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Morrison's Cafeteria
While Horn & Hardart automats were an institution in the northern U.S., in the
cities of the southern U.S. we had our cafeterias: Morrison's and Piccadilly.
James A. Morrison opened the first Morrison's Cafeteria in Mobile, Alabama on
September 4, 1920. This cafeteria's success led to the opening of more Morrison's
Cafeterias in cities across the Southeast. There were 142 Morrison's Cafeterias
at the time they were bought by Piccadilly. The entire Morrison's Cafeteria chain
is being bought by Piccadilly Cafeterias in a $46 million transaction.
I've had numerous requests for Morrison's recipes, but I have not been able to
locate any Morrison's recipes other than the ones below. In over 80 years of
operation in over 150 locations, there have to be a lot of ex-Morrison's chefs
and cooks and other employees around. Hopefully some of them will read this and
help us out with some recipes.
I have been told by former Morrison's employees that their fruit pies and pecan pies
were made with a canned filling. These fillings would have been made for Morrison's by a
commercial producer, and there is no recipe for these fillings available.
No luck with these:
- Chicken & Dumplings
- Peach Cobbler
- Broccoli with Cheese Sauce
- Whipped Cheesecake
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