Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles < on 3/14/2010 6:07 PM >
Did I say Roscoes'? I meant Po11ardvi11es Chicken Kitchen. My bad. Former home of the "Worlds Best Chicken" Unfortunately it closed forever on April 1 2007. Soon to become a track of homes. The Po11ardville Story
The original Chicken Kitchen was first established at the Red Gate Farm Chicken Ranch in Castro Valley in 1944 by Ray and Ruth Po11ard. It evolved from a roadside business selling eggs and poultry to selling chicken sandwiches and then to the original "Chicken on a Bun" was born and served thru a window to become the first or one of the very first food to go restaurants. In 1946 the business was moved to Stockton on the West side of the highway by Mosher Slough opposite Ashley Lane. It opened to accommodate 18 patrons served at a counter, three tables and a take out window and over the next 10 years grew to a capacity of 125. In 1957 having outgrown the premises the restaurant was moved to the present 16 acre location and Po11ardville was in its beginning of phases of permanent growth. As its business grew so did the ghost town which included the smallest post office in the U.S. purchased from Mountain Ranch, CA., another authentic building was the Jamestown Jail on Main Street. To help complete the town the entire movie set from the 1957 film "The Big Country" was added, along with on half mile C.K.R.R. Narrow Gauge Railroad, a stage coach line and occasional shoot out on Main Street.
The town was on its way. 1965 saw the first melodrama Vaudeville show open at the Palace Showboat Dinner Theatre. Then the fire of Dec. 1984 leveled the entire main restaurant. Not undaunted Neil and Tracy Po11ard in March 1987 reopened by moving yet another structure with charm and character the Islander Restaurant that stood on the corner Benjamin Holt and Pacific Ave. in Stockton and remodeled to fit the Po11ardville theme. The project now at hand includes development of a wedding reception, concert and company barbecue picnic area. This is just another chapter in the on going building at Po11ardville.
From their brochure
Some pix from when it was open pulled from the web
Now for our pix
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If you want more pics
[last edit 3/14/2010 6:48 PM by bonnie&clyde - edited 1 times] The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 1 on 3/14/2010 7:20 PM >
great photos! this place looks awsome id like to head out that way are these resent pic's? when do you think there gonna knock it all down? http://www.flickr....hotos/sinnerhooch/
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 2 on 3/14/2010 7:55 PM >
Posted by fullondisaster great photos! this place looks awesome id like to head out that way are these resent pic's? when do you think there gonna knock it all down?
Pix are from this weekend. Due to the economy is will probably be here a while. The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 3 on 3/14/2010 9:32 PM >
damn someone posted this place shortly after it closed a few years ago. looks like it's really fallen hard and fast. musta been a pretty cool place in its heyday. cheers !
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 4 on 3/15/2010 1:57 AM >
thats awsome thank for the response bonnie&clyde names panda if you havent seen my post in the intro forum... think i might head out that way next sat if you guys are interested in another trip. hope to here from ya soon, u can pm me if u want [last edit 3/15/2010 10:47 PM by RailGuy88 - edited 1 times] http://www.flickr....hotos/sinnerhooch/
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 5 on 3/15/2010 2:33 PM >
Holy Cow man. everything u guys do is amazing. Really good pics. Is pic 8 like an old stage or something. I might be completely wrong but thats what it looks like to me.
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 6 on 3/15/2010 8:44 PM >
Oh man, I can't believe this! That chicken in the first pic was originally my grandparents'. My grandparents used to run a furniture store called Wertz Brothers' Furniture. Somewhere along the way they acquired what we all came to know as the "fiberglass Chicken". When they moved up to Paso Robles in the early 70's they had the rooster on the side of the house. They lived on a road going toward Nacimiento Lake, so the tow truck drivers would use it as a landmark as they would go to pull cars out of ditches. In the late 70's, the Paso Robles High school stole it as part of their senior scavenger hunt. My family got it back with a pillowcase over it's head like it was a kidnap victim. We sold it in the late 80's, and it bounced around SLO county until an auction yard bought it and cleaned it up. Do you know who has it or if it is still there? I always vowed to buy it if I ever came across it again.
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Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 8 on 3/20/2010 11:55 PM >
damn shame, very unique architecture. Never ceases to amaze me how the planet in the end really has no regard for history and the human energy put into something "It's kept meat and potatoes on the table for years for Wolfman and Wolfwoman. A couple of shots of whiskey helps it. I've got that nice raspy sound." - Wolfman Jack on his legendary voice. Farewell Wolfman, you will be missed.
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Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 9 on 3/25/2010 5:54 AM >
wow you guys totally made it to areas I didn't get to on account of a crazy old guy and his dogs watching the property, I take it he's gone now I can happily return for more pics. sometimes a girl just has to trespass... http://www.flickr.com/photos/razor_moth/
Re: Roscoes' House of Chicken and Waffles <Reply # 12 on 4/5/2010 3:23 PM >
Posted by razor_moth wow you guys totally made it to areas I didn't get to on account of a crazy old guy and his dogs watching the property, I take it he's gone now I can happily return for more pics.
Yes it is wide open now. But looks like the locals are trashing it pretty hard. I'm sure some fuck stick will burn it down. The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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