Things that Make Me Sad-Closing of the Original Wendy’s
Is this really doing it Dave’s Way?
Just a few months ago, the head honchos over at Wendy’s decided to do the unthinkable. They closed the original Wendy’s.
I remember as a kid going to COSI for the day and rounding out the afternoon with a Frosty at Wendy’s. Field trips from school often ended this way, with entire groups of school children decending on the burger joint en masse and ordering up 50 kids meals with 50 small Frostys at a go.
Now, only a few years after the death of the revered Dave Thomas, not only have they gone and introduced a Vanilla Frosty, something Dave flat out said they would not do, they have closed the flagship store at Broad St.
I understand the store was losing money, mostly due to the move of COSI and the inavailability of drive-thru service there. But every time I have been there, even since COSI moved, there has been a reasonable crowd. It seems there should be something more they can do with the property.
Even if it is not going to be a full-time restaurant, Wendy’s Inc. should find a way to continue use of the property. It’s wrong to just let this piece of Americana, not to mention Columbus history, just sit empty–for a company who prides itself on its history it’s shameful.
June 11th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Was that the original original Wendys restaurant? Where the whole chain began? If so, that sucks big time, surely they’d have wanted to keep it open forever, as a tribute to where they come from, and how small they started out.
June 12th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Yes, the original Wendy’s, where Dave Thomas offered the first Wendy’s hamburger.
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