Brayz Donkey - Hazel Park, Michigan
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N 42° 27.692 W 083° 05.048
17T E 328646 N 4703126
This old Donkey was a standard in the Detroit Metro Area during the 1960's.
Waymark Code: WM5VHM
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2009
Views: 21
The old chain was called "Bray's". I haven't seen a Donkey in a long long time.
This website (
visit link) tells us this about the store:
"Brayz Hamburgers was never a White Tower or part of another chain. The first Bray's opened in 1950 in Garden City, MI. The owners were Gordon and Roy Bray. Eventually, there were eight stores in total.
This Hazel Park Brayz Hamburgers originally went by Bray's name. In the 1970s, the chain was taken over by Gordon Bray's son, Phil Bray, who owned it until the 1980s. After that it was taken over by Gordon Bray's other two sons; Marc (who owned the Hazel Park restaurant) and John (who currently owns the Westland restaurant). The Hazel Park location changed its name to "Bray'z Hamburgers" in the 1990s. The donkey holding a burger and cup on the roof is part of the chain's original design. There is another "Brays" in Westland, MI but the building was replaced with a larger one. However, it does have a donkey (nicknamed "Buster") inside the building. Another location with a donkey, is/was in Detroit (Wayne?) and known as Bud's Hamburgers."