Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives

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RIVERDALE RAT 524 posts Sep 02, 2010 5:31 PM	newsnot: That sounds about right, the taste was the first thing to go downhill at that place. maxed out They may have been 50 Cents at one time, my first dealings with Arby's was when they had the grand opening for the one on Brown Street (Next door to the Red Barn) They may have had other locations previous to opening the Brown Street unit, but during that time it was 69 Cents for a Roast Beef and 31 Cents for a Shake.
RIVERDALE RAT 529 posts Sep 04, 2010 7:31 AM	Does anybody remember where there was a Frostop Root Beer stand? I seem to remember having to drive out of the city to get to one.
RIVERDALE RAT 547 posts Sep 05, 2010 12:42 AM	Lgrando67: Yep, That was one of them that I went to, the other was Newt Olivers at Bechtle and Upper Valley pike, Other than those two and Xenia, I cant place one around Dayton.
tlturbo 208 posts Sep 05, 2010 1:40 PM	There was one on Colonel Glenn right where the old New germany Trebine Rd met it. They closed off that end of Ned Germ to build the Home Depot. The road that goes down next to Patterson Field (National?) had a Exxon station on the NE corner and the Frostop was right next to it toward Wright State.
FAITH 7 posts Jan 12, 2011 9:06 PM	Does anyone remember the Maple Grove restaurant? I think it was on East Third St in the 60s. My parents used to tell me stories of the funny things that happened there. How about Hi Lees? My dad still has shot glasses from that place. Always told me it was a family kind of bar.
JeffN 348 posts Jan 19, 2011 11:07 PM	Faith ... did u ever eat at the Hasty Tasty on Linden (close to the Elder Beerman's)? It's still going strong!
Doug68 86 posts Jan 20, 2011 2:45 PM	The building that housed the Maplegrove Restaurant caught fire just last year. The sign remained there, but I believe that it had been closed for some years. Joe Bissett, the founder of the Grubb Steak Restaurant, started out as a bartender at the Maplegrove.
FAITH 12 posts Jan 21, 2011 9:00 AM	Doug68, thanks for the info- sorry to hear about that. Even though I was a small child when we used to go there, to this day I remember the smell of their french fries- so different than anything today. Funny thing about the Hasty Tasty- I recently read a fictional short story that was set in Dayton and they mentioned the Hasty Tasty and it triggered a long forgotten memory of a great restaurant! Glad to know they are alive and well!
Timmayer 3 posts Jan 22, 2011 6:27 PM	Did anyone ever hear of "The Haunted House Bar and Grill"? I swear to God I drove by this place in the late 70's. I seem to recall Halloween decorations on it in the summertime.
Dia 11 posts Jan 24, 2011 4:26 PM	turbo, JeffN, and Maxed out: referencing your June '09 posts about the Sandy's location, the ice cream store in Page Manor and the mini golf course on Airway Rd....Sandy's was further down on Woodman Drive where it meets Airway Rd. The sign was a big cutout figure of a girl in Sottish outfit dancing the Highland fling--I guess to suggest the prices would please a Scotsman? I remember the ice cream store too. My memory has it that it's the first place I ever had a sugar cone--the ones that are dark brown and pointed instead of the flat bottom ones. AND about that mini golf course---it was HUGE! It seemed to cover several acres and went up and hill and into the edge of a woods. It was well lighted for evening play. My boyfriend and I went there on dates in '65-'66 or so. I've never heard anyone else mention it and was beginning to think I had dreamed it. There was a Robert Hall clothing store along there somewhere on the same side of the road just a little later on. My husband to be bought his wedding tie there on the morning of the wedding--June 21, 1969 ;-)
tlturbo 226 posts Jan 25, 2011 6:37 AM	DIA - The Robert Hall store was across the street from where National Rd dead ended on Col Glenn - National has now been extended on South across Col Glenn. I lived on New Germany just East of where the Friefield Commons Mall is now - Brook Hollow. That was all farms back then. Before College Hills was built across from Brook Hollow there was a farm and a neighbor school friend kept a horse in a barn there. We would ride the horse bareback together down to that Putt Putt and let the guy that rane it ride the hourse in exchange for playing golf. That would have been about 62-63. Remember the Rootbeer place across fromt the Putt Putt? That is the first place a had some new food called a TACO - got hooked HA HA Going on down Col Glenn there was a Cassanos Pizza place before you started down the hill tward Page Manor. Still can't remember the Sandy's but DO remember when they opened the Long John Silvers. AH - those were the days.
JeffN 350 posts Jan 25, 2011 9:06 AM	I remember when the Sandy's switched over to Hardee's. A sad day. LOL Do you guys remember the Miller Department Store that was down the street from Sandy's at the corner of Woodman and Airway? I bought a lot of old 45's there.
JeffN 351 posts Jan 25, 2011 9:12 AM	Dia ... did you attend Stebbins and grow up near Page Manor/Airway Shopping Center? I grew up on Spinning Road.
tlturbo 227 posts Jan 25, 2011 11:21 AM	I have been trying to think of the big box store and you mention Millers. But the one I'm thinking of was on the corner of Woodman and Burkhart. I can't remember one on Woodman and Col Glenn. I was just looking at Google Earth and it appears that the L shaped Airways Center isn't there anymore or has been changed around? There was a Gorocey store on one leg and Penneys on the other??
FAITH 15 posts Jan 26, 2011 11:05 AM	Woodman and Burkhart had a Kmart, and I too bought 45s at Millers. Don't remember the PuttPutt, but I was born in 64 so maybe I never paid attention. The ice cream place at Page Manor was a United Dairy Farmers. Had great pineapple sherbet! We'd stop there after fishing at Huffman Dam. Used to visit the Wright Brothers Memorial sometimes too on the way. A friend of mine and I were just talking about Sandy's the other day. She grew up in another area of the country and they had them too! We used to eat at the Burger Chef on Airway just beyond Woodman. Last Edited by on Jan 26, 2011 11:06 AM
tlturbo 228 posts Jan 26, 2011 3:57 PM	OK, I'm having a memory fart. I hung out at the Airways Parkmore but I'm having trouble figuring out just EXACTLY where it was. Was it out in front of the Airways Shopping center? There was a drive in parking area in the rear and I remember a BIG parking lot behind that that must have been the shopping center.
delcodude 82 posts Jan 26, 2011 10:02 PM	turbo If you remember where Dizzy's Lounge was, Parkmoor's car hop was behind it. It would be partially in Burger King's lot. The restaurant itself sat back and occupied an area just west of BK's parking lot, as I recall.
denisfraner 2 posts Jan 27, 2011 2:10 AM	does anyone remember the Shrimp Boat down town on main st beside the old Elder Berman store? it was later called the Serloin Galley, it had sailboat on the front of the building!
JeffN 355 posts Jan 27, 2011 8:48 AM	The Parkmoor was on the Airway side of the shopping center rather than the Woodman side.
maxed out 224 posts Feb 03, 2011 1:37 PM	I want a Barn Buster from Red Barn ......NOW.. (you know you are a Daytonian if you see Christmas lights up in July)
delcodude 83 posts Feb 06, 2011 6:49 AM	^^^^I'd like to be 'maxed out' on a choclate malt from Daffler's right about now^^^^ HAHA. On the burger side I'll have to stay with Parkmoor and, give me a double burger...Or, if you didn't want a big-box burger you could get Dayton's finest at the Maple Grove.............Cheeseburger in Paradise
FAITH 18 posts Feb 07, 2011 1:55 PM	Anyone remember the Jet Freeze? I think it was on Patterson near where the infamous barrel fire was. Used to get fried shrimp baskets there.
Hankster65 78 posts Feb 07, 2011 2:19 PM	I love the feeling of stepping back in time and there's not many places better to do that than the Embassy Grill on Ludlow. Its next to the now vacated Dayton Daily News building. I've been there the last two Friday's because that's the day they have Swiss steak and it is excellent. Since DDN moved out their business has taken a decided turn for the worse so I don't know how long they'll be around. Best to take advantage of these kinds of places before its too late.
jazzbass 10 posts Feb 07, 2011 6:44 PM	Oh yes Faith, I remember the Jet Freeze well. I lived near by in Woodhaven and would often wander over there for some ice cream if I had any change. They are still in business and still making good ice cream!
cilla46 24 posts Feb 10, 2011 6:08 PM	Does anyone remember Sarah Janes on old 25 in Miamisburg? They had the most amazing pies that were homemade every day.To tell you the truth,I can't remember the food but oh those pies!
delcodude 92 posts Feb 10, 2011 7:18 PM	maxed out I don't think the chains were affiliated. Bonanza had their following and Ponderosa had theirs. Two distinctly different tasting steaks. I think Dayton was a 'Ponderosa Town'.
asf56 5 posts Feb 11, 2011 2:11 PM	In the 50s there was an italian restaurant somewhere on or near Brown or Warren St. The US 35 X-way took it out years ago. What was the name of that place, and any history would be helpful. For some reason I recall the restaurant was in a building that had at one time been a residence.
maxed out 229 posts Feb 18, 2011 2:35 PM	I have yet to find a "great" chili dog like A&W had in the 60's. Sonics is pretty good, Checkers is pretty good here in south Florida, but Oh I miss the chilidogs at the A&W Root Beer stand in Xenis in the late 60's.
Andy 8 posts Feb 24, 2011 9:59 AM	Does anyone remember the locations of Dayton Burger Chef restaurants in the 70's? Last Edited by on Feb 24, 2011 10:04 AM
Marck1957 126 posts Feb 24, 2011 10:27 PM	There was a Burger Chef across the street from the Lowes-Ames Theater on North Main Street, close to North Town Shopping Center. There is a Lee's Famous Recipe business there now, built on top of the demolished Burger Chef. Do you remember the cool neon sign out front, anybody? "Burger Chef And Jeff". There was a Burger Chef on Keowee Street, near the old Westward Ho restaraunt, one on Salem near the old drive in theater (what was the name of that place?), and one on East Third Street, as previously mentioned. I'm sure there were more, but that's all I can think of. Last Edited by on Feb 24, 2011 10:29 PM
KennyE11 32 posts Feb 24, 2011 11:04 PM	Andy - There are other threads elsewhere on this blog that address Burger Chef. There was one in Trotwood on Free Pike / Main Street, just west of Olive Road. Marck - The drive-in theater on Salem Avenue was called the Salem Drive-In.
driver62 357 posts Feb 25, 2011 8:31 AM	The one on Salem close to where the Salem Drive-in was located is now a Submarine House.
maxed out 231 posts Feb 28, 2011 1:41 PM	Many, many times I have dined at the Burger King on North Main. I would get a regular burger but with the condiment bar the 3/4" burger turned into a 2" masterpiece... And they were very good.
marty58 10 posts Mar 25, 2011 5:25 PM	worked at the jeds steakhouse in 76 on 725 in centerville. Loved their salad bar but it will go down in my personal history as the worst job!! nothing worse than being 17 and having a manager no older than 21 wearing social climbing tassled loafers who made his money just trying to look busy :-)
marty58 11 posts Mar 25, 2011 5:28 PM	there was also a burger chef in centerville on st rt 48. went to lee's chicken and is now a florist shop.
Perry401 36 posts Mar 26, 2011 10:16 AM	There was a Jed's on Dorothy Lane in Kettering, I think they started out as "Country Jed's" and I remember they served something called "Jed Eye Peas". Later they renamed either "Jed's" or "Jed's Steak House". Food their under either name was better than that at most of the other family steak houses in the area.
Buster 11 posts Mar 26, 2011 11:23 AM	Anyone remember Mindy's Steakhouse? it was on 3rd street, in the Arcade.
Falconboater 3 posts Apr 05, 2011 1:39 PM	I am trying to remember the name of the Italian restaurant that used to sit where BW's is now on Brown Street by UD across from Milano's. It was a Godfather's pizza before BW's. Before that though there was an italian restaurant there. Around the late 70's. Anyone remember?
marty52 2 posts Apr 08, 2011 9:13 PM	parkmoor has what no one else hase got, parkmoor has dixie fried chicken thats what, dixie fried to make it tender, dixie fried to a golden brown, parkmoor has chicken, and chicken thats what.....where...quite the advertisement icon...where is steve kirk when you need him? lol Last Edited by on Apr 08, 2011 9:15 PM
marty52 3 posts Apr 08, 2011 9:19 PM	also went to the golden nugget for my first communion party, then to victory theatre to watch old yeller....great memories!!
RCINKY 39 posts Apr 09, 2011 4:56 AM	There was a Burger Chef on Dorothy Lane right across the street from Rike's Kettering. My sister worked there in the late 60's. Also one on S. Dixie/Kettering Blvd that we used to stop at on our way to Cincy Reds games. And the first one I walked up to was on Airway near the railroad tracks. Hamburgers were 15 cents and cheeseburgers were 18 cents. The menu also included shakes and soft drinks, but not much else. The building on Airway was still there a year ago.
Leb 3 posts Apr 14, 2011 10:43 AM	I remember the Burger Chef at Trotwood and the one at Salem. They used to give chocolate creme cookies with their kids meals. I am having so much fun on this site, I just found it and I am having lots of flashbacks.!!!!
marty58 32 posts Apr 23, 2011 8:52 PM	yes it was jeffN..i worked there. thay were one of the first to have the huge salad bars...hated working there but loved the salad bar!
PaulH 13 posts Apr 24, 2011 1:54 PM	My Mom liked to shop at Beerman's downtown, and I hated going, but not much choice in those days. What made it bearable for me was going to eat later at the Virgina Cafeteria. Excelent prime rib and I loved their honey bran muffins. It is most likely gone now, but I wou,d have to say that it was my most favorite place to eat when I was younger.
tlturbo 238 posts Apr 25, 2011 2:48 PM	Victoria Stationa - I was talking about them on a cruise last month. Used railroad cars, right? Did we have one in Dayton? After I moved to FL (72) there was a popular chain that started up called Beefsteak Charlies that started the all you could eat boiled shrimp idea. LOVED that.
mark miller 5 posts May 19, 2011 2:29 PM	there was a burger chef in huber heights on brandt pike and next to it i remember was a bonanza steakhouse..im talkin early 70s i remember the burger chef
maxed out 268 posts May 31, 2011 12:42 PM	It doesn't sound very appealing, but the Upper Crust on North Main had a wonderful chicken liver sandwich.....
Doug68 105 posts May 31, 2011 3:48 PM	Also, "nile" above mentioned the Morgan House Restaurant in Englewood that also featured a drive thru. It was just south of the Englewood Dam on N. Main Street. "Nile" heard that if you could eat(3?) huge Moron Burgers, the restaurant would award you with a special medallion/coin. Recently, a FACEBOOK friend of mine gave me one of those coins and validated what "nile" said.
maxed out 273 posts Jun 09, 2011 3:07 PM	Didn't the "Red Barn" have a great fish sandwich called the Whaler? Or am I thinking of another place? But they did have a fish sandwich
delcodude 166 posts Jun 10, 2011 7:43 AM	maxed out: I 'think' it was a Burger King sandwich. I remember it was a great fish sandwich. That was back in the days of 'It takes two hands to handle a whopper' and when Wendy's burgers actually had taste. Ha.. Oh yeah, and Parkmoor onion rings, oooweee..

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