WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
SUGAR LOAF CAFE
St. George, Utah
LOCATION
309 East 100 North (Highway 91 and now St. George Blvd.)St. George, Utah
Telephone ORchard 3-3471 in the 1958 telephone book (Sugar Loaf Cafe)
Telephone ORchard 3-3471 in the 1961 telephone book (Sugar Loaf Cafe)
Telephone 673-3471 in the 1972 telephone book (Atkin's Sugar Loaf Cafe)
290 East 100 North (Highway 91 and now St. George Blvd.)
St. George, UT 84770
HISTORY
The Sugar Loaf Cafe at 309 East 100 North in St. George was built about 1946 by Don McDonald.Rudger, Sid, and Clayton Atkin bought it in 1958 and ran it at that location for 17 1/2 years.
The Sugar Loaf Cafe appeared briefly in the movie, The Electric Horseman.
And editing for the film was done in the basement room of this cafe.
The Atkins owned the building, but only leased the land. So when the lease was up, they moved the
business to a property they owned at 290 East 100 North.
After the Sugar Loaf Cafe closed, the building at 290 East 100 North was used for the Andelin's Gable House,
Godfather's Pizza, the Wagon Wheel Diner, and ...
PHOTOS
 WCHS-00870 Sugar Loaf Cafe |
 WCHS-00871 Sugar Loaf Cafe |
 WCHS-00872 Sugar Loaf Cafe |
WCHS-00873 Sugar Loaf Cafe |
 WCHS-00874 Sugar Loaf Cafe |
 WCHS-02383 Atkin's Sugar Loaf Cafe |
Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-00875 Back of a Sugar Loaf Cafe postcard with road mileages
WCHS-01966 Photo of Atkins Sugar Loaf Cafe in St. George
WCHS-01967 Photo of Atkins Sugar Loaf Cafe in St. George
WCHS-01968 Photo of the inside of Atkins Sugar Loaf Cafe in St. George
REFERENCES
Sugar Loaf Cafe menu, June 11, 1948Sugar Loaf Cafe menu, Date unknown but probably shortly after 1948
Atkin's Sugar Loaf Cafe Advertisement in the 1961 Dixie Roundup Program