tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post1828032330167800959..comments2023-11-05T06:06:29.162-06:00Comments on Grand Forks Life: GF businesses spruce upGrandForksGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315228631948799533noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-65485902425869275752007-08-24T03:20:00.000-05:002007-08-24T03:20:00.000-05:00ack.ack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-54765942157617546312007-08-23T19:21:00.000-05:002007-08-23T19:21:00.000-05:00Is anything that any one knows about going to be e...<I>Is anything that any one knows about going to be erected there?</I><BR/><BR/>Auto parts store.dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035623146503958678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-3301381132162873222007-08-23T17:16:00.000-05:002007-08-23T17:16:00.000-05:00Excuse me if this has been posted elsewhere (I am ...Excuse me if this has been posted elsewhere (I am sure it has and I missed it), I noticed that over the last week or so Jeannie's has been torn down. Anyone know what is going to be done with that piece of property? Is anything that any one knows about going to be erected there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-46705459007977383512007-08-23T10:04:00.000-05:002007-08-23T10:04:00.000-05:00I highly doubt that people looking for cheap junk ...I highly doubt that people looking for cheap junk food give a rip about the condition of the property. This is probably a compliance requirement handed down by the franchise owners. Excluding Mexi Village, of course (it's not a franchise).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-30222099437745893992007-08-23T08:17:00.000-05:002007-08-23T08:17:00.000-05:00There has been some "movement" at the old gas stat...There has been some "movement" at the old gas station in front of Grand Junction on Washington. Saw some workers breaking up concrete. Anybody have an idea what's going on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-12636258099028541732007-08-23T00:45:00.000-05:002007-08-23T00:45:00.000-05:00No, changing to "Carls Jr" would encourage less pe...No, changing to "Carls Jr" would encourage <I>less</I> people to come in the door.<BR/><BR/>True story: a friend and I flew into San Francisco super late one night. We were really hungry, so headed out for a downtown Carls Jr at about 2AM. As we walked out (fed, though not particularly satisfied,) a bum accosted us and asked for a couple of bucks to eat in the restaurant.<BR/><BR/>My friend dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035623146503958678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-44697623746289736512007-08-22T20:46:00.000-05:002007-08-22T20:46:00.000-05:00So, Hardee's changed its name to confuse people in...So, Hardee's changed its name to confuse people into thinking that they weren't stil the same horrible greasy food chain?Matt BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583564428711476409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-20305830982411139422007-08-22T17:42:00.000-05:002007-08-22T17:42:00.000-05:00"I don't think the McDonald's on Gateway could hav..."<I>I don't think the McDonald's on Gateway could have been "fixed up". The roof was caving in and it cost just as much to tear it down and build a new one than remodel the existing one.</I>"<BR/><BR/>I have to agree with you. That place was so depressing...it is nice to see the north side get a fresh new building for a change. All too often, it seems like development and redevlopment <I>only</GrandForksGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315228631948799533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-74896030277995007222007-08-22T17:40:00.000-05:002007-08-22T17:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for the informative post, jeni.ann!And for ...Thanks for the informative post, jeni.ann!<BR/><BR/>And for some of the above posters, yes, I fully realize that Hardee's locations have been closing all over the country. I believe Fargo used to have a bunch and are now just down to one or two. I used to really enjoy Hardee's "back in the day"...the place really went downhill over the last decade or so.GrandForksGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315228631948799533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-14337670852387353802007-08-22T17:18:00.000-05:002007-08-22T17:18:00.000-05:00Hardee's was bought out in 1997 by CKE Restaurants...Hardee's was bought out in 1997 by CKE Restaurants, the parent company for Carls Jr., the source of the new star logo we see today. As a result, they stopped supporting many of the Hardee's franchises and left them to fend for themselves, particularly in locations that had more than one store.<BR/><BR/>The current Hardee's in Grand Forks, located at Columbia and 17th, was recently sold to a new Jeni.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034531899292002299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-22219320746079352932007-08-22T16:00:00.000-05:002007-08-22T16:00:00.000-05:00I don't think the McDonald's on Gateway could have...I don't think the McDonald's on Gateway could have been "fixed up". The roof was caving in and it cost just as much to tear it down and build a new one than remodel the existing one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-1770252226350388932007-08-22T10:15:00.000-05:002007-08-22T10:15:00.000-05:00Finally. Some accurate, useful info by one of our ...Finally. Some accurate, useful info by one of our anonymous's.<BR/><BR/>Similar notes on Hardee's in the Twin Cities. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, anonymous. *s*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-42157959525085492872007-08-22T07:31:00.000-05:002007-08-22T07:31:00.000-05:00Hardees is closing all over the nation. There was...Hardees is closing all over the nation. There was corporate trouble, and it had nothing to do with how the local ones may have been fairing. I travel for work and a lot of them have been closed in the last few years including Thief River Falls, Crookston, International Falls, Devils Lake to name a few. A couple of them have now been replaced with Arby's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-17093785804282258052007-08-21T21:57:00.000-05:002007-08-21T21:57:00.000-05:00remodeling is fine, but the mcdonalds on gateway i...remodeling is fine, but the mcdonalds on gateway is just absurd. To tear the whole thing down just to build another restaurant the same size is just unnecessary. They could have fixed the place up without tearing it down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-23958083627811935882007-08-21T12:39:00.000-05:002007-08-21T12:39:00.000-05:00The Taco Johns on Washington was remodeled, and no...The Taco Johns on Washington was remodeled, and now they are closing the one on Gateway to remodel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-70857634927578468612007-08-21T08:55:00.000-05:002007-08-21T08:55:00.000-05:00With our penchant for what's new and what's next, ...With our penchant for what's new and what's next, restaurants have to renovate or risk being overlooked. Just the cost of doing business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-34174888613209452952007-08-21T07:19:00.000-05:002007-08-21T07:19:00.000-05:00If a building is clean,comfortable and accessible,...If a building is clean,comfortable and accessible, I don't know why everything has to be "remodeled". I like the mix of old and new buildings. Seems that fast food restaurants find it less costly to tear down and rebuild than to fix a place up. Call me sensible or sentimental but I like the history of some of our local buildings. If they need repairs or paint, thats fine. But I'd prefer to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com