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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 was bought by Piccadilly Cafeterias in
a $46 million transaction. However, Morrison's still seems to be involved in
institutional food service in some areas, at hospitals and the like.
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 the recipes that we have been unable to locate
I have been told by former Morrison's employees that sometimes 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, possibly Gumpert's, according to reliable
information. There would be no recipe available for these canned fillings.
No luck with these:
- 7 Layer Salad
- Chicken & Dumplings
- Grape Jello Dessert
- Peach Cobbler
- Vegetable Lasagna
- Whipped Cheesecake
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