Name/Title
5223 Lake AvenueEntry/Object ID
2020.25.2241Tags
restaurantDescription
Circa 1916
PETER CHIRILA GENERAL MERCHANDISE
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1917
PETER CHIRILA SALOON
& GENERAL MERCHANDISE
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1918
PETER CHIRILA SALOON
& GENERAL MERCHANDISE
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1921
PETER CHIRILA SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1925
MRS SARITA CHIRILA SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1930
JOHN ENGEL GROCERY
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1930
JOHN ENGEL SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1933
MRS SAVETA ENGEL GROCERY
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1933
JOHN ENGEL SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1935
MRS SAVETA ENGEL GROCERY
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1935
JOHN ENGEL SOFT DRINKS
Prohibition Era
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1939
MRS SAVETA ENGEL GROCERY
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1939
THE BUCKET SHOP
Peter Chirila
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1941
MRS SAVETA ENGEL GROCERY
5223 Lake Avenue
Circa 1941
THE BUCKET SHOP
Peter Chirila
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1946
THE BUCKET SHOP
Peter Chirila
5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 1958
THE BUCKET SHOP
Peter Chirila
5223-5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 2000
THE BUCKET SHOP
Rusty Hurst
5223-5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 2004
THE BUCKET SHOP
Eric & Linda Ambrosi
5223-5225 Lake Avenue
Circa 2010
Boudreaux's Louisiana Sea Food & Steaks
5223-5225 Lake Avenue
HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 2011
This combination resturant & tavern got its name from serving beer in buckets.
Located near the stock yards & packing houses, it once was a very thriving establishment.
They were famous for their beefburgers which are still trying to be copied today.
The Southgate at Alabama & King Hill has a very, very close replica of the once famous Bucket Shop Beefburger.
The interior shot shows how the restaurant side looked until the 1990's before it was remodeled by the new owner, Rusty Hurst.
I don't have a picture of the tavern side when it was remodeled.
When Rusty Hurst re-opened it, the beefburgers were very close to the original Bucket Shop beefburger except the bun was different.
After Rusty Hurst closed the Bucket Shop, it sat empty for a few years.
In 2004, Eric and Linda Ambrozi leased the Bucket Shop from Rusty Hurst. It was re-opened as Daddy O's, a combination biker bar and restaurant.
Eric passed away in Dec 2004 and the business was once again sold.
In 2010, Boudreaux's Louisiana Sea Food & Steaks opened a restaurant in this building.
Even though it was called the same name, it did not have the same menu as their downtown location.
In 2011, the business closed and the building is once again empty.
All of the old Bucket Shop exterior signs and details have now vanished, wiping out all memories of a once great tavern.
Photos #14-20 - Bucket Shop menu
