August Huerkamp's Saloon, 1908
1008 Lee St in Covington
Town and County Restaurant
US 25 and US 42 4 miles south of
Cincinnati
The Finest Food,
Served in Most Beautiful Surroundings
White Horse Tavern
1501 Dixie Highway Covington,
KY.
Famous for Kentucky Mint Juleps and Old Kentucky Dinners
Recommended by Duncan Hines
| Here's a shot of the staff of the White Horse during the late 50's or early 60's. It was thoughtfully contributed by Carol Osborne. That's her mother-in-law, Mildred Osborne, second from the left in the front. She also tells me her mother-in-law could remember when Steve McQueen worked at the White Horse as a bus boy. Thanks, Carol! |
The Steam Towboat John W. Hubbard
You likely know it better as the Mike Fink Restaurant
Noah's Ark
A Home for Tourists
Rooms and Meals
Phone, Ind. 1831
Route U.S. 25. Six Miles South of
Suspension Bridge,
Covington, Kentucky
April 18, 1927
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The above text is what's on the card. However, if you're at all familiar with US 25 six miles south of Covington, you know there's no hill like the one in this picture. There's no Noah's Ark in the Kenton city directories. On the other hand, Tom Murphy tells me he thinks it's near the old Sewanee Villa on the 3L, and C Johnson tells me he, too thinks the US 25 is wrong, and that it's off the old 3L highway. The later also notes that it's an Independence phone exchange. I can tell you this: Very near the south end of the old section of the 3L highway, near where the road goes up to Doe Run, there's an old pine tree that looks very much like this one, two sets of those rock entry way things that would be appropriate for such a place like this, and the hill behind it looks exactly like this. I think the card lies. This was on the LLL. |
left,
Thomas R. Cody's Billiard Room, Covington
right,
Thomas R. Cody's Dining Room, Covington
left,
Thomas R. Cody's Grill Room, Covington
right,
Thomas R. Cody's Cafe, Covington
More about Cody's, from 1914, is here.
Pat O'Donnell's Sample Room
34 Pike Street
Hill's Cafe, 1914
Schillings Restaurant and Motel
Five Minutes from Cincinnati on US Route 25
& 42
1939 Dixie Highway, Covington, Ky
Each room Air Conditioned, Hot water heat, Television, Tile Baths,
Telephones, Wall to wall carpets and Swimming Pool
Motel Phone - Edison 1-1400
Restaurant Phone - Edison 1-3130
The menu from Schillings? Right
here
from the Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous
Eating
Places, we have a painting of Oelsner's by Charles Harper.
Oelsner's recipe for Pineapple Cream Pie is here
Oelsner's Colonial Tavern
Greater Cincinnati's Finest
Routes 25 & 42 in the Blue Grass State
2 Miles South of Covington, Kentucky
Phone - HE 7546
The Tavern was owned by Russell
Oelsner, mayor of Lookout
Heights for 14 years. It sat opposite the Lookout House,
where there is a Skyline Chili these days. It was noted in
those days as a meeting place for the St. Agnes Chapter
of the Catholic War Veterans, and a hangout for
a number of former Cincinnati Reds Baseball players.
Kenton County Tavern Rates
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From the Covington Daily Commonwealth, April 24, 1883
