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Thursday, September 26, 2013
The last lunch
Bazz's Eat-N-Sip on North McKinley closed today. I found out about the closing from a note left on the Facebook page of Rensselaer Adventures so I decided I would take part in the last lunch. I was not the only one--there were a lot of people there. The owner has decided to retire and apparently no one wants to take over the business.
I would like to have taken some pictures of the place, but as I said, there were a lot of people and I try not to get recognizable people in my pictures. So I settled for a couple of pictures of the the wooden vehicles that line the walls above the windows in the small area in which people can sit.
I forgot to ask how long they had been in business. Does anyone know? Also, a couple years ago I mistakenly reported that Bazz's was closing and was corrected. But this time the closing is for real.
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I'm not sure exactly how long they have been in business but I had my first job there at age 14 as a carhop which was 42 years ago and Wanda was running it then. her father Orville "Bazz" Pugh was the proprietor before then so I imagine it's been there quite awhile. I remember my aunt & uncle taking me there as a small child & this was before they had the inside seating.
ReplyDeleteI would say about 48 years is how long the family has owned the business.
ReplyDeleteSorry that I can't remember the date the drive-in opened but I and my whole family ate there often. I knew Bazz well since I worked for him as a Skate Boy at his Roller Rink in the old Armory when I was 15 and a High School Freshman in 1954. And in later years I hung out in his new Roller Rink. Too bad the drive-in is closing.
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