The Best Time in Anderson or In Your Life

[me]

Speaking of Putt Putt's there used to be one at Southdale too. 

[Ma and Pa]

 G of J: I only remember the Taco Tico on Mounds Rd. Where was the other one? Remember the Sancho they served? And their empanada, or "Apple Annie": apple pie filling in a white flour tortilla. YUM! We never did get the story on their closing.                       

[me]

G of J: I only remember the Taco Tico on Mounds Rd. Where was the other one? Remember the Sancho they served? And their empanada, or "Apple Annie": apple pie filling in a white flour tortilla. YUM! We never did get the story on their closing.                     

I'm not GJ but the other Taco Tico was on Nichol Ave. close to the shopping center.  Don't remember exactly which building it was in though 'cause that's been a loooong time ago.

[smokeykat]

there was a Taco Tico out north too.  It was where the old Tio's...in front of Marsh Supermarket.  I loved that place...the had the best sancho ever. 

[Ma and Pa]

me: It all depends on your perpective -- President Eisenhower was a while back;  President Buchanan (the worst!) was a loooong time ago. 

[me]

me: It all depends on your perpective -- President Eisenhower was a while back;  President Buchanan (the worst!) was a loooong time ago. 

Guess it was a while back then in that case....

[Ghost of Jaco]

there was a Taco Tico out north too.  It was where the old Tio's...in front of Marsh Supermarket.  I loved that place...the had the best sancho ever. 

Well, then maybe there were four because my cousin worked at one on 53rd street.
Btw, I really disliked the sancho. But the cheese enchiladas I loved!

Hey! They are still alive, just not around: http://www.tacotico.com

[Ma and Pa]

ROAD TRIP!!!!!

[Ghost of Jaco]

Road trip to a Taco Tico? Count me in!

[Gardengirl]

No mo memories of Anderson?

[Ma and Pa]

I remember wasting a good deal of my time (and my teenaged allowance) shooting pool at the Golden Palms Cue Room, on Broadway. And there were a few games down at the Paramount Billiards, in the basement below the theater. Man, what a dive! Looked just like one of those pool halls in Paul Newman's old movie "The Hustler". Miss ya, Paul.

[Anne]

Standing in line for three hours to see a movie at the Paramount that was about Custer's last stand and had Sal Mineo in it. He and the horse both died. I cried over Sal, my little sister cried over the horse!

[Gardengirl]

I remember Elvis movies and the move called something like The Doctors, which has Stephanie Powers in her first movie, I believe. We could see Sat. matinees for 25 cents each on some movies, 50 cents on others. The popcorn came in one size and it tasted way different than it does today.

I remember going into Merle Norman's for a makeup job and coming out looking like a model. <g> I don't remember where it was. I remember very little about the businesses in Anderson because we didn't live in town. My mom would drive uptown and park and we'd watch the people go by. It was a hobby of hers and we were along for the ride.

[Ma and Pa]

Anne: I believe the name of your movie was "Tonka", and it came from the Disney studios. Ring any bells?

[Anne]

Sounds like that might be it. Disney put out a lot of good movies back then. Couple other movies I remember, (not Disney) were Gypsy, West Side Story and Diamondhead. My dad was not a happy camper when he went to see Diamondhead after I had been to see it with my boyfriend (not my husband of 44+ years). He considered it inappropriate for a young lady.

I think maybe Merle Norman was at the Banner Store, but I may be wrong. I only remember them in Ayres in Indy.