Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS

SO SORRY KAREN FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTERS.. TWINS, NO LESS..
HOW SAD .. I AM PRAYING FOR THEM [-o< [-o<

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To everyone on here and behind the scenes.

What was the name of the burger place 0n 86th Street and I think 7th Avenue. I think block buster is there now or maybe Nathans. I think it was a drive through also, Not Wetsons is it???? Old cars would go there. Help it is driving me crazy. I really thought it was Wetsons and everyone is saying no.

TERRY

YES IT WAS WETSONS FROM 1959 TO 1975 LOOKED IT UP ITS ON FACEBOOK THIS IS THE SITE ( Wetson's Hamburgers 1959-1975 )

LOL..GLAD THAT'S SETTLED...

Wetson's was a fast food hamburger chain that existed from 1959 to 1975. The chain was known for its Big Mac wannabe (the "Big W") 15-cent burgers, 10-cent fries, and the slogans "Look for the Orange Circles" and "Buy them by the bagfull" (very similar to McDonald's "Look for the Golden Arches" and White Castle's "Buy 'em by the sack"). Wetson's also had two clown mascots, Wetty (female) and Sonny (male), in the style of McDonald's Ronald McDonald. At its peak, Wetson's had approximately 70 locations in the the greater New York metropolitan area.

History... Wetson's was founded in 1959 by Harold Norbitz and Carl Wetanson. The pair had visited a McDonald's during a trip to Chicago's suburbs in the mid-50's, and impressed with the concept— cheap food and fast service, they, according to Norbitz, "basically duplicated it" ## By 1975, McDonald's and Burger King were battling for dominance in the New York market and Wetson's could no longer compete effectively. That year the chain was purchased by Nathan's Famous and converted to small Nathan's restaurants.## Restaurant operators Herb and Greg Wetanson (respectively, son and grandson of Carl Wetanson), are the father and son owners of Dallas BBQ and Tony's Di Napoli restaurants in New York City.

Former WETSON'S locations
*Astoria, Hoyt Ave right off the Triboro/RFK Bridge (near Grand Central Pkwy)
* Bellerose, NY on Jamaica Ave near Commonwealth Blvd.
* Bethpage (see Levittown)
* Bronx, NY Boston Post Rd (demolished)
( * Brooklyn, NY 86th St and 7th Ave (now Nathan's) )
* Brooklyn, NY Bay Parkway and Shore Parkway (now Wendy's)
* Brooklyn, NY Flatbush Ave and Empire Blvd (now Wendy's)
* Brooklyn, NY Flatbush Ave & Ave U (demolished, now a bank)

NEWS FLASH

IT WAS A MITCHELS DRIV IN FIRST EARLY 60s
THEN A WETSONS DONT KNOW FROM WHEN
NOW ITS NATHENS

TERRY YOU DROVE ME CRAZY TODAY
THANKS

Well I decided to not eat out anymore......I went to lunch today wih two friends and we were sitting in the diner when we saw a mouse run across the floor......I almost freaked!!!!! :wtf:

I need your prayers Please
My friends nephew was hit by a car on Richmond Avenue and not dong well.
Pray for him and the teacher who hit him. It was a blind spot and they did not see each other.

He is 16 nd his name is anthony rizzo ,no relation to our Rizzo's

TERRY
I SAW THAT ON NEWS ONE BEFORE
MY PARYERS ARE GOING OUT TO HIS FAMILY

OH WELL
SEE YA ALL LATER

HI JEANETTE

DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT BECAME A WETSONS????????

GOOD NIGHT, FRIENDS

PLEASANT DREAMS & C U ALL IN THE MORNING...XX

Hi-Blackhawks won tonight!! People are going nuts here-fireworks & thousands in the streets...haven't won the cup since 1961....Debbie-my prayers for your friend's nephew for a full recovery..tragic story about those twins on here too...remember Nathan's on 86th St. My Mom & Dad would visit me in Dyker Heights when my son was little (on 77th St.& 10th Ave.) and we would walk out to 86th to Nathan's.nice memories....don't remember Mitchell's but we have Sonic here in the Chicago area...you talk thru the speakers and get your food delivered on the trays attached to your window...even went to a drive-in movie threater last month...feel like I'm living in the 60's all over again...talk to u tomorrow....good night...................