OT: Sam & Andy's c. 1963

Rob.D · Jan 20, 2015

Off topic video, My wife came across this video last night, her family started the restaurant in 1956 named "The Tennessean" then changed the name to "Sam & Andy's Tennessean", there are still two locations open today called "Sam & Andy's".....

Civil Rights Protest at Sam and Andy's, circa 1963 on Vimeo

Esage · Jan 21, 2015

Pretty cool to see what Cumberland ave looked like in the early sixties. Is the building the restaurant was in still there? It kind of looked like where the Tin Roof was.

Rob.D · Jan 21, 2015

Esage said:
Pretty cool to see what Cumberland ave looked like in the early sixties. Is the building the restaurant was in still there? It kind of looked like where the Tin Roof was.

No, the original building was demolished, the building in the video was the second, the original was a trailer, I'll have to ask my father in law what street it was on.

Rob.D · Jan 22, 2015

Esage said:
Pretty cool to see what Cumberland ave looked like in the early sixties. Is the building the restaurant was in still there? It kind of looked like where the Tin Roof was.

It was on the corner of 18th st and Cumberland Ave, Mcalisters now resides on the property.