This 812 N. Main location was operated by several different restaurant concerns over the decades. The building was demolished in 2011.

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Eddy's Drive-Inn, 812 North Main, 1940's. Helena restaurateur Eddy Gallivan (Eddy's Cafe,105 North Main) opened his Drive-Inn on June 15, 1940...

 

Reopens as Gamer's Drive-Inn, 1946

Eddy's endured until early 1946. On May 13 of that year, The location reopened as Gamer's Drive-Inn...

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Reopens as Vroman's Drive-Inn, 1952

Evidently Helenans didn't take to that fancy Butte cuisine, because Gamer's only lasted until 1952, when the location became Vroman's...

Reopens as Murray's Cafe, 1953

Yellow pages ad for Murray's Cafe from the winter 1953-54 Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Helena directory. Note that the "Gamer's" signs on the illustration have been blacked out. Also, both Main and Last Chance Gulch are used in the address, reflecting the passing of a City ordinance in 1953 renaming Main St. "Last Chance Gulch".

2006

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812 North Main circa 2006, with much remodeling evident. The restaurant curse was finally put behind this building around 1957, when it was enlarged and opened as Cliff Stump Sporting Goods. It was later M. L. Brown Sporting Goods, then a succession of other businesses.