Hamburger Palaces -16

1 - Bray'z Hamburgers - Hazel Park.

This is a Brayz Hamburger place,  Other Bray's are blah normal looking buildings, but this one is cool!  I believe this one is located near Royal Oak in Hazel Park.  Notice the cow on top!  Picture courtesy Richard Engle.

  You can find some history Bray's Hamburgers here.

 

2 - Bates Hamburgers -Livonia.

The famous Bates Hamburgers on 5 Mile in Livonia, at the corner of Farmington. Their address is 33406 5 Mile Rd.

3 - Bud's Hamburgers -

As you can tell by the sign, they're located on Wayne, I believe on the corner of Ford.

4 - Carter's Hamburgers -Lincoln Park

This is just a plain classic looking place.  It is possibly located at 2908 Fort Street, Lincoln Park.  I remember this place being very close to M-39, which a map does show this to be true.

5- Carter's Hamburgers - on Fort, also

I took this picture for the old sign.  building wise, there is a much better vantage point from the other side, but hte side is blank on that side. The picture was not taken too far from the Jobee picture, farther down on this page.

6 - Corner Coney -Royal Oak

Thanks go out to Kathy Stribley for this picture.  It is in downtown Royal Oak.

3 - The Giant System -Dearborn Heights

I located this place, between finding Bud's and Carter's above.  The internet says this place is located at: 21944 Van Born Rd, Dearborn Heights.

3 - Greene's Hamburgers -Farmington

This is another of the should not miss places.  Just a plain great place. They even have an example of the original white and green plates, in the place.  It is located at 24155 Orchard Lake Rd

3 - Hunter House Hamburgers -Birmingham

This place was slated for demolition, so as I write this, it might not exist anymore. The address given is 35075 Woodward Ave. The internet also gives a second address of 351 Gratiot Ave, Detroit. I have not checked this one out, although it is right in downtown, by the two sports fields.  See the bar below for a downtown classic.

3 - Jobee -

Can't tell you anything about this place, other than it is on Fort, on the south side of Detroit, probably in one of the suburbs Like Lincoln Park.

3 - Lake's Hamburgers -Novi

Unfortunately, this place was leveled for a plaza. Some pharmacy chain probably. I can't remember what corner this was on. I passed it one summer, heading north of Novi, towards some lakes, and next year, on the same road, it was gone. Never did see this place open, thou.

3 - Sonny's Hamburgers -Redford

This picture is compliments of Richard Engle. It is located at the corner of Greenfield and Schoolcraft Rd in Redford. Notice it has much bigger windows than the othe places. A slightly diffrent design.

3 - The Telway -Madison Heights

The Telway is 27000 John R Rd., at the corner of 11 Mile. This place also has quite a large section of windows in front, but note the corner where the entrance is, so it's not a complete box.

3 - Yummy Burger - Dayton, Ohio

Steve Koons of Dayton let me know about this place. I finally visited in the summer of 2006. It is now the White Lotus Cafe and Yummy Burger, which serves Thai food along with the burgers. Excellent burgers!

3 - White Tower - Dayton, Ohio

This former White Tower is barely a block away from the Yummy Burger. It's so unique to find three classic places so close together like in downtown Dayton.

3 - Wympee - Dayton, Ohio

This is across the street and two buildings down from the Yummy Burger.

3 - Bar - downtown Detroit

A special to the website is this Art-Deco styled bar, just outside of Detroit Tigers Stadium.  The picture was actually taken from inside the new stadium.