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December 31, 1996
- "I am writing to express my frustration at the declining quality of food and service at Denny's. On December 27, my family and I stopped at a Denny's in North Carolina. Although not delicious, the food was edible, but a disappointment.
Then on December 30 we stopped at the Denny's in Florence, South Carolina (I believe the store number is 606). From the moment we got there, service was slow, even though there were not very many people seated in the restaurant. We we were finally taken to a table, it took a long while for the waitress to arrive. She may have been new; I hope so, because she forgot silverware, drinks, etc. and it was difficult to get her attention.
When the food arrived my husband and grandson were able to eat most of theirs, although they made the comment that the food was not at all good tasting. When mine finally arrived it was truly inedible! It tasted if the meat may have been spoiled and it left a terrible metallic taste in my mouth that took a day to get rid of.
When I complained, the waitress offered to get something else for me. That took an exceedingly long time and everyone else had eaten all they could be that time. I asked to see the manager, but instead was given a cheeseburger that looked as if it had been sitting for hours. I asked to see the manager again, and was told that he would be right there. Fifteen minutes later, I stopped another waitress and told her that we had been waiting to see the manager and to please have him come to our table.
The manager at first didn't seem to believe that the food was bad, but he said that he would take my meal off the bill. However, when I told him that I planned to report the bad service and food to the main office, he said that there was no bill and asked us to leave.
I have been eating at Denny's for many years and have noticed a gradual decline in the food in some stores, but this was the last straw. I shall never eat in a Denny's again and I plan to tell all of my friends about the bad experience."
- Linda Q. Sites
- "This site is SO COOL!!! Greetings from Croatia!"
- Tomislav Vazdar
- "have you ever been to a cracker barrel in the mid-west, south eastern states?? mmmmm. however, ya gotta admit nothin' beats a grand slam before ten am."
- Anonymous
- "I don't know how I can take you seriously if you haven't even bothered to check out the 2 Denny's that are within 2 miles of my home in Sunnyvale, CA. California represents a huge opportunity to vastly increase your number of visits in short order."
- Kurt Berney
- "Your site rocks. You should be on Letterman. I have a question for you. Why the sunglasses in all the photos? Have you got something to hide? Or is it just part of your look?"
- Anonymous
- "Having moved from the Greenville/Spartanburg, SC area (home to Flagstar, Denny's corporate parent), I felt like I had taken a nostalgic trip back to SC after I visited your home page. I do think it's odd that there are no SC or NC Denny's listed."
- Bill
- "How 'bout a count at the top of the page either counting the number of Denny's visited or (a countdown) of the Denny's yet to visit?"
- Brian Mahoney
- "I really have no idea, why you ever want to visit Denny's Restuarants its' like they are not that good.. And why? WHy are you giving the commerial industry your money, i don't understand."
- Rhos Barnes
- "I'm really impressed that you would undertake such a monumental effort, and wish you luck in fulfilling this dream of yours.
If you get tired of Denny menus, you might check out the Chart House chain of 65 or so restaurants, mostly in the coastal areas of the US, plus Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hawaii. They've been running a promotion for a couple of years now which offers a trip around the world for two if you eat at each of their restaurants. They claim many thousands of their customers have started the circuit.
I recently completed this much more modest goal (as have at least four dozen others), and will be starting my global journey soon, proof that persistence in these kinds of projects really does pay off. So keep at it, and who knows what bounty will come your way.
Maybe you can talk Denny's into something similar. After eating in so many more of their restaurants, they could afford to send you to the moon!"
- Phil Keeler
- "I notice that you receive quite a few of those damned Minute Maid pins. This is just a suggestion, but how about some sort of official "Minute Maid Pin Counter," or something to that effect. Seems like they just want to pawn something off to make you guys happy and I think those pins are probably a cheap way to do that. What'dya think?"
- Tim
- "Did you have some sort of masterbation page?"
- Kristina, Queen of the Frogpeople
- "Hi, I just read your Project Denny's page. I found it interesting. Right now I'm stranded in Newark Ohio and don't have a single damn thing to do except look for stupid innane web sites. Thankfully you provided me with one of the best. This site entertained me for a full hour and a half. If only my father would break down and get a 28.8 kbps instead of this stupid 14.4, I could have cut it down to 45 minutes. Spent most of my time waiting for your pictures from the various Denny's to load."
- Vincent C. Marcus III
- "I find your goal to be rather amuseing and of value. I was a National Sales Mgr. for a Chemical Company for Many years and have traveled this country many times. I think I have eaten at more Denny's resturants than anyone. ( at least I thought so. ) In fact, While on the road I would find myself looking for a Denny's to have my meals and would get a little upset when I could not find one. Sometime I would drive far out of my way to find one.
The reason I think your goal is useful is do inpart to the need for people to beable to feel closer to home. I have many fond memories while eating at Denny's. One, of which i'll share is the way my son would always order the "All you can eat Shrimp" and sit there and try and put Denny's into the poor house. Course he never was sucessful. But he never gave up. However maybe he was in part, cause I don't think thay offer this anymore.
However I do recall that while out on the road Stopping and eating at Denny's would always make me feel a little closer to home. After all they almost always look the same and the food is as close to being the same from one to another as possible.
As for finding someone that looks like the "Weird Al' Yankovic That too is another part of Denny's that you begin to look for. should, it be otherwise, Your NOT AT DENNY'S.
As for my favoret one I guess it would have to be the Denny's located off HWY 101 in Aqoura Hills California. Thats the one near our home. and many fond memories..
Best wishes in your travels and A happy Holidays to you and yours ( Also your Stomach )"
- William Lusby
- "I heard about your web site from Yahoo's Picks of the week(dec23/96). Sounds like a great project, ay. Don't rule out the Denny's in Canada. The food is a little(lot?) more expensive (socialist governments believe if you can afford to eat at a restaurant you can afford to pay around 14% taxes on it) (and wait until you see the price of gasoline- around 60 cents. but that is a litre. about $2.40 a US gallon. $3.00 a Canadian gallon--- but then the government took away our gallon and left us with litres) The best Denny's I've run across(in Canada ay) is in Vancouver, B.C. on Marine Drive, just east of the Oak Street Bridge. The closest one to me is in Vernon B.C., the site of Silver Star Ski Hill. Trouble is I've never been in it. It doesn't look right. got to go-- get on tripping."
- Don Smith
- "I really admire what you're doing. Denny's is the kind of constant enigma that the world needs to see more of."
- Quarex
- "When I go out to eat, I go to Denny's"
- Richard Reibel
- "I don't believe it!! You visiting all Denny's available. Why ???? Are you out of your mind... Or have they already poisoned you with their food. Must have gone up to your brain. Hmm.. Maybe you are having a bout of Meningitis.
Anyway, maybe Denny's is just great where you come from. Over hear in Singapore, well Denny's food just simply, basically SUCKS!!! People only go there if 1)sprained ankle, can't walk too far
2) gun at your head
3) need to use the toilet
4) haven't had a drink for 1 week
5) haven't eaten for 3 weeks
6) failed at other attempts of committing suicide"
- Devi
- "You guys are pretty weird"
- Garrick Tom
- "Hey, thought I'd let you know I have a link to you on my page.I am trying to be an expert on all types of fast food, any food for that matter. I am a cockerspaniel that lives in Lamar, MO (southwest Missouri). There is a Denny's being built right now just outside of Lamar about a half mile from my doghouse. They are hoping to be open by 1/15/95 but it may be February before they open. Can't wait to try Denny's food (do they allow dogs inside?). If not, maybe Papa can bring me some! My homepage is http://www.angelfire.com/ma/Ma. Gotta go now, too much typing gives me carpal paw syndrum."
- Tibber
- " I have coupons!"
- Wally Pleasant
- "For the sake of my family, DO NOT include my name if it shows on this message!
sing it while you read.. on the 12th day of christmas denny's gave to me 12 hours work, 11 months of bullshit, 10 dollars less pay, 9 days in a row, 8 puking drunks, 7 grand in sales, 6 servers quitting, 5 sections fullllll ! 4 grill cooks bitchin', 03's we aint got none, 2 bus boys fighting, and no bonus check for meeeeee!"
- Anonymous
- "sung to the tune of "THIS OLD MAN"
I cook eggs.
I cook meat.
I cook steaks
that taste like feet.
With a whole lot of grease
and a little bit of skill.
Doesn't it look like Roadkill."
- William Welch
- "I enjoy reading your page. It's a good laugh."
- Gary Sturgeon
- "You know, I'm having coffee with some friends at the Denny's in East Lansing, Michigan, when one of my friends starts telling me about this guy at "Miami of Ohio" whose mission is to visit every Denny's on the face of the planet. And I said, ha, is his name "Jason Alan Pfaff" and they said "yeah, that sounds about right!"
You're too fuckin' famous for your own... er, _our_ own good. :)
Also, Wally's first three albums ruled, but I'm still not too pleased with the last one..."
- Kevin Bourrillion
- "Growing my friends and I had a strange fondness for Perkins. We felt at home there, and acted like it. Often we would play cards on the floor while waiting for a table...or there was the game of Scatagories that we started and brought other tables in on. I respect your quest. Salute!"
- Anonymous
- "This is the funniest page I have found yet. I got to it from the exploding head page because it was featured as WEBSIGHTS cool website of the day. I just want to know does anyone love the country fried steak as much as I do? Mmm Mmm Mmm, a heart attack never tasted so good."
- Kyle Meetze
- "I pulled off at stopped at exit 12A on I95, in Virginia.
There were Denny's signs on the road, there were Denny's signs on the off ramp, there were Denny's signs pointing the way.
It's not there. No Cenny's. Vanished; abducted; gone.
First cattle mutilations; now this."
- Sandy Hawkins
- "Do you know where the Denny's corporate headquarters is? I need to reach their marketing department regarding the absolutely depraved and just generally disgusting TV spot that is currently being run that depicts the old folk song "Old MacDonald":
"Old MacDonald had a farm...and on that farm he had a pig...well, HAD a pig!" Cut to bacon frying in a pan.
PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) is aware of this and has enlisted vegan actors from the movie "Babe" to protest. I have friends who are carnivores who want to vomit after viewing this spot.
If you are truly interested in all things Denny's, this should be of interest to you. I hope you can refer me to the Denny's Nazis who are allowing this tripe."
- Anonymous
- "the denny,s in nashua new hampshire is the center of oddity the food is as you would expect and the regulars are well regular ok so we are strange but any way this is definately one place that could apreciate project denny's and i personaly want to see das bus for my self"
- TMiB
- "I am shocked and appalled that your restaurant would so obviously advertise the killing of animals. My teenage daughters were watching the television this evening and your obnoxious, insensitive, disgusting commercial with the pig that is turned into bacon came on. It was not only implied, but practically shown that the pig was now bacon. To say "Sorry Babe" was the most in extremely poor taste. We will never eat at your restaurants again and will tell everyone we know how tacky and disgusting your commercial is and they will tell everyone they know, etc...As a teacher and parent I would never have imagined your owners to allow such blatant disrespect for animals. I hope this commercial is never viewed by my daughters again as they cried for quite some time."
- Lynne M. Lawson
- "Just wanted to say I LOVE THIS PAGE."
- Andy Skerritt
- "Shit, it's a big page, my man. How do you do it?"
- Pat Quinn
- "Hey, when do you guys find time to do this, don't you have to work?"
- Anonymous
- "Our Denny's closed down about a month ago. I never ate there unless I was drunk at 2 a.m., but it seems sad for a Denny's to close down. Can you do anything about it?"
- Elizabeth Nichols
- "All Hail the Almighty Denny! :) Have you joined the Church of the Great Yellow Beacon yet? Probably not, it was just recently brought back to the people. If you like I can try to get you some liturature. I'm serious, it's an official religion :) Join Us..."
- Kendra Powell
- "I have been veiwing your site for over an hour now, and am still laughing. I haven't come accross any Oregon Denny's though. Have you been to Oregon yet? The Denny's in our town is a favorite meeting place after the bars close. The wait-staff is constantly changing. There is allways a new face at the table to take an order, but you can allways go accross the street, to IHOP, and see the people who used to work at Denny's! Happy traveling, and I will be checking your site to see if you have made it to Oregon!"
- Lisa
- "Your quest is trully weird but orignal. You are a Don Quote in your own right chasing after that giant windmall. how did this quest start? Where you in a Denny's late one night (the only time go into Denny's) and you just said hey whould'ent it be cool.... Or did it come to you in a greater inspiration like when you were on the john? I would not recommend the Denny's in the New Orleans metro area. There are very lame. The can not even do nachos right (I had to send them back three times before I finaly just gave up on the idea of nachos). I have yet to see Weird All unless has gotten a severe suntan and turned black."
- MrEMan7
- "Our Denny's is always pretty busy. Nothing particularly different about ours. It's in The Hanford Mall parking lot, kitty corner from Wal-Mart and Taco Bell. I used to work at the Denny's in Roy, Utah back in 1971-2. Guess it's still there. All Denny's have good blue cheese dressing and COFFEE!! But, I really *hate* the "sorry Babe" ads they've been running. I've been so happy that they have vegetarian menu items now (yes, I am) and was disappointed that they would run such a tacky and callous ad. But maybe it'll make people think about where bacon comes from!"
- Anne Eller
- "WOO-HOO, I LOVE DENNY'S!!!"
- Jess
- "I Like your site......I'm the G.M. of a Dennys in Alabama. Keep up the positive feedback about the employees of Dennys, for they are the hardest work force in the industry. They are required to preform many different duties though out their restaurants, and some times with no additional pay."
- Anonymous
- "Hell Yeah Man! Denneys IS the best. I have visited all of them in the Norfolk / Tidewater area. In fact I have started a collection of coffee mugs. I hate the ones with the new logos. Hopefully though with the minions of people working for me, i acquire enough to open my own with the traditional logo. In my apartment/house in Norfolk i have a big room (that i call the city) which has a phone booth, resturant booth, newspaper dispencer and any other thing that belongs outside. My pride and joy is the phone booth, but next to that there is nonthing better i like to do than to get up in the morning and have breakfast in my resturant booth (nonthing as plush as denny's, more like subway) and have coffee in my numerous mugs."
- Ken Collins
- "You Rock! Dennies is a cool restraunt...I remember eating 2 or 3 breakfasts, right after surgery- it felt good!"
- Steven Swarthow
- "YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!! until now i didn't know what i would do over spring break, but you have inspired me!!! every denny's in missouri will be mine for the taking!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
- Nick Ahlhelm
- "I use to like Dennys until recently. Two bad experiences have turned me off and I don,t think I,ll be going back anytime soon. At the Dennys on interstate island, just off the exit 39 of the New York State thurway (I-90) The service was slow, the coffee was luke warm, the bacon was barely fried ( almost raw ), One of the worst meals I've ever had at any resturant. About a week later I went to the Dennys in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada. My wife and I each had a grand slam and a cup of coffee. When we got our bill the total was $24.99. I ask the waitress if this was right she said yes. The grand slams were $9.95 each and the coffee was $2.00 each.add in the taxes and the total was $24.99. Good Bye Canada and Good Bye Dennys "
- Anonymous
- "My name is Jehad "Gigo" Asad.. At the time you visted our Denny's, I was the Unit Aide. But now I have surpassed everybodies expectations and have become the perfect example of a Denny's Manager. I think that there is somthing wrong with you taking a picture of the waitress and not me. I would have photographed much better. I was at Denny's # 0482 but have moved to Denny's #6841 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I will be sending you a picture of me at my new location. Good luck on your quest. There are now six Denny's in Tulsa. The newest one is Denny's # 6967. It is located at I-244 & Garnett. It's Grand opening was on 11/27/96. It is by far the best Denny's in the state. Anyone who has ever worked at Denny's is begging to work at this one. It's a deffinate must see for a Denny's lover such as yourself. I'm sure your just tingeling with excitement. All of Tulsa is excited."
- Jehad Asad
- "hey! buddy! I linked to your page! Link up to mine! It's 4:30 in the morning! time to go to denny's!"
- Raymond Smiley
- "I am song writer. This has inspired me to write a folk song telling people of your greatness... Please, when or if you comeback to South Florida. Let me know so that I can prepare a welcoming committee. I understand your genius."
- Jason
- "I just found this, I think it's pretty funny. I have nothing to say but this. I'm not eating at Dennys until they take their commercial about the pigs off the air. You know "Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o-then they show the bacon, lame advertisement, then"sorry babe:" It offensive to me. Is anyone else offended by this? I'll still visit this page though."
- Robert McJilton
- "I just came along your page by accident, actually - but I thought it was pretty funny, and a very good cause."
- Doug Ridgeway
- "To: Denny's Marketing Dept, Television division
Re: Just viewed your new "Old MacDonald's spot.
GREAT OPENING!!
BAD MESSAGE
Terrible follow through.
Emotion ran high as I literally stopped what I was doing to watch your commercial. Or was it commecial for McDonald's? Let's see...
"e-i-e-i-o"
Great. He has a pig (mmm maybe a tie-in with the "Babe" movie?)
HAD? ...shot of bacon frying. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Wrong message. Who wants to be reminded the food they eat comes from warm and fuzzy widdle animals. Of course one has to be pretty dense to not realize that bacon come from pigs, eggs from chickens, ect. But the buying public (18-49) wants to be dense about such things.
I predict much negativity from consumers.
Suggestion: Pull the ad before the "fan" starts up."
- Putsy
- "I'm on a Tom Waits list-serv, and we recently began discussing the Big D (somebody found some kind of connection between Tom Waits and Dennys). Anyways, your site was mentioned, so I thought I'd check it out. I saw that you were asking for other people's tales of Dennys and a run-down on the ones we've been to that you haven't yet, so i thought I'd toss in a couple.
Before that, I thought you might be interested in the Dennys Cult, a small group of religious and political zealots originating in Calistoga, CA and now spread out throughout that state and an isolated portion of Missouri.
The Dennys Cult has several rites, tabus, etc. that consecrate the booth we should happen to land in:
* No two people may order the same slam at the same sitting
* You cannot order the same slam in two consecutive sittings
* Those who drink coffee must continue to drink coffee until they have reached the lowest price per cup as possible (e.g. 1 cup = approx. $1, 10 cups = $.10). Only when the rate of peeing exceeds the rate of refills may one stop.
* Those who do not drink coffee must do something creative with the creamers (cream shooters, fake eye impalements, and highway projectiles are some examples)
* Always leave a decent tip at the Dennys you frequent regularly (this is an adaptive aspect of the culture, for if we didn't tip well they probably wouldn't let us come back)
Also, some legends have formed about Dennys, the most important being that it is actually an international network of communist safe-havens. In order to let the waitress (i.e. fellowtraveler) know that you are part of the People's International Revolutionary Movement (P.I.R.M.), order only a cup of coffee and a glass of ice water, and request an extra ashtray.the Dennys in Columbia, MO proved this, as the ashtray in the men's room (since stolen by some capitalist pig) was emblazoned with the cryptic phrase "MAO42".
Other Dennys activities include fork-sculptures, rolly-chair derbies, and enticing the waitresses to dance to the tune of Prince's "Cream"."
- Tom Flamson
- "Of all the great restaurants we could have eaten at while visiting Victoria, my boyfriend picked Denny's. My scrambled eggs were cold, and a steak knife couldn't have cut through those pancakes. Even the orange juice tasted too sour. I have been to many a Denny's across Idaho and Oregon, but after this particular experience, I vowed never to go back to Denny's again."
- Sarah John
- "I saw your page and it just makes me wish my grandparents would get online. They LOVE Denny's. Almost everytime they come visit us we end up at a Denny's. I noticed you haven't made it down to Houston or San Antonio yet. You really should come. There are some nice Denny's. Actually I only know about the ones in Houston, I haven't been off campus here much yet. But the one near Houston Intercontinental Airport is really nice. Lovely large glass windows. I think I'll try for some of that free stuff myself though. All those buttons mentioned really got me thinking. (I collect buttons.) It'd be cool to have some more buttons you can't buy. Anyway I guess I'd better go. Looking at your pages has made me hungry!"
- Vanessa Lee
- "Denny's I believe is guilty of misleading advertising. A highway billboard along the east bound side of Interstate 78 near Allentown, Pa advertised a grand slam breakfast for $1.99. When I got to the restaurant, I was told that the sign was old and that now the same breakfast was $2.99. They pulled the old bait and switch routing-advertising something that doesn't exist only to get customers into the door. If the sign needs to be replaced, then do so or at least offer the customers the advertised prices until the sign gets changed! They should go into the hall of shame."
- Calvin A. Morris
- "I forgot about this ... these were in my zine, _Air in the Paragraph Line_, in the middle of a bunch of other top 10 lists. The whole zine is at http://www.speakeasy.org/~jkonrath/aitpl/aitpl7.txt
Top Ten Observations Made While at Denny's:
1) There aren't many midline appetizer choices. You have to spend like six bucks on a large fried dish, and it would be much nicer to just have a $3 small portion or be able to order part of an appetizer on the side of your meal for a buck or two.
2) The Denny's necktie slogan "It's like having a kid wrapped around your neck" seems a bit pedophilic to me.
3) They always seat me at the small section of the big C-shaped booth in the non-smoking section, and then they bring a whole family in and seat them at the big section, so I'm stuck staring at some fucking Mormon and her 9 kids while I'm trying to eat alone.
4) The Lynwood Denny's looks just like the Denny's near Notre Dame, IN except replace the crack dealers with rednecks.
5) I can usually write a page and a half of total bullshit in my spiral notebook before my food shows up.
6) Every time I go to the Denny's in Kirkland, I see a girl that looks almost exactly like my old roommate Matt's girlfriend.
7) There is a waitress at the Mercer Denny's that looks a lot like a more country version of Tori Amos, and she hangs out there when she's off duty, ALL THE TIME. When she's not working, she still sometimes helps a customer or runs behind the counter to get food or something.
8) No Denny's waiter or waitress ever asks me about the stupid holographic sports cards that you can get for an extra buck or two with your meal. I must reek of a non-sports-fan pheromone or something.
9) I once thought I saw Winona Ryder at the Denny's on Aurora. Incidentally, that is the worst Denny's aside from the one in Gary, IN, and on weekends, the cops there probably have to wear kevlar.
10)You know the old joke, why do they have locks on the Denny's door if they are open 24 hours? It's because they have to lock the doors when they get robbed until the cops show up."
- Jon Konrath
- "Hey P7A77, We think you kind of look like this guy we know, Eric, who kind of looks like Geddy Lee (Rush). That's cool."
- Scull
- "Please take a trip to the DEEP south to realize that bisquits and country gravey are not"hockey pucks and Elmers glue".."
- Anonymous
- "I clearly remember that day. It was my 25th birthday on a warm night in late July 1994. To my surprise, Denny's wasn't interested in celebrating my birthday along with me. No free meal, but a greasy something-or-other. Never went back to another big D after that. Later I tried to enjoy a new movie called Forrest Gump. My Denny's meal was much better."
- Andrew Bunch
- "Your page is goddamn hilarious."
- Dan Scheraga
- "While I can appreciate the creative advertisement about Babe making his way from Old Mac Donald's farm to some one's plate at a Denny's restaurant, I cannot agree with such an insensitive ad that totally ignores the precious life of the mammal that was slaughtered for strips of bacon. Because of humans' desire for meat, animals are shot up with steroids, kept in small cages to prevent them from excercising, and then horrifically massacred. Must we also mock their deaths with such commercials as the one for Denny's? I am certain that it was not Denny's intent to be disdainful to our fellow animals, but I hope that a follow up advertisement of retribution could be made in order to "make peace" with those of us who truly value the lives of our beloved pets. "
- Danielle Ream
- "I have enjoyed your pages, and it seems that I am in love with Denny's as much as you are. In matter of fact I am welling to spend some money to start this chain in my home town in Jordan, that you can visit in the future."
- Bassam AlHashlamon
- "I was just searching around the weird stuff on the web, and I came across your Denny's page. Sheer brilliance!!!"
- Anonymous
- "This is in response to Sharon Zohar's documentary on why you should not go to Denny's, written on September 9, 1996. Although it's very true that Denny's was the subject of a class action law suite over discrimination, it is absolutely not true that Denny's Restaurants are racist. Your statement about former Denny's managers making statements and producing written documentation proving "systematic discrimination" are ridiculous. I'm not trying to say that this did not happen, but I do know that that is probably why those former managers are just that--former. It is strictly against Denny's company policy for any employee, manager, supervisor etc. to deny service, lessen the quality of service, or charge any type of cover charge to anyone based on that persons race. In addition, yes, there are several articles and newspaper clipings we could sift through. But, Denny's has taken an incredible amount of positive steps to ensure that there is no discrimination in any of it's restaurants. Furthermore, Denny's is most definitely not run by the same people as it was when this class-action suite took place. In fact, the company was sold!! And that was in the news.
While there is room for improvement in any business, especially restaurants, I feel that Denny's has taken many positive steps and made necessary changes and is trying to move on, i.e. Denny's learned from it;s mistake. Go ahead, give Denny's a try, I think you'll be surprised."
- Ryan Reed
- "Way back in 1990, my friend Damon Rich, who's now at Columbia U., made it his mission to visit every Denny's in St. Louis. Not quite as ambitious as this national program, but he was only a junior in high school at the time, and it was just him and a friend of his. Well they succeeded, and so wrote to the president or CEO, who sent the two of them a giant box of Denny's ball-point pens. He still has the pens, and has used them ever since. It seems that all great ideas seem to well up from some the same sub-conscious source that we all share?"
- Darrell D. Hancock
- "Hells man, you have no idea how much I dig the Project Denny's Page. I used to be a fixture at the now closed Marlton, NJ, restaurant. I believe there was at one time 17 Denny's in NJ, most of which could all be visited in a 10 hour period. In fact, there are 4 of 'em all within 20 minutes of my home!"
- Claddagh
- "Well, I've lived a long and varied life at Denny's, unfortunately, most of this life (well, the last 6 months of it) has been on the other side of the Delidinger, behind a wretched Save the Children tie. I can admit it. I'm an employee. (I don't look like Weird Al, at all, though.) "
- Melanie Denison
- "You guys have got a great page--definitly right up our alley. We're three college students who proudly display a Denny's entryway rug inside our dorm room (obtained from a Denny's in upstate NY). Talk about a prized posession. The girls really like it too. There's nothing like the green and orange logo we know and love so well to welcome the visiters to our room. Although we haven't racked up the milage that you all have, we definitely have something to shoot for."
- Christopher James Biasotti
- "I downloaded much of your stuff a few months ago and took it with me to Spartanburg for my franchisee orientation. They seemed vaguely aware of your presence on the net, and, knowing I am a lawyer by previous profession, asked me if I knew anything about copyright law."
- Anonymous
- "I am a stagehand in Toledo and it was really cool seeing one of the places that I work (and the people who feed me) on the web. Unfortunately, I was working at a different hall the night Weird Al played at the Masonic. :/ I heard that it was a great show."
- Joe Power
- "This is incredible!! I was just using my search-engine, and out of boredom, I put in Denny's (which is where I happen to work). Look at what I found!!"
- Steve!!!
- "After many hours of sleep deprevation I became tired of hearing the name Jason Alan Pfaff come up again and again over the past week. Mentioned repeatedly at the Miami RHPS, and in countless stories told by Adder. I also belive he was the loud man in the frilly blue shirt in the front row of Miami RHPS who when I (and some other poor schmuck, the last 2 fools on the stage) was being auctiond off yelled "They've got beards!". I then found this name at the header of the RHPS FAQ that had been sitting on my computer for some unkown amount of time. I then realized.. this man has far too much time on his hands.
But then I saw it... the review of the Project: Denny's Web Site in the Net magazine. I visited the site and am now in awe of the magnitude to which this man has ingrained himself into the American subconcious. Transformed by his quest for enlightenment he is no longer a man, but an icon of the American Adventuring spirit! Or mabye not, I still haven't had much sleep.
Cool page, keep up the quest for enlightenment."
- Kevin Schmidt
- "I just wanted to say thaat I work at a Denny's Restaurant, and usually I have no problem with that, but this year, they are going to keep Denny's open on Christmas just to meet a quota, and I find that very unfair to any employee that works there. We need your help, if anyone thinks that it is unfair to us to be open on Christmas, please call 1-800-7-Dennys and let them know how you feel. We appreciate any help we may get from you. Thank you!!!!"
- Bob Kieffer
- "Hey what is the deal with the new coffee mugs. I didn't like the changes they made to the sign, or the menu. Man I miss seeing that constupated owl on the front of the late night menu. Now we just have the outline of a constupated owl. That is messed up. But the final straw is the mugs. I am used to seeing the Denny's logo in the old style, the same way it is at the top of your website. Now they go and change the coffee mugs to this incredibly generic and medeocre Denny's logo. I feel that a small peice of Americana is being ripped out of our society. I just considder myself lucky that I was able to get a waitress to give me one of the older ones, before they were all broken or stolen. It gives me something to show my grandkids. Anyway cool site, don't change the logo!"
- Anchor A
- "Dear Jason - I only have a few seconds (I'm heading out to exercise my right to vote), but I wanted to let you know that your site is what I've been looking for! I worship Denny's, and I have many stories to tell."
- Ed Lekson
- "Let me guess - - Western, right? Me too. Nice stuff - - tres dada and disjointed. Keep it up."
- Chuck & Susan Staudenmaier
- "Let me tell you I love your site! For one thing, my wife works for Denny's as a manager (but she doesn't look like wierd al)."
- Anonymous
- "I can only imagine the anguise you must have been put through as a child. Your mission is hardley nobel and though i admit I have congured strange ideas I can honestly say your more of a nutcase for acting upon them. Then agian I was amused enough to respond, and in light of your media attention you cant be a raving lunitic. If your ever in the Minneapolis area I strongly recomend the Dennys of 694, and white bear ave. The eggs are fresh and served with a smile. Keep up the uhhhh... work."
- Ronz
- "Now, in the spirit of the great guru, Al, I present,
"Breakfast at Denny's"
(from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something)
(Copyright 1996, C&M Enterprises, permission is hereby granted to reprint for any "Project: Denny's" related materials)
"You say, you don't like McDonald's,
You hate their McMuffins,
They're falling apart.
You say, 'The Waffle House is open,'
But I know they're not open,
I know 'cause I was just there.
(Chorus:) And I said, 'What about breakfast at Denny's?'
She said, 'I think I remember the place,
'And as I recall, I think we both kindof liked it,'
And I said, 'Well then, we're going Dutch!'
I ordered, I told him over easy,
I know he heard me speaking,
I guess I was wrong,
So what now? My eggs aren't over easy.
And I hate when eggs are scrambled,
And my bacon's over done.
(chorus)"
- Michael D. Lynch
- "If one more person writes about what a gift or service to humanity this page is I will puke. However, it WAS amusing, and I do frequent the Denny's here in Altus, Oklahoma. The Crunchy Chicken Salad is one of my faves."
- Anonymous
- "I proudly held the grand title; Goddess of Denny's in San Jose, California from 1984 to the middle of 1985 when I was wrongfully stripped of the crown after accusations had been made that I was responsible for bribing judges with sexual favors. This rumor has never been proven and I to this day hold my head high and proud when I tell the small children gathered about my feet, the ledgendary stories of being the Goddess of Denny's. Oh, yes! How I cherish those days... the feel of cocoa brown polyester against my skin, the ecstacy of playing master and servant to men with bad breath, the pleasure that came from pocketing a two-dollar tip off a table covered in baby spit, pancake syrup, and spilled spaghetti. Yes, those were there days...in the beautifully decorated shrine that sits atop the corner of Saratoga Avenue and Highway 280. Stop in sometime and be sure to order the chicken fried steak."
- Anonymous
- "I miss the $1.99 Grand Slam."
- Scott
- "If you ever come to Disneyland stop by the Denny's down the street. You haven't lived until you eat breakfast with a bunch of people with no tans....mighty fine coffee!"
- The Gooz
- "Don't you just love the urinal Mints! TASTY mothers! Hot digidy dawg."
- Anonymous
- "Wow! I can't believe you have been to so many Denny's. Have you been in any Denny's in a foreign country? I know there is one in Canada at Niagra Falls. You can take a honeymoon and go to Denny's at the same time!!!"
- Martin Pomaranski -pomaran@ibm.net
- "Without a doubt, your web page and ideas are the funniest I have seen. You need to come here to Tyler, TX and check out the shittiest Dennys known to the franchise! For years, my friend and I have gone to Dennys, and time after time have put up with the crappiest service. The place really is a death march with the most hateful waitresses, who always have some physical oddity to display. If I had the time and money, I would hop on your bus and visit them all, but then again, once you have seen one, you really have seen them all. No offense, but IHOP will forever be in my heart."
- Donald Morton
- "Before finding your web page in The Web Magazine I had no clue what I was to do with my life after college. now I know. Denny's is one of the greatest places to eat on earth. I think what you are doing is fantastic. You should do something with those silly Denny's comercials..."
- Christopher L Spencer
- "When I was studying for certification, I spent many countless early morning hours in the local Dennys studying. cramming by myself or with fellow hardworking students. Thank You Dennys! Great idea for a page - the yellow just captures the "Dennys touch"."
- Nicolette Stepro
- "With all the useless CRAP on the Web, your site is a bright shining light in the dark tunnels of sluge pits. I too am a fan of Denny's, where I have spent many a drunk, senseless nights stuffing omeletts and coffee down my throat at 3 a.m. with hundreds of my closest friends. Your site design is awesome. Keep up the good work. But why haven't you visited one of the many Denny's locations in Michigan? Come on, it's only a couple of hours north of Ohio.
P.S. Don't let any flack over visiting a racist business get you down. I am one of the least prejudice people in the world. I have many good, close friends of many races and cultures, but many of the Denny's here in the metro Detroit area at one time had to charge a "cover charge" which was then taken off the bill when you paid for your meal. The reason? A large number people would often skip out on the bill and/or not leave any tip. So the cover was one of the only sensible ways to discourage theifs and people that don't understand that tipping is part going to a restaurant. Discrimination? Maybe. Smart business? Definitely."
- Mark Cleveland
- "DENNY"S Dudes, I just got back from Hollywood, CA with some guys from my band (the fifth wheel) and I had to give you a report of the Sunset Blvd Denny's. I was a pretty stanDARD denny's except NO SMOKING!! That was a major bummer but not much else was different. No flash, no extras, just denny's..."
- Tom Weyand
- "Christ, your shit cracked me up."
- Michael Blinn
- "Chech out Wally Pleasant's "Denny's at Four A.M." great tune"
- Andrew J. King
- "I just want to say that I looked up Denny's on Yahoo as a joke and seeing your page come up has made my fucking day. I could not survive without Denny's , I am feinding for mozzerella sticks even now. I am a consistent 20% tipper, though bitches recieve very little. Messages on napkins are nice too. So when do we get to start polling for price changes?"
- Sara
- "I think your page might be cool, but its unreadable with that background on it. I'll visit if it changes."
- Tim Farrell
- "Why do old people stare when a group of teens come in to Denny's? It's like they think they own the place and we are not allowed in! Oh well."
- Janice Piwok
- "Hi. Great site. I also didn't eat at Denny's for a while after the incident where the black feds were not served, but I felt much better about it after they had to pay many moneys. I am saddened that your section on kentucky has that old stereotype about horses and rednecks. well, the horse part is completely true, but the redneck part is not. I have found in my travels that rednecks are everywhere, in even the most urban settings. i'm currently going to school in kentucky, at UK, in beautiful lexington, kentucky, very Denny's-prolific, especially for its size. if you consider changing your description to something a little more accurate, people around here tend to think that basketball is a religion. I'm more partial to some of the state's well known products, like bourbon, or fine kentucky hemp. i could give lots of suggestions for better descriptions, so you don't have to taint such an otherwise great page with something so insulting. i'm fortunate enough to live one block from a denny's here at school, and it's a fairly subdued but nice one. no gift shop, though. the one where you stopped just off the interstate, Newtown Pike, is also known for its fine selection of domestic beers. But, like everywhere, the denny's here are each unique and special in its own way. if you come back this way, i'd be happy to give you a tour of the local denny's and hopefully show you the light about kentucky."
- A Lane
- "remember what my friend's Dad always recited on long road trips..mostly as the justification for the exclusive choice of dining establishments: "You're always safe at a Denny's!""
- Patricia Hunter
- "Hello there. I was enjoying my voyage across the internet, when I came across the Project Denny's page and I got excited. Denny's is a great place and I can never seem to find a cup of coffee that tastes as good as Denny's."
- Corinna
- "Glad to see the quest continues and that so many others have discovered and aided your quest."
- Anonymous
- "What a life you must have. I'm sure this must be your way of finding nirvanna, focus in on something so meaningless that you become one with the universe. I am in awe! DENNYS the path to enlightenment!"
- Anonymous
- "Stumbling upon your pages has brought back my feelings of resentment toward this once proud restaurant chain. I haven't been to a Denny's for at least a year now because of one reason....
Where the FUCK are the Hamdingers?
Hamdingers were perhaps one of Nature's most perfect foods... Especially after an evening of drinking (or partaking of green herbal substances...) Am I losing it, or have they completely left the menu? During my last few visits, I didn't see it at all. I was thinking the first time, that maybe some restaurants didn't have them, but others did. However, the menus at the Burlington, VT, Syracuse NY and now the Denny's on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA were completely void of one of my favorite greasy foodstuffs. Granted, I satisfied myself with the Country Fried Steak with Eggs,(which is mighty tasty in its own right) but I wasn't pleased. Tell me what's going on? Don't tell me they're going to get rid of Moons Over My Hammy too??
Those bastards..."
- Andre Tan
- "I love Denny's food. I can't say a single bad thing about the workers, bosses or customers."
- Anonymous
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- "Men and women have two different views of drinking. In the morning after a night of drinking women say, "I'm never going to drink again". Men say, "Im never going to Denny's again"."
- Randy Duvall
- "i am a student at the university of southern california, and sadly, my new world is devoid of the comforting presence of a denny's establishment. you see, i am originally from seattle where you can't drive a block without seeing a denny's and needless to say, i spent many fruitful (or fruitless depending on how you look at it) evenings sipping fresh coffee (usually) and munching on wheat toast. if i was feeling especially wealthy i would get the sampler, but i digress. my main mission for this message is to show that usc is badly in need of a denny's. think of the demographics. there are 15,000 on campus students who like to stay up all hours of the night and have nowhere to go. if denny's put a franchise here it would be filled day and night by loyal denny's followers and those who simply need some place to go. a veritable gold mine awaits denny's int'l here if they would only examine this place. i beg you to pass this on to someone who can do something about this unfortunate situation. it has been too long since i have sat in the squeaky vinyl booths of a denny's and if something isn't done soon, i feel that i may be losing it. thanks for your help."
- Mitchell Drew Borgeson
- "Each time I sift through the Denny's pages I get more and more scared. Bloody hell! You're such a freak!"
- Verve
- "I've eyeballed your site (at the expense of doing work that I'm actually PAID for, but, whatthehell, it's Friday, & I've been good all week long) and I found it absolutely fascinating. I linked to it from "Planet SOMA." He always has great links, and as he's a grand fan and afficionado of Diner Food, he should know."
- Deon Brown
- "I just wanted to confirm to you that you are sick people. The food at denny's is bad enough let alone their toilets."
- Tom Weyand
- "To the coffee drinking teen who recently wrote in about waitresses being prejudice against teens-- Denny's servers typically make 2.55 per hour, we rely on tips.We usually have stations ( a group of say 5-20 tables, depending on how many servers are working, that a particular server is responsible for) Now let's say I have 10 tables in my station and half of them are teens drinking coffee, I really only have 5 tables left. Now, lets say my tables hold 4 people each and there are 2 kids per table or even worse , I have 3 or more tables pushed together for a large group, I no longer have opportunity to have people who want to order food, eat and leave, sit in my station. Usually, if people are eating, they are only occupying a table for 30 minutes or so. The "coffee kids" sit for hours ordering pots and pots of coffee. Typically, these kids do not tip or only leave $1.00. Now, $1.00 may be a 15 percent tip, but if I have refilled your coffee 20 times and changed your ashtray 10 times for 3 hours, I could have had 5 or 6 other groups use each table.Even if each of those tables left minimal tips, I miss out on AT LEAST $6.00,but more likely $10.00- $20.00. Also, a vast majority of these kids show little to no respect for their server. Worse yet, large groups of teens usually equal trouble.For example, if a group of 10 take up 3 of my tables and I sell only say,2 orders of fries, a few ice cream (pain to make) concoctions, and a few drinks while 3 order nothing but water, my time is taken away from other guests and I receive little or no tip. Again, the check may be small, but realize 10 people at once deserves a generous tip. Finally, I have lost adult "regulars" when kids drinking coffee turn my station into a smoky hangout, and use of profanity by young people drives away elderly guests and families. This is a lot of money out of my pocket. How do you get good service for coffee only????Don't spend hours at your table, if you do, compensate your server for making 20 trips to your table.Show your server repect and do not use profanity.If you are alone, sit at the counter so as not to take up a whole table.I have a group of about 6 young guys who come in every night to drink coffee ,and smoke. They occasionally order.Why do I like them? Well, they are polite, they occasionally order, they are patient when I am busy and they tip well.If they have 6 coffees and a slice of pie only, they leave at least $5.00. Usually they leave more because they understand. Hope you learned something!!!"
- Anonymous
- "Well, after eating at a gazillion Dennys' out West here, all I can say is: 'D-OH! You mean I could've got free stuff? Why didn't I think of that?'"
- Mark Chase
- "well it all started out innocently enough..... It was about three in the Am and I had stoped into dennies for a quick cup of jo and a little omelette. the weird al looking guy came up and took my order. things were going fine, I was looking out the window at the cars passing buy on broad street, I like doing that becouse I can secretly watch the wait staff by the night time reflections in the window...... Suddenly strange things started to happen... I think i saw the anti-christ appear in the reflection...he was making pancakes and wearing a little paper hat. he looked at me and smiled, his dingy yellow teeth glistenedd in the window he gave me a wink, quickly I turned around to face the devil, but when I did it was just a pimply-faced teenager. "this is odd" I thought to myself there was alittle old lady eating a muffin in the booth directly ahead of me, I fixated on her face. as she chewed, her jaw seemed to float more and more around in space...then I noticed her eyes were slowly sliding down her face......followed by her nose, then her jaw seemed to fall off MY GOD! this womans face was melting! her face was melting right off her head! "can I help you? she said and was all normal again....... "what the Hell YOU lookin at buddy?" what the hell? where did that come from? Iloked down it was my omelette! it had arrived, it had a face and was talking to me..."HEY JERK! EAT ME!" it yelled "c'mon you little freak, take a big bite out of me you cock sucking bastard!!" "I-uh I..." was all I could say, I started to freak out. I had to get out of there, it was an evil place this was the dennys of hell I couldnt stay, i ran! I knocked over the waitress who was trying to keep me from leaving with out paying, i crashed through a window and took off running
I guess what Im trying to say here is..you shouldnt drop acid at the denny's"
- Anonymous
- "Hi Jason this is Wally Pleasant. I saw articles about you in Detroit, Dallas & San Jose. What you are doing is a real gift to humanity."
- Wally Pleasant
- "I am a "regular" at the Devon Denny's in Philly. I reciently left for school, and I miss my home away from home. I'm glad I stumbled upon this page. My hope is that one day all the Denny's fans from across the world will bring their sudo-families together and we all will rejoice over a cup of coffie or a diet coke w/ lemon. Thanx for making this dream closer to a reality."
- Anonymous
- "You've got a great Denny's site here, and I wish you luck in your future Grand Slam endeavors. I came across your site via the premiere issue of Web Magazine."
- Derek Royal
- "Are you folks aware that Dennys lost a multi-million lawsuit last year because they would not serve a table of African-American Secret Service Agents (you know, the folks who protect our president and his family)? Guess they are not worthy of meal service... (yes, I'm being sarcastic)
Did you know that there were written documents produced by former Dennys managers proving systematic discrimination, with specific instructions to charge young African-American patrons BEFORE serving them, in order to discourage minorities from hanging out at Dennys? Instructions to serve African-American patrons in a slow and unfriendly manner?
Dennys lost badly, and personally, I would not be caught dead in any Dennys restaurant as long as the company is run by the same individuals who instituted those policies.
If you want documentation, go to the library and look up Dennys in the news (Obviously, you don't follow the news much, but do check this out). The New York Times Sunday Magazine had a lengthy and detailed story about the suit last year, with interviews and photocopies of documents.
Why don't you and your friends find something productive to do that does not support racists?"
- Sharon Zohar
- "If any one URL could justify the World Wide Web, nay, THE ENTIRE INTERNET, it would be your page. I am amazed."
- Gene Greger
- "Is it just me or do Denny's waitresses seem to be getting more and more prejudice towards teenagers who enter their restaurants simply to drink some coffee and have a few cigarettes in peace, only to be bombarded by rules there to kick them out? Not that I don't love Denny's, It's the perfect place to nestle late nights to write poetry and relax to some reasonably priced warm bean-juice...but what is happening here?"
- Anonymous
- "I live in Japan. We have Denny's resutrant near my house. I somtimes have dinner late eveing. I feel good at Denny's. I like to watch people chatting and eating at table. It gives me feel of easiness."
- Akira Matayoshi
- "You bastards don't have any locations in Arizona listed!!! What are you--communists?"
- LMc
- "oh, great Denny's guru... personally I am not a Denny's fan, but I appreciate the subculture and have spent many a night there drinking Dr. Pepper in pitchers and wondering if the people at the next table were as loserly as the people I was sitting with... I read about your journey in the Dallas Morning News article and have been waiting for internet access so I could actually see your site... my Denny's experiences: I did go to the Joplin, Missouri Denny's -- they have good chicken Ceasar salad. In Dallas -- the I35 Denny's in Farmers Branch sucks. The 635 and Coit Denny's is the evil Denny's -- my purse got snatched outside of it and it is just generally the bad Denny's... the 635 and Preston Denny's is the place to go.. many a BBSer has spent a Friday night there.. the 635 and Skillman Denny's is pretty cool... keep up the Dennyzing!"
- Dawn E Paciotti
- "After looking at your Web site I have an urge for Grand Slam breakfast."
- Randy Duvall
- "Sweet Jesu my man, you are a genius! As I sit here in the comp. lab of my college, I am secretly kicking myself for no thinking of this idea first. I mean you're out there making a difference while I'm stuck here for four more bloody years, rotting away the best years of my life when I could be joining you on your Grand Tour. My but I feel a certain kinship for you and your cause and I don't even know you. Maybe you're my long lost brother! Once again, I love the page (found it through a link of some local band oddly enough so you must be gaining popularity). The web (fast becoming a commercial pit o doom) needs more pages with subtly hilarious shit like yours. It's the kind of humor that's funny for the simple fact that it shouldn't be."
- C.C.Colwell
- "I would like to inform you that I stumbled upon a Denny's on Paseo de Kukulkan in Cancun, Mexico. I did not, but my friend who did eat there told me that the food served there was regular American food, and the menu was the same as in the states. It is pretty much the only place where you can get good old fashioned food at 5am in Cancun. Also, I've travelled around many areas of Spain, but I haven't seen a single Denny's in neither Spain nor Portugal. Pity."
- Alex Shenker
- "Are you for real? You need to include a 15% tip table and explain that the reason most of us late night servers are NOT happy campers is those little tips we get from the "younger set".This is a definite switch from other sites I've visited. as a veteran server who married my graveyard cook, I wouldn't eat at Denny's, if you worked there, why do you?"
- Anonymous
- "I accessed your old site through the Exploding Head page-you were highly recommended! I apologize if you've already been notified a million times."
- Anonymous
- "Hi, I'm from Elmhurst, IL, and while we don't have a Denny's actually in Elmhurst, there're 3 in the vicinity. One in Bensenville, IL; one in Oakbrook Terrace, IL; and one on the border on Bensenville and Elk Grove Village, IL. I have a confession to make: I worked as a server 2 summers ago in the last. This Denny's serves mostly to truck drivers and older people. That job has left me with a love/hate relationship with Denny's. Loving it, but at the same time hating it becasue of the emotional scars left from a character building experiance as a waiter. I must also say that they have the best clam chowder(chowda) in the world."
- Super Grover
- "Just wanted to say hello, and to let you know that I work as a cook at the Denny's in Nashua, NH. If and when you make it to that Denny's be sure and ask for me and if I'm working that shift, I usually work the morning shifts being the fastest cook there I get the fun job of cooking the breakfast/lunch rushes, as I was saying if I'm there breakfast or lunch is on me for the entire group."
- Luis Reyes
- "Denny's is too cold. Every Denny's I dine at has the temperature set at 20 degrees F. The food and service is great, the temperature is not so great."
- Tina J. Leoni
- "I just wanted to tell you that, after a recent perusing of the ProDen pages, my heart swelled with pride about the fact that I am a part of Project Denny's."
- Johnny Payphone
- "You might want to send out a request to some people out in Dallas, because I used to live there until around August of last year, and before I left, some local band, I can't remember who, put out a song called, Denny's at 2am. Check it out, it was pretty cool if I remember, and it would be cool to post on the page."
- Mike
- "It's rather sad really, living in this town. Such sickening boredom, yet we do manage, thanks to the sweet security of our home-town Denny's, well not entirely thanks, cause of course we can waste many mindless hours in the "mall". that's just something i'd suggest you avoid, though many do not heed my advice hence they become useless, materialistic mallrat vermin. Take a stroll down to Denny's and through the bellowing cloud of smoke I can guarentee you'll find exactly what you've been looking for. It doesn't really matter if the coffee is cold and the waitperson(PC) won't bring you your cream, cause there's good people there."
- Anonymous
- "I was just browsing through the web and thought that it would be cool if there was a Denny's web site. The thing is that I was a regular at a Denny's before I began working there. Now about ten other regulars have jobs there and we like to visit other Denny's restaraunts in our area."
- Joe
- "Most excellent web page, by the way. I've accessed it a few times to keep track of where your headed. My question (which I hav'nt bothered to ask Denny's staff yet) is: how they stopped servin' hash?"
- Vincent Cocco
- "I don't think I've ever been to Denny's. They don't live around here. When I do see one. I'm just not hungry."
- Steve Underwood
- "Well, in light of the fact that my friend Kate and I have been proclaimed the "Denny's Queens" I just decided to tell you that I, of course, have a link to your site."
- Pollyanna Rhee
- "Great fried chicken salad!! Please put a Denny's in Cape Girardeau, Missouri!"
- Scott Lohmann
- "Terrific site old boy, being a Dennys addict but living in the U.K poses a problem like we dont have any ? So your site is where ill have to get my slam fixes until i visit the States again, keep those orders coming boy.. nice one."
- Steve Smith
- "Six months ago, my life was ruined. Our local Denny's in Gibsonia/Allison Park was shut down. I loved Denny's, even though a friend of mine worked there and said that the waiters (and even the cook) did pot while they were working. They were always really funny, great people. They put one of those dumb Mother Butter ice cream things in there, and about two months later the restaurant closed. I'm not sure why. With mine and everyone else's, they had enough business. Maybe because the waiters were all druggies."
- Kevin Cotchen
- "Us Denny`s are really cool guys y`know?"
- John Denny
- "Dennny's is okay when you can't find anyplace else, but as a former waitress of Sambo's why not do your next assignment there. I opened the Sambo's in the great town of Porterville, CA about 20 (gosh has it been that long?) years ago. Are there any Sambos left out there? Ours closed down a few years ago. Good luck on your mission, whatever it may be."
- Vicky Smith
- "how do you get people at denny's to give you all that free stuff? the most i've ever muscled out of a denny's was a stack of "i brake for nite owls" bumper stickers. not that i am complaining...they are lovely bumper stickers. but i would kill or maim for a night menu. what's your modus operandi? your sight rules! i am so glad to know i am no longer alone... in denny's we trust,"
- Anatalia Perez
- "My friend, I noticed that not a single Denny's in my home state of Iowa has been visited by you or one of your viewers. Unfortunately, there isn't a Denny's in my home town. Thusly, I have decided to search the whole of Iowa for Denny's restaraunts. I will be the first! This is my reason to live now! I'll get back to you after I have completed my quest!"
- Evan Scott
- "just wanted to drop a line and say that the "Project : Denny's Sampler" is a superb idea. more people should design websites that way, with a "Cliff Notes" version for busy folks on the go (hah.. yeah... gotta' go download some more JPEGs from alt.binairies.pictures.erotica.dennys-kitchen-accidents... yuk yuk... busy busy busy.....). kudos to you and yours and keep up the good work!
P.S. forgive me father for i have sinned. i haven't been to a Denny's in what seems like ages. altho' i think it's actually only been about 2 or 3 months. i dunno, i've been on this Vietnamese kick lately, and before that it was taquerias. i think it was the diminishing portions and the way they would never make my Super Birds correctly that led me astray."
- Monty Cantsin
- "Your quest is so symbolic of our generation's pathetic attempt to bring meaning to our insignificant lives. Thanks so much! You've made me proud.
Oh! Guess what I heard? There's a menu that they have during the day that has MORE STUFF in it, and it COSTS LESS! I think it's just a rumor though.
I'll ask the waiter next time I'm in... maybe tonight. And then I'll ask him to spit in my food. Fun."
- D. Stange
- "You may be interested to know that, according to the document I have here (1990), there are 1,391 Denny's worldwide. Uhg."
- Giggles
- "I am writing you to let you know that I stumbled onto the Project: Denny's home page from some other mindless page and quickly found myself believeing that maybe there was hope for the human race..."
- Vince Tennant
- "Denny's slogan should probably be "Hey, it's late.""
- Anonymous
- "DAMN this page is hot! How about doing a little trip to all the TACO BELLS in the U.S.? That would be tha shit! Do it man!"
- Phillip Kirkpatrick
- "I can't believe that in your extensive and yet at the same time pathetic (don't you have a life?!?) list of Denny's restaurants, you could have left out the THREE Denny's we have here in Niagara Falls, one of which I work at. We also have the second busiest Denny's in the WORLD!! Now how could you forget that?"
- Doug and Linda Rogers
- "so i saw a link to it on a friend's page and being at work and having nothing to do, i decided to zip through it, i mean, hey, i dig denny's as much as the next guy, and i always love to see somebody with a quest that has more meaning than anything i've ever done with my life..... SO i'm skipping through and i think, wicked, this person is a genius, a brilliant person with guts of gold and steel and yadda yadda. okay. the point. the thing that made me decide to write:
looking at your visit to the terre haute, indiana denny's and noting that hey, "i know a girl named indy who lives near there" and then noting that there was a girl named indy who was your waitress and thus, i freaked out and because they don't like me here (no that's not why) they gave me a crappy monitor and the resolution just _sucks_ and i couldn't really tell but is that picture you took from your visit to the terre haute, indiana denny's a picture of you and the waitress there? is that her?
i guess this is just one of those "i had to tell somebody that the world is indeed tiny and getting tinier every single day."
thanks for providing me with freak out material for the next couple weeks."
- Adam Altman
- "Hey, awesome page! one of the most original things i've seen in a LONG time! I gotta tell you congradulations for living out the dreams of so many of us. Later"
- Henry Hoffer
- "Fellow fans and lovers of Dennys, the greatest resturant in the world! I have been to about 30 Dennys in my time, I've even worked at four of them. I enjoy reading your page becouse now I live in Okinowa Japan, and all we have here is an `OHOPS` that SUCKS! Could I ask that someone please drink a cup of coffie for me? If you guys ever go to the Dennys on west Kellog in Witchita KS dedicate a meal to Ada, the best waitress to ever grace a Dennys with her presence. She tought me every thing I know about waiting tablesand the world became a sad place the day she died, but Dennys is the home of happy spirits so what better place for those who knew her to pay their respects? I just wanted to let you know how happy I was to see the big yellow sign on my computer screan when I found you'r page. I haven't seen that sign in over a year."
- Rob Wieters
- "Hi there, and greetings from Minnesota! Well, I can't for the life of me find anyone to take me to Denny's to get my free birthday meal...the Denny's restaurants up toward the Cities (that would be Mpls/St. Paul to you foreigners) are generally pretty scummy, and I do believe the employees there haven't yet been officially notified that Denny's overturned the racism rule...wouldn't matter if it were just me, but gosh, I'd like to bring my friend Rhonda along, but she's as black as their 2 a.m. coffee. So anyway, if anyone here feels an imminent trip to the land of mosquitoes and blizzards necessary, my birthday isn't until December...take me out, and I'll split the price of your meal! I guess I really just want to brag to family and friends that the free meal was partaken of, you know? And the crayons don't hurt any, that's for sure. Hey, you could even lobby management for cleaner restaurants while you're here! Thanks for the grin this page has inspired; you are truly obsessed (in the best of all possible ways)."
- Jennifer
- "Glad to see your Denny's Home page. I can't wait until they have an offical corporate site like other major companies. I enjoyed reading all the feedback. I have been visiting Denny's ever since I was in diaper's. I couldn't count the number of Denny's I have been in across the USA, and I still love em. I do think they have gone a little crazy with those low prices.... Oh well. Plan to visit your site often!"
- Lady-Chicago
- "Denny's to me is like the great American establishment for late night caffeine blasted conversation and really greasy (but good) food!! Every time I leave Denny's I feel sick, but I think it was worth the experience."
- Anonymous
- "Wow. Great job, man. I am a random person who stumbled across the Denny's page and was intrigued by the creativity, humor, and darned good graphic sense. I followed the branching links to the Das Bus page, the MUMS saga, etc. Looks like you're having a lot of fun! I'm inspired by it."
- Emil Friedlander
- "Great looking page.......just thought I'd give you a little trivia on the Denny's at 4 AM song........... the song was wrtten in an IHOP."
- Bret Bolton
- "What a great place! A visit here is almost as good as going to Denny's!"
- Don Barnes
- "cwazy fucking wabbit."
- Nate Littrell
- "As a fellow Denny's frequenter I'm applauding you web site. I didn't think it had been done yet but I was wrong. I live in a very small town in FL and our only release is Denny's all-nighters."
- Suzanne Schultz
- "Damn, when I clicked to go to the Das Bus page (sorry, I don't know how to type a "u" with an umlaut) I figured I'd be looking at an old Volkswagen (which still would be pretty cool). But an acutal bus! Goddamn that's cool. If you are ever in the Seattle, Washington area, I'd love to show you where all the Denny's are."
- Adam Merrill
- "Your project Denny's is truly a great one! After learning of it I feel like a new man. This is the just the most fantastic thing I have ever seen! I thought that Independance Day was big, but now it seems like just another stupid direct to video release. May the quest to visit Denny's and get free stuff continue until it is completion, and hopefully you start getting better free stuff!"
- Aaron Ekholm
- "Hi! Spiffy little Denny's Shrine ya got here! In your Dayton trip itinerary you invited people to meet you at Denny's if they live in that area. Well, I don't live in Dayton, but I am nearby-- I live just a couple hours north of you in Delaware, OH (which is about 30 min. north of Columbus). And we do have a Denny's in town. So maybe you could meet me there sometime-- or at least you should go there yourself, if you haven't yet. And be sure to play all the cool vending machines, like the clucking chicken and electronic fortune teller. You could also go to the Graceland Rocky Horror Picture Show in Columbus, but it's really degenerated in recent years, so it's basically just 5 or 6 idiots throwing rice at each other. But they do have really cool holidays and theme nights and door prizes. Well, anyway, carry on with your noble quest! May the Force be with you!"
- Becca Elliot
- "Hey. I work at Denny's and just wanted to see if there was anything on the internet about Denny's and sure enough there was. I am a bus boy at the Denny's in Colorado Springs, Co. You should come visit some time. Talk to you later."
- Daniel Hall
- "I really like the Denny's mission. I do have a couple of questions though. Where are all of you from? Why was Shreveport, LA not on your list?! Ya'll should definately come over here sometime for a Wally show and munch at our Denny's. Oh and I would love to be on THE list too. I think that's about all I have to say. Keep spreading the Word of Wally!"
- Marcie Jane Cloud
- "This excites me...you share my obsession (dare I call it a fetish?) for Denny's and you proudly announce what so many are afraid to say, namely that frames and other assorted doodads SUCK. It could be love... I must say that, living in San Francisco, the Denny's experience is not what it should be for me. The pastel paradise in Japantown is just not the real thing. But there's always the 'burbs, including on in the East Bay (I forget exactly where, but Milpitas comes to mind) where you can actually still smoke. Alao, for a pure experience, the downtown L.A. location across from the jail can't be beat."
- SOMABoy
- "I came across your page by accident. I think it is well done but you need to pick a differant restaurant. I was actually hoping that Denny's was on the net because their new commercial is terrible. My grandchildren hate (and will not go to) Denny's after seeing their commercial with Humpty Dumpty."
- Hugh Zorger
- "Hi, no, you prob'ly don't remember me, but I was sitting there gazing at your [absolutely amazing and hillarious and generally neat] Denny's site going "P7a77, p7a77... why does that sound so strangely familiar?..." Until I saw your name and it dawned on me that you're an a.c-m.r-h person, or at least were when I was on there. Great site! I really miss Denny's in Agoura, CA where we often went after the Santa Monica Rocky on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings. I haven't been able to find a Denny's in Boston area [where I live now, and love it, except for this little thing], and IHOP etc. just don't cut it.... *sigh* But at least there's your site! Good job. There. How's that for a review?"
- Vika Zafrin
- "I love your Denny's web site. I don't go to Denny's much any more, but I tried to hit every Denny's in N. California back when I was going to school and living in Berkeley. I proposed to many waitresses along I5 and along I10 between LA and Phoenix. There was nothing like an English Scramble and a six-pack of Lite Beer from Miller with a third less calories than the regular beer. After they got rid of the English Scramble I was forced to switch to the Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs. Being abused by a Denny's waitress in Banning late at night and hungover and still 300 miles from home was heaven. Keep up the good work."
- Andrew D. Schwartz
- "I love your Denny's page. I've spent a good amount of time in their Houston-area restaurants myself. They know me there. We've been a bit homesick over here so being able to see your page was really nice. We just about died. The other people in the computer lab we were disrupting thought we were nuts, which was kind of a bonus. Thanks for that."
- Annie Random
- "I've only been to the Denny's in Belle Vernon a couple of times. Once I went with my ex-boyfriend, whose friends just adore Wendy's. It's kind of scary, in a way. But, anyhow, all the staff knew him, so we got speedy service and a free drink!"
- Clark Harrison
- "Do you get to keep the crayons they give you? Or do you give tham back? I never do. But I like Denny's because of the cool placemats. I live in Las Vegas, and I go to California often, and I always eat at Denny's. There aren't many in Las Vegas, but I go to all the ones around in the area of California where I am. That's about three or four, depending on what kind of mood I am in and how far I want to go for a waffle. But you must have spent a bundle doing this. What do you usually order? How much do you think you have spent on the whole trip, on just food at Denny's? Do you eat all your meals there? Dinner too? I have only been there for breakfast. So, did Denny's offer you all free meals for doing this? They should, because now I am going to go to Denny's all the time looking for you. You should put up fliers saying that you were there and at what time and where you were going next so that us devoted followers sould track you down. But anyway, good luck, and be careful of the hot chocolate. It's really hot. =) P.S. Also, get whipped cream on your strawberry waffles... makes them better. =)"
- Jenny the Great
- "I love Denney's as a mater of fact I went to it yesterday for breakfast. I live in Canada and I disagree about the person on the mailing list he says there a are no Denny's in Canada but he is wroung. Anyway I love the Denny's Resteraunt."
- Anonymous
- "good luck with your quest, sir P7a77, knight of the formica table."
- Nate Littrell
- "Too bad you can't get beer at Denny's, otherwise, I think everyone would be there. Think about it, it makes sense."
- Brian Musgrave
- "Hey, we work for a Denny's in Washington. We think your neato page here is pretty nifty!"
- Katie
- "Keep up the good work of exploring Denny's' all across america."
- SpaFF
- "It has been a month or so since I last visited you, and WOW, things have really picked up on your homepage."
- John Beckman
- "To me, Denny's hasn't been the same since they stopped doing the free food on your b'day deal, but i'm just sentimental."
- Jessamyn West
- "We don't have Denny's here in Canada. I'd like to thank you for taking the Denny's experience worldwide."
- Scott E. Kuehner
- "Great stuff. Denny's is definitely the late night place to be. There's lotsa good ones in the Denver metro area. Once heard a local comic tell this joke: "Q. What does La Quinta mean? A. Next to Denny's" Around here that seems to hold true quite frequently... I have a drummer friend (I'm a bass player) whose main source of support for many years was working as a dishwasher at Denny's. When he wears his glasses he definitely looks like Weird Al. But now he almost refuses to set foot in a Denny's. We went into the one in Ogden, Utah one time - that's an experience no Denny's aficionado should miss!"
- Tommy Lee
- "Yo, Denny's-Head! We applaud and salute you, sir!"
- Achara Thawatwiboonpol
- "this site is incredible!"
- Terri Tooker
- "If you need cash from a sponsor, maybe instead of doing trips to Denny's in the USA you might want to consider doing trips to Citibanks."
- David Tiberio
- "Dare I predict a visit to Denny's headquarters must be in the offing !!"
- hagglund
- "hey I love the page and I'm a general manager for Denny's!! you want some free stuff?? come to Denny's in springfield Ohio and I'll not only give you your meal free but I'll even give ya a real Denny's toilet too!! unless ya already have one. would make a great addition to your bus..or flower pot...extra seat on the bus...whatever!"
- Mary Crolley
- "if ya ever make it out to california i'd be happy to buy ya a meal at dennys, just because."
- roger lynn
- "i remember seeing your page a while back... but I didn't know for a while that those little icons on your front page were actually links to other pages... you should probably link the words next to the icons as well..."
- Steven Chai
- "This idea was cool as hell. If you guys ever make it to Georgia, look me up(Angela Londino) in Atlanta I'll give you a personal tour of our local Denny's. I was thinking, next trip, maybe you should visit Waffle Houses!"
- Aneglo Londino
- "Have you ever thought of opening up chapers of the Denny's Project around the country? Each chapter could report on their local findings and new denny's being planned on opening.. I wanna run the Miami chapter... they turned one denny's down here into a Todd's I don't know if they have todds up there... but its a fancier denny's... they also turned one into a Lums... those bastards... the new ones aren't open 24/7 anymore... grr.. but hey... what kin you do... the owner's sold out for more money.... oh well.. back to irc... c-ya"
- Albatross
- "Keep up the good work and I hope you don't die a premature death choking on a grand slam breakfast."
- Brett
- "Cool that someone else out in the world likes Wally Pleasant. Ever seen him in concert? He's a pretty cool guy. If you ever get to Phoenix and want some Denny's advice, let me know. I can direct you to corporate Denny's vs. franchise, etc..."
- Medium Head Boy
- "What is Denny's? A restaurant? No, it's not a restaurant, but a temple. Yes, a temple."
- Garrett Street
- "Hello visionaries... You've embarked on a great, important mission."
- Anonymous
- "I think your page rawks!! What a cool mission! =) I am originally from Colorado, and about every city has at least one Denny's! Now that I am in Boston I am at a loss without it!! I Love DENNY'S!! And I wish you well on your journey."
- Stephanie Romero
- "Hey, what a great thing you guys are doing here! My most "memorable" experience at a Denny's restaurant was when my husband (of 6 1/2 years) first asked me to marry him in the Denny's parking lot in Perris, California (in So. Cal.). Who knew you could find true love at Denny's? It ranks right up there with that rooty tooty fresh and fruity breakfast!"
- Mrs. Kimberly C. Dahl
- "Hi there..... Love the page, but I couldn't help but notice that you have never visited a Canadian Denny's. I know that we have atleast one because it just open here in Ottawa. So show that your truly a multi-national project and get your ass up here."
- Martin Glennon
- "I have to say that I worship at your shrine. You just rocked my world. My mother took me to Denny's once on my birthday so I could get the free dinner. My mother is from Texas if that explains anything....."
- Shel
- "I didn't really have anything to say. I just wanted my name to be among those other paragons of intellectuosity who send you feedback."
- Timothy A. Fort
- "HI! awesome idea. my freinds and i were once talking about touring every meijers in michigan. i wish you luck on your venture through the world of denny's."
- lsteigen
- "excellent idea! i am glad there are people left in this world with a vision. currently, my vision is to call every 800 number in the u.s. and ask for a Mr. Bob Neville. Don't ask why. My friend's vision is to visit every McDonald's restaraunt in Southern Wisconsin and fill out a job application for an unknown individual named Bjorn Knutson. He started about three years ago, and has since spread the wrath of Bjorn to Alaska and Califioria, while on family vacations. one recent escapade consisted of standing up in front of a crowded luxury bus(on a school trip) and yelling "What the hell is wrong with you people?!!", regarding the majority of the riders choosing the movie "swing kids" over Monty Python's "The search for the holy grail". i made many friends that day. anyway, keep up the good work!"
- Matt Waters
- "Hi. I found you throught the Exploding Head page. he likes you lots."
- Mike Armstrong
- "This site has become simply astounding! And the fact that the Denny's Management Bears no ill-will upon you is great. Now if you could only get them to fund you excursion across the country."
- S. T. Arvo
- "Well I am in awe of this page. It looks like something I would want to do. Well here's the scenario... A group of friends down here in California have gotten together and created the Denny's religion (All hail the almighty Denny, our savior and salvation!) and we frequently worship at the temple of The Great Yellow Beacon (Denny's). Most of the people in our little group are also BBSers and we often hold socials at Denny's. Some members of our group know all the servers by name, and vice versa. Keep up the good work, there can never be too many Denny's or Denny's worshipers! CONVERT! CONVERT! All hail the almighty Denny, our savior and salvation! AMEN!"
- Victor Andersen
- "I gotta say, i like your page. totally creative."
- Brian Rehak
- "Dear sir, it may sound crazy, but my brother is also traveling around to different Denny's in a Bus. How Bout that. Anyway, here in Toledo, we have a Denny's that isn't even open 24/7. Tsup with dat?! Although there are no employees at either of the 3, count 'em 3 Denny's here, ther is a chef at one of them named "Spanky". Well champagne and caviar dreams."
- Eric Pfaff
- "HI IM JANE AND I WORK AT DENNY'S IN AUSTIN TEXAS WHY DONT YOU COME VISIT ME.I WORK DURING THE DAY. THE STORE IS LOCATED AT INTERSTATE IH 35 AND ST'johns."
- Jane Setterlund
- "I was browsing the web by typing anything i could think of .com, when I thought: I wonder what would happen if I typed in something abstract like, oh, say entropy.muc.muohio.edu/~p7a77/dennys.html. What surfaced on my screen was a phenomenon that comes around once in a lifetime. I quickly got divorced and quit my job so I could embark on the prodigal site with total concentration. Your site truly emulates perfection. Unlike myself, who tried to cash in on the "race case" with a finely crafted story ( I got $118 bucks out of it, but that's beside the point) you do not look at Denny's as just another coffee and ham joint with a race issue and an opportunity for some ill gotten gains. You delve deeper into issues that this country needs to recognize ( such as the WAY factor). You milk each store for free items that other people would dismiss. You sleep in a filthy,stinking bus and shrug off your need to sleep so that your public can have documentation and color photos of Denny's' around the globe. Your page is an inspiration to all! You are a role model that the kids of this world should follow. Nostradamus predicted an unpresidented event in the year of 1996. Your site must be it. I will now stare at my screen until the next update is added ( in lieu of sleep or bathroom trips). YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!"
- Gabriel Miller
- "who cares?"
- Marsha J. Hayes
- "I liked your project dennys. I too am a dennys employee. Just saddly hit my ten year. i wish you would come and visit my dennys in garfeild heights ohio. or any in the cleveland area. We need some good feedback."
- Jennifer Brough
- "Keep up the good work. You should get an honorary Sociology/Anthropology degree for your invaluable work. God (& Denny) Speed......"
- J.E. Friberg
- "Cool. Good luck on your project. There's a Denny's here in Michigan (several, in fact). The only one I can think of is on the east side of Woodward Ave. just before Long Lake. Just for the record, the correct German word for "bus" is Der Bus (without umlauts). Whatever...just thought I'd let you know."
- Mr. K.C. Boyce
- "Hey.. you're page is pretty cool. I've been to the Denny's in Indianapolis, it was right next to the Motel 6 that we stayed in.. Here in New Jersey, there arent that many Denny's. The only two that I've been to are in East Brunswick on rt. 18 and Toms River on rt. 37. Just thought I'd let you know, we run a page similar to yours. It's called Wendy'sNet, and as you could probably guess, we want to visit every Wendy's restaurant.. check it out.. its http://www.vbc.net/~wendysnet"
- Lou & Ish
- "Sounds like a fun trip - next year you should go south and go for the Waffle House tour."
- Ori Hoffer
- "I'm curious to know the contacts you've had with Flagstar or Denny's staff concerning your "Denny's internet page". Have you ever communicated with any Flagstar/Dennys employees about the page? Have they communicated with you?? Am I the first??"
- Richard Levine
- "Outstanding page! Congratulations, sir. We've got TONS of Denny's down here in Southern California and one common thread I've noticed lately is that they all have that game where you try to retrieve cute stuffed toys encased in a booth equipped with a robotic claw. I'm sure you've seen these. It's like something out of a lame country fair. What next, dunking booths? sheesh."
- Aszijj
- "I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to your site. But then again, who am I?! It took me back to my pre-marriage, pre-three kids days when I and my school chums would engage in such half-witted tom-foolery. I wish you much success in your venture and intend to check-up on your site from time-to-time to read of your omelet-eating exploits. By-the-by, I too arrived at your site via the exploding heads site. Love those links!"
- Anonymous
- "jason, this is karen an i finally got a look at your page, you know your ohio section is greatly lacking, but overall it is pretty cool"
- Isis
- "I must say that Denny's has been a bit of a fascination for some of my friends and I at school. I wanted to share an extreme disappointment that I had with a Denny's out here in Philadelphia. My friends and I drove twenty minutes from campus and got there at 11:30 only to find that they already locked the doors! They closed at midnight, which is the first offense, but then wouldn't let us in a half-hour before closing! This was the Denny's located on City Line Avenue, if you ever make it there. We had to take drastic action but luckily found another one that's open 24/7 only five minutes past this poor excuse for a green interiored Denny's. My advice to you is to visit all the Eat 'n Parks in the world and let Denny's go out of business."
- Doug Hoerster
- "Has Denny's ever made you sick? I was offended by the God masturbation page you had and the pictures. Shame on you!"
- Lucy Deal
- "the stores in or a long the itatate 5 and 99 in calif are not the best stores the denny's has mose of them, need a lot of cleaning. and tested for drugs in the store, we stop eat at denny's and the food is not to good. we call denny's the greese spood."
- BroFox
- "Hey there - a nobel pursuit you have undertaken. Just wanted to let you know that if you ever get up to Denny's of Rochester Hills MI, email me or something, I'll give you the digs on that particular establishment, as I am a Denny's goddess myself, they call us servers, you know, but I far exceed their expectations - its not a difficult thing in this corporation, only requires minimal brain power, but you know that you witness this wonder regularly...."
- Jenn Sutherland
- "Anyhoot, just writing to say thanks for providing a link to those glory days of old when we (meaning me high school houligans and I -- not me and you) made a career of harassing the pep band at football games and subsequently having a slice of the ol' key lime and a cup of the ol' java at the local Denny's. And just to think of it-- I had actually done well at keeping all of those years repressed."
- Theresa
- "Awesome project. Personally I tend to stop at the hole in the wall joints (i,e, the place behind denny's) , but there is a neat aesthetic tilt to seeing the same restaurant in different places."
- Nate Littrell
- "That Denny's trip sounds absolutly crazy. Definitly a...memorable experience at the very least. I must say that ive had my fair share of interesting experiences at Denny's across the world. Great page."
- Ryan Laboube
- "Well, since I live in the UK, and we don't have Dennys here, I haven't a bloody clue what you're on about. Though if Dennys are anything like the fast food places we have over here, I hope your sanity holds on the tour...."
- Chris McMullen
- "I find your page very interesting and fun."
- Linda Schiller
- "Having been thrown out of just about every Denny's within a halfway decent distance from here, I obviously have a bit of a grudge against the King Of All All-Night Resturaunts. However, your page has restored my faith in Denny's and reawakened my desire to once again dine in its freindly confines. Thanks for the great page. Good to see some truely original content on the web. Keep up the good work."
- Stephen Sanders
- "Yes, that's right - I have the souvenir card to prove it! Me and my goofy hubby, Alex ate at the Fairbanks, Alaska Denny's in September of last year. We had just returned from a trek up the famed Dalton Highway, the Arctic Slope haul road, where we were married in Coldfoot, Alaska. We called his parents at the phone booth in Denny's lobby to tell them we were married - after a familiar-tasting dinner......Wahooooo!"
- Amy Engelhardt
- "Do you have a list of all of the Denny's in America. How do you know where they all are."
- Edward A. Haskin
- "Hi there. Last Fall, I had the thrill of visiting the Northernmost Denny's in the World in Fairbanks, Alaska. As always, the food was the same, the prices a little higher (typical for Alaska). The big treat was the customized T-shirts and cards they had. Oh, yeah, I guess I should mention that this Denny's stop came just after I drove back from above the Arctic Circle, where I was married at the Northernmost saloon in America."
- Alex Stein
- "Hey there, I love the concept. I am a Managing Partner (District manager) for the restaurant of choice by America's finest, and I welcome you to visit my area. It's kind of close to you, Dayton/Springfield. Let me know if I can help in any way, I have some unusual free stuff. See you soon."
- Bob Mako
- "They there! You must check out the Denny's in King of Prussia, PA. Security guard, surveillance cameras and everything. Right next to the HUGE mall. And the service there, is, well, you can find out for yourself if you want. And wierd Al is in the form of a bus boy. A must visit. Great addition to your page."
- Stacey
- "This has to be the best web page ever created. I am a memeber of the local Denny's visitors. The problem is that the restaurants are trying to kick us out by prohibiting smoking during certain hours, a minimum perchase (which isn't too bad) and by giving us really bad service. Anyhow, is there anything that we can do about this. I would hate to boycott Denny's but it might come to that. Oh, the Denny's in question is 108th Denny's in Tacoma, Washington. If you E-mail me back, put my name in the subject line."
- Steve DesRosier
- "Unbelievable. Period. I've shown your site to some co-workers and, well ... they just don't get it. They keep asking me, "Why?", I just shrug and say "Why not?" This is definitely getting a bookmark here (and probably a link from a few of the sites I'm managing). Drop me a line if you ever head to a Denny's in the Youngstown, Ohio area ... I'll even spring for coffee. Good luck with your quest ..."
- Sean Fulkerson
- "yer funked up."
- Eric Pfaff
- "Hi, Three nights ago my girlfriend and I were sitting in the Denny's Restaurant on Carldbad Village Drive in Carlsbad, California discussing a promo that the Chart House Restaurant uses to get people to eat in all 65 of their restaurants. If someone does eat in all of them they win an all-expenses paid trip around the world to two. We started thinking about doing the same for Denny's and decided to hunt down the total number of restaurants. In doing the research we stumbled onto your page. How strange to head out on a mission and discover that there are other's on the road ahead of us. We are inspired by you and your work. Godspeed and good luck, Two Denny's Devotees"
- Anonymous
- "You're all Mad. :) I love it. :)"
- Klein Tester
- "Just read your Denny's page, I am building a web page of interesting artifacts I have been accumulating over the years and try to link in related pages to each atifact. My artifact is a picture of a menu mask Denny's came out with in the late 1970's (I worked at #1 Marysville, Ca) I was able to get one of each mask they came out with."
- steve a. york
- "Just wanted you to know that we have your Dallas Morning News article hanging promenantly on the wall in our Chicago Training Center. We Denny's people enjoy following your exploits."
- Ted
- "My name is Jake Tenenbaum, I am a 23 year old Systems Administrator, and I live in Woodland Hills, CA. When I was a senior in High School, at about 2am on Friday or Saturday nights, my friends and I would head over to the Denny's here in Woodland Hills, specifically, the one across the street from Taft High. (Restaurant #1986) Basically, after a had night of underage drinking, there was nothing better tasting than that Dennys' food... Peace!"
- Jake Tenenbaum
- "This is probably the greatest, and sickest thing I've seen on the web yet. Truly wonderfull."
- Kyro- jn@trib.com
- "i think that you should sometime before you die you should pay homage to the DENNY's in king of prussia pennsylvania. it is my personal favorite of any denny's i have ever been to."
- chris b.
- "I was reading Suck and an article was ragging on revering Denny's as a form of anti-activist consumer activism. In other words, love of kitsch is bad. Anyway, I clicked on to the site, and started grinning uncontrollably. Especially after reading the mile-long testimonials of site visiters. I have waitressed at Denny's, and though there were many long nights of frustration and serving up milkshakes to jocks and their gun molls, I love to tell people that I worked there. It was like this bagde that said I survived hell with a healthy sense of irony. And you know what? Even though I've tried to get jobs atclassy places (read: chain restaraunts that cater to yuppies and have serve alcohol), Ifind myself drawn back to it all. The in-store romances, the psycho cooks, the strong women who work there, the free mozzarella sticks and chicken fingers when the cook screws up. I know you get plenty of people that must say this, but I'll do it anyway. I would love to tell of my experiences at length--if you have room. It doesn't seem like you have a former staffer on the bus, so.... Even if you're not interested, just know that i will be returning to the site and telling my friend, who worked along with me."
- carlene bauer
- "Wow, congrats, you got into suck! Sucker."
- pax
- "Dammit man, what you've done it's....beautiful. OK, I'm OK now. I'm only a senior in high school, but There's nothing better then cutting school, going to Denny's, and chilling. I used to "borrow permanently without asking" things from many restaurants, especially from Denny's. Name anything on the table, and I have it. The most satisfying thing I ever got was a Denny's Dessert Menu, about 2 feet from the cashier, with a rent-a-cop on the other side. If you ever come out to West Chester, PA, or Exton, PA, check out the Denny's here. They rock."
- Joe Blechman
- "I really like your home page. It kicks ass"
- Matt Waller
- "Hope you don't mind, but I've featured you as my "site of the day". I think your page is hilarious!"
- Shawn Dunn
- "We don't have Denny's in Australia any more. They got bought out by Canadian chain The Keg a couple of years ago. I'm really annoyed, I liked Denny's better."
- Katherine Phelps<