[PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?

[Herb Brannon]

Come to Northern Ohio..............Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips is still
going strong at many locations. Or go to The Harp on Detroit Avenue or
Nighttown on Cedar Road, both in Cleveland, for the real thing in UK food.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 16:45, Barry, Matthew R <mrb190 at pitt.edu> wrote:

> Fish 'n Chips - that's sounds good!  Anyone remember the Arthur Threacher's
> Fish 'n Chips chain?    I remember going to one on Liberty Avenue in town
> just a block down from where most of the South Hills cars turned off of
> Liberty onto Wood Street.
> matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org [mailto:
> pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of Derrick
> Brashear
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 4:43 PM
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Streetcars in the Strip District?
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM, John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Might have to stop at Quips tomorrow for another dose of 'fish and
> chips'.
>
> the special today at Pipers' Pub was fish & chips, but i had curry
> chips. as hot as they'd make the curry. as usual, i made the cook sad
> when i
> said "not hot enough". he said "next time, ghost peppers." i said "bring
> it".
>
> 19th and carson, so basically a block from where the 50 diverged from
> the 51, and on the route of the 77/54.
>
> today, we have the 48 sort of in place of the 50, which existed and
> then got axed because transit funding is not acceptable in the current
> economic and political climate, and the 54 because flying fractions are
> scary.
>
> pipers' is newer than the carlines, as is the owner's former
> restaurant, which was a steakhouse and is now a pub, across the
> street.
> perhaps not surprisingly, i know the gentleman that now owns that
> place as well, as the people who are interested in the neighborhood
> as opposed to just filling people  with alcohol until they puke are
> all interesting people are interested in their business and their
> clientele,
> and are friends to the neighborhood.
>
>
> the 50 ended shy of becks run, which was also past the end of the
> shuttle to 36th and carson. currently, becks runs is one way up/west,
> as South Pittsburg Water (now PA-American Water)
> rebuilds their infrastructure.
>
>
>
> --
> Derrick
>
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park