On Thu 18 Sep 2008 07:52:14a, Jean B. told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 18 Sep 2008 05:45:32a, Wayne Boatwright told us...
>>
>>>> I see that this chain has been defunct since the 1980s. :-(
>>> The Halle Bros. Co. was the pre-eminent department store in Cleveland
>>> throughout its entire life. I worked in their interior design studio
>>> for several years before going with a private firm. It was very sad
>>> to see its demise.
>>>
>>>> I guess the recipe has been lost forever. But have you ever posted
>>>> queries in local groups about it?
>>> Actually, I have. We lived in the Cleveland area until 2000, and I
>>> made a concerted effort to find several recipes from both the dining
>>> room at Halle's (It was called the Minotaur Room) as well as Hough
>>> Bakery. Hough Bakery used to make a Brown Sugar Brownie with Penuche
>>> Frosting that was to die for. Over the years, I was finally able to
>>> master that one through experimientation.
>>
>> Jean, following up to my own post, this is an old photo of a small
>> portion of the wall paintings in the Minotaur Room at Halle Bros.
>>
>> http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?
>> CISOROOT=/press&CISOPTR=466&CISOBOX=1&REC=9
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/488rzg
>>
>> Kay Halle, the daughter of the founder and sister of the owner when I
>> worked at Halle's was the one who recommended and commissioned the
>> artist. Unfortunately the photograph doesn't do it justice.
>>
> Wow! That's spectacular! It must have been quite a place!
>

It was, indeed. It might still be around today if it hadn't been for the
owner's son when he took the reigns. He wanted the money, not the store.
The downtown store building remained empty for a few years. It was then
sold and, while keeping most of the original architecture intact, was
converted into premium office suites. Unfortunately, the Minotaur Room was
one thing that was completely removed.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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