Pug's Restaurant, circa 1950

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Title

Pug's Restaurant, circa 1950

Subject

Restaurants

Description

Pug's Restaurant on University Boulevard near the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa sold meal tickets to students and served 800 to 900 meals a day during the 1940s and 1950s. Many students earned money for tuition by working at Pug's. The restaurant was a popular breakfast place on homecoming and sometimes used 60 dozen eggs preparing breakfast that day.

Source

Tuscaloosa News

Date

Circa 1950

Contributor

Betty Slowe (Description)

Type

Photograph

Identifier

1114

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

Photograph