| Kelly's
Hamburgers - Eastwood Mall
It began around 1966-67 as a location for the short-lived WAGON HO hamburger chain. Their claim to fame was being the first drive-up fast-food outfit ... a concept executed more successfully decades later by the likes of Checker's, Rally's, and others. Wagon Ho's buildings were something to behold -- the roof was in the shape of a conestoga wagon, complete with a life-size 'wagoneer.' Kelly's Hamburgers, one of several Birmingham fast-food restaurants back in the day, took over operation of the little conestoga building after Wagon Ho folded. Eventually it would become a Dilly's Deli before going out of business entirely some time in the late '80s. Today, the building is gone, but a deteriorating, rusting sign remains. (If anyone has pictures of this building as a Wagon Ho
... or, for that matter, any info or pictures of other Wagon Ho locations,
please let me know!)
2005 photo by Russell Wells
RETURN TO "BIRMINGHAM THEN AND NOW" 10/01/2005 -- 717 PM EDT |
