Indie Local History
This bar is located in the shopping plaza next door the House of Meats, on the southeast corner of Bancroft and Holland-Sylvania. A grey 1964 Oldsmobile Cutlass with chrome sidepipes and Cragar rims used to be spotted here often in the 1980s and ’90s. Please email Retro Toledo Metro at retrotoledometro@gmail.com if you have any info on that car or it’s owner during those years.
Cyprus Lounge (Cyprus Rock Cafe) 2430 W. Laskey Rd. Toledo thrash metal venue in the 1980s and ’90s. Demolished.
Formerly Scotty’s Hamburgers. Arnie’s Saloon opened in 1980 and was owned by Arnie Elzey. The saloon was sold by Elzey in 2008. The new owner renamed the establishment “Arnie’s Again.” Arnie’s Again was demolished in 2014 to make way for new development.
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There have been various Home Cafe’s in Lucas County over the years. One at 518 Adams (1903) and one at 811 Jefferson (1925) in downtown Toledo, and another very near this one at 4421 Alexis (1954).
Our Home Cafe appeared on the first floor of the two-story building on the right in 1961. As a kid I passed by this building on occasion and I appreciated it’s rough and always old-timey appearance. Some “enhancements” were attempted in later years.
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3412, 3416 and 3418 have also been associated with this building since 1957.
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Opened 1951. Formerly Ray’s Tavern (c1946). Was located on the north side of Central Avenue between Warner Avenue and Holland-Sylvania (Kmart parking lot). Was owned and operated by James Puhl.
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Opened as Commerce Guardian Bank in 1929. Destroyed by fire in 1999.
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