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2009-11-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 ...The Big Boy franchise in NE Ohio where I grew up was Manners, and man did they have great food with carhops and everything - not to mention breaded mushrooms that were to die for. They tanked years ago, but the Bob's franchise is still very popular up there.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-11-15 05:43|| 2009-11-15 05:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll give em a week to settle in and then do a test drive over at Parkway Plaza (it's a couple miles away). Reporting back before Christmas, your dedicated diner, Frank

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-15 06:07|| 2009-11-15 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 The one that used to be in Scottsdale only employed illegal aliens, with a teenage white manager. To say that their cleanliness standards were deficient would be an understatement. I knew one guy who was a manager there for three days, who said that he would never eat there again.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-15 07:27|| 2009-11-15 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Frank, we appreciate your work on our behalf.

Posted by lotp 2009-11-15 08:27|| 2009-11-15 08:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Big Boy provided an overpriced Big Mac with a salad and fries as their standard fair. Americans decided they'd dump the salad for the convenience of quicker service and cheaper prices. I dont think things have changed.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-11-15 10:26|| 2009-11-15 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Big Boy #1 cover art by the legendary Bill Everett(!) Nice.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2009-11-15 10:49|| 2009-11-15 10:49|| Front Page Top

#7 the only big boy I've been too was downtown Saigon a couple of blocks from the USO and just over from TuDo. The meat was unsuprisingly tough.

Posted by bman">bman 2009-11-15 12:04|| 2009-11-15 12:04|| Front Page Top

#8 The hero of Tucson diners in the old days!

Posted by borgboy 2009-11-15 14:49|| 2009-11-15 14:49|| Front Page Top

#9 lotp - I'm all about the giving.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-15 15:25|| 2009-11-15 15:25|| Front Page Top

#10 ;-)

Posted by lotp 2009-11-15 18:22|| 2009-11-15 18:22|| Front Page Top

#11 To be fair, the Big Mac is MacDonald's version of the Big Boy, Big Boy's signature sandwich.

Posted by rwv 2009-11-15 20:35|| 2009-11-15 20:35|| Front Page Top

#12 Went into a local Jack in the Box last week and they had a white teenage boy working there. He was mopping the floor. All of the rest of the employees had limited English, of course, but it's a start. I've been there many, many times and never seen anything like it.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2009-11-15 20:41|| 2009-11-15 20:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Abu and Ebbulang are SD locals. If you grew up here, Big Boy was a post-high school football-game ritual (Broadway and H in Chula Vista was mine/Hilltop High). I remember a lot of good times, no doubt that's what the new owner is marketing

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-15 20:54|| 2009-11-15 20:54|| Front Page Top

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