Comments On: Anybody Recognize This Place? by Vance Lauderdale

Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Nighthawk1 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:23:42 -0500

I think it might be Joy Young's. It was located on the south side of Union, in the row of shops in which is now located, among others, the PackMail store.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Nighthawk1 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:37:34 -0500

It reminds me of the old Joy Young's restaurant on the south side of Union in the block of store now housing, among others, a PackMail. In the 50's and 60's it was fairly upscale and had a cross between Chinese and Polynesian fare.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Nighthawk1 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:32:12 -0500

I'm not certain, but it reminds me of the old Joy Young's oriental restaurant on the south side of Union, in the block of stores currently housing, among others, a PackMail store. It was fairly upscale, and had a cross between polynesian and chinese fare.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

annm273 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:37:09 -0600

the catfish place on summer ave and elmore was called hushpuppy. I think.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

topcat — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:11:20 -0600

This looks like Colettta's Pizza to me although I haven't been in this spot for 35 years!

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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

reader — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:43:29 -0600

I believe the restaurant on Summer Ave. near Sycamore was named Fish Farmers and that is where they yelled out "Hot Fish!". Another fish place on Shelby Oaks Dr. was the Hungry Fisherman.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Vance Lauderdale — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:17:37 -0600

ttrots, you are thinking about Fortune's Jungle Garden — not necessarily a Polynesian-themed restaurant, but more of a jungle-themed drive-in. It opened in the 1940s and was indeed demolished to make way for I-240.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

ttrots — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:17:03 -0600

In answer to your question: Was there another Polynesian/Tropical-themed restaurant in this area? The answer is yes.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

mikehill1957 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:47:41 -0600

You're probably right Vance, the "Hot Fish!" catfish restaurant had a more rustic atmosphere (ambience didn't seem appropriate here) as did the tables and chairs. Heavy wood furniture to support the heavy and loaded down plates of food.....it was after all an all-you-can-eat "booffey".
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Vance Lauderdale — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:13:47 -0600

I can clearly remember those "Hot Fish!" commercials, but danged if I can remember the name of that restaurant. At any rate, this just doesn't look like a catfish place to me. At the same time, it's not as cluttery-looking as I remember the Luau to be, though maybe this was taken when it first opened, and all that clutter came later.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

mikehill1957 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:28:36 -0600

The catfish restaurant at the corner of Summer and Elmore was not a "Catfish Cabin"; that's the one on Airways. This one had a different name and even had a TV commercial that ran locally where a young-looking cook rang a dinner bell and said, "Hot Fish!" as he brought more fish to the buffet.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

2dogs — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:54:35 -0600

It sure looks like the Luau.

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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:43:58 -0600

Isn't there a Catfish Cabin on Airways? Maybe the same people?
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Jthegent — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:24:38 -0600

It was, I think called the Catfish Cabin, at the corner of Elmore and Summer avenue. This was the '70s and the place had a rustic exterior, and multiple rooms inside, each with a different decor.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Jthegent — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:52:00 -0600

Not the shelby, this restaurant was further out, and right on Summer avenue. I will have to look at a map and get back with you
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Vance Lauderdale — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:45:32 -0600

Jim, you're not talking about the old Shelby Restaurant and Motel out on Summer are you? It's hard to believe such a place ever looked like this, but I've been wrong before.
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Re: Anybody Recognize This Place?

Jthegent — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:52:52 -0600

It looks like one of the rooms at the old catfish restaurant out on Summer Avenue past Sycamore, and right before the sheriff's substation. You had to walk through it to get to the back rooms.
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