I took this photo at the long gone Jimmy's Gyros on South Archer Avenue, sometime back in 1989. George the owner was hamming it up for this photographer, and was demonstrating how to slice a gyros. ( pronounced Yeer oh's) Jimmy's Gyros was one of many Greek owned Chicago fast food establishments on the southwest side of town. This is now the site of a large Walgreens Drug Store today. I ate many meals after work here in the late 1980's. I miss it.Thursday, August 02, 2007
Gyros anyone? How about a Big Baby double cheesburger? Jimmy's Gyros. Archer and Kedzie Avenues. Chicago Illinois USA. 1989.
I took this photo at the long gone Jimmy's Gyros on South Archer Avenue, sometime back in 1989. George the owner was hamming it up for this photographer, and was demonstrating how to slice a gyros. ( pronounced Yeer oh's) Jimmy's Gyros was one of many Greek owned Chicago fast food establishments on the southwest side of town. This is now the site of a large Walgreens Drug Store today. I ate many meals after work here in the late 1980's. I miss it.
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Jimmy's Gyros is also where a lot of friends met for the first time and many times after!
Regulars at Jimmy's:
Joe
Big Ed
Guitar Ed
Tom
Bill
Queer Ed
Rich
Just think, Jimmy's Gyros made this blog possible and brought about such fantastic music as "The Ballad of White Castle" and Cabrini Green in the Caribbean" not to mention a Liberace commercial and Sam Kinison commercial!
Let's also not forget the race to the washroom at Chicago Ridge Mall - it wouldn't have happened without coffee from Jimmy's Gyros!
Jimmy's Gyros was to the Brighton Park neighborhood, the same thing that Floyd's Barber Shop was on the Andy Griffith Show on TV. It was a local place with friendly and colorfull characters, and a strong sense of community.
Having fun by Your house on the side Tom, I loved doing the comercial "Spoof" on audio tape
"Sam Kinison Chevrolet". Aaarrgh!
Arrrghh! The Liberace doing an "Empire Carpet Commercial comedy sketch was a blast too.
Ha ha ha! Our group from Jimmy's Gyros could have been writers on the TV show "Saturday Night Live".
Jimmy's Gyros was definately a fun place to visit after work.
Thank You.
Eddie.
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