Vintage neon signs

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Another place I'd love to eat or drink in. I'm thinking early '60s, a tiki echo and women whose jackets, skirts, shoes and pocketbooks all matched in the same pastel color.

 

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women whose jackets, skirts, shoes and pocketbooks all matched in the same pastel color.

Don't forget this.

 

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Feeling an echo of "Mildred Pierce," how much would you love to tuck into this place on a cold, snowy night for a chicken dinner and, I'll bet, some great pie for dessert?

 

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Feeling an echo of "Mildred Pierce," how much would you love to tuck into this place on a cold, snowy night for a chicken dinner and, I'll bet, some great pie for dessert?

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I'm not sure when it happened that chicken lost it's place as the meal to serve to company or the fried chicken as a restaurant specialty but it did lose that spot. Strange how perceptions change.

 

[KY Gentleman]

another great chicken dinner possibility

Abilene, KS

 

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I'm not sure when it happened that chicken lost it's place as the meal to serve to company or the fried chicken as a restaurant specialty but it did lose that spot. Strange how perceptions change.

I wonder about this too, in part, because we eat a lot of chicken. I've read that as chicken got cheaper over time, it lost its feeling of being a "special" event meal, but that, IMHO, can't be the full explanation. And could chicken really have been that expensive relative to other meats in the past if modest looking chicken dinner restaurants seemed to have been quite common (certainly more than steakhouses)?

 

[Frunobulax]

I wonder about this too, in part, because we eat a lot of chicken. I've read that as chicken got cheaper over time, it lost its feeling of being a "special" event meal, but that, IMHO, can't be the full explanation. And could chicken really have been that expensive relative to other meats in the past if modest looking chicken dinner restaurants seemed to have been quite common (certainly more than steakhouses)?

My mother used to speak of a time when eating fried chicken from a restaurant was a novelty (at least around here), as it was previously home cooking. Probably, thanks to the Col and his pressure cooking techniques, it became easier to mass market after a while and hence, more ubiquitous.


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[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

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I don't think so - it's hard to tell - but there might have been some walking / waddling action form the goose when on:

 

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Rob

Wouldn't have wanted to have had to pay the bill for that one, but glad someone did.

 

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I know it's not neon, but it so fit the theme of our chicken-dinner conversation that I had to put it up. It is as if the Rooster is calling out to defend his honor:

 

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Rob

My parents were not travellers in general, but for some reason they started going to Lost Wages in the 1970's for a few days every winter. For a lot of those trips the Stardust was their hotel.

 

[1mach1]

I know it's not neon, but it so fit the theme of our chicken-dinner conversation that I had to put it up. It is as if the Rooster is calling out to defend his honor:

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Anything with a giant chicken on the sign, count me in!

 

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Anything with a giant chicken on the sign, count me in!

We think alike (post #940): http://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/vintage-neon-signs.78371/page-47#post-2394326

 

[Frunobulax]

I know it's not neon, but it so fit the theme of our chicken-dinner conversation that I had to put it up. It is as if the Rooster is calling out to defend his honor:

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Now I want Corn Flakes.


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[Frunobulax]

Anything with a giant chicken on the sign, count me in!

Hey! Was that a chicken joke?



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[LizzieMaine]

 

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Awesome one Lizzie. Fantastic story here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/70510/clucking-sweet-history-candy-bar-called-chicken-dinner

 

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Mainly posted this one because I have a feeling that, if we knew more about this place, it would tuck in nicely to our "Tourist Cabins, Auto and Motor Courts" thread as well:

 

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And keeping with our giant chicken theme: