The Forum Cafeteria was a chain of economical cafeterias across America, founded around 1918. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common They were located in the downtown areas of several major cities. In the 1960's the company expanded its business concept to the booming suburbs, opening shopping center locations at Antioch, Kansas and the Dadeland Shopping Center, southwest of Miami, Florida. Antioch on the Orontes (Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη Antiochia ad Orontem also Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
The company was founded by Clarence Hayman (1881-1971) who owned several restaurant venues before establishing the concept of a ground floor cafeteria, in 1921, at 1220 Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri[1]. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee He later opened similar branches in other Midwestern cities. Clem Templin (1884-1966) was a vice president of the firm[2]. The building architect for the cafeterias was George B. Franklin (1883-1953)[3]
Locations
Kansas City, Missouri - There were two cafeteria locations in Kansas City. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages The original was downtown at 1003 Grand Avenue, which was closed and the operation moved to the 1212 Main location, around 1930. It was known in the company as "1212. "
The second Kansas City location was at 810 Grand and called the "New System Cafeteria. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages " It may have been established as a venue to test new concepts, processes, recipes, service innovations, etc. This location closed sometime between February 1941 and June 1946. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Forum General Office was at 2300 Fidelity Building.
In St. Louis Missouri the Forum was at 307 North Seventh Street. Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
The Minneapolis site was at 36 South 7th Street. The owners of the Art Deco Strand Theater sold that property to Forum Cafeterias of America, Inc. Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial in 1929. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The building was extensively remodeled by removing the stage and making changes necessary to bring it in line with the needs of a cafeteria. When the Forum closed in the 1970's, the space was used as a nightclub, Scotties on Seventh. After that enterprise closed, many of the furnishings were placed into storage when the building was demolished. The interior furnishings were rebuilt within the City Center complex and the space was used by Goodfellows restaurant. Additional information at James Lileks' site [4]
The Houston, Texas store was located at 816 Main Street. James Lileks (born August 9, 1958 in Fargo North Dakota) and educated at the University of Minnesota, is an American Journalist Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.
Cleveland, Ohio, its address was 2050 East Ninth Street, at the corner of Ninth and Euclid
The Chicago, Illinois Forum was located in the Loop, at 64 W. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Madison Street. Madison Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in Chicago, Illinois. A view of the interior can be found here[5]
Los Angeles was opened sometime after 1941 and before June 1946. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its address was 620 South Broadway, adjacent to the Palace Theater. It was named Schaber's cafeteria in a 1946 company publication.
The Miami location opened in October 1962. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was in the Dadeland Shopping center, now Dadeland Mall. Dadeland Mall is a large enclosed Shopping mall located in Kendall Florida, southwest of Miami. It was situated on then rural land, near the Palmetto Expressway, ten miles southwest of downtown Miami. An expressway is a Divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial Control of access.
In suburban Kansas City Missouri at the Antioch Center
The company had a monthly house magazine called Facterias that profiled what was taking place at the different locations with their employees. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Missouri ( or) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee Antioch Center is an enclosed Shopping mall located in Kansas City North Missouri, United States. It also cited service anniversaries at each cafeteria and welcomed new employees by name to the organization.
Physical Layout and Logistics
The cafeteria had separate work divisions, each with their own management and staff; the Bake Shop, Salads, Kitchen, Pot Wash, Dish Line, Dish Transfer, Serving Line, Cashier. Rarely did employees cross over and work in the other disciplines, although one could work their way up to other positions.
There were two long cafeteria lines where diners queued up and could view and select the items they wanted. Taking a tray and a wrapped table service, you slid it down the chromed rails and moved trough first the soups and salads, next entreés, then vegetables, breads and desserts, last was beverages. At the end of the line was a cashier who rang up your selections, you paid, and then found a place to sit and enjoy a freshly prepared meal.
Specialties
Chicken Pot Pies - The filling consisted of diced potatoes, carrots and chicken, with onions and peas, covered with a ladle of chicken gravy and topped with the crusty cover, baked on site in the bakeshop.
Chicken Giblets and Noodles – homemade egg noodles (eggs, water, flour, salt rolled out the night before to dry, folded and hand sliced, then boiled) combined with chicken gizzards, heart and livers. There was also a Noodles and Gravy for the more faint of heart.
Ham and Beans – large lima (butter) beans combined with strips of ham and simmered for hours
Chicken Fried Steak – were cubed steaks, dredged in egg and flour and then fried on the grill
Spanish Omelet - a one and a half egg omelet dressed with "Spanish Sauce"; that being a tomato based sauce containing diced green and red peppers and onions
Raisin Pie
Combination salad - large bowl of lettuce, with carrot strips, tomato and egg wedges, dressed with your choice of French, Thousand Island, "Roquefort" or Oil and Vinegar
Fresh Strawberry Shortcake -
Employees could eat at a 25% discount. Chicken fried steak (also known as country fried steak) is a piece of Beef Steak (tenderized Cube steak) coated with seasoned flour and A Waldorf salad is a Salad consisting of fine sliced Apple and Celery ( Julienne) chopped Walnuts Mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based The amount would be taken from their paychecks.
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