1118 Drouillard Road – History Uncovered [Edited Title – wrong address]

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• Gord, it probably was. But at some point there was a law stating any place that served booze couldn't have windows facing the street.

• Just stumbled upon this site. Fantastic. I appreciate the effort put forth. I'm Windsorite in Californian exile for the last 20 years.

• I'm not sure if I remember it correctly but I thought there was glass block where modern brick has replaced the window.

• 12o7 Drouillard housed my family's business for over 50 years. Ford Provision Market.. corner of Ontario. End of the corner grocery store.

• Sheryl, I'm assuming that's the building that still stands next to this one that was taken down. There is a mural on the side of the remaining building, with what looks like a small market, or grocery store. Is that supposed to be that same building in its heyday, or just a generic building. Do you know?

• Windsorite-in-exile, I know who would do such a stupid thing as put metal siding on a building...city hall!

• Sheryl, my mistake, I was confused about which Drouillard building this article was about. This one still stands. It's the old Whiski Jack's that has come down.

• 1207 Drouillard (With the Prohibition Mural) is currently sitting derelict with extensive water damage due to the fire at Whiski Jack's. It cannot go on the City's Blight List because it is zoned commercial and they do not include commercial properties.

• In the 80s, this joint was known as Trisha's. Today, having sat through hundreds of city council, planning commission and school board meetings, I wonder how local government officials allowed a strip bar to built 25 yards from an elementary school. Then again, I never felt that giving a **** about Drouillard Road was high on anyone's priority list.
  Of course, several times a month, on the way home from school, my friends and I would poke sneak up to the door, open it, take two steps into the darkness and then go running. When we stopped, we'd talked about all the beautiful naked women we saw -- except I never did. Going from daylight to darkness, my eyes never adjusted fast enough to see anything.
  I grew up right across from the Queensmen Motorcycle Clubhouse, which is now a printshop. Not counting the motorcycle club, there were 7 taverns within a two block radius of my home -- a truly incredible number -- including the great Mongo Murph's, which was a giant, cavernous bar. In our grade 8 local history class at the now shuttered Holy Rosary, we learned that Mongo Murph's once had a different name (can't remember it now) and that it was once the busiest bar in southwestern Ontario back in the days of Ford City.

• Tron> Before it was Mongos(advertised as the best dive bar in town)it was the Great Western(complete with mechanical bull) and before that it was the Temple(lotsa "worshipers" there I bet )
  Bars of Drouillard as best I can remember, starting on west side of street nearest to Wyandotte:

  Palace--demo'ed in 90's
  Temple/Great Western/Mongos
  Yesterdays---is Aggie still around?
  Detroit House

  crossing the street,

  East Windsor/Lannys
  Rex/Trishas
  IT--International Tavern

  Also on Whelpton was Floridas

  After hours/bonus watering holes:
  Queensmen clubhouse
  Donnys Supper club----ie.bootlegger
  Judy's Dump----ie. bootlegger