Rockin Crab in Gresham near where the old G.I. Joes was, is fairly new. I have not tried it yet.

https://www.rockincrab.co/

It seems that many seafood restaurants use eastern blue crab instead of local Dungeness. I do not know if Rockin Crab does.

 

There is a Rockin' Crab on 82nd. Been there a few times. They do hot pots and Cajun ste seafood boils. Pretty good. And I have seen dungeness as a special there before.

 

 

Chevy Nova !

 

Wow
I remember sitting in that little place staring at the huge Winslow Homer “Fog Warning” painting hanging in the dinning room. Every-time I see that painting I think fondly of that place.

 

Wow
I remember sitting in that little place staring at the huge Winslow Homer “Fog Warning” painting hanging in the dinning room. Every-time I see that painting I think fondly of that place.

Back then they had great food and the lines to get in were long even on a rainy night. When you made it to the awning and heaters you didn't mind. It must have been in the late 60's and early 70's when we went there regularly.

 

Didn't they move from their old location into an old Denney's down the road and then go out of business with the location becoming a Fantasy Adult Video? I know the original location reopened as the Crab Bowl back in the early/mid 2000's I think. I went there and it was a pretty seedy place, mostly a watering hole. Not a place you'd actually go for seafood dinner.

 

Yes , that is what happened .

 

 

I used to deliver to Burlingame Fred Meyer. The poor semi trucks had to back down an alley then make a 90 degree turn and continue backing to the dock. Never been there since it's remodel.

 

Way back in the day , before kids , my wife and I were renting an apartment up on the hill that is just across the street. We could see the front door and would wait until the lines got short and then run on down there. There was always a line.

 

As kids, my brother and I always picked either the Crab Bowl or the Organ Grinder for our birthday dinners.
Good old days.

 

Great place back in the day, brings back old memories, my parents would go there a couple a times a year. I was only 5 or 6 years old when I first went there, and did not care about the food, just remember my parents talking about how good dinner was on the way home. I just like seeing the decor on the walls.

 

My folks used to take the family up 3 or 4 times a year from Silverton for dinner. Not quite on topic, but there was another restaurant in Salem named " The Prime Rib" that I recall we went to quite a bit , I remember it being very fancy, suit jackets and all.

 

In 1971 I was very pregnant and passed out standing in that line. Came back around and went in and ate. 😂

 

Current today - Boulavard Tap House

 

I am glad I am getting old. Somethings I will remember well, others I will simple forget.

 

I grew up on that stretch of Barbur Blvd. I think back to all of the watering holes and eateries that were once there but gone today. Great memories!
Tai Ping Terrace
Firestone Inn
Plush Pippen Pies
Piggly Wiggly
Barber Truck Stop
Topps Restaurant
Henry Fords
Barbur Bowl
The Turquoise Room
Crab Bowl
Old Irish Inn
Ghost Riders Lounge
Three Star
Good news is The Old Barn is still there

 

I once met Bruce Springstein at the Fireside .

 

My mom and my wife had b'days a few days apart so we would all go out together to celebrate. Henry Fords was really great as it had that 70s diner/ Frank Lloyd wright architecture feel about it plus piano bar atmosphere. The food and service were great also. Definitely a classic wish it was still around would go there now if I could.

 

Take your kids and make memories, wherever you can that are out of the ordinary or ordinary. Reflecting back is fun later in life.

Still miss Farrel's Ice Cream Parlor from my youth. Fun place!

 

Still miss Farrel's Ice Cream Parlor from my youth. Fun place!

Mom always took me there for a Portland Zoo on my birthday in the early years.

 

and missing food like that today.

Sure was a good place. Seems if you want food like that anymore with the quality and quantity, you have to make it.

 

Getting harder to justify eating out these days for the Middle class. I'm upper Middle, but don't feel too rich and loose with $ these days. The golden years are on the horizon and don't look too golden due to house/ auto insurance, property taxes, health insurance, energy, etc. Hoping we get things turned around, cause spending and printing money we don't have is putting us in a financial tail spin.

 

Just for fun I calculated my 2024 hourly wage. $1.90/hr, yep we're done, getting out of the business. Unless something drastically changes.

 

Dude, I wanted to post an angry face but phone emojys arent working. Sorry for your situation. Not sure how we got here, but 40 or 50 years of being the Worlds best friend and Outsourcing industry has taken a toll on our families. Not looking good short term. Wake up and vote no next time they want more or blame yourselves.

 

Good memories as a youngster and after getting out of the Army going to Sayler's Old Country Kitchen out on Stark, and Country Bill's on Woodstock.

New Cathay on the corner of 82nd and Division was another go to for my folks.

 

Sayler's was great ( might still be one in N.E.)? Country Bill's was Hoot! I miss the H. out the Rhinelander and Gustav's too. Used to be a lot more theme/character and variety in Dining. It seemed more affordable for the average Joe also. Now more fast casual or high end. The sit-down family restaurants are going away like the Dinosaurs.

 

Being okie SE PDX trash, "The Trap" on 52nd and Powell had a super kick ass breakfast for $5 back in the day. It was awesome.

 

The Organ Grinder Pizza was always a treat as a kid........

 

Best Delicatessen Portland ever had was Dave's Delicatessen. They moved locations a few times but the first time my father took me there to get corned beef on rye they were in the Semler building on 3rd and Yamhill. That was sometime around 1970 when I was just a young whipper snapper. I doubt that many if anyone remembers the place. It closed in 1988 when Dave and his wife retired. It was the real deal. Just like the great deli's in Brooklyn. There hasn't been anything even close since. I don't think there is even a place where you can get a bowl of matzoh ball soup anywhere today.

 

Best Delicatessen Portland ever had was Dave's Delicatessen. They moved locations a few times but the first time my father took me there to get corned beef on rye they were in the Semler building on 3rd and Yamhill. That was sometime around 1970 when I was just a young whipper snapper. I doubt that many if anyone remembers the place. It closed in 1988 when Dave and his wife retired. It was the real deal. Just like the great deli's in Brooklyn. There hasn't been anything even close since. I don't think there is even a place where you can get a bowl of matzoh ball soup anywhere today.

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Once we got our drivers licenses we would roll out of high school at lunch and make a sandwich run downtown and bring back 20 sandwiches for the crew. I think it was $5 for a big azz sandwich which would feed you for a couple days.
Simpler times in the 70’s

 

 

Look at those prices. I suppose a nice house cost $70-85k back then.
That Crab Bowl salad dressing on a Crab Salad was the bomb!

 

Back in the day you could get dinner at the Crab Bowl and then head north on Barbur and stop for a drink at the Pink Pearl.

 

Where was the Pink Pearl? I don’t remember that one.