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Username: Texorama
Post Number: 76
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 - 10:13 pm: |    |
Recently there've been threads on Mike's Ham Place and Ham Heaven ... there are a couple Ham Palaces, I think, and there's the one around the corner from the main Greektown drag whose name I can never remember but that serves a mean split pea soup with ham (my personal favorite use of the stuff). Probably there are at least a dozen ham diners all told, maybe more, and they're all pretty old--I'm guessing there were many more in the past. And I don't recall seeing these in other cities. Are they unique to Detroit? How'd they get started? |
Aiw
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Username: Aiw
Post Number: 6404
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 - 10:17 pm: | |
What about Johnny the Ham King? |
Erikd
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Username: Erikd
Post Number: 906
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 12:49 am: | |
The one in Greektown is called the Ham Shoppe. |
Karl_jr
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Username: Karl_jr
Post Number: 131
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 8:25 am: | |
On the westside it started out with Lile's, they had the shop which today is Mikes ham place and also one in Dearborn which is still open. Lile's came well before Johnny ham king.
(Message edited by karl jr. on October 13, 2007)
(Message edited by karl jr. on October 13, 2007) |
Dds
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Username: Dds
Post Number: 394
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 3:11 pm: | |
Louie's Ham & Corned Beef on Mack north of Eastern Market and on Harper between Whittier and Cadieux. |