In the 50's in my small hometown we had Dave'sHamburgers. It was in a small wooden "shed" that had a hard dirt floor. Places inside for about 4, but most used the walk up window. It was located next to the picture show. The burgers were square and thin and he used square buns he bought from the local bakery, He made a dressing of mustard and chopped onions and you could get a burger with or without, no other choices. No cheese, no fries, no chips. He had an open top pop box with a varity of bottles of "pop" ( my fav was RC Cola), it was filled with ice he salted and was the coldest in town.
Burgers were 15 cents (10 for $1.00) pop was 10 cents. for a half dollar you could get 2 burgers, a bottle of pop and have a dime left over for kids admission to the show, usually a double feature.
In those days, movies ran continuesly, so you could sit there all day watching the same shows over and over. It wasn't unusual for someone to come in during a show and watch until it got back to where they came in and then leave.
Burgers were 15 cents (10 for $1.00) pop was 10 cents. for a half dollar you could get 2 burgers, a bottle of pop and have a dime left over for kids admission to the show, usually a double feature.
In those days, movies ran continuesly, so you could sit there all day watching the same shows over and over. It wasn't unusual for someone to come in during a show and watch until it got back to where they came in and then leave.
<----Wasn't born until 1978. You guys are old!!
1983 here... my "day" was 99-01. I constantly toss out the "at the turn of the century" as I imagine my great great families did once.
Food price have gone nuts. The wholesale cost on a 4" hamburger bun is like 21¢. Better deals can be (maybe) found in small quantities at grocery stores but restaurants don't have the time and resources to shop multiple stores to get the needed quantities, if they are even permitted to buy them. I recently launched a new food service venture and am so glad I went with a couple of restaurant food vendors. Sam's Club, which sells a premium membership to restaurants, has been refusing to sell the quantities of items that they need to serve their customers. Unfortunately the wholesale companies that service restaurants are typically more expensive than Sam's or even regular grocery stores but at least they will sell in quantities that are needed to stay in business.
OKC area in 1970, I worked a short time as a security guard at the Liberty National Bank building downtown. That's the 36 floor building that is now owned and named something else. (But, they still put the lights in the windows to create crosses on each side of the building.) Minimum wage was $1.60 an hour and I got $1.65. That job lasted a few months before I found a better job for $500 per month.
Gas was as low as $.16 per gallon during the gas wars at that time.
Gas was as low as $.16 per gallon during the gas wars at that time.
Sounds like Sparky's. plain burgers on special were 5 for a dollar. One pickle slice and a drop or two of catsup. 4 for a dollar if one wanted a sliver of cheese on them.
Dang, I figured your for, oh, 75 or so...
This was Tony's (or, as we called them, Stoney's, home of the nickel burger) on west Lindsey in Norman. I don't know when they opened, but it became an Arby's around '89 or '90, but even that bailed out maybe 15 years ago. Last time I was by there, I think the building had been razed and rebuilt into something else.
Just wise beyond my years lmao
Pup!<----Wasn't born until 1978. You guys are old!!
