Remember when you could order a milkshake with a hamburger and fries for less than a dollar?  

The Sault Ste. Marie Museum is undertaking a project to collect stories, memories, digital photos, and menus for a future publication about local restaurants in the Sault from the 1940s to the 1980s.  
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Food is always at the centre of our celebrations. Whether it was broasted chicken at Muios, pulla at Paul's Bakery, or pizza at Peachy's, each of these legendary landmarks held the door open for homemade food to be served alongside our milestone moments. Restaurants of all kinds are where strangers blossom into friends, a lively conversation turns into a lifetime of love, and our daily sips become the ones that shape our lives.  
We invite you to look back at your most memorable times at these restaurants and consider some of the themes and types of restaurants listed below:  
 
This book will highlight themes and subjects tied to:  
  • Immigration and family-owned restaurants  
  • Restaurants as community hubs and places of belonging  
  • Classic diners, drive-ins, and dairy bars 
  • Discotheques, taverns, and fine dining  
  • Celebrity sightings, fun facts, and historical connections  
  • Love stories, meet-cutes and meal-cutes  
  • Favourite dishes and food memories  
 
Preliminary List of Restaurants:  
A Thymely Manner   
Adanac Dairy Bar   
Airways Motor Hotel    
Al’s Diner   
Barsanti’s    
Big Boy Drive In   
Ernie’s Coffee Shop   
Guffin’s    
Mary’s Lunch   
McClenaghan’s    
Moviola Cafe   
Muio’s   
Paul’s Bakery 
Peachy’s Pizza Parlor    
Peacock Garden    
Purple Lantern   
Sorrento’s   
Suriano’s    
The Girl in Red   
The Vic (Victoria House)    
Tiffany’s    
Windsor Park Hotel    
Taste of Scandia  
 
Disclaimer: We hope that this book will be the first "appetizer" to many more books about the treasured local landmarks in the Sault from the past. 
 
Link to survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/mADD1ki45c?origin=lprLink  


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