Thursday, April 7, 2011

If you seek a chicken dinner...

    CHICKEN CHARLIE'S, INC.
                                                                Kalamazoo, Michigan  
                                                            Your Host-- Charles Schwarz
                                             One of Michigan's most outstanding restaurants 
                                                       CHICKEN - STEAKS - SEA FOOD
                                                                       Air-Conditioned
                                                   More than an acre of paved parking space 


Sorry!  Restaurant closed.  Chicken Charlie's was a restaurant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that
was popular with families in the 1950s.  It was located on the corner of Whites Road and South 
Westnedge Avenue.

Chicken Charlie's had memorable cole slaw-- sweet, tangy, and very finely shredded.  

The restaurant decor featured "picture windows" that were actually huge blow-up photos of exotic locales such as Cypress Gardens.  They were set into the wood-paneled wall complete with recessed lighting.  Click on the card to enlarge it and you will see one of these windows.

This postcard is a Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card,  c. 1952.  

In case you are waxing nostalgic about some favorite spots in Kalamazoo that are no longer around...

                                               www.vanishedkalamazoo.com 
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1 comment:

  1. I have a copy of that cole slaw recipe. It is very good...

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