On Thu 19 Jun 2008 05:17:46p, Blinky the Shark told us...

> 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.
>
>

Ah, yes, I remember Elias Brothers Big Boys. I went there a few times when
visiting a friend in Michigan. Had forgottena about the name.

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Wayne Boatwright
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Hey, wow man, they've got codes for
mazurkas!
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