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Arlington, Texas

• "Me and some friends made it a ritual to visit the Denny's on Pioneer Parkway in Arlington, Texas every other day or so. There was a waiter there named Eric (Only worked the grave shift). He was pretty cool because we would sit back and take those nifty coffee creamers and hold them to our eyes and pop them open with a fork spewing white goo stuff all over the table. Eric just stood there and laughed when we took the Orange Juice Carafe and filled it with water and blew smoke into it and just let it hover in the big glass jar.
  One time, we were getting pretty riled up and started throwing the sugar packets at each other and one accidently hit Eric. I don't really know what happened in his head, but HE ACTUALLY THREW 3 PACKETS OF SUGAR AND ONE CREAMER BACK!!! The sugar bounced off my friend Troll's head and the creamer landed gently in my coffee. It was the greatest experience in my life I've ever had at a Denny's. Of course I made everyone clean up the table so the bus people didn't have that hard of a time. Regardless of Eric's Conduct, I think this Denny's is one of the coolest around, Although I don't think Eric is working there anymore. Too bad." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Jeff Harris

• "You've already been to Texas, but while you were in Arlington, you didn't come over a few miles on I-20 to the Denny's on Hulen Street. It takes forever to get down Hulen, but if you come after 11:00 PM on any weekend, you will either see 1) some friends of mine from school; or 2) some really weird people. The service varies as well. Last year, we went to Denny's after the Homecoming game, and the waitress was awesome. We took up about 6 tables in smoking (to your immediate left as you enter the restaurant), ran up a $106 tab, overstayed our welcome, and the waitress was STILL polite. This year, we went to Denny's again, but this time, the waiter made no attempt to acomodate our group and completely ignored us as more and more of our group poured in. Repeated requests for extra seating went unnoticed. What's worse, one of my friends went into the restroom only to find a group of girls siting in a circle on the floor chanting and lighting candles. One of them looked up at her and said, "Join us in our prayers, won't you?" Needless to say, she got the hell out of there and wouldn't go back in alone. We finally gave up and went to Chili's. We don't have any Weird Al lookalikes as far as I can tell, but I'll try to get into the kitchen next time. :-)" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• April 17, 2001 - "For years I have eaten breakfast at the Dennys on South Cooper in Arlington, TX. Staff was great, food was fine,etc.
  However, I have been on a diet for the past couple of months. Can't eat carbohydrates; means no pancakes, syrup, potatoes, etc. Most waitresses were very accommodating when I asked that a small dinner salad be substituted for toast, pancakes,etc. when I ordered the "grand Slam."
  However, this one day I placed my order as usual with no problems, but a new guy (Manager/Asst. Manager) came over and said "Sir, you can't make this subsititution." I said "But everyone else has allowed me to at least six times inthe past two weeks!" He said "No, its not allowed." Where upon I lost my cool and said "Then sir, I am going to IHOP and you can go to Hell!"
  Haven't been back since and don't intend to."
  - Dr. Ricks Pluenneke

• December 4, 2002 - "THIS IS TO ALL THE COMPLAINERS THAT VISIT THE DENNYS IN ARLINGTON OFF OF 360 , IF YOU DONT LIKE THE FOOD OR SERVICE WHY COMEE IN JACK IN THE BOX IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE ITS A DENNY S. NOT THE 5 STAR HILTON . IF YOU THINK ITS SO EASY COME ON IN AND TAKE MY PLACE FOR 1 DAY , TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON THE DIET I DONT KNOW WHAT MGR YOU DELT WITH BUT IT WASNT ANY OF US THERE NOW WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO FIX IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT SO COME GIVE US A TRY"
  - THE WAITRESS AT 640 IN ARLINGTON

• February 22, 2003 - "Back in '94-'96 my mom and I were regulars at the Denny's on South Cooper Street in Arlington, Texas about 4:30 PM on weekdays. Our waitresses were usually Elly (a senior in high school in '96) and Treva (she was promoted to assistant manager). There was this nice man who was the manager and lived in Southwest Fort Worth. I still have great memories of that place. My mom, a teacher, would grade papers and we would talk about our day. It was fun chatting with the waitresses. I went to private school in Fort Worth back then (8th-9th-10th grades) so my mom was always picking me up from school back then. Unfortunately about spring '97 we quit going there when I began to drive myself to and from school. I went back a few times in '97, but after the beginning of '98 I quit going there altogether. I went off to college in the fall of '99 and did not visit Denny's again until August 2002 on my summer break. Everything was just as I remembered. Same green booths and pink tables. The staff had changed but it was still the same. Everyone was friendly even though it was 4:30 in the morning. I went there alone and got treated like royalty. The charming, pleasant young waitress refilled the coffee like mad. I really wish I still lived full time in Arlington so I could go back to Denny's. We never had one bad experience there. Please go there sometime if you can."
  - Matt B. Roberts

Austin, Texas

• "Amazed by your dedication to such a noble cause, and hope that when you journey to beautiful Texas, you will swing by Austin. Austin sports three Denny's, but one in particular goes down in my book as the best Denny's known to man. This Denny's, by the way, lies at the corner of Burnet and Anderson, which just happens to be right by a country westen dance club AND the movie theatre where the Rocky Horror Picture Show is held on weekends. Needless to say, the culture clash each friday and saturday night is amazing. Usually the Rocky Horrors are in smoking, safe from the "that boys got make-up on" taunts of the local red-neck-belt-buckle-bigger-than-his-brain idiots. Despite the segregation, those nights are always interesting to watch, and one can easily be pulled into the excitement... (WARNING: DRUNK RED NECKS DO BITE.) Other nights are pretty peaceful though, with a loyal cast of regulars, from elderly couples that order as they walk in the door, to a group of "youth counter culture" who have appointed themselves reverends. The food and service are usually fantastic, especially when performed by waiter extraordinaire Michael, who can break up brawling red necks and refill your coke instantaneously. The selection of the children designed ties are second to none and there's even the coveted back room, available for parties... I believe that this Denny's is what makes me so intrigued by your quest, as I feel you will soon discover the "holy grail" of your quest lies at the corner of Burnet and Anderson. Continue on with your quest, and be sure to write me when you are nearing Austin as I will gladly welcome you to my fave Denny's with open arms and admiration." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Rob MacGregor

• "I hope you get a chance to check out the Denny's down here in Austin. The one over on Burnett & Anderson Ln. is definetly the one out of the 3 here in town to go to. We have a non-smoking ordinance that is randomly upheld but it seems that the Denny's on I-35 & St. John's takes it to extreme's. Be careful about that one. The service sucks as well. The Denny's @ Oltorf & I-35 is one that is very leniant about the policy and is very friendly as well. Another thing I consider a plus is that they also have barstools so you can sit right up front and talk to the staff. Can't wait to see the picture's from our local Denny's on your site." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Pete George

• "I used to go to a Denny's in Austin, Texas (on south IH35). My friends and I used to get the butter pats and attach them to the windows. Because pancakes don't stick well unless you have LOTS of butter. Usually they wouldn't give us lots of butter. Another fun thing we did was to remove a sign off the men's restroom. This wasn't just for fun; we were challenging gender stereotypes. We found out that most people didn't like taking our challenge. Actually, it was great fun until we were removed from the restaurant and they took our sign back. I guess it wasn't like a gift-shop item." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Name Witheld By Request

• "Dear Mr. P7A77. My name is The Reverend Lindsay King, and I just love the Denny's here at 7820 Burnet Road in Austin, Texas. It's Denny's # 1253... There's this waiter named Nathan who is believed to be a psychopathic killer on crack. He's a good waiter, but just a little weird. He gave me a ticket to see Sterolab... seems like good folk to me. One of the main waitresses named Billie is a mean old bitch for no reason. The service there sucks, but you can walk in to Denny's and people on the Rocky cast will already be in the smoking section, or within 5 minutes someone will show up. This Denny's is in the same parking of the thater that carried Rocky up until August/September '97. We recieve calls on the pay phone and the numbers are on the cast phone list. " - written prior to September, 1999
  - Lindsay King

• November 12, 2000 - "When I was 16, in 1986, my two best friends, Chris and Paul, and I were watching our evening news in Dallas. They presented a story about how they placed a newly restored statue on the top of the renovated Capitol Building in Austin. So of curse a road trip was on. We loaded up in my mom's '78 Caprice and made it to the Capitol Building in record time. We drove around it to view the statue, stopped to get gas, and then made our only other stop of the night, a Denny's on I-35. I'm not sure anymore which one it was exactly, there are several in there according to Denny's own website, and their maps are not very user friendly. It was under the downtown express lanes, on the East Side of I-35. I had what was then my "usual", a habit I got into going to our local Denny's in Richardson (Central Expressway and Spring Valley Road, it's not there any more) after a long night of work at Pistol Pete's Pizza. A Grand Slam, hashbrowns, bacon, sausage links, toast, eggs scrambled with a slice of American cheese melted on top, a side of spaghetti sauce, biscuits and gravy, a Dr. Pepper and a chocolate shake. We would have gotten away with it all but in my sixteen year old ignorance I didn't realize that the address of the gas station we went to would be itemized on my mom's Texaco bill. I also was living in Denton at the time you visited our local installment in the home of happiness (it really is), I don't know about the WAY factor there, but there's plenty of toothless waitstaff. I applaud your undertaking, but I'm sure it will eventually be your demise, as it is not doing your cholesterol levels or your blood pressure any good."
  - Michael Scissom

Boerne, Texas

• October 8, 2000 - "the coupon said certain slams- buy one get one free--the waitress assured that the old slams were not part of the deal--we ordered a french slam-a dagwood slam and a grand slam--the manager took off 2.99 for the grand slam that was not on the list--very cheesey of Dennys to name the ones on sale--buy one get one free---then screw around with the price and the order--the waitress alo got everything mesed up"
  - Martha Klar

Burleson, Texas

• April 2, 2000 - "We just wanted to share a life-altering religious experience that occurred at Denny's in Burleson, Texas, last Friday night. As my stepmother and I were driving home from the booming metropolis (ha, ha, ha), we saw a bush burning on the side of the highway. (Actually, it might have been a pile of trash, but we know an omen when we see one.) Then we heard a voice from Above. It sounded a bit like Billy Crystal, but we knew instinctively that it must be God, or Yahweh.
  What did God say, you are probably asking? He said, "Hey, you schlemiels! (Or something of that nature.) You have reached Heaven. Press one for guidance. Press two for forgiveness. Press three for miracles. . . . Oh, wait! That was the answering machine. Are you still there?"
  "Yes, God!" we shouted zealously to the heavens. "Show us Your will!"
  And God said, "Remember to keep the Sabbath holy!"
  We meekly replied, "But God, Sunday is still two days away."
  "Don't you ever read the Old Testement?" the voice boomed. "Don't answer. I already know that the last time you picked up a Bible was back in 1995 when you stayed at Motel 6! I know all! What you apparently don't know is that the Sabbath of My Chosen People starts at sundown tonight."
  Just then, the fire from the burning bush/pile of trash spread and ignited the Mercedes in front of us. The car blew up. We took this as another sign and fled the scene of the oracle.
  "Did you hear what I heard?" my stepmother asked. "I think God has shown us the way. I have seen the light, and it is Jewish!"
  "Oy vay!" I exclaimed. "Why did God wait till the last minute? The sun is going down! You can't drive on the Sabbath! Pull over! Right now!"
  So we veered off the road. (By the way, other drivers in Burleson are simply not tolerant of religious conversions!) Screeching to a halt in the nearest parking lot, we became aware of the glowing yellow light beaming down from Above.
  "Are we dead?" we wondered. "Is this Heaven?"
  Much to our disappointment, it was not Heaven. But it was the next best thing: Denny's! "Always open!" the ethereal sign read. We quickly realized that Denny's was the perfect place to wait out our first Sabbath.
  As we entered the restaurant, we were greeted by a hostess with an angelic smile. "Smoking or non-smoking?" she asked.
  "We may need to light candles," we informed her.
  "Then I guess that would be smoking," she said cheerfully. "Follow me."
  Quickly after we were seated, our waitress came and offered us a menu. Concerned about the dietary needs inherent in our new Jewish culture, we requested a kosher menu. At her puzzled stare, we felt a need to explain ourselves. "You see, as we were driving down the road a few minutes ago, God summoned us to become Jewish. It's the Sabbath, and for the next twenty-four hours, we may be stuck here. Is that okay? Do you have pillows available?"
  We found the waitress to be very understanding and tolerant indeed. She made us very comfortable, helped us choose some meatless foods, and got in touch with the manager regarding our predicament.
  After our meal, we were thinking much more clearly. "We really can't spend the whole Sabbath at Denny's," we conceded. "They don't even have prayer books!" You see, although we had managed to construct make-shift candles by stuffing flaming napkins into the orange juice carafe, there was still much about celebrating the Sabbath that we did not know. We needed an expert.
  Who better to call than the nation's leading Jewess, Barbra Streisand? Wow, that Denny's is a great place to become a Jew! Did you know they even have pay phones there? As soon as we had Barbra on the line, we said, "Oy! We are in a schlump! Babs, if you were in our yarmulkes, what would you do?"
  "Stay calm," she instructed. "This happens a lot. You'll need something to cover your head. Go to the bathroom and see what you can find."
  I stayed on the line as my stepmother made a mad dash for the ladies' room. She quickly returned, laden with various paper products. As we sorted through them, we discovered the glorious seat covers provided by the thoughtful Denny's staff for just such an emergency.
  "Those will be fine," Barbra assured us. "I've had to use one on more than one occasion, when I found myself caught out after sundown on the Sabbath. Say some Hebrew prayers and wave your hands over the candles."
  Terrified, I exclaimed,"There's no time to learn Hebrew! What should we do?"
  "Don't worry," Barbra answered. "Pig Latin will work. God will understand."
  Thanking her, we hung up and rushed back to our booth, our paper "prayer shawls" in place. Fortunately, the last napkin was still burning brightly in the glass carafe. The Denny's staff was kind enough to close off the entire section out of respect for our worship. They even arranged transportation and lodging to a nice facility where some wonderful nurses attended us (thereby keeping us from lifting a finger) for the rest of the Sabbath and a few days after, as well!
  With this experience behind us, we were moved to share with you our story of the incredible dedication and religious tolerance shown to us by the staff of the Burleson Denny's, the Huguley Hospital Psychiatric ward (they, by the way, are Seventh Day Adventists and also celebrate the Sabbath), and, of course, the incomparable Barbra Streisand!
  Please recommend this Denny's restaurant to your readers, and encourage all pilgrims who are experiencing a similar conversion to stop by and visit this wonderful establishment.
  Thank you!"
  - Matshuvech (formerly Ronni) and Chaveleh (formerly Piper) Goldberg (formerly Davis)

Corpus Christi, Texas

• "This Denny's used to be really cool, they had a manager who was always working his ass off cooking, cleaning and being really nice to everyone - coming around to say hi and treating everyone like he gave a damn .... Then we go in one day and all hell had broke loose and were told that he had been fired. Our waitress, when we finally got one, informed us that some bitch in charge of all the stores was a "man hater" and that the new manager, who apparently was there but didn't make an appearance (I would have been embarrassed, too) was a lady who didn't believe in helping if someone quit or called in... Our waitress was almost in tears the whole time we were there, by the way. There was no hostess and a whole lobby full of people when we got there and all the waitresses were running around cussing (AUDIBLY) under their breath and red in the face... It took us almost 30 minutes to get a table (there were empty tables but none were clean) another 40 or so minutes to get some cold pancakes, raw hashbrowns and an omelette that was totally screwed up and NASTY.... We won't ever go to this Denny's again." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• August 26, 2003 - "I am an Emergency Medical Technician in Corpus Christi, Tx. Upon coming on shift we were all hungry and went down to the near by Denny's On Hwy 37. We were seated in a corner booth in the back where we were able to see everything. We noticed a "gentleman," sitting at the table in front of us. He was a large man who apparantly had Narcolepsy. He kept falling asleep on the table. It was as uncontrollable has his drool and snot coming out of his mouth and nose. He continued to keep falling asleep and spreading more snot onto the table. As EMS professionals we enquired with the waitress to see if the gentleman needed any assistance. She declined and said that he comes in all the time and does this and that he was waiting for a friend to pick him up. Well, his friend came and picked him up and as they were leaving you could see plenty of disgusting snot dripping out of his nose and all over his clothes and face. It wasn't the normal snot...it was thick and very slimey! We continued to watch and noticed a kitchen helper coming to clean the table. We were relieved to see someone coming to clean the table up so quickly. To our dismay the kitchen helper came only with a paper towel and a stove scrubber in his hands. He used the stove scrubber to literally scrape snot and drool unto the single paper towel. He left to go back to the kitchen and we had assumed that he would be back with disinfectent of some kind...but this did not happen..... They seated the next customers at this table. Our eggs came and though we see this kind of gore everyday in car accidents and such..we could not stand to eat. We left and I stopped to advise the management that we would in fact be in touch with the local health department. He had absolutely nothing to say. I hope those people enjoyed their meal at the snot infested table. We are sure that we seen them two days later during a 911 call for high fever and congestion. HHhhmmm..well, at least Denny's is keeping us busy giving medical aid to their previous customers. Total Job Security!"
  - Sierra

Dallas, Texas

• "Where to begin, the punk rock charm of Deep Ellum, the seemingly mandatory prayer at the Denny's near Dallas Theological Seminary (north end of Swiss Ave), the tatto parlor abience at I35E and Northwest Highway (loop 12). Sadly, most of my contacts are in the booooooring Plano establishment at Park Ave and the I75 (North Central Expressway). Hence, I cannot offer much first hand 'visituer' assistance but, there is so much more for you in Dallas than Denton." - written prior to September, 1999
  - hagglund

• "6061 LBJ Fwy
  Not much to say here, 5 people at 3 tables, waitress looked like she'd just left a Metallica concert, and I gave up after 25 minutes of waiting to be seated while she gabbed with some guy about how often you have to stir the soup.
  13015 Coit Rd
  Good service, good food, but they really need to figure out what they're doing that chases off the staff. It would be nice to see the same waitresses for more than a month or so at a time.
  10433 N Central Ewy
  This used to be the really lousy one for the area. Lately, I've gotten excellent service, though with plenty of screwups from the kitchen staff. To their credit, though, the waitstaff handled the problems quickly and very effectively.
  4400 N Central Ewy
  Haven't been there in months, but they used to have a waiter who was absolutely great. He managed to fit in a good joke at every pause while coffee was being filled, or someone was deciding on an order, and basically kept everyone awake and made us glad we'd decided to eat there. (FWIW, yes, this one is next to a LaQuinta :> )" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• "Coit and LBJ Freeway. . .13015 COIT RD.
  This Denny's has a slightly dingy feel to it, but is still a nice little sitdown place with excellent waiters who actually get you what you want. The management was full of insolent bastards at once time, but it's improved over the past year
  
  Preston and LBJ Freeway. . .6061 LBJ FWY.
  This Denny's is a much cleaner environment, with an awesome pretty view of the highway and a nice big smoking section. The only problem here is that they are the slowest crew I've seen in my entire life! They somehow get the order correct every time, but I think it's mostly because it takes somewhere around a half an hour to get it right
  Skillman right off of LBJ. . .9009 SKILLMAN RD.
  This Denny's is wonderful, nice people, good food, just all around wonderful
  
  Central Expressway 4400 N. CENTRAL EXPWY.
  This is a nice little Denny's, the waitresses are fairly nice, the food is a little more on the greasy side I find, but then again, it is Denny's. They looked at my crooked when I asked them for a special order but after asking 50 times, they got it right
  
  Preston and Plano Parkway, 1305 PRESTON ROAD
  I have never had any luck at this Denny's. The staff are constantly changing, they never stay longer than a month. I had a plate of fries once that I noticed wasn't quite as full as when I saw it on the pickup window when I got it (the waitress took half of them)." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• June 2, 2000 - "I don't know the streets, but it was right off of one of the interstates. I was in Dallas with a friend from college for Thanksgiving. Neither of us had been to Denny's since we got to school in August, so this was certainly an experience. We wound up there almost every night just because we had a mode of transportation. My friend would order the chilli-cheese fries and I'd have coffee. We frequently found ourselves surrounded by old guys except one night where there was a Chinese gang of 16 year olds at the table next to us. That was certainly an odd sight for me. It was at this Denny's that one of my favorite past times, picked up from a guy at Perkins in Memphis many years back, came back to me. I had a pen in my purse and proceeded to write "Big Ass" above the word "Sugar" on both sides of every single sugar packet that was brought to the table. Oh, what utter boredom can do to a person."
  - Jules

• April 9, 2001 - "Ok, the tabletops are PINK. Almost *mauve*. It's pretty disgusting. My waitress, Shalanda, was cool. I got a coffee and my co-diner got a shake. Both were up to the usual standard. Coffee refills were abundant. I flunked out on the free stuff tho - all I got was a business card - but at least it had a nice happy little note on the back from Shalanda. Hey, at least the bathrooms were clean."
  - punk munchkin

El Paso, Texas

• "I-10 East side of El Paso - Summer 1988 - I used to work here, wasn't too bad to eat in even from a back room viewpoint. The cooks used to make the best salsa (not on the menu but available for the asking.) First introduction to Vegetable Beef Barley soup with salsa AND blue cheese dressing also has a full service bar in the back where all the employees used to hang out. The layout of the store was vastly different compared to other dennys. Coffee Shop to the right of the front door with counter and 7 booths. Large room with 10 booths & 4 tables to left (this was non-smoking back then). Straight ahead and to the left was another room with 7 booths and 3 tables. Then a door that lead into the bar. The kitchen was enclosed behind the wait station (you couldn't see the window from any of the tables) God, it was the best Denny's layout wise I ever worked in. The Weird Al was a cook named Jerry who was married to one of the waitresses and a bartender named Dave who looked like Gallagher the comedian.
  Mid town El Paso - 1988 - did a couple of temporary stints here. They used to have the old orange and brown decor although I've heard it's been renovated since then. Kitchen always smelled like rotten eggs. Food was just horrible. Lots of old people would come in for the Senior specials and not leave tips." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Jackie Piper

Euless, Texas

• "My favorite Denny's is the one I go to at least 3 times a week located in Euless, texas, very close to Dallas. Not to long ago my friends and I were eating and a very very good-looking girl came up to the Denny's front window and flashed us all. IT WAS GRRREEEAAAT." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Dominic Cossi

Ft. Worth, Texas

• "my family and I went in this dennys for lunch. We enterd and saw the waitress was at the register takeing care of a customer , she made eye contact and walked away to bus a table, I went to the restroom and came back and still not seated,at this time I saw the manager come out he look at us and pick up a tray and started to bus a table, there where planty of tables to sit at but we still stand at the door. Saw another waitress, she look at us and started talking to the manager about not setting any body in that secton, by this time I look out the window to see a pancake house next door,so we went there and were seated as soon as we walk in and they had more customers that denny's did. this all happened on 9 april 97 1:30pm." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Bill Patton

• April 13, 2000 - "Denny's is losing to the competition. If you drive down Universtiy Dr. in Fort Worth, Texas you will come across a Denny's located directly next to a 24 hour pancake joint called "Ol' South." Seeing as these two restaurants are only a mile away from Texas Christian University, there are many college students looking for somewhere to go at 3am. I am one of the afore mentioned students. There have been many nights that my friends and I were up for a midnight snack...post-party and whatnot. Toward the begining of our first semester at TCU my roommate and I visited Denny's on a 2 am sojourn. In hindsight, we were poor, unsuspecting freshmen. No one was around to wait on us, the dishes filthy, and Ol' South started to look tempting. Sure enough, I soon discovered what all my upperclassmen peers already knew... when you're in need of a place to go late at night, don't go to Denny's. I have since been to Ol' South many, MANY times...but I never again entered the Denny's on University Dr. Although I know my experience was a mere first impression, there is no need for me to give it a second chance seeing as Ol' South has become TCU's best kept secret."
  - Kevin Grant

Galveston, Texas

• "My daughter and her boyfriend and I were just in Galveston, Texas. Anyhow, while we were there, we figured we stop in at the Denny's. The ones around home are really nice and we figured we were safe by going to Denny's. Boy, were we surprised! Took us at least 5 minutes to just get acknowledged when we walked in the door and they were NOT busy. Then, the waitress was SOOOOOO rude - we were made to feel like we were really inconvienencing her. The music was so loud we could not hear ourselves talk and it was really outrageous music. Not appropriate at all. Then the waitress just basically said "Y'all know what you want" - these were the first words she said to us. After complaining about the music being so loud, twice, we were finally moved to another table where the speakers were not overhead. The waitress complained the whole time, even as she would walk by - how bad she hated her job, how much she wanted out of there, how much her feet hurt, how horrible it was to work at Denny's. It was totally incredible. Now, don't get me wrong, - we like Denny's. But, this store doesn't deserve to carry the Denny's name. We almost walked out, even after having ordered the food. My daughter went into the restroom and there are all the normal signs about sanitary conditions and not spreading germs and bacteria, but just walking into the restroom, you could have gotten sick. Another area of the place that was totally disgusting. I suppose we should have seen that the minute we walked in. Food all over the floor, but the waitress saying that a baby had just eaten there. That may be true, but still, can't they clean it up after the babies leave. Just to forewarn you - don't ever go to the Denny's in Galveston. You will lose your taste for Denny's." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Debra Lesko

• September 20, 2001 - "I cant belive that I just worked the morning shift at our very busy Denny's on the SeaWall of Galveston Island then came in here to read about Denny's for two hours. Well, if you've got a good thing, you cant get enough of it.
  "We are under new management and have seen many changes since Denny's bought out Jo-Jos in 1997. What hasn't changed is the main morning crew. Most of us have been together for many years.
  "Team work is our policy so dont be surprized to see your waitress/waiter helping another on the other side of the restaurant while someone else runs your food as soon as it hit the passbar. Cranky waitstaff are run off fast. They bring us down. And smiling faces make more money.
  "If you come in and I think your a vistitor to the Island, I will make sure your seat faces the vast and beautiful Gulf of Mexico. I will also offer you the toursit booklet that I have made that will give you an ideas for some fun filled activities the Island has to offer."
  - Cat

Grand Prairie, Texas

• "22 June 1999
  To whom it may concern,
  Last night upon returning from a long trip with family and friends, we decided to stop at the local Denny's for a quick bite. Upon entering the restaurant, I noticed several things that were out of the ordinary. Half a dozen tables or more were not clean, and there were only two staff members for the entire restaurant. Seeing this and having worked in the restaurant business for 15 plus years, I offered the waiter some assistance, but he politely declined. I told the rest of my party that they were short on staff and to please be patient. After he took took our order, he handed it the Manager who then disappeared. I looked in the kitchen and it was vacant. We waited several more minutes and as I walked around the corner to see what the delay was, the Manager/Cook was smoking. I understand that she was probably exhausted, but she being in the position that she is, could have informed us that it would be several minutes before we recieved a meal.
  Well, we did not get that, and I politely let our waiter know that we were not interested in dining for obvious reasons. I understand employee problems, but I do not understand why the Manager did not extend us a little bit of common courtesy. Thank you for listening. The Denny's in question is located at S. Carrier Parkway (S. of I20), Grand Prairie, TX" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Maria Grieve

• May 6, 2000 - "hi...i came across your page tonight, wondering if the Denny's near my house was reviewed. i live in grand prairie, tx. lo and behold....you came to the Denny's here in '96, and i laughed so hard reading what you wrote. Oddly enough, I remember the waiter, Melvin....(my friends and i used to be frequent customers). Melvin signed my yearbook all those years ago also. (small world incidents freak me out). Also, the service is no better than it was four years ago when you visited. There is still an hour+ wait. I should show them this site, although they are very aware that their service is horrible. anyway, this was very amusing. denny's still rocks."
  - bonnie christine

Henderson, Texas

• October 25, 2001 - "I use to work at the dennys in Henderson Texas. I am wierd I guess. I have always liked their food. Especially the grand slam breakfast. The reason I am e-mailing is because I heard through the grapevine, that Denny's in Henderson, Texas supports Bin Ladin, and that is why they have shut down. I heard they were all shutting down because of support of terrorist. I know you said you weren't in any way affiliated, but maybe you knew if this statement was true or not."
  - Angela

Houston, Texas

• "I live in Houston again, due to my being kicked out of school (too much time at Denny's, I suppose.) So I figure I'll put the local Denny's on your map, a Denny's on Butte Creek and 1960 about 20 minutes north of Houston. The service and food aren't all too great, but the customers more than make up for that. There is always the most bizarre groups of people sipping coffee there. I've seen neighborhood watch middle aged residents in leather tough guy outfits and hair-to-ankle hikers that insist on setting their gigantic backpacks out of the way in the kitchen. There's people in robes, people in tuxes, the obligatory relaxed work uniforms, and the scary country dancers out to pick fights to make up for striking out at some line dancing club. You may have to get up and make your own soda, and they may only serve 1.99 meals between 11 am and 11:01 am, but you'll never have to look too hard for entertainment." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Rob

• "Ok...so there is this Denny's in Houston where I had breakfast a couple of weeks ago with my friend, Kat. We were seated near the rear of the restaurant and at one point as we were eating our rubber eggs, Kat says to me, "Hey! You can see men urinating every time that door opens!" I turned around and lo! It was true! Every time the door to the restroom area opened, it was like a worm convention! Funny stuff. (for a girl, anyway)...(but also gross)...so I went home and I called Denny's and asked to speak with the manager. He told me that he was aware of the problem, but that there was nothig he could do abou tit until THE CORPORATE OFFICE managed to send someone down to reverse the way the doors opened. I gently suggested that the schmuck MIGHT want to consider NOT SEATING PEOPLE at that particular table until the problem had been eleminated...but Nooooooooooooooooooo! Denny's could not sacrifice that average sald of $2.75 per person per meal to forfeit use of one of their attractive and snappily decorated tables! I explained to the manager that I had been traumatized by the sight of phallic emmissions during egg consumption, but he didn't really care. "It's all in a day's work", he replied. I THEN called CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS and spoke with a "customer SERVICE representative" and explained the problem and was told that "a full report" would be made...as opposed, I guess, to a partial report???...anyway, a week or so later, I got a letter from Denny's THANKING ME for bringing the problem to their attention...but there was not even the slightest suggestion of Denny's assistance with my therapy bills...nor even a free rubber egg coupon for future use. Go figure!!" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Stacy Alexander

• "Nasa Dennys Clear Lake Houston Texas..... I have spend enough time at this Dennys to tell enough stories to fill a thousand pages. I started to go to this Dennys back in 8th grade in 1992. This was during a phase in my life that I reffer to as the dark ages due to the fact that I wore mostly black and most of my friends did the same. We sat there in Dennys and smoked and drank coffee for hours. Then early in my high school years they tore it down to remodel. But when it reopened I was there to claim a booth. And my senior year me and Veggie (entry on OCTOBER 1, 1997) spend almost our entire year there doing Calculus homework. Now that I am at colledge in Austin I only visit the Nasa Dennys when I go home. But If you were to go the today you would run into Frank, Melissa, Jeremy, Brian, John, Molly, Alli, Calin, Nick, Pukka, Ann, Mark, Beth and others which exscape my mind right now. And you would be served by Fran, Marty (assist manager), Joycie (manager), and others. But if you stop in make sure to go back to the smoking section and say "Scottish told me this was the best place in town to sit and talk about every thing and nothing." Well I would love to tell you more about the Nasa Dennys but much more might ruin my chances of ever beging allowed back in. I will be the this summer be sure to stop in if you can. "May your coffee be hot, your servous suck, and the conversation intense"" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• December 28, 1999 - "Hey! I'm sorry ya never made it to Houston, Tx. At least not yet. So when you do you must stop at my favorite. It is located on 610 North Loop West at the T. C. Jester exit. The address is 2120 North Loop West. There is another one further north located at 11020 Northwest Freeway that serves alcohol. The Northwest Freeway is also called 290. DO NOT under any cercumstances, go to the Denny's located at 4314 North Freeway at Crosstimbers! The food is bad and the service is worse."
  - John Nordenstrom

• February 21, 2002 - "I like your website. Whatever you do.. DONT vist the Dennys in Houston Texas. The one by the international Airport. Tehy dont know their ass from a hole in the ground. I had been their many of times threw the years but it has just come down to they must only hire people if they are their for a goodtime to chat with each other and make everyone around them mad. Just thought you should know just to avoid an unpleasent event."
  - Amanda

Huntsville, Texas

• July 19, 2004 - "We like Denny's alot, the one in Baton Rouge closed. We ate breakfast there as a family after church on Sunday. Recently my son attended the Offense-Defense football camp in Huntsville. To our delight when we arrived, we saw a Denny's ! Long story short we ate breakfast every morning, some lunches and a dinner there. The crew was awesome, they greet upon entering, we sat at the bar and was waited on instantly, breakfast served in less than 15 minutes made to order and after the first day upon entering Cara our waitress, would grab me the coffee and my son his drink. They were friendly and Humorous! My son is a big 13 yr. old and likes a big breakfast, before his football workout. By the end of the week we hated to go, Huntsville, Texas is a great place to visit. My son recieved a medal for the Best Offensive and Defensive Lineman award for the Junior Division ! We contribute having a great start daily with Denny's in Huntsville and all the staff, which got us up and running with a Great Breakfast and Hospitality!!! If you are in the area do yourself a favor and visit, Tell them R.J. & Robin Martinez from Baton Rouge, La. sent ya!!!!!!!!"
  - R.J. & Robin Martinez

Hurst, Texas

• "My favorite Denny's is located on Glenview Dr. in Hurst Tx. On the first Wednesday of each month you can exspect to find the mayor of Richland Hills sitting with all his followers at four tables all pushed together. There is one waitress whose trashy sister always comes in with about 6 or 7 kids. Those little bastards get so rowdy people start to move to different tables to get away from them. The nastyest thing that has ever happened was the time my wife and I were sitting at the counter and a cricket fell out of the air conditioning vent on to her salad. I damn near choked I was laughing so hard. All in all it is a good place to eat. We go about twice a week, I always order the club." - written prior to September, 1999
  - James Stratmoen

Kervill, Texas

• "Dennys has always represented the highest quality every thing, food, service, cleainness We travel alot REALLY. We were on our way to Denver, stopprd at your place in KERRVILL Tex. ÊWe had to finally seat our selves and wait some time for a waitress, she took our order and when we finally got our food, pancakes Êeggs and bacon, the bottom pancake was burned so bad we had to remove it from our plate. The waitress saw it, commented she would get us another {which she never did ] She [waitress] never came to our table again [no coffee refill] As I was paying the bill I noticed a man who I assumed was the Manager helping out in the kitchen. I always assume bad service and food is the fault of the manager. Dont worry you have not lost us as coustomers we love Dennys and will continue to eat with you.
  The Dennys #6593 - Date 11/10/98" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Bill Bowden

Killeen, Texas

• "Tonight my wife and I at approx. 5:00pm went to the Denny's Restaurant at 1106 S.Ft.Hood St., Killeen, TX 76541. We each ordered cheese soup, I ordered a grilled cheese sandwitch on rye and my wife ordered a BLT sandwitch on rye, toasted. We each ordered ice tea. First: the soup was the color of cheese soup but VERY watered down so the server changed to veg/beef soup and that was also just water with NO vegges. Second: the grilled cheese sandwitch was ONE slice of rye bread cut in half. Third: the BLT sandwitch was not toasted. Forth: the ice tea was the only thing that was correct!! We told the people at Denny's that we were not happy with the service and left with out paying for the food or service and went to the Kettle Restaurant that is located near by and got BETTER service there. This is not the first time that we have not been happy with the food and service at this restaurant. I think that you need to send someone, without notification, to check the Killeen restaurant." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Charles W. Marrow

• "I would just like to say that I lived in Watertown NY for 2 yrs. in that 2 yrs I ate at Denny's at least 200 times. However I now live in Killeen TX. I don't know if it's the north oposed to the south or what but I was very discussed with the Denny's here in Killeen.
  My family went to Denny's on a Tuesday night. It was not crowded in the least. We watched with our menu's closed for 15 mins while our waitress cleaned 3 dirty tables. When she finally came to take our order, they were out of almost everything we ordered. No onion rings for my husband, no chicken strips for myself, and sorry we only have spicy fries for you 1 yr old baby. I asked if they were going out of business or something. My response was no but the delivery truck comes in on Wednesday's. I'm sorry but whoever is doing the ordering should get fired or at least demoted. I shouldn't have to suffer because I chose not to cook on a Tuesday. I was also charged extra because I ordered my gravy on the side for my pot roast. They gave me some with my roast but it was only about an 1/8 of a cup so I was charged more for requesting more. I'm sure had gotten it on the roast itself it would have at least covered the meat.
  Then about 5 minutes after we ordered our waitress drop the check on the table without saying a word. When I changed my mind and decided I wanted a lemonade instead of just water, she returned with another check which had my lemonade on it, So needless to say that when we ordered dessert we had to get yet another check.
  I have always prided myself on tipping well. I think I can recall 1x I ever left less than 25% but I did that night. I was very dissatisfied with this resturant, however I do not put down all Denny's. Not sure if youre the one I complain to but yours was the only web site I could find without going threw 300000 web sites
  Thanks for hearing me out" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Siobhan Alexander

Lake Jackson, Texas

• "The next time you're on a road trip and pass through TEXAS, don't go to the semi-lame Denton Denny's, go to " The one, the only, LAKE JACKSON DENNY'S! " (cheers in the background). With strange people, who have strange names, like "GolgothA", "Chrystian"(which I think is actually spelled weirder than that), "Beavis", "CrowTRobot", "Brian", "Pam", "TankGirl", "She-she", and many more(only available after 11pm). Witness a side show of drunk AND stupid rednecks(only available 2am-4am, some restrictions may apply) performing such daredevil stunts as "falling", "talking loudly about the guy in the funny hat", "whispering about the vampires", "leaving without paying", and many more exciting redneck tricks... YOU'VE BEEN MISSIN' OUT!" - written prior to September, 1999
  - GolgothA

Larado, Texas

• "There is a "Love Hate" relationship with Denny's restaurants in South Texas, as far as my professional research has revealed. Take for example the Denny's located on IH35 South in Laredo, Texas. Being located in a border town has its advantages since most Mexican tourists are dying for a gulp of coffee and a hamburger by the time they get past the border patrol agents at the Rio Grande River. (That in itself is an experience no one should miss.) This Denny's restaurant is notoriously SLOW, FILTHY, and UN-SERVICE oriented. During my research, I have personally stopped there more than 20 times over a 2 year period at various hours. Based upon my random sampling, the performance results of this facility and it's managerial "team" (or "groupos" in Spanish) is extremely inferior. Between the aging interior, stained seats and carpet, un-cleared tables, and MICE in the restrooms this is a fine example of what tourists from Mexico should be witnessing as their first example of an established American restaurant chain. Allow me to briefly review a typical scenario of dining at this facility, for example: obtaining a seat at either the bar or a table REQUIRES a 10 minute wait - regardless of the time of day or business activity. Seating yourself will significantly DELAY obtaining service. Upon being seated, feasting your eyes on a menu is another chore, since the menus are either non-existent or are sticky and dirty with countless particles of waste materials. To place an order is best performed while speaking SPANISH, unless you are with Mexican locals who can "whistle" a "muchacha" over to your section of the building. If you insist on ordering in ENGLISH (Heaven forbid...), the conversation will undoubtedly take much more time and require pointing gestures with the menu. Now that your food has been ordered, you will have sufficient time to go shopping at any of the "mercados" in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. There is no such thing as having an order delivered within 30 minutes, regardless of the time of day or business activity in the restaurant. Once your order has arrived, it is not uncommon for HOT items to be COLD, and COLD items to be HOT. Of course, getting drink refills or additional service is asking far too much. Concluding your dining experience is also a time consuming chore, since NO ONE CARES If YOU PAY your bill in a timely manner. Why is this so significant ? As a seasoned traveler, I can attest to the fact that after driving 8 or 9 hours it is often necessary to take a break from the highway and doing so in a "chain establishment" usually means that you can expect a standard of service (you know what you're getting). However, this Denny's restaurant is deplorable and has been for YEARS. The only reason that it makes any money is because the Mexican tourists have experienced much worse on the other side of the border and cannot find any competing restaurant open 24 hours on IH 35 North to San Antonio or Houston. Granted, a monopoly exists here but only because of ignorance." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Charlie Stanley

Lubbock, Texas

• "I live in Thailand now, but I grew up in Lubbock, Texas. I remember that there was one Denny's, on Avenue Q. It was in sort of a bad neighborhood, but there were a lot of hotels around; travelers didn't know they were in a fairly-bad part of town, I guess. There were quite a few other places that were open 24 hours that were in better neighborhoods, so I never went to Denny's much. I haven't lived in Lubbock for a long time now, but I go there every couple of years or so to visit the folks, and I do see that it's growing. Perhaps there are other Denny's now. I'll be there again next year, and I'll definitely scope out the Denny's situation again, just for you." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Don Entz

McKinney, Texas

• September 15, 2000 - "To whom it may concern,
  I am 54 years old and have eaten at many Dennys restaurants during my short lifetime. I have always been impressed by the quality of cleanliness and service in most of the Dennys I have eaten at.
  That is, until a couple of months ago when my husband and I stopped in to have breakfast at the Dennys on White Street and Highway 75 in McKinney, Texas.
  Although we had dined at this restaurant on a couple of occasions, I knew the minute we walked in that this was not a going to be a good place to eat that day. First of all, the restaurant was practically empty. There were only about 4 or 5 people there. There were several people on staff that morning, but we had to wait about 10 minutes to get someone to seat us.
  When we were finally escorted into the non-smoking dining section, by a pretty slow and dirty looking waitress, I was absolutely appauled at how filthy the whole place was. There were dirty, empty tables and debris, french fries (probably from the previous evening), and crumbs all over the place. It looked like it had not been cleaned in days, and the place smelled pretty foul.
  Well, needless to say, I was not going to sit in a place where I would probably get grease on my clothes, so we just simply walked out. I told the waitress that I didn't want to stay why... she basically just snickered as if it was no skin off her back!!
  What amazed me most was the fact that there were various waitresses and waiters just hanging around doing absolutely nothing.
  My first thought was to find out who the manager was and complain, but I didn't have time to do so that day. We were quite hungry and decided to drive down the road to a really nice Pancake House. I decided that I would send an e-mail or a letter instead.
  The long and the short of it... Dennys lost our business that day, and I will never go back there again. I was extremely embarassed to know/think that I live in a town where such a restaurant would be allowed to stay open.
  I work at Raytheon Systems Company which is just a few blocks away. We send lots of customers to the Holiday Inn which is next door to Dennys, but since my bad experience, I have recommended to all of my customers that they stay away from Dennys. This is to protect my own reputation since I would want anyone to think my taste in restaurants is that bad!
  Obviously management is either blind or stupid... they probably just don't care... perhaps it is of no consequence to them.
  All I know is that the place was too filthy to eat at!!
  Regards,"
  - Gloria Audino

• July 9, 2001 - "I waited for 25 minutes to be seated, and when seated, our server told us it would be 45 minutes to get our food after we order. Approximately 15 people walked out not getting helped that had already been seated. One group said they had been there an hour without any food. The girl at the register was mouthing off to customers saying that they were impatient and should wait for their food. The girl was complaining to other customers who were waiting in line to pay about how many tickets she had that had left without paying. She was entirely unprofessional and I complained to the general manager, who just happened to be in the store that day. I have been in retail for 13 years and have never received such shoddy service.
  "My wife is pregnant, so we left Denny's and went to the store and fixed our own breakfast. I am happy you have found a good place you like to eat, but I disagree with your choice. Just wanted to let you know."
  - Rick Myers

Odessa, Texas

• March 30, 2001 - "For many years, my family and I have trusted the Denny's food chain restaurants. But last Sunday night, when a group of about 15 from our church talked about going to Denny's, I objected because of a recent experience that hinders us to go back there. We all went to a different restaurant. However, I realize, to just stay away from Denny's and not say anything is not in the best interest for everyone. Here is what happened: When my family (3) and I went to eat at Denny's in ODESSA TEXAS (West 42nd Street) on Sunday, March 18th, we noticed that everyone else that came in AFTER us was served. We felt ignored. We noticed, the staff was busy and tried to be patient. Again we saw others who came in much later being served. Finally, after one full hour of waiting for our food, we checked out and left hungry. NO APOLOGIES were made from the staff, NO EXPLANATION GIVEN! I have never felt so unwelcome to a restaurant in my life. I hope some time in the future, we will again be able to endorse your restaurant and use it's services ourselves."
  - Martin Kehler

Plano, Texas

• "Little of note at Park & 75 - recently redecorated and the manager is of middle eastern descent who has only a passing WAY resemblence. Mind, there is a bus-boy that, with dark locks and satirical smirk, may have a great career path with Denny's - but I've only seen him a once. Was he terminated because of the competition ?" - written prior to September, 1999
  - hagglund

Red Oak, Texas

• "A few weeks ago 2 friends and myself left for vacation, I told the driver if he would stop (30 minutes from home) i would buy breakfast. We went to the Dennys in Red Oak, TX.
  I was impressed that we did not have to wait for a table. It took at least 15 minutes for our waitress to take our order. My farmers omelett was pretty good until I found a large and a small piece of egg shell in it. I showed it to the waitress and she replied "OH" and left.
  Another person in our party ordered a grand slam with all bacon. He got bacon and sausage.
  I went to the cashier, a young (16-18 year old) he looked at the bill and announced the total. I asked him if he was going to ask how it was. He did and I told him about the egg shells. He said " OH" like the waitress, like it was no big deal. I asked him if that happened before. He said yes, it happens often, and that is one reason that he doesn't eat here. He said he eats at Subway behind Dennys because your food is too greasy.
  This was so bizarre we all had a good laugh about it, but I hope that something else more serious does not become the thing that is found in the food at Dennys." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Janie Lipscomb

• August 14, 2001 - "MY LADY FRIEND AND I ÊHAD DINNER AT RED OAK DENNY'S COFFEE WAS SERVED WITH THE SERVERS FINGER IN THE CUP. MY FRIEND MADE HIM BRING ANOTHER CUP. FOOD WAS COLD AND DID NOT TASTE VERY GOOD. I HAD CHICKEN FRIED STEAK ÊAND WHEN I ASK ABOUT MY BREAD I WAS TOLD THAT THE DINNER DID NOT COME WITH BREAD. HE BROUGHT THE MENU AND SHOWED ME HOW STUPID I WAS .AND OF COURSE THE BREAD WAS ON THE MEAL . I STILL DID NOT RECEIVE MY BREAD. THE MANAGER DID NOT CARE AND BACKED UP HIS RUDE TEENAGE EMPLOYEE. I LIVE IN RED OAK AND WILL NEVER EAT AT DENNY'S AGAIN"
  - RANDY BENNETT

Richland Hills, Texas

• August 11, 2002 - "I just tried to eat a sirlion steak at the Denny's located on Glenviw Drive in Richland Hills, Texas. It was so tough that I could only finish half of it., This restruant used to have good quality food but apparently they are only interested in the buck now. "
  - Dean Johnson

San Antonio, Texas

• "Two years ago when I was in technical school in San Antonio, TX I visited a Denny's. I was with my fiance and we decided to cruise around and find a good place to eat breakfast. Being low on the military totem pole we didn't have a lot of money to spend. So when we saw the Denny's on the side of the freeway we knew we had found the place. It was a very crowded restaurant. Luckily the wait wasn't too long and soon we were sitting at the bar. When the waitress came up for our orders she looked astonished when I asked for two Grand Slam Breakfast's on one plate. She said that they weren't able to do that. I thought to myself, "That's silly all they have to do is put double the amount of one Grand Slam Breakfast on to one plate". Needless to say there was no changing her mind. In the end she brought my fiance one GS breakfast and me two GS'S on two seperate plates. Even though there was much less room to eat, because of the two plates instead of one, I really enjoyed my breakfast at that Denny's on the side of the freeway in San Antonio, TX. My wife and I always look back and remember the look on the people sitting next to us when the waitress brought out the two plates. I know if we are ever in the area again that we will go visit that Denny's." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Mike Roberson

• "My wife attended dental school in San Antonio, TX. While in her senior year one of the other students related over lunch his Denny's close encounter experience. Seems that his patient for the morning had eaten a "Grand Slam" at Denny' that morning before coming in to the dental school for treatment. Everything proceeded normally for the poor soul until the student left to find an instructor to ask a question. While he was gone the guy got sick at his stomach and had to hurl, unfortunately he had a rubber damn firmly installed in his mouth. Upon returning and seeing the carnage in the operatories sink, the student asked the guy what had happened. The patient had pulled the rubber damn aside and threw up in the sink, as not to have to endure putting on the rubber damn again. So thus it became the "grand slam past a rubber damn"." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• "For the last 8 years I have lived in San Antonio, and ever since finding and stopping the first time at the Denny's at US281 and Bitters Rd, I or my family have continually returned for the best breakfasts in the area. BUT, the past two visits (one last Thursday and one today) have been anything but great. On the last visit, our order was taken within 3 minutes of arrival at about 1:30 pm, and our drinks were brought immediately. 35 minutes later, we finally got our food. When questioned, all we were told was that the kitchen could only do one order at a time. NOW today, we arrive for lunch at 12:25 pm, at 12:50 we finally get waited on (NOTE: 6 other customers), at 1:05 when I finally request to see a manager, the manager brings our drinks and then finally at 1:12 we get our breakfast plates. The senior special was OK, but the Cheddar Omelet had no cheese on it. When leaving I asked the manager why such slow and bad service and the reply was that they were slow and she had made the decision to send everyone except one cook, one watress and one busboy home. The she added, "the crowds came." I guess 6 groups, total of 23 people must now be a crowd at this Denny's. I remember seeing lines out the door waiting to get into this Denny's, but have not seen such lines the past couple of visits. Guess all places have there good days and bad days and good managers and bad managers." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Harry L Cook

• October 23, 2002 - "If you want to go to the greatest dennys on the planet, come to mine. #1516 (company owned-it makes a difference!) in san antonio, tx (IH 37 at E. Commerce) has the best staff of any restaraunt ive ever managed (yup im a manager for Dennys: that means REALLY cool free stuff) Besides being one of the busiest in the country (out of all 800 company and 1000 franchises, we're like #3 or 4 i think) we are the most dedicated!!!"
  - Stephen Doumit II

South Padre Island, Texas

• "How could we NOT have eaten breakfast two mornings in a row at the Denny's on lovely South Padre Island, Texas? This was the weekend after Thanksgiving and every beach, store, and restaurant we stumbled upon was dead, dead, dead - except for Denny's! Crowded at 10 AM with elderly tourists we never saw on any other part of the island, it was just a hop, trip, and a crawl from the Radisson. My wife and I had never seen a Denny's laid out like this: Big, arranged like a largish Eat-n-Park or Big Boy, and a counter selling 20 different flavors of ice cream to go. Plenty of coffee refills and good, hot meals (Scram Slam for me, French Slam for her - very predictable). Don't miss it if you have the great fortune of finding yourself on South Padre Island. - written prior to September, 1999
  - Marvin Tompkins

Sugar Land, Texas

• May 19, 2002 - "Hi, I recently went to a Denny's in Sugar Land Texas (1422 State hwy 6 south 77478) and was not pleased with there cleanliness by the employees. A young lady that was serving us had curly hair that was very puffy and worn in her face. This to me was unsanitary because she did not have her hair tied back and was preparing food while her hair hung over the food. I will never eat at this Denny's again! VERY DISCUSSING!!!"
  - Joseph Turkoski

Texas City, Texas

• June 16, 2002 - "Hi I am a customer from Denny's in Texas City, TX. I have never seen Denny's go down hill in 2 month's. This pass month I don't feel like eating in that restaurant with service like that. The Manager her name is Mary Rose the way she treats her employee's is a ashame. I sat there and watch her cuss at them and telling them mean things. As a regular customer if the head people of Denny's in Texas City don't do anything about her, your place is not going to have any business with people like that. She is ruining the repetition of Denny's useto have and how it useto be nice to eat in there, and to enjoy a meal with smiles. Everytime I go in there, I see employees I useto love and see not there anymore. I know for a fact she is running this people of and if Denny's doesn't something about there place there will be no more customers going in there because the way they are being treated."
  - Sweethippie420

Vidor, Texas

• January 17, 2000 - "Just opened the first of the year. It's a truck stop/motel/restaurant type thing. Haven't been there yet but I have been to the one in Beaumont just a few miles down the road. Good food but they don't take checks. Nice time to tell us after we ate! Anyway, stop by the new store in Vidor and give us a call while your'e there. Phone # is 769-5650. Debbie or Scot Barney. We have been following your adventures and if you like the new Denny's I guess we'll eat there. I'm serious. We live about 3 miles from there and haven't been there yet because we're waiting for the approval of the royal taster. Happy eating!!!"
  - Debbie Barney

Waco, Texas

• "Hello again... I figured I would let a Waco resident add their Denny's to this ever expanding page, but alas, noone has stepped forward to take the job... (Probably too busy dancing, as conservative college Baylor now allows dancing... Thanks Kevin Bacon!) However I cannot allow this Denny's to be forgotten, as it provided a friend and me with a unique experience that forever changed Denny's for me. See, Waco is located between thriving metropoli Dallas and Austin, and one night last year a friend and I were returning from Dallas to Austin after a great R.E.M. show in Dallas. We were hungry, but not for golden arches or burger royalty, we wanted "the slam." Well, we had been driving for TWO AND A HALF HOURS and we still had not found a Denny's. Then, through the rainy night, I saw the answer to my prayers. After a lot of confusing turns, we were finally at a Denny's. We ran from the car to the Denny's, and as we opened the door, there was a particularly loud clap of thunder, and half the Denny's was plunged into darkness. Lightning had just struck Denny's. The hostess seemed flustered but undaunted, took us to our seats. Then the bad news started coming... The power in the kitchen was out. No hot food... So we each had coffeee, which was already cooling fast, and I had ice cream that I was "saving from melting." It wasn't "the slam" I was desiring, but it was yummy enough that I paid for it even though our waitress told us we didn't have to. It's a nice enough Denny's, with nice people and a good sized counter, not at all a place you'd expect to run into David Koresh or any of his famous Waco resident friends. However, what makes this Denny's great is the image of me and my friend running inside as lightning strikes the roof. (We continued the trip, ending up at Austin in an hour, where we got "the slams" at the Denny's at I-35 and 290, and I fell asleep in my booth, exhausted form my night with R.E.M. and the pursuit of cheap breakfast.)" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• "I was fairly disappointed to see that no Waco residents or even Baylor students have written about out beloved Denny's in Waco, Texas...all we have is a note from an outsider, so here's what you can consider the official Waco Denny's sighting. I'm a student at Baylor University who lives so close to Denny's that the brightly shining marquee lights up my dorm room at night. The first night here at school, my roomie and I had come in late and were finally going to get some shut-eye when she noticed a large orange and red object outside the window. Having just removed her contact lenses, she excitedly exclaimed "Mer, look at the moon! It's so big and bright!" I joined her at the window to see this awesome sight, only to crack up laughing when I discovered her "moon" was the Denny's marquee! Needless to say, we both trekked the 167 steps to the restaurant to have apple pie and coffee. Our waitresses name was Mary and now I visit her about once a week for late night cups of coffee to survive the endless hours of studying that come with the Baylor territory! If you ever stop in at the Waco Denny's, look Mary up and tell her Meridith sent you!" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Meridith Strader

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