  Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1179 Registered: 03-2006 |
Big Boy has unfortunately been and integral part of my life. I was wondering if anyone had any memories or photos of the one on Grand River and Woodward | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 3678 Registered: 08-2004 |
What years are you talking about Chitaku? I worked near that corner in 1976 and don't remember seeing one there at that time. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1180 Registered: 03-2006 |
I believe 50's and 60's maybe not on the corner, it could of been more towards Capitol Park.I just know one was there | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1360 Registered: 10-2003 |
I only remember the one on Cadillac Square. Circa 1975 or so. | ||
Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus Post Number: 270 Registered: 04-2006 |
I remember it. It was right at the alley. The building I think is still there, it was the Labyrynth last. | ||
Planner_727 Member Username: Planner_727 Post Number: 86 Registered: 07-2006 |
My mother worked at the Big Boy at Gd. River and Woodward when she was in High School at Cass Tech... probably in the mid-late 60's. I thought perhaps it was in the building with the Michigan National Bank, but I think it may have been adjacent. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 295 Registered: 11-2005 |
Mmm...Slim Jim. Sadness that the one on the 75 service drive and 9(?) Mile closed. | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 2069 Registered: 07-2004 |
The Big Boy that was at that location was a part of the same building that housed Renaissance Shoes. It's just a parking lot now. The store had an L-shape design(the shoe store took up the corner of Grand River and Griswold). The store's entrance was near the alley on Grand River and the restaurant's seats bent around and headed towards Griswold. As a kid my parents would take the family there after going to the movies at the Plaza (Bleu Nightclub), Madison, or Adams theaters. I used to always get the Brawny Lad and a salad with French dressing. Best French dressing ever. BTW, remember when Big Boy was called Elias Brothers. However, if you left Michigan you might go to a Fritz Big Boy or some other name. My wife always laughs when I call it Elias Brothers. (Message edited by royce on February 22, 2007) | ||
Ja1mz Member Username: Ja1mz Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2007 |
Is there still a Big Boy in the REN CEN? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1969 Registered: 10-2003 |
Only 2 Big Boy restaurants within Detroit: http://www.bigboy.com/Locator_ Restaurant.asp?City=Detroit&St ate=Michigan I assume the one at 32 Brush in in the RenCen. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1182 Registered: 03-2006 |
Big boy is closed in the city now other than Belle Isle. The first in the area was 8 Mile and Dequindre which was opened in the 30s after Fred, John and Louis Elias visited Bobs Big Boy and Chilli Bowl in California. Elias owned the franchise rights and sold them to Bob Liggetts Big Boy LLC. The Belle Isle Big Boy would make the Elias boys turn in their graves | ||
Fastcarsfreedom Member Username: Fastcarsfreedom Post Number: 119 Registered: 11-2005 |
The Ren Cen location was a victim of the massive renos in the building--it's been gone for at least 5 years, maybe longer. Great views of the riverfront from that location--and it was untouched by renovations--a look back at the styles of the 70s. | ||
Oldestuff Member Username: Oldestuff Post Number: 3 Registered: 01-2007 |
I remember going in there after seeing the re-release of Gone with The Wind - probably around '61 and when we walked in the rear door the theme from Peter Gunn was playing and the seats were all taken and we walked thru and out the other door. I don't even know why I remember that and every time I hear the Peter Gunn theme, it comes to mind. | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1184 Registered: 03-2006 |
We used to watch the fireworks from the ren cen Big Boy | ||
Taj920 Member Username: Taj920 Post Number: 184 Registered: 01-2004 |
Could the 32 Brush be at Ford Field or Comerica? The one at the RenCen was great. Too bad there is no a longer a sit-down restaurant in the Ren Cen for a reasonably-priced lunch. |
