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All the diner's + bakeries that I loved going to are disappearing - Coco's, Hickory Pit, Marie Callender's. Tastes change, I guess, but I sure did enjoy a good hearty breakfast with a slice of a fresh pie on a lazy Saturday morning at these places.
1 posted on 02/15/2023 8:40:43 AM PST by NohSpinZone
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many decades ago there was a nice Coco’s in Boulder ... long gone now of course ... we were visiting Phoenix a few years ago and saw a Coco’s and got all excited ... unfortunately, HORRIBLE food, HORRIBLE service, HORRIBLE everything ...


2 posted on 02/15/2023 8:45:14 AM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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It’s definitely a tough business to be in. I’m glad the diners in my little town seem to be hanging in there.


3 posted on 02/15/2023 8:45:41 AM PST by Twotone
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Whenever I return to Fort Lauderdale, I always try to make a stop at Lester’s Diner. It’s one of the few things still there since I lived there back in the 70s.


5 posted on 02/15/2023 8:48:46 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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How much of California’s anti-business climate has contributed to this?


6 posted on 02/15/2023 8:49:16 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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We had a Cocos in KC. Loved it.


8 posted on 02/15/2023 8:51:25 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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The article was a good read, a charming story, but they never did elaborate exactly why this eatery is closing.
I’ll just assume the manager was ready to let go of the struggles just to stay open.


16 posted on 02/15/2023 9:11:12 AM PST by lee martell
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17 posted on 02/15/2023 9:13:17 AM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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No mention of why they were closing? Sounds like they had a good regular crowd.

Taxes? Regulations?


29 posted on 02/15/2023 9:58:55 AM PST by saleman
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To: NohSpinZone

Donnie loved Pismo Beach.


33 posted on 02/15/2023 10:16:17 AM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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“Coco’s” — wow, I haven’t heard of that place in decades. The last one vacated Silicon Valley maybe 20 years ago. I didn’t know there were any left.

My wife was a waitress at a Coco’s way back in high school in the late 60s. I think that was her first job.


35 posted on 02/15/2023 10:25:57 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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The older you get, the more classic restaurants that “everyone” loved disappear. I have four or five in my area that I used to love that are gone. Its a rough business and very, very few restaraunts, bakeries, etc. survive long term.


36 posted on 02/15/2023 10:27:21 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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