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Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion => General Silver Dollar City Talk => Topic started by: Junior on December 08, 2013, 06:34:51 PM
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Whitewater and Six Flags St. Louis have had chain restaurants...Dominos Pizza at WW, Six Flags has had McDonald's, Panda Chinese, and others. Do you think there is an area at SDC where chain food could be served...how about Ozark Marketplace and Hospitality House? I could see that. I personally do NOT want to see, say, a Wendy's or Applebee's on the town square, or in the old Big Jack's location. Any thoughts? If you had a large kids group with you, I could see taking everyone into Burger King in the Ozark Marketplace, say. How about it?
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Junior, I don't think the city has a place for a chain store. With all the food options they have now. no need to add anything else. .
IF they were to do a chain store, I would want it to be 100% themed.! No signage. just put them into an existing building.. BUT really what food do we need??.....
UNLESS it was a good fresh made to order sandwhich.?
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There you go again, Junior - stirring the pot!
I would not like to see a chain restaurant, fast food or not; for me it would open the doors to too many other things.
Something like a Cracker Barrel could easily fit, but I don't want to eat something at SDC that I can get outside (and not pay admission).
It's not exactly a chain, but would we accept a Lambert's? Imagine that!
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Nonsense, but in my reimagined Celebration City chain eateries would be part of it.
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No, no, no chains! Puh-lease! It would be kind of cool if you could call ahead and place a sack lunch order for kids. Burger, pickle, chips, cookie, root beer in a SDC bag.
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no chains....
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Well if SDC was to handle the big chains the same way SF handles them. There will not be any Im sure. I know SFSL (anyway) still has Panda, and Johnny Rockets (at least until 2014-Im not sure about 2014). They had Papa Johns for years too. When SFSL had McDonalds was the year my Son worked at the local MickeyDs. SFSL would not let him work at the SF location because he was not an SFSL employee (even though he was a McDs employee). Also (according to the local manager) SFSL was charging McDs a huge rent. Plus they had to charge the same prices that the other burger place in SFSL charged (which was way higher than any local McDs.).
Anyway-I have the same vote as you all. NO CHAINS. I much prefer paying extra for SDC stuff as opposed to paying extra for something I can get a few miles away cheaper.
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Food and beverage sales account for much profit at theme parks. It does not surprise me that Six Flags charged the dickens out of the chains, making it hard for a chain to spend more than a few seasons in the park. SDC has done that with lease shop craftsmen in years past, and likely still does. If you want rental/lease space in a mall where two million people a year pass through, you will have to pay for the space, big time. Again, what is a theme park> A mall with rides, really.
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I hope Sdc does not get chain restaurants. Sometime's we will splurge there to get something we can't get anywhere else. The prices are higher than we would normally pay,but we really like the park,and that it still has the beliefs it has. My son is a manager at a Diary Queen at the mall in the town we live in,and says the rent is 10,000 a month. That's a lot of ice cream to sell,and make a profit.
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There's only one I would approve of. Nellie's. Headquartered in Walnut Grove, MN. ;)
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There's only one I would approve of. Nellie's. Headquartered in Walnut Grove, MN. ;)
I guess I could judge more accurately if I had ever heard of Nellies, much less eaten there.
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We do not eat at chains when we travel, but try to seek out unique local places. Which is why we love Reeds Springs Pizza Company so much. Neither do we eat at the park, but I would hate to see the place invaded by these type of restaurants. I would much rather see a nice sit down upscale place that operates year round. Disney just survived a hail of criticism by locating a Starbucks on Main Street USA in the magic Kingdom.
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No chains. We rarely eat at chain restaurants, prefer sit down home cooking places to eat.
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I wouldn't mind an 1880s themed mock chain hamburger place. That could be fun.
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Injun Joe, I think you are referring to the Wagon Works or Lumber Camp Restaurants...those are the two big hamburger places on park. :)
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Perhaps instead of chain restaurants we need buffet style like Dolly wood. I know there are two of these at SDC but I've never been impressed with the value of them. The mine restaurant brings back memories of the place but the food doesn't stick in my memory as a kid. The place I ate at in Dolly wood was a bit expensive 50 dollars for 2 adults and 2 kids but the food was amazing! I wouldn't want more buffets and less sit down but a couple more with a more developed menu could be nice. Dolly wood had 3 basically a low price one, a medium price one and a high price one.
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Injun Joe, I think you are referring to the Wagon Works or Lumber Camp Restaurants...those are the two big hamburger places on park. :)
Well, generally I think things are just fine. And I definitely don't want any real chains. But I think a McDugan's or something along that line could work. I'm picturing "Dozens served" and "now with three locations to serve you: right here, out back yonder, and over thar a spell." You catch my drift?
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Well maybe a Taco-Tico? Taco Bell or Taco Johns? ;)
Open all year... EXCEPT OTC!! I like my Walking Tacos!!!! ;D
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There's only one I would approve of. Nellie's. Headquartered in Walnut Grove, MN. ;)
I guess I could judge more accurately if I had ever heard of Nellies, much less eaten there.
I'm guessing you don't watch Little House on the Prairie. My reference to Nellie's was tongue in cheek.
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I would take a Reed Springs Pizza Shop at SDC. Best pizza in the four state area.
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AHHHH !!! Nellies on Little House. DUH! Where was I? No I dont get to watch Little House much anymore. It comes on here at 2 PM. However I leave for work between 2 and 2:15 PM. But NO I sure didnt put Nellies and Little House together for some dumb reason.
So OK Larson Six. I will give this one to you. I would also welcome Nellies. (NOW ANYWAY).
I still dont think we need chain restaurants. We just need to improve the food quality in the places we already have. I mean 10 years ago. SDC food shops was GOOOOOODD!!! Now they are mediocre at the very best. Save Mollies for breakfast. The food at SDC is not too good nowadays.
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Nah, I caught the "Nellie's" thing. I hear the gal and her mom who ran the place were B----he's! (Ha!) ;D
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I wouldn't mind an 1880s themed mock chain hamburger place. That could be fun.
So, Wendy's? That's the origin of their theme. ;)
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A catfish/seaford buffet along the lake front. A steak place around the Wilson's Farm/Outlaw Run spur. And since we are on a more western theme with outlaw run, how about some Chinese.
I almost had my wife to let me hit the Prime Rib all you can eat but she still balked at it during OTC.
As for shopping, my mom and wife would rather do this but they say it's getting stale. And with OTC seemingly ever growing. Maybe a old themed dry goods store with USA made clothing and such. Even an Outfitters store front with outdoors and hunting stuff sans the guns and ammo.
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Check out the Website "Mollyjoggers" it is an outfitter and has unique, unusual items. An Ozarks centered business. I think a shop at the Ozark Marketplace for their stuff would be great.
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I think Wendy's was named after Dave Thomas's daughter.
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I think Wendy's was named after Dave Thomas's daughter.
NAW--didnt you ever hear that when (what is now SDC) started in the 1800s. It was named after the founder "WENDY THOMAS" YUP, it was called Wendy City back then. However the City of Chicago took (wind :o) of this, and filed a lawsuit, because the city of Chicago had a patent on the name "The Windy City"
;D ;D ;D ;D (Of course Im full of ****) but I couldnt resist this.
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Wendy's was named for his daughter, but the original tables looked suspiciously like the SDC shopping bags with advertising from the old days.
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Qwed,,,,, NOT sure, but if i had a restaraunt.....I dont think I would want to be known for being the "Wendy city"..........
LOL....
unless of course my specialty was Chili or Ham and beans...... ;)
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They do have good chili.
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we do have fun here dont we?
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;D
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The only chain restaurant that matches up with SDC's morals is Chick-fil-a. I guess that would work?
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The only chain restaurant that matches up with SDC's morals is Chick-fil-a. I guess that would work?
But... Sunday is a busy day at the park and Chick Fil A ain't selling on Sunday.
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Why is it that I only crave Chik Fil A on Sundays???
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The only chain restaurant that matches up with SDC's morals is Chick-fil-a. I guess that would work?
But... Sunday is a busy day at the park and Chick Fil A ain't selling on Sunday.
It works at the Cedar Fair parks... IDK?
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Yes I really like Chick-Fil-A, I also like the Christian owned Co., and the christian like attitudes from the staff (at least most of the time). Or should I say, the times Ive been in there, anyway.
However Chick-Fil-A is not close to me at all. I dont get out that way often, so I dont get there often. But it would actually fit in SDC.
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NO fast food or chain restaurant would fit at SDC. Would stick out like an ugly, ugly sore thumb. I shudder at the thought.
And no, I don't think the food at SDC is perfect, but I certainly won't complain as much as some people will. I can always find something great to eat.
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NO fast food or chain restaurant would fit at SDC. Would stick out like an ugly, ugly sore thumb. I shudder at the thought.
And no, I don't think the food at SDC is perfect, but I certainly won't complain as much as some people will. I can always find something great to eat.
Yup!
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I cant help but wonder... what would a fast food place have to offer that we don't have..??
we have chickin, beef, ribs, BBQ, turkey legs, hamburgers,walkin tacos, breakfast buffet, dinner buffet, pizza
all types of salad, fries, taters, desserts....
oh and don't forget the apple dumplings, tater twists, kettle corn, funnel cales, berries and cream, smores.....
everything is served pretty quickly.... LOL.. (except at lumberjack, they really need to work on that)...... SOOOOO.........................................
I have to ask, what else do we really need?
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I cant help but wonder... what would a fast food place have to offer that we don't have..??
we have chickin, beef, ribs, BBQ, turkey legs, hamburgers,walkin tacos, breakfast buffet, dinner buffet, pizza
all types of salad, fries, taters, desserts....
oh and don't forget the apple dumplings, tater twists, kettle corn, funnel cales, berries and cream, smores.....
everything is served pretty quickly.... LOL.. (except at lumberjack, they really need to work on that)...... SOOOOO.........................................
I have to ask, what else do we really need?
Just a nice upscale restaurant that can be accessed from inside or outside the park. Other than that I think they do pretty well compared to most other parks. It probably would not do well though.
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You guys know that the mention of blowing all sorts of money to pleasure ones self for a short time just irritates me. My family is poor, we live in poverty levels and in a poverty stricken location. I have seen videos from our pastor when he was a missionary in Brazil. I have seen videos from a local pastor who sends money and spends time in Haiti. I understand the money spent in a 5 star food joint, could feed yourselves, and "probably" 20 kids in Haiti.
But Im not preachin. I guess if an upscale restaurant is the recipe that will see SDC into the year 2345. Then I guess that what we must build.
I guess I just dont get it. We have several upscale joints in Branson.
Starvin Marvin
Joes Crab Shack
Red Lobster
Landrys
(The seafood place downstairs of The big Red Chicken) Sorry Ive missplaced the name
Outback Pub
Even Famous Daves to some degree.
I mean if you want to spend my whole paycheck on one meal. I have listed several you could do that.
No I dont think we need any more food choices in SDC (save a sub type sandwhich place). What we need at SDC is better food. Save Mollies breakfast-they are as good as any breakfast on the strip, maybe better.
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Save yourself the money, go to The Wilderness campground store and buy lunch meat and a loaf of bread and carry it with you in a cooler that you leave in your trunk while parked at SDC. Then, get your hand stamped and go to the parking lot at about noon for a tailgate picnic. Nothing as good as a cold can of Coke left in an ice chest for several hours. Some chips and a Twinkie, and you got yourself a meal. ;)
How about a Chuck E. Cheese in the OMP with all the arcade games? Nothin' says "family time" like that! ;D
(OK, I'm kidding around.)
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Junior, All joking aside. I promise you the local grocery store gets a lot more money from me than does the local Cracker Barrel.
I have nothing against dining out, I enjoy it every chance I get
I have nothing against people having a huge wallet either.
My point here is basically, We dont need anything else in the way of food choices at SDC. I think my attitude would be different if there was a "resort" of some sort on site. But as it is, I think the choices at SDC are sufficient. If you are in the mood for something else. (There is always Price Chopper ;D ;D) Or in Branson somewhere.
BTW. Chuck E Cheese (really). It would be nice to have a little more family time with my Son, but a truck driver just is not home too much. So until I get a grandchild, Im sure Chuck E. Cheese will not be getting any money from me. Im sure Landrys wont either.
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No, an upscale restaurant won't do well. And here's why:
People pay money to go to the amusement park. We don't pay money to go sit at some restaurant for two hours eating a nice meal. As others have said, there are plenty of places in Branson to do that. I'll add the White River Fish house to the list.
I also don't bring my own food, because I want to support what SDC has. Whether it's a quick snack, an ice cream, a caramel nut roll at Eva and Delilas, a burger at Wagon Works or a buffet at the Mine or breakfast buffet...I want to support SDC goodies. Nothin better than a bow of Calico Potatoes at the Tater Shack. MMMMMMM ;D Good BBQ can be found at SDC, too.
I don't want to see fast food chains. If we don't support the food that's there...then expect to see a McDonalds in the near future and we'll be complaining that the "SKILLETS ARE GONE" just like we complain about how the craft shops are gone, too. Why do you think they go? Because people don't support them.
Why would we expect any different from the food at SDC? Sorry if this offends some people, but I never really thought that the food there was too outrageously priced, considering it's so accessible in an amusement park and the workers have to be paid from it. Where else can I order some of that stuff anyway?
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We have been known to do the cooler, sandwhich, chips and a pop thing... and it is a nice break if you are at the city ALLLL day....
And yes I agree with Qwed, as a lot of us do... a fresh sandwhich place is missing from the mix... bring back "Jacks Sannich Shop"...
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You guys know that the mention of blowing all sorts of money to pleasure ones self for a short time just irritates me. My family is poor, we live in poverty levels and in a poverty stricken location. I have seen videos from our pastor when he was a missionary in Brazil. I have seen videos from a local pastor who sends money and spends time in Haiti. I understand the money spent in a 5 star food joint, could feed yourselves, and "probably" 20 kids in Haiti.
But Im not preachin. I guess if an upscale restaurant is the recipe that will see SDC into the year 2345. Then I guess that what we must build.
I guess I just dont get it. We have several upscale joints in Branson.
Starvin Marvin
Joes Crab Shack
Red Lobster
Landrys
(The seafood place downstairs of The big Red Chicken) Sorry Ive missplaced the name
Outback Pub
Even Famous Daves to some degree.
I mean if you want to spend my whole paycheck on one meal. I have listed several you could do that.
No I dont think we need any more food choices in SDC (save a sub type sandwhich place). What we need at SDC is better food. Save Mollies breakfast-they are as good as any breakfast on the strip, maybe better.
QWED, I did not mean to hit a nerve with you ,but A nice meal out is one of our favorite things to do, and I do not feel the need to justify it to anyone. As for your list, I really do not consider any of them to be upscale dining, Marvin's is a buffet I think, and the rest are just mid level chains that rush people through like cattle. The closest in your list is Landry's but it still is not a nice quiet place with a resident chef. Maybe the SDC crowd would not support this idea, but Disney has done quite well with them in Epcot and most of their Deluxe resort hotels.But you also have a total different demographic. Branson as a whole lacks in the dining department as far as I am concerned. We never eat at the city except for snacks because we are just not into all you can eat buffets or the food they serve in the park. Cinnamon pull apart bread and a skillet occasionally for a snack.
A upscale restaurant may not work, but it might be worth a try to give us food snobs a place to try. Like I mentioned earlier Branson is a dining nowhere. I really like Buckinghams, but they are at times hard to get a table. So most of the time we end up at Reed Springs Pizza after leaving the park and save our dining dollars for other destinations.
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"Blowing money" on restaurants creates a lot of paychecks for the people who work there, who in turn buy other things with their money. I can't understand why some people pay the amount they do for some meals...but a night out at a fancy restaurant pays the people that work there AND the people who provide the food, the people that ship the food to the restaurant...etc I could go all day as I teach economics.
The same is true for the food workers at SDC.
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but Disney has done quite well with them in Epcot
Le Cellar FTW. That place is amazing. :) The Brown Derby at Studios is really good too.
As far as "blowing money" -- I don't get paid all that well either, I'm a teacher. BUT I also budget so that I can splurge on myself every so often. This keeps me sane. If I am busy pinchin' every penny I earn then I will go insane. I have to have something to look forward to. and while I love my job, it can get rather monotonous
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Swoosh. You pretty much hit it again. That is kind of my point. Im not usually hurting this bad either. Generally our layoffs hit right about the time tax money comes in. The layoffs usually come with an option to use vacation time for pay. This time we was not allowed to use vacation. It was strictly no work - no pay. It came as a surprise, and that is hard to budget for something like that. Yes we do eat out when times are good. Never fast food, never a 5 star either.
I think it is nice that Runner and others can swing a meal like that. I just dont think "most" people can. And I dont think we need a place like that at SDC. Im not saying dont ever build a 5 star anywhere. NO NO- we need high $$$ joints. I completely agree as there are some that will patronize. I just think that SDC is a more family oriented place, and 5 star food restaurants is generally not considered "a kids place".
If Runner - and all you others - want a 5 star. Im all for it, just not at SDC. Lets build it over towards Reeds Springs. Maybe Kimberling City, ETC. Maybe the opposite direction of the congested Branson choas. More of an area where there is a little less "family" and more of a "couples" spot "Unless" SDC builds a resort onsite. Then I will agree, a 5 star might be good, as long as a cheaper "yet" still nice place coexists too.
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Well we are on this topic it seems....
We eat at Hacienda in branson, next to the Imax...
We can sit, have plenty of room, the waiters do an excellent job. we have time for conversation. there are usually 6-10 of us and there is always room to sit.
Typically we have the fajitas for 2.
With Paiges key card we get 10% discount, not counting drinks about 22 bucks..!! not counting drinks/tips..
No, not a 4 or 5 star restauraunt, but relaxing, decent price, easy location...
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I actually forgot about the restaurant at the Keeter center. One of the best prepared meals and best service I have ever had in Branson. Only bad thing is you cannot get a glass of wine with your dinner. If someone needs a special place to celebrate this is one of the best places in town for food. They just need a wine list.
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Alcohol on the C of O campus? Probably ain't gonna happen. See what you mean, though.
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I had also forgotten about the Keeter Center... If you have NEVER been someplace with exceptional service....... TRY this place.........
those kids do a great job.!
example- if you drop a fork/spoon, before it stops moving, someone has picked it up and someone else hands you a new one.... simply amazing.. ;D
now if you have brunch buffet there you pay for it..(around 25.00 per plate)....
weekdays lunch menu are a little more cost effective...
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Plain and simple, Keeter Center probably one of the top places to go for a meal...dress nicely, enjoy your visit. Tip generously, they are working their way through college. I know, I attended what was then called S of O from 1980-1983. No Keeter Center then, it was the old Friendship House. Anyone remember the Beacon Hill Theater? How long since anyone on this forum visited the Ralph Foster Museum or Edward's Mill, or the chapel? A trip to the campus is worth your time.
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We visited the C of O a few years back and enjoyed it very much. Didn't get to eat at the Keeter Center though. The museum is great. The whole complex is a must see when visiting the Branson area.
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Went through the museum and the tractor museum in 2012...
they are on this years bucket list....
it is hard for us to visit them, we typically arrive on sat afternoon and go home on Monday morning and the museum is closed on sunday of course...
BUT we will get there somehow this year.!
guarantee it!...
Love that place..
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They have already gotten rid of Aunt Poly's for an "authentic, 1880's Ozark Mountain Pizza Parlor! Now you want Mickey D's, and Jack-in- the-Box!
NO, NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO!