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NOLANOLA's Memory Lane... Weekend plans in NOLA 1988 Edition
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:03 pm
I’m a big fan of nostalgia and I hope others enjoy this post as well. I will try to make this a part of a series and do other similar posts if people enjoy them. This is taken from the Times Picayune Feb. 1988 movie page.
Enjoy the trip down memory lane, OT
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Putt-Putt at 4901 Veterans in Metairie - This is Ochsner for Children now. We had a school project where we would have to bring a stuffed bear home for the weekend. My mom took us to play putt putt that weekend. I remember this being a pretty no frills sort of place sans windmills and blue died water creeks.
Elmwood Cinema was a part of the Elmwood shopping center. It would be around where Five Below / Laser Tag are now. I can reminder a weird food court with the cinema towards the rear. I also seem to recall a burger place in the food court in the shape of a castle.
Notice “Overboard”, “Dirty Dancing” and “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” were playing ... a classic 80’s trio.
Lakeside Theatres, not to be confused with Lakeside Cinemas, were located in 3 buildings along Veterans between Edenborn & North Arnoult. Now home to Petco & Michaels. One of the buildings was an old church. I believe these were owned by a doctor who had his office in a little building on site as well.
Here are the Lakeside Cinemas which were in the parking lot at Lakeside Shopping Center. The complex was split among 2 buildings and adjacent to a Winn Dixie. The building housing Dick’s Sporting Goods sits here now. Also included in the General Cinema family were the iconic Robert E. Lee, Northshore Square Mall and Oakwood. I believe every one of these buildings are now torn down? My dad would take us to the K&B in Lakeside to buy candy on the cheap before the movie.
The AMC 8 at the Galleria in Metairie always seemed like the grand movie theater of my childhood. It was modern and sleek. For this Metairie suburb kid it was a treat to go to the Galleria to see a movie. It took a little extra effort considering the parking garage and elevators.
As a kid I loved going to these types of events (Boat Show, Auto Show, World of Wheels, etc.). “You’ll find 100 boats priced under $10k)” proclaimed this ad.
Chi-Chi’s in Kenner seemed like a sprawling building to me as as kid. It was packed when I would go with my parents. I can remember a waitress taking a liking to young NOLANOLA and giving me her sombrero. I think her name was Tara. Later this chain would succumb to a hepatitis outbreak delivered to patrons via green onions. Now it lives on a grocery store only brand owned by Hormel.
Enjoy the trip down memory lane, OT
. Putt-Putt at 4901 Veterans in Metairie - This is Ochsner for Children now. We had a school project where we would have to bring a stuffed bear home for the weekend. My mom took us to play putt putt that weekend. I remember this being a pretty no frills sort of place sans windmills and blue died water creeks.
Elmwood Cinema was a part of the Elmwood shopping center. It would be around where Five Below / Laser Tag are now. I can reminder a weird food court with the cinema towards the rear. I also seem to recall a burger place in the food court in the shape of a castle.
Notice “Overboard”, “Dirty Dancing” and “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” were playing ... a classic 80’s trio.
Lakeside Theatres, not to be confused with Lakeside Cinemas, were located in 3 buildings along Veterans between Edenborn & North Arnoult. Now home to Petco & Michaels. One of the buildings was an old church. I believe these were owned by a doctor who had his office in a little building on site as well.
Here are the Lakeside Cinemas which were in the parking lot at Lakeside Shopping Center. The complex was split among 2 buildings and adjacent to a Winn Dixie. The building housing Dick’s Sporting Goods sits here now. Also included in the General Cinema family were the iconic Robert E. Lee, Northshore Square Mall and Oakwood. I believe every one of these buildings are now torn down? My dad would take us to the K&B in Lakeside to buy candy on the cheap before the movie.
The AMC 8 at the Galleria in Metairie always seemed like the grand movie theater of my childhood. It was modern and sleek. For this Metairie suburb kid it was a treat to go to the Galleria to see a movie. It took a little extra effort considering the parking garage and elevators.
As a kid I loved going to these types of events (Boat Show, Auto Show, World of Wheels, etc.). “You’ll find 100 boats priced under $10k)” proclaimed this ad.
Chi-Chi’s in Kenner seemed like a sprawling building to me as as kid. It was packed when I would go with my parents. I can remember a waitress taking a liking to young NOLANOLA and giving me her sombrero. I think her name was Tara. Later this chain would succumb to a hepatitis outbreak delivered to patrons via green onions. Now it lives on a grocery store only brand owned by Hormel.
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Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:13 pm to nolanola
Solid thread. Elmwood had a nice pool place and bar called The Big Easy. Loved hanging out there.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:16 pm to tigerbait3488
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Solid thread. Elmwood had a nice pool place and bar called The Big Easy. Loved hanging out there.
I think this is place the later moved to Citrus next to Reginelli's. It was one of the first places open after Katrina. I remember driving out there several times to get burgers.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:23 pm to nolanola
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As a kid I loved going to these types of events (Boat Show, Auto Show, World of Wheels, etc.). “You’ll find 100 boats priced under $10k)” proclaimed this ad.
I remember going to the Boat Show and then the Camper & R.V. Show when they were both at the Rivergate (i.e., the current location of Harrah's).
All of the booths would give out bumper stickers and other sorts of bling. My brother and I (and I think most kids) would fill up bags of the stuff and judge the success of the show based upon how much bling we could get.
This post was edited on 1/11/23 at 11:27 pm
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:55 pm to nolanola
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I believe these were owned by a doctor who had his office in a little building on site as well.
Yep.
Charles something or other. He was my Dr as a kid.
Posted on 1/11/23 at 11:59 pm to nolanola
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As a kid I loved going to these types of events (Boat Show, Auto Show, World of Wheels, etc.). “You’ll find 100 boats priced under $10k)” proclaimed this ad.
Me too. Some of them would have these pools where you could “catch” goldfish. But it would f be a world of wheels without a special appearance by a C-list celeb.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 12:12 am to LafTiger
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I believe these were owned by a doctor who had his office in a little building on site as well.
Yep.
Charles something or other. He was my Dr as a kid.
Dr. Johnson. Super nice guy.
I spoke with him a few times not long before he died. He loved to tell great old stories. He told me the story of buying the land where the Lakeside cinemas were located. He bought the land out there on Veterans Hwy. when Vets was just a dirt road. He had no idea Vets and Causeway would become one of the most traveled intersections in the state (if not the country).
He decided to open up a cinema simply because he loved going to movies as a kid and always wanted to own a cinema. When he got older, three of the national chains (e.g., Office Depot) just made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. As I recall, in the 90s, he was leasing that land on some sort of 30 or 40 year lease for something like $30,000 a month.
This post was edited on 1/12/23 at 12:16 am
Posted on 1/12/23 at 1:05 am to nolanola
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The complex was split among 2 buildings and adjacent to a Winn Dixie.
For the life of me I can’t recall the winn Dixie….was it where the Puccinos is and faced morning call/Lakeside news?
Do you remember the haunted house they used to have in the parking garage across from the cinema?
Posted on 1/12/23 at 4:15 am to nolanola
Going to work all night, getting off work and going to the quarter and having a few beers. Ending up at Johnny White's, buying beers for Ruthie, the duck lady. Going to the Hummingbird Cafe for breakfast. It was a flophouse, with degens working there. the food was great, plentiful, and cheap.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 6:33 am to Hangit
Great nostalgic thread, I remember all of this !!
I remember as a young kid dropping off my older brother with my parents for the Rocky Horror Picture show at the theatre on Vets where Petsmart is now and thought “what a bunch of weirdos”.
I remember as a young kid dropping off my older brother with my parents for the Rocky Horror Picture show at the theatre on Vets where Petsmart is now and thought “what a bunch of weirdos”.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 6:37 am to Buck Dancer
Don't forget the Old World of Wheels shows.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 7:05 am to nolanola
No Chalmette cinema, no care
J/k, cool thread and lots of memories going to those theaters
J/k, cool thread and lots of memories going to those theaters
Posted on 1/12/23 at 7:18 am to nolanola
The facade was different, but I ate quite a few swamp burgers here in the eighties, and played pool into the wee hours of the morning. The first Pizza Inn in the greater Nola area was just across Vets, but it ain’t Dere No More.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 7:19 am to nolanola
Sitting Duck
Posted on 1/12/23 at 7:45 am to nolanola
1988 weekend plans? Saturday would go something like get some buttermilk drops from McKenzie's for breakfast. Go bowling at Rainbow Lanes and hit up the arcade there, then probably go to a mall for lunch and look through Waldenbooks, the record shops, KayBee Toys, and Babbages (or whichever game/electronics shop the particular mall had), and hit up the arcade there. Go play football or basketball or go swimming in the afternoon. Go home to clean up and make plans and ear dinner, then maybe go see a movie or head to a friend's house and rent a movie or a video game (if we hadn't already done that on Friday night).
Fun times.
Fun times.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 7:54 am to Bourre
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No Chalmette cinema, no care
My grandparents lived in Chalmette (right by St. Mark's school), and they used to take us to the Chalmette cinema all the time. It's where I saw Star Wars, Grease, and Jaws for the first time. I think my grandparents used us as an excuse to go see all the “young people's” movies.
The first thing I remember about the Chalmette cinema was how sticky the floors were. It was like they NEVER mopped the damn floor.
The second thing I remember about the Chalmette Cinema complex was the Godfather’s Pizza that was right by the cinema. I f*cking loved that deep, deep dish pizza. My grandparents would take us to Godfathers, and then we'd go see a movie. As I recall, other than the concessions, the Chalmette theater was pretty damn cheap compared to most movie theaters.
I also remember going to the Woolco store right next to the theater with my grandparents. My grandma would go to get whatever she was interested in, and my brother and I would head straight for the sporting goods department.
This post was edited on 1/12/23 at 8:15 am
Posted on 1/12/23 at 9:06 am to TJG210
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For the life of me I can’t recall the winn Dixie….was it where the Puccinos is and faced morning call/Lakeside news?
Yes, the front doors faced 17th street (Morning Call/Lakeside News).
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Do you remember the haunted house they used to have in the parking garage across from the cinema?
I do. They would do blood bank drives here.
This post was edited on 1/12/23 at 9:07 am
Posted on 1/12/23 at 9:10 am to LSUtoBOOT
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The facade was different, but I ate quite a few swamp burgers here in the eighties, and played pool into the wee hours of the morning. The first Pizza Inn in the greater Nola area was just across Vets, but it ain’t Dere No More.
The picture you posted is of the new Swamp Room. The older Swamp Room was a few buildings down Veterans in much more narrow building. The owners sold the business and the new owner moved to this expanded location.
Posted on 1/12/23 at 9:11 am to Bourre
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No Chalmette cinema, no care
J/k, cool thread and lots of memories going to those theaters
I didn't visit "da parish" that much as a kid so I'm not all that familiar. Is this in that weird mall on Judge Perez simply called, "The Mall"?
Posted on 1/12/23 at 9:21 am to CrazyTigerFan
damn - that's spot on for me - great times
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