The Sno-White Restaurant was an icon in Rosedale Park. It was located at 18944 Grand River in Detroit, Michigan at least 1949 to the early 1970s. I don't believe that I ever ate there due to when it closed, but might have when I was very young. Apparently, before the Sno-White Restaurant there was another restaurant that was located on the same spot. I found a reference in the Detroit Free Press to a restaurant burglary there in November of 1943, prior to Sno-White's existence.
The Sno-White Restaurant was owned by Walter Nau and his wife Velma Nau. The previously owned a grocery store before starting the Sno-White Restaurant from October 1946 to 1949 at 20505 Grand River Avenue. The name of the short-lived grocery store was the Sno-White Food Market.
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| October 1973 |
After Sno-White, the next reference to an establishment at 18944 Grand River was a business known as Rosedale Manor, which appeared to host a variety of events, fashion shows and disco. Apparently, after the Rosedale Manor closed, the address served as the location of the Rosedale Park American Legion, Post #390, which closed in or around November of 1987.
As of 1992, the location hosted a laboratory known as LifeChem Laboratory Services, Northwest Kidney Center. As of 2017, it appears the location still houses a kidney center, named the Fresnius Kidney Center.
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| Sno-White Location 2017 |
Was a great favorite of graduates after the high school proms; especially Mackenzie, Cooley, and, of course, Redford.
ReplyDeleteI remember vaguely eating there as a child in the mid 50s. There was also a public library where I spent a lot of time. I can't find it on the library website. It used to be on the south side of Grand River in that same area. Did they close it down and replace it with the one on the north side? I don't remember it being called the Redford branch.
ReplyDeleteOne of the effects of the unionization attempt was the refusal of the unionized trash collectors to remove the Sno-White's trash. It became difficult for the Naus to keep the restaurant open. My father took us there to support the family in their efforts to remain nonunion. It became a tradition, and for many years we always ate there on New year's Day.
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