Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:31:44 -0400, "kilikini"
> > wrote:
>
>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow, they certainly have scaled down. At one time in the greater
>>> Cleveland area they seemed almost as common as McDonald's, although
>>> they were under the name of "Manner's Big Boy" at that time. Down
>>> towards Akron, they were under the name of "Frisch's Big Boy". Some
>>> time later they all were renamed Bob's Big Boy and then gradually the
>>> numbers shrank.
>>
>>I remember in Wisconsin we had "Marc's Big Boy". I'm trying to look them
>>up, but it seems they've closed down.
>
> They were Marc's here in Chicago too. I don't remember seeing one in
> close to 20 years.

Around the corner of the lake, in Michigan, they were Elias Brothers Big
Boys, back in the day.


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