Dear Listers, And here is another question: Does anyone remember Hoffmann Restaurant near First St. and Jefferson or Main St.? John Hoffmann ran it for years and then I think his son did. There was the Hoffmann name on the building for at least the next 50 years and it may still be there. There were factories and warehouses in the area. People who were in the "eating out" class would go there for lunch. Lunch pail types would go there only on special occasions. My grandfather, when he was young and single, would visit the place. Hoffmann's stepdaughter worked there and caught his eye. And here I am. Yes, they married first. Tom the bewildered PamCat1954@aol.com wrote: > How about I throw my 2 cents in? I was born and raised in the old Highland > Park area, Park Blvd, Crittenden Drive, James Russell Lowell School. There > was St Joe's Catholic School, Patterson Bakery and Ducky's Ice Cream store. > Then there was the old Highland Park Theater which turned into a roller > skating rink. Ruby's Drug Store, Thrift Dept Store, Silverman's, Goldstein's, > Mohawk Drugs. We had the rag man and strawberry man walking the neighborhood. > We were a tight knit neighborhood and when I misbehaved, the info got back > to my mother before I even walked in the door. > > All that is gone now......... > > Pam >