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Username: Eastsidechris
Post Number: 316
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 8:28 pm: |    |
The place, which has been located near the corner of Cadieux and Harper since the late 50s, was closed when I drove past it yesterday. It also had multiple FOR SALE signs on it. |
Displaced
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Post Number: 19
Registered: 01-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 8:32 pm: | |
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Fury13
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Post Number: 2065
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:09 pm: | |
That was the best slider palace in Detroit. Damn. |
Softailrider
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Username: Softailrider
Post Number: 272
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:14 pm: | |
What time did you drive by? I was there a couple weeks ago and it was as open as can be. This was around 1pm. |
Rj_spangler
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Post Number: 112
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 10:50 pm: | |
Not surprised, but still sad. |
Grumpyoldlady
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Post Number: 343
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2:18 am: | |
Wasn't at Cadieux and Harper, it was by the intersection of Harper and where Hayes and Chalmers came together if I remember correctly. Really doesn't matter, but thought I'd make the correction. |
Kathleen
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Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2176
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 6:16 am: | |
Nope, Geneva's is on Harper about 2 blocks east of Cadieux. |
Flybydon
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Username: Flybydon
Post Number: 268
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 7:08 am: | |
Geneva's was open on Saterday. Enjoyed two sliders for lunch and the place was packed. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 3795
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 8:39 am: | |
FWIW, they do have another location on Kelly in Harper Woods.
quote:it was by the intersection of Harper and where Hayes and Chalmers came together if I remember correctly.
The only restaurants on Hayes/Chalmers and Harper are White Castle, Little Caesars, KFC, and a Coney Island. |
Tkshreve
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Username: Tkshreve
Post Number: 742
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 8:45 am: | |
Oh man the memories....... or lack of memories after the bars. They'll rebound. It just takes the right person to run a place like that, and perhaps the owners did not want to do it anymore. |
Hockey_player
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Username: Hockey_player
Post Number: 299
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 9:26 am: | |
The old owners sold a few years back. |
Steelworker
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Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 658
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:23 pm: | |
WTF everything i know is going to crap. Too much bad news these days for me. |
Gistok
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Post Number: 6135
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:42 pm: | |
Drove by Geneva's on Harper last night AND THEY WERE OPEN!!! |
Blueidone
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Post Number: 476
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 1:49 pm: | |
I think that area had a power outage last night...maybe that's why it was closed? |
Jonesy
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Username: Jonesy
Post Number: 537
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2:30 pm: | |
I drove by there about 1pm and saw a Remax "for sale" sign out front. However, the place was packed. There didn't appear to be an empty seat at the counter.
(Message edited by jonesy on February 12, 2009) |
Grumpyoldlady
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Username: Grumpyoldlady
Post Number: 346
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2:58 pm: | |
Then what was the name of the diner I'm thinking of over by Hayes/Chalmers on Harper? I thought for sure that was Geneva's. Sorry. Long skinny building with a counter and I think a few small tables along the window. Lady that worked behind the counter back in the 60's had a huge lump on her forehead. |
Zitro
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Post Number: 2687
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 3:13 pm: | |
GL: The lady you are talking about worked at Geneva's. Can't recall that restaurant name on Harper but there was another one with the same name on Jefferson near the foot of the Belle Isle bridge. |
Skylark
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Post Number: 131
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 3:20 pm: | |
GL, was the place on Harper & Chalmers called Elmo's? |
Zitro
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Post Number: 2688
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 3:29 pm: | |
Elmo's I believe you're right Sky. Do you recall if there was one down by the bridge too? |
Eastsidechris
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Username: Eastsidechris
Post Number: 317
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 3:59 pm: | |
I'll do another drive-by this afternoon. I drove past there around 8 the other night, so it should have been open. I'll report back and apologize if I jumped the gun too soon on its closing. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 5756
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 4:24 pm: | |
Hey, Chris, while your at it, bring back a couple dozen, okay? |
Tsomyak
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Username: Tsomyak
Post Number: 96
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 4:40 pm: | |
I'll second Z's confirmation of Elmo's. My dad worked just a couple blocks down on Chalmers, I remember passing it many times. |
Tkshreve
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Post Number: 745
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 4:45 pm: | |
Near Jefferson and Harding is another Elmo's. The sign has been blown out forever, unless they recenlty replaced it.
Geneva's may be closed, but their burgers will always be with me...... literally. |
Eastsidechris
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Post Number: 318
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 10:45 pm: | |
I drove past Geneva's around 6:30 tonight. This time there was at least one small light on in the place, but otherwise it was dark and empty. |
Whittier70
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Username: Whittier70
Post Number: 213
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 10:58 pm: | |
what was the name of the tiny grille that was on harper at yorkshire(freeway side)back in the day? the name had something to do with a card game or sumpthin |
Grumpyoldlady
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Post Number: 348
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 3:58 am: | |
Elmo's sounds familiar. Thanks. |
Dave70
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Post Number: 72
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 4:51 am: | |
That little place at Yorkshire was called FRANCOS. ;)My friends and I ate there a few times in the mid-late 80s. I remember it was great! hehe
(Message edited by Dave70 on February 13, 2009) |
Pgn421
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Post Number: 984
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:38 am: | |
Dave 70 - wasn't Frankos at Nottingham and harper? Gates was at harper and yorkshire, where Louis is now |
Tarkus
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Post Number: 587
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:46 am: | |
No Gates was at Harper and Nottingham |
Kensingtony
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Username: Kensingtony
Post Number: 55
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 10:40 am: | |
I can't remember what the card themed name of the place was before it became Louie's but I do remember being in there and noticing that the lavatory was called the "Royal Flush". |
Rj_spangler
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Username: Rj_spangler
Post Number: 114
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 2:37 pm: | |
I ate at Elmo's back in the 70's...maybe even into he 80's. Chalmers & Harper, where Hayes starts (or ends, depending how you look at it).
I drove by Geneva's late last night as I was dropping off a buddy that lives near there. There was an "Available" sign out front. My buddy said they are still open during the day while trying to sell the place. |
Whittier70
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Post Number: 214
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 4:30 pm: | |
it was not gates or franko's, but Kensingtony, i do remember the bathroom door saying royal flush also, this was in late 70's
the name may have been Full House?
(Message edited by whittier70 on February 13, 2009) |
Kensingtony
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Post Number: 56
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 5:25 pm: | |
Yup,Whittier,Full House was it.Thanks for the memory jog.Quite a name for a place that sat about 12 people,max.It would have been late 70s/early 80's.I worked at the Buick dealer cater corner from there.We moved into the building on Thanksgiving weekend 1977 so it was after that.And it was closed for a while before it became Louie's.
(Message edited by Kensingtony on February 13, 2009) |
Whittier70
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Post Number: 215
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 6:30 pm: | |
i forgot the name of the buick dealer, what was it? and what year did they build taco bell and what was on that corner(whittier & harper)before taco bell? |
Pgn421
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Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 985
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 7:16 pm: | |
Jerry mickowski buick? I remember when Shalla Chevrolet was there |
Skylark
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Username: Skylark
Post Number: 133
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 7:42 pm: | |
There was a little restaurant across from Dick Shalla Chevrolet called Blains it was something like Geneva's. |
Pgn421
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Post Number: 986
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 8:22 pm: | |
That's what I was thinking of. Thanks skylark! |
Diehard
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Username: Diehard
Post Number: 662
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009 - 9:38 pm: | |
The new owners at Geneva's changed the hours. I think the days of sitting there at 3 a.m. chowing down with all the I-Rock drunks are over.
I heard they got robbed 8 times in one month, so if that's true, I can't blame them for sticking to daytime hours. Sad though. |
Funjon1
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Post Number: 13
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 3:12 am: | |
tsomyak, your father worked at Raynal Bros., didn't he? I bought my first new car from him in 1973. |
Tsomyak
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Post Number: 116
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 6:28 pm: | |
Hey Funjon1, I just saw your post. Yep, that was my dad, he worked there from the late 1940's until they closed the doors in the early 1980's. I worked there for a spell myself part time, cleaning cars for the show room, etc. Lotsa memories of that place! |
Tarkus
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Post Number: 597
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 6:58 pm: | |
Rj, Elmos was the butcher shop at Morang and Harper next to Elams. |
Dave70
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Post Number: 80
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:33 pm: | |
Elams, is it still there? "Home of the Worlds Finest Chili" I think. ;) |
Daddeeo
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Post Number: 542
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 8:30 pm: | |
What's with the spreading of rumors on here all the time? |
Alley
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Username: Alley
Post Number: 1053
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 9:56 pm: | |
Geneva's on Harper is open for lunch. Geneva's on Kelly is open period. |
Kathleen
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Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2209
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 6:07 am: | |
Wasn't Embo's the meat market at Harper and Morang? |
Pgn421
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Post Number: 1000
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 9:56 am: | |
Yes, Kathleen next to Elams bar. |
Kathleen
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Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2211
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 11:00 am: | |
Tarkus had called the butcher shop Elmo's...so I was clarifying that is was Embo's. Was there an Elmo's in the area? |
Pgn421
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Post Number: 1001
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 11:17 am: | |
Elmos restaurant is at Chalmers and Harper |
Softailrider
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Username: Softailrider
Post Number: 289
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 7:01 pm: | |
Elmo's WAS at that corner, been replaced by a coney island. |
Skylark
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Username: Skylark
Post Number: 144
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 7:09 pm: | |
Elam's used to be The Green Oaks Bar. Next to the bar was Embo's Meat Market. On that same block was Dan Fleming Pharmacy, The Wayside Pantry, and a dance studio. |