Shotgun Sams

[Hoss]

Uh, that right there is one hell of a public health issue.  No telling how many potential customers he lost by going ballistic on THD.  What were they planning on using for hand sanitation?  Didn't it register with anyone condensate dripping on food in the cooler is a hazard?

If they were still finishing up "construction" on what he claimed had been an on-going restaurant for 12 years and had passed inspections before, what have they been doing this whole time since they announced SSPP was going to re-open?

And one more thing, since when has London Square shopping center been in west Tulsa?  Anyone else catch that?

Might be difficult to tell where West Tulsa is when there's no water in the river.   

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Uh, that right there is one hell of a public health issue.  No telling how many potential customers he lost by going ballistic on THD.  What were they planning on using for hand sanitation?  Didn't it register with anyone condensate dripping on food in the cooler is a hazard?

If they were still finishing up "construction" on what he claimed had been an on-going restaurant for 12 years and had passed inspections before, what have they been doing this whole time since they announced SSPP was going to re-open?

And one more thing, since when has London Square shopping center been in west Tulsa?  Anyone else catch that?

Yeah , caught the West Tulsa comment, and just laughed. Maybe Rice was going to use the condensate dripping for employees to wash their hands as a water conservation effort.

[DTowner]

This guy is a clown.  Here is the real list from that article - not the misrepresentations in his rant....


""Items of significance that were found to need correcting include: no hot or cold water at hand sinks, no hot water at prep sink, ceiling of walk in cooler caving in, condensate dripping water onto food stored in walk in cooler, a lot of needed caulking/sealing/painting throughout, equipment/floor/drains dirty with construction dust (things were not clean & ready to go), and inadequate lighting/unshielded light throughout. THD was unable to issue a license due to the results of the inspection. ""


And I also bet the health department will be more reasonable with him on re-inspection that he has been with them.

I'm cynical enough to believe that just because it is in the inspector's report doesn't make it true.  However, in this case, the owner's over the top response does not give him any credibility.  This is a place I will not bother to try in its to be short-lived life.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Wonder how he feels about insurance for his business, and would love to be there the first time he get's Smooted.

[Hoss]

I'm cynical enough to believe that just because it is in the inspector's report doesn't make it true.  However, in this case, the owner's over the top response does not give him any credibility.  This is a place I will not bother to try in its to be short-lived life.

Now that we're talking about pizza places, I'm trying to remember the name of the pizza place that is the now defunct Vegas Club at 9100 E Admiral (now pretty much ground zero for the Admiral Flea Market).  I remember it being one when I lived there in the late seventies/early eighties:

http://goo.gl/nT7tqW

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Now that we're talking about pizza places, I'm trying to remember the name of the pizza place that is the now defunct Vegas Club at 9100 E Admiral (now pretty much ground zero for the Admiral Flea Market).  I remember it being one when I lived there in the late seventies/early eighties:

http://goo.gl/nT7tqW

Shakey's IIRC. The sign is the give away. Just like Best Hardware on Peoria.

[Conan71]

Now that we're talking about pizza places, I'm trying to remember the name of the pizza place that is the now defunct Vegas Club at 9100 E Admiral (now pretty much ground zero for the Admiral Flea Market).  I remember it being one when I lived there in the late seventies/early eighties:

http://goo.gl/nT7tqW

There was a Shakey's on Admiral, not sure how far east.  

Edit: according to Batesline Shakey's was at 9124 E. Admiral

[dbacksfan 2.0]

[Hoss]

There was a Shakey's on Admiral, not sure how far east.  

Edit: according to Batesline Shakey's was at 9124 E. Admiral

That would be it.

[DolfanBob]

Wonder how he feels about insurance for his business, and would love to be there the first time he get's Smooted.

Ha! my thought exactly. I believe this is the place where he and his boy's busted for making their own beer on the premises.

[Conan71]

Any idea of the location of the first sign you posted?  Looks like more recent years based on the cars.  If I ever travel near one, I will have to give it a try for nostalgia's sake.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Mr. Carlson before his days at WKRP........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJmufzgzRoA#t=28


The one on Admiral was one of their big stores, that had the Dixieland band, and the player piano/calliope machine.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Any idea of the location of the first sign you posted?  Looks like more recent years based on the cars.  If I ever travel near one, I will have to give it a try for nostalgia's sake.

I found it doing a Google on "old shakey's pizza sign". From the guys web site it was taken in Los Angeles in 2007. The last time I saw one was in 2002 near Newport Beach Irvine area.

http://peterhirschberg.com/toys/shakeys/la_trip_2007/

[dbacksfan 2.0]

This is the one that I saw.....

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shakey's+Pizza+Parlor/@33.728294,-117.905927,3a,75y,292.28h,94.24t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSdON8nG0yobH5szK6LajzQ!2e0!4m5!1m2!2m1!1sShakey's+Pizza+Irvine,+CA!3m1!1s0x0:0x2ffa22fa64331a81!6m1!1e1?hl=en

[Conan71]

Interesting where these threads lead.  Was anyone aware of an American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City?  I've never heard of it.  Also, does anyone remember if Shakey's was where you could order green grog?  It was a Mountain Dew like soda, but with a deeper green hue.

Here's their Wiki:

Shakey's Pizza is a pizza restaurant chain based in the United States. The chain currently has about 500 stores globally, and about 60 in the United States.

History


Shakey's Pizza was founded in Sacramento, California, on April 30, 1954, by Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson and Ed Plummer. Johnson's nickname resulted from nerve damage following a bout of malaria suffered during World War II. The parlor opened on the first weekend, but since the pizza ovens were not yet completed,[1] only beer was served and Shakey took the profits from beer sales and bought ingredients for pizza the following Monday.

Shakey personally played dixieland jazz piano to entertain patrons. Shakey's initially became known outside Sacramento, not for its pizza, but for the jazz program it sponsored on a regional radio network. Shakey Johnson is honored in the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for his longtime use of banjo music at his pizza parlors. Other live music, including piano, was also a staple in the old Shakey's parlors.

The original store (a remodeled grocery store)[1] at 57th and J Streets in Sacramento remained in business until the mid-1990s.

Expansion

The second Shakey's Pizza Parlor opened in Beaverton, Oregon, in 1956. Shakey's opened their third parlor in Albany, Oregon, in 1959, which was the first building Shakey's actually owned and the first building to be built in the distinct building style for which Shakey's is known. It now operates as a used bookstore. According to Johnson, Shakey's Pizza engaged in little market research and made most of its decisions on where to locate stores by going where Kinney Shoes opened stores. By the time Johnson sold his interest in 1967, there were 272 Shakey's Pizza Parlors in the United States. The first international store opened in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1968. By 1975, the company had expanded to the Pacific Rim, including Japan and the Philippines. There are now more branches in the Philippines (then under San Miguel Corporation) than in the United States.

Sale to Colorado Milling

Shakey Johnson sold his half of the company for $3 million to Colorado Milling and Elevator in 1967, which acquired Plummer's half for $9 million the next year.

Second sale

Shakey's was again sold, this time to Hunt International Resources in 1974. Two franchisees bought the chain in 1984 and they sold out to Inno-Pacific Holdings of Singapore in 1989. Most of the U. S. stores closed during the time Inno-Pacific owned the chain. Some of the remaining franchisees took Inno-Pacific to court in 2003.

Before this could come to trial, Shakey's was sold to Jacmar Companies of Alhambra, California, in 2004. Jacmar had been the franchisee of 19 Shakey's restaurants.

At the time Hunt International bought Shakey's in 1974, the restaurant chain had approximately 500 stores throughout the United States, including a store as far east as Cockeysville, Maryland.

As of November 1, 2013, there are 59 Shakey's Pizza restaurants in the U.S. 50 U.S. locations are in California (all but one in Southern California), and the remainder are located in Auburn, Alabama; Homestead, Florida; Waipahu, Hawaii; Renton, Washington; Pasco, Washington; and Spokane, Washington.[2] There are three locations in Mexico.