Restaurant & Cafes




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Pink Ice Creamcone

KRIS & KATE
OLD FASHIONED
ICE CREAM TREATS


Located on the West Side of North Belt Highway, this is a popular Ice Cream & Hot Dog spot during the summer months. 50's & 60's music is played, Harley Davidson and Elvis Presley are commemorated
2008 Photo donated by Terry McGinnis

Henrys Hamburgers

HENRYS HAMBURGERS


This Henrys Hamburgers was located on South 28th St just south of Messanie. It was built in the early 1960's and replaced a small gas station that once stood at the location. It later became the Parkway which had great Broasted Chicken. There were 2 other Henry Drive Ins in St Joseph, one on St Joseph Avenue and another close to the Belt Highway and Mitchell Avenue. Their menu included hamburgers, tenderloins, french fries and many other items that were delicious and very affordable.
After the overhead railroad bridge nearby was removed in the 1990's, a gas station/convenience store was built back on the location.

Qwik Carry Out

QWIK CARRY OUT


Qwik Carry Out was located on Messanie Street, due South of Central High School. They offered 7 hamburgers or 7 beefburgers for only $1. What a deal! They weren't huge but they were delicious and affordable.
Photo donated by Terry McGinnis

Oakford Cafeteria

OAKFORD CAFETERIA


Oakford's Cafeteria, 115 N. 7th - in existence into the 1950's
Photo donated by Lori Forsee, formerly from St. Joseph


Pinzino's Music BoxPinzino's Music Box

Pinzino's Music Box / Dante's


Located on the SW corner of 19th & Frederick, Emillo "Jimmy" Pinzino and wife Violet Pinzino operated a popular young adult hangout called the MUSIC BOX. Originally called the LUNCH BOX resturant, owned by Bradley & Stella Christie (also owners of the Snow White), Pinzino purchased it from the Christies in 1945. The MUSIC BOX was later renamed to DANTE's ITALIAN AMERICAN CUSINE. The building was closed on New Year's Eve, 1973 and later sold


Black Angus Room

Black Angus Room


Once located in Hotel Robidoux on the northwest corner of Fifth & Francis, this outstanding supper club featured jumbo sirloin steaks, lobster, and other fine foods. (My very first job began here. In 1959, still a freshman in high school, I worked part-time here as a dishwasher at the rate of 50 cents per hour.)

Wades Hamburgers

Wades Hamburgers


The original Wades Hamburgers, located at 2030 Frederick Avenue. Hatfield's Hardware can be seen in the background.
Wades Indian Grill

Wades Indian Grill

Wade's Indian Grill was located at 17th & Mitchell. Their famous WAHOO! burger & WAHOO! chilli bowl was delicious. They had the best tenderloins and chilli in town. I can remember that their brain sandwich was 25 cents and delicious, but I could not take looking at it and never ordered another one.

It was "rumored" for many that Liggett owned it, asked $150,000 for it and didn't get any takers so he had the building bulldozed down. If anyone knows the true facts, any other photos, or information about Wades, I would love to hear from you.
Wade's had a beautiful western decor inside. If memory serves me right, there was a huge painting of the Battle of Big Horn where Custer met his Waterloo. The building was razed sometime in the 1960's but the huge totem pole remained for years. Not pictured, it was to the left side of the building. Several businesses have occupied the space since and the totem pole is now gone

Jerre Anne Cafeteria Jerre Anne Cafeteria

Jerre Anne Cafeteria


Jerre Anne Cafeteria located at 26th & Mitchell, has served a great homemade dinners and fabulous homemade pasteries now since 1930.



Das Weinerschnitzel


Many people don't remember Das Weinerschnitzel. It resided on the Southwest corner of Belt & Frederick Ave. It was a very short lived hot dog drive-in. The building was made in the shape of a big hot dog. It used to sit where the Bus Stop bench is now. You can still see the driveways on Frederick. It was in a very bad location as it was too close to the Belt & Frederick intersection which made it really hard to exit the lot.

Original Snow White Original Snow White

Original Snow White Resturant


The original Snow White opened in 1939 as the Glass House #5 by Bradley & Stella Christie. The Christies retired in 1983 and closed the restaurant for the 1st time.

Original Snow White

1940's Snow White Resturant


In the early 1940's, the name had been changed to Snow White Sandwich System No. 4

Snow White

1950's Snow White Resturant


1957 picture of the Snow White. Some of curb service is visible. By the mid-1950's Snow White had expanded and become a drive-in restaurant. Snow White was remodeled shortly after this photo was taken. They had juke box players at every table. Bring a date for dinner, plop a quarter in the slot & listen to 5 songs.

Snow White

1960's Snow White Resturant


Artist drawing of the Snow White Resturant. Home of the Bigun! 59 cents It was a big double decker cheeseburger with a special sauce. Delicious!

Snow White

Walgreens


Snow White was sold to Winsteads. Winstead's lasted a year or two, then it was torn down. Walgreens Drugs built a new drug store in it's place. In September 1999, Eckards Drugs built a new drug store across Frederick.


Hoof & Horn#1 Hoof & Horn#2

HOOF & HORN

PHOTO #1 - 1910 photo of the Hoof & Horn interior, it is still located at 429 Illinois Avenue in South St Joseph
PHOTO #2 - 2002 photo of the Hoof & Horn Restaurant, located in what once was the Stockyard area. They are famous for their steaks

Broasted Chicken

Thirs-T Broasted Chicken


The Thirs-T Drive-in resturant featured car hop service and was located on King Hill Avenue. Their Broasted Chicken was the greatest. Several businesses have tried to survive here but you can see by the photo that it is used for a storage area at this time.



A&W


This is the remains of A&W Root Beer on St Joseph Avenue. Just the remnants of the old A&W Sign. The building is gone.Nothing but trees & shrubs remain plus 2 concrete driveways. There was a smaller A&W just south of Frederick on the Belt. A gas station now sits in that area. Current picture to come.Today, the A&W is located inside East Hills Mall.

Ben Magoons #1 Ben Magoons#2  Ben Magoons#3

Ben Magoon's Famous Delicatessen

Photo#1 - 702 South 8th - Original Site of Magoon's - opened June 18,1918
Photo #2 - Inside view early 1940's (L-R) Ben Rich, Harry Magoon, Ben Magoon
Photo #3 - 632 South 8th St - As it appeared in 2006
Home of delicious rye bread sandwiches; such as scrappy beef or corned beef with slaw & kosher pickle, pickled eggs, pickled pigs feet, lots of different pickles, spices, kosher chilli and cheesecake. My mouth is watering. Barry Woodhall has restored and reopened Ben Magoon's in January 2007.  


Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen


Pat Stark opened his first Dairy Queen store on St. Joseph Avenue in 1947. In 1949, he opened the second one on Mitchell Avenue, later moving across the street in 1957. The King Hill Dairy Queen location opened in 1956. The DQ stores are among 600 remaining walk-up window Dairy Queens in the United States. Mr. Stark passed away in 2005, Tom and Patricia Ashlock are the new & current owners.

Barbosa's

Barbosa's Castillo


Barbosa's Castillo - 9th & Sylvanie. They come from all over the world for this great Mexican food.

Pig Parlor

The Pig Parlor


The Pig Parlor was located at 916 Francis in 1933.

Mazzio's Pizza

Mazzio's Pizza


Mazzio's Pizza was once located at 815 South Belt Highway. The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant was here for many years after Mazzio's closed. 
 A sports bar now occupies this building.
Lisa, the lady in the above photo, now manages the Sonic on North Belt Highway.


Frederick Inn

Frederick Inn


The newly remodeled Frederick Inn. I believe it was once called Orville's and also the Carriage House. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Maid-rite Maid-rite Maidrite

Modern Lunch / Maidrite


Far left, 1943 photo of Modern Lunch at 7th & Edmond. It later became the Maid-rite sandwich shop.The building burned down a few years back. Empty lot now only remains as shown in the 2nd photo. Maid-rite then moved to the southwest corner of 6th & Felix as shown in the 3rd photo. Pictures of their 2 other locations will be inserted soon. One has been at Ashland & Frederick for several years. They have purchased the old Henry building on St. Joseph Ave.

Bucket Shop

Bucket Shop


The Bucket Shop as it appeared in the 1940's
Bucket Shop Bucket Shop Bucket Shop

Bucket Shop


The Bucket Shop This resturant/tavern got it's name from serving beer in buckets. Located near the stock yards & packing houses, it once was a very thriving establishment. They were famous for their beefburgers. They were the best around. The Southgate at Alabama & King Hill now has a very, very close replica of the Bucket Shop Beefburger. The interior shot shows how the resturant side looked until the 1990's before it was remodeled by the new owner, Rusty Hurst. I don't have a picture of the tavern side.
It had been re-opened by the new owner and the beefburgers were very close to the original Bucket Shop beefburger
The Bucket Shop was closed for a few years and in 2004, Eric & Linda Ambrozi leased the Bucket Shop from Rusty Hurst. It was re-opened as Daddy O's, a combination biker bar & resturant. Eric passed away in Dec 2004, Linda is still running the business.

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