  Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 522 Registered: 10-2003 |
Found this restaurant ad in a 1956 issue of Detroit Guest Magazine.  Daddy? Where's Fluffy? Shut up and eat your barbecued chicken! | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 67 Registered: 11-2006 |
Where did you obtain the magazine? That would have been near Palmer Park and Hamilton. | ||
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown Post Number: 87 Registered: 02-2006 |
It's where the pets go...when they die! | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 8 Registered: 10-2006 |
Petco was one store east of 2nd. and McNichols. Great ribs and chicken 50 years ago. (Message edited by Jman on January 12, 2007) | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 10 Registered: 10-2006 |
Whoops, sorry about the above. Petco was on the corner. The second storefront was a bar I used to patronize to wash down the ribs. | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 406 Registered: 01-2005 |
I remember it well. While a student at U. of D. (late 50's) we used to go there fairly frequently, the main reason being that they put out free stuff like pickled beets, peppers etc which we'd load up on and buy the cheapest entree on the menu. Ate well and inexpensively. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 218 Registered: 10-2006 |
Maybe the 'eating well but inexpensively' helped put them out of business? | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 407 Registered: 01-2005 |
I doubt I'm the guy that did it but you might as well blame me for everything as everyone else does. I wish I'd have had enough money to try the ribs; I always heard they were great. Anyone remember Maria's on Fenkell (I think), also a great U. of D. hangout, although more upscale ( a little) than Petco's? | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 2051 Registered: 06-2004 |
Not everyone, just Itsjeff. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 730 Registered: 04-2006 |
Who knew that from a small storefront BBQ would grow a giant big-box store servicing the needs of pet owners who insist on buying their dogs christmas presents or outfits? (Message edited by Detroitplanner on January 12, 2007) | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 11 Registered: 10-2006 |
3rdworldcity, did you ever go to U of D Pizzaria on Livernois? O.K., my mouth just started watering. | ||
3rdworldcity Member Username: 3rdworldcity Post Number: 408 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jman: Yes, many times; another good place. What about Robin Hood on Livernois, south of 8 mile? I ate breakfast there at least a couple of hundred times. Dabirch: Keen observation. And, I wish Ij had responded to your question in the GAR thread. Thanks. (Message edited by 3rdworldcity on January 12, 2007) | ||
Pythonmaster Member Username: Pythonmaster Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2006 |
Is that the same Maria's that is on 9mi in Ferndale, originally in Detroit, I think? | ||
Jman Member Username: Jman Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2006 |
I had a few breakfasts at Robin Hood myself as I was working at a bookstore just north of 7 mile in the early 60s. |
