Red Roof Cafe - 1948 to 2018

46°36'21.8"N 112°03'53.5"W


PHOTO BY AND COURTESY OF JERRY COOPER • CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW

Once located at 1998 Euclid Avenue at Joslyn Street, the modest Red Roof Drive-Inn (aka Red Roof Cafe) was a west side fixture for seventy years. It was gutted by fire on October 19, 2018, and finally demolished on April 5, 2019. It was opened in 1948 by Leo J. Eisen and John E. Nilan.





The Red Roof had numerous owners over the decades, and suffered a kitchen fire in 1973.

 

Was Loretta on the Bus?


Views of the 2018 Fire and 2019 Demolition


PHOTO BY WALTER JESTER IN THE INDEPENDENT RECORD


Demolition, April 2019


PHOTO COURTESY OF LORETTA LYNDE

 


PHOTO COURTESY OF LORETTA LYNDE

 


PHOTO BY AND COURTESY OF HEATH BROWN • CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN A BIG VERSION IN A NEW WINDOW

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