On Thu 18 Sep 2008 05:45:32a, Wayne Boatwright told us...

>> I see that this chain has been defunct since the 1980s. :-(
>
> The Halle Bros. Co. was the pre-eminent department store in Cleveland
> throughout its entire life. I worked in their interior design studio
> for several years before going with a private firm. It was very sad to
> see its demise.
>
>> I guess the recipe has been lost forever. But have you ever posted
>> queries in local groups about it?
>
> Actually, I have. We lived in the Cleveland area until 2000, and I made
> a concerted effort to find several recipes from both the dining room at
> Halle's (It was called the Minotaur Room) as well as Hough Bakery.
> Hough Bakery used to make a Brown Sugar Brownie with Penuche Frosting
> that was to die for. Over the years, I was finally able to master that
> one through experimientation.

Jean, following up to my own post, this is an old photo of a small portion
of the wall paintings in the Minotaur Room at Halle Bros.

http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?
CISOROOT=/press&CISOPTR=466&CISOBOX=1&REC=9

or

http://tinyurl.com/488rzg

Kay Halle, the daughter of the founder and sister of the owner when I
worked at Halle's was the one who recommended and commissioned the artist.
Unfortunately the photograph doesn't do it justice.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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