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Denny's goes smokeless Patrons seem pleased with decision One of the local Denny's has hit a grand slam with customers. A month before the smoking ban came to a May 10 citywide vote, the Denny's located at Interstate 40 and Ross snuffed out smokers in the restaurant, dropping its smoking section for business and health reasons.
The decision to go non-smoking was a long time coming for the 24-hour restaurant. According to Bruce Wilson, Denny's general manager, the restaurant offered smokers a section during the week but on the weekends the environment shifted and the smokers had to take it outside. "Most of our customers are nonsmokers, including our locals and travelers," he said. Contrary to belief that a smoking ban would decrease business revenues, Denny's has seen just the opposite — a rise in its business. |
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Long Way From Home Cambodian lived through killing fields The story starts in Cambodia and ends on the Fourth of July at the Canadian rodeo. Sichan Siv, a former member of the U.S. mission to the United Nations and husband of Martha Pattillo, a Pampa native, is the author of "Golden Bones," the story of his journey from the killing fields of Cambodia to the White House and the halls of the United Nations and of his relation to the Texas Panhandle. | Downtown Hotel Fisk developer works out Atop the Fisk Building sits the perfect hideaway for a two-story penthouse suite overlooking Polk Street. "It's compelling in terms of the possibilities," said Robert DeShay, director of real estate for Newcrest Hotels and Newcrest Management. One can almost hear the gears grinding over what could be for those two top floors, until the most deciding factor comes to light. There is no elevator to that level, and knowing that, the gears stop grinding over possibilities and return to the business of turning the Fisk into a 108-room Courtyard by Marriott, a project that will take as much as $12.7 million in remodeling costs.
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