Richard Kummerlowe, author of America's Landmark: Under the Orange Roof, one of the best sites on the internet documenting Howard Johnson's Hotels and Restaurants, has provided advertisements from Elyria, Ohio Sandy's!
Elyria is a western suburb of Cleveland and had three Sandy's locations. These locations were part of a wider group of prosperous Sandy's locations located in Ohio.
The locations were;
ELYRIA #1 * 443 Cleveland, Elyria, Ohio (Sandy's location #48),
ELYRIA #3 * 393 Midway Blvd., Elyria, Ohio (Sandy's location # 263)
and ELYRIA #2 * 641 Hilliard Rd., Elyria, Ohio which is listed on the 1973 final Sandy's locations list as location #32. It is unclear as to if #32 was a typo since Sandy's location #1 in Elyria was Sandy's #48.
The first advertisement is announcing the one year anniversary of Sandy's on Cleveland Road. This advertisement ran on May 10th, 1963 which gives a peek into the timeline of that store's opening date which would obviously be in May of 1962. Elyria #3 on Midway Blvd. was Sandy's location #263 which means its opening date was most likely in mid 1972, a year before the chain sold out to Hardees.
This next advertisement from 09/15/68 provides a twist to the Elyria Sandy's story by revealing that there were also two locations in sister city Lorain, Ohio as well!
These locations were Sandy's location #93 LORAIN 1111 Meister, Lorain, Ohio and Sandy's location #149 LORAIN SOUTH 2233 E. 42nd St. Lorain, Ohio!
Sandy's Elyria #2 on Hilliard Road is not listed on this advertisement but is on the second one which reveals a grand opening date of 11/29/68!
Here is a zoom shot of the anniversary advertisement focusing in on the current manager of Cleveland Road Sandy's, Mr. Don Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter had apparently been preceeded by Mr. Phil Lunt who was promoted within the corporation!
The following is a clipping from 09/26/71 which shows the promotion of Harry Bratton. Mr. Bratton is listed as the manager of Elyria #3 on the 1973 Sandy's final locations listing page! It appears that he maintained his position as manager in addition to his new duties.
Special thanks again to Rich Kummerlowe who found these advertisements in the Elyria Chronicle Telegram. Visit his website soon, you will not be disappointed.
Special thanks as well to Robby Delius, frequent contributor to this website, who has found the Elyria Sandy's listing in the 1969 City Directory!
If you have any memorabilia, pictures or stories of Sandy's in Elyria, Ohio or elsewhere, please email me!