Our family restaurant opened in March 1965. In Sept. 1965 my brother started college in Iowa so he only was able to work during the summer. He had previously attended a junior college which he had never completed. So in autumn of 1967 the Draft Board said that he had his college deferment too long. …
I know you aren’t going to believe this one. Our restaurant was a very early seller of chicken wings. I remember a salesman saying that they were getting popular in Buffalo. Why I would have been standing there at that time, I don’t know. It was parents decision as to what we would sell. I’m …
The last thing you want to do while working in a restaurant is watch people eat. Sooner or later there will be someone that will disgust you by eating with their mouth open. Back in the 60s you could smoke in all restaurants. People would put out their cigarettes in the remains of food. They …
Our family restaurant could be considered a short order restaurant. There wasn’t much competition. There weren’t any McDonald’s or Burger King anywhere close. There was an A&W Restaurant that only had service in your car. That was about 5 miles from us. We didn’t know how well we would in the winter. We stayed open …