We made pizzas after 5 pm at our restaurant back in the 60s. Today, there are 5 places to order a pizza within a mile from my house. But back in the 60s there weren’t very many places to get a pizza. We cheated. We bought pre-made crusts. No, not frozen, they were refrigerated. That …
Our restaurant was a family restaurant. Mom cooked and dad acted as host and a waiter. My brother was going to college nearby so he only worked on the weekends. Then he would go to college in Iowa in the fall of 1965. I worked for a couple of hours at dinner time and on …
I mentioned ice cream last week in conjunction with milk shakes but we sold ice cream in lots of forms. We had a Taylor Twin Serve similar to this one that was recently for sale. It had two tanks at the top for vanilla and chocolate. There are three levers on the front. If you …
Coke or Pepsi? Back in the 1960s Coke sold twice as well as Pepsi. But we debated which to sell. Big chains get reduced prices for showing a brand in their advertising. We were just a small restaurant. Most of the family thought we should sell Coke but mom had always liked Pepsi. So we …