Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Chstrite]

Day 115 – 25 April 2024
For the next three days I will share things from Brooks and Eddie Robinson’s Gorsuch House. I do not have a lot of items but happy with the few I have. The Gorsuch House was operated by Brooks and Eddie Robinson in the 1960s – 1970s. Did anyone ever eat there? The Restaurant was operated by Eddie first and then Brooks came a long. It dated back to 1964 located off of Greenmount between 32nd and 33rd Streets in Baltimore. The address was 511 Gorsuch Avenue. The phone number was BE 5-2744. The restaurant was adorn by some baseball related photos and bats and featured the Robby’s crabcake, but Brooks direct involvement was limited. My first item is a photo of the front of the restaurant with a couple of signs featuring the HoF’er…not seeing Eddie’s name. This picture is signed. Not the best photo but look closely at the rough building, sidewalk and Robinson name appearing three times. I wonder who the lady is? I will show another item the next two days. I wonder what happened to the Signs and letters on the Robinson’s name above the door. Love the round windows. I would love to find more items. If anyone has anything extra, let me know or at least show it.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Chstrite

Day 115 – 25 April 2024
For the next three days I will share things from Brooks and Eddie Robinson’s Gorsuch House. I do not have a lot of items but happy with the few I have. The Gorsuch House was operated by Brooks and Eddie Robinson in the 1960s – 1970s. Did anyone ever eat there? The Restaurant was operated by Eddie first and then Brooks came a long. It dated back to 1964 located off of Greenmount between 32nd and 33rd Streets in Baltimore. The address was 511 Gorsuch Avenue. The phone number was BE 5-2744. The restaurant was adorn by some baseball related photos and bats and featured the Robby’s crabcake, but Brooks direct involvement was limited. My first item is a photo of the front of the restaurant with a couple of signs featuring the HoF’er…not seeing Eddie’s name. This picture is signed. Not the best photo but look closely at the rough building, sidewalk and Robinson name appearing three times. I wonder who the lady is? I will show another item the next two days. I wonder what happened to the Signs and letters on the Robinson’s name above the door. Love the round windows. I would love to find more items. If anyone has anything extra, let me know or at least show it.

I’ll check it out to see if I have anything to add, but probably only have the common stuff. I’ve never been and I haven’t ever seen a full pic of the outside of the restaurant so that’s nice to see (sidewalk needed some work). A couple cool signs and lettering if anything survived.

[ksfarmboy]

Who or what was a Gorsuch? Remember I’m an Oriole fan in Kansas.

[Chstrite]

Sorry. It was a Restaurant. Eddie started it (Oriole teamate) and later Brooks joined him in the business.

[ksfarmboy]

Right, but what is Gorsuch?

[quitcrab]

Gorsuch was the street name.
I have a few matchbooks from the restaurant and had a menu at one time.

[Chstrite]

Day 116 – 26 April 2024
My next Gorsuch House item is a cocktail napkin. Nothing special but it is in great shape. I really like the big R and how it is oriented. It says Brooks and Eddie Robinsons Gorsuch House.

[ksfarmboy]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

Gorsuch was the street name.
I have a few matchbooks from the restaurant and had a menu at one time.

Thanks, figured it was a local thing but always wondered.