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In a sleepy Calif. town (Lodi), there’s a shrine to a 105-year-old fast food chain (A&W) (www.sfgate.com)

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I love articles like this about obscure and interesting places with local history!

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Neat, but that's not enough to get me to set foot in Lodi again. Worked a fair there when I was a carnie. One of the worst experiences of my life.

[–] Anticorp 4 points 20 hours ago

Oh Lord, stuck in ol Lodi again.

[–] robocall 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What happened?!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is how friendly Lodi is: the spigot we were supposed to fill our water bottles and drink from was not potable. Our booth made two sales all day and people were downright hostile. It was thirtyish years ago and it's not an event I try to remember.

[–] robocall 1 points 19 hours ago

hrmm I've never been. If I ever cross it's path, I'll keep this in mind.

[–] seaQueue 1 points 17 hours ago

https://youtu.be/w0VDnQv-rLA?si=N-CaCuILUtFvrqGx

You can't pay me enough to go to Lodi

[–] robocall 2 points 20 hours ago

So it's an A&W, but it's special because it has a couple cases of vintage A&W merch?