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We've never had one in my town, but they do still advertise on TV so I am guessing they are still in business.

Clarksville Indiana had a Denny's for a long time but it closed this year.

There used to be one near Suburban Hospital that I frequented when I had friends that worked there. I have not been by there in years so I don't
know if it is still there or not.

Mike

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Moving to MEMORIES...

There used to be one near Suburban Hospital that I frequented when I had friends that worked there. I have not been by there in years so I don't
know if it is still there or not.

Mike

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I haven't been on Breckenridge Lane in that area for a long time.

Another subject: Across the Ohio River from Shawnee Park , the Gallagher Station Power Plant will be dismantled. My home is near it.
When they Imploded the Boiler Room Saturday Oct. 18 it shook my house.
Ed
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I haven't been on Breckenridge Lane in that area for a long time.

The Denny's is/was on the street that connects Breckenridge with Browns
Lane... Dupont, I think. I used to have family that lived off Breckenridge just south of there, but they moved so I also have not been down that way
in a long time.

Used to frequent the Village 8 Theatre down in that area, too, but I have
not been there since before I moved from Louisville (1997) and I think
Village 8 may be gone now.

I was shocked to learn several years ago that the Showcase Cinemas on
Bardstown were long gone.

Another subject: Across the Ohio River from Shawnee Park , the Gallagher Station Power Plant will be dismantled. My home is near it.
When they Imploded the Boiler Room Saturday Oct. 18 it shook my house.

Wow!! I had forgot there was a power plant over on that side of the river in that area. With all of the plants along the Ohio that are being dismantled,
I wonder where the power will come from to replace what they were producing?

Mike

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Mike Powell wrote to ED VANCE <=-

We've never had one in my town, but they do still advertise on TV so I am guessing they are still in business.

Clarksville Indiana had a Denny's for a long time but it closed this year.

There used to be one near Suburban Hospital that I frequented when I
had friends that worked there. I have not been by there in years so I don't know if it is still there or not.

There's one in Jackson, TN. When we used to go watch some friends play softball that's where we would go eat (right across the Interstate from
the field complex). Always had about a dozen people - good times!




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Jimmy Anderson wrote to Mike Powell <=-

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Mike Powell wrote to ED VANCE <=-

We've never had one in my town, but they do still advertise on TV so I am guessing they are still in business.

Clarksville Indiana had a Denny's for a long time but it closed this year.

There used to be one near Suburban Hospital that I frequented when I
had friends that worked there. I have not been by there in years so I don't know if it is still there or not.

There's one in Jackson, TN. When we used to go watch some friends play softball that's where we would go eat (right across the Interstate from the field complex). Always had about a dozen people - good times!

This reply may be a little date, but do you know we had Denny's in Australia as well? At least, I know they existed in Melbourne, Victoria. There was one up the road from where I used to live. It closed sometime in either the late 80s or very early 90s. I don't recall too much about it, as I was little at the time, and only remember going the once, but it wasn't too successful in Australia.


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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Dennis Katsonis to Jimmy Anderson on Mon Apr 14 2025 08:29:00

Back in the early 2Ks, when I was attending local sci-fi cons, a bunch of us would get together every couple weeks at a Denny's and just hang out, pig out and usually end up closing the place. During the Summer, after closing, we'd often hang out in the parking lot just chatting it up. There was usually about a dozen of us, sometimes more. Like Bryan Adams said, those were the best times of my life.
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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Mortar M. to Dennis Katsonis on Sun Apr 13 2025 08:37 pm

Re: Re: Dennys
By: Dennis Katsonis to Jimmy Anderson on Mon Apr 14 2025 08:29:00

Back in the early 2Ks, when I was attending local sci-fi cons, a bunch of us would get together every couple weeks at a Denny's and just hang out, pig ou and usually end up closing the place. During the Summer, after closing, we' often hang out in the parking lot just chatting it up. There was usually ab a dozen of us, sometimes more. Like Bryan Adams said, those were the best times of my life.

Dennys was an all you could eat place? That I don't remember. We also had Sizzler, which was awesome and lasted a while longer, but it too is gone. Australians have gone towards favouring more pretentious food, so these value for money restaurants are slowly dissapearing.
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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Dennis Katsonis to Mortar M. on Mon Apr 14 2025 13:23:46

Dennys was an all you could eat place?

Negatory. You paid for everything.
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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Mortar M. to Dennis Katsonis on Sun Apr 13 2025 10:31 pm

Re: Re: Dennys
By: Dennis Katsonis to Mortar M. on Mon Apr 14 2025 13:23:46

Dennys was an all you could eat place?

Negatory. You paid for everything.

I don't remember it being an all you can eat, but looking up the one near me online I saw a reference to it being a smorgasboard, so it made me think it was something like Sizzler. Perhaps I read it wrong.
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I don't remember it being an all you can eat, but looking up the one near me online I saw a reference to it being a smorgasboard, so it made me think it was something like Sizzler. Perhaps I read it wrong.

The one we have in town here is pay as you go.

I suppose Denny's here in Canada might be different than what you have there in Australia.

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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Alan Ianson to Dennis Katsonis on Mon Apr 14 2025 01:07 am

I don't remember it being an all you can eat, but looking up the one near me online I saw a reference to it being a smorgasboa
so it made me think it was something like Sizzler. Perhaps I read it wrong.

The one we have in town here is pay as you go.

I suppose Denny's here in Canada might be different than what you have there in
Australia.

Did Denny's have a reputation for being a bit lowerclass, or having clientele that were trouble?
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Mike Powell wrote to DENNIS KATSONIS <=-

Did Denny's have a reputation for being a bit lowerclass, or having clientele that were trouble?

That would depend on what part of town it was in. When I was younger (1970/80s) I would have said "no" without thinking about it. When I
got older, I learned that some of them did have bars in the back where people could hang out and drink. Also, because they often stayed open late, they might attract a rougher crowd latter at night, i.e. people who'd been partying elsewhere and were now hungry.

I'd forgotten about the bar - when you ordered an alcoholic drink at the
table, they'd come back from a dark bar to bring it to you. Spent many a weekend post-party debriefing and late night college study session at
Denny's, but never went to the bar.

When I was in college we'd get $1.99 grand slam breakfasts and spent
hours there doing homework. As long as the tables weren't needed, we
were polite and tipped well, the coffee kept coming.

As we said, "you never go to Denny's, you end up there."

The rougher the part of town, and whether or not that location had
their own bar, might influence that location's reputation.

Mike

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Alan Ianson wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

There are Denny's restaurants that are open 24 hours have had a bad reputation, not because of the food/service but because of the
clientele that would hang out after hours.

"Denny's are open 24 hours. Ever wonder why they have door locks?"



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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Dennis Katsonis to Alan Ianson on Mon Apr 14 2025 22:21:38

Did Denny's have a reputation for being a bit lowerclass, or having clientele that were trouble?

Depends on where it's located. The one I frequented was fine, IMO. I liked the food and the service was good. I've also seen the opposite effect at another Denny's, so like any business, it varies.
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Re: Re: Dennys
By: Kurt Weiske to Mike Powell on Tue Apr 15 2025 09:37:18

As we said, "you never go to Denny's, you end up there."

Heh, I like that. They should use that in their ads.
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Mike Powell wrote to DENNIS KATSONIS <=-

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I suppose Denny's here in Canada might be different than what you have

her

in
Australia.

Did Denny's have a reputation for being a bit lowerclass, or having

clientele

that were trouble?

That would depend on what part of town it was in. When I was younger (1970/80s) I would have said "no" without thinking about it. When I
got older, I learned that some of them did have bars in the back where people could hang out and drink. Also, because they often stayed open late, they might attract a rougher crowd latter at night, i.e. people who'd been partying elsewhere and were now hungry.

The rougher the part of town, and whether or not that location had
their own bar, might influence that location's reputation.

I do remember an episode of The Simpsons where Ned Flanders says, in regards to bad language, "I expect that kind of language at Denny's, but not here!". I've looked up why that reference would have been put it (after all, they wouldn't have put in that joke if it didn't make sense to others) and found there were some racial discrimination lawsuits in the 90s. I do remember something else being said, ages ago about Denny's, but I was little at the time, and the only thing I remember was there was some "issue".

In retrospect, looking at it now that I'm older, it seems to be a nothingburger.

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Mike Powell wrote to DENNIS KATSONIS <=-

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I do remember an episode of The Simpsons where Ned Flanders says, in regards

bad language, "I expect that kind of language at Denny's, but not here!".

'v

looked up why that reference would have been put it (after all, they

wouldn't

have put in that joke if it didn't make sense to others) and found there

were

some racial discrimination lawsuits in the 90s. I do remember something

else

being said, ages ago about Denny's, but I was little at the time, and the

nly

thing I remember was there was some "issue".

Yeah, I remember Ned saying that. :D At the time, I assumed it was
in reference to the crowd that Denny's draws when they are open later
in the evening.

I can remember times when I was in college where the only two places
where the dining rooms were still open real late were Denny's and White Castle. The folks you'd run into that late were quite a bit
"different" than the daytime "family" crowds. IIRC, there may have
been some Denny's locations there that were open 24 hours back then.

In retrospect, looking at it now that I'm older, it seems to be a nothingburger.

I suspect that you are correct.

Yes, I remember an "all-nighter" with a friend in the city. We would up at McDonalds in the morning, and we were sitting there eating our breakfast, guessing whether the patron was "Saturday night" or "Sunday morning". Those that looked hung over, wasted, obviously remnents of Saturday night. The older lady with a McMuffin, probably Sunday morning. Somehow breakfast had been plastered all over the glass windows facing the city street.


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I suppose Denny's here in Canada might be different than what you have

her

in
Australia.

Did Denny's have a reputation for being a bit lowerclass, or having clientele that were trouble?

That would depend on what part of town it was in. When I was younger (1970/80s) I would have said "no" without thinking about it. When I got
older, I learned that some of them did have bars in the back where people
could hang out and drink. Also, because they often stayed open late, they might attract a rougher crowd latter at night, i.e. people who'd been
partying elsewhere and were now hungry.

The rougher the part of town, and whether or not that location had their
own bar, might influence that location's reputation.

Mike

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I suppose Denny's here in Canada might be different than what you have there >> in Australia.

Did Denny's have a reputation for being a bit lowerclass, or having clientele that were trouble?

No, Denny's is something like a family restaurant. Prices are not all that high but not low either.

There are Denny's restaurants that are open 24 hours have had a bad reputation, not because of the food/service but because of the clientele that would hang out after hours.

Our Denny's never had that issue although it has not been 24 hours since the pandemic.

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I do remember an episode of The Simpsons where Ned Flanders says, in regards

bad language, "I expect that kind of language at Denny's, but not here!".

'v

looked up why that reference would have been put it (after all, they wouldn't have put in that joke if it didn't make sense to others) and found there were some racial discrimination lawsuits in the 90s. I do remember something else being said, ages ago about Denny's, but I was little at the time, and the

nly

thing I remember was there was some "issue".

Yeah, I remember Ned saying that. :D At the time, I assumed it was in reference to the crowd that Denny's draws when they are open later in the evening.

I can remember times when I was in college where the only two places where
the dining rooms were still open real late were Denny's and White Castle. The folks you'd run into that late were quite a bit "different" than the daytime "family" crowds. IIRC, there may have been some Denny's locations there
that were open 24 hours back then.

In retrospect, looking at it now that I'm older, it seems to be a nothingburger.

I suspect that you are correct.


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Kurt Weiske wrote to Mike Powell <=-

I'd forgotten about the bar - when you ordered an alcoholic drink at
the table, they'd come back from a dark bar to bring it to you. Spent
many a weekend post-party debriefing and late night college study
session at Denny's, but never went to the bar.

I had some friends who were nurses and/or orderlies at a hospital across
the street from a Denny's that I would meet sometimes after they got off
work. That is where they'd usually want to meet and, yes, it was darker
than the rest of the restaurant. ;) IIRC, in the one we went to, it was
in a separate room with its own door near the back of the building.

When I was in college we'd get $1.99 grand slam breakfasts and spent
hours there doing homework. As long as the tables weren't needed, we
were polite and tipped well, the coffee kept coming.

As we said, "you never go to Denny's, you end up there."

I can remember stopping there some while I was in college to have a cheap
meal, but never for homework. :D



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There are Denny's restaurants that are open 24 hours have had a bad
reputation, not because of the food/service but because of the
clientele that would hang out after hours.

"Denny's are open 24 hours. Ever wonder why they have door locks?"

I never went to Denny's much but I think the one in town here was always open 24 hours. That was until the pandemic that pretty much shut down everything.

Now they close at 9 or 10 pm, so they need the locks!

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