From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Jan. 17, 1986:
- After nearly 12 years of operation as a local favorite, the Cornucopia Restaurant, 1801 Mass., had closed on Jan. 13. Todd Murrell, who had joined the business in 1976, told employees that his decision was based on personal reasons and that the restaurant did not have financial difficulties. Glen Sohl, who had opened the Cornucopia in 1974, had sold his interest to Murrell in January 1983 and opened Tin Pan Alley at 1106 Mass. Sohl declined to comment on the closing of the Cornucopia.
- Kansas University’s Concert Series had booked legendary jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan for an April 26 concert in Hoch Auditorium. Her concert was to replace one planned by Cleo Laine and her husband, John Dankworth. Ms. Laine had been forced to cancel her spring tour due to the success of her Broadway show, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.”
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bkreed1960 2 years, 4 months ago
I still miss Cornucopia!
rbwaa 2 years, 4 months ago
they had the best salad and soup bar...
toe 2 years, 4 months ago
The Dairy Queen has sure hung in there.
grammaddy 2 years, 4 months ago
Cornucopia was my favorite place to eat long before I moved to Lawrence.
vuduchyld 2 years, 4 months ago
So did it re-open later? I moved here in June of 1986....not quite 25 years ago. But Cornucopia was open for quite some time...at least a year or more...after I moved here.
lori 2 years, 4 months ago
vuduchyld, I'm as confused as you are. I moved here in 1990, and I ate at the Cornucopia at least once before it closed.
Sarah St. John 2 years, 4 months ago
I am sorry for the confusion. Here's my best reconstruction of what happened:
Glen Sohl opened the restaurant; Todd Murrell joined forces with him in 1976; Todd closed in 1986 as explained above; but he sold it to another partnership (Ken Creasey and Michael Roark, I think) who later sold it back to Glen Sohl. Glen then ran the restaurant until some time in the early or mid 90s, I believe.
Hope this helps!
Sarah St. John 2 years, 4 months ago
Hey, I just found some great old pictures of the Corno in its heyday. Here you go:
http://www.andycurry.info/cornucopia.htm
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 2 years, 4 months ago
And after the Corno closed for the last time, it became the "Ice House." Slushy alcoholic drinks turned out not to be such a great hit.
kernal 2 years, 4 months ago
I miss Corno's black bean enchiladas.
Hey, Glen, if real estate is still slow, you can open another restaurant and we'll be support it!! Or if real estate isn't slow...
oneeye_wilbur 2 years, 4 months ago
Margaret's was a lot better and real. Real food. real names for the menu, no fancy stuff. Bring back Margaret's and put every restaurant in town out of business.
RoeDapple 2 years, 4 months ago
Margaret's was GREAT for breakfast. Not so good for getting arrested . . . but THAT my friends is another story . . .
jackbinkelman 2 years, 4 months ago
Cornucopia and Tin Pan were two of my favorite restaurants anywhere... Some of my best memories happened at those joints.
Speakeasy 2 years, 3 months ago
Worked at Tin Pan for a school year. Great place. Glen was a good guy to work for. Lotta good times there, and we busted our asses in the kitchen when we'd get slammed.
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