The restaurant ads in the Journal on St. Patrick’s Day 1972 weren’t exactly overflowing with corned beef and cabbage. Maybe Lorain just didn’t have a very big Irish population, except for those O’Brady’s on the west side.
Elberta Inn in Vermilion was promoting its upcoming clambake.
And Amber Oaks was thinking even further ahead to Easter. (BTW, I haven’t made it out to the ‘new’ Amber Oaks yet.)
Presti's of Oberlin did a superb job of ignoring St. Patrick’s Day too.
In North Ridgeville, the fabulous “Songsations” were performing at
Harrish’s in the Ridgeview Shopping Center on U. S. Route 20.
And over in Avon Lake, the
Tropicana was featuring The Vengeant Fox for everyone’s dining and dancing pleasure.
The
Ponderosa Pines Park Ranch House out on Diagonal Road had Ernie Nichols (morning personality on WOBL) and the Nightbeats. Plenty of Lake Erie perch but no corned beef and cabbage.
At least
L-K Restaurants were thinking of beef. But not corned beef; it was their L-K Tender Steak, “1/2 pound of satisfying goodness.” Love that crooked logo in the ad!
But, Dan (you might be thinking) – where are all the St. Patrick’s Day ads? Well, me boyo, only good old
Sherwood Inn was catering to the sons of Erin that day, with a corned beef and cabbage dinner for only $2.50.
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"Momma's little baby loves clambake,clambake.
Momma's little baby loves clambake too."
Sorry,I just had to throw that in there.Anytime I hear of clambake,I think of that movie Clambake starring The King,Elvis Presley.
Anonymous, that is exactly what I thought of too. I always love a good reference to Elvis, I say well done to you. TCB from Memphis.
Yes.Elvis was in his prime of super good looks in 1967.The following year he did his "68 Comeback Special.And his career was totally revived.But I'm sure any Elvis fan knows all of this.Clambake was panned by the critics but Elvis fans love anything with The King in it.50,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong.....Clambake,gonna have a clambake!
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