{"id":387,"date":"2009-04-20T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T04:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=387"},"modified":"2019-04-10T19:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T23:54:17","slug":"hardees-96-north-arrowwood-road-7942-garners-ferry-road-2000s-playground-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Hardee's Dutch Square (96 North Arrowwood Road) \/ 120 Veterans Road: 2000s (playground changes)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my mind, Hardee's<\/i> has been going down hill since they got rid of Gilbert Giddyup & Speedy McGreedy, not to mention \"charco\" grilling. For years though, the real reason to stop at a Hardee's<\/i> when you got off the Interstate rather than McDonalds<\/i> or Burger King<\/i>, was for the ice.<\/p>\n

There are a number of different types of commercial ice makers for restaurants. Some make lenticular spherical sections, others make partially hollow cubes, and some<\/i> make \"chewy\" ice. Honestly, I don't know why a restaurant would want anything but the last kind, but some do and did. Hardee's<\/i> though could be counted on for the chewy ice for years and then in a fit of madness, they gave it up. Next they started emphasing chicken such that I couldn't even go into the stores any more because of the chicken smell. Finally they were bought out by Carl's Junior<\/i> wandered aimlessly for years but of late seem to have grabbed onto a workable concept with the \"thickburger\" line (though I have yet to sample one).<\/p>\n

Anyway, that's all besides the point to this pair of local playground changes sent in by commenter Melanie. The \"before\" shots come from her, and I took the \"after\" ones last weekend:<\/p>\n

The tall metal man was the playground at the Hardees beside Dutch Square before they tore it down. I think this picture was taken 1995 give or take a year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Hardees ditched another of their coolest playgrounds sometime in the new millenia. Here is a pic taken in 1995-6 of the Hardees playground from Garners Ferry where I77 goes over. They had this playground at least since I was born because I remember it always being there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The metal man is indeed way cool. I can only speculate that either the insurance became too burdensome, or playgrounds don't really fit in with the Carl's Junior<\/i> conception of Hardee's<\/i>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 21 April 2009<\/b>: Added \"Dutch Square\" to the post title.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 18 December 2012<\/b>: Changed the location for the \"Garners Ferry\" Hardees from 7942 Garners Ferry Road to 120 Veterans Road. (The Hardee's in question is not actually on Garners Ferry, but a side-street, and the Garners Ferry Address is another Hardee's entirely).<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10 April 2019<\/b> -- This location has now closed, the closing is here<\/a>. Also updated tags and added map icon.<\/p>\n

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