Scotty Simpson's has been serving fish and chips for 60 years and come Wednesday, the restaurant will be giving a little back. Or, better said, taking a little off. Prices will be slashed for 60 years of appreciated services. Mayor Dave Bing is expected to be on hand as well. So, get your poodle skirt on and get out to Simpson's for some 1950s prices.
Excerpt from the
Detroit Free Press:
The venerable Scotty Simpson's Fish & Chips Restaurant on Fenkell in Detroit turns 60 this year, and owner Harry Barber is celebrating with a one-day price rollback to 1950s levels.
From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, his famous hand-battered cod with chips -- as in french fries -- slaw, roll and butter will be 85 cents.
French-fried shrimp with chips, slaw, roll and butter will be $1.80. A half-chicken with chips, slaw, roll and butter will be $1.50. And hamburgers for the children will be 30 cents.
"Everyone said, 'You're nuts!' But after 44 years of doing this, I wanted to give something back to people for all their years of patronage," Barber, 58, said.
The small brick restaurant at the corner of Fenkell and Dolphin, 2 blocks west of Lahser, opened in the Brightmoor neighborhood in 1950, and Barber started there as a dishwasher in 1966. Forty-four years later, he's still there, but he became owner in 2006.
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