This was one of the most popular restaurants in Sylvania in its day, with locals and with tourists passing through on U. S. 301. It was a much busier road in those days and the stretch from Sylvania to the South Carolina state line still harbors many of these forlorn structures. The interstates ended the glory days of roadside travel and it took a lot of the economy of towns like Sylvania along with it. After Treado’s closed, it was home to at least two more restaurants, Ray’s and Honey’s. Thanks to Dale Reddick and others on my social media platforms for identifying it and sharing their memories.
Alan McIlveen writes: I so much enjoyed your post about Treado’s restaurant. I grew up in Sylvania and had countless meals there. Truly nothing like it anywhere now.
Their cinnamon rolls were world famous. (Really mean it.) I’ve eaten a half dozen at one sitting with fresh milk many times. I have tried to find the recipe but no success. Always a mix of farmers, business men, families, and Yankees -no disrespect intended -sharing an exceptional meal. Always buffet and menu offered. Sylvania was a wonderful place to grow up in the 50’s. If you got in trouble your folks knew about it before you got home.
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 
Loved that place, used to drive over from Millen often….
I loved the town house restaurant. I ate there as a kid many times with my grandparents on the way to their farm near Newington. The cinnamon rolls were awesome. We would always get a couple dozen to take with us. I miss the good old days!
Correction to your post about the Treado’s restaurant, It was also owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bragg for many years as Bragg’s Town House before it was Rays.
I so much enjoyed your post about Treado’s restaurant. I grew up in Sylvania and had countless meals there. Truly nothing like it anywhere now.
Their cinnamon rolls were world famous. (Really mean it.) I’ve eaten a half dozen at one sitting with fresh milk many times. I have tried to find the recipe but no success. Always a mix of farmers,business men, families, and Yankees -no disrespect intended -sharing an exceptional meal. Always buffet and menu offered. Sylvania was a wonderful place to grow up in the 50’s. If you got in trouble your folks knew about before you got home.
Ate many meals there too and those cinnamon rolls are legendary. Also remember the seashell pay phone, the Florida room filled with vines and the LifeSaver candy display at the cash register.
Hwy 301 is like my Route 66. I just take off some Saturdays and drive to Bamberg and back (Orangeburg sometimes if time permits). I love seeing the old signs and roadside treasures. Just being on 301 takes me back to 1962. I also collect postcards of everything on 301 (that I can find). Hereâs one for the restaurant you photographed.
BTW â Iâm sure you went through Cooperville if youâve spent much time at all on 301. There used to be a restaurant there called âThe Paradise Restaurantâ. It had a beautiful sign out front. Dollar General came in and tore down the restaurant. However, the sign was given to a local BBQ restaurant, but they never put it up, and eventually went out of business. The sign now lies in a field in Cooperville, rotting away. I dream of getting it, and putting it somewhere that people can see it again. I HATE when this stuff gets torn down because one day it will all be gone and the history of American travel in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and somewhat the 70s will be lost forever.
Enjoyed your post. 301 is my Route 66 also. I drove to Florida with a few college friends in 1976 from Washington D.C. to Fort Lauderdale and we stayed at the Paradise Motel and ate there. The road was busy, quite an adventure and we enjoyed all the roadside activities. I came back through there in 1982 but a lot of the roadside was gone. Though I did eat at the Paradise Restaurant again and the waitress was telling me they were concerned about the fall off in traffic. I never understood why the cities along 301 did not band together and put up some signs on I-95 in Santee directing tourists to take the “scenic” route to Florida.
Thanks for sharing, Jerry. I imagine many made similar trips. I hope others will share.
If the owner of the sign would agree, I’m sure Mr. Roy Thompson works love to have it for the TMT farms for the Christmas light display. They have many other old signs from other local businesses that are no longer in operation.(snookies, KFC, and many others).
They own the Statesboro for covering, you could contact them there