Good lord, they nailed it. I’m a born-and-raised in Seattleite who bought Converse at Chubby and Tubby’s and whose first job was at Ernst Hardware. And of course there were the birthdays at Farrel’s…..
I miss Minnie's. It was a restaurant near the Seattle Science Center. Noir aesthetic with a black, white and red interior. Great breakfast food to eat late at night.
My uncle painted the Chubby and Tubby store sign in white center. Smelled of Rubber boots , had Levi’s, and cheap Xmas trees (flat as can be). The Wig Wam thrift store was next to where my dad worked selling shoes for Joe Jaffes Red Wing . The White Center wooden Stadium up street had pro Fastpitch Softball games , Pay nPak and Peterbuilt dueled , 105 mph Underhand Softball! Admiral Theater was epic . Like Paramount, Coliseum, etc. had Plush Velvet Seats, Murals, fancy drapes . My uncle Doug had a music store beside it , my grandma had a dress store there too , the 60’s 🌼 There were 26 fishing boat rental and bait shops on Elliott Bay at one time too , used to have up to 3000 rentals plus the local fleet from many now gone marinas . I think you can rent kayaks and get diving stuff. 500,000 used to attend Seafair Hydroplanes. Kenmore had 80-100k for smaller boat races and Green Lake had Outboard and Inboard Nationals the weekend before Seafair with huge crowds too . Royal Fork had a Swanson TV dinner buffet across the street. Quesnel’s restaurant on Beach drive was built in a house , Spud was good but not 5 star . Joe Bananas on California Ave was like Abruzi’s , which I found as a teenage driver . Bison Creek Pizza had a Combo pie like the Northlake Tavern under University Bridge . Pork Bowl from Yak’s deli was cheap . Boeing needed corporate land so they bought and bulldozed Longacres and the Duwamish Drive In along pac highway. Then they barely used the space. The Meal Makers used to have a couple cafe style places that were good , The Homestead in west Seattle had great chicken dinners . Used to be able to drive 10 minutes from west Seattle and get across town for good meals that were $3-5. Now you pay that to park 15 minutes .
I used to live across the street from the old Lewis and Clark years ago. When they tore it down I was floored. I remember Ernst was called Nernst's. I grew up in Burien during the late 70's and 80's. I went to the old Puget Sound Jr. HS. I worked for Marriott who owned Big Boy.
The Kress's five and dime store with the lunch and soda counter! The Singer Sewing Center down on Second Ave where I took sewing lessons, across from the old J.C. Penney's. The Bon Marche and Frederick & Nelson's downtown. I saw MANYMANY movies at Lewis and Clark, also bowled there. The Duwamish Drive-In Theater. Tradewell and Prairie Market grocery stores. The House of Values in Rainier Beach. The original Southcenter Mall.
John Danz movie theater and bowling alley in bellevue Washington, that will always be my favorite theater as a kid seeing Superman on the big screen and they had the dolphin as you came out of the movie theater and went down into the lobby what great memories.
The John Danz theater was very mid-century cool with a really high ceiling and swirling ramp up to the actual theater inside. I wish I remembered the dolphin. The bowling alley, which became the Barnes & Noble if memory serves correctly (I left 20+ years ago), was a place I hung out at in middle school because the skater boys went there. As a little kid, Pizza & Pipes by Coco's and Farrel's by Bellevue Square were good spots, and I went to Skate King every Saturday for years. Oh, and the old DQ on 8th and 112th near 405 for a banana split after Miss Carol's dance class across the parking lot. I'm sure that whole block has been demolished, as well. I wouldn't even recognize Bellevue now.
Lewis and Clark theater also had a G.O. Guy drugstore next door, so we all bought our candy there before the show. When I was five I saw my first theater movie there, "The Alamo". Am still traumatized. 13 years later we held our high-school commencement ceremony there. Also, I was in a room full of random strangers a couple years ago and discovered that five of us had worked as Ernst Hardware employees decades earlier.
I live alone in California with my two uncles that ow properties but I live in a great residence and in 1990 I came to Seattle and I live here & survive working like anyone else to survive and hah & have meet lots of lovable Seattle Washington families that enjoyed Seattle
I grew up going to Chubby & Tubby. My father loved it. I remember in 1986 a coworker saying he knew either Chubby or Tubby. They were really two people. I don't remember which one he said he knew. I think he knew him from their White Center location. Where we went to Chubby & Tubby was about 80th and Aurora. I remember one time in the early 70's we took our uncle and cousins from Tacoma to Chubby & Tubby. After we got back to my dad's apartment, my aunt asked what it was like. My uncle said, "lots of junk." I imagine my father wasn't happy with that if he heard it, because he really loved that store.
When I was in the Coast Guard, I would go to Abruzzies (sp) on payday and get a cheese pizza. That was around 63 to 66. Saw many movies at the Lewis and Clark, and rolled many balls down the lanes there too. Seattle was a great town then. Not so much now.
Anyone remember Turbo Tube in Totem lake? It was a two-slide indoor water park in the 80's? It was hard not to leave without a concussion or a few bumps or bruises. Still good memories even if it was a PR nightmare. It used to be located by Denny's Pet World where the old upper Totem Lake Mall used to be.
😂 there are 4 Bob's big boy in socal...Burbank, Downey, Northridge and Norco...❤ from the 1970s, I remember Dick's on Broadway, Hadassah nearly new shop on Broadway, boondocks sundeckers and greenthumbs, herfy burgers in U district, the bombay bicycle club,the J and M cafe and seeing Taj Majal at the paramount on pine st....also worked at Frederick and Nelson while getting my degree at UW ❤❤❤❤❤
Abruzzi's was great. I used to go there for lunch when I was working as a stagehand at the Paramount and the 5th Avenue Theatre(s). Abruzzi's was a lot of the reason that I got out of bed in the morning. Couldn't wait for lunch.
I recall a lot of the spots mentioned. I'll add Sit & Spin in Belltown (café, laundromat, live music). I spent many long nights there in the '90s while in college.
Down in Mesa, Arizona there's a place called Organ Stop Pizza that has the world's largest Warletzer pipe organ. I also remember Farelle's at the Tacoma Mall, Bob's Big Boy (now IHOP) in Lakewood and of course Pizza & Pipes (now a dentist office on the former land of P&P) in University Place.
I grew up in Seattle. I remember Pizza and pipes, Ernst there was a place in University Village called Flakey Jake's then it was an Azteca. There was also a donut shop there but I can remember the name by the fountain that used to be there. I've cream Donna's ice cream on 45th.
Used to be a Flakey Jake's on 320th St S in Federal Way. Didn't stick around long. I only remember it because my brother and I got white frisbees with Flakey Jake's written in red lettering on them. If I recall correctly the frisbees held our burger and fries kid's meals. The frisbees were around a lot longer than the restaurant!
I remember going to Flaky Jake's in Bellevue in the '80s if it was the same place (and Pizza & Pipes, Ernst, and Azteca). They had the best baked potato bar ever.
'It had to be torn down to make way for progress".............PROGRESS! What a strange rationalization for tearing down the most significant buildings in Seattle. Just tear down the whole place and see how you like it.
How do I find photos of old businesses of the Seattle area? In my town, the public library has a history room that keeps original documents and photos of Everett and Snohomish County, from about 1870 to present day. I wonder if Seattle Public Library has similar?
The early 70's.... The Gobb Shoppe on corner of 85th St and 32nd Ave NW at the top of the Whindees to Golden Gardens for all you counter culture needs. 😉. The Numero Uno headshop at that time
A&H Drug's local chain, Rose's Diner if Des Moines, King Café of Chinatown, Sportsworld of Federal Way, Kmart on Rainier Ave, Sears bargain basement and candy counter 1st Ave Seattle, The Bubbleator in Seattle Center, and Command Center Arcade off Rainier Ave.
Look into the now defuct Clarks' Restaurant chain that dominated the Seattle restaurant scene in the 50s, 60s . You're all too young to remember, but if your parents & grandparents were in Seattle back in the day, they'd remember
Hello, do you remember the Clarks clock restaurant? it was on Howell and Terry streets, I think. The ornate Orpheum theatre was across the street. The area is completely unrecognizable now. The only things left are the Olive tower, the Camlin hotel and the round apartment tower that felt very fancy in the 70's It. As a teen I walked through that area daily as I went to Summit school on Summit & Pine, Thanks!
Ivar’s Acres of Clams on the waterfront near the ferry terminal. Bought Christmas trees at Chubby and Tubbies. Greg’s Cyclery at Green Lake sold and rented bicycles.
The Leilani Lanes bowling ally in north Greenwood. Parkers Ballroom in north Seattle on Aurora Ave. The Northgate movie theater. American Eagles model shop, first in Greenwood then moved to Lake City. Lake City movie theater (building still there but it's a church.) Silo consumer electronics store. Larry's Market on Aurora near 105th, the first upscale grocery store.
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I’m a southender from Renton, I do remember Parker’s Ballroom! We were there often in the 1960s!
I remember all these places you mention. I'll add Seattle Music on 1st Ave, Ernie Steele's on Broadway and The Beatty Book Store on 3rd. I loved the Lewis & Clark theater & bowling alley.
Who is this chick that she doesn’t remember Chubby & Tubby? It’s only been 20+/- years since it went away! I used to buy my Christmas trees there every year on Aurora!
My first official 'date' was at Clarks clock on or near Howell and Terry in 1981. The only buildings left are The Camlin hotel, The Olive tower, the round apartment tower that I thought was fancy in 1976. There was A bar across the street from the Bon Marche on 4th ave. the name escapes me now, but I can picture the signage. I was 15 years old told it was a drag place which I was fascinated and a little scared too Lol... Do you remember Blocks restaurant on 4th and union and one on lower Queen Anne? Was the Gay 90's on Pine st.? I did go with friends to Ernie steel's after going out. 75-76 I walked the Pine pike corridor To and from Summit school, so I have interesting memories of that area. Sorry, this is long.
Pay n' Pak had the cheap bulk light bulbs in bins near the checkout lines. Always had to shake the bulb and listen closely to increase the odds of getting a working bulb. Those bulbs never lasted anywhere near as long as a genuine GE bulb. But they sure were cheap!
Happy bowl, The golden egg Bruno's serving Mexican food and Italian The great american bake potato Grecian corner on 9th and madison Georges on 5th ave and pike Bills off broadway Sizzler on broadway
Good lord, they nailed it. I’m a born-and-raised in Seattleite who bought Converse at Chubby and Tubby’s and whose first job was at Ernst Hardware. And of course there were the birthdays at Farrel’s…..
I miss Minnie's. It was a restaurant near the Seattle Science Center. Noir aesthetic with a black, white and red interior. Great breakfast food to eat late at night.
Yes! Great place to grab a bite after the club in the '90s.
Harvard exit theater! Amazing place!
My uncle painted the Chubby and Tubby store sign in white center. Smelled of Rubber boots , had Levi’s, and cheap Xmas trees (flat as can be).
The Wig Wam thrift store was next to where my dad worked selling shoes for
Joe Jaffes Red Wing .
The White Center wooden Stadium up street had pro Fastpitch Softball games , Pay nPak and Peterbuilt dueled , 105 mph Underhand Softball!
Admiral Theater was epic .
Like Paramount, Coliseum, etc. had Plush Velvet Seats, Murals, fancy drapes .
My uncle Doug had a music store beside it , my grandma had a dress store there too , the 60’s 🌼
There were 26 fishing boat rental and bait shops on Elliott Bay at one time too , used to have up to 3000 rentals plus the local fleet from many now gone marinas .
I think you can rent kayaks and get diving stuff.
500,000 used to attend Seafair Hydroplanes.
Kenmore had 80-100k for smaller boat races and
Green Lake had Outboard and Inboard Nationals the weekend before Seafair with huge crowds too .
Royal Fork had a Swanson TV dinner buffet across the street.
Quesnel’s restaurant on Beach drive was built in a house , Spud was good but not 5 star .
Joe Bananas on California Ave was like Abruzi’s , which I found as a teenage driver .
Bison Creek Pizza had a Combo pie like the Northlake Tavern under University Bridge .
Pork Bowl from Yak’s deli was cheap .
Boeing needed corporate land so they bought and bulldozed Longacres and the Duwamish Drive In along pac highway.
Then they barely used the space.
The Meal Makers used to have a couple cafe style places that were good ,
The Homestead in west Seattle had great chicken dinners .
Used to be able to drive 10 minutes from west Seattle and get across town for good meals that were $3-5.
Now you pay that to park 15 minutes .
I used to live across the street from the old Lewis and Clark years ago. When they tore it down I was floored. I remember Ernst was called Nernst's. I grew up in Burien during the late 70's and 80's.
I went to the old Puget Sound Jr. HS. I worked for Marriott who owned Big Boy.
Leaving Seattle families is so sad but one day we all go back home one day 😢
The Kress's five and dime store with the lunch and soda counter! The Singer Sewing Center down on Second Ave where I took sewing lessons, across from the old J.C. Penney's. The Bon Marche and Frederick & Nelson's downtown. I saw MANYMANY movies at Lewis and Clark, also bowled there. The Duwamish Drive-In Theater. Tradewell and Prairie Market grocery stores. The House of Values in Rainier Beach. The original Southcenter Mall.
My brothers, sister and I used to pay a quarter to go watch the matinee on Saturday at the Lewis and Clark theater.
John Danz movie theater and bowling alley in bellevue Washington, that will always be my favorite theater as a kid seeing Superman on the big screen and they had the dolphin as you came out of the movie theater and went down into the lobby what great memories.
Yes!! We saw alot of Monty Python movies there. I remember when Bellevue Square was just a Square
The John Danz theater was very mid-century cool with a really high ceiling and swirling ramp up to the actual theater inside. I wish I remembered the dolphin. The bowling alley, which became the Barnes & Noble if memory serves correctly (I left 20+ years ago), was a place I hung out at in middle school because the skater boys went there. As a little kid, Pizza & Pipes by Coco's and Farrel's by Bellevue Square were good spots, and I went to Skate King every Saturday for years. Oh, and the old DQ on 8th and 112th near 405 for a banana split after Miss Carol's dance class across the parking lot. I'm sure that whole block has been demolished, as well. I wouldn't even recognize Bellevue now.
There was a Pizza & Pipes in Tacoma. Loved it. Live organ and wild animated stuff around the wall near the ceiling.
Went to the one in Greenwood. Those were the days ❤
That place was cool
I used to skate at the Ridge Rink on 85th. They had the largest pipe organ. It's was so old my mom used to skate there as a teenager.
Me too. I went to Monroe Junior High and we had skating parties there all the time. 1968 to 1971.
me too use to be a barber a block form there too
I loved, and knew, most of these places. RIP
Lewis and Clark theater also had a G.O. Guy drugstore next door, so we all bought our candy there before the show. When I was five I saw my first theater movie there, "The Alamo". Am still traumatized. 13 years later we held our high-school commencement ceremony there. Also, I was in a room full of random strangers a couple years ago and discovered that five of us had worked as Ernst Hardware employees decades earlier.
I live alone in California with my two uncles that ow properties but I live in a great residence and in 1990 I came to Seattle and I live here & survive working like anyone else to survive and hah & have meet lots of lovable Seattle Washington families that enjoyed Seattle
I grew up going to Chubby & Tubby. My father loved it. I remember in 1986 a coworker saying he knew either Chubby or Tubby. They were really two people. I don't remember which one he said he knew. I think he knew him from their White Center location. Where we went to Chubby & Tubby was about 80th and Aurora.
I remember one time in the early 70's we took our uncle and cousins from Tacoma to Chubby & Tubby. After we got back to my dad's apartment, my aunt asked what it was like. My uncle said, "lots of junk." I imagine my father wasn't happy with that if he heard it, because he really loved that store.
A great plase to by my white converse hi-tops!
When I was in the Coast Guard, I would go to Abruzzies (sp) on payday and get a cheese pizza. That was around 63 to 66. Saw many movies at the Lewis and Clark, and rolled many balls down the lanes there too. Seattle was a great town then. Not so much now.
I remember Lewis and Clark theater. Cool murals in the theater of lewis and clark expedition.
Anyone remember Turbo Tube in Totem lake? It was a two-slide indoor water park in the 80's? It was hard not to leave without a concussion or a few bumps or bruises. Still good memories even if it was a PR nightmare. It used to be located by Denny's Pet World where the old upper Totem Lake Mall used to be.
😂 there are 4 Bob's big boy in socal...Burbank, Downey, Northridge and Norco...❤ from the 1970s, I remember Dick's on Broadway, Hadassah nearly new shop on Broadway, boondocks sundeckers and greenthumbs, herfy burgers in U district, the bombay bicycle club,the J and M cafe and seeing Taj Majal at the paramount on pine st....also worked at Frederick and Nelson while getting my degree at UW ❤❤❤❤❤
Abruzzi's was great. I used to go there for lunch when I was working as a stagehand at the Paramount and the 5th Avenue Theatre(s). Abruzzi's was a lot of the reason that I got out of bed in the morning. Couldn't wait for lunch.
I recall a lot of the spots mentioned. I'll add Sit & Spin in Belltown (café, laundromat, live music). I spent many long nights there in the '90s while in college.
Down in Mesa, Arizona there's a place called Organ Stop Pizza that has the world's largest Warletzer pipe organ. I also remember Farelle's at the Tacoma Mall, Bob's Big Boy (now IHOP) in Lakewood and of course Pizza & Pipes (now a dentist office on the former land of P&P) in University Place.
I grew up in Seattle. I remember Pizza and pipes, Ernst there was a place in University Village called Flakey Jake's then it was an Azteca. There was also a donut shop there but I can remember the name by the fountain that used to be there. I've cream Donna's ice cream on 45th.
probaly winchells donuts next
Used to be a Flakey Jake's on 320th St S in Federal Way. Didn't stick around long. I only remember it because my brother and I got white frisbees with Flakey Jake's written in red lettering on them. If I recall correctly the frisbees held our burger and fries kid's meals. The frisbees were around a lot longer than the restaurant!
I remember going to Flaky Jake's in Bellevue in the '80s if it was the same place (and Pizza & Pipes, Ernst, and Azteca). They had the best baked potato bar ever.
First movie I ever saw in theaters was Nerds In Paradise at Lewis and Clark. Last movie I saw there was probably Saving Private Ryan.
'It had to be torn down to make way for progress".............PROGRESS! What a strange rationalization for tearing down the most significant buildings in Seattle.
Just tear down the whole place and see how you like it.
How do I find photos of old businesses of the Seattle area? In my town, the public library has a history room that keeps original documents and photos of Everett and Snohomish County, from about 1870 to present day. I wonder if Seattle Public Library has similar?
MOHAI, UW, King County and the City of Seattle all have their own collectiions.
There was a pizza and pipes in Tacoma too.
I remember all the vintage clothing stores in Seattle in the 80s. Especially, Tootsies in Pioneer Square. Such a different time.
I owned "Chop Suey" on Broadway 1828 Broadway a vintage clothing store
I loved Retroviva by the Market
The early 70's.... The Gobb Shoppe on corner of 85th St and 32nd Ave NW at the top of the Whindees to Golden Gardens for all you counter culture needs. 😉. The Numero Uno headshop at that time
Horizon books! Miss it.
I now should go back to California but it's sad leaving Seattle
A&H Drug's local chain, Rose's Diner if Des Moines, King Café of Chinatown, Sportsworld of Federal Way, Kmart on Rainier Ave, Sears bargain basement and candy counter 1st Ave Seattle, The Bubbleator in Seattle Center, and Command Center Arcade off Rainier Ave.
He forgot about the Chubby and Tubby in White Center! I used to love that place!
Look into the now defuct Clarks' Restaurant chain that dominated the Seattle restaurant scene in the 50s, 60s . You're all too young to remember, but if your parents & grandparents were in Seattle back in the day, they'd remember
Hello, do you remember the Clarks clock restaurant? it was on Howell and Terry streets, I think. The ornate Orpheum theatre was across the street. The area is completely unrecognizable now. The only things left are the Olive tower, the Camlin hotel and the round apartment tower that felt very fancy in the 70's It. As a teen I walked through that area daily as I went to Summit school on Summit & Pine, Thanks!
I miss it. And I'm #40. It's just not the same hear!!!!
❤️ FLYNN'S CAFE SEATTLE 😊 Was in business from at least the 1940's through the 1980's!
Sharkys pizza my dad worked in the Rainier valley always brought home pizza
Ivar’s Acres of Clams on the waterfront near the ferry terminal. Bought Christmas trees at Chubby and Tubbies. Greg’s Cyclery at Green Lake sold and rented bicycles.
The Leilani Lanes bowling ally in north Greenwood. Parkers Ballroom in north Seattle on Aurora Ave. The Northgate movie theater. American Eagles model shop, first in Greenwood then moved to Lake City. Lake City movie theater (building still there but it's a church.) Silo consumer electronics store. Larry's Market on Aurora near 105th, the first upscale grocery store.
I’m a southender from Renton, I do remember Parker’s Ballroom! We were there often in the 1960s!
The pig traffic at Ferills! I finished it
Went to Ferrell's all the time. Early 70's. The one on 130th and Aurora.
Zestos in Ballard, on 15th NW and 65th Street.
The Renton Maverick Steakhouse.
I remember all these places you mention. I'll add Seattle Music on 1st Ave, Ernie Steele's on Broadway and The Beatty Book Store on 3rd. I loved the Lewis & Clark theater & bowling alley.
I rescued a large cowboy mural from Ernie Steel’s and just sold it to Hooverville Bar on 1st Ave S!
Who is this chick that she doesn’t remember Chubby & Tubby? It’s only been 20+/- years since it went away! I used to buy my Christmas trees there every year on Aurora!
Dog House.
The movie theater is an airport parking lot now this happened before the pandemic.
Ernie steel ,gay 90s, astorpark pier 70 Kirkland prime rib palace I could go on on El rancho drive in
My first official 'date' was at Clarks clock on or near Howell and Terry in 1981. The only buildings left are The Camlin hotel, The Olive tower, the round apartment tower that I thought was fancy in 1976. There was A bar across the street from the Bon Marche on 4th ave. the name escapes me now, but I can picture the signage. I was 15 years old told it was a drag place which I was fascinated and a little scared too Lol... Do you remember Blocks restaurant on 4th and union and one on lower Queen Anne? Was the Gay 90's on Pine st.? I did go with friends to Ernie steel's after going out. 75-76 I walked the Pine pike corridor To and from Summit school, so I have interesting memories of that area. Sorry, this is long.
There was also a chubby & tubby in White Center
there use to be an ernst at northgate mall
Chubby & Tubby sold Christmas trees for $5.99!
Dont forget pay n pak and zips drive in
Pay n' Pak had the cheap bulk light bulbs in bins near the checkout lines. Always had to shake the bulb and listen closely to increase the odds of getting a working bulb. Those bulbs never lasted anywhere near as long as a genuine GE bulb. But they sure were cheap!
Oh well, things end. That's life
Happy bowl, The golden egg Bruno's serving Mexican food and Italian The great american bake potato Grecian corner on 9th and madison Georges on 5th ave and pike Bills off broadway Sizzler on broadway
Farrell's Ice Cream on 135th and Aurora.
Dont forget best pie yummy
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Yep converse Jordans lol
I bought all of my wrestling shoes from chubby and tubby’s.
Pepridge farms remembers
Paul wolcott