Does anyone remember this place? Out of the blue the other day I had a memory of it, going there as a little kid. I googled it and can only find a reference to it in the link below. I can remember having a Baked Alaska desert there and loving it.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/4606

Long shot I'll admit, but does anyone by chance have a photo of the place?

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No, but Rogers had their jr/sr banquet there (before the days of it being a prom) in either 1981 or 82. I was junior sponsor and we had to raise a ton of money to get it reserved.

Yeah, it was in prairie dell between Salado and jarrell. Pretty much a flop, as I recall. The guy who owned it also owned el chacho, a mexican restaurant in temple on 3d that was built as though you were dinng in a cave. El chacho was referenced in a thread not long ago.

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Oh, no I don't have a photo.

I remember it. Every time I pass by there I think about it. They basically blew it up filming Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 there. I think there's an RV park there now.

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I went there a couple of times with the family during the early 80's. It was a blast for us kids but they didn't serve alcohol so the adults probably thought the drive wasn't worth it.

El Chacho - man, you could get lost in that place and never find your way out - what a labyrinth.

Absolutely (on both restaurants). Wow, those are some serious blasts from the past!

Had not thought of these in a long time. Took yearbook photos at El Chacho ca 1975. Had Easter lunch at Matterhorn sometime in late 70s/early 80s. Creepy fire hazards.

Owner was Frank Weis, who owned El Cha Cho. He had kids in THS in the 70's.

I vaguely remember this place as a little kid. I remember sitting in a big room eating dinner with some divers coming down a slide into a big indoor pool. I'd love to see some pics.

Good grief. How did you stumble across this thread?

Seriously. How in the world does this thread come back up?? But since it did, anyone have pictures? Ha.

Was it even open long enough to have been photographed?

But that El Chacho, now that place was a trip....

I thought the Matterhorn was cool. Seems like the mountain itself was standing long after the restaurant was gone.

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I thought the Matterhorn was cool. Seems like the mountain itself was standing long after the restaurant was gone.

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That's the part they blew up filming Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

Gotcha. I didn't see the movie.

I think the owner of both (el ch cho and Mattahorn) was Frank Weis, his son Dobie graduated THS in 78. Had a house that he built to huge size at 13th and Mayborn Drive, I think? Started as a standard house and he just kept building, eventually looked like a hotel.

Here's an article about the Matterhorn.

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=115322619