Toot's Drive-In Grand Opening

[Diane Amberg]

Frawg, were you  ever in Salem Neb., or Rulo Neb.? Rulo had a fish place right on the river that had THE best fried catfish. They were huge. They came on a big oval plate, with the head hanging over one end, and  the tail hanging over the other. I don't think it was too far from Falls City, so it was quite a distance from Omaha.

[kdfrawg]

I knew people in Rulo and have indeed had the catfish. It was great! There is a place very much like that on Lake Travis by Austin, TX.

Yum!

[emptynest]

You know the hangout at Toot's hasn't changed.  In a few weeks when school takes up again---it will be buried with the high school kids hanging around after football and volleyball practice.  They get bomb-barded. 
I remember when I directed the high school plays up until a couple of years ago, the kids would rush from sports practice to get their "supper/snack fix" from Toot's and rush back to the high school auditorium for an evening of play practice.  The whole auditorium smelled like Toot's while the actors/actresses/stagehands snarfed down their food.  Toot's has held this magic attraction for many many years.  And it's a haven for those older coffee drinkers....who gather around the coffee tables inside and rehash all the happenings in Howard. 
I remember as a very young child moving to Howard and seeing that ice cream cone being lit up---don't think it does that anymore---but it's an icon not only for the town of Howard, but still for many a boy scout troop and those who travel south on highway 99.

[Ole Granny]

Each of my children had their first ice cream cone at Toot's. Tradition!   Always stop for a treat when in the area.

[emptynest]

Toot's is where I learned what a "brown derby" was.  Now I think they just call them "Dip Cones".   Come on......brown derby is so much more imaginative!!!   Wonder what I'd get if I went there this evening and asked for a brown derby?         Dare all of you living in the vicinity to do the same in the next 24 hours or so.  It may just start a new craze.........

[Ole Granny]

Better yet ask for the Minute Bun.  Maybe they could bring it back.

[Jo McDonald]

The minute bun was my very very favorite --Oh I wish I had one RIGHT NOW !!!

[flo]

those girls would be running around like crazy looking for a brown derby hat.  No, they wouldn't on second thought, they probably wouldn't know what one of those are either.  Just us "older" generation.

[jpbill]

I too grew up in the hayday's of Toot's Drive-Inn.  I lived in Moline, only 2 houses north of the Giesy's.  I worked at the bakery in Moline from 1957-1961.  Jack Giesy bought many, many buns for the wonderful burgers at that bakery.  During the month of August, the Campbell's would close the bakery and usually go to Canada fishing.  Before they closed each summer, Jack Giesy would buy several hundred dozen buns to last him until they reopened after Labor Day.

[kfclark]

The minute bun was my very very favorite --Oh I wish I had one RIGHT NOW !!!

OK, Please fill the younger generation in on what a Minute Bun was.