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bluedogok
09-03-2012, 11:02 PM
I guess I got used to the Texas Dairy Queen's (my wife had always lived in Texas) because the ones here in Colorado are nothing like the ones down there, most are ice cream only and the ones that do have food have a much different menu. I knew the Texas DQ's were a somewhat different group and had their own marketing arm but we didn't expect it to be so different on the food side.

I think given the right ownership a DQ could always be successful in Oklahoma.

onthestrip
09-03-2012, 11:50 PM
Snowman, do you think new franchisees could resurrect the brand in OKC? I've noticed a similar resurrection is underway with Jack in the Box and Dunkin Donuts....

Totally. A well run DQ in a good location would do great numbers. A new one is being built in Broken Arrow so I guess we will see.

Mr. Cotter
09-04-2012, 01:32 PM
I guess I got used to the Texas Dairy Queen's (my wife had always lived in Texas) because the ones here in Colorado are nothing like the ones down there, most are ice cream only and the ones that do have food have a much different menu. I knew the Texas DQ's were a somewhat different group and had their own marketing arm but we didn't expect it to be so different on the food side.

I think given the right ownership a DQ could always be successful in Oklahoma.

Texas DQs are very different. When I first moved to Tennessee, I was glad to see a DQ, and got a little nostalgic for some steak fingers. They weren't on the Tennessee menu. No one on staff even knew what I was talking about, and I was told they have never been at DQ.

And, when I lived in Ohio, the DQs there only had ice cream, no food.

soonermike81
09-04-2012, 02:22 PM
Texas DQs are very different. When I first moved to Tennessee, I was glad to see a DQ, and got a little nostalgic for some steak fingers. They weren't on the Tennessee menu. No one on staff even knew what I was talking about, and I was told they have never been at DQ.

And, when I lived in Ohio, the DQs there only had ice cream, no food.

I've been to DQs in Omaha and Wichita, and none of them had steak fingers either! I couldn't believe this, as I feel this is what makes DQ great. An old roommate who used to work at DQ in Pennsylvania a long time ago had never heard of steak fingers either. I think there's one in Oklahoma off of I-35 somewhat near Ponca City, and from what I remember, they didn't serve steak fingers. Just isn't the same without steak fingers.

BBatesokc
09-04-2012, 03:56 PM
Since a good expansion on the reasons behind this I though I would repeat it, the condition of the stores and staff were only a symptom of someone conning every party involved in the region out of money due them.

Customers don't care a bit about the reason behind a filthy out-of-date store, they only know its filthy and out-of-date. Some will tolerate it, but most will go to the competition.

But I can see where those factors listed would lead to the conditions that ran customers off.

OKCTalker
09-04-2012, 04:09 PM
The key to success for fast food chains is consistency. Those in the field have told me that McDonald's succeeds because a Big Mac tastes the same whether it's served at 23rd & Broadway in OKC, at Times Square in Manhattan, or Red Square in Moscow. It ain't the best burger you've ever eaten by a longshot, but you know what you're going to get.

That's the bain with DQ - inconsistency and franchisee independence. Even after Warren Buffet bought them in 1998 and tried to create a consistent brand, they fought him. Just reading the last few posts in this thread illustrates this point, and their collective failure at getting beind a brand.

bluedogok
09-04-2012, 08:46 PM
Texas DQs are very different. When I first moved to Tennessee, I was glad to see a DQ, and got a little nostalgic for some steak fingers. They weren't on the Tennessee menu. No one on staff even knew what I was talking about, and I was told they have never been at DQ.

And, when I lived in Ohio, the DQs there only had ice cream, no food.
My wife was very disappointed they didn't have steak fingers or The Dude here in Colorado. She did have some steak fingers when she was back in West Texas while her dad was at the hospital because most small towns in Texas at least have a DQ.

Username
09-04-2012, 10:02 PM
The key to success for fast food chains is consistency. Those in the field have told me that McDonald's succeeds because a Big Mac tastes the same whether it's served at 23rd & Broadway in OKC, at Times Square in Manhattan, or Red Square in Moscow. It ain't the best burger you've ever eaten by a longshot, but you know what you're going to get.

That's the bain with DQ - inconsistency and franchisee independence. Even after Warren Buffet bought them in 1998 and tried to create a consistent brand, they fought him. Just reading the last few posts in this thread illustrates this point, and their collective failure at getting beind a brand.

McDonald's overseas do adapt their menu to local tastes. Even the plain burgers have a different taste at restaurants in say, Japan.

bluedogok
09-04-2012, 11:06 PM
To me the basic cheeseburger was the same, they do have items like the Teriyaki McBurger which was interesting.

UncleCyrus
09-05-2012, 03:27 AM
There's a DQ in Okmulgee also, or there was last time I was there a few months ago.

Snowman
09-05-2012, 03:53 AM
There's a DQ in Okmulgee also, or there was last time I was there a few months ago.

We are not implying there are none in the state, just the metro area

UncleCyrus
09-05-2012, 04:10 AM
We are not implying there are none in the state, just the metro area

Yes, you are correct. However, since someone mentioned the Chickasha location, I thought I would put in a plug for this one as well.

BBatesokc
09-05-2012, 07:42 AM
This is UrbanSpoon's map of DQ stores in Oklahoma. No idea how accurate or complete it is.....

http://www.urbanspoon.com/ch/241/280052/Oklahoma/Dairy-Queen


Hee's another listing..... http://www.menuism.com/restaurant-locations/dairy-queen-40802/us/ok

Roadhawg
09-05-2012, 07:52 AM
This is the first city I've lived that didn't have a DQ. I do miss them and stop whenever I go back home.

boscorama
09-05-2012, 08:40 PM
So true about the importance of consistency in frachises. I used to LOVE DQ's footlongs/with chili at the store on NW 23rd (uptown?). Later, I ordered one in another location and was sold this long bun with two thicker regular-sized dogs inside. The whole thing was gross, nothing like I'd expected.

Liked their dip cones too. Now, McDonalds has one but it's not the same.

Anyone know where the Brazier thing fits in? 23rd store had that back in the day.

bluedogok
09-05-2012, 08:50 PM
The stores here in Colorado with grilled foods are branded as Chill & Grill where most stores are are just frozen treats. In fact it seems most that I have seen are older, walk-up type locations with frozen treats only.

Larry OKC
09-05-2012, 08:55 PM
Am guessing but did that morph into the Grill & Chill someone mentioned earlier?

bluedogok
09-05-2012, 09:07 PM
Maybe it is Grill & Chill....I was just thinking since ice cream is their main line it was first.

kevinpate
09-06-2012, 01:44 AM
Had a DQ in my small home town ... until some feud erupted and it transformed into a Daisy Queen. Same folk, new sign, new cups.
Nice peeps, with a small diner on the other side of their small parking lot. At one time that DQ was the end of town for all practical effect and the turn around point for the older teens. The car folk weren't always nice to those of us still on two wheels.

Now the Mr. Swiss ... they were bright folk. They set up shop right across the main road from the town baseball parks. They did killer biz in their day. Also nice folk.

RadicalModerate
09-06-2012, 08:59 AM
There is a Dairy Queen within walking distance of my son-in-law's place in North Minneapolis. On the way back to his house with the grandkids, my wife asked me to stop so she could buy them a treat. While I was waiting outside for them to return, I noticed two Minnesota Highway Patrol cars in the lot and a Trooper/Trooperette enjoying some sort of DQ treat under the shady trees. The grandkids and the wife all got "Blizzards". Her's was the Snickers version. She offered a taste and it was good.

A couple of days later, I was "babysitting"--actually "tweensitting"--and when lunchtime rolled around I suggested that we walk over to DQ and get a bite to eat. The response to this suggestion was: "Oh. We like the Blizzards, but we don't eat the food."

I had a hankerin' for a coney or DQ burger, but had to settle for mixing up some Instant Char-Broiled Lake Salmon Salad from the previous nights leftovers. I think the kids ate cereal.

SoonerDave
09-06-2012, 11:07 AM
The "new" DQ's I've seen in Texas (Dallas/Arlington), Georgia, Branson et al surely look as though the were started by someone interested in establishing a common concept/theming/branding for the name, and I must say at those locations I've visited, they were very consistent. The ones you have to avoid are the "add-ons" in places like gas stations and truck stops. They're usually, well, horrible, inconsistent, nasty...insert other favorite negative adjective.

I think even some older ones have at least tried (with varying degrees of success) to migrate "up" to whatever DQ is trying to do at a corporate level. I've seen some older buildings that have (for example) put on a nice brick facade, updated signage/logos, so given that plus the consistent theming of newer stores tells me they're on the right track. I'd love to see them back in OKC, because no one does a Blizzard like DQ...(sorry Braums/Sonic/McD's... close but no cigar :) )

And here's a huge +1 on the McDonald's consistency note. Absolutely incredible that they pull it off, but man, you get an Egg McMuffin in Buffalo, NY, and somehow it manages to taste exactly the same as one in Los Angeles or Oklahoma City. Love them or hate them, they have reduced consistency to an absolute science. Don't think any fast-food chain has ever mastered it to the degree McD's has. If you think about all the vendors that have to be coordinated and tested across thousands of stores to ensure standards are met to achieve it, you realize what an amazing logistical feat it is...

RadicalModerate
09-06-2012, 11:40 AM
Did I forget to mention that the Dairy Queen on Lyndale was a "stand alone" location with authentic old picnic tables and trees?

The closest thing to it wasn't the McDonalds up the road nor the curiously inviting "Cuban Sandwich" place down the block.

It, the local Dairy Queen, reminded me of an Urban/SubUrban Location of "The TwinBurger" of my yoot. =)
Yet, apparently "the kids" preferred the algae-based solution of the "ice-cream"/spun up with confections from the local 7-Eleven dessert treats to the actual food served therein.

In retrospect:
They probably had a better grasp on "consistency" vis-a-vis local lunch options than I.

bluedogok
09-06-2012, 11:09 PM
The "new" DQ's I've seen in Texas (Dallas/Arlington), Georgia, Branson et al surely look as though the were started by someone interested in establishing a common concept/theming/branding for the name, and I must say at those locations I've visited, they were very consistent. The ones you have to avoid are the "add-ons" in places like gas stations and truck stops. They're usually, well, horrible, inconsistent, nasty...insert other favorite negative adjective.

I think even some older ones have at least tried (with varying degrees of success) to migrate "up" to whatever DQ is trying to do at a corporate level. I've seen some older buildings that have (for example) put on a nice brick facade, updated signage/logos, so given that plus the consistent theming of newer stores tells me they're on the right track. I'd love to see them back in OKC, because no one does a Blizzard like DQ...(sorry Braums/Sonic/McD's... close but no cigar :) )

And here's a huge +1 on the McDonald's consistency note. Absolutely incredible that they pull it off, but man, you get an Egg McMuffin in Buffalo, NY, and somehow it manages to taste exactly the same as one in Los Angeles or Oklahoma City. Love them or hate them, they have reduced consistency to an absolute science. Don't think any fast-food chain has ever mastered it to the degree McD's has. If you think about all the vendors that have to be coordinated and tested across thousands of stores to ensure standards are met to achieve it, you realize what an amazing logistical feat it is...
The redesign was pushed on the franchisors by DQ corporate in Minnesota, there were articles in various Texas papers about the resistance of some of the owners in the amount of investment required to bring their stores up to the same corporate standard established with the new design. Many in the Austin area had already gone through the transformation but I know many of the rural ones have not. I think for many of them they just do not see the benefit in that kind of "branding" since many have what they already consider a "captive" audience.

MonkeesFan
09-08-2012, 02:12 PM
They need to build a Diary Queen in Moore, Oklahoma City, and Norman, I really miss their chicken strips, I have not ate at Diary Queen in years!

Larry OKC
09-10-2012, 03:43 PM
Think it was already discussed in the thread but Dairy Queens were plentiful in the Metro area (their buildings are still around, a few becoming Chelinos). They did return with at least 2 locations in new buildings a couple of years ago but disappeared. 1 was up near the college there in Edmond and I saw another over in Mid-Del on the east side of one of the main N/S roads.

bluedogok
09-10-2012, 10:11 PM
We went to DQ Saturday night after the OU game, the one that we went to was ice cream and Orange Julius, the only hot food they had at that one was hot dogs. Another one close by is one of the "Grill & Chill" locations.

dalelakin
09-16-2012, 09:54 AM
Here are the numbers that it takes to start up a "Grill and Chill" location. If someone were to put one in by the new outlet mall I am fairly certain that they would get an extraordinary ROI.

Numbers:

Franchise Fee: $35,000
Royalty Fee: 4%
Marketing Fee: 5 – 6%
Term: 20 years
Investment Range: $779,675 – $1,729,160
Liquid Capital Requirement: $400,000
Net Worth Requirement: $750,000
Certified DQ Managers: 3
Building Size: 1,886 – 2,612 sq ft
Lot Size: 20,952 – 29,670 sq ft

JayhawkTransplant
09-16-2012, 10:47 AM
I pledge to eat a Blizzard a day to anyone who wants to put up the money for a DQ.

MonkeesFan
09-16-2012, 04:40 PM
I pledge to eat a Blizzard a day to anyone who wants to put up the money for a DQ.

You are going to get sick of eating blizzards 7 days a week

rcjunkie
09-17-2012, 02:53 AM
While in Chickasha last week, stopped at DQ for a quick lunch, absolutely horrible. Complained the the manager (young lady app. 21 years old), the only reply I got was "sorry, were training new employees".

RadicalModerate
09-17-2012, 09:23 AM
I wonder if she was a "Certified" DQ Manager? (1 of 3)

In looking at the numbers a few posts up, I also had to wonder why a person approaching Millionaire (on paper) would be interested in messing around with opening and running a DQ . . . This may be one reason for their scarcity.

rizzo
09-25-2012, 03:11 PM
Because people here for some strange reason go gaga over Sonic. Sonic on a good day is merely average. I want my DQ back as well as taco-tico.

There is a Taco Tico in Shawnee! :D

SoonerDave
09-25-2012, 07:51 PM
I wonder if she was a "Certified" DQ Manager? (1 of 3)

In looking at the numbers a few posts up, I also had to wonder why a person approaching Millionaire (on paper) would be interested in messing around with opening and running a DQ . . . This may be one reason for their scarcity.

There are similar if not worse capital requirements for most of the bigger fast food franchises. I think the net worth requirement for McDonald's was something like $1.5M over two decades ago, something similarly staggering.

bluedogok
09-25-2012, 08:42 PM
I looked into it when Krispy Kreme was just starting their expansion, I had some in Pensacola, Florida and looked into what their franchising was. There was a reason why Hal Smith was the franchise holder in the OKC area. The requirements were something like 1,000,000 in liquid capital, 4,000,000 line of credit and the ability to open up multiple locations in a three year window plus having 10 years experience in the restaurant business.

Larry OKC
09-29-2012, 11:20 PM
Heard similar numbers from a Taco Bueno manager that was interested in becoming a franchisee a few years ago when they finally opened the franchise door. They wanted someone that could open 10 stores at once. Not 1 and let it grow to 3, then 10.

bluedogok
09-30-2012, 09:36 PM
Taco Bueno just started opening up franchises in the Austin area about 4-5 years ago and it was a pretty big franchisee that already had an established chain in the Austin/San Antonio area. We had one a few miles from our house down there, I wish we had them up here in Denver, instead we still have one of the original Casa Bonita locations.

Larry OKC
10-01-2012, 12:12 PM
You have the last remaining Casa Bonita. Sadly, all the rest are gone. Have often considered moving to Denver just for Casa Bonita. Especially after Casa closed in Tulsa for the last time. Since they used to be owned by the same folks, they had similar/same recipes.

reverend
10-03-2012, 12:58 PM
Brazier is the name of the DQ food menu. I remember the Dairy Queen at 9th and Virgina (10th and Pennsylvania) had a DQ sign with Brazier Foods underneath.

My parents were friends with the old lady who ran that DQ location, and she said that she could not keep up with franchise fees. For a while the place was called the Virginia Dairy Bar. Don't know what the place is called now, if it is still even open as I rarely venture south of 10th on Virginia.

Roger S
10-03-2012, 01:23 PM
I believe there was a catering business running out of there for awhile. Do not know if they are still in business or not.

Edit: Found they have a website TW's AFAB Catering (http://twsafabcatering.com/)

Tydude
10-05-2012, 09:47 AM
hopefully one day we can get a Dairy Queen in OKC

UnclePete
10-05-2012, 11:17 AM
Open one mainly for the best foot-longs in the whole world (and even better when they were on sale).


hopefully one day we can get a Dairy Queen in OKC

Larry OKC
10-05-2012, 11:20 PM
UnclePete: not sure if I ever had a Dairy Queen foot-long, but would be hard to beat the one at Big Ed's

BBatesokc
10-07-2012, 08:09 AM
The wife and I actually ate at a DQ yesterday near Paige, TX after completing the Tough Mudder. Figured we deserved some useless calories and wanted to know if DQ was what I remember - fortunately and unfortunately it was..... The chili-cheese footlong coney I had was awesome and the fries were pretty good too (pretty close to McD's fries). Wife had the crispy chicken sandwich. She said it wasn't crispy at all and was nowhere near as good as a Chick-Fil-A sandwich. She also ordered some sort of fried jalapeños - those were pretty good.

Restaurant was clean and pretty new looking, but service was terrible. The girl at the register didn't know anything and claimed she wasn't new. Asked what came with a chili-dog combo and she said 'just a drink.' I asked how can that be when its an additional $3? She just shrugged and said "I don't know, but the people in the back will include whatever its suppose to come with." We then had to repeat/clarify our really simple order 3x before she got it right. She also asked my wife if she wanted the lettuce, tomato and mayo on her sandwich - she said yes - but it arrived with none of that because it apparently is not an option.

To top it off, it took 27 minutes to get our order! The restaurant wasn't even 1/4 full an everyone was complaining about the wait. Some people came in, heard about the wait and left.

Food was 'good' enough, but nothing I'd crave or miss.

kevinpate
10-07-2012, 08:32 AM
Where oh where do fast food places find their 'service' people? And why are there so dang many of them?

Growing up in the 70's, and even as a young adult in the 80's, it was fairly rare for an order to be delivered wrong. Ditto for encountering poor service or the 'how should I know, I just work here' mentalities, even in the order at the counter places.

I don't know what happened, but once we hit the 1990, bad service seems to have steadily become the norm instead of the exception.

Hawk405359
10-07-2012, 10:01 AM
UnclePete: not sure if I ever had a Dairy Queen foot-long, but would be hard to beat the one at Big Ed's

Does Big Ed's still exist? We used to have one near where I lived growing up, but they got into tax trouble and had to close. I remember loving the burgers.

Steve
10-07-2012, 10:22 AM
There is one left at Penn and NW 122 in the Camelot Square shopping center. A franchising scheme messed up most of the restaurants....

RadicalModerate
10-07-2012, 10:58 AM
I don't know what happened, but once we hit the 1990, bad service seems to have steadily become the norm instead of the exception.

This is a real puzzler . . .
If bad service has steadily become the norm, isn't it average service?

Dairy Queen footlongs were normally above average.
But Sonic's are delivered at the speed of sound.

Jim Kyle
10-07-2012, 11:06 AM
Where oh where do fast food places find their 'service' people? And why are there so dang many of them?Somewhere around the mid-70s, we stopped teaching children that actions have consequences and that the actor must bear responsibility for them. Instead we began concentrating on building self-esteem and protecting them from the consequences of their acts. This switch had a number of unintended side effects, including a breakdown of classroom discipline and a general attitude of "couldn't care less" among the great majority of youngsters. Peer pressure then took care of squashing the desire to do a good job, for most of them. And the lack of preparation for real life left them with little choice other than flipping burgers uncaringly...

Fortunately, cultures swing "like a pendulum do" to quote Roger Miller. We seem now to be on a backswing, and there's hope for the future. Meanwhile, we can just enjoy the brave new world we created for ourselves...

Jim Kyle
10-07-2012, 11:10 AM
Steve, didn't Ed (Ed Brown, as I recall) have some family health problems that took his attention away from keeping the chain going? There may be a story there for one of the history blogs. Another one would be Neptune's Submarine Sandwiches, which began as a single shop on Penn a couple of blocks north of NW 23, expanded to blanket the metro area, then collapsed to just one remaining...

Steve
10-07-2012, 11:37 AM
That didn't help either. I got to meet and know Ed. Good guy. Things got bad not just with health problems, but also with his wife being seriously injured by a drunk driver. You're right .... something Doug or I will have to blog on....

bluedogok
10-07-2012, 12:16 PM
"Service" all comes down to store management and the franchise owner. The DQ by our previous house in South Austin had exceptional service for a fast food place, they tended to have a mix of people in their 20's to 40's, there rarely seemed to be the number of high school kids in there (even though it was a block from Crockett HS). The one near my office in North Austin was a bit more inconsistent service wise (Burnet Road south of 183) but the food was good at both. I know many of the small town locations vary greatly depending upon what they pay, the one in my wife's hometown of Monahans tends to have older workers but some of the ones along the way do not.

flintysooner
10-07-2012, 12:27 PM
I thought Big Ed was Ed Thomas.

boscorama
10-07-2012, 07:26 PM
Yes, it was Thomas, I think. I knew his brother Alex Thomas.

Larry OKC
10-07-2012, 11:08 PM
Does Big Ed's still exist? We used to have one near where I lived growing up, but they got into tax trouble and had to close. I remember loving the burgers.

Steve is correct. If not mistaken the next-to-last one was across the street from St. Anthony's Hosp there on 10th (in an old IHOP A-frame building). The hospital bought the land and they were supposed to reopen inside the hospital but it never came to be. Some of their stuff was slightly different, like they didn't have a foot-long, just a regular sized and they didn't use the same chili on it as the one up on 122nd & Penn. The one has added some new menu items that I need to try the next time I am up that way.

RadicalModerate
10-07-2012, 11:34 PM
Not to go all 60MinutesAndyRooneyish on this topic of immediate pressing culinary concern . . .

But have you ever noticed that all of the pretenders to the throne of excellence in terms of algae-based soft-serve "ice cream"--that is, Dairy Kings and their Ilk--are always inferior to Dairy Queens?

I think this goes back to the 1500's in Russia.
It may have something to do with the development and resurrection, to the west, of The Kaiser.

I think that Sonic and Kaiser may be preparing for war in terms of preferred ambiance but I've been wrong before. And will be again.

Would it be possible . . .
for, say, a mobile Food Truck Operator . . .
to declare himorherself . . .
Dairy Pretender to The Throne?
Dairy Emperor Dowager?
Dairy Prime Minister?
Dairy Dictator?
and not get busted for whatever?

Sorry . . . Sunflower turned to Sprouts and I'm all confused =)
I'm waiting for Whole Foods to turn to Point 75 Foods.

boscorama
10-08-2012, 08:29 PM
Dairy Boy, Dairy Maid ... never know what you'll find in small towns. The "ice cream" is consistent but that's the only thing I be getting there. McDonalds now has a dip cone which I've tried a few times. I swear, the chocolate is too hard and shell-like, a problem I never encountered within the Dairy Family.

Jettmiester
10-09-2012, 12:34 AM
If someone wanted to make a killing they'd open a DQ in Edmond/NW Okc area around 178th and Penn. There is no decent fast food in the area except Sonic and Braums (I dont think those are very decent).

Dubya61
10-09-2012, 10:08 AM
"Service" all comes down to store management and the franchise owner. The DQ by our previous house in South Austin had exceptional service for a fast food place, they tended to have a mix of people in their 20's to 40's, there rarely seemed to be the number of high school kids in there (even though it was a block from Crockett HS). The one near my office in North Austin was a bit more inconsistent service wise (Burnet Road south of 183) but the food was good at both. I know many of the small town locations vary greatly depending upon what they pay, the one in my wife's hometown of Monahans tends to have older workers but some of the ones along the way do not.

I read an article quite a while back (pre-2008 financial collapse, etc.) that said employers can't enforce any requirement for customer service because there was such a strong competition for employees. You didn't dare tell your employee to step up there game or else, because they would happily leave and you'd be out an employee -- likely for a very long time. Now that that's no longer a concern, I can't say why good customer service is going the way of the dodo. Maybe it's just not expected any more.

bluedogok
10-09-2012, 10:32 PM
I read an article quite a while back (pre-2008 financial collapse, etc.) that said employers can't enforce any requirement for customer service because there was such a strong competition for employees. You didn't dare tell your employee to step up there game or else, because they would happily leave and you'd be out an employee -- likely for a very long time. Now that that's no longer a concern, I can't say why good customer service is going the way of the dodo. Maybe it's just not expected any more.
Go to a Rudy's BBQ location in the Austin area the other K&N Management concept, Mighty Fine Burgers and service seems to be a key component of what they do, of course they offer a higher starting wage than most places of its kind (I think the last time that I saw a sign up something like $10.50/HR was the starting pay). The Rudy's in Colorado Springs does not have the same type of service and their staff looks like they are mostly high schoolers or young college students.

RadicalModerate
10-09-2012, 11:28 PM
Food Trucks are the Dairy Queens of The Next Generation.
(resistance is futile . . . here, have a free clone . . .)

Bricks and mortar detract from The Dairy Experience.
Well . . . don't they?

(of course they do)

yet . . . just hoving over the horizon of that bleak expectational paradigm . . .
Rock Island PlOW Company--Implemented to Move The Taste Buds to The Next Generation . . .

etc....and so forth . .... include non Zooish Biker Security Farce . . .
TonZ o' Bucks!!! =)