I grew up in Lake Charles, LA, 200 miles west of New Orleans, but I had a lot of relatives on my dad's side of the family who lived in Kenner and Metairie. I remember they were always buying stuff from McKenzie's or at Schwegmann's grocery store chain. Sure do miss those days.
It would be nice if you would give credit to this show with your uploads "NEW ORLEANS TV THE GOLDEN AGE." Produced by WYES TV. This show was produced by a friend of mine and sold for profit for our station.
I really miss McKenzie's!! Wish they were still open, I loved everything from McKenzies. Wine cakes were my favorite besides the doughnuts and king cakes
I miss the lemon meringue pies. In fact, a couple of times I wound up smuggling them back to Los Angeles. Also, the store out by Gentilly sold some of the best fried chicken I ever had.
Tastee still sells Mckenzie's products in Metairie...king cakes, buttermilk drops, cinnamon rolls, jelly rolls, pound cake, banana coffee cake and brownies. mmmmm... and boy are they good.
I lived in New Orleans just in time to catch the last few years of McKenzie's king cakes every January and February. Nobody made them like they did, then or now. I miss those doughnuts, too!
My dad used to o and get doughnts and buttermilk drops for us, and coffee cake for my mom every now and then on saturdays, and sometimes sundays too. However, we lived close to the one on iberville street, and my sister used to work at one too. Too bad that it not there where it used to be.
Dick Bruce also did beer commercials. I can't remember if it was JAX, Falstaff or Dixie but he really, really got into those commercials. He'd chug a glass and mmmmm!
I think there were a slew of health code violations in the early 2000's that put McKenzie's out of business. But thanks to Tastee, all of the McKenzie's favorites are back in some form or another (the original recipes were VERY outdated and had to be modernized).
Still, those in the Mississippi Coast will have to drive to New Orleans and back for those.
I remember alot of the McKenzie's commercials whoever has the commercials without the talkover I want to see them again it brings back memories. Especially the ones the late Dick Bruce did.
McKenzies--another New Orleans institution! All they had to do was keep the places clean and not fail the health test and not get shut down. :'( They re-opened, same old poor-upkeeping, and they close down again. Cakes, petit fours, king cakes and donuts will never be the same. Ambrosia out here in Baton Rouge is close, but no cigar.
Do you think they'd ship them out? They carry "king cakes" at grocery stores in Dallas, but they taste more like bear claws. Nothing beats the original, no frills McKenzie's king cake.
The store on Clearview said someone has to go in and fill out the forms to ship the cake...I would try calling them. Currently they also have the brownies and the jelly roll as well as the above mentioned.
I've found a couple of places selling "McKenzie's style" king cakes online, but they want $36 to $60 for them! I'll try calling Tastee next week and let you know how it goes.
oh man...does this bring back some memories...mine and my (then 2 year old daughter's) favorite was the "Turtles" with the pecan on top! I know there is still one McKenzie's that is open in Gentilly, but they didn't have "Turtles" when I went in a few months back. Oh, I wish!!!!!!!!
this is news to me...unless i needed a kastleburger, i never really visited Tastee's because i was biased! when mckenzie's closed i was so hurt! but if tastee's is selling buttermilk drops, im going to have to check this out!!!
I don't know why McKenzie's never thought about opening stores in Gulfport/Biloxi, Miss., because six of the major New Orleans TV stations are seen on cable.
Tastee at W. Metairie & Clearview sells them. I'm not kidding - I stopped in for doughnuts and they also have Buttermilk Drops, using the same recipe.
You also can gets buttermilk drops at the Tastee's on Loyola Drive in Kenner. I believe it's a 24-hour store.
PelicanGuy 3 months ago
I MISS MCKENZIE'S!!!!!! :-(
PastorAimeeColbert 3 months ago
Great memories!
TheSeahorseLady 5 months ago
SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! MMMM MMMMM
SlickBlueSkin1973 6 months ago
I want a dozen right now. I guess I 'll have to go to tastee's
504deebo 8 months ago
Man, I used to love getting those day old Buttermilk Drops at St. Bernard and Galavez St.
Nawlinsfanforlife 10 months ago
@Nawlinsfanforlife Mr. Henry makes really good ones at St. Bernard and Dorgenois.....
colbito 8 months ago
@Nawlinsfanforlife
Absolutely a saturday ritual, well at least twice a month. Just pop um in the microwave or oven
504deebo 8 months ago
I grew up in Lake Charles, LA, 200 miles west of New Orleans, but I had a lot of relatives on my dad's side of the family who lived in Kenner and Metairie. I remember they were always buying stuff from McKenzie's or at Schwegmann's grocery store chain. Sure do miss those days.
ridgerunner721601 1 year ago
It would be nice if you would give credit to this show with your uploads "NEW ORLEANS TV THE GOLDEN AGE." Produced by WYES TV. This show was produced by a friend of mine and sold for profit for our station.
apollozero 1 year ago
i loved those turtles
theladyozz 1 year ago
Those Buttermilk Drops were delicious, I wish I had the recipe.
verbatumverbotten 1 year ago
ohhhhh buttermilk drops! best part of my childhood!
chrissym86 1 year ago
OMG...... i use to get one every morning b/f i go to the bus stop on St Bernard ave!!!
jordanalynn504 1 year ago
I really miss McKenzie's!! Wish they were still open, I loved everything from McKenzies. Wine cakes were my favorite besides the doughnuts and king cakes
chalupa2004 1 year ago
@chalupa2004 They do have a McKenzie's still open, off Gentilly & Elysian Fields. Right by Rite Aid.
Joshuaguss 1 year ago
i wish i could get one of those sour cream cheese cakes from mckenzies rite now
nurnchie 1 year ago
I miss the lemon meringue pies. In fact, a couple of times I wound up smuggling them back to Los Angeles. Also, the store out by Gentilly sold some of the best fried chicken I ever had.
Sargebri 1 year ago
Tastee still sells Mckenzie's products in Metairie...king cakes, buttermilk drops, cinnamon rolls, jelly rolls, pound cake, banana coffee cake and brownies. mmmmm... and boy are they good.
aomorgan 1 year ago
i miss mckenzies! i moved away from nola in 97, and i haven't had a donut as great as theirs ever since!
fayeslover 2 years ago
I lived in New Orleans just in time to catch the last few years of McKenzie's king cakes every January and February. Nobody made them like they did, then or now. I miss those doughnuts, too!
CajunGypsy 2 years ago
i remember eating mckenzie's every sat morning when my mama made groceries at schweggmans i'm glad i was born in 85' and didn't miss out...
cedbre 2 years ago
Oh I loved me some Coconut Cream pie from there
meinrad1337 2 years ago
i loved the turtles!!! is there anywhere i can find them now? i live in bay st louis, ms. now, but would drive 50 miles for one turtle! lol!
raindancer35205 2 years ago
I'd kill for just one of their buttermilk drops. I loved those as a kid. And their petit-fours were to die for.
pakanasielu 2 years ago
My dad used to o and get doughnts and buttermilk drops for us, and coffee cake for my mom every now and then on saturdays, and sometimes sundays too. However, we lived close to the one on iberville street, and my sister used to work at one too. Too bad that it not there where it used to be.
cjmarsh504 2 years ago
I remember I used to eat there every morning as a child, there was something about it that was hard to beat; not even crispy creme can compare.
God I miss those days.
PrimeraxEspadaxStark 2 years ago
What about them buttermilk drops.
cjmarsh504 2 years ago
Oh god, I used to love those things; I remember I had them every morning as a kid.
They were so good.
PrimeraxEspadaxStark 2 years ago
A long time ago, in 1992-1995 when I was 4 to 7, 2:34 I use to say "McKenzie's you taste the toothbrush."
Joshuaguss 2 years ago
Goodness!!! I miss McKenzie's!! My momma use to buy they macaroons by the dozens!
Cottony 2 years ago
Dick Bruce also did beer commercials. I can't remember if it was JAX, Falstaff or Dixie but he really, really got into those commercials. He'd chug a glass and mmmmm!
bookerabear 2 years ago
I think there were a slew of health code violations in the early 2000's that put McKenzie's out of business. But thanks to Tastee, all of the McKenzie's favorites are back in some form or another (the original recipes were VERY outdated and had to be modernized).
Still, those in the Mississippi Coast will have to drive to New Orleans and back for those.
johnnyafairbanks 2 years ago
OMG 2.29 its almost 8 dollars for a box of doughnuts now. god i miss the old days.lol
bry504 2 years ago
I remember alot of the McKenzie's commercials whoever has the commercials without the talkover I want to see them again it brings back memories. Especially the ones the late Dick Bruce did.
atworkstation 2 years ago
Closed down becuz da zink was all mildew? Does anyone know what the background music was called? (fast tempo 50s style). You can kinda hear it here.
jasonlava 2 years ago
McKenzies--another New Orleans institution! All they had to do was keep the places clean and not fail the health test and not get shut down. :'( They re-opened, same old poor-upkeeping, and they close down again. Cakes, petit fours, king cakes and donuts will never be the same. Ambrosia out here in Baton Rouge is close, but no cigar.
jjlucash 2 years ago
I miss McKenzie's. Best donuts ever.
YungCutty 2 years ago
Best donuts ever. Me and my sister still agree that they had the definitive King Cake. (Gambinos is good, but its just not the same.)
New Orleans is not the same without McKenzies
calaverasgrande 2 years ago
Hell yeah their King Cakes were the best. Perfectly moist with gooey fillings...
sonicsustain 2 years ago
I can taste those buttermilk drops now. Those things were soooooooo good. They closed when I was in either 4th or 5th grade and I was sooo sad.
DannyK627 2 years ago
The real comercial starts at 2:12
Joshuaguss 3 years ago
Oh man. *drool* I WANT SOME BUTTERMILK DROPS!!!!!!!!!! That crap they sell at Tastee's is NOT the same. They don't even look the same!
leviathandrgn1 3 years ago
*cries* I miss McKenzie's. Never have had a glazed or chocolate doughnut quite like theirs. I totally remember the weekend commercials.
jmslsu01 3 years ago
Man, I miss Mckenzies' donuts. Love theis plain glaze and chocolate, cream, and their turtles. Maybe it's good they don't have them now :)
mackeson71 3 years ago
Wow, what a piece of New Orleans history...Who has the recipes for all their baking goods?? Someone has to bring them back in one form or another!!
Carlito1988 3 years ago
You can still get McKenzie's buttermilk drops, and king cakes at Tastee Donuts in Metairie....mmmmm
aomorgan 3 years ago
Do you think they'd ship them out? They carry "king cakes" at grocery stores in Dallas, but they taste more like bear claws. Nothing beats the original, no frills McKenzie's king cake.
Rasdock 3 years ago
The store on Clearview said someone has to go in and fill out the forms to ship the cake...I would try calling them. Currently they also have the brownies and the jelly roll as well as the above mentioned.
aomorgan 3 years ago
I've found a couple of places selling "McKenzie's style" king cakes online, but they want $36 to $60 for them! I'll try calling Tastee next week and let you know how it goes.
Rasdock 3 years ago
egad....$60. Yes, let me know. I know they were about $12 here last year.
aomorgan 3 years ago
Wow!That's a little pricey. Randazzo's in Chalmette has some delicious king cakes,and they are worth the price.
utubefavorsdems 3 years ago
oh man...does this bring back some memories...mine and my (then 2 year old daughter's) favorite was the "Turtles" with the pecan on top! I know there is still one McKenzie's that is open in Gentilly, but they didn't have "Turtles" when I went in a few months back. Oh, I wish!!!!!!!!
raindancer35205 3 years ago
Wow thats retro i forgot all about this..i used to go to the one on st charles ave..great king cakes
debowh 3 years ago
BTW,
who do i have to kill to get the recipe for mckenzie's buttermulk drops?
wiggywil 3 years ago 2
i don't think i'll ever get over those b-day cakes
queenwinterkat 3 years ago
LOL I know what you mean! I'd kill for a McKenzie's king cake, too!
drelle504 3 years ago
i love ronnie virgets and i miss mckenzie's sorely.
queenwinterkat 3 years ago
A New Orleans that is gone forever and will NEVER come back. God bless corporate America!
BipolarPics 3 years ago
I saw ronnie virgets and his Family on FAMILY FEUD recently.
they were cuttin up...and I believe they won too!!
wiggywil 3 years ago
seafood city
wild bill
dick bohn ford
pappa joe greasadick (beer)
"put this man to work" vi got ta see the special man-- let em' have it"!
zenou812 3 years ago 2
I smile when i get a mouth full of pie too what a coincidence?
BoBtheparrot7 3 years ago
this is news to me...unless i needed a kastleburger, i never really visited Tastee's because i was biased! when mckenzie's closed i was so hurt! but if tastee's is selling buttermilk drops, im going to have to check this out!!!
kitten112481 3 years ago
I don't know why McKenzie's never thought about opening stores in Gulfport/Biloxi, Miss., because six of the major New Orleans TV stations are seen on cable.
johnnyaalaska 4 years ago 2
Evidently the whole Tastee Donuts chain sells them, like the one on Barataria in Marrero, which sells McKenzie's cinnamon rolls too.
joet1224 4 years ago
Tastee at W. Metairie & Clearview sells them. I'm not kidding - I stopped in for doughnuts and they also have Buttermilk Drops, using the same recipe.
emiledebeque 4 years ago
haha. i have a youtube video i filmed at that tastees. go to my vids and do a search of tastees. it should pop up:)
dejuanp 4 years ago
What I wouldn't do for a buttermilk drop right now.
caitinlv 4 years ago
tastee on veterans has em' baby! man this commercial brings back memories. this is the new orleans i miss.
dejuanp 4 years ago