Back to life, Chi-Chi’s

[TheSportsPredictor]

I remember when they opened one of these restaurants in the mall of a godforsaken town where I worked my first newspaper job. It was a three-hour wait to get a table that first week. For a freaking Chi-Chi’s.

Wonder how long the line is today …

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[DanielSimpsonDay]

death but first a little chi-chi

 

[da man]

When they opened the first Krispy Kreme in Arlington, Texas, there was a line of cars wrapped around the store and spilling out into the street every day for weeks.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

When they opened the first Krispy Kreme in Arlington, Texas, there was a line of cars wrapped around the store and spilling out into the street every day for weeks.

Same thing here in suburban New York. They're just donuts, people!

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

The line that formed when the first In-N-Out opened in Texas was even stupider. They would use the adjacent shopping center parking lot to stage all the cars and send them through like a Roman century. They seem to have experience with new stores.

I had to wait about a month for things to simmer down. The same thing happened when Krystal moved into the DFW area, but a few years later all of those stores were closed. Now I hear that White Castle is opening its first Texas store soon.

 

[HanSenSE]

Then there's Hanford, Calif., where such a fuss was made over a petition drive to get an In-N-Out, when it finally opened, it made Good Morning America.

 

[Chef2]

Just bolted upright.

 

[brn623cl]

Just bolted upright.
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