Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

Inside the Blue Hole Garden

Posted Monday, September 23, 2013, at 12:00 AM

This is an undated archive photo of the Blue Hole Garden on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau.

According to a July 12, 1987 Southeast Missourian story by John Ramey, the restaurant was founded by William Franz and Lonnie Hill in April 1927. Franz bought out Hill's interest in 1933 and turned the business over to his son-in-law, Ralph Brennecke in 1952.

A 1958 city directory lists the Blue Hole restaurant at 2425 South Sprigg. The 1960 directory has no listing at that address, but a listing for Blue Hole is on Highway 61 North. The 1968 directory lists the address at 204 North Kingshighway. Brennecke sold it in 1968 to Glenn Bishop. It was sold in 1987 and the site became an Arby's Roast Beef restaurant, which is no longer at that site.

Previous blogs:

Blue Hole Garden

Blue Hole Bar-B-Que

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Any post about the Blue Hole or Wimpy's generates lots of memories and comments. Here are a few of the Blue Hole Pieces I've done over the years:

Where to get real Blue Hole BBQ sauce:

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/blue-hole-bbq-sauce/

History of the Blue Hole:

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/blue-hole-garden-bbq/

Is Hamburger Express almost as good as the Blue Hole?

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/hamburger-express-like-blue-hole/

And, of course, there is always Wib's in Jackson.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/wibs-bbq-jackson-missouri/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Sep 23, 2013, at 9:36 AM

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