tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post8883668046389911937..comments2024-03-28T13:46:45.787-05:00Comments on Garage Sale Finds: Shakey MemoriesTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-55998416774402389672021-09-19T01:33:49.858-05:002021-09-19T01:33:49.858-05:00That's hilarious, about your dad. Mojos are ...That's hilarious, about your dad. Mojos are like kfc level of deep fried batter taste. In no way possibly good for your healthChris Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945016978891804827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-80769680418791843752021-09-18T19:45:18.909-05:002021-09-18T19:45:18.909-05:00I never had the opportunity to try the Mojos. My D...I never had the opportunity to try the Mojos. My Dad guarded them pretty heavily, besides, I was in it for the pizza. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your memories.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-66805077332774930972021-09-17T00:54:30.902-05:002021-09-17T00:54:30.902-05:00I can't be sure, but I think the first one I w...I can't be sure, but I think the first one I went to had a coin operated video game projected onto a screen that you could play at the table, something very mid 70s. Later we frequented one in Artesia, ca that is now an Indian buffet. Man those mojos...I can taste them nowChris Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945016978891804827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-82483159649033168442021-09-10T21:33:22.388-05:002021-09-10T21:33:22.388-05:00Thanks for sharing your memories, Top Cat. They m...Thanks for sharing your memories, Top Cat. They might have been called Rojo potatoes back when my Dad ordered them too. I just remember he really liked them.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-12042785115187333852021-09-10T17:37:38.188-05:002021-09-10T17:37:38.188-05:00Yep, we had one in my podunk hometown--It opened i...Yep, we had one in my podunk hometown--It opened in early 1967, and closed in the late Nineties. The '70s version was pretty much how you described it--Rows of wooden picnic tables and a projection TV. In later years, they would go on to have one of the largest video game rooms in town (still remember seeing "Dragon's Lair" there for the first time),and their famed "Cartoon Room", where they showed a loop of mostly Warner Bros. cartoons taped right off Saturday morning TV (my brother and I thought that was hilariously chintzy). <br /><br />Oh, and they were called "Rojo" potatoes at this location.top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-15422489553454562662021-09-10T16:28:18.026-05:002021-09-10T16:28:18.026-05:00I didn't eat Chinese food until I was in colle...I didn't eat Chinese food until I was in college. My dad refused to eat it. But yes, eating out, fancy or fast-food was rare for us too.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-65334570078031204752021-09-10T16:27:15.402-05:002021-09-10T16:27:15.402-05:00Thanks for sharing your memories, Alec. The first...Thanks for sharing your memories, Alec. The first time I ever saw a video game was in a local Buffet place called Heritage House. They had a lone Pac-man.<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-67843974932908808612021-09-10T16:25:53.425-05:002021-09-10T16:25:53.425-05:00Thanks for sharing your memories, D. Yes, the hats...Thanks for sharing your memories, D. Yes, the hats look like they would break if you looked at them funny. Surprised they survived all these years.<br />Thanks for stopping by!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-71160166604034846352021-09-10T06:55:44.917-05:002021-09-10T06:55:44.917-05:00I can't remember going to eat at Shakeys but I...I can't remember going to eat at Shakeys but I do remember how eating out in the 1970's was a rare occurrence. Even fast food was a treat for special occasions like vacation or birthdays. Our families favorite was Youngs Chinese Food or the Parthenon Greek restaurant in downtown Chicago. Both are sadly gone now.Lady Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420898768568225649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-53787340015148847912021-09-09T21:34:26.182-05:002021-09-09T21:34:26.182-05:00We lived near a Shakey's in central Maryland i...We lived near a Shakey's in central Maryland in 1976 and '77, and it was much as you describe --- I remember Three Stooges shorts projected on a brick wall, though maybe it was just a screen on a brick wall. That Shakey's was also the first place I ever saw or played a video game (the arcade game Sea Wolf).Alec Semicognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507482266305964982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-62856406257331943542021-09-09T18:52:15.986-05:002021-09-09T18:52:15.986-05:00I have faint memories of Shakey's. Never actua...I have faint memories of Shakey's. Never actually got to watch a film through, but recall the projector was on a little platform suspended from the ceiling. There was one near my old place which closed probably around the same time as yours. After a year or so it was elaborately and flashily made over as a neon-covered 50s diner. That folded and the building became a paint store. I always figured part of the problem was a too-small parking lot for a restaurant.<br /><br />Definitely remember the styrofoam hats, which also appeared at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors and I think some other theme restaurants. As a teen was in a youth production of "The Music Man" and the barbershop quartet had styrofoam hats. The original paper bands bore the logos of Shakey's or some other establishment, but were replaced. They were fragile, at least when handled by kids.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.com