St. Clair Shores Sentinel | Published August 29, 2024
ST. CLAIR SHORES — In 1937, there is a record of taxes being paid to the Village of St. Clair Shores for the Belgian American Social Club on Koerber Street. One year later, the club appeared on a list of businesses that had a liquor license. The owner was listed as George D’Hondt. By 1944, village tax records listed the business as a “Club and Beer Garden.”
Sometime in the late 1940s, the name was changed to Jerry’s on the Lake. The listed address in the phonebook for 1948 was 26728 Koerber, which is on the corner of Van. The ad in the phonebook for 1950 said the restaurant “featured frog legs, shrimp, steaks, chicken, chops, liquor and wine.” Dinner was served from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. By 1951, the restaurant was no longer listed in the phonebook.
This photo from about 1944 shows a child in front of the restaurant.
— Submitted by Stephanie Fair, library director, St. Clair Shores Public Library