In the early 1970s, Lee Staak, owner of the Hardee’s in Coralville, tried a new idea at one of his Eastern Iowa restaurants — a drive-up window. “It was really kind of an afterthought,” Staak recalled. “We cut a hole in the side of the building and went with it. “Over the years, there has [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Traveling from as far away as North Hollywood, Calif., fans of Chick-fil-A were camped out Wednesday in the parking lot of the chain’s first freestanding store at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids. The chain, in a tradition that attracts people from across the nation, will hand out certificates for a year’s Chick-fil-A meals — one [...]
continue »Panda Express wants to build a stand-alone restaurant in Iowa City, its first in the Corridor. The Asian casual restaurant chain is seeking a variance from the Iowa City Board of Adjustment at its meeting Wednesday, August 10, for a drive-through as part of a new restaurant at the former Walmart location on Highway 1 [...]
continue »Work is finally set to begin on a new North Liberty’s McDonald’s restaurant. A groundbreaking will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 9 at the northeast corner of Penn Street and Highway 965 in North Liberty, according to Karla Kammerer-Shedd of Creative Management, which will own and operate the restaurant. The restaurant will duplicate [...]
continue »TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A security video from a McDonald’s in Ohio shows a woman punching two restaurant employees and smashing a drive-thru window because she couldn’t get Chicken McNuggets. The tantrum caught on tape in Toledo earlier this year shows the customer reaching through the drive-thru window, slugging one worker and then another. She [...]
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