(erielack) Tad's Steaks (in NYC)

[walter smith <wsmith5957_@_yahoo.com>]

    When I worked on the New York division while furloughed from Scranton, I stayed in the ERIE bunkroom for enginecrews  on Pavonia Avenue in Jersey City. This place ( on the 2nd floor of an old brick warehouse had about 20 or 30 bunks, lockers, & a small kitchen with a 2-burner hotplate, table & chairs & a fridge. I'd occasionally fry up a hamburg & open a can of beans if I got in late from a job, but if in Hoboken would have a good meal at Schaeffer's restaurant across the street from the Hoboken Terminal. I was warned NOT to eat in the Clam Broth House because one of the conductors or engineers got deathly ill there (they must have caught THOSE clams in the water near the ferry slips). If I worked a day job & was at loose ends I rode the ferry to the new York side & ate there. 
       I spent this Sunday going thru some old negs and ran across some B&W snapshots I took in NYC while wandering around. One of them was a street-level view looking toward the Chrysler Building and in the right foreground was a sign above the sidewalk..........TADS STEAKS $1.99. It's been a long time since I ate there (1962 or so) but I remember they'd give you a steak, baked potato, and garlic bread for the $1.99. I think it was a chuck steak. They had better cuts of meat, but the basic meal was OK. This franchise was all over the place midtown & downtown. Anybody else remember it??? I know the price sounds unrealistic nowadays but there it was...........a little chewy but what the heck. Comments, anyone???
 
Regards to all,
 
Walt Smith

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