Original Family Recipe Cod
18.99Two pieces, hand battered and deep fried. Three piece 20.99. Also broiled, steamed, blackened, coconut, or baked in seasoned butter.
Famous fish dinnersOld-fashioned hospitality served here!
The building went up in 1946 as the Davison Dairy and Dairy Bar. In 1955 Lauren “Whitey” Hilgendorf and his wife Molly opened a full-scale restaurant in it, and Davison has been eating here ever since.
In the shadow of the town’s first water tower, bounded by Grand Trunk, Mill and M‑15, Whitey’s became known to Davison and to a statewide motoring public for good food, a friendly atmosphere and reasonable prices. That was the idea in 1964. It still is: we hand-cut, hand-batter and prepare your meal from scratch, and we only use ingredients we’d put on our own table.
“Hosts Whitey and Molly want to keep it just that way.”
The Davison Index · July 16, 1964
Growing with Davison
- 1946
Original section of the building goes up as the Davison Dairy and Dairy Bar.
- 1955
Whitey and Molly open Whitey’s Restaurant. Fish fry every Friday nite, $1.25 complete.
- 1957
The banquet room is added — available for all types of gatherings.
- 1963
New small group rooms open. “Whitey’s… growing with Davison!”
- Today
Still family owned. Still hand-battered. Still on State Road.
