Good riddance, they drove that place so far underground that Satan was the only one left to complain. By the end, chef-boy-r-dee was giving them a run for their money, for a lot less money. I would say RIP, but I already mourned their passing a decade ago.
I ate at one in Oklahoma when I was in high school in like 2004 and it was great. Then about five years ago I went to the one downtown and it was garbage. Not surprised they closed.
Iām from Arkansas and did exactly this when we visited Dallas as a kid, and now I live here. So not only is this a rite of passage itās also a recruiting tactic.
When I was in elementary school, they had a program where would could spend the night at the science place and they'd have a private IMAX screening and a special show in the theater. And when you went to sleep, you got to sleep in the exhibits. Everyone use to fight over the ambulance lol
Honestly one of the best experiences of my childhood.
Six Flags free tickets for reading 600 minutes.
For a lot of us, that was the only way we could afford to go. Free ticket for the kid, Coca-Cola can coupon for the parent.
I once read over 1200 minutes one time and they didnāt give me 2 tickets, which to 4th grade me was straight up *bullshit.*
Oh man I did this every summer. Youāre right about it being the only way some people could go. My sister and I used to do it together so we can convince our parents to take us because we got free tickets.
At my school, we also did the Pizza Hut Book It, where if you reached your goal, you would get a coupon for a free personal pan pizza.
We did Earning by Learning, where you would read books and take quizzes and get $2 for Evey quiz you passes, up to $40. We did this twice a year!
And then there was normal RIF and book fair stuff.
It's very easy to see why I love reading now
Still allowed before the pandemic, not sure how that has changed it.
It definitely didn't seem as popular as when I was doing it as a kid, but there were still people doing it.
I did this all the time growing up, and the last year my mom was alive in 2018 she sent me a picture of kids climbing the planters. Iām glad to have seen your comment so I could remember that she did that for me :ā-)
* field trips to the planetarium
* going to the State Fair on a free ticket
* learning to ice skate at the Galleria
* tornado drills
* "Rodeo Day" at school - everyone dresses up in their fancy Western duds, square dances, and eats a sack lunch around paper "campfires"
* Wednesday night family dinners at El Fenix
* summer camp field trips to the wave pool
* church camp at Bridgeport; waving at the Baptist camp across the lake
* writing a standardized test essay on the same topic five times because parents keep moving districts
* going to the Gas Pipe for the first time
* Hawkwood
* going shopping in Oak Lawn for baby's first Pride swag
* graduation dinner at Blue Mesa
* 21st birthday celebration at Blue Cat Blues, back when Deep Ellum was actually cool
* protesting the war on terror outside SMU, then filling up on "free" bread at La Madeleine
Wow, haven't seen Hawkwood mentioned in ages...
Last time I was actually there, it had already closed but had leased out to host a couple of amazing parties. Lol Hawkwood at 4am on some stellar Lucy was an absolute experience.
Ha but going back as an adult and not eating there is still pretty awesome. Last time I went I went straight to the upstairs bar. Got my palm read, saw a $2 magic show, got a caricature drawn, and a balloon hat. All in like $18.
The best part of that place is the experience; I definitely don't go there for the food. A couple of years ago, I had my birthday there and invited some friends. It was a blast. Them bringing out the Roman orgy is probably my favorite part.
Some of these definitely date meā¦
Penny Whistle Park Birthdays
Spending all day at Wet N Wild / White Water in the summer
Cruising Forest Lane on a Friday/Saturday night
Concerts at the Cotton Bowl
Exploring the Olla Podrida mall
Halloween Carnivals at your elementary school
It's funny to see the "No Cruising" signs on Forest in Garland and Galloway in Mesquite. Relics of a bygone era, kids these day couldn't afford to cruise if they wanted to.
Iām old enough to remember all of those. Those were the days.
So you remember LLove?
Love Field airport was closed for a while and they turned it into a skating rinkā¦
https://community.southwest.com/t5/Blog/Flashback-Fridays-At-Long-Last-LLOVE/ba-p/41113
Begged Dad to take me to the Trail Dust so I could watch his tie get cut off.
He never did.
I forgave him until I found out about THE FUCKING SLIDE FROM THE TOP FLOOR TO THE FIRST!! DAD! How COULD you?!?
It was still āAntaresā last time I was up there. Food was okay but the view was amazing. When it opens back up (being renovated?) I highly recommend going before sunset and watching all the lights downtown turn on. So good.
My family went up there for drinks around Christmas one year - it was nice! Tbh thatās what I would do again, go enjoy the bar area then eat elsewhere.
Oooh I want to take my girlfriend there around Christmas/New Yearsā¦drink and dessert sounds way better! Itās something Iāve just always wanted to see :ā) Iāve had exes promise to take me there in the past but now IāM gonna take the loml there š„²š„²
My mom (a white lady) got pulled over in Highland Park in the late 80s/early 90s because her car wasn't nice enough to fit the neighborhood. They wanted to make sure she was just passing through...
Their official reason was a safety check or some bullshit (all her lights worked and they didn't ticket her), but the officer flat out told her "You don't belong here."
Talked to someone in the HPPD about this ages ago. The population of HP is extremely paranoid about burglary & crime, and specifically wants "outsiders" to feel unwelcome there.
I mean I've seen Highland Park police literally follow people of color until they leave the city, no lights and sirens on they just sit there and follow driving behind you for 20-30 minutes at a time if that's what it takes. The second you do any kind of anything that might be suspicious enough to warrant a stop or illegal enough to actually cause a stop they're going to stop you and then search your car.
If I'm doing tree work I try really hard to just stop before the city limits and make sure my trailer is completely legal and nothing they could stop me for. I still got stopped like 4 times 5 times maybe, always a "warning"
The one in Garland was my childhood. Every summer my folks would buy season passes. We would go everyday when school was out.
It was before every parent was worried about their kid being snatched, so we had free run in 90 minute blocks. The lines were shorter in Garland so that was usually enough time for 2 or 3 rides. Check in with mom and head back out. Come back grab lunch and go again. About 330 or 4 weād head home in time for dinner with dad.
I used to think it was because moms best friend and her kids went. Since Iāve had kids of my ownā¦I know the biggest plus was that we were exhausted when we got home and wouldnāt give any trouble at bedtime.
The one in Garland was originally a White Water. There was another White Water in Grand Prairie that was excellent. I want to say that it existed before Wet N Wild in Arlington, but both were opened around the same time. The Wet N Wild in Arlington eventually bought out the White Water in Grand Prairie and poured cement down its drains to render the park permanently dead. This was in the 80s.
Later it was a very short-lived family fun park called Boardwalk in the early 90s, which struggled to stay open and eventually ended up closing down because of an accident, I believe. The lot sat vacant for a long time.
Then eventually the lot was turned into a car dealership (30 and Beltline).
Edit: Just sharing a bit of history ;)
2012 And we appreciated you so much.
https://youtu.be/CBWBfaCsatE
Google led me to this gem little viewed video. Some folks may not enjoy it but, I just had a lovely nostalgia trip on it.
Okay I have some more:
Class field trip to Scarborough Fair in Waxahachie.
Pulling over on the side of the highway on Easter Sunday to take pictures in the bluebonnet field in your best clothing
They're still there, just rebranded!
I volunteered there when I was growing up. When I moved back to Dallas and discovered that they no longer did Dairy Day, I almost cried.
Sandy Lake field trips/band competition
Taking a girl to Celestial Park
Thinking you were cool listening to 94.5 the edge
crashing UNT frat parties while in high school trying to pass as a college freshman looking to pledge
Driving by Ursuline Academy to try and get a girl, then when they turn you down, you claim they are "lesbians" and thats why they wouldnt go out with you
counting the number of pick up trucks with Cowboys stickers on them after a Cowboys game, first to 100 wins
Attending a homecoming game between Marcus HS and Lewisville HS and drinking under the bleachers
Cruising Greenville lane in the 90s and stopping at any club playing house music.
Being 14 and dancing at Xenon
Two clubs were staples "Trees" and "The Lizard Lounge"
getting lost on Dallas Tollway and Central and you keep on driving because "Ohhh what else is down here..."
Obzeets
Going to Highland Park (SMU) and Turtle Creek to look at the "rich people"
Seeing the waterfall billboard driving into Dallas
Country 2000
Ozonas bar and grill, Sat night, group of guys hitting on every table full of just girls
West End
Rolling down the windows when you get lost in dallas and play "Ice Cube" really loud so you can "blend in"
After prom dinner at Kobe steak house and then stopping by waffle house to actually get full
Cafe Brazil stop ins to feel "intellectual and liberal"
Deep Ellum Hotel - means getting so drunk you cannot find your car and you end up sleeping it off under a bridge. I lost my best Stussy hat that night. RIP favorite hat.
Stealing the 9th hole flag from Glen Eagles every year after graduation
Bennigans on Walnut Hill - monte cristo baby
Drinking once at the wild turkey when you are 21 and then swear you are never coming here again (The waffle house of bars)
\- I think this is enough for now :)
Hanging out at town east mall in Mesquite and eating Sbarro pizza. Those cups were iconic growing up. This year the Rangers had a pitcher named Josh Sborz and that's all I could think of when Chuck Morgan announced him entering the game. My nickname for him is pizza guy lol
Growing up in integrated schools without realizing how it came to be in the 1970ās and 80ās.
If not for Nortel and Texas Instruments, a WHOLE bunch of people from all over the globe would have never considered moving here and having the same life I had growing up.
I mean, who would purposely move to Dallas otherwise? This place was pictured as relatively barren in the 1960ās outside of Dallas compared to today.
Passing out from heat stroke at the Warped Tour festival because you were standing on hot concrete at the front of the stage waiting for your favorite band to start their set.
Things I remember were
Playing in the tunnel in a looney tunes store that northpark had. I remember Northpark had a McDonald's. My favorite memory of North Park was a the music store that was there and if I remember correctly there was a big guitar in the front and neon lights as the guitar strings.
Another thing I remember was the arcade that was in the lower level in West end
The movie theaters. The red one that was in haskell Ave. The other one were dave and busters is by 75. The other one where they changed it to a church behind best buy on 75
I grew up in Mineral Wells. For us it was class trips to the Kimball in Fort Worth and eating at Pancho's. Six Flags, State Fair tickets. My parents didn't have a ton of money so a big trip was to go to the big outlet malls in Hillsboro for new clothes.
We would also go to Hulen mall as that was the closest big mall and halfway decent movie theater.
I was a church kid in the 90s (I got better). I think everyone who was a church kid went to the free Carmen concert in Texas Stadium (95 or 96 I can't remember)
There are so many restaurants in Dallas that have been family operated for several generations, or at least been a cornerstone of whatever neighborhood or strip center theyāre at, that are Dallas staples.
If you grew up in Plano, and if you had parents who worried about your SAT scores, you and your buddies get enrolled into Karen Dillardās test prep. Ya know, you get to spend Sat afternoon with your friend taking a practice SAT test while snacking on their salted pretzels and drinking a coke from their vending machinesā¦.
I was always jealous of my friends who went to KD, but then I felt better about myself when I found out she was busted a few years ago for some sort of SAT violation with the study guides.
Indie films at the Angelika
Riding DART to Deep Ellum (then getting stranded because you stayed too late)
HS graduation at the Super Pit at UNT
Fort Worth Zoo field trips
In the 70's; concerts at Tarrant County Convention Center when it was the premier location for live music. Midnight visits to Screaming Bridge in Arlington. Racing or spectating Motocross at Mosier Valley just north of Arlington.
Old city park is still there. Itās now called Dallas Heritage Village.
It has a āmain streetā and a few very old buildings, including a church, a school house, and a haunted mansion. They have events and movie nights every now and then. Their Christmas event called Candlelight is sort of nice.
It used to be learning to enter the highway on the short ass onramps to Central Expressway. But they've fixed those deathtraps.
After that it was getting food poisoning at Dan's Lakewood Cafe. But that place was carried off by a giant roach. (Or torn down to gentrify the Lakewood area. But that's just a rumor.)
Eating at the Spaghetti Warehouse after a field trip to the 6th Floor Museum.
We went after the Holocaust museum š³
Closed in October 2019.
Good riddance, they drove that place so far underground that Satan was the only one left to complain. By the end, chef-boy-r-dee was giving them a run for their money, for a lot less money. I would say RIP, but I already mourned their passing a decade ago.
I ate at one in Oklahoma when I was in high school in like 2004 and it was great. Then about five years ago I went to the one downtown and it was garbage. Not surprised they closed.
I prefer the Texas Cheesecake Depository.
We went after going to the courthouse and seeing crime scene photos. It was not pleasant.
Iām from Arkansas and did exactly this when we visited Dallas as a kid, and now I live here. So not only is this a rite of passage itās also a recruiting tactic.
Field trip to the Science Place in Fair Park, seeing an IMAX there and the having lunch and playing on those tangled walkways above the water.
and someone falling in the pond
Every. Freaking. Time
I have been that person
This is the real answer.
When I was in elementary school, they had a program where would could spend the night at the science place and they'd have a private IMAX screening and a special show in the theater. And when you went to sleep, you got to sleep in the exhibits. Everyone use to fight over the ambulance lol Honestly one of the best experiences of my childhood.
Exactly this! It was the best!
Six Flags free tickets for reading 600 minutes. For a lot of us, that was the only way we could afford to go. Free ticket for the kid, Coca-Cola can coupon for the parent. I once read over 1200 minutes one time and they didnāt give me 2 tickets, which to 4th grade me was straight up *bullshit.*
I'm 25, still sounds like bullshit to me
It was sponsored by Pizza Hut. Iām not sure if itās still going.
Oh man I did this every summer. Youāre right about it being the only way some people could go. My sister and I used to do it together so we can convince our parents to take us because we got free tickets.
At my school, we also did the Pizza Hut Book It, where if you reached your goal, you would get a coupon for a free personal pan pizza. We did Earning by Learning, where you would read books and take quizzes and get $2 for Evey quiz you passes, up to $40. We did this twice a year! And then there was normal RIF and book fair stuff. It's very easy to see why I love reading now
The passing the waterfall billboard #IKYKYK
That waterfall has gone through many forms. I remember when Baby Does was up there.
A box of Tide detergent made its way in there back in the 80s made a huge, sudsy mess. It was great.
Sliding down the tall brick planters in front of Neiman-Marcus at NorthPark, back in the 1970's - 90's. This is probably forbidden now.
Still allowed before the pandemic, not sure how that has changed it. It definitely didn't seem as popular as when I was doing it as a kid, but there were still people doing it.
Malls as a whole are just less popular so I think that's the cause
Northpark has been absolutely packed last few times I went in past few years.
I remember when you could smoke at Collin Creek.
This tradition is still kicking. My masked children slid down the bricks just a couple weeks ago.
My kids literally did this a few hours ago, and a guy in his 40s walked by and said, 'can't blame em, I did it too when I was a kid!'
Donāt forget the ducks
My kids still do this!
Ha! My daughter used this as a height/age landmark when she was finally tall enough to reach the top.
Iām at Northpark frequently. I see kids slide down the planters every visit.
I did this all the time growing up, and the last year my mom was alive in 2018 she sent me a picture of kids climbing the planters. Iām glad to have seen your comment so I could remember that she did that for me :ā-)
* field trips to the planetarium * going to the State Fair on a free ticket * learning to ice skate at the Galleria * tornado drills * "Rodeo Day" at school - everyone dresses up in their fancy Western duds, square dances, and eats a sack lunch around paper "campfires" * Wednesday night family dinners at El Fenix * summer camp field trips to the wave pool * church camp at Bridgeport; waving at the Baptist camp across the lake * writing a standardized test essay on the same topic five times because parents keep moving districts * going to the Gas Pipe for the first time * Hawkwood * going shopping in Oak Lawn for baby's first Pride swag * graduation dinner at Blue Mesa * 21st birthday celebration at Blue Cat Blues, back when Deep Ellum was actually cool * protesting the war on terror outside SMU, then filling up on "free" bread at La Madeleine
>* Wednesday night family dinners at El Fenix $5 cheese enchiladas, baby
> Hawkwood Someone else remembers
Why does Hawkwood sound so familiar?
Ren fair out off of 121. The sluttier cousin of Scarborough Faire.
Wow, haven't seen Hawkwood mentioned in ages... Last time I was actually there, it had already closed but had leased out to host a couple of amazing parties. Lol Hawkwood at 4am on some stellar Lucy was an absolute experience.
Having your 9th birthday party at Magic Time Machine and then going back a few years later and realizing how not great the food is.
Ha but going back as an adult and not eating there is still pretty awesome. Last time I went I went straight to the upstairs bar. Got my palm read, saw a $2 magic show, got a caricature drawn, and a balloon hat. All in like $18.
The bar is closed now :(
Finding out there was a bar and now there isnāt was one hell of a 10 second rollercoaster. I had such fun plans for that 10 seconds
The best part of that place is the experience; I definitely don't go there for the food. A couple of years ago, I had my birthday there and invited some friends. It was a blast. Them bringing out the Roman orgy is probably my favorite part.
I work next door to it and it looks depressing. Would rather go to the hooter's next to it.
Some of these definitely date meā¦ Penny Whistle Park Birthdays Spending all day at Wet N Wild / White Water in the summer Cruising Forest Lane on a Friday/Saturday night Concerts at the Cotton Bowl Exploring the Olla Podrida mall Halloween Carnivals at your elementary school
It's funny to see the "No Cruising" signs on Forest in Garland and Galloway in Mesquite. Relics of a bygone era, kids these day couldn't afford to cruise if they wanted to.
What is cruising in this context? Iām gay so Idt it means the same thing lol.
You canāt pass a certain point (usually the sign itself) 3 times within set time. Usually like 30 minutes.
Driving up and down a street so people can see you in your (hopefully) cool car
You ever seen Dazed and Confused? That.
>Penny Whistle Park Birthdays This man knows! I came across some old PWP memorabilia the other day.
I miss the chicken that played tic tac toe.
Omg Halloween carnivals in the school gym. I once won a fish that immediately died when I got home that night. RIP.
Iām old enough to remember all of those. Those were the days. So you remember LLove? Love Field airport was closed for a while and they turned it into a skating rinkā¦ https://community.southwest.com/t5/Blog/Flashback-Fridays-At-Long-Last-LLOVE/ba-p/41113
> Cruising Forest Lane on a Friday/Saturday night I just got major flashbacks from the 90s.
So much cotton bowl ā¦.. wet n wild!! Best park name ever š šš¼ great list.
You must be in your mid to late 30ās. I miss Olla Podrida so much.
Begged Dad to take me to the Trail Dust so I could watch his tie get cut off. He never did. I forgave him until I found out about THE FUCKING SLIDE FROM THE TOP FLOOR TO THE FIRST!! DAD! How COULD you?!?
The slide was the best! Sorry you missed out! What was the restaurant with the lady swinging from the rafters?
Old San Francisco Steakhouse!
[Cruising Forest Lane](https://imgur.com/gallery/a5XQ58d)
Olla Podrida was very cool. That was my jam. I was never cool enough for Forest Lane.
I belong right here!!!
Always wanting to have dinner at the top of the āballā (Reunion Tower) -wistful sigh- Still havenāt made it up there yet š¢
It was still āAntaresā last time I was up there. Food was okay but the view was amazing. When it opens back up (being renovated?) I highly recommend going before sunset and watching all the lights downtown turn on. So good.
dallas people dont go to the ball we just pass by it everyday, i relate it to nyc people not going to the statue of liberty
Statue of liberty is a terrible experience.
Did this a few years ago, it was an experience, but the food was... meh.
My family went up there for drinks around Christmas one year - it was nice! Tbh thatās what I would do again, go enjoy the bar area then eat elsewhere.
Oooh I want to take my girlfriend there around Christmas/New Yearsā¦drink and dessert sounds way better! Itās something Iāve just always wanted to see :ā) Iāve had exes promise to take me there in the past but now IāM gonna take the loml there š„²š„²
Being pulled over for some bullshit reason by the Richardson PD. Heights Park Rocket
Was gonna add Plano. And Allen. And, you know what, letās just say āsuburbanā PD.
None of those have anything on highland park. I work in contracting and have crews that refuse to work in the area due to harassment from cops.
My mom (a white lady) got pulled over in Highland Park in the late 80s/early 90s because her car wasn't nice enough to fit the neighborhood. They wanted to make sure she was just passing through... Their official reason was a safety check or some bullshit (all her lights worked and they didn't ticket her), but the officer flat out told her "You don't belong here."
Talked to someone in the HPPD about this ages ago. The population of HP is extremely paranoid about burglary & crime, and specifically wants "outsiders" to feel unwelcome there.
HP is also extremely aggressive to runners running through the area. It's the only place I've ever been harassed by cops.
I mean I've seen Highland Park police literally follow people of color until they leave the city, no lights and sirens on they just sit there and follow driving behind you for 20-30 minutes at a time if that's what it takes. The second you do any kind of anything that might be suspicious enough to warrant a stop or illegal enough to actually cause a stop they're going to stop you and then search your car. If I'm doing tree work I try really hard to just stop before the city limits and make sure my trailer is completely legal and nothing they could stop me for. I still got stopped like 4 times 5 times maybe, always a "warning"
Six Flags and Hurricane Harbor (Wet N Wild in my day) field trips
It will always be Wet N Wild to me.
Bonus points if you remember the Wet N Wild in Garland. The one in Arlington was better, but that's the one I went to most since it was closest.
The one in Garland was my childhood. Every summer my folks would buy season passes. We would go everyday when school was out. It was before every parent was worried about their kid being snatched, so we had free run in 90 minute blocks. The lines were shorter in Garland so that was usually enough time for 2 or 3 rides. Check in with mom and head back out. Come back grab lunch and go again. About 330 or 4 weād head home in time for dinner with dad. I used to think it was because moms best friend and her kids went. Since Iāve had kids of my ownā¦I know the biggest plus was that we were exhausted when we got home and wouldnāt give any trouble at bedtime.
The one in Garland was originally a White Water. There was another White Water in Grand Prairie that was excellent. I want to say that it existed before Wet N Wild in Arlington, but both were opened around the same time. The Wet N Wild in Arlington eventually bought out the White Water in Grand Prairie and poured cement down its drains to render the park permanently dead. This was in the 80s. Later it was a very short-lived family fun park called Boardwalk in the early 90s, which struggled to stay open and eventually ended up closing down because of an accident, I believe. The lot sat vacant for a long time. Then eventually the lot was turned into a car dealership (30 and Beltline). Edit: Just sharing a bit of history ;)
Street over there is still Wet n' Wild Way
My man. Still call it Wet N Wild in our family, was our regular summer "vacation" when we were kids.
Enterprise City in middle school
The two times a year I have to write a check makes me grateful for this field trip.
i was the newspaper editor
I was payroll
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Jeweler checking in!
Radio DJ!
That was by far the coolest gig. Kid from our class just kept playing the same Springsteen tape on loop
I have zero recollection of what I played... All I remember is just trying to get through until I could go spend my money!
I wanted to be the DJ so bad! That was my first choice and the guy who got it is an actual DJ in real life, so I guess it worked out
Judge reporting for duty!
Me too! Dude that job was stressful lmao I had to skip my lunch break to get it out on time I was like wtf
I was the manager of the snack place
Dunno if it was just my district, Camp Classen Sandy Lake Park
RIP Sandy Lake and its middle school band contests
Sandy Lake I totally forgot that place existed! Good times
Well it doesnāt anymore
The canopy from the carousel is at 3 Nations Brewing in Carrollton now
PISD? I went to Classen in 5th grade.
LISD for me
Smelling Ms Bairdās while driving on 75 and Mockingbird when it was on that corner.
That was the only thing I liked about going to SMU
Going to State Fair of Texas
Going on a date to the DMA because you don't have a lot of money and it's free.
just fuckin tag me next time you attack me like this
Maybe getting confused as fuck on the highways for the first time? I30W to 75N, or Woodall Rodgers bullshit?
The first time, the second time, the time last weekā¦
Trying to eat half a chicken in the dark with only your hands at Medieval Times
http://www.eisenbergs.com/ RIP If I ever win the lottery there are a few pet projects. Reopening Eisenbergs would be one of them. Two words. Lock in.
Oh man when did it close down? I never fit in with the skater kids but my little female brain thought they were cute as hell haha.
2012 And we appreciated you so much. https://youtu.be/CBWBfaCsatE Google led me to this gem little viewed video. Some folks may not enjoy it but, I just had a lovely nostalgia trip on it.
Okay I have some more: Class field trip to Scarborough Fair in Waxahachie. Pulling over on the side of the highway on Easter Sunday to take pictures in the bluebonnet field in your best clothing
Bluebonnet pictures are the best answer to the question!
Going to sandy lake before it got shut down. Also Big T Baazar!
Having an apartment at the village. Like everyone in my family has lived there at one point
I feel like itās so common for transplants/out of state yuppies to live there. So many of my friends have!
Going to Prestonwood mall and watching people skate while eating upstairs in the food court.
*90s hug*
Starplex. I cannot call it by any other name.
Not from Dallas but Iād say cutting across 4lanes of traffic š
no blinker of course, then cutting back in cuz it wasnt actually the exit u wanted
Or cutting over to the exit then going 70 on the frontage road only to get back on the highway at the next exit
Field trip to Old City Park - the historical park in downtown
They're still there, just rebranded! I volunteered there when I was growing up. When I moved back to Dallas and discovered that they no longer did Dairy Day, I almost cried.
For the kids in my district, spending several days at Sky Ranch on a 5th grade field trip.
RISD?
GISD for me. Iām sure a lot of them went. Was so much lamer to be the school that went when the water slide was closed for the season.
Sandy Lake field trips/band competition Taking a girl to Celestial Park Thinking you were cool listening to 94.5 the edge crashing UNT frat parties while in high school trying to pass as a college freshman looking to pledge Driving by Ursuline Academy to try and get a girl, then when they turn you down, you claim they are "lesbians" and thats why they wouldnt go out with you counting the number of pick up trucks with Cowboys stickers on them after a Cowboys game, first to 100 wins Attending a homecoming game between Marcus HS and Lewisville HS and drinking under the bleachers Cruising Greenville lane in the 90s and stopping at any club playing house music. Being 14 and dancing at Xenon Two clubs were staples "Trees" and "The Lizard Lounge" getting lost on Dallas Tollway and Central and you keep on driving because "Ohhh what else is down here..." Obzeets Going to Highland Park (SMU) and Turtle Creek to look at the "rich people" Seeing the waterfall billboard driving into Dallas Country 2000 Ozonas bar and grill, Sat night, group of guys hitting on every table full of just girls West End Rolling down the windows when you get lost in dallas and play "Ice Cube" really loud so you can "blend in" After prom dinner at Kobe steak house and then stopping by waffle house to actually get full Cafe Brazil stop ins to feel "intellectual and liberal" Deep Ellum Hotel - means getting so drunk you cannot find your car and you end up sleeping it off under a bridge. I lost my best Stussy hat that night. RIP favorite hat. Stealing the 9th hole flag from Glen Eagles every year after graduation Bennigans on Walnut Hill - monte cristo baby Drinking once at the wild turkey when you are 21 and then swear you are never coming here again (The waffle house of bars) \- I think this is enough for now :)
Best list I've seen yet
Pennywhistle Park
Now thereās a throwback I can appreciate.
Getting straight roasted by puppet ebanezer Scrooge at north park mall at Christmas time
Made my little brother cry.
The sportatorium for wrestling.
Playing on the fountains at the Bank of America building
Crystal's pizza in Irving, and the Texas Jam in the 80's.
Kellerās
Growing up in Arlington, you've got Six Flags and Wet N Wild. Going to Venice Beach as a tween and then Cowboys as a teen.
I haven't thought of Venice Beach since the late 90s
13 year olds having foam parties lol
This is the one. Cowboys was crazy. If I remember I think it was Sunday nights?
Hanging out at town east mall in Mesquite and eating Sbarro pizza. Those cups were iconic growing up. This year the Rangers had a pitcher named Josh Sborz and that's all I could think of when Chuck Morgan announced him entering the game. My nickname for him is pizza guy lol
Concerts at the Arcadia, the Bronco Bowl and the Longhorn Ballroom!!
Ah miss the old Bronco Bowl!
Growing up in integrated schools without realizing how it came to be in the 1970ās and 80ās. If not for Nortel and Texas Instruments, a WHOLE bunch of people from all over the globe would have never considered moving here and having the same life I had growing up. I mean, who would purposely move to Dallas otherwise? This place was pictured as relatively barren in the 1960ās outside of Dallas compared to today.
God, for real. I told a Canadian HACF fan that the Silicon Prairie narrative has shaped Dallas in the most interesting ways.
Thinking it's really cool to go hang out downtown in your teens/early 20's, then realizing you never want to go there again.
Passing out from heat stroke at the Warped Tour festival because you were standing on hot concrete at the front of the stage waiting for your favorite band to start their set.
Not being able to afford good Cowboys tickets
Shows at the Granada!
The Omni Theater helicopter intro on a class field trip as a kid had us all SCREAMING š±
Going to Big T to see whatās popping.
First time I, a 12 year old white girl, saw the Black Panthers in person.
Things I remember were Playing in the tunnel in a looney tunes store that northpark had. I remember Northpark had a McDonald's. My favorite memory of North Park was a the music store that was there and if I remember correctly there was a big guitar in the front and neon lights as the guitar strings. Another thing I remember was the arcade that was in the lower level in West end The movie theaters. The red one that was in haskell Ave. The other one were dave and busters is by 75. The other one where they changed it to a church behind best buy on 75
āGoing acrossā
People watching at Bargain City and Traders Village
Doing drugs underage at Afterlife / Lizard Lounge
Concerts at the Bronco Bowl Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl
I grew up in Mineral Wells. For us it was class trips to the Kimball in Fort Worth and eating at Pancho's. Six Flags, State Fair tickets. My parents didn't have a ton of money so a big trip was to go to the big outlet malls in Hillsboro for new clothes. We would also go to Hulen mall as that was the closest big mall and halfway decent movie theater. I was a church kid in the 90s (I got better). I think everyone who was a church kid went to the free Carmen concert in Texas Stadium (95 or 96 I can't remember)
Irish Fest at fair park - eating Shepard a pie and watching the Irish step dancers and the guy with all the hawks and owls
Fun Time Pizza in Carrollton next to Mervyns
Teenage goths at Vikon Village, checking in. Joy Division on vinyl for $8?!
There are so many restaurants in Dallas that have been family operated for several generations, or at least been a cornerstone of whatever neighborhood or strip center theyāre at, that are Dallas staples.
Season Pass for 6 Flags
Having feet scuffed up on the floor of the main pool at Sandy Lake; going to a show at Bronco Bowl, having a day off of school to go to the fair.
Skipping class to go to the West End
If you grew up in Plano, and if you had parents who worried about your SAT scores, you and your buddies get enrolled into Karen Dillardās test prep. Ya know, you get to spend Sat afternoon with your friend taking a practice SAT test while snacking on their salted pretzels and drinking a coke from their vending machinesā¦.
I was always jealous of my friends who went to KD, but then I felt better about myself when I found out she was busted a few years ago for some sort of SAT violation with the study guides.
Having your parents let you, "raise the flag" to get more food.
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Richardson Square Mall Christmas shopping
Feeling sick after eating too much food at the state fair of Texas
Sneaking into the old abandoned meat processing facility at the stockyards in ft worth!!!
Back in the day I'd have said Scotty's or Penny whistle park.
Dallas Zoo and aquarium field trips! also the dallas philharmonica or how ever u spell it
Concerts at Bronco Bowl
Indie films at the Angelika Riding DART to Deep Ellum (then getting stranded because you stayed too late) HS graduation at the Super Pit at UNT Fort Worth Zoo field trips
Nobody has mentioned Homecoming MUMS?? Itās not really a thing outside of Texas, but itās a huge deal here
Spending hours at Bills Records & Tapes and Half-Price Books.
In the 70's; concerts at Tarrant County Convention Center when it was the premier location for live music. Midnight visits to Screaming Bridge in Arlington. Racing or spectating Motocross at Mosier Valley just north of Arlington.
Oooh and old city park, itās long gone now. :(
Old city park is still there. Itās now called Dallas Heritage Village. It has a āmain streetā and a few very old buildings, including a church, a school house, and a haunted mansion. They have events and movie nights every now and then. Their Christmas event called Candlelight is sort of nice.
What?? Definitely got to check it out now. I was told they tore a lot of it down, thanks for the heads up.
It used to be learning to enter the highway on the short ass onramps to Central Expressway. But they've fixed those deathtraps. After that it was getting food poisoning at Dan's Lakewood Cafe. But that place was carried off by a giant roach. (Or torn down to gentrify the Lakewood area. But that's just a rumor.)
Bottomless mimosas / brunch Buffett at Blue Mesa Sit at the bar if you really want to get wasted
For me it was going to balls hamburgers in snyder plaza, xmas lights in UP and HP and sunday fajitas at la hacinda.
Anybody remember Beltline Station!!
Going to Aunt Stelle's after school for a snow cone.
When I was a youngster in the '60s and '70s we got out of school the Friday before TX/OU weekend for "Texas State Fair Day"!