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| A typical mid-1970's Burger Chef (Courtesy JSF's Burger Chef Tribute Website) |
Readers of this blog might remember that Burger Chef, at that location since September 1968, is where fellow blogger Alan Hopewell used to hang out and swill coffee with his buddies (read about those days right here in Alan's blog). It's also where my pal Debi used to serve up those hot, crispy, golden-brown french fries during the summer of 1977.
The restaurant later became a Hardee's in the early 1990's before eventually closing.
Anyway, I happened to drive by the former Burger Chef this past weekend and grabbed a shot. It's now R & J Southern Style Cooking (below).
Here's a link to their website.
I wish them the best of luck with their restaurant. Besides its unique concept, it's got a nice high-profile location with a lot of good Lorain food memories.
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Visit JSF's Burger Chef Tribute website for some great Burger Chef memories!
-Alan....
ReplyDeleteAs a Burger Chef, the place dates to 1968; I remember my brother Mike and I eating there then.
A soul food joint? YUM!
Hi Alan,
ReplyDeleteI probably rely too much on City Directories and phone books for figuring out the years that things opened.
Hey, can you remember if the Lorain Burger Chef originally had that distinctive inverted V-shaped roofline design? I do remember the sign with the mustachioed chef.
IIRC, it did; it was built on the site of the old Sealtest Dairy.
ReplyDeleteLooks like The Elves fixed the machine; hope it stays that way.
After Hardee's, it was Rax for a while too.
ReplyDeleteIt was one of the last Burger Chefs to close nationwide.
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