OT The Bomber restaurant calls it quits after 73 years in Milwaukie

[THE HCP]

The Bomber was an institution and I’m sorry I never got to tour it. My father in law was a aircraft mechanic assigned to work on B-17s and B-24s in the Pacific during the war. He also took the after mission damage assessment photos. When the bomber came to Oak Grove back in the day, he was able to take his parents, brother, my mother in law and my much older sister in law (then a child) on a tour so they could “share” in his experiences. His brother was in a wheel chair, so my father in law put him on his back and carried him through. Tours were a regular thing until parts started showing up missing, vandalism was occurring, etc, so they closed it up to the public. Bummer. Humans always ruin everything......

I remember it as a kid as well. I was just always amazed at how they landed it there the way they did.

 

[THE HCP]

When I was a freshman in HS, about 20 of us got together and formed “The Hard Guys Club”. We had “official” ID and everything. Does that count.....??

There was a Hard Guys Club while I was in prison. We always tried to stay clear of them!

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I remember it as a kid as well. I was just always amazed at how they landed it there the way they did.

Oh thank God!!! And I thought I was the only one.....

 

[Lanny]

Sounds familiar where was it in Portland?

Olds and King were about two or three blocks South West of Meier and Frank.
Manning's reminded me of a once very popular restaurant chain of cafeteria style eating in the South East known as Morrison's. I remember they even served food in one of the dorms at the University of South Florida where I visited a friend back in 1967.

 

[HailBlazers]

First strip club (juice bar) I ever went to was on the other side of a trailer park from The Bomber. Sugar Shack was it's name, I was 15.

 

[Lanny]

First strip club (juice bar) I ever went to was on the other side of a trailer park from The Bomber. Sugar Shack was it's name, I was 15.

The first one I ever went to was the first one in Portland and it was called the Longhorn, somewhere way out in N.E. Portland.

 

[THE HCP]

This dude said "way out in NE Portland" Grandpa Simpson......YOU are the one that lives out in the country!

 

[Lanny]

This dude said "way out in NE Portland" Grandpa Simpson......YOU are the one that lives out in the country!

I'm talking about farther out than 122nd. son.

 

[ABM]

I used to live on Mildred in Gladstone right behind Tebos. Loved, loved their strawberry shortcake!!

Hey, is Mike's Drive in still in business. I used to live behind the one in Milwaukie off Harrison and the expressway. Once got a traffic ticket there. Long story, but I won.