Reminiscing

I just noticed today that part of my past has been obliterated. The Steak 'n' Shake on Eldorado is gone. Oh sure, it hasn't been a S'n'S for several years, but the building held a lot of memories. My family used to have Friday night dinners there all the time -- the waitresses knew us by name. Saw my first Harley's there (or at least motorcycles that I knew were Harley's). It's probably the last place I saw Nancy Smith (the girl who got me on motorcycles in the first place -- no, she's not dead (that I know of) I just lost track of her). Even took several dates there.

True story: Kevin and Julie, Bill Poarch, and myself -- about 2 am -- we'd just gotten out of a midnight Rocky Horror show, and stopped at Steak 'n' Shake for some hot fudge sundaes. All of the sudden there was a huge bang as some drunken idiot decided to turn the store into a drive thru! He made a real mess of the glass airlock on the front of the building, but didn't manage to penetrate the restaurant itself. We talked about that for weeks.

Now there's gravel where the building used to be.

PS: Around Decatur, Eldorado is spelled as one word and pronounced "ell - doe - RAY - doe" (or frequently, just Eldo), as opposed to spelling as 2 words El Dorado and pronouncing as "Ell - doe - rah - doe". What can we say, we live in the state that pronounces Cairo as "Kay - roe"...