Peoria Pundit

9. This question is designed to challenge candidates’ sense of honor and sense of history about Peoria: Without asking someone or looking it up, can you tell me where the original Pizza De-Lite Restaurant was located? Bonus points if you can tell me where Don’s Donuts was located. Exact addresses are not necessary, just the street name and/or a nearby landmark.

• George Jacob: Do not recall.
• Jim Montelongo: Dons Donuts was on Spring St close to Adams.
• W. Eric Turner: Pizza De lite my favorite restaurant was across from Glen Oak Park and Don’s Donuts (My stop before going to school at Spalding was on Spring Street on the Corner.
• Gary Sandberg: Bill, knowing you are/were a Woodruff alumni, I figured both businesses were located close to Woodruff High, probably on Abingdon and/or Madison Streets and were your “old haunts”, so that was my “deductive answer” Realizing that may not be specific enough, and in as much as I am not a native Peorian, I, as I do often in understanding issues and getting background information or developing a policy position, I talk to one of several knowledgeable folks and friends I have for research and their “institutional memory” and “Public moral compass”. In this case, I made one call to a person whom better than anyone would know the exact location of a donut shop 40-60 years ago. Now, who would that person be? Well, an 85 year old retired Peoria Police Officer, Captain Robert Hunt:

Pizza DeLite location N 040 42′ 35.3″ W 089 34′ 18.3″

Just west of Woodruff High School on south side of Abingdon Street across on corner of Perry Street extended (not to be confused with Chicken DeLite on West Main Street near Bourland Street)

Bonus points if you can tell me where Don’s Donuts was located:

Don’s Donuts location N 040 42′ 10.4″ W 089 34′ 39.6″

Corner of Madison and Spring Street (not to be confused with Dods Bakery on West Main Street near Bourland Street). A second location was opened in the early 1960’s on SW Adams to serve the needs of police officers on Peoria’s Southside

Exact addresses are not necessary, just the street name and/or a nearby landmark: At Large Council members have to do their “homework” and research issues and not leave their decisions up to their memory or deductive logic.

• Gale Thetford: I do not know where the original Pizza De-Lite Restaurant was located. I believe that Don’s Donuts was down on Spring Street as my grandparents lived on Monroe and I seem to remember a great donut shop in their neighborhood when I was growing up.
• Patti Sterling Polk: Pizza De-Lite was located on Abington close to Woodruff parking lot across from Glen Oak Park (best pizza I’ve ever had). Don’s Donuts— not familiar with.
• Dan Irving: I will abide by your clearly written rules and not google this.
• Gloria Cassel Fitzgerald: The original Pizza De-Elite Restaurant was located some where on War Memorial Street. The Don’s Donut was located off of University near a Bridal Store.
• Ryan Spain: I had to call for back-up on this one, so I believe that I am disqualified: Pizza De-Lite on Abingdon Street; Don’s Donuts on Spring Street (the North side).
• Dan Gillette: ?

This entry was posted 2 years, 10 months ago on Saturday, March 31st, 2007 at 5:03 am and is filed under Local. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.