Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 268 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 7:31 am: | |
Is Mr. FoFos gone for good, or are they just remodeling? |
Spaceboykelly Member Username: Spaceboykelly
Post Number: 153 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.28.145
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 9:10 am: | |
OMG Mr. FoFo's is [possibly] closed? It's been too long since I've been there. |
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit
Post Number: 536 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 65.42.23.2
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 9:23 am: | |
I loved getting a "hunk" of cake or one of those thick ass corned beef sandwiches... YUM YUM I know he ran for city council last year :-D |
Thursdaynext Member Username: Thursdaynext
Post Number: 195 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 70.227.206.104
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:15 am: | |
Could someone please tell me where Mr. FoFo's is located? Back in the very late 80's I worked with a gal who would go there and pick us up corned beef sammys for lunch. I always wanted to make a run there with her but she would tell me I couldn't go because I was "too white to go there"...yes, she was black. She was actually a very, very good friend, but I never knew whether or not she was being serious or just giving me a hard time for the fun it. Still, even though we'd go out for lunch some time, she never would allow me to go there with her. So I still don't know where Mr. Fofo's is, all I do know is that those corned beef sammys were awesome! |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 5994 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.198.22
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:19 am: | |
I think it is Second Avenue just south of the Boston/Edison district...drive north out of the New Center area and look to your right. |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 5995 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.198.22
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:23 am: | |
It was a riot seeing the reactions from all the patrons whenever I'd walk in for some food. Only more powerful racism I'd encountered in a restaurant was at Green's back in the day. Your workmate might've been protecting her reputation, she was probably sweet on someone working there and didn't want to have to explain her fairer skinned friend. |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 269 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:25 am: | |
8902 Second Avenue. I work around the corner and down the street from FoFos and never felt out of place because I'm of the caucasian persuasion. I think your friend was pulling your pasty white leg. BTW: Mr. FoFo's phone is disconnected, so it's not looking good |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 270 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:46 am: | |
Every Thanksgiving Otis Lee Knapp, owner of FoFo's, would fill a big truck full of frozen turkeys and pass them out to whoever couldn't afford one. I would see people in new Cadillacs and dressed to the nines pull up for a free turkey, but Otis never questioned anybody and passed out his turkeys with a smile. If FoFo's is indeed out of business, I hope it's because Otis has gone on to bigger and better things. |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 3182 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.47.100.44
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:15 am: | |
It's caring neighborhood business people like this that brings a tear to my eye. Thanks for the nice story there, Ed. For the neighborhood's sake I hope the business will remain somehow someway. |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 6003 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 70.236.198.22
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:31 am: | |
I was NEVER mis-treated by any of his employees, EVER. I need to make that plain and clear...it was the negative reactions of the other patrons...just like at Green's...doggin' on the hungry white boy. |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 105 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.14.26.135
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 12:47 pm: | |
I thought I'd read a sign in the window about remodeling when I rode past a couple weeks ago. |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 274 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 1:14 pm: | |
But you don't shut off the phone for a remodel. |
Gary Member Username: Gary
Post Number: 138 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 70.141.180.192
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 1:38 pm: | |
Somebody told me just the other day that Fofo's is moving to a new location, but I can't remember where at the moment. I'm thinking it's in the 8 Mile and Livernois area. |
Downtown_dave Member Username: Downtown_dave
Post Number: 74 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 63.77.247.130
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 3:56 pm: | |
When I (a white guy) lived in New Center, I never had a problem visiting Mr. FoFo's either - by employees or fellow patrons. We were all there for the FOOD. One corned beef and a slice of cake (the mile-high coconut with the fluffy white frosting) was more than enough for two. |
Thursdaynext Member Username: Thursdaynext
Post Number: 205 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 70.227.206.104
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 4:01 pm: | |
Curse my friend for being evil and not allowing me to go there with her to pick up our lunch! I would have been all over that mile-high coconut cake had I only known it existed. Perhaps I'll still get my chance once it's confirmed that it's a remodel or move rather than a closed-up-shop...keeping my fingers crossed. |
Ed_golick
Member Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 275 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 4:54 pm: | |
The Bread Basket on Woodward north of 6 Mile also makes a mean corned beef sandwich. Just as good as the original Bread Basket on Greenfield in Oak Park. |
Rosedaleken Member Username: Rosedaleken
Post Number: 198 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.43.122.151
| Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 4:56 pm: | |
Speaking of Corned Beef... what's the name of the big bakery on the corner of Russel and Mack? Had a great sandwich there and fresh baked junk food too. |
Erobtheone Member Username: Erobtheone
Post Number: 34 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 65.202.29.180
| Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 2:16 am: | |
I fondly remember going to FoFo's and the Fish Nook across the street. I would stop at the Fish Nook on my walk from home at West Phalidelphia to my grandmother's house on Clairmont to buy penny candy. I also remember shaking Otis' hand and how big of a deal that was in my little mind at the time. Great place and icon business for that hood. |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 108 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.14.26.135
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 1:20 pm: | |
There's a dumpster next to FoFo's... |
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch
Post Number: 1625 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 1:28 pm: | |
FoFos building was purchased by Central Detroit Christian Community Development Center (CDC). They are refurbishing the building, Fofo's will still be a tenant, and they are opening an ice cream store in another portion of the building. The ice cream place will be similar to the tastee-freeze that they used to run on woodward next to the Rec Center and High School. Similar to the Ben & Jerry's downtown, it is focused on job training skills for neighborhood students. They actually do a ton of great work -- rehab and new housing, a great rehab of an apartment building on 2nd, and a lot of really good programs. Lisa Johanon, the head of CDC is one of those unsung, unheralded, heroes that does so many things for so many people, and never crows or tries to make a name for herself. we really need more like her. |
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000
Post Number: 109 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.14.26.135
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 4:42 pm: | |
That's great news. Since this is along one of my normal bike routes, I look forward to being an ice cream customer. |
Thecarl
Member Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 834 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.14.30.175
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 7:30 pm: | |
does mr. fofo have a dirty-harry style revolver behind the counter? |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 125 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 64.131.176.232
| Posted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 8:19 pm: | |
I don't know if I want to live in a Detroit without a Mr. Fofo's... |