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Baton Rouge nostalgia: The Slick Track on Florida Blvd at N. Little John

Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:24 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78125 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:24 pm
The best go karts in town. This would have been late 80’s until early to mid 90’s.

Anyone else remember this place?
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
43890 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:28 pm to
Hell yeah brother I remember that one.

I was thinking the other day of those water slides they had off the interstate at Denham and I think it was Lindsey's Spacewalk on Florida near Oneil and they had all kinds of stuff in the back. Ziplines maybe? I think I went to a birthday party there.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
51235 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:29 pm to
Paul do you know what year it is

Do you remember when they opened the TGI Fridays on Essen
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 1:31 pm
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61834 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

Anyone else remember this place?

<----This guy. Thought about it the other day when i passed by an Andretti Indoor Carting
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19878 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:39 pm to

Mugsy's Billiards across the street.

quote:

I think it was Lindsey's Spacewalk on Florida near Oneil


Lindsey's was on North Sherwood right before it hit Greenwell Springs Road.

going even further back in time, does anyone remember Gooney Golf at Flannery and Florida, the waterslide at that same place, or the skateboard park that was there in the late 70's to early 80's?
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
17166 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:40 pm to
I remember it being there around ‘93
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
3976 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:42 pm to
I made a lap or 2 there.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
55781 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

Gooney Golf at Flannery and Florida
didnt it have a big dinosaur?
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19878 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

didnt it have a big dinosaur?


Yes, and that cursed ostrich that would block my putt every time!!!!
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13610 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

Gooney Golf at Flannery and Florida


I also remember the Putt Putt golf on Florida. I think it used to have a giant slide behind it called the Super Slide.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
42241 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:32 pm to
Catfish House???
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
26085 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:39 pm to
They had a slick track in Metry that also had a batter's box
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19878 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:58 pm to





quote:

Catfish House???


Po Folks on Florida





Duff's Smorgasbord with the conveyor belt buffet food on College/Corporate



Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19878 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 2:59 pm to



Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
2252 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

I was thinking the other day of those water slides they had off the interstate at Denham and I think it was Lindsey's Spacewalk on Florida near Oneil and they had all kinds of stuff in the back. Ziplines maybe? I think I went to a birthday party there.


South Winds water park. Exxon used to rent it out for the day for their employee safety picnics.

I remember as we drove up my dad telling everyone to put their seatbelts on so we could get a safety prize!

I seem to remember Lindsey's located closer to Central maybe at corner of Flannery and Greenwell Springs?
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 3:12 pm
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
39554 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:14 pm to
Use to work there
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 3:15 pm
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
2252 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

Anyone else remember this place?


I don't remember this place but enjoyed the hell out of Celebration Station.

quote:

I remember it being there around ‘93


That explains it; I was long gone by '93
This post was edited on 2/26/26 at 3:17 pm
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
36096 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:23 pm to
Don't remember that but I grew up getting flattops from Mr. Sam at Little John's Barber Shop.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
24997 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:29 pm to
I'd go there when I was like 12. That's where all the bad kids would hang. I was a good kid though.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4993 posts
Posted on 2/26/26 at 3:56 pm to
quote:

Anyone else remember this place?


That building became some sort of weird call center circa 2001 that was staffed by a bunch of hot chicks. I remember being really confused by what was going on in there, but it stuck with me.

Also I had to go through the building to deliver an auto part, which makes no sense in hindsight.
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