Anybody remember these restaurants? (Cincinnati, Reading: residential, health, golf)

[charles e brown]

It was called Linder's Diner.
Two brothers, Bob and Dan ran it.
Bob became a vice president of Frischs.

[charles e brown]

the name of the restaurant was Linder's Diner. It was run by Dan and Bob Linder.
They had both curb service as well as indoor servie.

[rustic39]

Originally Posted by goyguy

I doubt this typo was intentional, but talk about a Freudian slip! That's an excellent renaming of what's indeed quite the hyped neighborhood.
It's interesting to me that this is apparently a thread (if not a forum) visited mostly by east-siders. I don't remember reading anything about the Window Garden, which was on Harrison Ave in Westwood for eons where Henke Winery is now. They even crossed the Cincinnati Maginot Line and had a second location at the southeast corner of Madison and Edwards Rd's - you know, where you enter Hype Park from the north.

Maginot Line? Are you referring to the Sauerkraut Curtain?

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[goyguy]

The Great Wall of Hamilton County!

[Endzone]

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.

Man I loved to eat at The Wheel downtown. I loved the fish sandwich they had there and the best tarter sauce in the world. I asked one of the black guys there who worked behind the line what the ingredients were and the told me--but I can't remember now! This was like in the late 60s or early 70s. Here's an old menu from The Wheel printed in 1928:

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by Endzone

Man I loved to eat at The Wheel downtown. I loved the fish sandwich they had there and the best tarter sauce in the world. I asked one of the black guys there who worked behind the line what the ingredients were and the told me--but I can't remember now! This was like in the late 60s or early 70s.

That place was GREAT. Unfortunately, it closed around 1974 or 1975. Great soups, meats, etc. Unfortunately, my budget kept me at Burger Chef.

[Gerri Ann]

My family owned the Wishing Well and my Mom was there that night. Small world, heh??

Originally Posted by blockhead

I remember when the tornado went up Galbraith in the late 1960s. there was a huge advertising sign next to MacIntosh's that was bent 180 degrees so that the top touched the ground. I was at the Wishing Well restaurant at the time the tornado hit...Scary. Anyone else have memories of this tornado?

[MiddleCincinnati]

Originally Posted by MiddleCincinnati

Cannot recall RRCC, but there was another meatery in
that part of town, way back when, called the DR Ranch.

Turns out it was the DX Ranch, way east of town. Thanks to
Gerri Ann for linking to the Cincinnati postcard site: there are
several photos of the place taken who-knows-when. All I
remember is that they had good shoestring fries and some
very kitschy displays out back.

[rustic39]

Originally Posted by blockhead

Hey Goy,

Thanks for the info on El Rancho Rankin and the HOJOs. I think, given my memory of El Rancho, that prostitution was likely there. Good thing I didn't know that as a 16 year old, LOL.

LIKELY?????? I think it was a sure thing. My wife's late aunt had a name for the place which I won't submit here, this being a family site.

[blockhead]

We called it El Raucho Rankin