On Thu 10 Feb 2005 01:49:01a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Wed 09 Feb 2005 08:13:18p, L, not -L wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> I agree about the influences. The building the STL M&E occupies is an
>>> historic building that was "saved" by conversion. It's the old Fur
>>> Exchange building, in a scenic location near the Mississippi, with a
>>> "mall" (the park kind, not shopping) and river view. A cafeteria had
>>> been in the location for years and this food is a definite step up
>>> from that.
>>>
>>> There are much better places to eat nearby, but at much higher cost.
>>> There are also much worse places to eat. I worked in downtown STL for
>>> 30 years and may have been happy with their food simply because it was
>>> not the same stuff I'd been eating for the past 30 years<grin>.
>>>
>>> For burgers in downtown STL, I'll go to Dooley's Irish Pub - and soon,
>>> now that I'm thinking about it
>>>
>>
>> One of the two best cafeterias I ever ate in was in STL, called Miss
>> Hulling's. The other was Britling's in Memphis. Both back in the
>> 1950s.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>
> AFAIK, Miss Hulling's is still going strong in the downtown area. I used
> to eat there often when I lived in the city. Their cakes and pies are
> excellent at dessert time. I am not sure if there are other Miss
> Hulling's restaurants in St. Louis besides the downtown store. I used to
> go to Alfred Solomon's in Memphis. I think it closed a few years ago.
>
> Michael

I could be wrong, but I was told by a native STLsian that the original Miss
Hulling's closed years ago, then was opened again by different owners. The
original opened in the early 1940s. We lived there from 1948 to 1956. I
don't remember Alfred Solomon's in Memphis, but Britling's closed years
ago.

Wayne