
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.
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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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