I went to the Taco Bell that is on May Ave. just north of Memorial today for lunch and noticed they are now building something on the lot just north of Taco Bell. I asked the management at Taco Bell if they knew what was being built and they stated it was going to be a Denny's and a Jack in the Box.

uhggg!!! Anything but a Denny's!!! Please!!

I wish we'd get a Village Inn here in the city.They had some of the best breakfast food and they were open 24 hours.

Stop the presses, grab the babies and hide your daughters! Finally, OKC is going to get another mediocre, cheesy breakfast chain restaurant with plastic boothes!

We lost our Denny's and Golden Corral at 63rd and N May. We need some new, good placed to eat to go in here. I hate to always have to drive to Memorial Road. I wish Cheddar's would open up closeby.

Denny's has probably decided to try to re-enter the market. They closed almost every location around the city. The mall, the apartments and the hotels will probably bring them a steady traffic flow up their.

I know many people that hate IHOP and love Denny's or Waffle House.

I wouldn't object to Bob Evans restaurants coming to this area.

Denny's has probably decided to try to re-enter the market. They closed almost every location around the city. The mall, the apartments and the hotels will probably bring them a steady traffic flow up their.

I know many people that hate IHOP and love Denny's or Waffle House.

Or vice versa. My friends add Cracker Barrel to that list as well...

And people say we don't have fine dining in OKC.

I'm with you SoonerQueen, I always loved the Village Inn!

I'm with you SoonerQueen, I always loved the Village Inn!

I agree, Village Inn over Denny's or I-Hop any day.
Denny's and I-Hop are just places to go when nothing else is open.

new dennys and jack in the crack near quail springs mall. good grief, doesnt that area already explode with commercial over-development already??? the traffic on memorial and penn is horrendous-the worst in the city.

I wish it was either a Dave and Busters or even Ruby Tuesdays, I still believe that Dave and Busters is going to end up somewhere in Bricktown.

I wish it was a Dave and Busters as well. I find their food very generic, but it's a fun place to be at.

How about instead of Denny's and IHOP and Village Inn, try Jimmy's Egg, Beverly's or the Classen Grill? Try supporting your local businesses instead of cardboard, faceless chains.

I know there are some elitists and wannabe elitists on this site, but is it seriously going to ruin any of your lives that a chain restaurant is opening?

How about being excited that we're getting any new businesses at all in today's economic climate? Seems like a vote of confidence for the area to me.

Yeah, Village Inn has some good food. Yeah, there are some local restaurants that are pretty good. OKC is 600 some odd square miles- I really doubt that one new Denny's restaurant is going to chase away all possibilities for any other new restaurants to open here again, ever.

If you choose not to eat there, fine. If you're offended by its mere existence, I'm sorry for you. If you think that your sister's grandmother's cousin from a "real" city will look down on OKC because we have some new "mass market" food options, please put yourself out of your misery and move on to the greener pastures. I think it is a good thing that there is a new late-night option in that area, and I think it is exciting that we're getting new businesses in a climate where so many companies are reluctant to expand/build.

Millie Dear, it has nothing to do with being elitist or snobbish. The reason is that when you spend your money at a chain restaurant, that money - less a portion for wages and operations - goes out of state. When you try to make a point to support your local restaurants, virtually every penny stays in-state and in-city and circulates through our local economy multiple times. There was a recent thread that I can't find that quoted a study that showed how many times it's estimated locally spent dollars circulate through the local economy. It amazes me that people get so worked up and excited over yet another fast food chain when this city is already known as the fast-food capital of the country per-capita. Its also known as one of the fattest cities in the country.....there may be a connection!

So, open your mind and get off your own high-horse and understand there may actually be some logic behind people's comments that you haven't thought about.

While I'm happy a new business is moving in and will employ a few people,

Was there a long line of local people (with financing secured, of course) standing in line to buy that exact land to open the exact same concept? If not, I don't see a point in this conversation.

I don't see a point to your question? Just because a national corporation can come in and open a restaurant with cash or proceeds from a $5 billion dollar bond sale is a moot point - other than its cash they've gathered from all their other restaurants in all the other states and brought into their corporate office.

That is the point. They have the money to come in and open a successful business model. People will go there, tax money will be collected, salaries will be paid, etc.

Would you prefer that the land sit vacant, waiting for some local person to maybe, someday have the money to maybe, someday open a business that may or may not fail?

That is the point. They have the money to come in and open a successful business model. People will go there, tax money will be collected, salaries will be paid, etc.

Would you prefer that the land sit vacant, waiting for some local person to maybe, someday have the money to maybe, someday open a business that may or may not fail?

In many cases, yes. There are probably 2-3 empty restaurant pad sites on Memorial near the mall that Denny's could remodel and move into. I'd far rather see them renovate a closed business and/or move further into town to infill than contribute to more sprawl that OKC doesn't really need.

Fair point about the unneeded sprawl.

I would argue, though, that local, no-name places would do better as infill, due to density/traffic issues.

Not all business is good business - old saying.

We eat at Bob Evans every chance we get when traveling. I'd love to see them come into the city area.

Wellp... the "Fast Food Capital of the World" title isnt going away any time soon..

Obviously......

I support the whole concept of spend your money locally but, breakfast is breakfast to me. I am not going to drive twenty minutes to have a meal I can have a mile down the road from the house. I am not waiting in line for pancakes and eggs. Not to mention, I hate the whole of idea of sitting around a bunch of loud talking self important people who had the words "I am better than everyone else in the world." branded on thier ass at birth.

Millie Dear, it has nothing to do with being elitist or snobbish. The reason is that when you spend your money at a chain restaurant, that money - less a portion for wages and operations - goes out of state. When you try to make a point to support your local restaurants, virtually every penny stays in-state and in-city and circulates through our local economy multiple times. There was a recent thread that I can't find that quoted a study that showed how many times it's estimated locally spent dollars circulate through the local economy. It amazes me that people get so worked up and excited over yet another fast food chain when this city is already known as the fast-food capital of the country per-capita. Its also known as one of the fattest cities in the country.....there may be a connection!

So, open your mind and get off your own high-horse and understand there may actually be some logic behind people's comments that you haven't thought about.

While I'm happy a new business is moving in and will employ a few people,

So what you're saying is...don't go to chains whose headquarters are out of state but it's okay to go to Sonic because they're an Oklahoma based company and their profits get redistributed in our local economy? I'm down with that, except that I don't eat Sonic...

I'm gonna have to try Jack in the Box though. Never had it before!

this city is already known as the fast-food capital of the country per-capita.

really? do you remember where you read that from? i've never heard that before.

SUPPORT LOCAL.

and now, back to your regularly scheduled thread...

really? do you remember where you read that from? i've never heard that before.

SUPPORT LOCAL.

and now, back to your regularly scheduled thread...

Sadly, it's true.
The Fast-food capital of America: Oklahoma City - Apr. 12, 2007 (http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_boyle_fastfood.fortune/index.htm)

Sadly, it's true.
The Fast-food capital of America: Oklahoma City - Apr. 12, 2007 (http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_boyle_fastfood.fortune/index.htm)

ugh. i always thought most oklahomans only ate fast food when they had to. except single guys, of course. :backtotop

I must be the only person here excited about Jack in the Box coming back. Mmmmmmm Jack tacos. My arteries are already clogging over the thought of the "Ultimate Cheeseburger". 1489mg of sodium, and 61g of fat never tasted so good.

Gotta double my gym time just to get ready.

ugh. i always thought most oklahomans only ate fast food when they had to. except single guys, of course. :backtotop

Tole-ja so!!! (smile)

Hey, I eat at fast food sometimes too. My entire reaction is from the point of view that so many people on here get soooo excited when a new JIB or Denny's opens. We have more than enough fast food establishments to support us for the next 10 years. More new ones only adds to the outward sprawl. Try something new. Try a locally owned place and see what they have to offer.