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During my early years,
Manners Big Boy and Tasty
Burger were the “biggies” in our
town’s fast food business. Tasty
Burger was my favorite for several
reasons; the burger, fries and rings
were good, the price was right
(coffee was 5 cents), and owners,
Carl, Ed and Mike Napoli were
Italians whose family came from
Cosenza, Calabria.
They must have been doing
something right. They owned
13 counter-service spots, mostly
downtown on Euclid Ave. but,
they had one on the west side on
Clifton (that was across the river
for us east siders). The brothers
worked day and night managing
and grilling. Sadly, the family lost
Carl in a traffic accident during a
storm when he was transporting a waitress to a downtown location.
Tasty Burgers were small shops and had bar stools great for spinning while waiting for
your order. The Napoli’s had so much business they opened drive-ins/car hops which they
named El Dorado. They had full service dining rooms and every night they offered nightly
specials like chicken, shrimp and steak. But, the signature deal was always the burger, fries
and rings.
Of course, when one had some extra bucks there were plenty of extra places to go like
Quagliata’s White House, Tre Scalini, Spaghetti House, Frankie & Johnnies on the Hill,
Rondini’s in East Cleveland, Cavoli’s on the west side, and Caminati’s at Shaker Square.
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