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Beaverton, Oregon

"Right next to the Washington Square mall, this is the Denny's I have frequented more often. I have not really noticed a "Weird Al" type worker (although I have not been in the kitchen to check out the cooks) there is a real tall, skinny guy that works there. This is the Denny's I go to the most." - written prior to September, 1999
- Kristina

Eugene, Oregon

September 22, 2000 - "Although I was thrilled to find your fine collection of Denny's reviews, I was shocked to see that you had not highlighted the most famous Denny's of them all--namely, the Eugene, Oregon Denny's where the famous chicken sandwich scene from FIVE EASY PIECES was filmed!
This summer I took my spouse and children on a pilgrimage to this very Denny's! We attempted to sit in the table where Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Toni Basil and Helen ("It's all crrrrrap") Kallionotes sat--but tragically, a family had already occupied that slot and were JUST at that very moment digging in to their respective Moons Over My Hammy. But, we were able to sit in a clear line of sight.
Once we had returned home, we played and replayed That Scene to enjoy the memories. I must sadly report that the Denny's in question has "updated" a bit (earth tones instead of the orange and harvest gold starburst wallpaper), but you CAN'T HIDE the VERY rock formation that Nicholson snarls beneath! In the presence of cinematic greatness, AND a better-than-average chicken fried steak...life don't get much better!"
- Joyce Remy

Gresham, Oregon

"this place was crap.... i was kicked out after a half an hour exactly because i only ordered coffee. Boycott this place" - written prior to September, 1999
- Anonymous

" On Sunday, June 28, my husband and I took our two kids to Denny's to share our day as it was our 17th wedding anniversary. We have always brought our family to Denny's but this day was the worst. When the waitress brought my daughter's jr. slam the pancakes were cold. We waited for our waitress to check on us but she never came. I asked another waitress 3 times to find our waitress and then asked to speak to the manager, this only took 2 times to get her. She quickly brushed me off and said the waitress has been in the restroom and the pancakes will be reordered and we will get them in a couple of minutes. As she walked away we heard her tell the waitress in a very sarcastic voice, "Don't go to the bathroom again." When the pancakes did come she had to go back to the kitchen because they didn't put butter on them. Well that should have been the end of the story except went I took a bite from my Farmers Slam eggs. Mixed in with the cheese topping was a very long hair which I had to pull out of my mouth! After again complaining to the waitress she gave us our meals free of charge. We should have been satisfied with that except I was still put out because the Manager didn't have the common courtesy to come over to us and apologize!" - written prior to September, 1999
- David & Janice

Medford, Oregon

"The Romance Capital of the Denny's Universe. A place for the young couples of the world to meet and get through the Get to Know You's in a nice ambient setting among the green and yellow bottle bottom glass table dividers and flowered hanging lamp covers. The waitresses and busboys keep a descreet distance from the budding lovers. All the better to focus on the plastic daisies in the centerpieces. The menu serves such romantic side dishes as French Fries slathered in Country or Brown gravy." - written prior to September, 1999
- Carmen Kay

" My Denny's here in Medford. Oregon may be the only thing to do in this town. That doesn't mean I love it any less. Since I moved here four years ago it has been my second home. I know that I can go in there on any night at any time and see someone I know. And yes, we do have a worker who looks like weird Al, kinda a strange coincidence." - written prior to September, 1999
- Erin Browne

Newport, Oregon

"Well the local Denny's saga is too good not to share. It's not exactly timely tho since I've just found this site. About 4 years ago the local Denny's just gave up. I don't know if it was due to the franchise costs or what but the poor thing just went away and not a moment too soon. This is a tourist town that survives on its locals. The Denny was the worst spot in town to get anything as well as bad service anyone had seen. If you gave someone a choice of their local dentist and a meal at Denny's, they'd take the former. At least the gum was fresh and arrived on time.
Some enterprizing invidual with a name ending in a vowel took over the site and named it, for reasons unknown, "The Apple Peddler". Four years is a long time in the culinary evolution of a tourist town and there's lots better places to place your buns than on the worn naugahyde of what was the local house of D. It is dependable though; there's no where else that they're willing to leave you alone if you must collate an awful stack of papers and have an iced tea. Heaven knows there's enough light available anywhere you sit. Waygone into f-tube wattage, the place is.
Of course when the man with the vowel and the end of his name bought the resturant, that sort of brought things to an end. There are no chain resturants who's names end with vowels in Newport, Oregon. No Denny's, no Shari's , no Carrow's......well that last one stretches things but you know what I mean. That's OK. We've got a diseased, geriatric killer whale who constantly "ups periscope" (get it? wink wink, nudge, nudge) for the tourists. But that's another story...." - written prior to September, 1999
- Deane Bristow

Portland, Oregon

"Located right next to the convention center in SE Portland, this Denny's is known to be full of cops and other strange beasts. There IS a worker who looks just like "Weird Al" at this Denny's!!!! (Ooo, how creepy!) The food of choice is a grilled cheese sandwhich with a chocolate milk shake. You've got to dip the french fries in the shake to make the experience extra special!!!" - written prior to September, 1999
- Kristina

" The Denny's by the convention center in Portland, OR. is always packed with the dregs of society. That's why we like it. Favorites are Double order of fries with tartar on the side. This is usually best around 2:00 A.M. after a few rum and Cokes. A couple years ago we were out partying on new years eve and after the festivities we went to Denny's and my friend Ryan passed out sitting on the toilet. We were wondering why he was taking so long." - written prior to September, 1999
- Jordon Rzah

"this place is awesome..... the smoking section is huge its such a wild crowd here that its now no longer open after 2 am. they used to have armed security authorized to shoot to kill after midnight but it got to costly. i have many strange going ons in here. also dont use the bathroom a friendly piece of advice, you dont even want to see it trust me" - written prior to September, 1999
- Anonymous

"this is actually a family denny's resterant no one hangs out here this where your parents or grand parents hang out..... maybe that will change as christine from boston is now the service coodinater there we can only hope" - written prior to September, 1999
- Anonymous

June 15, 2000 - "You more than anyone should know that it is an absolute abomination for a Denny's not to be open for 24 hours, 7 Days a week, 364 1/4 days a year. Well this is the case. What the fuck! I said when I heard the news, at the time I was a recent immigrant from New Jersey. Well dig this... seems that Denny's is owned by none other than NBA's A.C. Green, a Portlander (who never played on the Blazers so screw him) who is a professed virgin and not-surprisingly a devout Christian. He also has his stats in the books as playing the most consecutive games in the NBA. (Fuck the Lakers.) So Mr. Green feels that it is un-Christian to have a 24 hour joint, because as everyone knows all morals go out the window at 2:01 A.M. They do have a very nice, and gay, wait-staff. Hmmm, I wonder if A.C. knows about this?"
- Anonymous

Springfield, Oregon

"I can't ever get my co-workers to go, but I love the lace! They all consider Denny's the "Night Train" of restaurants. Having eaten at the local (shudder) IHO 's in town, I have to say that Denny's beats them all, pants down... Um... Might want to rephrase that... Anyway, a year or so back they used to have their Super Slam breakfast for only $2 or $3 and you can't beat that amount of food for that price anywheres. My other absolute fave is the illustrious Super Bird. One of my co-workers used to be a waitress at the Denny's in Springfield, and says that it was a very hectic job but she got to meet a lot of interesting people (I'll bet!)" - written prior to September, 1999
- Marc Lepine

Warrenton, Oregon

"Just close enough to the Pacific Ocean to make your mouth water for homemade clam chowder, just far enough away to avoid ordering it here. This Denny's is the only Denny's I have ever seen with an actual Lounge. Talk about Action... You can watch all the Grand Slammers getting Slammed, and all before breakfast!" - written prior to September, 1999
- Carmen Kay

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