Somebody Help This Poor Girl: Restaurant Memory Lane

Posted on February 9th, 2012 10:00am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Nostalgia, Restaurant Trivia, Somebody Help

This plea from another Disher suffering from restaurant memory loss:

I am trying to recollect the name of a restaurant that was operating in the 1970’s and 80’s located on the Circle – it was rather exclusive (and if my memory serves me correctly – required reservations). Probably around 1979, family members took my nephew there for his high school graduation dinner – and recently we were sitting around discussing that event – and guess what?  Not a one of us could recall the name of the restaurant.

Southern Kitchen?

11 comments

  1. Check out this crazy list from ’77!
    http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/1977/08/01/Dallas_Restaurants.aspx

    @ 10:58 am on February 9, 2012

  2. What is “on the Circle”?

    @ 11:07 am on February 9, 2012

  3. Harry Hines at Northwest HIghway.

    @ 11:22 am on February 9, 2012

  4. Thanks Amy.

    According to historicaerials.com, “the circle” ceased to exist sometime between 1972 and 1979. It certainly doesn’t look like a locale for an upscale establishment.

    @ 11:59 am on February 9, 2012

  5. Is it the seafood place called The Bounty?

    @ 12:48 pm on February 9, 2012

  6. The Brad, I ate in every one of those restaurants. I’m puttin my money on Southern Kitchen. cinnamon rolls…

    @ 1:03 pm on February 9, 2012

  7. Oh yeah, Southern Kitchen is what I was thinking also!! My family always went there for celebrations. We went to the east NW High local though.

    @ 1:09 pm on February 9, 2012

  8. Yep it would be Southern Kitchen with the very proper southern waiters. I still really wish they would have sold out or moved instead of closing.

    @ 5:15 pm on February 9, 2012

  9. Southern Kitchen or Ralph and Kacoo’s

    @ 1:18 pm on February 10, 2012

  10. Southern Kitchen brings back great food memories. $3.95 for more food than anyone could ever eat including, oysters! Remember the sticky rolls?
    OMG!

    @ 12:05 am on February 11, 2012

  11. Yep – Southern Kitchen – used to go there for xmas eve or something over the holidays – - think of that when I drive by there, in much the same way I will yearn for Whirly Ball now….

    @ 4:09 pm on February 13, 2012