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newsnot
196 posts
Aug 19, 2010
7:19 AM
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any stories about dorthy lane markets? i think they have two locations. the one in oakwood is super nice.
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Curt Dalton
358 posts
Aug 19, 2010
10:10 PM
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It started out as a fruit stand in the late 1940s. Where I work (at Dayton History)there are a number of negatives from around the 1950s that show the new store they opened on Far Hills. They had bought several NCR cash registers so NCR took pictures of the business to show other potential buyers how the registers were going to help DLM. Some of the pictures can be seen on the wall at the DLM on Far Hills. Great place to get the best ham you've ever had.
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KKB
6 posts
Aug 24, 2010
5:41 AM
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Does anyone have the secret recipe for DLM's "Killer Brownies"? I remember them from the late 80's, since I no longer live in the Dayton area I don't know if they still make them.
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samstone
92 posts
Aug 24, 2010
12:35 PM
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They still make them and they are still awesome.
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Sharon35
8 posts
Aug 31, 2012
9:16 AM
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I remember walking to Dorothy Lane Market, with my mother, when it was an outdoor market. It turned into an award winning store and I miss the quality of the food. I don't find that living in the south.
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luv my dayton
115 posts
Aug 31, 2012
6:08 PM
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My family lived just one block over from the old DLM. Looked like a big fruit and vegetable stand with dirt floors. Believe they have a picture of it out at the centerville store. The newest one in Springboro is really a great store and drop in on occassion when visiting my daughter. Always said if I was rich thats the only place I would shop. Not rich, so drop in for a special treat only.
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Perry401
103 posts
Sep 10, 2012
3:24 PM
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When I was a kid, we went to Dorothy Lane quite often. I have probably been there at least a few times a year since I was born. In the 1950's they were in the store on Far hills, and there were many things I remember about it. (It has since been remodeled and expanded several times.)
First was the fact that Calvin "Cal" Mayne seemed to always be there, and when he wasn't in his little high-level office overlooking the cash registers, he was out on the floor with the customers. He also enforced various "rules" mostly unwritten I assume that governed what the customer's kids could get away with.
The front of the store was on Far Hills, but most people came in the back side from the parking lot. This is the same as today, except there are times they don't even remember to unlock the Far Hills door now. As long as I can remember, there has been some type of a free scale near the Far Hills door so customers could weight themselves. We also used it for weighing packages at Christmas time.
Check out registers were in about the same place as now, and behind them was the biggest potato chip display I had ever seen. It was like a merry-go-round and had all the Mikesell's products (but not any competitors products) on it. As kids we would always try to "ride the merry-go-round" by moving a few bags of chips and sitting on the edge. If you went around more than about twice without Cal Mayne coming over and yelling at you, you were doing good. There also was a roller conveyor that went down from the inside of the store to the basement and my brother once found a cardboard box and rode it into the basement with "Cal" right on his tail. They also had a dumb-waiter that they used to bring stuff back up from the basement to the main floor. This had elevator-like controls, and we would always push the buttons when we passed the dumb-waiter, sometimes to the annoyance of employees who were trying to get products moved.
One time I remember an apparently rich lady who was shopping at the store. She was wearing a fur coat and she kept her miniature dog in her arms. She was over at the peanut butter area, trying to select a brand to buy. "Cal" went over to her and she explained that she was getting the peanut butter for her dog, so "Cal" proceeded to open three or four jars of peanut butter, stick his finger in to get a dollop, then let the pet lick the peanut butter off his fingers. After each taste test, he would screw the top back on the pilfered jar and then put it back on the shelf along with the new jars. (They didn't have security seals back then I guess.)
But Cal was not always a bad guy. One thing I remember was that "Cal" would always ask if there was anything you couldn't find. He would then get it and when he saw you a week or so later, would say "We got the powdered cherries" or whatever it was that you were looking for. He also would let you use the phone if you needed and would give you a bus token if you got stuck and needed a way to get home.
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Perry401
104 posts
Sep 10, 2012
3:25 PM
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Food items I remember from my youth at Dorthy Lane Market were fresh donuts (they had a donut making machine in about the area where the Coffee stand is now) and it would squirt the dough out into hot fat, then even flip the donuts and remove them automatically. They also made something we called "county fair waffles" that were thin sugar coated treats that were mostly air and deep fried. They didn't have the fresh breads like now, but they did have a good meat department and vegetables.
When we provisions for a scout camp-out, we always went to DLM since they gave the troop a discount and would prepare our order based on the number of scouts, and the menu. They would measure out the ingredients as needed, putting each item in a separate paper bag or other container. They even had some sort of hamburger patty making machine and would pre-patty hamburger meat if that was what was on the menu. This means that nothing got too goofed up at camp -- unless someone dropped something on the ground! They even typed up cooking directions for everything, so if the menu called for "beef stew for 47 people" they would not only sell us the food, but would give us the exact quantity of potatoes, salt, pepper, carrots, onions, meat, etc. There never was any wasted food, and they also would pack the food that had to be kept cold in ice chests we provided and fill them with free ice.
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