Big Yellow House

[Elizabeth]

Does anyone else remember the brief glory of the Big Yellow House restaurant on Shaw, north side and down from the Equitable Insurance building. It sprouted up almost overnite, and was in fact just what it's name said...it WAS a big Yellow House, with a peaked shingle roof and big windows looking out on the traffic. It served a version of Southern Cuisine...heavy on giant biscuits and gravy and various forms of fried everything else. It was always overcrowded, so waiting to get in was a standard. It seemed to vanish as mysteriously as it had sprouted up...no history mention that I have ever heard of. Any takers?

[Bob]

I remember it. They used to have a weight limit to qualify for the kid meal price and they would weigh kids in the waiting room. Fun Fact: There is still a Little Yellow House in operation along the 101 freeway near Santa Barbara.

[Moniq]

Wow! Someone else remembers that place. They weren't in business for very long but the food was excellent. I would go on Roast Beef night. They served it in courses and you were already full by the time the main course came. Good down-home cookin'. Too bad they didn't last.

[OrchardParty]

I remember BYH! Didn’t they weight everyone, not just kids? I was a kid then and I seem to remember not being able to go back because one of my parents didn’t want to be weighed again.🤣