Chick Fil A does one thing extremely well – chicken sandwiches. They aren’t trying to be everything to everyone. You won’t find tacos or pizza on the menu. The food court here in South Park would be empty if it wasn’t for the Chick Fil A customers.
Chick Fil A has done three things wrong.
1) They are closed on Sunday – not negotiable
2) They publicly thank God for their success
3) The owners expressed a religious opinion about a controversial political subject
From where I’m sitting, it looks like they’re doing just fine.
Republicans could learn a lesson from Chick Fil A on how to stand firm on your best features and not waver in the face of the evil opposition. just sayin’
One thing that kills me about that mall, Tiffany, Brooks Brothers, a Jag dealership as well as the usual subjects. The guys I knew at Boston University chasing MBAs back in the day wanted to live in NYC, lunch at 21, dine at Daniel Boulud’s latest restaurant and order their shirts from J Press, the suits from Brooks Brothers Own Make and Ralph Lauren Purple label on the weekends. I have heard of guys turning down Bank of America jobs because the thought of going into internal exile was too much. Sailing out of Oyster Bay for a jaunt to Block Island or ‘tubing’ on Lake Wiley. Go Countrywide !
I did walk past some Ralph Lauren clothing in Dillard’s on my way to my car (wearing my Walmart clothes). That’s one mall that I’ve been in recently that isn’t empty, but also there were not a lot of people there either. I can’t imagine me going there very often.
The culture here is interesting – for the million dollars they would spend on a studio apartment in New York, they could buy a 10 bed room mansion in Charlotte. Finding a good New York Deli may take work though.
Larry King should spend some time here. One of his oft repeated cliches is that he can’t understand why there are Jewish people living in the South (other than Miami). Let’s just say he’s willfully ignorant.
I’m exaggerating a little, but not much
http://www.trulia.com/property/1039989989-4429-Cameron-Oaks-Dr-Charlotte-NC-28211
Nice house! You could get lost in there!
So far as a good deli goes, have you ever used Yelp! to find a good restaurant or other places in NC?
Art- When you where there in ’81, the only bagels you could find were in the frozen food section of Winn Dixie. 😉
I’m not from New York, so I don’t give a crap about delis 😉
Who needs bagels when you can get Krispy Kreme?
Krispy Kreme? You need a moon pie to welcome you back to Dixie. 😉
And RC Cola
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm_LmlFeNnM
Don’t forget the Cheerwine and Lance Nabs.
And Tom’s peanuts
…and if you get near the NC mountains nearly all the soft drinks (Pepsi, Mt Dew, Coke, Dr Pepper, etc) are made with real cane sugar (and have never been made with high fructose gasoline…I mean corn syrup). I guess those “dumb hillbillies” aren’t quite as stupid as most people seem to think.
…but shhh…don’t let the FDA or Michelle O hear about people consuming that dangerous sugar stuff.
Tom’s peanuts were sold in totally manual vending machines that you would find in gas stations. They were acquired by General Mills in 1966.
The vending machines were frequent breakin targets and vanished. According to Wikipedia, Lance now owns them. They were fierce competitors back in the day.
Ah – actually Nabs were Nabisco. My dad loved those – they just stopped making them at some point. During the peanut butter panic, I asked the Nabisco route guy if they had any plans to bring them back. He said the only product they carry is the mini ritz crackers with peanut butter filling. Blah!
Upon further review, I’ve learned people in NC do call the Toastchee crackers “nabs” – probably just to piss off Nabisco before RJR bought them.
If you’re interested – in Salisbury, there is a condo for sale on the second floor of the old Cheerwine building. Really solid floors.
Yeah I think they still make the Lance products over in Greensboro. They always put at least one Lance 53′ trailer (sometimes two) on a Norfolk Southern inter-model train that goes to Chicago.
Did you ever like ‘Sun Drop’ Art ? That was a Dale Earnhardt favorite. Have you been over to Concord yet ?
A lot has changed their too since the eighties.
Parrott
When I was here, Lance had a big plant in Charlotte down on South Boulevard.
I’ve noticed their quality has improved recently – the crackers were always just slightly overcooked and a little unevenly. They must have a new computer controlled oven or something. Lance products are widely available in Chicago and Connecticut – that wasn’t true before that big peanut butter scare and Kellogg’s/Austin,Keebler and Frito Lay pulled their products. Lance just kept churning them out and getting a premium price that I gladly paid.
I made more than a few pink ladies in my time slinging burgers – Sun drop with cherry soda and a lemon wedge.
Sun drop is actually also sold in Chicago. I think I have some in the fridge. The South is taking over.
Rumor was a great headache cure was dissolving a goody’s headache powder in sundrop. Caffeine OD!
Yeah, ‘Goodys powder’ = Winston Salem.
Texas Pete hot sauce = Winston Salem.
I always keep Goodys in the glove box in the truck.
good stuff
Parrott
Or you can snap back with Stanback
GlaxoSmithKline (aka Big Pharma) now owns BC, Goody’s and Stanback – they closed the Stanback factory in 2003
http://archive.salisburypost.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=2003/June/28/Area/28-1_stanback_closes132970001101839064.xml&archive_pubname=Salisbury+Post%09%09%09
And yes, I drove through Concord and Kannapolis on Monday – drove past the Charlotte Motor Speedway, site of the annual Burning Rubber Art Festival.
I didn’t stop – just drove up and down US 29. I have the impression the towel factory is gone and the city turned one of the factory buildings into their headquarters. I’m a little out of the loop on that. Someone mentioned Murdoch having something to do with that. Pakistan makes fine 120 count sheet sets.
well Horse’s ass ! I hate ‘big Pharma’
Oh wait, I work for big pharma,,,,,,,
Hmmmmm, what to do ?
yeah I hate ‘Big Pharma’.
LOL
parrott
If you wanted to create a company today selling headache powders (aspirin and caffeine), do you think the government would let you?
Doubt it. But what if it contained psychoactive Ayahuasca?
The brujos in Congress won’t allow it.
Chick Fil A sales are way up – their US Sales now exceed KFC
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2014/03/report-chick-fil-a-tops-kfc-again-in-annual-sales.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&google_editors_picks=true