Remember these old places in Seattle? Local historian remembers beloved theaters, restaurants, and m

Is there a certain place, maybe a restaurant or a store, that you remember fondly and have an attachment to?
In New Day NW's previous nostalgia special, historian Feliks Banel shared a list of places that have disappeared around Seattle. After that episode, many viewers reached out with places they missed.
Feliks joined New Day NW to talk about some of those places.
MOVIES & RECREATION
Lewis & Clark at SeaTac: A theater that offered multiple screens - and a bowling alley! It operated from 1956 to 2004.
Guild 45th in Wallingford: Guild 45th recently had its marquee torn off. It was a theater that opened its doors 101 years ago and closed down in 2017.
RESTAURANTS
Pizza & Pipes: A local chain where each restaurant included a mighty Wurlitzer organ and a live organist. It had locations in Bellevue, University Place, and Greenwood. The Greenwood location had the old organ from the Paramount Theatre.
Abruzzi’s: Abruzzi’s was a one-off, New York-style pizzeria on Pike at Sixth Avenue. It opened in 1956 and closed in 1994.
Dag’s: A local burger chain that had a highly visible location on Aurora Avenue just north of the old Battery Street Tunnel.
OTHER RETAILERS
Chubby & Tubby: An iconic local discounter on Rainier Avenue and Aurora Avenue. This place was great to buy Converse Chuck Taylors and cheap Christmas trees. It opened in the 1950s and closed in 2003.
Ernst Hardware: Ernst was a big local chain and the place to go for nuts and bolts and other must-haves, back when people could repair the analog stuff in their apartment or house (no smartphone-enabled gear at Ernst.)
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[@satorified1612]

Good lord, they nailed it. I’m a born-and-raised in Seattleite who bought Converse at Chubby and Tubby’s and whose first job was at Ernst Hardware. And of course there were the birthdays at Farrel’s…..

[@SweetMillicentCarbuncle]

I used to live across the street from the old Lewis and Clark years ago. When they tore it down I was floored. I remember Ernst was called Nernst's. I grew up in Burien during the late 70's and 80's. I went to the old Puget Sound Jr. HS. I worked for Marriott who owned Big Boy.

[@andresibarra2381]

Leaving Seattle families is so sad but one day we all go back home one day 😢

[@flakeyjake4177]

The Kress's five and dime store with the lunch and soda counter! The Singer Sewing Center down on Second Ave where I took sewing lessons, across from the old J.C. Penney's. The Bon Marche and Frederick & Nelson's downtown. I saw MANYMANY movies at Lewis and Clark, also bowled there. The Duwamish Drive-In Theater. Tradewell and Prairie Market grocery stores. The House of Values in Rainier Beach. The original Southcenter Mall.

[@ACE-sx8mo]

Lewis and Clark theater also had a G.O. Guy drugstore next door, so we all bought our candy there before the show. When I was five I saw my first theater movie there, "The Alamo". Am still traumatized. 13 years later we held our high-school commencement ceremony there. Also, I was in a room full of random strangers a couple years ago and discovered that five of us had worked as Ernst Hardware employees decades earlier.

[@jeandaby6488]

My brothers, sister and I used to pay a quarter to go watch the matinee on Saturday at the Lewis and Clark theater.

[@bethrichardson5364]

There was a Pizza & Pipes in Tacoma. Loved it. Live organ and wild animated stuff around the wall near the ceiling.

[@jodylancaster8706]

Went to the one in Greenwood. Those were the days ❤

[@joshjohnson3204]

That place was cool

[@3nuklr]

Abruzzi's was great. I used to go there for lunch when I was working as a stagehand at the Paramount and the 5th Avenue Theatre(s). Abruzzi's was a lot of the reason that I got out of bed in the morning. Couldn't wait for lunch.

[@SnohomishBroncoOffRoad]

John Danz movie theater and bowling alley in bellevue Washington, that will always be my favorite theater as a kid seeing Superman on the big screen and they had the dolphin as you came out of the movie theater and went down into the lobby what great memories.

[@WendyAllen-df5yg]

Yes!! We saw alot of Monty Python movies there. I remember when Bellevue Square was just a Square

[@oceans.and.deserts]

The John Danz theater was very mid-century cool with a really high ceiling and swirling ramp up to the actual theater inside. I wish I remembered the dolphin. The bowling alley, which became the Barnes & Noble if memory serves correctly (I left 20+ years ago), was a place I hung out at in middle school because the skater boys went there. As a little kid, Pizza & Pipes by Coco's and Farrel's by Bellevue Square were good spots, and I went to Skate King every Saturday for years. Oh, and the old DQ on 8th and 112th near 405 for a banana split after Miss Carol's dance class across the parking lot. I'm sure that whole block has been demolished, as well. I wouldn't even recognize Bellevue now.

[@tedgemberling2359]

I grew up going to Chubby & Tubby. My father loved it. I remember in 1986 a coworker saying he knew either Chubby or Tubby. They were really two people. I don't remember which one he said he knew. I think he knew him from their White Center location. Where we went to Chubby & Tubby was about 80th and Aurora. I remember one time in the early 70's we took our uncle and cousins from Tacoma to Chubby & Tubby. After we got back to my dad's apartment, my aunt asked what it was like. My uncle said, "lots of junk." I imagine my father wasn't happy with that if he heard it, because he really loved that store.

[@Sabbathtage]

I miss Minnie's. It was a restaurant near the Seattle Science Center. Noir aesthetic with a black, white and red interior. Great breakfast food to eat late at night.

[@oceans.and.deserts]

Yes! Great place to grab a bite after the club in the '90s.

[@larisa7547]

I loved, and knew, most of these places. RIP

[@janejones7492]

I used to skate at the Ridge Rink on 85th. They had the largest pipe organ. It's was so old my mom used to skate there as a teenager.

[@jodylancaster8706]

Me too. I went to Monroe Junior High and we had skating parties there all the time. 1968 to 1971.

[@55tumbler]

me too use to be a barber a block form there too

[@richardmcleod1930]

'It had to be torn down to make way for progress".............PROGRESS! What a strange rationalization for tearing down the most significant buildings in Seattle. Just tear down the whole place and see how you like it.

[@andresibarra2381]

I live alone in California with my two uncles that ow properties but I live in a great residence and in 1990 I came to Seattle and I live here & survive working like anyone else to survive and hah & have meet lots of lovable Seattle Washington families that enjoyed Seattle

[@DM-hw4cr]

I remember Lewis and Clark theater. Cool murals in the theater of lewis and clark expedition.

[@jameshebert5430]

Down in Mesa, Arizona there's a place called Organ Stop Pizza that has the world's largest Warletzer pipe organ. I also remember Farelle's at the Tacoma Mall, Bob's Big Boy (now IHOP) in Lakewood and of course Pizza & Pipes (now a dentist office on the former land of P&P) in University Place.

[@rad4579]

There was a pizza and pipes in Tacoma too.

[@patsalas5170]

😂 there are 4 Bob's big boy in socal...Burbank, Downey, Northridge and Norco...❤ from the 1970s, I remember Dick's on Broadway, Hadassah nearly new shop on Broadway, boondocks sundeckers and greenthumbs, herfy burgers in U district, the bombay bicycle club,the J and M cafe and seeing Taj Majal at the paramount on pine st....also worked at Frederick and Nelson while getting my degree at UW ❤❤❤❤❤

[@oceans.and.deserts]

I recall a lot of the spots mentioned. I'll add Sit & Spin in Belltown (café, laundromat, live music). I spent many long nights there in the '90s while in college.

[@andyd1006]

I grew up in Seattle. I remember Pizza and pipes, Ernst there was a place in University Village called Flakey Jake's then it was an Azteca. There was also a donut shop there but I can remember the name by the fountain that used to be there. I've cream Donna's ice cream on 45th.

[@55tumbler]

probaly winchells donuts next

[@EbenCalhoun]

Used to be a Flakey Jake's on 320th St S in Federal Way. Didn't stick around long. I only remember it because my brother and I got white frisbees with Flakey Jake's written in red lettering on them. If I recall correctly the frisbees held our burger and fries kid's meals. The frisbees were around a lot longer than the restaurant!

[@oceans.and.deserts]

I remember going to Flaky Jake's in Bellevue in the '80s if it was the same place (and Pizza & Pipes, Ernst, and Azteca). They had the best baked potato bar ever.

[@sallymoen7932]

How do I find photos of old businesses of the Seattle area? In my town, the public library has a history room that keeps original documents and photos of Everett and Snohomish County, from about 1870 to present day. I wonder if Seattle Public Library has similar?

[@erikhilsinger9421]

MOHAI, UW, King County and the City of Seattle all have their own collectiions.

[@georgewoodland1766]

Ivar’s Acres of Clams on the waterfront near the ferry terminal. Bought Christmas trees at Chubby and Tubbies. Greg’s Cyclery at Green Lake sold and rented bicycles.

[@wamatt2538]

I remember all the vintage clothing stores in Seattle in the 80s. Especially, Tootsies in Pioneer Square. Such a different time.

[@Photojouralist123]

I owned "Chop Suey" on Broadway 1828 Broadway a vintage clothing store

[@WendyAllen-df5yg]

I loved Retroviva by the Market

[@andresibarra2381]

I now should go back to California but it's sad leaving Seattle

[@RexSkittles]

Who is this chick that she doesn’t remember Chubby & Tubby? It’s only been 20+/- years since it went away! I used to buy my Christmas trees there every year on Aurora!

[@bobbyb9757]

He forgot about the Chubby and Tubby in White Center! I used to love that place!

[@TheBloomergal]

Look into the now defuct Clarks' Restaurant chain that dominated the Seattle restaurant scene in the 50s, 60s . You're all too young to remember, but if your parents & grandparents were in Seattle back in the day, they'd remember

[@gergydj]

Sharkys pizza my dad worked in the Rainier valley always brought home pizza

[@BasementBerean]

The Leilani Lanes bowling ally in north Greenwood. Parkers Ballroom in north Seattle on Aurora Ave. The Northgate movie theater. American Eagles model shop, first in Greenwood then moved to Lake City. Lake City movie theater (building still there but it's a church.) Silo consumer electronics store. Larry's Market on Aurora near 105th, the first upscale grocery store.

I’m a southender from Renton, I do remember Parker’s Ballroom! We were there often in the 1960s!

[@Jeffs9304]

The pig traffic at Ferills! I finished it

[@jodylancaster8706]

Went to Ferrell's all the time. Early 70's. The one on 130th and Aurora.

[@alexandralibin5131]

Zestos in Ballard, on 15th NW and 65th Street.

[@erikhilsinger9421]

Dog House.

[@ethelcravens3006]

I miss it. And I'm #40. It's just not the same hear!!!!

[@harperwelch5147]

Chubby & Tubby sold Christmas trees for $5.99!

[@Golfnut_2099]

Farrell's Ice Cream on 135th and Aurora.

[@55tumbler]

Dont forget pay n pak and zips drive in

[@EbenCalhoun]

Pay n' Pak had the cheap bulk light bulbs in bins near the checkout lines. Always had to shake the bulb and listen closely to increase the odds of getting a working bulb. Those bulbs never lasted anywhere near as long as a genuine GE bulb. But they sure were cheap!

[@andresibarra2381]

😢

I remember all these places you mention. I'll add Seattle Music on 1st Ave, Ernie Steele's on Broadway and The Beatty Book Store on 3rd. I loved the Lewis & Clark theater & bowling alley.

[@harperwelch5147]

I rescued a large cowboy mural from Ernie Steel’s and just sold it to Hooverville Bar on 1st Ave S!

[@dodgerharlin8313]

Happy bowl, The golden egg Bruno's serving Mexican food and Italian The great american bake potato Grecian corner on 9th and madison Georges on 5th ave and pike Bills off broadway Sizzler on broadway

[@55tumbler]

there use to be an ernst at northgate mall

[@ethelcravens3006]

Yep converse Jordans lol

[@55tumbler]

Dont forget best pie yummy

[@gergydj]

Paul wolcott

[@sarahbear2032]

Pepridge farms remembers

[@donngu]

I bought all of my wrestling shoes from chubby and tubby’s.

[@marcuscrane6955]

Ernie steel ,gay 90s, astorpark pier 70 Kirkland prime rib palace I could go on on El rancho drive in

[@michelleflynn9725]

❤️ FLYNN'S CAFE SEATTLE 😊 Was in business from at least the 1940's through the 1980's!