Subj : Re: Fried Fish
To : DAVE DRUM
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Mar 20 2023 17:23:00
> The original LJ's was originally a Lexington, KY seafood carry-out place
> called the "Cape Codder". Jerry Lederer kept the building design but
> ditched the name in favour of Long John Silver's when he launched the
> "quick serve" chain in 1969. According to the WIKI the original location
> is now a hair styling saloon.
The one I am remembering was in the Louisville area in the 1970's. It has
been a bank now for almost as long as I can remember. The original building
had a wooden plank "porch" that looked like a weather dock. IIRC, they all
had those back then.
I may be mixing up the memory of the service (and food) with another local
chain, Kingfish, or with a place called the Hungry Pelican. But I do
remember the porch at the LJS... and some sort of pirate mascot that they
used more back then.
Oddly, that name, "Cape Codder," sounds familiar but, if pre-1969 is the
era, that'd predate any trip I made to Lexington by at least 15 years.
