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Re: (erielack) Tad's Steaks (in NYC)
I too recall the Tad's Steak Houses in New York City. I remember that you
also got a salad for the $1.99. Also memorable were the walls papered with a
red flocked wallpaper. I once had a steak in the dinning car on the EL
between Elmira and Youngstown that was a lot like the Tad's version. Not bad
at all.
JB Ipe
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:14 PM, walter smith <wsmith5957_@_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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