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FROM BILL MITCHELL. READ THE MESSAGE AND THEN GO TO "OUR PHOTO ALBUM" ON THE LEFT FOR PICTURES
Hey Bob,
My sister (Dede) sent me this.
Thought it might be interesting to our pals at PHS ’59.
The photos suggest the old place hasn’t changed much (on the exterior)…..a genuine “retro burger joint”!
Lots of memories here.
Best to you and everyone in ’59,
Bill Mitchell
Remember Rat Way? It’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
. Major problem: "But the great old sauce is gone." What? The "sauce" is what made it. "Period". Well, that and all the stories, memories, inflated instances, the drive thru, occurrences that have become legends in our own minds, and the "sauce".
On 4/21/2011 7:40 PM, Jeff Robinson wrote:
Went for lunch today with Denny and Jay knowing you can't go back, but tried it anyway.
They've been open for a week and haven't got up to full speed yet. They opened at 12:30 and had one window open to order from and another to pick up your order by a number on the receipt (Red Star is gone from the receipt). The crowd wasn't bad and us old guys were the only ones there then that knew the old days.
We BS'd with people in line with a few stories and had fun. The wait wasn't very long as they cook to your order. Also the drive thru is gone so no more church key jobs and won't need Klabau's brass knuckles anymore. Denny remembered where some Cavaliers took out his windshield with a big chain job on his '55 convertible. Many stories for all of you.....
We all got a cheese burger and fries and sat at their outside tables, ready to throw it in the street after the first bite, but that didn't happen.
The fries were fresh cut and done perfectly. They were larger than the old skinny strings and had a translucency demonstrating grease throughout with a minor outside crisp.
Do not salt them until you check it out - they put salt or something on them that's good. I think they would still turn a bag greasy, but the grease won't run down off your elbow. So they passed that test and were way better than the dried out stuff everywhere lately for the yuppies. Orders are smaller, but OK.
The burgers were much better than the skinny old Rat slabs - that were only one step above the barf burgers at the Quad. But the great old sauce is gone.
The buns were plain and average store bought size, but the meat was thick and hung out the sides and they'll cook it your way. With everything on it, plus their good sauce, it was great mess with stuff all over the place - you must get extra napkins. (raw onions available)
The sign and building is the same except someone cleaned the windows and the inside - weird change ! Onion rings looked very interesting and some other stuff.
Their employees were nice and understood English. They appear to be hiring racially correctly, with a mix of whoever they are, but with a noticeable lack of any Oakland natives.
So we decided that we would go back again and don't feel that we need to "carry" there
Pics are a few years old, but it looks the same except painted up now............
Bill Mitchell
Owner/Broker
831-624-3355
DRE # 00479008
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