Happy Christmas 2021 - 60 Years ago in Euclid, Ohio

 

Happy Christmas. Here's a jump back to Christmas, 1961.

830 Babbitt: Topolovac, Mihelichs IGA, Hometown Restaurant, Paradise Island

I was contacted by a reader who asked me about a Euclid restaurant she had a family connection to - 830 Babbitt Road.

Here's some of the history of what is today Paradise Island Saloon.

The first part of the current structure was built in 1918. I don't know when the house was zoned commercial exactly and am also having trouble resolving who owned the property prior to the 1940's. It was a functioning grocery store, as can be seen in the photo below, in 1928.

The residence and store was probably rented by Valentine Topolovac and his family.