Fifty-eight years ago today, this was the restaurant and night club page of the Journal on July 1, 1966. Of special note is the ad for the Grand Opening of Dog 'N Suds on North Ridge Road.
As I've noted on several blog posts, the July 1, 1966 Grand Opening was actually the second coming of the drive-in. It originally opened without fanfare in 1963 but closed (and disappeared from the city directory) by 1965. Then it reopened (under new ownership) in July 1966.
That's why there always seems to be so much doggone confusion as to how long it's been open.
Dog 'N Suds maintains a very active internet presence on Facebook. It's the only Dog 'N Suds in Ohio, and one of 20 in the whole USA, so they are working harder than ever to continue their success.
That Perkins Pancake House up on North Ridge Rd. near Route 57 was a regular Brady destination. They had a promotion for a while that awarded a free dinner to kids on their birthday. I don't remember how often we utilized that particular special, but I do know I ate a lot of pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream back then.
I really enjoy restaurant & nightclub pages from old Journals, because they provide a pretty good snapshot of what people liked to eat and how they liked to be entertained at that time. We also see some general indicators of a changing society, such as how most nightclubs provided music for dancing up until the early 1970s. After that, the older generation that enjoyed dancing (like my parents) were in their 50s by then and stayed home more, and the kids' taste in rock music dominated.
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There's also an ad on the page for the Mills Brothers Circus. You can read more about this circus (which was winding down around then) here.
