The popular Whirligig Restaurant operated on the busy corner from the late
1940s to the early 1950s. The Whirligig also briefly had a second
location on 11th Street between 4th and 5th avenues,
 directly across the street from the C&O Building.

In 1956, after the Whirligig closed, Alex Schoenbaum, founder of the
 Shoney’s chain, located one of his Shoney’s restaurants in the
building. Shoney’s once had several locations in
Huntington, serving its trademark Big Boy
burgers and its tasty strawberry pie.

The third and final restaurant to welcome customers to the little
 building on the corner was Dolen’s Drive-In, operated by
 Burt Dolen and his wife, Gloria Dawn Dolen.

When they closed their restaurant in 1979, the wreckers moved in,
 dismantling the building to help make way for construction of
 a new building for the First Huntington National Bank
 (now a branch of JP Morgan Chase).

After they closed their drive-in, the Dolens also operated a Mr. Rib
 restaurant and the S.S. Levee supper club at 931 6th Ave.

They ultimately left Huntington, moving to Sarasota, Fla. where
 Burt Dolen died in 1994 and Gloria Dawn Dolen in 2017.