Good afternoon Indy! Isn't this weather wonderful? I hope that it stays this way going forward! It's amazing what a pop in warm weather does for us...our curb lot has been booming this week! Thank you for turning out in force!
With warmer weather comes a reminder of important dates coming up!
Our first car show this year will be in June - Saturday June 13th, 2015. This show will be just like last year's - we have partnered up with Custom Classics for their Custom Car Revival Show. This show was huge last year, and we expect it to be just as big if not slightly bigger this year! It was a beautiful day, and I hope we get the same weather this year!
Though I don't have specific dates, I know that there are some graduations coming up soon! If you're not sure what to do for food, remember our Dashboard Diner food truck has done some of these in the past! You can fill out an event request on our website, under Dashboard Diner (Link: www.edwardsdrivein.com/dashboard-diner ).
Have you seen our new look on the website? What are your thoughts?
Another thing in the works, down the pipeline, is possibly putting on a Sock Hop Dance; I asked about this a couple of years ago via Facebook, and the response was outstanding. I have been wanting to get one put together, but have been unsuccessful in the past. Thanks to a new manage starting, this project has new life and is being driven forward. You'll have to stay tuned for more details as we get them hammered out!
We've also been making a few changes to some looks and our menu...we now offer healthy kids' meal options for the sides: you can now get mandarin oranges, mac&cheese, or fries with a kid's meal! If you've been into the lobby recently, you probably noticed the large TV screen where the marker board used to be...we will be playing a video that will show our story as well as specials and menu highlights. We hope you enjoy it - you can learn a little history about us as well as see the weekly specials and any menu highlight specials we may be running while you wait!
The Dashboard Diner is preparing for this summer in a big way - we were super busy last year, and expect the same this year. Remember, if you would like to book us for an event there is no such thing as booking to early, the earlier the better!
I'll do my best to keep you all informed of events and special dates as they come up. I hope you have a great week, and we'll see you soon!
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
Then vs. Now: Quality vs. Cheap & Fast
Good evening Indy! How beautiful was this day? I sincerely hope that the weather stays in this range instead of plummeting back down to the frigid!
As the title states, this post is all about the changes that have been made, specifically in the restaurant industry, but across the board as well, as time marches on. I don't have specific time tables, so I will generalize to the best of my memory, but here we go!
Think back ten to fifteen years ago...got that in your mind? Now, think about how things were made and where they came from; fifteen years ago, most restaurants would get their product from a local supplier - you were literally eating beef, chicken, and pork from the farm just down the road. Business was good, for all involved. If you had a question, or an issue, you could drive ten minutes down the road and get an answer. It was great for all parties involved.
Now, the best you can do is know the name of the supplier...and not much better. We "want" farms and suppliers to produce product as fast as possible for as cheap as possible, and it's not just the restaurant industry that is doing this. It's everything. Gone are the days of superior quality and standards, gone are the days that human interaction was needed to get most things done.
As time passes and technology becomes more and more powerful, we continually move away from the one thing still needed to make it all work - human interaction. We have replaced the hard working, sweat and blood giving people with automated machines and robots. Sure, some of these machines have taken the job out of a person's hands because the job itself was super dangerous, and that is great, but we shouldn't be automating the things that don't necessarily need automated.
WE ARE HUMAN. This means we need human interaction!
Alas, I wandered off topic there for a second...
Most large supply companies use giant, corporate farms to get their product now - these farms are huge, and more often than not consist of giant buildings within which animals are filed over and over again. Bring them in, feed and grow them, send them out; wash, rinse, repeat. For the most part, gone are the days when animals were raised under the sun, in a grass field, without any medicinal help; now, they're cooped up, fed special mixes of food to make them bigger and meatier, and filled with drugs that do the same thing as the feed.
Ultimately, that's all well and good, but what has changed that it is necessary? Is there really such a high demand for more "perfect" food, or is the reality the fact that our great country is rather gluttonous - and we don't want to wait? We are consumers...consumers that have been groomed that everything should be and is quick service.
All in all, if nothing else, this is food for thought. What do you think?
As always, we hope to see you soon! Make sure you get out and enjoy the jump in temps this week!
As the title states, this post is all about the changes that have been made, specifically in the restaurant industry, but across the board as well, as time marches on. I don't have specific time tables, so I will generalize to the best of my memory, but here we go!
Think back ten to fifteen years ago...got that in your mind? Now, think about how things were made and where they came from; fifteen years ago, most restaurants would get their product from a local supplier - you were literally eating beef, chicken, and pork from the farm just down the road. Business was good, for all involved. If you had a question, or an issue, you could drive ten minutes down the road and get an answer. It was great for all parties involved.
Now, the best you can do is know the name of the supplier...and not much better. We "want" farms and suppliers to produce product as fast as possible for as cheap as possible, and it's not just the restaurant industry that is doing this. It's everything. Gone are the days of superior quality and standards, gone are the days that human interaction was needed to get most things done.
As time passes and technology becomes more and more powerful, we continually move away from the one thing still needed to make it all work - human interaction. We have replaced the hard working, sweat and blood giving people with automated machines and robots. Sure, some of these machines have taken the job out of a person's hands because the job itself was super dangerous, and that is great, but we shouldn't be automating the things that don't necessarily need automated.
WE ARE HUMAN. This means we need human interaction!
Alas, I wandered off topic there for a second...
Most large supply companies use giant, corporate farms to get their product now - these farms are huge, and more often than not consist of giant buildings within which animals are filed over and over again. Bring them in, feed and grow them, send them out; wash, rinse, repeat. For the most part, gone are the days when animals were raised under the sun, in a grass field, without any medicinal help; now, they're cooped up, fed special mixes of food to make them bigger and meatier, and filled with drugs that do the same thing as the feed.
Ultimately, that's all well and good, but what has changed that it is necessary? Is there really such a high demand for more "perfect" food, or is the reality the fact that our great country is rather gluttonous - and we don't want to wait? We are consumers...consumers that have been groomed that everything should be and is quick service.
All in all, if nothing else, this is food for thought. What do you think?
As always, we hope to see you soon! Make sure you get out and enjoy the jump in temps this week!
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