H Salt Fish & Chips (H. Salt Esq. Fish & Chips) - Various MI

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From Wikipedia:

H. Salt Esq. Fish & Chips is a restaurant chain specializing in British-style fish and chips, founded by Haddon Salt in Sausalito, California, in 1965. Salt followed his father and grandfather in becoming a master fish cook and entrepreneur.

Salt's business was acquired by the Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation in 1969. The sale made Salt the third largest stockholder in KFC, at the time the world's largest fast-food company.

KFC was not successful in the large-scale expansion of the H. Salt Esq. chain and cut its ties to the brand and business in 1987. Each franchisee was allowed to purchase their restaurant. A few independently owned H. Salt Esq. restaurants are still up and running around California.

This entry is to document the H Salt Fish & Chips locations in Michigan. I is based on a list that Bobby Peacock put together. I added some photos at the bottom of typical H Salt outlets with their original livery since none of the ones in Michigan retained that as they are closed. Here is the list for Michigan:

1. Battle Creek - 205 E Columbia Ave - Opened 1970, closed ca 1974, later Playmate Adult Theatre, Later Big Apple Bagels (opened January 1997), then Wild Bill's Tobacco, torn down 2017 for Circle K
2. Battle Creek - 738 Capital Ave NE - Later DePalma's Italian (1980s), then All Beauty Works, then Hungry Howie's Pizza (1990s), now Boost Mobile
3. Benton Harbor - 1957 M-139 - Opened 1970, became KFC ca 1973
4. Beverly Hills - 15600 W 13 Mile Rd - Now Tubby's Subs
5. Clawson - 201 S Crooks Rd - Later KFC, torn down for Rally's
6. Clinton Township - 34330 Groesbeck Hwy - Now KFC
7. Detroit - 13303 Joy Rd - Now Dannie's Family Oil Change
8. Eastpointe - 23300 Gratiot Ave - Opened mid-1970s? in former KFC; now Enterprise Rent-a-Car
9. Farmington - 20740 Farmington Rd - Now KFC
10. Farmington Hills - 35103 Grand River Ave - Later Little Caesars, now Hungry Howie's
11. Ferndale - 1200 W 8 Mile Rd - Now KFC
12. Flint - 1103 W Bristol Rd - Later Grossi's Pizza (1980), then Down Home Bar B Q (1984)Became Tamara's Boutique before 1988, then Diversified Auto, then Gold Buyer Network (ca 2010), now Grand Blanc Auto Group (2013)
13. Inkster - 1121 Middlebelt Rd - Later KFC, now Captain Jay's
14. Kalamazoo - 1830 S Westnedge Ave - Later an adult theater, then Beacon Electric (1988 listing), now Ambati Flowers
15. Lansing - 5417 W Saginaw Hwy - Closed early 1970s, later Stereo Mart (1976 listing); became Wallace Opticians before 1985, now Penn Station Subs
16. Lansing - 5751 S Cedar St - Later AAA, now Handicap Vans
17. Lansing - 3214 N East St - Later Tom & Jerry Adult Theater (1975 listing), then Taco John's (opened ca 1976), then Subway, now International Catering
18. Madison Heights - 1555 E 12 Mile Rd - Now KFC
19. Oak Park - 22001 Coolidge Hwy - Now KFC
20. Plymouth - 1433 W Ann Arbor Rd - Torn down for parking lot of Pizza Hut, which itself was torn down 2016 for AutoZone
21. Port Huron - 3852 Pine Grove Ave - Opened 1971, closed and became Dairy Queen 1975
22. Port Huron - 1844 Lapeer Ave - Opened 1970, caught fire 1975; renumbered to 1846, became various other convenience stores by 1982, now Express Liquor
23. Redford - 25551 5 Mile Rd - Now KFC
24. St Clair Shores - 28155 Harper Ave - Now KFC
25. Sterling Heights - 11743 15 Mile Rd - Later KFC, torn down early 1990s? for Perry Drugs (now Rite Aid)
26. Taylor - 10130 Telegraph Rd - Now KFC
27. Trenton - 2220 West Rd - Later KFC, then Slick Disk, then a chiropractor's office, then Check 'n Go, now Miracle Ear