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Denny's #7078 Tucker, Georgia 25 December 1998 4:35pm EST 1817 Mountain Industrial at I-285 at State Rt. 78 (Stone Mountain) (770) 491-1302

• Attendees: P7A77, Amie
• Wait-person(s): N/A
• What we ate: N/A
• And then Sandra's comments made sense. From the highway I saw the blackened sign. I knew nothing good could come of it. We drove into the parking lot and saw that there was a message taped to the door. We feared the worst - that the Denny's had closed down. But no! It was simply a notice that they were remodeling, and a suggestion of other area Denny's to visit. Of course, depending on your point of view, this could be bad news, as it means that the lovely brown and yellow decor will be replaced with one of the new more "modern" color schemes, and the road sign will no longer have the older funkier logo. So, in effect, this Denny's has closed down. The king is dead. Long live the king.
• WAY: N/A
• Free Stuff: N/A

Denny's #7072 Decatur, Georgia 25 December 1998 5:00pm EST 4650 Memorial Dr. off I-185 (404) 294-1125

• Attendees: P7A77, Amie
• Wait-person(s): Marlana
• What we ate: P7A77 - Turkey Holiday Feast; Amie - Ham Holiday Feast
• This Denny's was extremely busy, and very few people seemed to be working. So much for Brant's little theory about people getting fired if they didn't work on Christmas. But then again, maybe a lot of people got fired. It's more likely that Denny's is a franchise company and that every store sets its own rules with regards to that sort of thing.
• There were several groups of people in front of us, so we had some time to kill in the lobby. I decided to try to win a stuffed gorilla. I noticed the sign on the machine that gave the prices for the game. One game was fifty cents, two games were a dollar, and ten games were five dollars. What a bargain! And what a leap of mathematics! Why, I bet twenty games are ten dollars and forty-seven games are twenty-three dollars and fifty cents. I didn't win a stuffed gorilla. But while I was preoccupied with the machine several people in front of us left (I don't think it was because of me), so we were able to be seated a bit sooner.
• This was the first time that either Amie or I ever ordered from the dinner menu at Denny's, and it will probably be a long time until we order from the dinner menu again. The food was less than satisfactory. The meat was cold, the gravy was lousy, and half of the food items promised on the menu (i.e., stuffing and cranberries) were nowhere to be seen.
• The helium tank next to the cash register was covered with children's bedsheets with pictures of flying disk drives and the like.
• WAY: Undetermined
• Free Stuff: Nothing

Denny's #7070 Atlanta, Georgia 25 December 1998 7:10pm EST 1860 Corporate Square Blvd. NE, off I-85 in the Industrial Park (404) 321-1099

• Attendees: P7A77, Amie
• Wait-person(s): Cecil
• What we ate: P7A77 - Half of a slice of Keylime Pie; Amie - The other half of a slice of Keylime Pie
• The directory says that this Denny's is off I-85 in the Industrial Park, leading one to believe that either the Denny's is easy to see from the highway, or the Industrial Park is easy to find right off the exit. Neither is true. We drove around in every single business complex area that we could find - on either side of the highway - and couldn't find Corporate Square Blvd. We did find a litter of abandoned kittens in the woods behind a hotel, which made us sad. It looked as if someone was leaving food for them every few days, though, so that was good. A local raccoon thought it was good, too, as it seemed to have made itself at home with the cats.
• Finally we gave up and asked for directions. When we entered, we were greeted by the Good Advice Of The Day: "A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned". Me, I say a penny saved is a gumball.
• We initially ordered the lemon meringue, and Cecil very much approved of our order. Then he came back and told us they were out. No matter, the Keylime was very good, too. It even looked better than it does in the photos. When we got up to pay, there was a problem with the cash register or something, so Cecil just approximated the total and we paid him in cash. Upon further reflection, I realized that dessert orders are gotten by the waitstaff and not from the kitchen, so they don't need to go through the computer system. Cecil probably just pocketed the cash. Oh, well. He deserved it.
• I happen to think that the photo from this trip is one of the better I've taken (right up there with me in the chef's hat in front of the Mother Butler Pie sign from a few years ago... and both photos taken by Amie). You can't tell in the photo, but I was wearing my beautiful multi-colored Denny's necktie that was sent to me as a gift from jstern@slonet.org. Just a shameless reminder that I'm always open to gifts of cash and merchandise.
• After visiting this Denny's we went to Centennial Park (since we were tourists). If you haven't been there, they have a fountain in the shape of the Olympic Rings. It's level with the ground, so you can walk through it. The water shoots up at seemingly random intervals, so if you're not careful you could get stuck in the middle of a ring or get a shot of cold water up your crotch. But then again, some people probably get "stuck" on purpose. Anyway, it was very cold out and I thought all the people running through the fountain were nuts. And of course I had to join them.
• Oh, and the helium tank next to the cash register (at Denny's, not the fountain) was covered with a Space Jam blanket.
• WAY: There was a guy who had the same glasses, but that's about it.
• Free Stuff: Christmas Table Display (stolen)

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