Talk:Denny's

Not fast food

I really need to disagree with anybody refering to Denny's as a fast food restaurant. A fast food restaurant, in my opinion, is a restaurant where you stand at a counter, make your order at a counter and then pay at the counter. You then either stand there to pick up your food, or sit down and retrieve your food when it is done (they notify you somehow).

At Denny's you are seated by a host or hostess (or server), and then go through the normal progression of any full service restaurant, except you pay at a counter when you are finished (and actually, if you wish to pay at your table your server will be more than happy to accomdate you).

I agree with the above comments that Denny's is not "fast casual". The fast casual restaurant page defines fast casual as a restaurant that does not offer full table service. But unless I'm mistaken, Denny's does offer full table service. (indeed, IHOP, with an almost identical table service model as Denny's, isn't listed as fast casual) Unless anyone objects, I'm going to change the description of Denny's away from "fast casual" and take it off the list at fast casual restaurant. Denny's is already listed on the casual dining page. - Walkiped 06:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

cleanup

This article needs to be edited for better style and grammar. The content is fine, but the poor writing quality makes it sound more like a junior-high writing assignment than an encyclopedia article.

Example:

Originally it was known as Danny's Donuts. Butler started expanding, and in 1959, with 20 different restaurants. He renamed the chain to Denny's.

This is very disjointed and flows poorly. --Nido 19:25, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

sources

I think this article needs to cite a few sources, namely a link to the dateline NBC story.

Objectivity

Does the person who wrote this work for Denny's? This reads almost like an advertisement or endorsement for the chain.

"...industry-leading..."

"Denny's has also improved its public relations image by featuring African Americans in many of its commercials"

Please back this up with evidence, it sounds too subjective.

I tend to agree. I think there is need for a NPOV review.--Lord of the Ping 05:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Room for Denny's Work

There is absolutely nothing improper with an employee or representative of a commerical business to contribute to the information contained in a Wiki article. But your point is taken: lotsa contributions can be added to this article.

I'm kinda interested in a paragraph on a couple years ago White House Secret Service Agents were denied service at a Dennys (was it in Maryland) and the SSA's claimed it was because they were Afro-Americans. This was after the big lawsuit.Kyle Andrew Brown 00:19, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I was a regular patron of the Denny's in Annapolis, Maryland, where the Secret Service incident took place, at the time, and it was known for its poor service. I ate there with a friend of mine (both of us white) the week before the incident, and we too complained that we were being served much later than the diners at other tables who had arrived after we had. Our theory was that, as they were mostly teenagers, they were friends of the waitstaff and thus given higher priority than those customers who weren't. Hard to prove one way or another, but we weren't exactly surprised at the lawsuit, though I suspected that race might not have been the full explanation. ProhibitOnions 11:25, 27 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Slam Breakfast

What does the Grand Slam Breakfast consist of? PS: I live in NYC. Maikel 19:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The original grand slam is buttermilk pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage, with two pieces of each. There are also other Grand Slam meals, like the Lumberjack Slam, All American Slam, and so on.

Check out http://www.dennys.com/en/cms/Breakfast/40.html. Jkonrath 20:17, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Maikel 22:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Indianapolis Hostage/Robbery Case

I don't have time to research this right now, but there should be some mention of this. Off the top of my head, I remember that two guys tried to rob a Denny's in Indianapolis, and in a struggle with a busboy, one of them shot himself, so the other one started randomly killing everyone in the restaurant, and it escalated into a hostage/standoff situation and national news plus bad publicity for the company. This was on May 23, 1994, which ironically was the same day that Denny's was going to announce their $54 million payout on the racism discrimination cases. Jkonrath 20:30, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Erenreich

I thought she called the restaurant Hearthside or something along those lines. Maybe I just forgot. Also thought she might have denied it was a large chain restaurant.

Inappropriate sections deleted

There is clearly no point in detailing every incident that happens at a Denny's. You don't see a laundry list of "so-and-so called someone a nerd in McDonald's" or "Bob Johnson caused a ruckus at a Burger King." So I deleted two sections that were just extraneous. 15:15, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Inappropriate sections deleted

It is important that people know of the mistreatments of Denny's restaurants back in the early 90's. There are some most notable cases. The Secret Service agent issues are one of them. Obviously the main person editing this article is from the marketing department from Denny’s or works there. The lawsuit that occurred due to various events is considered one of the largest and possibly only civil rights violations from a major restaurant in the United States. Some 200K customers were involved in a class action lawsuit. Of course it was settled. I’m surprised no one mentioned this. Hzaidi1 18:37, 16 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hzaidi1 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Added the specific cases. I want to do more with this section.

I added some of the most noteable cases of this in the contrversy section. I think this should bring some enlightenment on this previouslly and purposlly hidden section. I want to get in contact with people who could provide police reports of the matters or court testimoney. Hzaidi1 18:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]