First opened as the Bus Depot and Lunch Bar in 1951, this building at 525 Park Avenue in Beausejour was a depot for Red River Motor Coach Lines until the company was sold to Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1962. The depot and restaurant business went bankrupt in the mid-1960s and Grey Goose shifted its depot to Vickie's Snack Bar.
In 1967, the building was purchased by Ray and Mel Zabrocki and operated as Depot Lunch for 38 years until the couple retired in 2005 and sold the building in 2007. After a remodelling and new facade, a restaurant named Bistro 525 operated here from about 2013 to 2017. As of 2019, the building stands vacant.
The former Depot Lunch (June 2009)
Source: Manny Jacob
The former Depot Lunch (December 2019)
Source: Manny JacobSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.06196, W96.51699
denoted by symbol on the map above
“Zabrocki serves up second helping,” The Clipper Weekly, 21 November 2019.
This page was prepared by Manny Jacob and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 December 2023
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