Not sure who had this or found it but thanks for posting it Tony was my Dad, its been over 30 years since he passed but I still miss him so I almost forgot how fast he was. I live in Florida now and it is amazing how many baby boomers from CT I run into that remember him and they all have a story. I know he could be tough guy behind that grill, but he was the best best Husband and Father anyone could ask for. Ray DeLucca
Hi Ray, I always thought he was all business when he was on the grill. If he wasn't they would never have been able to keep up with the flow of customers. It was a pleasure and a privilege to have known your dad. I was just a customer not an employee but I still admired that way that man could work and his way with the customers.
Hi Ray, your dad seemed scary to myself and other teenage girls but he was always nice to us. I once saw him grab a guy by his shirt from across the counter when the guy tried to be a wise ass! The kid guy was terrified! My brother worked there with your dad, and other friends from West haven. I am also in FL now too!!
@@KKG51 thanks for the kind words they mean a lot. I remember going to Chicks once in a while before they closed and watch how it took like 5 people just working electronic registers to do what he did.
@@bettyannstraub-ruotolo3869 Thanks for taking the time to share your memories. He was one of a kind for sure do not feel too bad... my Wife was so nervous the first time she had to meet him for the same reasons
OMG! That was great!! We used to beg my father to take us there! I was always amazed with the guy at the grill splitting the hot dogs!!! And the fried clams!!! Thanks for posting, great memory!!!
Ray DeLucca, Tony was your dad! Holy cow! He was legendary when I was a kid for the speed with which he could take your order and deliver it and take your payment. I and my high school friends used to refer to him as "The Machine", with great respect of course. This video takes me back so vividly to those days, late 50s-early 60s. We'd go to Jimmie's on a Saturday night, usually after dropping off our dates, just to eat that fabulous and unhealthy food.
I worked at the Jimmie's in Fairfield in 1977. It was a franchise of the one in Savin Rock. Dave Gardino the owner was very adamant about keeping all the food original as it was served in Savin Rock. I remember cooking thousands of those split hot dogs, lobster rolls, fried clams, clam strips, soft shell crab sandwiches, and homemade cole slaw and Sauerkraut. nothing like it! And no, no one ever spit in the sauerkraut, good way to get your legs broke lol. I remember meeting Mr. Sal Gagliardi one time, a bit intimidating!
Jimmies held the price of a dog at a quarter for so long after all the other drive-ins had gone up to 35 or 40 cents, it was ridiculous. Because the most common order -- 2 dogs, an order of fries and a coke -- was a buck even so they didn't have to make change as often and the line just kept on trucking during the noon and evening rushes. When they finally went up, the same order was a buck and a quarter, and it was still cheaper than all the other places. And better. And faster.
Graduated from UNH in ‘68, somewhat penny less, for lunch I would get a black coffee and onion rings ($.50 I believe.) Tony on the grill was the great intimidator, “ordering one !!” we still talk about it...
Jimmies was a great place to meet girls and show off your hot cars, I played the guitar in the video. Great times at Savin Rock for sure ! East Coast Productions
That was the real Jimmies. The story perpetually passed around was to not take any of the sauerkraut because people spit into it. Probably an old wives tale but neither I nor anyone I was ever with took any of it. After they moved the restaurant went downhill. Too bad really. West Haven officials sold out to the residents when the developers were wooing them. They're doing the same thing again in another part of town. Tearing (torn by now) up a perfectly nice neighborhood to line pockets of the higher ups.
jimmies may have been the hay day back in the times of my parents earliest memories ...for me...CHICKS was the spot!!! and tbh...with chicks closed for yrs now and only Turks and jimmies still in operation...as a life time westie...ID STAY AWAY FROM JIMMIES!!! cause now, their food SUCKS, service SUCKS, and the fam is JEALOUSE of any other businesses coming into the area. Ultimately ruining the future of our small city...shameful. Turks tho...still yummy as it was since i was in highschool (co 2000) ...but jimmies wont EVER GET MY SUPPORT. west haven is ANNOYED.
@@KKG51 I'm a proud member of the Class of 1976 and was lucky enough to have Mr. John Gibbons as my Spanish teacher for 2 years. Let me just say I have trouble with English let alone Spanish. I think the inability of myself and a fellow classmate to learn more than a dozen or so words in Spanish is what lead to ND lowering the language requirement to 2 years from 3 years in 1975 LOL
Met my wife at Jimmies. We've been married for 48 years. What a great memory! Bobby Beauvais. Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Hi again!😆this is how I remember and liked it
Not sure who had this or found it but thanks for posting it Tony was my Dad, its been over 30 years since he passed but I still miss him so I almost forgot how fast he was. I live in Florida now and it is amazing how many baby boomers from CT I run into that remember him and they all have a story. I know he could be tough guy behind that grill, but he was the best best Husband and Father anyone could ask for. Ray DeLucca
Hi Ray, I always thought he was all business when he was on the grill. If he wasn't they would never have been able to keep up with the flow of customers. It was a pleasure and a privilege to have known your dad. I was just a customer not an employee but I still admired that way that man could work and his way with the customers.
Hi Ray, your dad seemed scary to myself and other teenage girls but he was always nice to us. I once saw him grab a guy by his shirt from across the counter when the guy tried to be a wise ass! The kid guy was terrified! My brother worked there with your dad, and other friends from West haven. I am also in FL now too!!
@@KKG51 thanks for the kind words they mean a lot. I remember going to Chicks once in a while before they closed and watch how it took like 5 people just working electronic registers to do what he did.
@@bettyannstraub-ruotolo3869 Thanks for taking the time to share your memories. He was one of a kind for sure do not feel too bad... my Wife was so nervous the first time she had to meet him for the same reasons
Hi Ray! My dad Joe Adante is in this video also. He died about a year and half ago but whoever took this video, I'm so grateful!
I remember Tony in the late 60’s he was amazing just a machine!
OMG! That was great!! We used to beg my father to take us there! I was always amazed with the guy at the grill splitting the hot dogs!!! And the fried clams!!! Thanks for posting, great memory!!!
Went to Jimmie's every weekend..loved placing our order hearing that man yell it down the line...memories...
These pictures are great. Thank you for taking the time to do all this to give people a walk down memory lane. 👏🏻
I remember the beautiful colors in the bulbs of the Jimmies sign. Ah, the good old days!
Thank you for this great video and the memories of a greater time in Conn.
I was small going to jimmies...my parents brought us kids once a week...loved it
Ahhhhhhh! 1950’s soft shell crab sandwich . ( when available) The good old days !
Thank you on all the Savin rock from Peter Frankes granddaughters
Ray DeLucca, Tony was your dad! Holy cow! He was legendary when I was a kid for the speed with which he could take your order and deliver it and take your payment. I and my high school friends used to refer to him as "The Machine", with great respect of course. This video takes me back so vividly to those days, late 50s-early 60s. We'd go to Jimmie's on a Saturday night, usually after dropping off our dates, just to eat that fabulous and unhealthy food.
1:30..guy to the right has some epic sideburns!
That man on the grille was like a machine
My uncle and dad loved Jimmies
We road around the parking lot for hours to see who was around, we were called the Rock Rats, fun days, great memories.
I was one of those Rock Rats!!!
This is exactly as I remember Jimmies and the Rock as a kid. You would also hear them yelling One up! Two up! as they made the hot dogs.
One up!
I worked at the Jimmie's in Fairfield in 1977. It was a franchise of the one in Savin Rock. Dave Gardino the owner was very adamant about keeping all the food original as it was served in Savin Rock. I remember cooking thousands of those split hot dogs, lobster rolls, fried clams, clam strips, soft shell crab sandwiches, and homemade cole slaw and Sauerkraut. nothing like it! And no, no one ever spit in the sauerkraut, good way to get your legs broke lol. I remember meeting Mr. Sal Gagliardi one time, a bit intimidating!
I could still see "The Pro" sweating into the Hot Dogs as he served them up!
Mr DeLucca was my sister's father in law they use to call him Mr. Machine hw was so fast and good at whatr he did!
I worked alongside Tony D from '76-'78
Memories
what great memories drove around that lot a few times fried whole belly clams and a orange soda tony had my change ready before i even paid him.
2 dogs and a fry, 1 dollar
Jimmies held the price of a dog at a quarter for so long after all the other drive-ins had gone up to 35 or 40 cents, it was ridiculous. Because the most common order -- 2 dogs, an order of fries and a coke -- was a buck even so they didn't have to make change as often and the line just kept on trucking during the noon and evening rushes. When they finally went up, the same order was a buck and a quarter, and it was still cheaper than all the other places.
And better.
And faster.
Graduated from UNH in ‘68, somewhat penny less, for lunch I would get a black coffee and onion rings ($.50 I believe.) Tony on the grill was the great intimidator, “ordering one !!” we still talk about it...
Tony DeLucca. The Pope of Savin Rock.
Jimmies was a great place to meet girls and show off your hot cars, I played the guitar in the video. Great times at Savin Rock for sure ! East Coast Productions
Two up, one order.
Does anybody know who are those 4 guys grilling
Thas where I wanna move!! West Haven!!!
Best fried clams with the bellies
That was the real Jimmies. The story perpetually passed around was to not take any of the sauerkraut because people spit into it. Probably an old wives tale but neither I nor anyone I was ever with took any of it. After they moved the restaurant went downhill. Too bad really.
West Haven officials sold out to the residents when the developers were wooing them. They're doing the same thing again in another part of town. Tearing (torn by now) up a perfectly nice neighborhood to line pockets of the higher ups.
Send someone out to clean the parking lot, it's a mess.
Are you sure this wasn't the early 70s? I think the building at 0:19 was built after the 60s.
There’s a 1970 Dodge Dart in the lot, so the absolute earliest it could be from would be October 1969.
I wish it was still like this it’s too commercial now
Roessler Yellow Tags, What a hot dog.
The best I ever had.
CLAM ONE!!!!!!!!
cool
Slingin dogs, takin cash, makin change all with bare hands
Yes I noticed that too Never happen today
And no hair protection like a visor or baseball cap.
The hotdog Nazi. He was fast. We’d all practice our order waiting in line. He wouldn’t be able to do that now. Handling the food and the money.
jimmies may have been the hay day back in the times of my parents earliest memories ...for me...CHICKS was the spot!!! and tbh...with chicks closed for yrs now and only Turks and jimmies still in operation...as a life time westie...ID STAY AWAY FROM JIMMIES!!! cause now, their food SUCKS, service SUCKS, and the fam is JEALOUSE of any other businesses coming into the area. Ultimately ruining the future of our small city...shameful. Turks tho...still yummy as it was since i was in highschool (co 2000) ...but jimmies wont EVER GET MY SUPPORT. west haven is ANNOYED.
No Jimmy Carter?? I’m out
Mr. DeLucca was intimidating.
Not as intimidating as me trying to learn Spanish at ND
@@raydelucca6741 I was ND Class of '69, you?
@@KKG51 I'm a proud member of the Class of 1976 and was lucky enough to have Mr. John Gibbons as my Spanish teacher for 2 years. Let me just say I have trouble with English let alone Spanish. I think the inability of myself and a fellow classmate to learn more than a dozen or so words in Spanish is what lead to ND lowering the language requirement to 2 years from 3 years in 1975 LOL
@@raydelucca6741 Ha!! I was stuck with Latin for 4 years under Mr. urban who had a smattering of English among his many languages!! :)