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1967 Continued from page 8 chicken salad, pasta salad, pitas and grilled chicken sandwich-
the “Champagne Lady.” But when the Irish Tenor, Joe Feeney, es, salads, and kabobs. When diners hear the word “Mediter-
came on, my Dad would get up and turn down the volume, and ranean,” they think the food has to be Greek, but that isn’t the
we’d laugh hysterically at Joe’s odd facial expressions. case. Mediterranean food provides a variety of choices from
21 different countries. In an expansion mode to grow across
Every weekday night during the summer, and I mean EVERY country, Zoes currently has restaurants in 17 southeastern states
night; all the neighborhood kids would gather after dinner to with its chief competitors being Chipotle and Panera. Zoes
play “kick the can.” Ages of kids ranged from about 5 to 17, but went public in 2014 at $15 a share valued at $276 million for
ALL of us were out there, and we were out there EVERY night. its then 103 stores and a growth target to span the nation with
It’s where we learned to give the little kids a break every now 1,600 stores. Three years later they have doubled their stores
and then. It’s also where I learned how to climb a street light and their 2014 sales of $171 million are now approaching $400
pole using my belt, and learned which fences provided easy million in annual sales. Most importantly, Zoes brings another
access to various roofs in the neighborhood. When the can got different taste to Castle Rock!
kicked, we’d get to yell “Olly Olly Oxen Free.” July 4th was
always a block party, and the neighborhood Dads would super- “Eat Mor Chickin.” The ever-pop-
vise all the fireworks, and we’d eat six or seven Eskimo Pie ice ular Castle Rock CHICK-FIL-A
cream bars apiece. adjacent to Target will be joined by
the town’s second Chick-fil-A to
Here’s wishing everyone an enjoyable Independence Day. No be built
matter how much time has passed by since our younger days, � at the
we NEVER lose the ability to make and enjoy new memories. Promenade, across from the new
Sam’s Club. The site has been plat-
ted, and the new restaurant should
WALT’S WORDS open next year. Founded in 1946,
Walt Korinke... they have over 2,100 restaurants �
spread across the country. The very popular Atlanta-based
chain owes its success to good food, good help and clean, invit-
COIN ON A HEADSTONE– (a military ing stores.
custom of respect)
PENNY – a visitor NICKEL - boot camp 7-ELEVEN has submitted a site
together plan for a 3,000 square foot build-
DIME – served together QUARTER – present at death
ing with 6 fueling islands to be built
at the top of the hill in the Prom-
CASTLE ROCK – PROMENADE – The Promenade factory enade at the southwest corner of
shops on the other south side of Promenade Parkway and Castle
Lowes where Smashburger and Rock Parkway. Known as the father of the “Slurpee,” 7-Eleven
Mod Pizza reside have three more had its start in 1927 as the “world’s
tenants just opened. AT&T, the first convenience store” by selling
2nd largest telephone carrier, has everyday staples on the dock of a
opened its new store, joining its
other two competitors, Verizon and Sprint also located at the Dallas Ice House. After expanding
in Texas, it began franchising in
Promenade. Next door is the new BELLCO CREDIT UNION 1964. In 1969, it went internation-
in its 2,200 square foot space and providing all account service al with 3,500 units. Today there are
and transaction needs including a 24-hour ATM and Express over 60,000 7-Elevens worldwide still functioning as a conve-
Teller Machine. The full service lobby is open from 9 a.m. to nience store with gasoline pumps.
6 p.m. (2 p.m. Saturdays) six days a week. Bellco has been
around since 1936 and currently has 293,000 members and over Now that the Town has completed
$3.7 billion in assets. And, next door to Bellco, is BAR NAILS Founders Parkway renovations in
AND SPA which provides manicures, pedicures, eyebrow and the area just east of the I-25 exit,
eyelash services seven days a week opening at 9 a.m. (10 a.m. workers are now moving a mile
Sundays). They also offer a glass of calming wine while you down the road to where Crow-
undergo their services.
foot Valley Road intersects with
Founders Parkway, which is the
In the adjacent new building, the heavily trafficked shortcut to the town of Parker. Plans cur-
203-restaurant chain ZOES pre- rently call for a second left-turn lane from eastbound Found-
pares to open its ninth Colorado er to northbound Crowfoot; an additional left-turn lane from
store. The Plano, Texas,-based southbound Crowfoot to eastbound Founders; and dedicated
operation has a Mediterranean-
inspired menu which includes Continued on page 10
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