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Post by tncoaster37 on Jun 25, 2007 9:20:06 GMT -5
Shoney's are coming back to 5 different locations including east ridge and east brainerd. Let's hope that they get rid of Kacey's.
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Post by stray on Jun 25, 2007 9:53:17 GMT -5
Kacey's isn't bad....they're just not very good.
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Post by chattavegaszombie on Jun 25, 2007 10:04:41 GMT -5
the one on 153 smells like old people ... ehh not bad if your an old person or into that
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Post by tncoaster37 on Jun 25, 2007 11:28:33 GMT -5
Stray, I wouldn't step foot in Kacey's for a million dollars. I hope that Shoney's takes back thier old building from Kacey. Since Shoney's shut down on 153, there has been a few restaurants there. The only reason why the old folks would go to Kacey's is that they don't have any taste buds left.
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Post by chattavegaszombie on Jun 25, 2007 11:49:31 GMT -5
I agree with that ... only reason I was there cause thats where mom wanted to go and I made the mistake of letting her pick
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Post by stray on Jun 25, 2007 13:14:21 GMT -5
There's a lot of food....that's edible...but there's not a single thing that stands out as 'good.' It's like very mediocre cafeteria food.
Stand it up beside Jenkins on Ringgold Road and Jenkins stomps a buffet mudhole in its ass.
(Country vs. country criteria)
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Post by Homebrew Dave on Jun 25, 2007 17:23:21 GMT -5
Yeah I had the same reaction as Stray. It was edible, but mediocre. I went the one time and I haven't been back. I haven't tried Jenkins but with Stray to recommend it, I think I'll give it a try for Libertycon Weekend.
And where did this info come from that Shoney's is reopening the closed stores? I've searched for news reports and such and come up blank. Even their corporate website makes no mention of it.
Dave
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Post by tncoaster37 on Jun 25, 2007 17:36:43 GMT -5
There was an annoucement in today's paper in the lifestyle section, Dave. The one in brainerd will be at Shallowford Drive and one is opening up on Ringgold road soon.
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Post by stray on Jun 25, 2007 17:45:17 GMT -5
Actually, I drove down Ringgold Road today and the Shoneys appears to be open.
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Post by ScarlettP on Jun 25, 2007 18:07:07 GMT -5
They can come back to Red Bank. The Pario's didn't stay open very long.
(Let's hope they fixed the roof and the A/C)
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Post by TNBear on Jun 25, 2007 19:48:58 GMT -5
I also ate at Kaceys on 153 once and haven't been back. I also walked into the Shoneys there and the smell of rancid grease drove me out and I never went back. Even I never had enough nerve to go to whatever that Asian place was there.
That building needs to be destroyed.
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Post by Tookie on Jun 26, 2007 14:06:50 GMT -5
I second the recommendation on Jenkins' Restaurant. The food is really good home style vittles. Don't expect too much from the decor. It looks kinda like an old Knights of Columbus hall. The owners are nice people too.
I drive past the Shoney's on Ringgold Road almost everyday and I don't think it has been closed within the past year and a half. It ought to be though, it pretty well sucks. If they are opening a new one, more the better.
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Post by emanon on Jun 26, 2007 14:55:58 GMT -5
It was in the paper again today, a full-page ad. I don't think they are opening new ones, it said "grand re-opening" and had different dates for each of the ones when they were celebrating their grand re-opening. I only looked at it briefly, but what I got out of it was they remodelled them and say the service is better. Something like that. The one on Shallowford Village Drive has been there for a while, and has been open. And they are on the list of the grand re-opening celebration.
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Post by cdojanet on Jun 26, 2007 17:55:36 GMT -5
I don't get it. The Shallowford Village and Ringgold Road locations haven't been closed. I thought maybe they had remodeled, but we went to the one at Shallowford - and it is not remodeled! Same ole, same ole. The service wasn't any better either.
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Post by that70sdj on Jun 26, 2007 22:26:43 GMT -5
- Strawberry Pie
- Hot Fudge Cake
- Thanksgiving Buffet
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Post by emanon on Jun 27, 2007 6:24:09 GMT -5
Okay, here is the ad in today's paper, page B3. It says Re-Grand Opening, ribbon cutting ceremony with local hotshots. Monday June 25th - Shallowford Village Drive; Tuesday, June 26th - East Ridge (Ringgold Road); Wednesday, June 27th - Cleveland Hwy (Dalton); Friday, June 29th - Walnut Ave (Dalton); Friday, June 29th - Ft. Oglethorpe
Free kids buffet, balloons for kids, dessert from 4pm-9pm, buy one get one free express lunch buffet 11am-2pm
It also says "service you can trust" and "we've turned this place upside down".
That is it. I am not interested enough to go check it out, but if anybody wants to, there it is.
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Post by cdojanet on Jun 27, 2007 6:41:40 GMT -5
I saw that ad - still don't get it. I think it's like dj says, "we're still here".
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Post by stray on Jun 27, 2007 6:51:58 GMT -5
Who are the 'local hotshots' that have signed on for the dubious honor of this trailer park photo-op?
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Post by emanon on Jun 27, 2007 6:57:15 GMT -5
Dunno. Do we even have anybody local that can be considered a hotshot?
I don't get the ad either. It is the same ones they have had, I was assuming it was that they were remodeled but that does not seem to be the case.
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Post by tuffmustang on Jun 27, 2007 7:11:05 GMT -5
They can come back to Red Bank. The Pario's didn't stay open very long. (Let's hope they fixed the roof and the A/C) Pario's should never have moved. Once they were in the bigger building, the service sucked and the food portions became smaller. I stopped going there about a month after they opened. |
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Post by TNBear on Jun 27, 2007 20:44:13 GMT -5
Pario's, another place I went to ONCE.
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Post by RuneDeer on Jun 27, 2007 22:46:57 GMT -5
Did the Shoney's on Walnut Ave ever close? I was there only a few months ago; it was going like gangbusters. Or chairbusters, judging by the average weight of the buffet patrons...
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Post by daworm on Jun 30, 2007 10:07:58 GMT -5
Still, nothing beats Home Folks in Soddy. Especially the roast beef.
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Post by stray on Jun 30, 2007 10:52:39 GMT -5
Yeah, agreed.
Shit, or Bea's for that matter.
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Post by emanon on Jun 30, 2007 10:54:29 GMT -5
Bea's? On Dodds? That place was awful last time I went.
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Post by stray on Jul 1, 2007 8:36:34 GMT -5
Still better than Kacey's.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2007 12:16:08 GMT -5
Back in the early '60s, Shoney's in yankee land had a product called a Brawny Lad. It was simple. Rye bun, decent full-sized meat patty, and one nice, big 1/4 - 3/8" slice of (Vidalia?) onion. Scrumptious.
Dang, that was almost half a century ago. Sheesh.
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Post by Babs on Jul 1, 2007 12:28:56 GMT -5
Back when I ate like normal people, Bea's was wonderful! Plus, you never knew who you would see there. Shoney's had a great breakfast bar. Duff's (Stuff's) on Lee Highway had a good buffet. Darras's veal parmeseon (sp) and Leonard's burgers were the best! I've been a veggie for 20 years....construction paper is the only flavored food I eat now. (Well, that's not true, but humorous to people like Stray, who I know would have commented as such!)
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Post by daworm on Jul 5, 2007 12:37:24 GMT -5
Bea's is not what it used to be.
The Kasey / K.C. (don't remember which is which) on 153 sucked. Not tried the one on Lee Highway, and am not likely to, either.
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