Hi Julia, Sorry to say a cup of joe is not on the menu but a glass of iced tea was 10 cents. The most expensive item on the menu is Tender Boneless Strip Steak with French Fried Potatoes,Sliced Tomato & Cheese Salad,Hub Rolls & Butter with choice of Hot or Iced Tea or Coffee for a mere $1.60 . You could get a Breaded Veal Steak, Parsley - Buttered Noodles with Molded Fruit Salad for $1.10. This shows just how times have changed. I hope this gives folks how good things were back then when life was a little easier. John "Julia A. (Heaton)Krutilla" wrote: > > Hello John, > > Oh, . . . . . the Hub! Everyone still talks about missing it. I'm > looking at a box from the 1960's with the fancy gold script, "The Hub", > which contains some gold gloves and matching purse worn with gowns. > Thinking of donating it to the Jefferson County Historical Museum. > > That restaurant you spoke of - was located on the mezzanine, a balcony > between the 1st and 2nd floor. It was wonderful as you could watch the > all the traffic and shopping below. > > The following is a rather dry description from pg. 146-147 of the > Steubenville Sesquicentennial 1797-1947: > > The Hub -- Today this city's largest department store, The Hub opened in > 1904 as a small men's clothing and furnishing business at the south west > corner of Fifth and Market street. Its founders were S. J. and M. > Anathan. The firm moved to the present location on the northwest corner > of Fifth and Market in 1909 and by 1922 had expanded to include a 60 > foot front on Market street. A new building and warehouse were added > in 1924 completing the external expansion of the present store. The > Hub has attained and maintained the largest retail business in the > United States in a city of 50,000 and under. Present members of the > firm are S. J. and M. ANATHAN, M. BAYERSDORFER, M. ANATHAN, Jr., and R. > P. ANATHAN. > > <My mother made my brother and I a scrapbook on our vacation in the > summer of 1962. I have a news bulletin from WSTV dated July 12,1962 that > was a weather report that was on a table at a restaurant in Steubenville > the Hub I believe it was. I also have a lunch menu from the Hub Rest. > dated July 12, 1961 year is wrong but the prices back them were just > unbelievable.> > > By the way, how much was a cup of java back then??? > > Julia > > ==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== > The Bicentennial for the state of OHIO is coming soon. If interested > in helping or just interested, visit http://www.ohio200.com