And I think I may be the only person to remember/really liked El Toro on 13th, a few blocks south of campus.
We were talking live ALBUMS. The best LIVE CONCERT I ever saw was the last show of the TP&THB "Hard Promises" tour, which was in the O Dome . Played for almost 3 hours and as it was seeming to wind down, Tom said "gonna take a quick breaK". The stage lights went down except for the drop spot on Tom's mic. Then that drop spot went to two side by side and a roadie brought out a second mic. The band launched into the opening chords of "Stop dragging my heart around" and out came Steve Nicks. The crowd went, as the saying goes, WILD! This was pre-internet so they may have done these things in other stops but we thought it was all for us. Great, great show.
YOU REMEMBER! This was, of course, not the In & Out that was famous in California. That was good food and not expensive, IIRC. Ad from the Alligator... I used to go to the 2d Ave location.
Yes, across the parking lot was a bar called The Spectrum (also called a derogatory name, which I won’t type or this will end up in too hot)
There was a place near there that had "Punk Rock" night occasionally. My GF and I would leave behind our Donigan's attire and 'go native' occasionally. Fun to scratch that itch.
Donigans was right near Jimmy Hugh’s sporting goods store. My first pair of Converse came from there. I was acquainted with the Donigans. Cool house near the law school
I worked at Donigan's my junior and senior year. Mr & Mrs D (can't call them Bill / Cissie) were wonderful people.
I liked their chicken nuggets, the fries that seemed to be battered in a similar batter to the chicken, and the okra! When I moved to TX, they still had grandy's and the chicken was the same, but they had plain jane fries. I was very disappointed. Those fries were the best.
The Grandy’s fries were battered. You can stii get them like that at the Brunswick, Ga location, which if I’m not mistaken, is the only remaining location E of the Mississippi River.
I still eat like tgat when i eat out. I dont mind paying but i don't expect to go to whataburger for a double on tge way home after dropping 200+. Im a big eater so i pick my spots accordingly.
I saw them in what was their farewell tour in i think it was 84? Jack Murphy Stadium. Think i saw em twice more after that .
Well I also was raised on southern cooking. Not much in SFla. Thought I still loved some fried chicken, collards, etc until I had some awhile back visiting family at Ole Miss. No longer a fan, tasted like someone dropped a salt shaker in the mix and I now pass on most fried foods anyway. No breading, too greasy.
I think the art of southern fried chicken is all but gone. My mom was an excellent southern cook - she learned from her mother-in-law. Growing up in Jax, these three places had the best fried chicken around: 1. Beach Rd Chicken, this could be your “last meal” as it was so great. 2. Homestead Restaurant - Jax Beach main dish, fried chicken in a cast iron skillet 3. Old South Restaurant - small, neighborhood place off Atlantic Blvd that had some of the finest southern vittles around. I’d be curious if any GC’s recall this place.
