The weekend is here, and for many of us it's time to think about eating out.
Fifty years ago, there was a pretty interesting selection of eateries and nightclubs to choose from advertising in the Journal of Feb. 2, 1973. While many of them are long gone, a few are still around.
In Downtown Lorain, there was the Angry Bull at 651 Broadway (not to be confused with the same-named restaurant out in Huron). Those 'Swinging Go Go Girls" Ann & Jan were hopefully cheering up the unhappy cattle crowd.
On the West Side of Lorain, there was Emerald Valley Nite Club showcasing the B&B Trio, featuring Harry Marrotti Playing 8 Different Instruments with Chuck Morgan & Bob Berstling. Bob was the father of my Admiral King High School classmate and Four Links bandmate Bob Berstling.
Out in Avon Lake there was
Tropicana Restaurant, with
The Burlaps, featuring
Janet Pryde as vocalist.
In Amherst, there was
Angie's Coachlight Lounge on North Ridge Road, owned and operated by Angeline Wiegand in the 1960s and 70s.
Down in Oberlin, you could enjoy a fine dinner at
Oberlin Inn.
You could also dine at
Presti's, located on State Route 511.
(Today the former Presti's building is home to Sterk's Brickyard Bar & Grill (where I enjoyed a great burger a few months ago).
Down at the corner of West Erie Avenue and Leavitt Road in Lorain, there was
Manners Big Boy, subject of many posts on this blog. That's where my brothers and I took our all-A's report cards to get a free Big Boy. Today the former Manners building is home to
Beachcliff Diner.
And lastly, in my current home – Vermilion – there was
Wayside Inn. Amazingly, it's still around and appears to be thriving.
I thought by the early 1970s Go Go Girls were pretty much a thing of the past.At least from the original 1960s clean fun dancing aspect of it.When the 1970s rolled around go go girls were mostly working their wares in strip clubs letting old men get their jollies.Was The Angry Bull a strip club?
ReplyDeleteAs a patron of the Angry Bull a year later, I can attest that no stripping went on, just nubile lasses shakin' their groove thangs. There was also ice cold Colt 45 on tap. I never ate there, but that wasn't why I was there, an'hoo.
Delete"Highballs Half Price." Now, yer talkin'!
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A quick search for The Angry Bull in the Elyria papers doesn't show any "moral charges" brought against them. I do see a burglary in October of 1972 (along with a courtroom scuffle when the wife of the person found guilty of the crime was sentenced by Judge Mikus to 15 years at Mansfield).
The was also a charge of selling booze to minors in October of 1973. Along with: Joe and Carey's Bar, The Fox Inn, The 21 Club, and The 2200 Bar. All ratted out by a 17-year-old who had been "under investigation by police" and told them "he wanted to go straight."
Wayside has closed down a few times over the years, but every new owner keeps the same name when they reopen.
ReplyDeleteDan - I had some BBQ at the Pit recently and found out they closing down at the end of the month. You might want to grab one last meal there this weekend. That's another business that has closed down several times over the years and each new owner has kept the original name.
I'm admiring the Oberlin Inn ad where the vertical line of letters form the beginning of a line of text. I don't think I have ever seen one with 10 letters and the lines all make sense with no stretching!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm with Alan. No stripping at the Angry Bull, just dancers. Place was packed every time I went there.
Dennis,do you remember a hot black dancer named Sharon from there? Found out she was my cousin.
DeleteSharon was your cousin? That almost made us cousins in law.... just kidding. Nope, I never knew any names, just other, uh things.
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