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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
gbw
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Date: January 03, 2020 09:42PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > > Carrying on....Here is a scarce one I came
> > > across...Vincent's in Fairfax...with the look
> > of
> > > the stone exterior it could be the
> predecessor
> > to
> > > the Vincent's Diner in the top photo...next
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> > the
> > > Theater. It also had a stone exterior...hmmm
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> > This pic has been posted before. Is this the
> ESSO
> > station that was across the street from
> Vincent's
> > Diner?
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> Cool, What page? I must have missed it.
Not sure exactly what you are looking for but there are Vincent's photo's/posts on pages 98, 106, 111 and 120.
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> > > Carrying on....Here is a scarce one I came
> > > across...Vincent's in Fairfax...with the look
> > of
> > > the stone exterior it could be the
> predecessor
> > to
> > > the Vincent's Diner in the top photo...next
> to
> > the
> > > Theater. It also had a stone exterior...hmmm
> >
> >
> > This pic has been posted before. Is this the
> ESSO
> > station that was across the street from
> Vincent's
> > Diner?
>
> Cool, What page? I must have missed it.
Not sure exactly what you are looking for but there are Vincent's photo's/posts on pages 98, 106, 111 and 120.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: January 03, 2020 09:48PM
gbw Wrote:
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> > > > Carrying on....Here is a scarce one I came
> > > > across...Vincent's in Fairfax...with the
> look
> > > of
> > > > the stone exterior it could be the
> > predecessor
> > > to
> > > > the Vincent's Diner in the top photo...next
> > to
> > > the
> > > > Theater. It also had a stone
> exterior...hmmm
> > >
> > >
> > > This pic has been posted before. Is this the
> > ESSO
> > > station that was across the street from
> > Vincent's
> > > Diner?
> >
> > Cool, What page? I must have missed it.
>
>
> Not sure exactly what you are looking for but
> there are Vincent's photo's/posts on pages 98,
> 106, 111 and 120.
Missed it, thanks.
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> > > > Carrying on....Here is a scarce one I came
> > > > across...Vincent's in Fairfax...with the
> look
> > > of
> > > > the stone exterior it could be the
> > predecessor
> > > to
> > > > the Vincent's Diner in the top photo...next
> > to
> > > the
> > > > Theater. It also had a stone
> exterior...hmmm
> > >
> > >
> > > This pic has been posted before. Is this the
> > ESSO
> > > station that was across the street from
> > Vincent's
> > > Diner?
> >
> > Cool, What page? I must have missed it.
>
>
> Not sure exactly what you are looking for but
> there are Vincent's photo's/posts on pages 98,
> 106, 111 and 120.
Missed it, thanks.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: January 03, 2020 09:50PM
gbw Wrote:
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> Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> > > > Carrying on....Here is a scarce one I came
> > > > across...Vincent's in Fairfax...with the
> look
> > > of
> > > > the stone exterior it could be the
> > predecessor
> > > to
> > > > the Vincent's Diner in the top photo...next
> > to
> > > the
> > > > Theater. It also had a stone
> exterior...hmmm
> > >
> > >
> > > This pic has been posted before. Is this the
> > ESSO
> > > station that was across the street from
> > Vincent's
> > > Diner?
> >
> > Cool, What page? I must have missed it.
>
>
> Not sure exactly what you are looking for but
> there are Vincent's photo's/posts on pages 98,
> 106, 111 and 120.
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> > > > Carrying on....Here is a scarce one I came
> > > > across...Vincent's in Fairfax...with the
> look
> > > of
> > > > the stone exterior it could be the
> > predecessor
> > > to
> > > > the Vincent's Diner in the top photo...next
> > to
> > > the
> > > > Theater. It also had a stone
> exterior...hmmm
> > >
> > >
> > > This pic has been posted before. Is this the
> > ESSO
> > > station that was across the street from
> > Vincent's
> > > Diner?
> >
> > Cool, What page? I must have missed it.
>
>
> Not sure exactly what you are looking for but
> there are Vincent's photo's/posts on pages 98,
> 106, 111 and 120.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: January 04, 2020 09:26AM
It takes a real old time Fairfax county resident to remember Harveys Hickory House @ Gallows road and Lee Highway Merrifield Va. 1967.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Info the pool
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Date: January 04, 2020 07:28PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> It takes a real old time Fairfax county resident
> to remember Harveys Hickory House @ Gallows road
> and Lee Highway Merrifield Va. 1967.
If my memory is correct, it was where the Taco Bell was erected after the HH was razed.
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> It takes a real old time Fairfax county resident
> to remember Harveys Hickory House @ Gallows road
> and Lee Highway Merrifield Va. 1967.
If my memory is correct, it was where the Taco Bell was erected after the HH was razed.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
No It Was Not Taco Bell
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Date: January 04, 2020 09:22PM
It was Jack In Box where weed smokes got their munchies. I know I was one of them then
Vincent who almost made Fairfax into Vincentville.. Then There Was This Smart Forward thinking Guy with a plane who made his airstrip out Rt 50 by Arcola that owned a lot of Fairfax Property name of G...
In Vienna there was a Candyman and Cigarette guy the same name of I ...P... who owned a lot of property too and in Fairfax Co he had a big warehouse at Bailys that's now where the yuppie sports goods place with fancy tents bikes canoes clothes and such but no guns! Bummer !
You Know Who ...I had my chance to buy Fairfax Co land cheap but I made 1 dollar an hour and I did OK LOL
Vincent who almost made Fairfax into Vincentville.. Then There Was This Smart Forward thinking Guy with a plane who made his airstrip out Rt 50 by Arcola that owned a lot of Fairfax Property name of G...
In Vienna there was a Candyman and Cigarette guy the same name of I ...P... who owned a lot of property too and in Fairfax Co he had a big warehouse at Bailys that's now where the yuppie sports goods place with fancy tents bikes canoes clothes and such but no guns! Bummer !
You Know Who ...I had my chance to buy Fairfax Co land cheap but I made 1 dollar an hour and I did OK LOL
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
gbw
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Date: January 04, 2020 09:44PM
No It Was Not Taco Bell Wrote:
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> It was Jack In Box where weed smokes got their
> munchies. I know I was one of them then
>
> Vincent who almost made Fairfax into
> Vincentville.. Then There Was This Smart Forward
> thinking Guy with a plane who made his airstrip
> out Rt 50 by Arcola that owned a lot of Fairfax
> Property name of G...
>
> In Vienna there was a Candyman and Cigarette guy
> the same name of I ...P... who owned a lot of
> property too and in Fairfax Co he had a big
> warehouse at Bailys that's now where the yuppie
> sports goods place with fancy tents bikes canoes
> clothes and such but no guns! Bummer !
>
> You Know Who ...I had my chance to buy Fairfax Co
> land cheap but I made 1 dollar an hour and I did
> OK LOL
Ha! I was just talking to someone the other day about that airstrip at the corner of Rt50 and Gum Springs. We used to go out to Beaverdam Reservoir in the late 80's and early 90's. If you went during the week you pretty much had the place to yourself.
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> It was Jack In Box where weed smokes got their
> munchies. I know I was one of them then
>
> Vincent who almost made Fairfax into
> Vincentville.. Then There Was This Smart Forward
> thinking Guy with a plane who made his airstrip
> out Rt 50 by Arcola that owned a lot of Fairfax
> Property name of G...
>
> In Vienna there was a Candyman and Cigarette guy
> the same name of I ...P... who owned a lot of
> property too and in Fairfax Co he had a big
> warehouse at Bailys that's now where the yuppie
> sports goods place with fancy tents bikes canoes
> clothes and such but no guns! Bummer !
>
> You Know Who ...I had my chance to buy Fairfax Co
> land cheap but I made 1 dollar an hour and I did
> OK LOL
Ha! I was just talking to someone the other day about that airstrip at the corner of Rt50 and Gum Springs. We used to go out to Beaverdam Reservoir in the late 80's and early 90's. If you went during the week you pretty much had the place to yourself.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Rt 50 And Gum Springs
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Date: January 04, 2020 10:12PM
Back Then there was not much around there. The small air strip was on the north side of Rt 50 near Gum Springs and 50 . If your a Old Loudoun County Boy you may remember Bull Smith of the Virginia State Police RIP
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
gbw
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Date: January 04, 2020 10:35PM
Rt 50 And Gum Springs Wrote:
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> Back Then there was not much around there. The
> small air strip was on the north side of Rt 50
> near Gum Springs and 50 . If your a Old Loudoun
> County Boy you may remember Bull Smith of the
> Virginia State Police RIP
Oh ya, I remember the airstrip. He used to keep his plane pretty close to that corner of his property. We were Fairfax kids, but even in the late 80's there were fewer and fewer places to go where the Fairfax County Police wouldn't get up in your business. We preferred to go out to Beaverdam or even up to Point of Rocks to hang out. Used to fish under the bridge at Point of Rocks and mess around in the train tunnel; real smart weren't we!!! But we all survived.
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> Back Then there was not much around there. The
> small air strip was on the north side of Rt 50
> near Gum Springs and 50 . If your a Old Loudoun
> County Boy you may remember Bull Smith of the
> Virginia State Police RIP
Oh ya, I remember the airstrip. He used to keep his plane pretty close to that corner of his property. We were Fairfax kids, but even in the late 80's there were fewer and fewer places to go where the Fairfax County Police wouldn't get up in your business. We preferred to go out to Beaverdam or even up to Point of Rocks to hang out. Used to fish under the bridge at Point of Rocks and mess around in the train tunnel; real smart weren't we!!! But we all survived.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
fairfax fred
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Date: January 05, 2020 10:31AM
I think at least one of these pictures have been posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber of commerce.
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: January 05, 2020 10:53AM
fairfax fred Wrote:
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> I think at least one of these pictures have been
> posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber of
> commerce.
The old building is still there on Little River RT 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it for enjoyment.
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> I think at least one of these pictures have been
> posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber of
> commerce.
The old building is still there on Little River RT 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it for enjoyment.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
hamburger hungry 1972
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Date: January 05, 2020 10:57AM
I always thought Red Barn was much better than Burger Chef. Later when Roy Rogers came along I thought they were the best. All three of those places were better than McDonald's.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
just passing through
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Date: January 05, 2020 11:11AM
hamburger hungry 1972 Wrote:
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> I always thought Red Barn was much better than
> Burger Chef. Later when Roy Rogers came along I
> thought they were the best. All three of those
> places were better than McDonald's.
There are 48 Roy Rogers locations that are still operating, several in our area.
https://www.google.com/maps/search/roy+rogers/@38.9669942,-77.6248141,10z
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> I always thought Red Barn was much better than
> Burger Chef. Later when Roy Rogers came along I
> thought they were the best. All three of those
> places were better than McDonald's.
There are 48 Roy Rogers locations that are still operating, several in our area.
https://www.google.com/maps/search/roy+rogers/@38.9669942,-77.6248141,10z
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jerry's Subs
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Date: January 05, 2020 11:44AM
Old Iron Wrote:
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> fairfax fred Wrote:
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> > I think at least one of these pictures have
> been
> > posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> > chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber
> of
> > commerce.
>
>
> The old building is still there on Little River RT
> 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it for
> enjoyment.
Was that location a Arthur Treacher's at some point in the 1980s?
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> fairfax fred Wrote:
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> > I think at least one of these pictures have
> been
> > posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> > chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber
> of
> > commerce.
>
>
> The old building is still there on Little River RT
> 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it for
> enjoyment.
Was that location a Arthur Treacher's at some point in the 1980s?
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
hamburger hungry 1972
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Date: January 05, 2020 02:00PM
just passing through Wrote:
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> hamburger hungry 1972 Wrote:
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> > I always thought Red Barn was much better than
> > Burger Chef. Later when Roy Rogers came along I
> > thought they were the best. All three of those
> > places were better than McDonald's.
>
>
> There are 48 Roy Rogers locations that are still
> operating, several in our area.
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/search/roy+rogers/@38.
> 9669942,-77.6248141,10z
Wow. I didn't know there were that many. I knew about ones in Manassas and Gainesville.
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> hamburger hungry 1972 Wrote:
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> > I always thought Red Barn was much better than
> > Burger Chef. Later when Roy Rogers came along I
> > thought they were the best. All three of those
> > places were better than McDonald's.
>
>
> There are 48 Roy Rogers locations that are still
> operating, several in our area.
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/search/roy+rogers/@38.
> 9669942,-77.6248141,10z
Wow. I didn't know there were that many. I knew about ones in Manassas and Gainesville.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
WoW Man Muchies
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Date: January 05, 2020 02:23PM
>and you can lease it for enjoyment.
"DAJAX'S Crisp Fried Snakehead and Mucho Munchies"
JIB Tacos natch Truck Stoppers Styrofoam Box Specials . Ice Cold Fanta for the Bongs
Handguns to go from the vending machine with instant background check 4473 filled out question 11 e answered NO without lying . Cold Hobo beer on draft. NO weed smoking on premises
30 day wait for hand gun to be dispensed its in Fairfax County . One a month too
"DAJAX'S Crisp Fried Snakehead and Mucho Munchies"
JIB Tacos natch Truck Stoppers Styrofoam Box Specials . Ice Cold Fanta for the Bongs
Handguns to go from the vending machine with instant background check 4473 filled out question 11 e answered NO without lying . Cold Hobo beer on draft. NO weed smoking on premises
30 day wait for hand gun to be dispensed its in Fairfax County . One a month too
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
E7NWD
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Date: January 05, 2020 03:32PM
Old Iron Wrote:
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> fairfax fred Wrote:
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> > I think at least one of these pictures have
> been
> > posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> > chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber
> of
> > commerce.
>
>
> The old building is still there on Little River RT
> 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it for
> enjoyment.
No longer vacant. Recently opened El Habanero Mexican Restaurant.
Yes it was a Arthur Treachers at one time
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> fairfax fred Wrote:
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> > I think at least one of these pictures have
> been
> > posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> > chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale chamber
> of
> > commerce.
>
>
> The old building is still there on Little River RT
> 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it for
> enjoyment.
No longer vacant. Recently opened El Habanero Mexican Restaurant.
Yes it was a Arthur Treachers at one time
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: January 05, 2020 06:28PM
E7NWD Wrote:
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> Old Iron Wrote:
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> > fairfax fred Wrote:
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> > > I think at least one of these pictures have
> > been
> > > posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> > > chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale
> chamber
> > of
> > > commerce.
> >
> >
> > The old building is still there on Little River
> RT
> > 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it
> for
> > enjoyment.
>
> No longer vacant. Recently opened El Habanero
> Mexican Restaurant.
> Yes it was a Arthur Treachers at one time
I can remember eating at 4 different Arthur Treacher's locations years ago.
Fairfax Circle, Annandale on RT 236, Springfield on Backlick Rd, and Alexandria on RT 1 near Beacon Hill.
I have been told there was a location in the Rose Hill Shopping Center back in the 1970's, but I can't confirm that.
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> Old Iron Wrote:
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> > fairfax fred Wrote:
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> > > I think at least one of these pictures have
> > been
> > > posted before, not sure. The Annandale Burger
> > > chef. Images courtesy of the Annandale
> chamber
> > of
> > > commerce.
> >
> >
> > The old building is still there on Little River
> RT
> > 236. It is vacant again, and you can lease it
> for
> > enjoyment.
>
> No longer vacant. Recently opened El Habanero
> Mexican Restaurant.
> Yes it was a Arthur Treachers at one time
I can remember eating at 4 different Arthur Treacher's locations years ago.
Fairfax Circle, Annandale on RT 236, Springfield on Backlick Rd, and Alexandria on RT 1 near Beacon Hill.
I have been told there was a location in the Rose Hill Shopping Center back in the 1970's, but I can't confirm that.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
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Date: January 05, 2020 06:30PM
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
In 2002 The Original 5 Guys
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Date: January 07, 2020 05:15PM
At Bailys with 3.49 hamburgers 3.99 cheeseburgers 2.09 medium fries 1.49 large drinks 8.38 plus tax . Great burgers and simple idea a winner today with millions in sales. Rolls back then were from Brennen's bakery
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Newman!
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Date: January 07, 2020 05:27PM
In 2002 The Original 5 Guys Wrote:
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> At Bailys with 3.49 hamburgers 3.99 cheeseburgers
> 2.09 medium fries 1.49 large drinks 8.38 plus tax
> . Great burgers and simple idea a winner today
> with millions in sales. Rolls back then were from
> Brennen's bakery
Elaine Benes use ta buy cinnamon babka from Brenners before relocating to NYC.
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> At Bailys with 3.49 hamburgers 3.99 cheeseburgers
> 2.09 medium fries 1.49 large drinks 8.38 plus tax
> . Great burgers and simple idea a winner today
> with millions in sales. Rolls back then were from
> Brennen's bakery
Elaine Benes use ta buy cinnamon babka from Brenners before relocating to NYC.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
It Figures
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Date: January 07, 2020 06:05PM
That was AT's in Annandale , head to Penguin Feather then AT's to fill up the new bong with Ice Cold Fanta
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Evidence Photo
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Date: January 07, 2020 06:11PM
There they are all lined up next stop is AT's for the Fanta
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Scene Of The Crime
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Date: January 07, 2020 06:16PM
Trying to Cover it All Up LOL
https://annandaleva.blogspot.com/2019/03/el-habanero-to-offer-traditional.html
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Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
WoW We All Have The Same Name
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Date: January 07, 2020 06:18PM
Anonymous..LOL
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Posted by:
question of the afternoon
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Date: January 07, 2020 06:20PM
Remember me?
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Posted by:
Sir Harry Haddock
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Date: January 07, 2020 08:24PM
That's Cuck Cod
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Ravens Worth
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Date: January 07, 2020 08:29PM
think this is ravensworth shopping center,
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Posted by:
VW Spotter
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Date: January 07, 2020 09:05PM
Ravens Worth Wrote:
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> think this is ravensworth shopping center,
I see 1 VW Bus, and 1 VW Bug in the top photo
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> think this is ravensworth shopping center,
I see 1 VW Bus, and 1 VW Bug in the top photo
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
It Tis But... Wait
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Date: January 07, 2020 09:13PM
That's when it was brand new before 1970 maybe 1966 67 . There's no Buckaroo Steak house with a cheap chopped steak with mushrooms baked potato salad and roll and no UPS drivers in there drinking beer after work , also where is State Sen Sawslaws Jag parked in the Fire Lane ? Can you get a scan of Bazanos pizza I want to see if those pizza pans round and rectangle are up on the wall behind the cash register medium and large sizes with that flat crust and the oily grease floating on top excellent with a Ice Cold pitcher of beer then , after eating light up a cigarette and savor it all back in the day. All Nova centers were more busy back then not as many to go to and the county population was smaller about 325k but crowded in places where they built shopping centers at
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Posted by:
Alamo Steak Ranch
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Date: January 07, 2020 09:18PM
Must have been prerunner of Buckaroo def pre 1970 pic or did someone call me "Buckaroo " coming out of the joint and I thought that was the name
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
It Was Buckaroo Steak Ranch
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Date: January 07, 2020 09:24PM
After Alamo Steak Ranch
"September 27, 1969:
* Buckaroo Steak Ranch on North Harrison Street is offering a ribeye steak, baked potato, green salad and Texas toast for the bargain price of 89 cents."
That was in 69 in Arlington from the net sounds good , no wonder I liked the place ahh that Texas Toast
https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/arlington-history/article_86a511da-4637-5be9-8cd4-e4b015817f6f.html
"September 27, 1969:
* Buckaroo Steak Ranch on North Harrison Street is offering a ribeye steak, baked potato, green salad and Texas toast for the bargain price of 89 cents."
That was in 69 in Arlington from the net sounds good , no wonder I liked the place ahh that Texas Toast
https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/arlington-history/article_86a511da-4637-5be9-8cd4-e4b015817f6f.html
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Sucker for themed restuarants
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Date: January 07, 2020 09:26PM
Buckaroo Steakhouse sounds amazing. Never went there or saw pictures, but I am imagining all the waitresses wearing little cowboy outfits and talking with Southern accents. Big ribeye steaks served with huge baked potatoes and a large frosty mug of beer. If that is the way it was someone needs to bring it back. ;-)
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Posted by:
Sorry Bout The Rib Eyes
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Date: January 07, 2020 10:24PM
They were about 5/8 inch think but with what they came with and a cheap price they were Dammed Good off a flaming grated grill manned by Buckaroos in uniforms who could cook 36 steaks at one time moving rare med and well done around ! The Cowboy Waitress were dancing in DC someplace back then maybe Good Guys ?? No before its time . You pushed your tray and told um what you wanted cafeteria style like Ponderosa and Rustler later on , they had long tables to eat at commune style for the hippies back then , I sure some of those hippy girls would have loved to dance to the weed music if they could shoulder their way in between those big plastic pitchers the UPS guys were draining from up Port Royal Road and get a good snort of some cold beer to get them going all back in 70 and 71
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Barrickman
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Date: January 08, 2020 01:40AM
Those were the days, all right..
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Five Gals
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Date: January 08, 2020 05:23AM
In 2002 The Original 5 Guys Wrote:
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> At Bailys with 3.49 hamburgers 3.99 cheeseburgers
> 2.09 medium fries 1.49 large drinks 8.38 plus tax
> . Great burgers and simple idea a winner today
> with millions in sales. Rolls back then were from
> Brennen's bakery
That was the second ever location of Five Guys, at the intersection of Beauregard and Route 7. It closed about 5 years ago and I think has now been demolished. The first shop was a short distance away on Columbia Pike; it was closed so they could open up this second restaurant. It’s now an international brand, quite a good local story.
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> At Bailys with 3.49 hamburgers 3.99 cheeseburgers
> 2.09 medium fries 1.49 large drinks 8.38 plus tax
> . Great burgers and simple idea a winner today
> with millions in sales. Rolls back then were from
> Brennen's bakery
That was the second ever location of Five Guys, at the intersection of Beauregard and Route 7. It closed about 5 years ago and I think has now been demolished. The first shop was a short distance away on Columbia Pike; it was closed so they could open up this second restaurant. It’s now an international brand, quite a good local story.
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old springfielder
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Date: January 08, 2020 07:08AM
Yes it was the Alamo steak house at first. They had both kinds of draft beer, light and dark. And yes it was full of Sears guys and UPS guys on weeknights. It had a unlimited salad bar.
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Andy Ratlips
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Date: January 08, 2020 04:36PM
Supposedly this is the Fairfax city Sambo's currently Denny's. Can anybody tell for sure?
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Gilligan's Island
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Date: January 08, 2020 05:52PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Supposedly this is the Fairfax city Sambo's
> currently Denny's. Can anybody tell for sure?
I see a palm tree on the right side of the photo, so I strongly suspect this is a warmer climate that what Fairfax City offers.
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> Supposedly this is the Fairfax city Sambo's
> currently Denny's. Can anybody tell for sure?
I see a palm tree on the right side of the photo, so I strongly suspect this is a warmer climate that what Fairfax City offers.
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Emmett Grogan
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Date: January 08, 2020 07:14PM
question of the afternoon Wrote:
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> Remember me?
Shemp??
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> Remember me?
Shemp??
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Posted by:
Cuck Cod
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Date: January 08, 2020 07:57PM
Sir Harry Haddock lied, his name is really Arthur Treacher he is an unabashed shill for his fishy places but I too adore that crisp fried fish those chips and Ice Cold Fanta to cool the bong and wish he would open at least a dozen in Fairfax with side orders of JIB tacos natch
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yukkk
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Date: January 08, 2020 11:49PM
Old Iron Wrote:
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> I have been told there was a location in the Rose
> Hill Shopping Center back in the 1970's, but I
> can't confirm that.
Can confirm it 100%. Was right on the corner nearest the light where Rose Hill Dr and Franconia met. HATED eating there as a kid.
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> I have been told there was a location in the Rose
> Hill Shopping Center back in the 1970's, but I
> can't confirm that.
Can confirm it 100%. Was right on the corner nearest the light where Rose Hill Dr and Franconia met. HATED eating there as a kid.
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What A Shame It Was Replaced
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Date: January 09, 2020 12:15AM
By a grease burger joint but I understand kids and what they will eat and not as I had my days making grease burgers and hot dogs and pizza and mac and cheese not fried squid for them. Today they treat me to seafood treats they love as well as me in posh places like Fishmarket in Old Town and Maine Ave in DC and especially Paul Revere smorgasbord in OC LOL
Im still one at heart but today I eat what I would have not touched with a 10 foot stick when young ..like a 5 pound lobster if I could afford it LoL , a dozen raw oysters steamed shrimp crabs clams mussels and crisp deep fried Snakehead and Squid and Octopus which are very tasty creatures sautéed boiled or steamed in soups stews and by themselves at Super H mart as snack samples freeeeee on Weekends about 2 pm
You Know Who ...and Im not the real Sir Harry Haddock or Cuck Cod but I loved Arthur Teachers
Im still one at heart but today I eat what I would have not touched with a 10 foot stick when young ..like a 5 pound lobster if I could afford it LoL , a dozen raw oysters steamed shrimp crabs clams mussels and crisp deep fried Snakehead and Squid and Octopus which are very tasty creatures sautéed boiled or steamed in soups stews and by themselves at Super H mart as snack samples freeeeee on Weekends about 2 pm
You Know Who ...and Im not the real Sir Harry Haddock or Cuck Cod but I loved Arthur Teachers
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Posted by:
Bailey’s X Röder
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Date: January 09, 2020 02:28AM
^^^Thank you for mentioning Paul Revere in Ocean City - I had forgotten about that place.
When I was little, money was tight and my parents NEVER took us kids to a restaurant to eat. Not even McDonalds. But when we’d go on vacation, Paul Revere would offer coupons where kids would eat free, and we would usually go there five of the six vacation nights. I don’t even know if it was good food, but we sure liked it!
When I was little, money was tight and my parents NEVER took us kids to a restaurant to eat. Not even McDonalds. But when we’d go on vacation, Paul Revere would offer coupons where kids would eat free, and we would usually go there five of the six vacation nights. I don’t even know if it was good food, but we sure liked it!
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Old Iron
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Date: January 09, 2020 11:17AM
yukkk Wrote:
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> Old Iron Wrote:
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> -----
>
> > I have been told there was a location in the
> Rose
> > Hill Shopping Center back in the 1970's, but I
> > can't confirm that.
>
>
> Can confirm it 100%. Was right on the corner
> nearest the light where Rose Hill Dr and Franconia
> met. HATED eating there as a kid.
Thank you for the confirmation of the old Arthur Treacher's location.
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> Old Iron Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > I have been told there was a location in the
> Rose
> > Hill Shopping Center back in the 1970's, but I
> > can't confirm that.
>
>
> Can confirm it 100%. Was right on the corner
> nearest the light where Rose Hill Dr and Franconia
> met. HATED eating there as a kid.
Thank you for the confirmation of the old Arthur Treacher's location.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: January 10, 2020 05:04PM
Oh no! Fire at the Red Barn Fairfax city Virginia circa 1975.
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Posted by:
Julie Keene Rolling
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Date: January 10, 2020 11:13PM
And in above Red Barn fire photo, Vienna Volunteer FD is on scene.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: January 11, 2020 09:58AM
Date unknown.
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Old Iron
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Date: January 11, 2020 11:35AM
Fantastic photo!
Early 1960's is my guess.
I remember the cannon balls stacked behind the cannons, and yes those are Confederate cannons aimed at the National Bank of Fairfax.
Anyone remember the bowling alley, the Esso station, or the Wayne Feed store all seen in this pic?
Early 1960's is my guess.
I remember the cannon balls stacked behind the cannons, and yes those are Confederate cannons aimed at the National Bank of Fairfax.
Anyone remember the bowling alley, the Esso station, or the Wayne Feed store all seen in this pic?
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Posted by:
Sleepy Holla
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Date: January 11, 2020 11:55AM
The Feed Store became TT Reynolds, correct?
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Old Iron
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Date: January 11, 2020 12:04PM
Sleepy Holla Wrote:
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> The Feed Store became TT Reynolds, correct?
About 1979, and the bowling alley became "The Alibi" about the same time.
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> The Feed Store became TT Reynolds, correct?
About 1979, and the bowling alley became "The Alibi" about the same time.
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Posted by:
Andy Ratlips
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Date: January 11, 2020 04:15PM
1950s.
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Old Iron
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Date: January 11, 2020 09:21PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> 1950s.
I am guessing 1930's. See the Model A near those vintage gas pumps?
Great photo again!
Love that old ESSO sign.
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> 1950s.
I am guessing 1930's. See the Model A near those vintage gas pumps?
Great photo again!
Love that old ESSO sign.
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Posted by:
Old Man Fairfax
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Date: January 11, 2020 09:37PM
Andy Ratlips Wrote:
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> Oh no! Fire at the Red Barn Fairfax city Virginia
> circa 1975.
Wow! Great to see a picture of Vienna VFD's Maxim in action.
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> Oh no! Fire at the Red Barn Fairfax city Virginia
> circa 1975.
Wow! Great to see a picture of Vienna VFD's Maxim in action.
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Posted by:
jabberwocky
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Date: January 11, 2020 10:22PM
> That was the second ever location of Five Guys, at
> the intersection of Beauregard and Route 7. It
> closed about 5 years ago and I think has now been
> demolished. The first shop was a short distance
> away on Columbia Pike; it was closed so they could
> open up this second restaurant. It’s now an
> international brand, quite a good local story.
Not only that but it started an entire industry of "better than fast food but not a sit down restaurant" style burger chains. Now you have Smashburger, Elevation Burger, Shake Shack, Burger 7, BGR The Burger Joint, etc. all following Five Guys lead. Before Five Guys, the only burger places you had were the major fast food chains and Fudruckers or Red Robin type places where you were expected to sit down and stay a while. Five Guys filled a huge hole in the market and that is why they took off so quick. I always love seeing them when I travel knowing that it all started here.
> the intersection of Beauregard and Route 7. It
> closed about 5 years ago and I think has now been
> demolished. The first shop was a short distance
> away on Columbia Pike; it was closed so they could
> open up this second restaurant. It’s now an
> international brand, quite a good local story.
Not only that but it started an entire industry of "better than fast food but not a sit down restaurant" style burger chains. Now you have Smashburger, Elevation Burger, Shake Shack, Burger 7, BGR The Burger Joint, etc. all following Five Guys lead. Before Five Guys, the only burger places you had were the major fast food chains and Fudruckers or Red Robin type places where you were expected to sit down and stay a while. Five Guys filled a huge hole in the market and that is why they took off so quick. I always love seeing them when I travel knowing that it all started here.
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Making burgers one at a time
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Date: January 11, 2020 10:42PM
jabberwocky Wrote:
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> > That was the second ever location of Five Guys,
> at
> > the intersection of Beauregard and Route 7. It
> > closed about 5 years ago and I think has now
> been
> > demolished. The first shop was a short distance
> > away on Columbia Pike; it was closed so they
> could
> > open up this second restaurant. It’s now an
> > international brand, quite a good local story.
>
>
> Not only that but it started an entire industry of
> "better than fast food but not a sit down
> restaurant" style burger chains. Now you have
> Smashburger, Elevation Burger, Shake Shack, Burger
> 7, BGR The Burger Joint, etc. all following Five
> Guys lead. Before Five Guys, the only burger
> places you had were the major fast food chains and
> Fudruckers or Red Robin type places where you were
> expected to sit down and stay a while. Five Guys
> filled a huge hole in the market and that is why
> they took off so quick. I always love seeing them
> when I travel knowing that it all started here.
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> > That was the second ever location of Five Guys,
> at
> > the intersection of Beauregard and Route 7. It
> > closed about 5 years ago and I think has now
> been
> > demolished. The first shop was a short distance
> > away on Columbia Pike; it was closed so they
> could
> > open up this second restaurant. It’s now an
> > international brand, quite a good local story.
>
>
> Not only that but it started an entire industry of
> "better than fast food but not a sit down
> restaurant" style burger chains. Now you have
> Smashburger, Elevation Burger, Shake Shack, Burger
> 7, BGR The Burger Joint, etc. all following Five
> Guys lead. Before Five Guys, the only burger
> places you had were the major fast food chains and
> Fudruckers or Red Robin type places where you were
> expected to sit down and stay a while. Five Guys
> filled a huge hole in the market and that is why
> they took off so quick. I always love seeing them
> when I travel knowing that it all started here.
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What Happened Here
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Date: January 11, 2020 11:07PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0770749,-77.8815723,3a,75y,121.92h,74.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-8J41m2hMjwmYQ2ZCfP3ew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.denvermichaels.net/tragedy-on-the-blue-ridge/
Dec 1st 1974 RIP
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Dec 1st 1974 RIP
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: January 12, 2020 09:53AM
Happy new year everyone! Anybody remember this place?? I sure dont. I bet Blanche remembers it.
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: January 12, 2020 09:59AM
Another shot of the same place.
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Posted by:
I Ate Crisp Fried Fish There
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Date: January 12, 2020 10:48AM
When that was a Holiday Inn about 1967
DAJAX
DAJAX
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Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: January 12, 2020 10:52AM
What Happened Here Wrote:
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> https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0770749,-77.881572
> 3,3a,75y,121.92h,74.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-8J41m
> 2hMjwmYQ2ZCfP3ew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
>
> https://www.denvermichaels.net/tragedy-on-the-blue
> -ridge/
>
> Dec 1st 1974 RIP
I remember that crash very well. Hours later another Boeing 727 crashed in New York, killing the crew of 3.
The plane was being moved from JFK in NY to Buffalo when ice and pilot error caused Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 to crash nose down.
Some days it is`better to keep your feet on the ground.
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> https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0770749,-77.881572
> 3,3a,75y,121.92h,74.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-8J41m
> 2hMjwmYQ2ZCfP3ew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
>
> https://www.denvermichaels.net/tragedy-on-the-blue
> -ridge/
>
> Dec 1st 1974 RIP
I remember that crash very well. Hours later another Boeing 727 crashed in New York, killing the crew of 3.
The plane was being moved from JFK in NY to Buffalo when ice and pilot error caused Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 to crash nose down.
Some days it is`better to keep your feet on the ground.
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Posted by:
blanche
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Date: January 12, 2020 11:36AM
I think that the South Gate was across Glebe from the Holiday Inn at 395. Look at all the vacant land behind it in the postcard. I think that was the postcard artist's fantasy since the photo shows buildings in the background. Would like to know the year on the postcard was mainlined.
The Holiday Inn was razed and is now some sort of apartment building.
Also my science teacher was killed in the Weather Mountain crash coming back from Thanksgiving. RIP Mr. Garwood.
The Holiday Inn was razed and is now some sort of apartment building.
Also my science teacher was killed in the Weather Mountain crash coming back from Thanksgiving. RIP Mr. Garwood.
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An Annandale family were killed
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Date: January 12, 2020 12:05PM
A mother father and their two children coming home from TG in Indianapolis the Dismore family which was the largest loss of one entire family on flight 514 . They lived on Candace St outside the beltway.
History of Flight 514 and Mt Weather
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/TWA_Flt_514.htm
Interesting serious news documentary with facts about TWA flight 514. A flight that changed FAA rules and made flying safer with many people at the scene about 27 minutes long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtI54mj9fA
If only if the plane was 60 feet higher God Bless
History of Flight 514 and Mt Weather
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/TWA_Flt_514.htm
Interesting serious news documentary with facts about TWA flight 514. A flight that changed FAA rules and made flying safer with many people at the scene about 27 minutes long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtI54mj9fA
If only if the plane was 60 feet higher God Bless
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fairfax fred
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Date: January 12, 2020 12:42PM
Found this on card cow. I think it has been posted before. Looks like the South gate motor hotel after it became Holiday inn.
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gbw
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Date: January 12, 2020 02:12PM
blanche Wrote:
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> I think that the South Gate was across Glebe from
> the Holiday Inn at 395. Look at all the vacant
> land behind it in the postcard. I think that was
> the postcard artist's fantasy since the photo
> shows buildings in the background. Would like to
> know the year on the postcard was mainlined.
>
> The Holiday Inn was razed and is now some sort of
> apartment building.
>
Yes. South Gate was across Glebe from the Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn/Apartment is at 2485 S. Glebe and the South Gate/Hotel Pentagon Reagan Airport is at 2480 S. Glebe. The Hotel Pentagon (https://www.hotelpentagon.net/) no longer has the amenities of the South Gate. You will have to do without the nine hole putting green, shuffleboard courts, dog kennels, and you will definitely have to find someplace else to land your helicopter. HAHAHAHA!
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> I think that the South Gate was across Glebe from
> the Holiday Inn at 395. Look at all the vacant
> land behind it in the postcard. I think that was
> the postcard artist's fantasy since the photo
> shows buildings in the background. Would like to
> know the year on the postcard was mainlined.
>
> The Holiday Inn was razed and is now some sort of
> apartment building.
>
Yes. South Gate was across Glebe from the Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn/Apartment is at 2485 S. Glebe and the South Gate/Hotel Pentagon Reagan Airport is at 2480 S. Glebe. The Hotel Pentagon (https://www.hotelpentagon.net/) no longer has the amenities of the South Gate. You will have to do without the nine hole putting green, shuffleboard courts, dog kennels, and you will definitely have to find someplace else to land your helicopter. HAHAHAHA!
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Posted by:
Fran Conia
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Date: January 12, 2020 03:02PM
gbw Wrote:
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I think that the South Gate was across Glebe
> from
> > the Holiday Inn at 395. Look at all the vacant
> > land behind it in the postcard. I think that
> was
> > the postcard artist's fantasy since the photo
> > shows buildings in the background. Would like
> to
> > know the year on the postcard was mainlined.
> >
> > The Holiday Inn was razed and is now some sort
> of
> > apartment building.
> >
>
>
> Yes. South Gate was across Glebe from the Holiday
> Inn. The Holiday Inn/Apartment is at 2485 S. Glebe
> and the South Gate/Hotel Pentagon Reagan Airport
> is at 2480 S. Glebe. The Hotel Pentagon
> (https://www.hotelpentagon.net/) no longer has the
> amenities of the South Gate. You will have to do
> without the nine hole putting green, shuffleboard
> courts, dog kennels, and you will definitely have
> to find someplace else to land your helicopter.
> HAHAHAHA!
Yeah, those were some serious amenities. They were making up for the lack of WiFi and only 4 channels on TV.
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> blanche Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I think that the South Gate was across Glebe
> from
> > the Holiday Inn at 395. Look at all the vacant
> > land behind it in the postcard. I think that
> was
> > the postcard artist's fantasy since the photo
> > shows buildings in the background. Would like
> to
> > know the year on the postcard was mainlined.
> >
> > The Holiday Inn was razed and is now some sort
> of
> > apartment building.
> >
>
>
> Yes. South Gate was across Glebe from the Holiday
> Inn. The Holiday Inn/Apartment is at 2485 S. Glebe
> and the South Gate/Hotel Pentagon Reagan Airport
> is at 2480 S. Glebe. The Hotel Pentagon
> (https://www.hotelpentagon.net/) no longer has the
> amenities of the South Gate. You will have to do
> without the nine hole putting green, shuffleboard
> courts, dog kennels, and you will definitely have
> to find someplace else to land your helicopter.
> HAHAHAHA!
Yeah, those were some serious amenities. They were making up for the lack of WiFi and only 4 channels on TV.
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Posted by:
dx4jv
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Date: January 12, 2020 06:32PM
One can almost see Fairfax County in this photo.. about 1913 so kinda cool.
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Maine Ave Wharf
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Date: January 12, 2020 07:49PM
Was all commercial back then, note the pleasure craft on the side of Haines Point and how wide the entrance to Gravely run and 4 mile run are back then where Reagan National is today as the airport area was filled in later. The rectangular Army War college is there at the end where Jones Creek is at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in DC and its still a fine old building today
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gbw
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Date: January 12, 2020 08:01PM
Maine Ave Wharf Wrote:
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> The rectangular Army War
> college is there at the end where Jones Creek is
> at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in DC
> and its still a fine old building today
You can make out the row of Quarters on Ft. McNair. I read about some pretty interesting ghost/supernatural/unexplained happenings that took place in those homes. I was only there a few times with my father, and those places definitely had a creep factor just driving by.
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> The rectangular Army War
> college is there at the end where Jones Creek is
> at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in DC
> and its still a fine old building today
You can make out the row of Quarters on Ft. McNair. I read about some pretty interesting ghost/supernatural/unexplained happenings that took place in those homes. I was only there a few times with my father, and those places definitely had a creep factor just driving by.
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Posted by:
They Are Still There
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Date: January 12, 2020 09:26PM
And they are still creepy looking if your high on weed LOL
DAJAX Just imagine how many US Army officers who defended this nation lived there during WW1 WW2 Korea Vietnam The Middle East and today..Awesome History of America
DAJAX Just imagine how many US Army officers who defended this nation lived there during WW1 WW2 Korea Vietnam The Middle East and today..Awesome History of America
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Posted by:
derangedrang
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Date: January 12, 2020 10:12PM
gbw Wrote:
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> Maine Ave Wharf Wrote:
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> > The rectangular Army War
> > college is there at the end where Jones Creek
> is
> > at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in
> DC
> > and its still a fine old building today
>
> You can make out the row of Quarters on Ft.
> McNair. I read about some pretty interesting
> ghost/supernatural/unexplained happenings that
> took place in those homes. I was only there a few
> times with my father, and those places definitely
> had a creep factor just driving by.
Didn't there used to be an insane asylum just across the river from Fort McNair? Maybe that explains it. St. Elizabeth's or something like that.
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> Maine Ave Wharf Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > The rectangular Army War
> > college is there at the end where Jones Creek
> is
> > at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in
> DC
> > and its still a fine old building today
>
> You can make out the row of Quarters on Ft.
> McNair. I read about some pretty interesting
> ghost/supernatural/unexplained happenings that
> took place in those homes. I was only there a few
> times with my father, and those places definitely
> had a creep factor just driving by.
Didn't there used to be an insane asylum just across the river from Fort McNair? Maybe that explains it. St. Elizabeth's or something like that.
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Posted by:
Mason Memes
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Date: January 12, 2020 10:25PM
Bring back the Civil War!
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NOVA old timer
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Date: January 12, 2020 11:36PM
A bunch of us hanging out after school at our favorite cafe (cant remember name) in Annandale, 1978. Notice the Space Invaders game. It was brand new that year. I must have wasted $10 in quarters but still couldn’t flip the score.
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Posted by:
jabberwocky
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Date: January 13, 2020 12:01AM
That is not Maple Avenue, but Church street in Vienna. The church that you can see is still there and has expanded into a huge church known as Vienna Presbyterian Church. You can also see part of the Freeman Store on the far right
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Bill.N.
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Date: January 13, 2020 07:27AM
Old Iron Wrote:
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> Anyone remember the bowling alley, the Esso
> station, or the Wayne Feed store all seen in this
> pic?
I only went to that bowling alley once. It was for a birthday party and I recall you accessed it through stairs in the front of the building. I think they had duck pins. I don't remember a feed store. Where on that block was that located? There is still a gas station at the same location, although obviously no longer an Esso.
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> Anyone remember the bowling alley, the Esso
> station, or the Wayne Feed store all seen in this
> pic?
I only went to that bowling alley once. It was for a birthday party and I recall you accessed it through stairs in the front of the building. I think they had duck pins. I don't remember a feed store. Where on that block was that located? There is still a gas station at the same location, although obviously no longer an Esso.
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Posted by:
Old Iron
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Date: January 13, 2020 09:35AM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> Old Iron Wrote:
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> > Anyone remember the bowling alley, the Esso
> > station, or the Wayne Feed store all seen in
> this
> > pic?
>
> I only went to that bowling alley once. It was
> for a birthday party and I recall you accessed it
> through stairs in the front of the building. I
> think they had duck pins. I don't remember a feed
> store. Where on that block was that located?
> There is still a gas station at the same location,
> although obviously no longer an Esso.
It is seen next to the ESSO sign - The white A frame building.
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> Old Iron Wrote:
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> > Anyone remember the bowling alley, the Esso
> > station, or the Wayne Feed store all seen in
> this
> > pic?
>
> I only went to that bowling alley once. It was
> for a birthday party and I recall you accessed it
> through stairs in the front of the building. I
> think they had duck pins. I don't remember a feed
> store. Where on that block was that located?
> There is still a gas station at the same location,
> although obviously no longer an Esso.
It is seen next to the ESSO sign - The white A frame building.
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Posted by:
jabberwocky
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Date: January 13, 2020 01:36PM
The Tequila Grande in Vienna on Maple Ave (Rt 123) and Nutley Street used to be some other restaurant. I remember driving by it all the time as a kid. I don't think we ever ate there but I vividly remember that they had flame stickers on all of the windows. Anyone know what it was or have any pictures?
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It was Roy Rodgers Pal
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Date: January 13, 2020 03:54PM
Before that there was a barber shop there
DAJAX
DAJAX
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Posted by:
gbw
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Date: January 13, 2020 04:04PM
jabberwocky Wrote:
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> The Tequila Grande in Vienna on Maple Ave (Rt 123)
> and Nutley Street used to be some other
> restaurant. I remember driving by it all the time
> as a kid. I don't think we ever ate there but I
> vividly remember that they had flame stickers on
> all of the windows. Anyone know what it was or
> have any pictures?
I'm thinking prior to Tequila Grande it was a Hardee's. Prior to Hardee's it was a Roy Rogers. I think that goes back to the late 80's and I've got nothing for you prior to that. It might have set vacant for some time after Hardee's.
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> The Tequila Grande in Vienna on Maple Ave (Rt 123)
> and Nutley Street used to be some other
> restaurant. I remember driving by it all the time
> as a kid. I don't think we ever ate there but I
> vividly remember that they had flame stickers on
> all of the windows. Anyone know what it was or
> have any pictures?
I'm thinking prior to Tequila Grande it was a Hardee's. Prior to Hardee's it was a Roy Rogers. I think that goes back to the late 80's and I've got nothing for you prior to that. It might have set vacant for some time after Hardee's.
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Posted by:
fairfax fred
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Date: January 13, 2020 04:43PM
Tequila Grande was originally built as a Howard Johnsons restaurant then became Roy Rogers and might have been a Friendly's before it became TG.
http://www.highwayhost.org/Virginia/Restaurants/Vienna/vienna1.html
http://www.highwayhost.org/Virginia/Restaurants/Vienna/vienna1.html
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Posted by:
Lynn Conia
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Date: January 13, 2020 04:52PM
derangedrang Wrote:
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> gbw Wrote:
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> > Maine Ave Wharf Wrote:
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> > > The rectangular Army War
> > > college is there at the end where Jones Creek
> > is
> > > at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in
> > DC
> > > and its still a fine old building today
> >
> > You can make out the row of Quarters on Ft.
> > McNair. I read about some pretty interesting
> > ghost/supernatural/unexplained happenings that
> > took place in those homes. I was only there a
> few
> > times with my father, and those places
> definitely
> > had a creep factor just driving by.
>
> Didn't there used to be an insane asylum just
> across the river from Fort McNair? Maybe that
> explains it. St. Elizabeth's or something like
> that.
Not sure about that, but the four conspirators in the Lincoln assassination (Mary Surratt included) were hanged there. Their bodies were buried where the tennis courts are now, although they were exhumed a few years after the hanging and given to their respective families. Might explain that creepy feeling, especially having a Civil War era jail on that site!
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> gbw Wrote:
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> > Maine Ave Wharf Wrote:
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> > -----
> > > The rectangular Army War
> > > college is there at the end where Jones Creek
> > is
> > > at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in
> > DC
> > > and its still a fine old building today
> >
> > You can make out the row of Quarters on Ft.
> > McNair. I read about some pretty interesting
> > ghost/supernatural/unexplained happenings that
> > took place in those homes. I was only there a
> few
> > times with my father, and those places
> definitely
> > had a creep factor just driving by.
>
> Didn't there used to be an insane asylum just
> across the river from Fort McNair? Maybe that
> explains it. St. Elizabeth's or something like
> that.
Not sure about that, but the four conspirators in the Lincoln assassination (Mary Surratt included) were hanged there. Their bodies were buried where the tennis courts are now, although they were exhumed a few years after the hanging and given to their respective families. Might explain that creepy feeling, especially having a Civil War era jail on that site!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Clarify Barber Shop
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Date: January 13, 2020 05:37PM
That barber shop spealized in African American mens hair cutting
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Posted by:
John Wilkes Booths body
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Date: January 13, 2020 05:43PM
Was buried under the floor of a military armory or prison near by in SE DC. Later it was exhumed and buried in a family plot in Baltimore
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Posted by:
11th Lord Fairfax
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Date: January 13, 2020 05:43PM
Clarify Barber Shop Wrote:
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> That barber shop spealized in African American
> mens hair cutting
>
> DAJAX
You mean the one in Vienna? I don't remember that, but I did get my hair cut there many times as a kid. It was a one story cinder block-ish structure with several(?) small businesses in it, the barber shop being one of them. At least, that's the way I remember it.
I don't remember the Roys or Hardees in that location. Just the HoJos and then Tequila Grande, which is slated to be torn down sometime soon.
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> That barber shop spealized in African American
> mens hair cutting
>
> DAJAX
You mean the one in Vienna? I don't remember that, but I did get my hair cut there many times as a kid. It was a one story cinder block-ish structure with several(?) small businesses in it, the barber shop being one of them. At least, that's the way I remember it.
I don't remember the Roys or Hardees in that location. Just the HoJos and then Tequila Grande, which is slated to be torn down sometime soon.
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Posted by:
Tyrone W
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Date: January 13, 2020 06:07PM
Clarify Barber Shop Wrote:
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> That barber shop spealized in African American
> mens hair cutting
>
> DAJAX
No dey dint
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> That barber shop spealized in African American
> mens hair cutting
>
> DAJAX
No dey dint
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Posted by:
just passing through
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Date: January 13, 2020 08:51PM
Tequila Grande opened in 1998, which fits in with Hardee's/Roy's closing in 1996.
fierceandnerdy.com/how-to-nearly-kill-a-fast-food-chain-kicking-back-with-jersey-joe
They continued to grow until 1989 when Marriott decided it was done with the fast food business. They sold off most Roy Rogers, along with Howard Johnson’s and Bob’s Big Boy locations. They wanted to focus on only operating restaurants in airports and at highway service plazas.
Rival fast food chain Hardee’s paid $365 million to scoop up the rights. Hardee’s was operating mostly in the south and wanted to enter the mid-Atlantic market. Hardee’s immediately converted 220 restaurants from Roy Rogers to their brand, keeping only the original fried chicken on the menu.
Hardee’s promoted new flame broiled burgers, but they were not the same as the original Roy Rogers’ and quickly failed. The customers were outraged at the changes being shoved down their throats and large numbers of people stopped patronizing Roy Rogers. Hardee’s quickly changed the restaurants back, but the damage had been done.
Ronald R. Powell, who had run the Roy Rogers chain in the 80s, was brought back to help restore its former glory. A high profile advertising company from New York was also enlisted to promote the brand. But, that advertising didn’t work either and the customers still stayed away.
In 1993, to try and make a step in the right direction, an experimental Roy Rogers was opened in Vienna, Virginia. This new location featured third-pound burgers, BBQ sauce that customers served themselves with a ladle, and a new dining room with televisions.
The loss to the chain was too much to bear and in 1996, Hardee’s began to sell off the restaurants and many were converted to other rival chains.
fierceandnerdy.com/how-to-nearly-kill-a-fast-food-chain-kicking-back-with-jersey-joe
They continued to grow until 1989 when Marriott decided it was done with the fast food business. They sold off most Roy Rogers, along with Howard Johnson’s and Bob’s Big Boy locations. They wanted to focus on only operating restaurants in airports and at highway service plazas.
Rival fast food chain Hardee’s paid $365 million to scoop up the rights. Hardee’s was operating mostly in the south and wanted to enter the mid-Atlantic market. Hardee’s immediately converted 220 restaurants from Roy Rogers to their brand, keeping only the original fried chicken on the menu.
Hardee’s promoted new flame broiled burgers, but they were not the same as the original Roy Rogers’ and quickly failed. The customers were outraged at the changes being shoved down their throats and large numbers of people stopped patronizing Roy Rogers. Hardee’s quickly changed the restaurants back, but the damage had been done.
Ronald R. Powell, who had run the Roy Rogers chain in the 80s, was brought back to help restore its former glory. A high profile advertising company from New York was also enlisted to promote the brand. But, that advertising didn’t work either and the customers still stayed away.
In 1993, to try and make a step in the right direction, an experimental Roy Rogers was opened in Vienna, Virginia. This new location featured third-pound burgers, BBQ sauce that customers served themselves with a ladle, and a new dining room with televisions.
The loss to the chain was too much to bear and in 1996, Hardee’s began to sell off the restaurants and many were converted to other rival chains.
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January 13, 1982
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Date: January 13, 2020 09:28PM
38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
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jxuvn
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Date: January 13, 2020 10:02PM
Maine Ave Wharf Wrote:
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> Was all commercial back then, note the pleasure
> craft on the side of Haines Point and how wide the
> entrance to Gravely run and 4 mile run are back
> then where Reagan National is today as the airport
> area was filled in later. The rectangular Army War
> college is there at the end where Jones Creek is
> at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in DC
> and its still a fine old building today
Here is the War College from the same book.
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> Was all commercial back then, note the pleasure
> craft on the side of Haines Point and how wide the
> entrance to Gravely run and 4 mile run are back
> then where Reagan National is today as the airport
> area was filled in later. The rectangular Army War
> college is there at the end where Jones Creek is
> at Ft McNair by the smoke on the far shore in DC
> and its still a fine old building today
Here is the War College from the same book.
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Posted by:
just passing through
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Date: January 13, 2020 10:07PM
January 13, 1982 Wrote:
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> 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
The bottom photo is from the Metro accident on January 6, 1996 at the Shady Grove station.
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> 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
The bottom photo is from the Metro accident on January 6, 1996 at the Shady Grove station.
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Posted by:
Jennifer Alden
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Date: January 13, 2020 10:12PM
January 13, 1982 Wrote:
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> 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
Yes! I was in Irving Jr HS. Can anyone recall if Fairfax County Public Schools dismisses early that day? Hazy memory but I associate that terribly icy day with a memory of seeing the snow fall from the cafeteria windows and then hearing the announcement that we were going home and a rush to leave. I do remember getting home and watching the live local coverage.
Hero Lenny Skutnik was from a neighborhood family and a West Springfield High School graduate.
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> 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
Yes! I was in Irving Jr HS. Can anyone recall if Fairfax County Public Schools dismisses early that day? Hazy memory but I associate that terribly icy day with a memory of seeing the snow fall from the cafeteria windows and then hearing the announcement that we were going home and a rush to leave. I do remember getting home and watching the live local coverage.
Hero Lenny Skutnik was from a neighborhood family and a West Springfield High School graduate.
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
Jeff49nova
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Date: January 14, 2020 04:38AM
We lived in pine springs when that tornado hit. I was 3. We were further back from lee highway and didn’t get hit.
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Posted by:
MIKE12345
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Date: January 14, 2020 01:01PM
LATE 70'S EARLY 80'S IT WAS A HOWARD JOHNSON...LATE 60'S - MID 70'S A BARBER SHOP ONLY COST 50 CENTS FOR A HAIRCUT!!
Re: Old pictures of Fairfax county, love em!
Posted by:
DLawson
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Date: January 14, 2020 01:21PM
Jennifer Alden Wrote:
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> January 13, 1982 Wrote:
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> > 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
>
> Yes! I was in Irving Jr HS. Can anyone recall if
> Fairfax County Public Schools dismisses early that
> day?
I don't know, but I doubt it. The crash happened at 4:01 PM, so all that was left was the tail end of the elementary school day.
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> January 13, 1982 Wrote:
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> > 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
>
> Yes! I was in Irving Jr HS. Can anyone recall if
> Fairfax County Public Schools dismisses early that
> day?
I don't know, but I doubt it. The crash happened at 4:01 PM, so all that was left was the tail end of the elementary school day.
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Posted by:
I Was On The 14th Street Bridge
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Date: January 14, 2020 01:43PM
> 38 years ago today - Remember where you were?
Trying to walk over to the Pentagon bus stop to grab a bus home with a lot of people who went over the bridge that did not get hit by the plane and was open , you could not get out of DC huge traffic jams and there was a Metro subway wreck at the same time , the first fatalities , which clogged the system heading out that way , thousands of us had to hoof it in the snow and ice what a miserably tragic day for so many
Trying to walk over to the Pentagon bus stop to grab a bus home with a lot of people who went over the bridge that did not get hit by the plane and was open , you could not get out of DC huge traffic jams and there was a Metro subway wreck at the same time , the first fatalities , which clogged the system heading out that way , thousands of us had to hoof it in the snow and ice what a miserably tragic day for so many
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Posted by:
Of Course
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Date: January 14, 2020 01:46PM
I stayed warm and was better off then the crowds walking with me as I was packing my issued .38 special snub nose "heater" LOL
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Posted by:
ROBAIR SMITH
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Date: January 14, 2020 02:02PM
LATE 60's-LATE 70's IT WAS A BARBERSHOP 50 CENTS A CUT! THEN IT BECAME A HOARD JOHNSONS
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Posted by:
So Where Was
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Date: January 14, 2020 02:24PM
The black barbershop in Vienna
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Posted by:
Local Historian
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Date: January 14, 2020 02:54PM
Primo Italiano at Plaza America in Reston, Virginia.
circa 2015
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fairfax fred
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Date: January 14, 2020 04:41PM
This was the barbershop at 123 and nutley. It was torn down to make way for the Howard Johnsons and the Wolftrap motel. 1972.
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Posted by:
gbw
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Date: January 14, 2020 05:04PM
fairfax fred Wrote:
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> This was the barbershop at 123 and nutley. It was
> torn down to make way for the Howard Johnsons and
> the Wolftrap motel. 1972.
The Fairfax Aerial Photography website has it as a vacant lot with site prep going on in the 1976 image. Wish it was easier to export images/url's from that website.
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> This was the barbershop at 123 and nutley. It was
> torn down to make way for the Howard Johnsons and
> the Wolftrap motel. 1972.
The Fairfax Aerial Photography website has it as a vacant lot with site prep going on in the 1976 image. Wish it was easier to export images/url's from that website.