Anybody remember these restaurants? (Cincinnati, Northgate: buy, farmer, area)

[fhiudt]

Originally Posted by MiddleCincinnati

Our family used to hit the Wigwam every couple of months, back in the
day. I remember a waffle-like cracker they used to serve, along with
the dinner rolls, in the breadbasket. Schuller's Wigwam was a fairly
large spread, with banquet rooms in the lower level. It was the sort of
one-off, family-style restaurant you see less and less of these days,
kind of like a big MacIntosh's or, if anyone recalls driving through
Lafeyette on the way to Chicago during the pre-Interstate days, the
venerable Sarge Biltz restaurant.

The Wigwam was located at North Bend and Hamilton: the corner
of Galbraith and Hamilton had a Frisch's, a Roy Roger's and a
discount store called Ontario. Ontario, FWIW, also had a branch on
Ridge near Kennedy Heights.
Anyone know whether this was the same Schuller as was associated
with Schuller's motel (Motor Inn?) on Reading, across from
Summit Lanes?

La Ronde - fine dining through the 1960's, but began to undergo
frequent changes in name and fare beginning around 1970. I can
recall being taken there as a child. It's what we used to call a
"dress up" place.

The Schuller's were related. The resturant on Reading Rd was a cousin. If Mel or Kenny are reading this maybe they can add to the facts.

[KevinOMReb]

Sixty Second was a drive-in across from Kunkel's and Golden Point was just beyond Nagel and King Kwik. Also there was a little bar and grill on Clough just west of Corbly that served a wonderful pork chop. What was that place called??

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by KevinOMReb

Sixty Second was a drive-in across from Kunkel's and Golden Point was just beyond Nagel and King Kwik.

Both restaurants were small chains with various locations. You are correct about the locations.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10707024@N04/2419712522/ (broken link)

[KevinOMReb]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

Both restaurants were small chains with various locations. You are correct about the locations.

OH Dayton - Former Golden Point on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10707024@N04/2419712522/ - broken link)

My Dad would take the whole baseball team to Golden Point when they'd have a 10 for some ridiculous price (maybe $2.00 or so). He'd feed the whole team for less than $12.00.

[KevinOMReb]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

There was also one in Forestville near the corner of Beechmont Ave. and Paddison. I believe that the site was taken over by Porter Paints.

I may be wrong but I believe that these places were all curb service. They have been gone about 40 years.

I believe the place closed in the mid 60's but the back wall where several of the drive in stations were remained for years and years. Porter Paints was just east of Sixty Second directly on the corner of Paddison. That is where my grandfather bought all of his paint (they lived on Shangrila).

We ate regularly on Sundays at either Jerry's at Beechmont and Salem or the Hitching Post next to Arby's (before the day of Larosa's). Are there any Jerry's left?

[KevinOMReb]

Originally Posted by goyguy

That has to be the same Jerry's which also had a restaurant in Woodlawn. Kids were given blank paper placemats with pictures to color in, and crayons to do it with, how cool is that? I'd forgotten about the birthday deal they had - between us three kids, we scored a few of those lil' cakes in our time. Their Woodlawn location (next to Goodwill Industries) closed circa 1970, to be replaced by Mr Jim's Steak House, now also a thing of the distant past.

A dine-in meal of fast food, with table service, what a concept. Gotta love Frisch's for keeping it alive.

Here's another extinct eatery to recall: The Flaming Pit. If you got a straight-A report card, your dinner was comped - but I think the choices were limited. Also it could be that that was a parental thing about the dinner-for-grades incentive, LOL, maybe somebody can help out with that. The Goyguy family's "Pit" was next to what was then called the Princeton Cinema opposite Tri-County Mall.

Man, I had forgot all about the cake. That was bigtime for a 9 year old. I do remember the crayons. Always ordered their hamburger steak off the kids menu.

[KevinOMReb]

Originally Posted by tntnb

There was a smorgasboard place called The Wheel downtown -- had a big, neon windmill out front. My mom and I would eat there sometimes when we'd ride the bus downtown from Price Hill for a day of shopping. Or else we'd eat at the Newberry's Department Store lunch counter . . . now that was good (koff koff) eatin'!

There was also a hamburger joint out on Glenway Avenue called Sandy's. Any westsiders remember it?

Someone mentioned Jerry's earlier . . . I think there are still a few of those left in Kentucky.

I also recall a chicken place called The Red Barn -- you could carry out an order of chix in . . . you guessed it . . . a red, barn-shaped box.

Had a Sandy's on Beechmont just west of the fire station. It became an ill-fated Arthur Treacher's in the 70's and then who knows what.

[KevinOMReb]

Originally Posted by goyguy

I was in the loop during other discussions of Daily Donuts - they were incomparable! My eyes must've visibly bulged every time I walked in, from the seemingly vast array of choices lined up on the racks behind the counter. Not even the typical urban myths about fast-food places - deep-fried rats, insects in the batter, etc - could dampen the ardor of Daily Donuts followers. What ultimately did them in was probably another, deeper-pocketed, national chain that also has a "D" name. That group of stores helped KO Krispy Kreme in Boston too (so did reaching too far too fast.)

Speaking of sweet baked goods, what other bakeries or donut shops in Cincinnati are gone but not forgotten? Clifton's Virginia Bakery has been eulogized in other threads - thank goodness "schnecken" lives on at Busken. Servatii's is another chain which is doing all right. The Wyoming Pastry Shop keeps rolling out, and in, the dough even without former owner Pera Beth Swenson's "Swedish Dream" cookies. But somewhere in the Tri-State there are probably only ghosts where once bread and desserts could be procured.

Back on the topic of restaurants in an A-frame: There was once a place which fit that description on West Wyoming Ave in Lockland near the present-day post office. Its name's lost to me, but the building was definitely an A-frame with an orange roof. You could sit on bar stools at the counter or get take-out.

Mt. Washington Bakery made the most fabulous cinnamon bread (round and tubular) ever. Daily Donuts SMELLED like a donut store should. I loved their Chocolate Long Johns!

[KevinOMReb]

Mt. Carmel staple. Only "nice" restaurant anywhere near Anderson Twp for years

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by KevinOMReb

I believe the place closed in the mid 60's but the back wall where several of the drive in stations were remained for years and years. Porter Paints was just east of Sixty Second directly on the corner of Paddison. That is where my grandfather bought all of his paint (they lived on Shangrila).

We ate regularly on Sundays at either Jerry's at Beechmont and Salem or the Hitching Post next to Arby's (before the day of Larosa's). Are there any Jerry's left?

There were FOUR Jerry's in the Cincinnati area - Beechmont was the last one opened. We belonged to the Jerry's Birthday Club so we headed over to the Dixie Highway location (as Beechmont was not opened). Free meal off the kiddie menu and birthday cake for the kids.

Jerry's was owned and operated by Jerrico Restaurants out of Louisville. They still had a number of Jerry's until 1990. In 1990, Jerrico sold off Jerry's to focus on its new concept - Long John Silver's.

I believe that there are several Jerry's location left in AZ, IN, and KY. They never stood a chance against Frisch's in Cincinnati.


OT - Jerry's Restaurant History (KY+South)