Lineup:
Blue Öyster Cult
Eddie Money
Molly Hatchet
Outlaws
Roadmaster
Month: July 2022
Touch of Joy, 6048 W. Central Ave.
Touch of Joy, 6048 W. Central Ave., at Marsrow Ave. Opened in 1980. Became Tiffany’s Gentle Touch in 1982 and owned by Joseph Garry. Garry co-owned the well known Jolly Trolly Restaurant in Toledo in the late 1970s. Tiffany’s Gentle Touch later became Tiffany’s Escort & Massage. Closed in February 2009. Demolished.
Seaport Automotive, 2607 W. Central Ave.
Seaport Automotive (Racing Engines) 2607 W. Central Avenue. Located on the southwest corner at Douglas Road. Owned by Dick Titsworth of Sylvania, Ohio.
Bob’s Market, 6625 W. Sylvania Ave.
Bob’s Market was owned and operated by Robert and Eleanor Hoover (of 4036 McCord Rd). Opened late 50’s/early ’60s. Operated 40+years. Now the Daniel Overmeyer Veterinary Center. I’m told Bob’s Market was a great old-timey kind of place for the local kids to trade their allowance for candy.
Hing Mee, 6256 W. Central Ave.
Formerly the Swinger Night Club. Hing Mee opened in 1979 and was owned and operated by Yuk (Hank) Hing Lee. The building was demolished to make way for Taylor Kia.
Hank, 26, emigrated to the U.S. from China via Trinidad where he was the proprietor of a dry goods shop. He made is home in Toledo, while working at various Chinese restaurants before opening the Hing Mee Restaurant with his sister Mee. The restaurant ran for 11 years before Hank closed the business to work with his Uncle Kim and Aunt Garling Wong at Kim’s Gardens of Novi, Michigan. Hank retired at the age of 65 and spent his remaining years dividing his time between Toledo and Akron with his family. He was an active member of the Asian Senior center of Toledo and spent his free time gardening, observing nature and daytripping. – from obituary.
Rusty’s Jazz Cafe, 2202 Tedrow Dr.
Rusty’s Jazz Cafe, 2202 Tedrow Drive (designated Jazz Avenue in 1997). Margaret “Rusty” Monroe opened Rusty’s in 1963 at 3310 Secord Road, then relocated the club to 2202 Tedrow Drive in 1979. Rusty’s Jazz Cafe was sold in 2001. Rusty passed away in 2008.
“Jazz places flourished in Toledo and at hotels including the Park Lane Hotel, the Secor Hotel, the Hillcrest Hotel, and the Commodore Perry Hotel. But it is Rusty’s Jazz Cafe, Murphy’s Place, Ragtime Rick’s, the Waiters and Bellman’s Club, and the Aku-Aku Club that are the notable places — now all gone.” – Barbara Hendel, The Blade, February 28, 2021
Cyprus Lounge, 2430 W. Laskey Rd.
Cyprus Lounge (Cyprus Rock Cafe) 2430 W. Laskey Rd. Toledo thrash metal venue in the 1980s and ’90s. Demolished.
Black Panther Carry-Out, 1215 Dorr St.
Operated by James Mitchell (former pro wrestler). Demolished. Mitchell’s most well known rivalry was with Gorgeous George. After retiring from the ring, Mitchell opened a store in the Toledo area called Black Panther Carryout. The walls of the store featured photos and memorabilia from Mitchell’s career, and locals would come in to talk wrestling in addition to shopping. He passed away in 1996 at the age of 87.
Local Musician: Tom Scholz (Boston)
Born in Toledo, Scholz grew up on Edgehill Road in Ottawa Hills and graduated from Ottawa Hills High School. Before his musical career, Scholz received both a bachelor’s degree (1969) and a master’s degree (1970) in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked for Polaroid Corporation as a senior product design engineer. Scholz had a keen interest in music and began recording demos in his home studio while working at Polaroid. He spent six years unsuccessfully submitting demos to record companies. Eventually the demos attracted the interest of Epic Records, who signed Scholz and singer Brad Delp to a recording contract. Most of the guitar, bass, and keyboards on Boston’s debut album were performed by Scholz in his home studio. Boston’s first album is filled with hits, including, More Than A Feeling. The track took almost five years to complete. Scholz noted the song was about a “fantasy event. But it’s one that almost everybody can identify with, of somebody losing somebody that was important to them, and music taking them back there.” Crafted in Scholz’s basement, the song was the bands first single and immediately went gold after it’s release. Scholz also started his own line of guitar effects under the name “Rockman.” Among the many Rockman effects available, one could reproduce the unique “Boston” guitar sound.
Boogie Records, 2629 W. Central Ave.
Located in the Westgate Village Shopping Center. Created, owned and/or operated by Pat O’Connor, Jim Rodbard, Don Rose, Debbie Marinik, Steve Essick over the years. After closing Boogie Records Pat O’Connor opened Culture Clash, a record store located at 4020 Secor Road, in 2004. Demolished with Westgate Mall. Site Status: The Fresh Market.