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mjambro
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RE: Berlin Turnpike Trivial Resturant Persuit.
Sun, 05/24/09 3:19 PM
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Doogies is relatively new. Previously, it was a Sals who not only made great grinders, but outstanding onion rings. Sals moved up the street after his original location was destroyed in a fire (between Mertit & McDonalds from what I recall).
Prior to being Sals, it was a small take-out Hot Oven Grinder spot where you'd order grinders by the day of the week. Sunday was sausage, Monday meatball, etc. In the 50's, they'd line up 10-20 deep to place orders for pickup or dine at outdoor picnic tables. That was back when they'd line up 10-20 deep at six registers at McDonalds.
Brings back memoroes of my first fast food job at Howdies (West Hartford). On the first night, I continually poured sodas non stop for two hours trying to keep up with the demand.
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Bigbird13
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RE: Berlin Turnpike Trivial Resturant Persuit.
Sun, 01/8/12 3:51 PM
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To resurrect an old thread, some other old eateries on the "pike" I remember, "home of the fingerling sandwich" wasn't it Dotson's? Also prior to Doogies hot dogs, it was Sal's Which moved a block south from it's original location, prior to Sal's it was Tom and Pat's....anyone remember Pete. How about The Surrey Restaurant, Walton Farms, Freda's Dairy, the Sesame car hop, Tom and Pats, Hardees, Carrols, and Mr. Steak ? Anyone remember the "bunny burger" from the Makris Diner?
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CalamusNomen
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RE: Berlin Turnpike Trivial Resturant Persuit.
Sun, 02/19/12 5:00 AM
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Starting from Meriden going north: Amber Lantern (before my time,but found a postcard of it), Silver Diner, Chateau Bianca, Toy Sun, Puritan Maid, Davy Jones Locker, Old Cromwell Inn, Berlin Pizza ("HOT SAUSAGE" in huge red neon letters on the side), Mister Steak, Two Guys (not really a restaurant but it had a coffee shop with "Automat" style self serve compartments).
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Bigbird13
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RE: Berlin Turnpike Trivial Resturant Persuit.
Sat, 02/25/12 9:14 AM
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Where was Davey Jones Locker?
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CalamusNomen
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RE: Berlin Turnpike Trivial Resturant Persuit.
Sat, 02/25/12 9:35 PM
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I believe it was where the two newer Mickey Finn's stores are now, near the Rt 72, Rt 9 connectors. I found a vague reference to it in an issue of the Berlin Citizen, so at least I can be sure I didn't hallucinate it. Unless this link doesn't take you anywhere ...
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CalamusNomen
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RE: Berlin Turnpike Trivial Resturant Persuit.
Sat, 02/25/12 9:50 PM
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Wow! Try to imagine my panic when I joked about maybe hallucinating Davy Jone's Locker if the link I provided didn't take you anywhere. Okay, I realize now that I can't include links here, but for a second or two ...
The reference was in the 06-11-2009 edition, titled Memories of the Pike - should be pretty easy to find.
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