April 04, 2004
No McDonalds for Grand Lake?
The Grand Lake Theater's ever-political marquee has turned local:
Seems that the grease-fest Kwik Way diner near Grand and Lake Shore is set to be closed, as the landlord is seeking a more profitable tenant. Sadly, a McDonald's has been planned for that spot. That means losing the delicious Googie-style Kwik Way frontage, to be replaced with nothing unique to the neighborhood.
Area residents are upset about a) multinational chain businesses b) more fast food near to a school c) litter and d) increased traffic pulling off 580 for a quick burger, not in keeping with the increasingly pedestrian-friendly character of that area between Lake Merritt, Lake Shore and Grand Avenue.
There's local activist information at GreaterGrandLake.org. Also, there's a community meeting on the topic on Wednesday April 7th, where people from the neighborhood will have a chance to voice their opposition to the plan in the presence of McDonald's representatives. That should be entertaining.
Posted by justin at April 4, 2004 03:25 PM | TrackBackThe funny thing is that, food-quality-wise, a McDonald's would be a huge improvement over the Kwik Way. The arguments against it are pretty good, though.
Posted by: rfs at April 4, 2004 09:48 PMActually, the Kwik-Way has the best corn dogs in the entire world, and really good fried chicken and shrimp. McDonald's fries are better, definitely, but that's about the only advantage they have. Well, the McDonalds would be cleaner, too, but that's outweighed by the traffic increaseing to 1000 cars a day, potentially. The corn dogs alone are well worth braving the s...l...o...w service and grime.
I went to the meeting tonite, but Justin took some notes and pictures, so perhaps he'll post an update. The councilperson said it's not a done deal, so hopefully it's still stoppable.
Posted by: checker at April 8, 2004 12:40 AMInteresting...maybe I'll try the corn dogs today...I've only ever had the burgers, and they were certainly a greasefest. And yeah, I didn't like the fries.
Posted by: rfs at April 10, 2004 08:42 AMKwik Way made the damned best corn dogs you could find in the damned east bay, maybe the bay, maybe california, maybe the west coast. the shit was perfect. the service was hell of slow. but for a dollar corn dog, you can't beat it, and it's an old style local chain... the last of the dinosaurs... well, the last of a few dozen. the bay area dies everytime one of these things goes down the tubes. Anyone remember Doggie Diner? Damn.
Posted by: Sean the Sean at April 21, 2004 11:07 PMGrand Lake needs McDonalds. Who am I to deny them their right to crappy food?
Posted by: john at April 23, 2004 11:52 AMI have tried the corn dogs, and they are good. So good. Mmm...corndogs...
Also, the burgers were better, and the fries were just as bad, as I remembered.
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