How about a nod to the days of yore in MC? This thread is dedicated to things, places, and events that used to be in MC, but for one reason or another, are now history.

I'll start off with the big and easy one...

The Hoosier Slide

The Pullman Yards...

The Miss Indiana Pageant

Oktoberfest at Washington Park.

Okay, okay, I know it was replaced with Labor Dayz, but that thing is just corny. Oktoberfest was oh so much better

The Spaulding Hotel.

Lido & Tivoli Theaters

B&K Rootbeer stands

Respect for our MCAS teachers.

Oooohhhhh, Jen that's a good one!!

Gratty's--THE BEST BAR FOOD IN THE WORLD!!

USA Skating Rink.

Memorial Hospital

The Elite Youth Center

Using the school theme, how about Elston and Rogers High Schools?

Vail's Toy Store

Burger Chef
The Red Barn
The Glass House
B-K Products
Mattie McCombs
Superior Organ & Piano
Harmonia Music House
Sugar Bowl Restaurant
Hickory Pit Restaurant
Gene's
South Franklin Barbers
George Balady's Barber Shop
Henry's Hamburgers
Quality Bakery
Colonial Bakery
Sid's Gas Station
Family Pawn & Loan
Purple Martin gas station
8th St. Cafe
Miniature Bar
M&M Restaurant (Two locations)
The Other Side
Lakeshore Foods
Belle's Grill
The Anchorage
Andrus Furs
Mayfair
City Hall when it was the top floor of the Warren Bldg.
My virginity
The Pub
Mr. Steak
Shopper's Fair
Scholl's Dairy
Peter's Dairy
Sinclair station next to the Spaulding Hotel
S&H Greenstamp Redemption Center (2 locations)
Howard Johnson's Motel
Geyer's Organ & Piano
Olsen's Cameras & Musical Instruments
Greiger's Men's Clothes
Maxine & Heinies
Golden Sands Restaurant
Daisy Car Wash
Mayer's
The National - Grocery Market
Trolley Stop Restaurant
Smith Bros. factory
Performance Packaging
Oasis Ballroom
Van's Cigar Store
Cherry's Market
The Silver Inn
The Red Lantern
The Spa
Kramer & Wendt Realtors
Seeling & Goetz Realtors
John F. Shawley Realtors
Franklin Pharmacy
Hook's
Leed's Restaurant
Quality TV
212 Drive-In Theater
South Shore station on 11th St.
Azar's Big Boy
Fat Daddies
The Pirate Ship
The Rock-A-Dot
Cedar Tap
Wilke's Drugs

To name a few -

Thanks Kill-joy! Steal all of the answers

Come on now - there are plenty more!

Uh - got carried away.....

Thanks, Tim....lol...let's see...

Linn's Hardware Store
Orbit Oldsmobile
Country Cousin's Drive In

Now there's something I'll never get to say -- "I have a Superior Organ!" -- err…

I guess I'll have to go out of town to pawn my family now?

Are you complaining or bragging?

Was this just east of the hotel on 7th, in that space which is now parking?

Arrr!!

How sad for you. I say it all the time!



Not complaining!



No - it was south of the hotel across the street. You can see it in a picture on one of those MC pix discs.



The Pirate Ship was a pizza restaurant north of the Holiday Inn.

This -

Eastport Elementary School (we could name at least 5 other schools)

The Michigan Blvd Projects

The Trolley Stop Restaurant in the Mall

Baskin Robbins in the Mall

Chevy's on Karwick

And there was a Mexican fast food place that sold soft ice cream near Ames Field where Rally's is now -- it was called Paco's Taco's or something like that (anyone remember the real name?)

Roeske's Flour Mill (going way back)

11th Street Train Station

That was Ponchos Tacos. It was actually across the street from Rallys where Laporte Savings Bank is. I believe it was a Burger Chef to begin with.

There was only one Burger Chef in Mc - at the SE corner of Michigan Blvd. and Carroll Ave.

My mistake then ... but it was some kind of burger place.

What year are you thinking?

Early 70's

Not all of 'em!

Walgreen's in the mall

How about Clinton's Department Store, Jupiter and Walgreens all on Franklin Street.....
Wonderland on Michigan Blvd
and Pic Way Shoe Store on Franklin Street

Welcome to the site!

And let me add, the elephants at the zoo!

I STILL have a pair of PicWay shoes!! Brown sandles, they are so beat-up and comfortable!

Welcome to the site JanuaryGirl

Thanks for the welcome! I'm glad I was able to find this site! Oh, I do remember the elephants at the zoo as well as the old amusement park there in Washington Park as well!

Les's Garage. It was on Lake Ave just up from LaCuisine's on LSD. You could rent great big ol' inner tubes for the beach and get a BAG FULL of candy for a nickel.

There was a talking raven at the zoo, too!

I wasn't old enough to make it there as Chevy's, but I did have the (mis)fortune of being in there when it was a disco club

OMG, I remember Les' garage down by LaCuisine! Us kids used to love going in there and buying Bubs Daddy bubble gum (we always loved the green apple!) yet for some reason, we were scared to death of the old guy!! And as for LaCuisine, they used to have some of the BEST pizzas there in Michigan City! Since we're on the topic of lakefront memories....how about Ramona's Cottages??? Ok, let me be a bit on the talkative side and add more....how about Slisher's 76 gas station on Second Street, as well as the Two Sisters grocery store right down the road from there. If I remember correctly, the man who ran it was named Leo.

Green apple was my fav, too, but I also liked the grape, and I agree with you about that old man. He scared the hell out of us, too. There was no way anyone was going to steal anything from him!! One time I got busy and didn't return an inner tube in time, that old man was knocking on my door! Told my parents that if I can't be resposible enough to return items that were loaned to me, then I didn't need to be borrowing any thing any more! I got grounded for a week for that!
Aaaaahhhhh, those were the days when discipline was important.

On that note, my next entry is....


Respect toward adults from the youth of MC

The hamburger joint that stood prior to the opening of Ponchos Tacos was called Henry's ... it was on the northeast corner of Franklin and Allen Streets,

Yep - that's the Henry's Hamburgers in my long list. Good burgers!

Lum's

Sumarita Inn

Carol & Abe's

Enyeart Cheverolet

Ted Wright Electric

Red Lantern Inn in Beverly Shores.

Was that not THE place to go for prom night?!

The same Red Lantern I posted? Yep - great place.

Weidner's.

Rose Bowl Lanes
Eastport Tavern
Riley School
Roxann's Drive In
Hardee's

Roxann's - wasn't that at the corner of Tryon Road and... 212? 20? Great food!

How about Hot N' Now?

Head Quarters Hair Salon

How many BK Root Beer stands were there? I think there was one on Franklin across the street from the BK Products office that was just south of the tracks you cross heading to the beach - one on south Franklin across from the Rose Bowl - and I think one out on 12.

Anyone remember?

One more - The Glass House



This was on the NE corner of 421 and 20. There used to be signs on 421 coming north from US 30 - they'd say "Only 19 more miles to...." - " only 17 more miles to...." When my sisters and I were little kids our grandparents live in Columbus OH - we'd always come across on 30 and come up 421 - I vividly remember those signs. The food here was very good.

A couple more places I don't think have been mentioned...

Morrison's drive in
The restaraunt in Carsons
The Restaraunt in Walgreens
The bakery that was accross Franklin Sq from St Paul in the eighties.

I remember the A&W root beer stand on Hwy 12 (Second Street). We lived on Mulligan Street back in the day and would always get a bite to eat there every now and then. Since we're on the topic of that area....how about.....Froms (it was a hardware store) and Josam?? Dunham-Bush, Blocksom (they had 2 companies, one just off of Trail Creek and the other, on Center Street), and the ever-so-scary (to me, anyway!) 2nd Street Bridge??? That bridge used to scare the daylights outta me for some reason as a child!