That 1970 article about Lorain’s “quick service food” outlets (which I posted back
here) revealed that the collection of franchised restaurants on Oberlin Avenue south of Tower Boulevard were all originally owned by Ken Cassell, who wisely grouped them together.
It was certainly a nice variety of culinary tastes all in one place for Lorain’s West Siders.
There was
Pizza Hut,
Taco Kid (which introduced Lorain to tacos years before Taco Bell),
Fish and Chips and
Lum’s. I definitely remember going to that Pizza Hut, and my family also went to Lum’s (which I wrote about back
here) and was further south on Oberlin Avenue.
So what does that Oberlin Avenue “quick service food” restaurant strip look like today? Here’s my shot from last weekend.
The Pizza Hut (which closed in the mid-1990s) was most recently an internet cafe and today sits vacant.
The building that housed the taco restaurant) is now
Exhale Hooka Lounge (below).
What’s a hooka lounge? Click
here if you’d like an explanation.
Of the four franchised restaurants, only the former Fish and Chips location is still serving up food as
Diso’s Bistro (below).
Tomorrow, I’ll address the Great Taco Boy/Taco Kid Controversy. I’ll bet you didn’t even know there was one!
