It's time for Matchbook Monday. Some real gems of Jackson's past are
posted below. Feel free to add your stories or any information about
them in the comments section as you enjoy these blasts from the past. Readers
can email copies of any old matchbooks to
kingfish1935@gmail.com.
The Schooner was a well-known seafood restaurant for many years on Highway 18 in South Jackson. A slab is all that remains now.
Before On the Rocks, The Press Box, Marina Cantina, and Millenium, there was a place called the Harbor Inn at Main Harbor.
Last but not least is a forgotten restaurant from Mid-town.
The owner, Tom Easley, died in 2010.
14 comments:
Tom was a great man!
Schooner? Remember it vaguely. Seems like that was the height of Metro Center days. Not sure I ever ate there. Think Jackson's first (?) Japanese steakhouse was nearby, too, Sakura? Harbor Inn, again just vague memories. Not a place I patronized regularly. Yum Yum Steak House rang a bell, but I'm not sure why. When I looked up the address, the building is still there and now houses Big John's Restaurant. The intersection and building look very familiar. I used to drive past it several times a week in the mid/late 1990s, but I doubt it was still Yum Yum's even then. Maybe the sign was still up or maybe it was still in business.
The Harbor Inn is confused. None of the reservoir is in Jackson.
Probably why they closed - no one could find the place!
Wow. Memories. Uncle George, when he was home from Borneo, would take me to the Yum Yum Steak House. He was always saying, Yum Yum Eat 'em Up! He was a little wild, but a good man. Thanks for posting, KF.
I remember the YumYum very well. Back then you could go up on Delta drive without gettting carjacked or shot.
I love the name "Yum-Yum Steak House"! I don't remember the place, but the name is great!
Yum yum eat 'em up!
The yum yum steak house...owned by a coroner. Nope. Not going there.
I would like to see Greco’s, the Dutch bar, recovery room, x Ray room. Admiral benbow, CS’s, WC Dons. - great work- lots of fun
Then send me the matchbooks. I'd like to see them too.
My high school baseball coach was a regular at the recovery room. I figured that out at age 17 when I started going.
You got me laughing, 5:45.
Anyone remember the Jolly Roger? In the first block of North State. They had some gun play in there one night back in the '70s. Happy I missed it.
Jack and Jills?
2:57 I can't imagine Jack's ever advertised anywhere.
My grandmother was a carhop on Delta Drive around 1949 or 50. She died before I was born, so I have to piece together whatever information I can find. My Mom said she thinks it was Yum-Yum’s. She met my grandfather while he was on leave from the Navy at a car hop joint on Delta Drive. I would love to read comments if anyone knows if this is the right place.
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