- Burger King, Lee Avenue, TO,⭐️: After the original BK at Coal Run closed, there was a drought for a few years before this location opened up beside the new Pikeville branch of the Pike County Library. While I have gotten a few other things, such as the various chicken sandwiches, y go to has always been the Whopper. Standard order: no cheese, no pickles, sometimes extra tomatoes, I add some extra mayo and ketchup (of course) to taste. My side is always onion rings, with some going on the burger (fries for chicken). Oh, medium Dr Pepper. This has been my standard for years. Since I've usually gotten lunch on my way back to Pikeville, I've never had the time to actually dine in at this newer location. However, since they remodeled a year or so ago, I'm not sure I want to eat in anymore. The color scheme has gone to neutral grays and browns. The booths have been mostly been replaced with high tables and stools. It is no longer that inviting to me. The fact the my mom caused a cashier to have a fit didn't help. At least she has an in with the manager, as well as the former manager who now looks over the BKs in the entire region.
- Arby's, TO: I was supposed to first eat at this Arby's soon after it opened. I was going with my mother for an oil change, but she decided to just go on her own instead. She brought me back a chicken sandwich, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it may have been turkey instead. I always felt that way back then. Anyway, once I opened my store, I had more options to eat here. Sometimes, I would get my ice from here. Otherwise, I barely have eaten here; maybe just once or twice. For some reason, it is just so hard to find a way to get here, especially since it would just be for chicken. Really wish I could stop here more often.
- [McDonald's, TO, ⭐️: I honestly can't remember ever ordering food from here. I know this has been an ice pick up, but nothing else. (I have an affectation of preference for drinking my pop with ice from a cup rather than directly from a can, to keep it cold and to dilute it somewhat. So, I order just a few cups from various locations when I need it.)]
- [Steak N' Shake, TO: After seeing the coupons in the newspaper for so long, I was wanting to eat here. I finally, almost, got my chance one morning. I had driven my mom to a funeral in Prestonsburg. I stayed at the library just hanging out until she came back. I was a little hungry and queasy at the same time. It was a little too early for a full lunch, so she got me a banana milk shake, with a coupon as a late-morning snack. I really liked it. We tried to plan eating for real there, but the schedule never worked out. We tried again after she stopped for coffee there one morning. However, that's about the time the coupons stopped. Soon after, the chain started closing stores, including this one. I deeply regret never eating here. A Starbucks has since taken over the space. Strangely enough, they haven't closed the kiosk in the Food City across Cassidy Boulevard. I know it is sort of a cliche that there is a Starbucks on every city street corner. Well, technically that is true in Pikeville.]
- Krystal's, TO: This is the last of the restaurants that opened up about the same time as Booknotes. We were a little weary of this slider chain, but we tried it once just the same. It was okay, but we only tried it once. The place didn't last long. The spot was either converted into a branch bank or razed to become part of a used car lot. I'm not sure exactly which, as there was a second building there. Walmart used to carry frozen sliders from here for years after they closed, but I don't remember seeing them recently. I also had a lone straw from here in my emergency stores, but it was finally used in recent years.
- Jimmy John's, DEL (technically): Okay, this is weird. When Jimmy John's first opened, they sent people around with free samples to help spread the word. While I didn't take one, as I don't like cold cut subs, my mom did. (She loves free stuff.) Anyway, that technically is delivery. Jimmy John's may have done this more than once, although I might be confusing it with another sub shop, as many have opened and closed in the area.
- Texas Roadhouse, TO: This wouldn't normally be a place I would eat, but a cousin gave us a $50 gift card for Christmas one year, and my mom loves free stuff. (See above.) Anyhow, we searched online the see exactly what we could get for that amount, because we weren't going to use it more than that one time. Well, fifty dollars was a lot of food. I could barely eat my burger and some of the sides. My mom ever less, but she doesn't mind leftovers as much as I do. In particular, she felt the fries were too salty. So, she ultimately washed them in water and reheated them when she ate them later. (And that's not even the worst thing she has done. See a later post.) I thought they were okay, but I barely had enough to drink to get through it all. I don't know why that cousin gave us this, as she should know this wasn't our type of thing. Maybe it was a regift. Anyway, Texas Roadhouse was the only restaurant in this section to have been directly affected by the recent flooding. It was closed for a time, but I am not sure it has reopened yet. That's why it is in red instead of blue or black. I think it should be blue though.
That's it for Pikeville. Come back Wednesday for the regular post as I start in on Coal Run.
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