(07-03-2010 01:05 PM)neillis Wrote:  You got any pictures of the Union Avenue Church of Christ (now Midtown CoC) building at 1930 Union Avenue? Likewise, do you have any photos of Bry's?

From post #74 in this thread:

Sorry for not noticing it at first, Cletus. Thanks.

They tore down this amazing Train Station


To build this ugly Main Post Office:

Beale and Third. Now where Alfreds on Beale is located.

Poplar and Mendenhall looking east circa 1930
The property at the corner of Poplar and Mendenhall has been in the Bianchi family since 1922.
But the names and types of businesses that sit on the site have changed many times throughout the years.


Bianchi's Market, circa 1930. The building was constructed between 1910 and 1920 and was originally operated as a
general store by Italia Bianchi and her family.

Building later became Half Shell and then Belmont Bar and Grill


Bianchi Bros. Grocery, circa 1946. In 1946, it became Bianchi Bros. Grocery, and Saturday night fish fries
behind the building were a major draw for the area residents who bought beer out of the store'sback window.


Louie's Market, circa 1950. In 1950, the name changed to Louie's Market, and in 1953 Louie and Jane Bianchi
remodeled and called it Louie's Grill. It went through several more incarnations before becoming the
Belmont Grill in 1983.

This makes me miss home. I want some Belmont cheese sticks with a roast beef sandwich so very badly.

Pappy's Lobster Shack at 2100 Madison in Overton Square where the oak tree grew right through the dining room and then Pappy & Jimmy's on Poplar & Hollywood that moved to Summer Ave near the Drive-In.

Pappy's antiques, which filled every room of the cluttered restaurant: clocks, guns, musical instruments, paintings, moose antlers, antique mirrors — even a pair of aviator Amelia Earhart's flying boots (or so he claimed).

That sign terrorized my youth and now it will take hold of my dreams tonight.

Here are some I took back in '08 when I was trying to figure out night photography.

(07-04-2010 05:15 PM)Cletus Wrote:  Frosty Top Root Beer - Getwell Road near Rhodes

Had one in Whitehaven, too, just south of Raines on the east side of 51 (now Elvis Presley Blvd. for you youngsters). The one on Getwell was close to my grandmother's house. Ate at both of them. Served you out of aluminum trays.

(07-02-2010 01:34 PM)KRB Wrote:  

(07-02-2010 12:34 PM)Cletus Wrote:  



1 Mar 63 - Workmen poured concrete on the 88th and 89th
columns buried 50 feet below what will be the basement of
the Rivermont Club Building at Georgia Avenue and Riverside
Drive. Eventually the columns will extend another 180 feet
from their base to support the building. The building, now
apartments, was opened as a private club and later became
the Holiday Inn Rivermont. Staff Photo by Bob Williams.
Photo taken 28 Feb 63. Photo Courtesy Special Collections/
University of Memphis Libraries.

I am quite familiar with that building. Always loved it. Spent many Memphis in May events there, back when it was the Rivermont. Best views of the River Imo.

Went to my high school prom there. I believe we had the Bar-Kays and the Boxtops.

(07-07-2010 04:55 PM)UofM_Tiger Wrote:  

(07-04-2010 05:15 PM)Cletus Wrote:  Frosty Top Root Beer - Getwell Road near Rhodes

Had one in Whitehaven, too, just south of Raines on the east side of 51 (now Elvis Presley Blvd. for you youngsters). The one on Getwell was close to my grandmother's house. Ate at both of them. Served you out of aluminum trays.

I ate at both too. My grandmother lived near the one on Getwell. We lived in Whitehaven. Best root beer in town. Remember the wooden nickles that you could use to be a free root beer? There was also one in Frayser on 51 north I believe.

Ha! my grandmother lived close also. On Goodman. That Tops bbq saw my butt in a seat many a time. Love this thread!

(07-11-2010 11:01 AM)georgiatiger Wrote:  

Great muffaletta sammich

(07-11-2010 12:32 PM)fathergoose714 Wrote:  

(07-11-2010 11:01 AM)georgiatiger Wrote:  

Great muffaletta sammich

I don't think their menu has changed since they fed me thru college (I always pay a visit or two when in town). The prices have quadrupled. Damn, I'm getting old.

Had a friend that lived across the street back in the 80's. Been a fan ever since.