tomtom01
17 Nov 2012
USA, Canada / Rodeo Ben the "Polish Cowboy" [50]
I grew up in the West Oak Lane section of Phila. and attended Ellwood Elementary School which is located just a few blocks from Rodeo Ben. My family shopped at Rodeo Ben many, many times. Mostly to buy shirts and jeans for my two brothers. We would have lunch one block away at a restaurant called the "Hot Shoppe", a sit-down restaurant started by Marriot in the 1950s.Lunch would usually be a hamburger sandwich named the "mighty mac" and to drink, an "A&W" milkshake which I think was made of rootbeer syrup and vanilla ice cream and is one great flavour. It is just a coincidence that yesterday I decidedto watch the movie "Stagecoach" on YouTube and that got me remembering about Rodeo Ben andfor the first time in my life I asked myself why had there been a shop named "Rodeo Ben" on North Broad St. in Philadelphia. I never knew the story behind the shop until I punchedin "rodeo ben phila. into my computer.
I grew up in the West Oak Lane section of Phila. and attended Ellwood Elementary School which is located just a few blocks from Rodeo Ben. My family shopped at Rodeo Ben many, many times. Mostly to buy shirts and jeans for my two brothers. We would have lunch one block away at a restaurant called the "Hot Shoppe", a sit-down restaurant started by Marriot in the 1950s.Lunch would usually be a hamburger sandwich named the "mighty mac" and to drink, an "A&W" milkshake which I think was made of rootbeer syrup and vanilla ice cream and is one great flavour. It is just a coincidence that yesterday I decidedto watch the movie "Stagecoach" on YouTube and that got me remembering about Rodeo Ben andfor the first time in my life I asked myself why had there been a shop named "Rodeo Ben" on North Broad St. in Philadelphia. I never knew the story behind the shop until I punchedin "rodeo ben phila. into my computer.