I turned 50 this year, so naturally I'm starting to fall apart – necessitating a visit to the doctor for a physical. Since I hadn't been to a doctor in years, I had to find a new one. I was lucky enough to find a terrific one at the Tri City Family Medicine in Amherst. What was interesting to me about this is that Tri City Family Medicine is right where a restaurant called Yeager's Acres used to be.Yeager's Acres was one of those things that I associated with Amherst, along with the Old Spring. The restaurant was located at the intersection of N. Main (or Kolbe Road if you prefer) and Cooper Foster Park Road. Two of its phone book ads – one from the late 1950's (top) and late 1960's (below) are shown.
I can't say I actually remember eating there, although I think my grandparents did. (The 'No Liquor Served' line in the ad makes me doubtful though!) Maybe I just liked the name of it. (Several other people do too, because a quick Google search reveals that there are several other Yeager's Acres around the country, including Ohio.)
The restaurant first showed up in the Lorain phone book as Yeager's Acres Drive Inn in 1949. Its listing disappeared after the 1971-72 phone book.
After the restaurant closed, a Lawsons was later located on the site. It, too, closed at some point, because my doctor's office is in the unmistakable old Lawsons building. (I thought I smelled chipped chopped ham during my exam.)
Anyway, if anyone has any memories of Yeager's Acres, please post them so I know I'm not the only old coot that remembers the place!
5 comments:
I think I remember eating there. My memory is the inside was sort of like a large...large house. I also think when we went there, I got to have a Roy Roger to drink...MMMmmmmmmmm. I also remember we went to a place called Presti's in Oberlin???
Hoy hoy,
Jeff Rash
I remember eating there a lot as a child, my parents like to go there for fish on fridays.
I wish you could get some photos of this place because in my mind I remember a lot of wood. Wood walls, a pretty wood,, not UGLY 70's paneling. It was rich looking inside. Maybe it was the lighting and the wood that made it so different. The food was good but mainly I remember it looked so different inside than any other Lorain county or cleveland restaurant at the time.
Barbara Rufo
We didn't eat out very often, but when it was time to give Mom a break from cooking Sunday dinner after church, we went to Yeager's Acres. I remember (Salisbury?) steak with ketchup and small curd cottage cheese. This would be circa 1962 or so.
Glenn
I washed dishes there.
My father was born in amherst and we always went there when we visited his parents during the 1960s. The Lake Erie perch was fantastic!
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