I remember Qwikee Donuts, too. Just the donuts part, though you could order food too.
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I remember Qwikee Donuts, too. Just the donuts part, though you could order food too.
Automats were very popular on the east coast, and particularly in New York, for several decades. Going to the automat was one of the "exotic" things we almost always did when visiting my cousins in NYC. I honestly never knew that Detroit had one.
On the history of automats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_&_Hardart
http://www.theautomat.net/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...ect_aug01.html
After school time during my Cass years, or years spent hanging around people who went to Cass, was passed at the Quickie Donuts on the south side of Capitol Park [[until we were banned, that is). Always had an order of french fries with extra salt poured on, a coke, and a chocolate frosted donut. Ahhhh youth...
My memory of the area really only goes back to the mid to late '60s, but if you're thinking of a nice restaurant north of the Smiley Bros. piano store [[in the old Hecker mansion) then you're probably thinking of Mr. Mike's. If it was actually north of the Boulevard [[which is quite a ways past the Hecker house) then you may be thinking of Lelli's.
Cappy's was in the Park Shelton hotel & apartments. Folks I knew who worked at the DIA used to eat there every day. Nice friendly little lunch counter kind of place. I remember some really good soup.
Speaking of lunch counters, there was once a Toddle House just north of the Hecker house too. Pecan waffles!!
I used to work at the Money Tree. Waited on Carmen Harlan and few other notables. Used to have this lawyer [[can't remember his name now) that would always take his dress shirt and wanted his water with a small plate of cut lemons. Very eccentric.