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[RobbO]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:06pm

ugh. quakerbridge mall is in lawrenceville, nj (near princeton). it is on route 1 north near i-95/295 - just a hop, skip and a jump from bucks county, pa.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:11pm

so you're telling me that it's NO WHERE near me.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:13pm

I've always heard he was Mormon.
Just because he's religious doesn't mean he's homophobic... just ask the people at CoH.

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:14pm

fine. there are ones also in howell and eatontown. better?
just not on sunday

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:15pm

Paula Deen's restaurant in Savannah - The Lady and Sons - is a real trip. It is wildly popular. I was there in the Spring and literally HUNDREDS of people were milling about in the street waiting for the place to open for dinner. The food was good - but Elizabeth on 37th is really the best place to go in Savannah for a terrific meal.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:18pm

Paula Deen gets on my nerves.
And I tried to watch her son's show, but couldn't.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:19pm

No, not every religious person is homophobic, but he is Mormon and closes his restaurants on Sunday. Dislike of all things queer is a good assumption. I have been wrong before, though.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:21pm

I believe the business is fairly closely associated with Focus on the Family, which is all the smoke I need to see from that gun.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:21pm

I dunno, if I had a store (something that was open/close), I'd probably be closed on Sunday too.
If it's good enough for God...

That wouldn't make me homophobic.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:24pm

Speaking of good Savannah places, what about Mrs. Wilkes' Boarding House?

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:26pm

From Truett Cathy's biography:

S. Truett Cathy is founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A, Inc. Cathy started the business in 1946, when he and his brother, Ben, opened an Atlanta diner known as The Dwarf Grill (later renamed The Dwarf House). Over the years, that restaurant prospered and led Cathy to further the success of his business. In 1967, Cathy founded and opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta's Greenbriar Shopping Center. Today, Chick-fil-A is the second-largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States based on annual sales.

Currently, there are more than 1,250 restaurants in 37 states and Washington D.C. Remarkably, Cathy has led Chick-fil-A on an unparalleled record of 38 consecutive years of annual sales increases.

Cathy's approach is largely driven by personal satisfaction and a sense of obligation to the community and its young people. His WinShape Centre® Foundation, founded in 1984, grew from his desire to "shape winners" by helping young people succeed in life through scholarships and other youth-support programs. The foundation annually awards 20 to 30 students wishing to attend Berry College with scholarships up to $32,000 that are jointly funded by the Rome, Ga. institution. In addition, through its Leadership Scholarship Program, the Chick-fil-A chain has given more than $20 million dollars in $1,000 scholarships to
Chick-fil-A restaurant employees since 1973.

As part of his WinShape Homes® program – a long-term care program for foster children – 14 foster care homes have been started in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Brazil that are operated by Cathy and the WinShape Foundation. These homes, accommodating up to 12 children with two full-time foster parents, provide long-term care for foster children with a positive family environment.

Another core component distinguishing WinShape programs is WinShape® Camps. It was founded in 1985 as a series of two-week summer camps at Berry College to help boys and girls build self-esteem through physical and spiritual activities. Nearly 1,800 campers from throughout the country attend WinShape® Camps sessions annually.

In 2003, Truett helped his son and daughter-in-law, Bubba and Cindy, celebrate the opening of WinShape™ Retreat, a high-end retreat and conference facility also located on the Mountain Campus of Berry College. The multi-use facility hosts marriage-enrichment retreats along with business and church-related conferences, and in summer months, houses the girls attending WinShape® Camps.

In 1996, Chick-fil-A announced a multi-year title sponsorship agreement with the Peach Bowl – becoming the Bowl’s first-ever title sponsor. For the ninth-straight year, a sellout crowd watched the 2005 Chick-fil-A Peach® Bowl, which took place on December 30, 2005, in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The sold-out game continues to lead in charitable donations, including WinShape Homes®, scholarships and other charities. Presently, Chick-fil-A holds the sixth-longest continuous title sponsorship among the 28 current bowls, and this year, Chick-fil-A reinforced their sponsorship commitment. Atlanta’s college football bowl game will change its name to the Chick-fil-A Bowl® beginning n 2006.

Cathy is a devoutly religious man who built his life and business based on hard work, humanity and biblical principles. Based on these principles, all of Chick-fil-A's restaurants operate with a "closed-on-Sunday" policy -- without exception. When not managing his company, Cathy donates his time to community efforts and teaches a Sunday school class to 13-year-old boys, as he has done for nearly 50 years..

Cathy has received countless awards over the years including: Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Poultry & Food Distributors Association (2005); Norman Vincent & Ruth Stafford Peale Humanitarian Award (2003); Catalyst Lifetime Achievement Award from Injoy/John Maxwell (2003); Georgia Sports Hall of Fame – Chairman’s Award (2003); the Ernst & Young- Entrepreneur of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award (2000) and Horatio Alger Award – Horatio Alger Association, Washington, D.C. (1989) He is also the author of Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People (Looking Glass Books, 2002), It’s Easier to Succeed Than to Fail (Thomas Nelson Publishing, 1989), and It’s Better to Build Boys Than Mend Men (Looking Glass Books, 2004), and he is co-author of The Generosity Factor with Ken Blanchard (Zondervan Publishing, 2002).

Most recently, Cathy celebrated 60 years in the restaurant industry with friends, family and business associates at the original Chick-fil-A Dwarf House restaurant in the Atlanta suburb of Hapeville, Ga., where his restaurant career began. The event commemorated his 60-year legacy that is as much about values as business success. In honor of his 60-year accomplishment, Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue proclaimed Tuesday, May 23, 2006 “Truett Cathy Day” throughout the state.

In addition to presiding over one of the most successful restaurant chains in America, Cathy is a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. His two sons, Dan and Don ("Bubba"), have both followed their father in learning the business from the ground up.

Dan became president of Chick-fil-A in June 2001 and Bubba is senior vice president of Chick-fil-A, Inc., and president of the Chick-fil-A Dwarf House division. His daughter, Trudy, is the youngest of the three children. She and her husband, John, have returned to the United States from Brazil where they served as missionaries. Cathy and his wife Jeannette have 12 grandchildren and more than 150 "foster grandchildren."

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:27pm

They showed that on $40 Dollars a Day (or maybe it was Tasty Travels) and it looked good, but weird.
I'm pretty sure if me and Ivan walked in holding hands we'd be kicked out.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:28pm

I hate to burst any southern bubbles, but Chik-fil-A is all over NJ and PA. Every mall I've been to in NJ has one...including my main mall, Monmouth. We also had one in the mall where I grew up in Philly.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:31pm

But Bojangles isn't. I'd kill for a Bojangles sausage biscuit and sweet tea.

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:31pm

Bway - Mrs. Sema Wilkes died in 2002, but her family has kept her restaurant on Jones St. going strong. It is still serving breakfast and lunch on weekdays to sell out crowds.

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:32pm

SOMMS - Bojangles does make an EXCELLENT biscuit!

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:34pm

Wow, that was an old episode.
Anyone know anything about this Berry College?

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:35pm

It was my first stop on my way to work everyday Jungle. Sigh!

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:37pm

Bojangles! Also, any Popeye's except the ones in NYC. Lord, they don't make the bizkits right here.

Junglered, I went for my ONLY time to Savannah in 2001. I'm happy to report that little Mrs. Wilkes (she was teensy!) was there that day, supervising the kitchen...and we did indeed have fried chicken that day.

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:38pm

and cracker barrel is not exactly pro-gay now is it?!?

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:41pm

Berry is a small college in Rome, Ga. (NW Ga.). My Sister attended school there for a year before finishing at another University.

http://www.berry.edu/quickfacts.asp

Rankings:
Berry is ranked No. 2 in the South among comprehensive colleges that focus on undergraduate education by U.S. News & World Report’s 2006 guide to "America’s Best Colleges." Berry also ranked third on the magazine’s regional "Great schools, Great Prices" list and fifth in "Highest Graduation Rate." Additionally, the institution was listed among America's 367 "most interesting colleges" in the 2006 edition of the Newsweek-Kaplan College Guide.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:42pm

Really, what restaraunt in the south is?

[junglered]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:46pm

Bway - I'm glad that you got a chance to meet Mrs. Wilkes while she was alive! Eating there is quite a 'traditional' Savannah experience.

No - sadly, Cracker Barrel does not have a reputation for being friendly to gay people - or minorities in general. They have had lawsuits filed against them in the past for unfair hiring practices, and I think the firm has attempted to mend its ways. I'm not sure where things stand now.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:48pm

I've been to the Cracker Barrel once, and didn't like it.
I mean, it was okay, but their prices are so overpriced.

[RobbO]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:49pm

we here in the north can choose where to spend our money, spider.

and, fiction, i hate when prices are overpriced!

Updated On: 8/16/06 at 01:49 PM