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From: "Jerry Johnston" <>
Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Joplin restaurant
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:04:27 -0700
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There were actually two restaurants there. The Rafters was the one in the
back that was wonderful. It closed in about 1980 and became a Sleepy Hollow
(out of Oklahoma City) for a while.

The Chinese restaurant was at the front, on the northeast corner of the
intersection. The Rafters was where 20th St. would run through it if it had
gone on east of Range Line.

I am blank at the moment about what the name of the Chinese restaurant was.
It was a tacky looking contemporary building with Chinese and Polynesian
symbols on the side of it. It seems like it was a man's name.

The Rafters was one of the nicest restaurants in the Joplin area, ever. It
was wonderful & we always ate there when we were back in town.

It is sad that the local culture would not support it, saying prices were
too high, even after it changed to Sleepy Hollow. They were both more
upscale restaurants, even more so than Wilder's downtown was. People
preferred going to Mr. Steak, Wyatt's and other places. This was when the
economy was really down in the Joplin area. They might make it today.

Jerry Johnston
Scottsdale, AZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elmer Thorn" <>
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Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Joplin restaurant


> The Rafters.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cindilia tackett" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 6:53 PM
> Subject: [MOJASPER] Joplin restaurant
>
>
>> Does anyone remember, or have a 40 year old copy of
>> the Yellow pages to look in, what the name of the
>> retaurant at 20th and Rangeline was in the 60's and
>> 70's???? I know it has been a Chinese, Italian and
>> steak house but cannot remember the name of the
>> earliest one....
>>
>> Thank you
>> Cindilia..
>>
>>
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