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**Jimaz** · January-13-15, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Like Greektown Stella....

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Ollie Fretter was my first thought until I thought of the big one, Henry Ford!

**G-DDT** · January-13-15, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

DetroitYES Home » Discuss Detroit » Stella of Greektown found! RIP, Stella.

Ollie Fretter was my first thought until I thought of the big one, Henry Ford!

Popped my skull when I saw an old weathered Fretter sign in a strip mall in east Somerville, MA [["home of the American Flag"-so they say); there was one that had just opened there right before his chain went under, the locals told me. Some of them even remembered his on-air coffee promise.
Supposedly Ford used to always have an axe handy in his house-absolutely afraid of being locked in, I guess.