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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 5 points 2 months 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 5 points 2 months ago

Oh Lord, stuck in ol Lodi again.

[–] robocall 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What happened?!

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 4 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[–] robocall 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] seaQueue 1 points 2 months ago

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

You can't pay me enough to go to Lodi