There needs to be a revival of Sinatra’s America since the current culture is so lame. Frank left us the soundtrack, time for everyone to turn up the music and get swanky!
Apr 7·edited Apr 7Liked by Jack Baruth, Tom Klockau
I looked this place up online, and whoever owns it clearly has some vision. It's encouraging to see that, as these old hotel properties usually go down the shitter through a series of bottom feeder owners until they become a public nuisance.
It used to be such a treat to stay a moderately-priced, but full-service hotel with a real restaurant, a lounge and a decent-sized indoor pool that wasn't entirely consumed by the handicap lift. That experience is mostly gone now.
Also, I'd love to see a revival of supper clubs. I'm tired of all the foodie nonsense. Just give me a filet minion and a baked potato. And scotch on the rocks.
Nope, but I love the lileks website. Think I first stumbled upon it circa 1999-2000. Lots of interesting stuff! I remember reading about this place before, but it's been quite a few years.
There is nothing so wonderful as a really good restaurant with good food, good service, and a good atmosphere. There was a German restaurant in my home town that my father loved and I learned to love it too. I've since heard that it's gone now, which is a shame because that place had been there for a very long time. It's always sad when a landmark goes away.
There needs to be a revival of Sinatra’s America since the current culture is so lame. Frank left us the soundtrack, time for everyone to turn up the music and get swanky!
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too masculine for the weak bugpeople that occupy the country
Before Chrysler dies, they need to build a full size Imperial off of a Ram chassis. Even make it a damn hybrid. Big cars would sell.
i wonder if anyone would consider the imperial model name to be fascist
anyway a big sedan could be neat but i still think the 300 cars are some of the coolest they ever made as a proper continuation of the letter cars
Bring back the Studebaker Dictator.
I want those people to think it’s fascist! I want big, beautiful cars.
I love the classic 300s, so make the Imperials even more upscale. Revive the AstraDome dashboards, too.
Americans will always buy the biggest car they can afford .
I don't want a Luxo-Barge but think they're important in the bigger picture .
-Nate
I looked this place up online, and whoever owns it clearly has some vision. It's encouraging to see that, as these old hotel properties usually go down the shitter through a series of bottom feeder owners until they become a public nuisance.
It used to be such a treat to stay a moderately-priced, but full-service hotel with a real restaurant, a lounge and a decent-sized indoor pool that wasn't entirely consumed by the handicap lift. That experience is mostly gone now.
Also, I'd love to see a revival of supper clubs. I'm tired of all the foodie nonsense. Just give me a filet minion and a baked potato. And scotch on the rocks.
surf and turf is nearly always choice
love studebakers too
Did you ever visit the Hartwig Gobbler?
https://lileks.com/institute/motel/
(the orange car is almost certainly an Opel GT, not a C3)
Gobbler Supper Club description begins here:
https://lileks.com/institute/motel/roost/index.html
Nope, but I love the lileks website. Think I first stumbled upon it circa 1999-2000. Lots of interesting stuff! I remember reading about this place before, but it's been quite a few years.
A co-worker told me about it.
Looks like the bar was reopened in 2015 as the Gobbler Theatre. The Web site was updated in 2021, but Google Maps says "temporarily closed".
https://www.gobblertheater.com/
Road trip!
That's cool, I'd have bet even money it had been bulldozed 30 years ago.
Looks like there’s new owners, but the story is behind a paywall.
I remember seeing it from the Interstate. Couldn’t miss it.
I just ate lunch but I just got hungry again reading this!
There is nothing so wonderful as a really good restaurant with good food, good service, and a good atmosphere. There was a German restaurant in my home town that my father loved and I learned to love it too. I've since heard that it's gone now, which is a shame because that place had been there for a very long time. It's always sad when a landmark goes away.
Thank God for the spoiler alert. I was afraid the column was going to be about a Toyota!
You can rest assured I will never do a post on Toyota Highlanders.
Unless it's to mock them.
No kidding, I was afraid this was a belated April Fool's post. The only thing worse than a Toyota Highlander is a Toyota Grand Highlander.
Automakers are missing out by not reviving the Brougham name.
Toyota Grand Highlander Brougham has a nice ring to it!
Nice ! .
Always good to see a good eatery coming back to life .
Sadly too many fail to grasp the basic facts that failure to reinve$t in your business begins it's slow decline into death .
Greed is the basic culprit here .
-Nate