
Toddle House hamburgers and French Fries (or hash browns) were delicious and had the home-made taste. Also, their "home baked" pies were "to die for"!
They were open 24 hours/seven days a week!
My dad used to take me there late at night for a snack; great quality time at a memorable quality diner!
My mother once recalled, that as a very young child when I was with the folks eating at Toddle House, I told a waitress who had just tipped over a glass of milk, and was flustered: "Don't cry over spilt milk!"
..... Such were the days!
*( from your Amite branch of the family) "Thanks for the memories!" (and apologies to Bob Hope!)
I was born in Baton Rouge in the early
"Boomers era" 1948, and recall a "TODDLE HOUSE"™ on Convention St. (and/or
Government St., Florida Blvd.).
In my college years and early years to follow, I lived in Orangeburg and Greenville, SC both of which had at least one "TODDLE HOUSE"®
Good times. . . 😊
@@mauricewascom658 Hello! Thanks for the reply.
I am a couple years younger than you! But the Toddle Houses I remember in Baton Rouge were located: Florida St., Main St., 3rd St. (these were all downtown), Scenic Hwy., and Plank Rd.
There were Dobbs House restaurants , also, in the mid-city area.
ALL are long gone, and only recalled by folks our age or older.
You may indeed be a distant cousin!
I am my dad's only son; my dad was his father's only son: my grandfather had one brother who, although married, had no children (to my knowledge); my grandfather Wascom's parents both died before 1900. I know NOTHING about them (or their siblings, if they existed). Our branch of the family settled in Livingston and St. Helena parishes. My folks settled in Baton Rouge, because that's where the work was.
where they still being built in the 90s? because one was built near me during that time judging by these historical arial satellite views i found. But that cant be right its an old chain. But it still there and i can confirm it looks just like one of these toddle house buildings
@@PerfectlyFunctioningAI The "new" (or "resurrected") Toddle House chain, spoken of by the narrator in the Recollection Road video, may have been still building/expanding in the 1990's. It was a larger facility than the original Toddle Houses. I remember one located near New Orleans International Airport.
But the bulk of "original" Toddle Houses were erected early 1930's thru late 1950's. There are still some original Toddle House buildings standing; but they've long been purposed for another use.
@@michaelwascom62As a child I lived in the 2- story pink house next door to the TH on Main St. I remember the tall glass & chrome pie cases on the counter with slices of pie displayed on the little glass shelves. The chocolate cream pie was to die for & cost I think 15 cents a slice. At the counter were high backless stools with seats covered in shiny minty green plastic & I liked to sit & spin myself around. The waitress was a bleached blonde who chain smoked & called everybody "Hon" & "Sugar." That old pink house had been converted into apartments when my family lived there; it had previously been a brothel in the 1930s. Later on (in the 70s I think) it was converted into a trendy restaurant called the Nickolodean. By that time the Toddle House was gone, I think it had burned down.
I recall the Toddle House Restaurant on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indianapolis just south of West 25th Street in 1961-62. We use to sit in that one all night drinking coffee and. It was slow at that time and the cook and other staff like our company as we were the only customers for the most part.
My grandmother Ruby Sutherland worked for the Toddle House way back in the '50s and '60s. She was one heck of a waitress, and so good with customers. I loved visiting her at work, it was such a family environment, and no one was a stranger there.
They paid with the honor system. Imagine doing that today...half would not even pay, and people would be coming in armed and connect a chain to it and drag it into the street with a truck. And the cops would not even come because they were defunded.😩
Unfortunately honor is in short supply these days. I agree with you.
I had never heard of Harlem House, barely heard of Toddle House. Very interesting!
It's so weird that these places make me reminisce and revere a time in which I never even lived.
I lived then, sweet Lucille, and they were wonderful, gentle, and innocent times compared to the present world.
We had a Toddle House near us and I remember going there as a teen and enjoying their awesome pecan waffles.
We had a Toddle House down the road from us in Houston in the mid 80's.
They made a great breakfast.
Truly, I ate at the Toddle House in Houston many times when I was young. There's nothing like it today. Wasn't it in the Montrose area? It's been so long ago! A left a longer comment somewhere in this string. Thank you for yours.
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There were several of them throughout Houston.
They made a good breakfast,wish they were still around.
I wish I were old enough to remember this. “Toddle” is such a cute word.
Once again, I learned something new here. Thank you! This was a fun video.
Just south of Alexandria, VA, a "new" Toddle House was built on Quander Rd, near the intersection with Richmond Hwy. Today, it's a Five Guys.
I grew up in Atlanta in the sixties, and I remember seeing these. Never ate at one though.
We had a Toddle House right next to our Travel Lodge Motel in Galesburg, IL in 1968 and later. Black Bottom Pie, eggs and waffles. Our Pizza Hut closing crew would go over for breakfast after midnight. Yummie.
Interesting how many other businesses had roots from this company. Never heard of Toddle House until today.
There is still the building that was a Toddle House between 17th. and 18th. streets on Austin Ave. Waco, TX. Across the street from the Public Library.
You can probably see it using Google Earth Street View.
I well remember the Toddle House in the 400 block of Florida Street in Baton Rouge and those delish chocolate and lemon pies.
Yes! I well remember it! My grandfather once told me the restaurant was there in the 1940's; he would dine there when his job brought him to the Capital City.
Toddle House. There was one in East Cleveland. I don’t recall it being very successful in the fifties and early sixties. Most people ate at Manners and Royal Castle. The along came McDonalds.
I was a folksinger in the '60s and after very late night set my trio and I reviewed our performances of the previous day and night, then rehearsed for some hours. We stopped at a Toddle House in Mobile. AL, where on the television above the counter we heard of the assassination of President Kennedy; it remains the saddest and most acute memory of my lifetime
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We used to go to the Toddle house in Jenkintown PA late at night when I was single always for breakfast and it was great.
I never heard of Toddle House until now. I grew up in the western portion of the USA.
There was a Toddle House in my hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey. It closed down in the late 80's.
I used to go there, It was on north broad st. in the early 80's after Micheals lounge closed. That grill lady (I think she was blond german lady) was an amazing wizard on the grill. I used to watch her cook in awe of how fast she was.
My mother worked at the toddle house. I remember it well
i work at the toddle house in 1966-1969 in de. and made good money for being in h.s.
Quality presentation as usual. Thank you, so much for your efforts!!!
I grew up in the sixties, too young to have ever seen a Toddle House that I can remember. But my father can remember as a college student after WW II, being able to get good food inexpensively at them.
In the 70's -80's there was a Toddle House on east bound side of 79 the street Causeway in Miami heading to Miami Beach FL!
There's one down the highway from where I live, but now it's an "Asian Spa". I wish it was still a greasy spoon.
We ate at a Toddle House in 1984 or 1985 around Christmas time and they were giving out flat brass ornaments in the shape of the building with ‘Toddle House’ engraved on it. I still hang that ornament on the Christmas tree! It’s the one pictured at 6:05 and it is still a diner today!
This was in College Park, MD
Nice history on another place I never knew about. So interesting to see these though because it paints a picture of life in a simpler time. Thank you!
It was simpler then, and I treasure the memories!
My mom used to take me to one back in the late 1950's. Good hamburgers.
There are so many places RR features that I've never heard of, but it is still fun to learn about them. Maybe a former home town favorite that operated in Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Indiana will be featured here someday - Bill Knapp's restaurants 🙂
Yes! Loved Bill Knapp’s near Toledo, Ohio.
When I was a kid we ate at Bill Knapps and I thought it was pretty good food.
Very interesting....wish I would of been lucky enough to have eaten there! I'd love if you did a segment on PO FOLKS and PIONEER CHICKEN. I'm from Sac, Ca and we once had them both. I LOVED them as a child.
I remember the Toddle House on Louisville, Ave. in our town of Monroe, Louisiana in 1958 when I was about 12. In the 60s it was sold and turned into the "Copper Penny" restaurant. It's been many things since that time. Today it's Enoch's Irish Pub. It still has it's original Toddle House "bones" and has been well taken of.
I had never heard of Toddle House before I just watched this video. Looks like it would have been a great place to get breakfast!
Toddle House ... "Food You Enjoy."
Never heard of any of these restaurants but Waffle House. Though we don't have (or haven't had)one in the cities I have lived, I have always liked diners. And diner sized places such as Toddle House early buildings.
I must admit, I never heard of Toddle House until this video. Learn something new everyday, and this is no exception!
Fabulous! This restaurant has been on my mind quite a while, but i never could recall the name. I just recall the cute little building it was in, in this case Lubbock Tx., And going there as a kid. I just recall it was like Tuttle house, well then suddenly this ad pops up and it rang a bell! I was ckose on the name. I remember my folks and I would sometimes go there like they would get coffee and dessert and i prolly got hot chocolate or milk. Nice memories! I have passed by several places throughout Tx. also that have that shape of building and I think, I just know that was one of thoise restaurants. I know they werent around that long in Lubbock, but there is also lots of competition there.
I think they were around in Lubbock a bit longer than I might have expected. Matter of fact, I think there were two Toddle Houses in Lubbock. One, right across from Lubbock High School, and another on 34th. The building may still be there on 34th, I believe. It's been several other businesses since those days. ~
We used to have a Toddle House on Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore, just northwest of the Pimlico race track. I never ate there, but it was usually very busy. They had a lot of competition from the local White Tower and Little Tavern, just a few blocks down the street.
We had a little Toddle House on a major street for years, right next to a Simple Simon. They had the best chocolate cream pie ever. Of course, though, they both bit the dust eventually, to be replaced by a crappy Wendy's and Arby's. Ours didn't have that honor system to pay, though, they had cash registers.
Great video. Love Diners but never heard of this one. Definitely would have liked to eat there. Enjoyed watching.
Thanks RR😊
I'll go to any diner that serves a classic cheeseburger, fries and shake.
Ate in one in Pottsville pa Many years ago Great Breakfasts.
Morrison’s cafe was a wonderful place to eat, also a place called Po Folks and Grandys were southern style chain restaurants. Would love to see the history on these places! Great video RR , you always do it so well!
They had several Toddle House locations here in the Houston area. Never went there, because i was too young. I remember seeing them in the early eighties. I still see the empty buildings around here.
I'm from Houston (now Rogers, Arkansas), was raised there in the 50s and 60s, and I remember them AND Dobbs House very well. They were wonderful! Nothing like them any more.
World famous burgers? It's the first time I've even heard of Toddle House, let alone their burgers :D
Don't think I ever heard of this place. Still interesting though.
There was a Toddle House on East Washington St in Indianapolis in the 60's. They had great hamburgers, vegie soup, and chocolate cream pie. as well as banana cream pie. I loved it, even though I was just a kid.
Ah, I remember those buildings in Orlando as Steak & Egg. One was still a diner by my old apartment downtown but is now gone. There’s one still standing by our hospital which I believe is now a law office. Very cool video.
1970 or'71 I went to the Toddle House on Central Ave. Albuquerque, NM. Had Breakfast at 2:00 in the morning. This one had a cash register and it cost $1.25.
The building is still there and it is a hot dog stand. They had a great waffle, hash browns with eggs. Some things you think will always be there, but they're not.
Thanks for your videos.
My family used to go there all the time..... here in Memphis. They were the best..... cozy, classy, great food. By then there were booths, tables..... not just counters.
These restaurants were around in Arlington, VA in the early sixties and their 'Hash Brown Potatoes' were my favorite; which were small cubed potatoes seasoned with paprika. Their cheeseburgers were outstanding too. They were mainly known for their breakfast menu and were open 24 hours. Sad to hear they folded and are no longer on the East Coast.
The last Toddle House I went to was in Myrtle Beach about the early 2000s. It was on Route 17, just across from Atlantic Avenue where is goes into Garden City.
I'm from Memphis and didn't know this history. I remember seeing the cute little buildings though. I think some are still in use for other restaurants. Great video, thanks!
I never heard of them also as I'm in New England and they were probably to the south of us or west........
I'm taking it that the kid never received royalties for naming the business.
Seems similar to White Castle and little Tavern. There was a Toddle House here in College Park Maryland back in the eighties.
Well, the Toddle House served regular sized hamburgers. Grilled burgers on grilled bun.
@@keiththomas3141 yes but still a burger on a bun and the esthetics were similar .
There were two diner chains in Houston TX that I remember well and miss very much. There was this one, and there was Dobbs House, although I don't find any reference to Dobbs House on UA-cam. However, they were very similar. I vividly remember that one of them (either Dobbs or Toddle) served a wonderful rum-flavored dessert called Blackbottom Pie, and one of them used to sauté their hash browns in paprika oil, which gave them a wonderful flavor.
There's a building at 2910 Hillcroft in Houston that's now a Vietnam Coast restaurant. The county says the building was constructed in 1985, but there's no way that can be true. Must have been a remodel. The place has the twin faux chimneys on either side, it has the same awning above the door and it's not very deep. The front is all windows now, but even with that, I always thought it resembled a house. It must have been a Toddle House in the past.
There was one of these in Pensacola in the 60's, they had good hamburgers, Char Broiled!
I don't think I heard of this chain. But, I'm sure it was a great place to have eggs, bacon, and waffles, or a burger and fries.
I love all these videos, I have to get that out of the way first. I always wondered why our local Waffle House (Metro Toledo, Ohio) had my favorite dish called the “Toddle House“ omelette. Thanks for solving that mystery for me!
Waffle House bought the recipe/rights to the Toddle House Omelette - they use a milkshake blender to whip the eggs before frying. All WHs have it on the full menu, which you need to ask for.
We went to Toddle House after a late night of drinking in Hartford, CT. It was open 24/7 and some of the kids got very rowdy!
Remember Toddle House in Cincinnati on Clifton Avenue a couple of blocks north of the University of Cincinnati and near Good Samaritan Hospital around 1960. About 15 years later my kids were born at Good Sam, don’t remember if Toddle House was still in operation. The building was still there I think.
Once again an entertaining and informative video. Thanks a lot.
Yeah we had a Toddle House in Midland, Texas when I was a middle school and high school kid in the late 1960's. The food choices were limited, I mean look at the menu in the video. Mainly a Toddle House, being open 24 hours, did most of their business after 2am, when all the bars in town would close. That is when people used to show up to get some coffee and some light food in order to sober up some. It was early breakfast fast food, similar to the later Kettles brand, which was another 2:15am hotspot for the same reasons.
Could you do a video on Service Merchandise?
Also, I had no idea they owned Steak and Eggs. I used to go to the one in Tenleytown. Good stuff.
Although Toddle House, in its "heyday", spread across many states/cities; it was primarily concentrated in the southeastern U.S.
They started in Texas and they were all over the place.
Enjoyed.
I remember going to a Toddle House in the '60's with my dad. He loved pancakes! I don't think the building looked exactly like that.. After many renovations, today it is a doctor's office. I do recall a building that looked like that from that same time period, but it was not a restaurant at that time. That building still stands and looks original.
May have had one in Greensboro nc, not sure.
Ate there often as a child.
Me too. Memories of the Blackbottom pie!
Never heard of them.
very interesting video never heard of them thanks for the info
Interesting. I never heard of Toddle House. We had Huddle House and Waffle House where I grew up in NC.
Hello! I have commented here before on the topic of "Toddle House" restaurants.
I love "Recollection Road's" tribute to "Toddle House".
I enjoyed many a meal there in the 1950's and '60's.
Notable: In 2024, there is NO longer any TODDLE HOUSE, nor DOBBS HOUSE, nor STEAK and EGG KITCHEN.
Just like the 1960's song: "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" sings, they are 'GONE , GONE, GONE!"
Now days, the "fast food" industry is going, going, gone!
Either bygones are reaping revenge, or "what goes around comes around."
In Houston at my neighborhood a little over a mile away from me and, I always see that small and cute building is up for sale. And for many years it seems like nobody wants to buy that tiny Toddle House restaurant. Way too small anyway.
Toddle House is a silly name, but I wish I could have eaten at one. My favorite Chinese place back in MD was in an ex-Toddle House.
Maybe it's me but doesn't the 'Toddle House' building look a little like the Amityville Horror House??🤣🤣🤣
Never had one of these restaurants in Wisconsin. Those little white buildings look so inviting. I have been to a couple Waffle Houses when I was in Florida visiting family! Love their food!
Is Huddle House related to Toddle House?
No.
Toddle House is an example of don't fix what isn't broke. Should have stuck with original concept.
no knowledge but the no cashregister is quite an idea!
Never heard of them on the west coast.
"Never heard of Toddle House Restaurants"!
At first I thought it said Toddler House, like Nursery school, I had to look again.
Another story about an obscure restaurant chain. Perhaps soon, we'll have an episode about Chicago's Golden Nugget pancake house. 🥞
Fred Smith familiar?? lol
After collage I landed a job as head archatech and I building stuff but the stuff I build kept falling over or braking so I started to be superstitious an ended up hiding dry aged beef products inside the walls of the buildings and since then no buildin I have builded has fallen
That was almost interesting!
You went to COLLEGE???
Simpley Amaysing❗LOL
That certainly answers the age-old question, "Where's the beef?"
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@@bigloo609 If you look closely, it appears that our friend skipped college and opted for collage instead.
I never heard of "Toddle House".
How can you tell the difference between Toddle House with Waffle House and Huddle House?
Toddle Houses are all gone, and you can tell Huddle House from Waffle House by the signage for each particular restaurant.
@@WAL_DC-6B like krystals and millagins copied white castle none ever patend the square burger
Never heard of these, lived in California…..
I worked at 2 of them in alief to.
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