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Friday, July 12, 1935
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 166
Weather: No relief in sight as the forecast calls for hot and
sunny conditions to continue throughout the weekend. Clear
and breezy today with a high of 100 (38C). Slight chance of
thunderstorms this evening with a low of 70 (21 C). Sunny and
hot this weekend with highs reaching near 1 00 (38C) and lows
in the lower 70s (22C).
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24-hour restaurants
Chris Meo'SeyThe Nebraskan
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By Lise Olsen
Senior Reporter
It's too late for the late night drive
through. It's too early to stomach a
micro-waved quick grocery burrito.
Late-nighters who know their options
haven't given up. Twenty-four hour
restaurants await with full menus, full
service and fulfillment.
The weary travelers, sleepy square
dancers, ravenous roadrunners and the
boisterous bar crowds commonly de
scend on the "always open" eateries
during the "graveyard shift" (11 p.m.
6 a.m.).
Denny's, a twenty-four hour restaur
ant chain has been around since 1854.
There are 1,102 Denny's in 44 states,
220 in Japan, 18 in Mexico, 11 in
Canada, six in Australia, and one in
Lincoln.
The busiest Denny's are in California
and Florida, Senior Vice President of
Operations Howard Massey said in a
telephone interview.
However, late-night crowds are
smaller than they once were because of
stiffer drunk driving laws, Massey said.
"People are not out early mornings
like that, drinking and carousing like
they used to."
In 1954, Denny's started with a
"donut concept", and lots of pink and
orange decor. Now Denny's is the largest
privately owned restaurant chain inthe
United States, Massey said.
Perkins, 2900 N.W. 12th St., was
remodeled last November. The change
has boosted business and attracted a
better clientele, Jim Aswegan, general
manager said.
At Perkins, 28 to 35 percent of their
business is at night, Aswegan said.
There are two late night "rushes," one
at 10 p.m. to midnight and one at 1:30-3
a.m., known as the "bar rush."
One-thirty to 3 a.m. customers are
often loud, rowdy and drunk, Aswegan
said.
Although they yell and sometimes
throw food, late night customers are
usually more polite and easier to please,
waitress Cyndi Halpin said.
"If you screw up they don't mind as
much," Halpin said. "Once a whole
plate of stuff fell on the floor and
they laughed."
Halpin, a junior business mJor, works
at Country Kettle near east campus.
Halpin likes working at night, when
she canbecause the pace is slower and
the customers like to have fun.
But working all night during the
weekends and going to school Monday
mornings can be tiring she said. She
once discovered a co-worker with her
o fro
head down on the break table. Occa
sionally a customer will fall asleep.
"Drunks will pass out," Aswegan
said. "That's no big deal unless they're
sleeping in their food or something."
Night customers usually eat more
and tip better, Halpin said.
"Then some people come in and
they're digging for nickels and dimes to
ee what they can buy," Halpin said.
. Occasionally they don't pay at all.
"Dine and dash" (trying to sneak out
without paying) is a game for some
people, Aswegan said.
Aswegan's biggest problem as a 24
hour restaurant manager is finding late
night employees.
"We hire more people for the grave
yard than any other shift," Aswegan
said.
It's also tough to find managers for
late night hours, Massey said.
Before a new Denny's manager goes
to work, he or she goes through a five
week training program that includes
"real life" restaurant crises.
"Anything you can imagine happen
ing on a 24-hour basis," Massey said.
After eight years of restaurant man
aging, Aswegan has just about seen it
all: food fights, practical jokes, sick,
wandering drunk sleeping customers
and disappearing silverwear.
In a 30 day period three to five dozen
pieces of silverwear and about two
dozen salt and pepper shakers turn up
missing at Perkins, Aswegan said.
Despite the drawbacks, Lincoln's 24
hour restaurant business is healthy
and will probably continue to grow,
Aswegan said. Perkins plans to open a
second Lincoln store in early Sep
tember at 48th and O streets.
