LINDA09
34 posts
Nov 29, 2012
11:41 AM
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Does anyone remember the Virginia cafeteria?.....and the address? I went there as a kid and then would go to Sears to shop.
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PaulH
125 posts
Nov 29, 2012
4:22 PM
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I have several posts that have mentioned the Virginia and you are the first one to say or ask anything about it.
I would endure the shopping trips with my Mom to Rike's and Beerman's just to get a chance to eat there. I always got the same thing. Roast Beef, mashed potatoes, green beans; a brand muffin and a custard cup. I got milk for my drink. I miss that place. I was fascinated by the guy slicing the roast beef. Good stuff.
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supersix
89 posts
Nov 29, 2012
6:14 PM
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It was located on E. Third St., between Main and Jefferson, south side.
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tlturbo
428 posts
Nov 30, 2012
5:03 AM
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What was the one on the N side of 4th? or 5th? between Main and Ludlow?
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87 Buick GN
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supersix
90 posts
Nov 30, 2012
7:42 AM
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One of the Culp's cafeterias was in that vicinity on 4th St.
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Syxpack
17 posts
Nov 30, 2012
11:28 AM
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If I'm not mistaken, I think Culps was in the Arcade right inside the Fourth Street entrance. It is now located at Carrillon Park as a Dayton History restaurant. Our Red Hat group ate there. Very good food and service.
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LINDA09
35 posts
Dec 02, 2012
7:41 AM
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Yes, Culps was in the arcade. My mother worked there in the early 40's as a teenager.
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PaulH
126 posts
Dec 02, 2012
8:10 PM
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At the Virginia, the food was all laid out except for the prime rib. There was always someone there that would slice your order and pace it on a fresh platevfor you. I wlways loved eating there.
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luv my dayton
185 posts
Dec 03, 2012
2:11 AM
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Only cafeteria still around is the MCL. For us oldtimers it stands for the medicare lounge. Food doesn't compare to the old places, Westward Ho, Carillon, Saksteders and a half doz others. Great food and very reasonable prices.
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driver62
430 posts
Dec 04, 2012
5:26 AM
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My favorite was Kuntz's cafeteria on Troy St just south of Stanley Ave. I worked on Troy for many years and ate there often.
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maxed out
382 posts
Dec 04, 2012
5:36 AM
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I used to get into so much trouble with those revolving chairs....I couldn't sit still
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KenC3
35 posts
Dec 04, 2012
11:06 PM
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The only one I remember was in the Woolworth's on S. Main St. I used to go there on my way to Deerwester's Piano Studio for my lesson on Saturday. This was 1948-1954.
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tlturbo
429 posts
Dec 05, 2012
5:27 AM
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That is NOT what I am remembering about the one on 4th? between Main & Ludlow. I seem to remember a long cafeteria line (like in High School) where you went down and picked out your food then paid and someone would carry your trays to a table. Seems like it was carpeted and rather nice and quiet? NOT a loud lunch counter type place. Am I having a Senior Moment? I had my last date with my first true love there for lunch when we broke up. I worked around the corner at E F McDonald. Vivid if not fond memories HA
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87 Buick GN
Last Edited by on Dec 05, 2012 5:28 AM
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PaulH
127 posts
Dec 05, 2012
9:57 PM
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@tlturbo. I believe you are correct. You pickedout your food and the tray was carried to a table for you. I remember the Virginia being just east of Beerman's., but I am probably wrong. It was a quiet place to eat and i always thought the food was pretty good and the prices were reasonable.
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moxie31
1 post
Dec 09, 2012
5:04 PM
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I use to eat at the Virginia Cafeteria with my sister Lou about every two weeks for over a year in 1966. I loved their roast beef hot shots, mash potatoes and peas.
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supersix
94 posts
Dec 10, 2012
4:14 PM
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tlturbo- I mentioned this to my brother, who is more familiar with downtown than I, and he suggested it might be Kuntz's Cafeteria.
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Last Edited by on Dec 10, 2012 5:40 PM
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supersix
95 posts
Dec 12, 2012
5:23 AM
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From this matchbook cover (from Dayton History Books), it appears that the Culp's in the arcade differed from the Culp's on W. Fourth St. 
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tlturbo
434 posts
Dec 12, 2012
6:26 AM
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Thanks - didn't realize they had that many locations within a few block of each other in downtown.
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87 Buick GN
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