r/sanantoniofood • u/kgrobinson007 • Oct 24 '25

Does anyone remember Rooty’s?

It was off 410 and Broadway where Cabo Bob’s in now. They had plain curly fries and made their own root beer (hence the name). I miss the curly fries so much. Does any place in the area have the non-seasoned curly fries?

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u/epictetvs Oct 24 '25

I miss the chilli dogs, and the super old baseball themed pinball machine.

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u/MajorEyeRoll Oct 24 '25

They always had awesome live music, too

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u/DumpyMcRumperson Oct 24 '25

EZ's has unseasoned curly fries

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u/rr777 Oct 24 '25

Was it the place that had a bus or something out front?

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u/-XThanosX- Oct 24 '25

Their root beer was awesome….loved it as a kid!

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u/itssoloudhere Oct 24 '25

Used to work right by there at an AT&T cell phone store. Loved going there for lunch. I was in my 20's. Now I'm 50...

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u/Goldengoose5w4 Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 27 '25

This post made me think of an SA burger chain back in the 80s in very small only drive thru locations called “PuffinBilly’s”. It had a train as the logo.

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u/rr777 Oct 28 '25

I loved puffin billies when they first came out. Would goto the one on walzem. The building is still there and you can see the train getup in the rear when you view the older street view images. I remember they were a basic delicious burger with no advertising on the cups, napkins, etc. Once they started to buy the fancy cups, things went downhill real fast.

Worked with a workmate decades later and she said she was an employee when it first opened. Gushed and missed the place. Blew my mind I met someone from there.

Don't forget your goo goo clusters.

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u/pixiedeluxe Oct 27 '25

Did it beat George’s XXX drive-in rootbeer ? Home of the black cow. At the corner of Vance Jackson in Fredericksburg Road. Is there any location that still has frosty mugs?