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[[Image:Ed Salem's Drive-In.jpg|right|thumb| | [[Image:Ed Salem's Drive-In.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ed Salem's Drive-In in 1951. Courtesy Birmingham Public Library]] | ||
[[Image:Ed Salem's No 3.jpg|right|thumb| | [[Image:Ed Salem's No 3.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ed Salem's Drive-In No. 3. Photograph by Charles Preston. Courtesy Birmingham Public Library]] | ||
[[File:1984 Ed Salem.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ed Salem sitting at his 26th Street restaurant in 1984. Photograph by Ed Jones]] | |||
'''Ed Salem's Drive-In''' was a drive-in fast-food restaurant located on [[26th Street North]] during the 1950s and | '''Ed Salem's Drive-In''' was a drive-in fast-food restaurant located on [[26th Street North]] during the 1950s and 1960s. It was owned by former [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]] quarterback [[Ed Salem]]. He operated it along with his mother, [[Zakie Salem|Zakie]]. [[Solomon Zarzour]], owner of [[Sol's Hot Dogs]], started his restaurant career there. That location closed on [[April 6]], [[1984]]. | ||
'''Ed Salem's #2''' at 3201 [[3rd Avenue South]] was operated by [[Richard Mickwee]] and had a banquet room for up to 100 people. The restaurant offered a special Lebanese menu on Thursday evenings. | '''Ed Salem's #2''' at 3201 [[3rd Avenue South]] was operated by [[Richard Mickwee]] and had a banquet room for up to 100 people. The restaurant offered a special Lebanese menu on Thursday evenings. | ||
In February [[1958]] '''Ed Salem's Drive-In No. 3''' opened in the building formerly housing [[Eli's Drive-In]] at 2830 [[7th Avenue South]] in [[Lakeview]]. This was the location of the famous [[WSGN-AM]] "[[Sky Castle]]" broadcast booth. | In February [[1958]] '''Ed Salem's Drive-In No. 3''' opened in the building formerly housing [[Eli's Drive-In]] at 2830 [[7th Avenue South]] in [[Lakeview]]. Ed's son [[George Salem|George]] operated the restaurant with partner [[Louis Sharble]]. This was the location of the famous [[WSGN-AM]] "[[Sky Castle]]" broadcast booth. After Salem's closed, the building was converted into [[Rocky Raccoon's]]. | ||
[[Category:Drive-In restaurants]] | [[Category:Drive-In restaurants]] | ||
[[Category:1958 establishments]] | [[Category:1958 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:26th Street North]] | [[Category:26th Street North]] | ||
[[Category:1984 disestablishments]] | |||
[[Category:3rd Avenue South]] | [[Category:3rd Avenue South]] | ||
[[Category:7th Avenue South]] | [[Category:7th Avenue South]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:55, 19 April 2020
Ed Salem's Drive-In was a drive-in fast-food restaurant located on 26th Street North during the 1950s and 1960s. It was owned by former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ed Salem. He operated it along with his mother, Zakie. Solomon Zarzour, owner of Sol's Hot Dogs, started his restaurant career there. That location closed on April 6, 1984.
Ed Salem's #2 at 3201 3rd Avenue South was operated by Richard Mickwee and had a banquet room for up to 100 people. The restaurant offered a special Lebanese menu on Thursday evenings.
In February 1958 Ed Salem's Drive-In No. 3 opened in the building formerly housing Eli's Drive-In at 2830 7th Avenue South in Lakeview. Ed's son George operated the restaurant with partner Louis Sharble. This was the location of the famous WSGN-AM "Sky Castle" broadcast booth. After Salem's closed, the building was converted into Rocky Raccoon's.