Posted on 01/01/2011 12:10:18 PM PST by wizkid
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We go to the old one in Indio...much closer. One was planned for a center that was going up right here in La Quinta, but the meltdown killed off that shopping plaza; damn.
Right about now, two stores are due to open in the Dallas area...they’re spreading out!
Here is a shot of the original stand:
Here is one of his first real location:
The place generates loyalties so strong that employee even bury themselves in their Pete's Uniform:
Pete's Fish and Chips to be named after longtime manager
"Ruth Walden loved Pete's Fish and Chips so much she was buried in the restaurant's shirt and jacket and asked that people wear the same to her funeral.
The longtime Tolleson resident, who died in May at age 79, worked as a manager at the restaurant for 57 years. So it seems only fitting the owners decided to name a future renovated location in Tolleson the Ruth Walden Super Pete's.
Pete Grant was definitely a self made man:
Grant was stricken with malaria while serving in the Philippines during World War II, and doctors told the Indiana native that relocating to a warmer climate would help.
"He always said, 'They gave me two choices, Egypt and Phoenix, and since I didn't speak Egyptian, I came to Phoenix,' " Adams said.
With that decision, Adams said the Valley got its first fast-food restaurant: Sportsfair Chips, the name a nod to the golf driving range nearby.
"He bought a bag of potatoes, fish fillets and a cooker, and built that little wooden stand. It didn't even have running water. They had to use a neighbor's hose," Adams said.
Unfortunatel for Pete , he was caught without his gun at home and murdered for his coin collection. One of his hobbies was scanning the store change for rare and silver coins.
More details can be found here:
For Pete's sake, fish and chips stands celebrating 60 years
My brother and I were obessed with his spicy sauce used for both the fish and Pete's "Monster" Burger. Here is a good shot of the sauce on a seafood combo platter (Sorry but I could not find a good Monster Burger picture):
One day we peeked in the back door and caught Pete making his secret sauce. It appeared to be 2/3 ketchup and 1/3 El Pato Sauce
It is a great sauce to use on a lot of things. I love it on eggs in the morning.
Do not be put off by some reviews for Pete's. These are usually from anglophile snobs and people from back East with their knickers in a twist because Pete's does not have authentic British Fish and Chips with malt vinegar. Pete's was never intended to be an english chips shop. It offered value food to a fish starved Phoenix in the 1940's.
Pete Grant was quite a businessman. He did not even allow his employees to use trash bags. They used to line their garbage cans with old newspaper. Like most people who survived the depression, he knew how to stretch a dime and provide value.
El Pato is wonderful stuff.
Interesting stuff wizkid! Thanks for that slice of regional flavor.
I had what could have been a very nice burger at chili’s recently.
The Shiner bock bbq burger.
Sounded great, the burger was cooked perfectly, the veggies were fresh. Nice onion straws on it, but the bun was lame and the sauce that was its namesake plain a** sucked.
They should have called it “sack of sugar sauce”.
When I think shiner bock I am not thinking sack of sugar.
Ahh well, it still made a t*rd.
I am in Houston but I do go through Dallas a few times a year, I’ll watch for it, thanks.
I love that it is a non filtered “farmhouse brew”
The citrus is in the hops.
Its not that sharp. I love the body of the stuff, but you are right, it has a hoppy note.
Lienenkugles just isnt the same anymore since they sold out, but they still make some nice brews.
Thanks for the explanation. I do prefer dark beers, overall, but Cow, Moon and Sunset are very refreshing.
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Some really good pictures
We’ll have to tip one some time.
The perfect hamburger is a burger made the way a person prefers it best. This means that America may well have 308 million perfect ways to prepare a hamburger.
I admire with a good deal of envy a person who can search the country for the perfect hamburger. I usually concentrate on making the perfect burger at home.
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