Here’s the article that appeared in the Journal on Sunday, February 22, 1970 – two days before the Tuesday opening.
It sounds like the fish and chips served at Arthur Treacher’s was pretty authentic. According to the Journal article, the great grandson of the man who opened the first fish and chips shop in London in the mid-1800s was involved with the Arthur Treacher’s organization.
Here’s a teaser ad that appeared in the Journal on February 26, 1970 announcing that the restaurant was now open. The ad was as tall as a full page of the paper.
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Arthur Treacher’s is a well-remembered part of Lorain’s fast food restaurant past. My original 2011 blog entry on the W. 21st Street store is one of my all-time most visited posts. Click here to revisit it, and find out how long the store was open, and what came later.
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Today, sadly, the former restaurant building on W. 21st Street is a forlorn site. Somehow it’s managed to evade the ever-popular Lorain wrecking ball (or excavator, if you prefer).
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| The only indication that this was an Arthur Treacher’s is this entrance sign with the original Old English lettering |
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If you have a taste for Arthur Treacher’s, there’s still one on Rockside Road in Garfield Heights, by Jove!
