Elek Polagyi, Hungarian Village Restaurant

[hungarian mike]

Hi -
I am a native of Dayton, Ohio, who now works as a news reporter for a newspaper in Arizona.
In the early 1990s, I researched and wrote a manuscript about the history of the Hungarisn community in Dayton I plan to publish for a book in the near future.
I am looking for anyone who knew Elek Polagyi (possibly Palagyi) who used to own, I believe, the Hungarian village Restaurant in Delray in the 1930s. Mr. Polagyi later opened a restaurant under the same name in Dayton in the late 1930s and owned it for a number of years. He brought in many Hungarian gypsy musicians who used to play in the restaurant and lived above it.

Does anyone remember him or know of any of his relatives still living in the Delray area or Michigan? I would love to contac them to get a picture of him and possibly some vintage pictures of his restaurant in Dayton.

I look forward to hearing from anyone!

Thank you!

Mike Sakal (mjsakal@hotmail.com)