I think I ate at the F&N one time. I remember the famous egg plant, the place was very dark ,and seemed like a fire trap. We used to walk the tracks as teen agers from the fort to Dayton. There was a super old graveyard with headstones from the early 1800's. Then we went to get drinks from the F&N. Some evenings we would walk the tracks and go to the Riverview Drive in.

 

We also walked the tracks out to Aqua Ramp boat Harbor and got subs after swimming at the breakers. I have great memories from my teenage tears and lots of them come from the river and the F&N.

 

You do know that it is very dangerous to walk the tracks...

Yep, TBirds is right, I was in between jobs and was out of work landed down at the F&N working for Hosea.

 

I had a routine each and every morning before I unlocked the doors to go in there and work... Lock and Load

 

OMG, we were doing some demo work and we had a couple buyers come in wanting to look at one of the meat coolers. It was locked but the guy was insistent on seeing the inside and getting a temperature reading.

 

Unfortunately for us the freezer apparently had been shut off then on several times over a few months period, I cut the lock, pulled the lever and the door had what seamed like a vaccum seal on it, grabbed a screw driver and pryed it open.

 

MISTAKE!!!!!

 

Let me put it this way, I never knew a steak or a piece of meat could eat its own self like that...

 

But man I do remember they served a mean prime rib and egg plant down there.:thumb:

F&N had a lot of character. Unfortunately, some of the characters had 4 legs.

Yep, TBirds is right, I was in between jobs and was out of work landed down at the F&N working for Hosea.

 

I had a routine each and every morning before I unlocked the doors to go in there and work... Lock and Load

 

OMG, we were doing some demo work and we had a couple buyers come in wanting to look at one of the meat coolers. It was locked but the guy was insistent on seeing the inside and getting a temperature reading.

 

Unfortunately for us the freezer apparently had been shut off then on several times over a few months period, I cut the lock, pulled the lever and the door had what seamed like a vaccum seal on it, grabbed a screw driver and pryed it open.

 

MISTAKE!!!!!

 

Let me put it this way, I never knew a steak or a piece of meat could eat its own self like that...

 

But man I do remember they served a mean prime rib and egg plant down there.:thumb:

Are you saying rats ate all the meat left over in the freezer, or that all the meat has rotted due to the refrigeration being turned off?

Also the reason David Hosea didn't reopen the F&N is because of the City of Dayton itself. City officials realized that they weren't going to be getting freebies any longer. So with that they made it impossible to bring everything up to Code. Trust me when I say this! The F&N was a accident waiting to happen. Can you say "Beverly Hills"....Shame on the local city officials for allowing such terrible corrupt situation to continue on for many years just for them to enjoy a free "Ribeye". The F&N Steakhouse is in a better place today. The Landfill!!!

 

That doesn't surprise me and plays a huge part of the reason as to why Dayton is in the shape that it is in now.