My father and his parents owned the Huba Huba restaurant across the street from the Mermaid Theater. When my grandparents died, 1967 and 69, my father sold the restaurant. The name was a saying you’d hear from men when they saw a Pinup….but the name was taken by my family because in the military, servicemen would yell out ‘huba huba’ when the mess tent was open, or meals were being served……..I remember, though I was a young teen, the Mermaid Theater becoming a church. A wonderful man, a character, was its reverend, Rev. McKeady (spelling?)…….He told me that often in his Sunday sermon he would ask his parishioners to say prayers for my family and the restaurant because of the manner in which they treated all customers with respect……in the 60’s, the residents were primarily people of color, and the store owners were white……..I was very proud to hear that from the Rev
My father and his parents owned the Huba Huba restaurant across the street from the Mermaid Theater. When my grandparents died, 1967 and 69, my father sold the restaurant. The name was a saying you’d hear from men when they saw a Pinup….but the name was taken by my family because in the military, servicemen would yell out ‘huba huba’ when the mess tent was open, or meals were being served……..I remember, though I was a young teen, the Mermaid Theater becoming a church. A wonderful man, a character, was its reverend, Rev. McKeady (spelling?)…….He told me that often in his Sunday sermon he would ask his parishioners to say prayers for my family and the restaurant because of the manner in which they treated all customers with respect……in the 60’s, the residents were primarily people of color, and the store owners were white……..I was very proud to hear that from the Rev