Remember when?
Sometimes it’s the taste of a slider, or a memory of a space man on tv, but there’s always something we wish would come back from our childhood. These Kansas legends found an end, like everything does eventually, but we still remember them fondly. From restaurants to TV personalities, we cherished them all. Are there any other big ones you wish would come back?
- Dr. Redbird’s Medicinal Inn
Dr. Redbird’s Medicinal Inn Facebook This Wichita eatery was a local hangout for many, and served up some great sandwiches alongside a fresh Budweiser.
- WSU Football
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr Though the program was ended because of financial strain on the university, many attribute the closing of WSU’s football program to the unfortunate crash that happened in 1970. The grief associated with losing part of the team is still fresh for some who were around during that time, and Wichita won’t ever forget it.
- White Castle
_e.t/Flickr The last White Castle in Kansas closed in 1938, but some of us wish we could get our chain back where it started.
- KAKEman
Santa and KAKEman Facebook KAKEman and his show were a favorite of many, but his Christmas episodes with Toyboy were something special every winter season. Now, we just watch old Christmas movies, but there was once a time when Kansans would eagerly await each episode of this charming show.
- Frannie’s
Yatets Center Historic Town Square Facebook The streets weren’t too crowded, and the place was almost literally a hole in the wall. However, this Yates restaurant captured the hearts and stomachs of many, and their prices were insane. Just $1.00 for a meal, pie, or sandwich? Drinks are free? At the end of your meal, you took your dishes to the sink, and paid at the open register by the door, making your own change. Frannie’s trust in others and her delicious food made this restaurant as unique as they came, until it closed in 2007.
- Joyland
Randy/Flickr Joyland was closed pretty recently, but the extensive damage to all of it’s structures mean that there’s even less hope for it to come back in the future. While it was the favorite of many loyal families, it didn’t make enough money to stay running, and no one wanted to buy it when it went up for sale.
7. Major Astro
Our beloved Tom Leahy died in 2010, but his memory lives on in his performance on the afternoon show Major Astro. It was a favorite with many kids, and in the 1980s the Space Patrol Kids Club had over 20,000 members at one point. It made kids all over Kansas feel like they were looking right into a space station before he sent them to watch cartoons like Astro Boy.
Dr. Redbird’s Medicinal Inn Facebook
This Wichita eatery was a local hangout for many, and served up some great sandwiches alongside a fresh Budweiser.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr
Though the program was ended because of financial strain on the university, many attribute the closing of WSU’s football program to the unfortunate crash that happened in 1970. The grief associated with losing part of the team is still fresh for some who were around during that time, and Wichita won’t ever forget it.
_e.t/Flickr
The last White Castle in Kansas closed in 1938, but some of us wish we could get our chain back where it started.
Santa and KAKEman Facebook
KAKEman and his show were a favorite of many, but his Christmas episodes with Toyboy were something special every winter season. Now, we just watch old Christmas movies, but there was once a time when Kansans would eagerly await each episode of this charming show.
Yatets Center Historic Town Square Facebook
The streets weren’t too crowded, and the place was almost literally a hole in the wall. However, this Yates restaurant captured the hearts and stomachs of many, and their prices were insane. Just $1.00 for a meal, pie, or sandwich? Drinks are free? At the end of your meal, you took your dishes to the sink, and paid at the open register by the door, making your own change. Frannie’s trust in others and her delicious food made this restaurant as unique as they came, until it closed in 2007.
Randy/Flickr
Joyland was closed pretty recently, but the extensive damage to all of it’s structures mean that there’s even less hope for it to come back in the future. While it was the favorite of many loyal families, it didn’t make enough money to stay running, and no one wanted to buy it when it went up for sale.
What else do you miss that we don’t have anymore in Kansas? In addition to these good things, there’s some bad that we’ve lost too. Let’s be thankful that these crazy Kansans are all locked up and not around anymore.
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