Petoskey in Emmet County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Karamol's, Mitchell Street Pub
Circa 1900
426-428-430 East Mitchell
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 25, 2016
1. Karamol's, Mitchell Street Pub Marker
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Karamol's, Mitchell Street Pub. Circa 1900. This location originally held a trio of buildings that served the community in many ways. In 1900, at the 426 address, John Karamol sold cigars, fine wines, and liquor out of what was originally called the Posen Sample Company. Over almost the next 80 years the Karamol family operated this local saloon, and at times an eatery, known as Karamol's Bar. At the 428 location were at varying times a grocery store, a meat market, two shoe repair shops, a barber shop, coffee shop, the Baby Grand Restaurant, and Gus's Coney Island. The 430 site housed a meat market, Morgan's Cigars and Barber Shop, two flower shops, Fashion City, Arlene's, CVS Drugs, Record World, and Trillium Salon. The Knights of Columbus, who originally owned the wooden building, razed it around 1955 and built the current brick building. Jerry and Diane Ellman bought Karamol's in 1977 at the 426 location. In 1978, the Ellmans purchased Gus's Coney Island at the 428 location and combined it with Karamol's into the Mitchell street Pub and Cafι and operated "The Pub" for 28 years. In 1986, Larry and Elaine Rochon, who owned Record World, leased and later purchased the 430 location from the Knights of Columbus and operated the independent record store at that location for 26 years. In 2005, the Rochons purchased the Mitchell Street Pub and Cafι and the 426-428 locations from the Ellmans, thus making the establishment one of the longest surviving saloons in Petoskey and one of the oldest bars in Michigan., National Register of Historical Places
This location originally held a trio of buildings that served the community in many ways. In 1900, at the 426 address, John Karamol sold cigars, fine wines, and liquor out of what was originally called the Posen Sample Company. Over almost the next 80 years the Karamol family operated this local saloon, and at times an eatery, known as Karamol's Bar. At the 428 location were at varying times a grocery store, a meat market, two shoe repair shops, a barber shop, coffee shop, the Baby Grand Restaurant, and Gus's Coney Island. The 430 site housed a meat market, Morgan's Cigars and Barber Shop, two flower shops, Fashion City, Arlene's, CVS Drugs, Record World, and Trillium Salon. The Knights of Columbus, who originally owned the wooden building, razed it around 1955 and built the current brick building. Jerry and Diane Ellman bought Karamol's in 1977 at the 426 location. In 1978, the Ellmans purchased Gus's Coney Island at the 428 location and combined it with Karamol's into the Mitchell street Pub and Cafι and operated "The Pub" for 28 years. In 1986, Larry and Elaine Rochon, who owned Record World, leased and later purchased the 430 location from the Knights of Columbus and operated the independent record store at that location for 26 years. In 2005, the Rochons purchased the Mitchell Street Pub and Cafι and the 426-428 locations from
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the Ellmans, thus making the establishment one of the longest surviving saloons in Petoskey and one of the oldest bars in Michigan.
Location. 45° 22.431′ N, 84° 57.254′ W. Marker is in Petoskey, Michigan, in Emmet County. It is on Mitchell Street (County Road 58) east of Howard Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 426-430 East Mitchell Street, Petoskey MI 49770, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula, on the Straits of Mackinac, and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also the Northwest Territory.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,020 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
