The Washington Post
Thursday, November 21, 1996
Page C7

The Denny's Quest
by Ryan J. Donmoyer
donmoyer@pressroom.com

   To most weary, hungry road travelers, the familiar Denny's sign means a 
$2.99 breakfast a mile up the road.  Then there are those for whom Denny's is 
the whole point of the road trip.  Jason Alan Pfaff's "Project: Denny's" site 
outlines such a mission:  "To visit all of the Denny's restaurants in the 
world (or at least as many as possible), getting lots of free stuff along the 
way."
   By the looks of his site, he's making progress.  Featuring everything from 
an online menu to recordings of two of Denny's jingles, Pfaff exhaustively 
details his efforts so far.  The site features four indexes that organize 
visits by alphabetical and chronological order, by each visited restaurant's 
franchise number, and by reader contributions concerning Denny's eateries in 
Tokyo, Seoul and Christchurch, New Zealand.
   Denny's, it appears, has quite a following on the Net.  The one in 
Columbus, Ga., has its own home page.  So do several others.  There's a 
Denny's Usenet newsgroup, a (rather bare) official Denny's site, and among 
others, a site called How to Get Kicked Out Of Denny's (101 or so ways).
   Pfaff, a former graveyard shift waiter for the chain, says his quest was 
also inspired by folk singer Wally Pleasant's observation that most Denny's 
mangers resemble Weird Al Yankovic.  It may come as no surprise:  Pfaff is 
also a Weird Al fan.

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