Please add the stores and establishments, people places and things that defined Avondale over the years!
60s.
The Fox Restaurant
Griffin Pharmacy
70s.
The Fox Restaurant
80s.
Lord's Antiques
Blaire Woolverton
Mikey's
The Living Room Lounge (where the Brick is now)
Underwoods
Zane's Casablanca (legendary salon, home of "The Avondale Roll"
Sterlings Flamingo Cafe
Partner's Restaurant (after the Living Room Lounge closed)
West Inn Liquors
New Fox Restaurant
Dockside
Campus Corner--which became The Annexx, which became Eclipse
Harpoon Louies
90s
Blaire Woolverton
Mikey's
Underwoods
Zane's Casablanca (legendary salon, home of "The Avondale Roll"
Sterlings Flamingo Cafe
Partner's Restaurant (after the Living Room Lounge closed)
Biscotti's
West Inn Liquors
Whites Book Store
The Loop
Dockside
Eclipse
Harpoon Louie's
Grenameyer's
New places include the Brick and I can't think of the name of the Brazilian steak house.
Why does The Fox drop off in the 90's? Did it change hands through the years?
Avondale had the Yum Yum Tree in the early 80's. Also Utsey's Shoes for Children in the 60's. I believe one of those stores there now still has the little merry-go-round that was in Utsey's.
Kaldis- corner of Woodmere and St Johns where Liz and Richard Grenamyer cooked and met.
Sterlings Flamingo Cafe - Liz and Richard Grenamyer
Grenamyers - Where Genes seafood replaced and Esperto Steak is now located. Grenamyers had a great jazz program. Noel Freidline got his start here as the busboy/ Piano player. Frank Gallo was the manager. Scared the blue hairs in the hood because it was a gay men hangout (oh my!)
Closed Grenamyers and then Frank went to Sterlings to be the floor manager and waiter.
The Davis family bought The Village Nursery With Michael Hailey as the Florist. (top of the game in his field at the time) and also bought Sterlings. Richard moved to Tallahassee and Liz continue into the catering field. The Flamingo in the name was dropped. Frank eventually bought Sterlings and where he is to this day. Its in the works for Richard Grenamyer to return to Sterlings and lease it from Frank and change it into a top notch seafood influenced restaurant. Hopefully by the fall.
Great info undergroundgourmet!
Grenameyer's, on King street, is NOT in AVONDALE. Maybe Swisher's plant is really in Ortega.....??
mtrain,
grenameyers used to have a restaurant in Avondale years ago, before Liz opened her catering business.
On another note, I remember Edward's of San Marco had a store in Avondale for a while. Does anyone know if the oriental rug store is still there? It used to be down by White's book store I believe.
Quotegrenameyers used to have a restaurant in Avondale years ago, before Liz opened her catering business.
Any idea what it was? Where was it located? It would be nice to know, so I could relay it to Dr. Wood.
Not sure. it was before my time on the westside.
As I stated in my previous post, Grenamyers was located where Genes seafood and then the Brazilian restaurant is now located. St Johns avenue close to the border of Avondale and fairfax. Liz (Grenamyer) Evans is now at King street with her catering business Catering by Liz.