Bun 'N' Barrel closing

[DubiousDan]

The only things available for BBQ when I was a kid through HS were Bill Millers and​

Bun 'N' Barrel. We didn't know any better.​

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Bun 'N' Barrel temporarily closes after more than 70 years in San Antonio​

 

[gll]

I remember driving by that Bun N Barrel, but I can't remember ever eating there.

I grew up on the southeast side of San Antonio, only a couple miles from the original Bill Millers on what I think was then Dauchy Rd, now Biller Miller Lane.

I remember that old store well, we ate from there often. We thought the BBQ was great! Take your own gallon bottle and get a gallon of tea or homemade root beer...

Another place, just a block away, was Floyd's Dairy Bar; five hamburgers for a dollar!

 

[TX OMFS]

Never been there. I'm not too proud to say I enjoy Bill Miller's from time to time.

 

[DubiousDan]

I remember driving by that Bun N Barrel, but I can't remember ever eating there.

I grew up on the southeast side of San Antonio, only a couple miles from the original Bill Millers on what I think was then Dauchy Rd, now Biller Miller Lane.

I remember that old store well, we ate from there often. We thought the BBQ was great! Take your own gallon bottle and get a gallon of tea or homemade root beer...

Another place, just a block away, was Floyd's Dairy Bar; five hamburgers for a dollar!

When I was a kid we hardly ever went out to eat. Occasionally to Frontier Drive in or a place called Christies Seafood on Broadway.

In HS I was working at Handy Andy and had money and started expanding my horizons I discovered other places including Bun N Garrel.

 

[Charley]

My parents liked B&B when I was a kid. I didn't much like it. As for Bill Miller's, I think it was the second restaurant of theirs that opened at West Avenue/Jackson-Keller about 1965. Was about a mile from where we lived, and we got take out fairly often.

 

[majormadmax]

Sadly, it's been happening to a lot of long-time restaurants in the area...

 

[DubiousDan]

Sadly, it's been happening to a lot of long-time restaurants in the area...

It's my fault this is happening. I seldom wander far from my current neighborhood.

 

[gll]

When I was a kid we hardly ever went out to eat. Occasionally to Frontier Drive in or a place called Christies Seafood on Broadway.

In HS I was working at Handy Andy and had money and started expanding my horizons I discovered other places including Bun N Garrel.

My mother waitressed at Christies for a time, also Capt Jim's, the Pig Stand, the Farmer's Daughter, the Golden Stallion and several other places I can't think of just now... That was after her day job, so though she cooked supper most days, we got take out more often than most.

Then, we almost always went out to eat on Sundays with my Dad, usually Luby's or Pan American.

 

[Southpaw]

We went there once many years ago, but never went back. I guess that may say something.

 

[Charley]

When I was a kid we hardly ever went out to eat. Occasionally to Frontier Drive in or a place called Christies Seafood on Broadway.

In HS I was working at Handy Andy and had money and started expanding my horizons I discovered other places including Bun N Garrel.

I worked for Handy Andy as well, started as a package boy at #26 on West Avenue, worked my way up, ended up as manager at #10. Saw what a clusterf**k they were becoming, upper management making all the wrong decisions. Walked away from them. Sure glad I did before the bankruptcy and closures!

 

[oldag]

Bill Miller's isn't the worst bbq I have ever eaten. But it is in the bottom two.

 

[DubiousDan]

I worked for Handy Andy as well, started as a package boy at #26 on West Avenue, worked my way up, ended up as manager at #10. Saw what a clusterf**k they were becoming, upper management making all the wrong decisions. Walked away from them. Sure glad I did before the bankruptcy and closures!

'Bag Boy" at Austin Hwy. location senior year. $1.25/hour.

 

[DubiousDan]

Bill Miller's isn't the worst bbq I have ever eaten. But it is in the bottom two.

I like their sausage, green beans and pies.

 

[Charley]

'Bag Boy" at Austin Hwy. location senior year. $1.25/hour.

Minimum wage was $1.60 when I started, but "student pay" was $1.36. Was a junior in high school.