Originally Posted by
ricks68
The full name of A B's was A B Morrison's Cafeteria, wasn't it? Lunch was either 65 or 85 cents. We all had to squeeze in between the short cafeteria line and the long tables set up right against it to drink our pre-sweetened iced tea and baskets or the greatest hushpuppies ever. It was unbelieveable how the server would squeeze in between the long tables to repleish the tea and hushpuppies. Because of the times, they had a side screen door marked for "colored" only allowed for take-out. It was open most of the day, I think, because it existed for the tobacco factories around it, and most times I think the line went out the door. Of course, not that many people could fit in the line inside due to the place's overall size, anyway. It later moved from it's original small wooden building to a newer brick one that I went to when I came back for a visit many years after graduating. Is that when it became Nance's?
Was it Foy's that had the stools you had to stand behind to wait for someone to get up so you could sit? Or, was that a place maybe called the Magnolia Grill? What I remember is that you needed a car or could hitch a ride to get there to be served at the grill by a big fat African American lady with a long hair hanging out from her chin. The fried egg sandwiches in the wee hours of the morning was the only way to go.
Mayola's was the best pace to dance to Martha and the Vandella's, 4 Tops, etc in the back left on the tiny dance floor. Outstanding juke box things in the booth's.
There was a student that used to sit in the back at Bat's that would bet guys a beer that he could chug one faster than they could. It was a sucker bet, as he just open almost the whole top of the can an pour it down his throat. He had a way to just open up his throat. I never saw him lose.
I did see skin flicks at the Crit, but it was nothing like the Durham County Fair. That's where I was introduced to the Ping Pong ball routine and the comb that the patron never seemed to want returned after it was "used". Boy, those women were NASTY. I couldn't believe they allowed stuff like at a county fair.
The Amos and Andy place was in 5 points wasn't it? Right at the beginning of downtown? Those dogs were really good.
The Rat had good Gamblers, but I liked the individually baked Lasagna at the Zoom Zoom Room better.
Occasionally we used to go downtown to a very small eating place for real cheap that had like homey dinners, but I don't know the name of it. You needed a car. We used to play Hearts with the sugar packs using the different design colors and patterns for different suits.
Also, what was the name of the "classier" steak place out towards the airport?
And last, since a lot has already been covered, are we ready to branch out into the long lost Joe College weekend and all the fun times in the tobacco warehouse getting drunk and dancing to James Brown and others live?
Are we ready to bring up The Hot Nuts, too? Or Nurmi?
ricks