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re: Children of Metry from the 70s & 80s
Posted on 12/1/15 at 3:59 am to fishfighter
Posted on 12/1/15 at 3:59 am to fishfighter
Fish I feel like this is an old folks thread? Fish you meet the description 
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Posted on 12/1/15 at 4:24 am to fishfighter
Fish that was a joke. Don't get mad at me 
Posted on 12/1/15 at 4:32 am to FLBooGoTigs1
No problem. Nobody went to the quarters back then. Fat city was the place to be. Shanks everywhere. Early 70's = to free loving from the 1960's 
Early 70's = to free loving from the 1960's Posted on 12/1/15 at 6:26 am to glassman
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Off of Carrollton. Where DeLimon Place is now.
It was off Metry Rd, between Rosa and Focis... Carrolton is further down by Metry Grammar...
We use to sneak in riding our bikes through the exits.... I remember they had the Exorcist playing when it came out...
This post was edited on 12/1/15 at 6:28 am
Posted on 12/1/15 at 6:34 am to reverendotis
Ok...here's some more...
Do you guys remember the restaurant that had a big shark aquarium?
Does the lakefront town count? That museum about the swamp and indians that lived there with outdoor displays?
And no one probably knows this guy, but when I was really really young I went to some guys house who had it decked out in the best model train displays in Metairie.
Do you guys remember the restaurant that had a big shark aquarium?
Does the lakefront town count? That museum about the swamp and indians that lived there with outdoor displays?
And no one probably knows this guy, but when I was really really young I went to some guys house who had it decked out in the best model train displays in Metairie.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 7:36 am to Pectus
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Do you guys remember the restaurant that had a big shark aquarium?
Was that Sharky's Reef? I think it was a night club as well.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 7:40 am to reverendotis
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There was another drive in between the interstate & metairie rd and between oaklawn & lake ave. It was off that one street back there with a canal in the middle that crossed under I-10.
I was seven years old and the designated cockblocker for my older siblings. Folks would let them take the car (76 mercury cougar) on dates to that drive in but I had to tag along.
didn't one of these have 2 screens? one that you could actually see from the road?
Posted on 12/1/15 at 7:44 am to nolanola
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table...We went so often that Davis and Virginia would always sit down and eat dinner with us whenever we ate there.
House of Lee was awesome. I was there getting take out one night with my grandmother and Davis took me to a table at the back and introduced me to Harry Lee.
worked for Harry's sister Lorraine lee when she ownded Entre' Computer Centre on Vets. Got a few free meals at house of lee as well as imperial palace in nola.
Her daughter Victoria was pretty hot.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 10:04 am to MorbidTheClown
Airline Drive-In was at Cleary Ave. and Airline Highway. When it closed the Real Superstore (National Canal-Villere) opened there. When they went tango-uniform, Sam's Club opened there.
Joy Panorama was right across the street, where Autozone, Take 5 Auto and Enterprise are now.
Joy Panorama was right across the street, where Autozone, Take 5 Auto and Enterprise are now.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 10:21 am to RedPop4
Some Metry things I miss:
1) Dollar movies at the Joy on Airline & Cleary (closed around 1997) and the Joy on Vets & Roosevelt (closed 2000- last movie I saw there was Gladiator)
2) Panchos on Vets- the new/closed one on Labarre by Airline sucked
3) Roy Rogers on Vets
4) Bonanza steak house on Vets and Clearview across the street from the mall (it was next to a Shoe Town)
5) Putt-Putt on Vets near Transcontinental
6) The go-kart track on Vets by David Drive- it became a WalMart in like 1985, and then it is an Academy/H.H. Gregg now
7) Rax on Vets- i think it became a Circuit City in the 1990's
8) Kirschenstein's BBQ on West Esplanade by Severn- they had barstools with horse saddles on them for kids!
9) House of Lee on Vets
10) The trampoline place on Vets near Bonnabel- esp. before Mardi Gras parades
11) Paradise Lanes and Pelican Lanes (I went to birthday parties at both)
12) Hard to believe Taco Tico on Vets is now gone
1) Dollar movies at the Joy on Airline & Cleary (closed around 1997) and the Joy on Vets & Roosevelt (closed 2000- last movie I saw there was Gladiator)
2) Panchos on Vets- the new/closed one on Labarre by Airline sucked
3) Roy Rogers on Vets
4) Bonanza steak house on Vets and Clearview across the street from the mall (it was next to a Shoe Town)
5) Putt-Putt on Vets near Transcontinental
6) The go-kart track on Vets by David Drive- it became a WalMart in like 1985, and then it is an Academy/H.H. Gregg now
7) Rax on Vets- i think it became a Circuit City in the 1990's
8) Kirschenstein's BBQ on West Esplanade by Severn- they had barstools with horse saddles on them for kids!
9) House of Lee on Vets
10) The trampoline place on Vets near Bonnabel- esp. before Mardi Gras parades
11) Paradise Lanes and Pelican Lanes (I went to birthday parties at both)
12) Hard to believe Taco Tico on Vets is now gone
Posted on 12/1/15 at 10:28 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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Hard to believe Taco Tico on Vets is now gone
I've heard horror stories of what some employees did with the food. Still ate there quite a bit.
Those enchiladas were incredible
Posted on 12/1/15 at 10:48 am to reverendotis
A few I haven't; seen mentioned when skimming the thread
Sound Warehouse on vets. I remember that had stations set up where you could listen t the music before you bought the tape. That was fancy. That was late 80's I believe.
Two guys pizza on Severn and W. Esplanade. Not sure what it is now but it became Mr. Gyros before they moved not too long ago.
Catfish Shack was the other Friday night dinner spot. It was on Severn between Vets and the interstate. I think its some chain now.
Shall's (sp?) farm. I remember riding bikes there to buy candy in the early to mid 80's. Don't even remember where it was. I'm assuming its just developed land in Metairie now.
Sound Warehouse on vets. I remember that had stations set up where you could listen t the music before you bought the tape. That was fancy. That was late 80's I believe.
Two guys pizza on Severn and W. Esplanade. Not sure what it is now but it became Mr. Gyros before they moved not too long ago.
Catfish Shack was the other Friday night dinner spot. It was on Severn between Vets and the interstate. I think its some chain now.
Shall's (sp?) farm. I remember riding bikes there to buy candy in the early to mid 80's. Don't even remember where it was. I'm assuming its just developed land in Metairie now.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:07 am to reverendotis
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I still call gas stations Time Savers.
Right after Katrina you could drive around Metairie and see Time Savers after the Easy Serve signs came down from the wind. I took some cool pictures of them at the time but in '05 the flip phone didn't have the best camera so all of that is gone. At that time right after the storm a lot of these old business signs were revealed again. It was pretty eerie.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:10 am to uptownsage
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1. Big go kart track on veterans where the Lexus dealership is now.
Indy raceway
What about pizza at Fireside Inn on vets around where Hooters is now?
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:13 am to cdaniel76
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12pm Rocky Horror Picture Show at the old Cena Mall where Martin's Wine Cellar is now.
Fixed...
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:31 am to Tigersfan
There are still a few Time Savers around town. Only like 3 though
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:33 am to reverendotis
Girard Vikings, baby...
Our fight song:
"Girard is the team that will win...
We will scratch, we will claw, we will bite you.
It doesn't matter how you play the game
As long as you win, as long as you win, as long as you win!"
Our fight song:
"Girard is the team that will win...
We will scratch, we will claw, we will bite you.
It doesn't matter how you play the game
As long as you win, as long as you win, as long as you win!"
Posted on 12/1/15 at 11:42 am to reverendotis
Playing at Airline Park/Miley with the Saints practice facility being right there we would go through the hole cut in the fence and play on the practice field and kick field goals
Posted on 12/1/15 at 12:13 pm to Pepperidge
Delta Eagle
Westgate drive in
Jeff drive in
Lucky cue
GEX
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the drive in theater on Vets just past David Drive
Westgate drive in
Jeff drive in
Lucky cue
GEX
This post was edited on 12/1/15 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/1/15 at 2:41 pm to LSU5803
Teasers
Leonard Krower Dept. Store(Cleary & Vets)
Service Merchandise
Children's Palace Toy Store
Lionel Playworld
Mardi Gras parades at Circle K on Bonnabel & Vets
Western Sizzlin behind Schwegmann's on Veterans & Division
Waterside on Clearview south of I-10... Think it was called Wet Willie's
Skate Country in Elmwood
House of Shock in warehouse off of Cleary
Chi Chi's Mexican restaurant
Nicks in Metairie and their shot board- 1-800 frick Me Ups
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