K&W cafeteria closing

[GoHeelsweeeehoooo]

Effective immediately - haven't been to one in years but I do think there used to be one in Chapel Hill

 

[C-Money]

I remember one in Northgate in the 80s.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

That used to be a place that I would go as a kid with my parents and grandparents in the '80s. Loved being able to pick out whatever I wanted.

 

[Kingpin]

Is this nation wide or just Chapel Hill?

 

[lawtig02]

I've always been impressed by their ability to squeeze five pounds of sugar into one pound of sweet potatoes.

 

[mpaer]

Is this nation wide or just Chapel Hill?

All stores

 

[ChileG]

That used to be a place that I would go as a kid with my parents and grandparents in the '80s. Loved being able to pick out whatever I wanted.

Same. Used to go to K&W once per year when visiting grandparents. The only time I could pick whatever I wanted to eat and as much of it as I wanted.

 

[mpaer]

Went a couple weeks ago with a 95 year old MawMaw . In Raleigh , east Raleigh?
There like 5 employees-not 25. I was shocked
Same ole good brown food

 

[C-Money]

We have a cafeteria style restaurant here in town that always seems to do a lot of business.

 

[mpaer]

COVID got many of them closed-including the one in Chapel Hill

 

[rodoheel]

Candidly I'm surprised they lasted this long. These sorts of cafeteria places were still ubiquitous when I was growing up in the 90s but have been fading in popularity as their customer base aged, and I'm sure they got absolutely crushed in the pandemic. I have fond memories of going to K&W as a kid but it's just not really the kind of place most people want to go now, and it's probably always thrived on being a volume business, so probably best to say goodbye.

 

[heelinhell]

When I was growing up in the late 50s my family would take us to Sunday lunch at the S&W in Greensboro which was pretty much the same as the K&W which my family enjoyed in Chapel Hill for years.

good times and good food...

 

[CFordUNC]

Nooooooooooooooooo

 

[SnoopRob]

Candidly I'm surprised they lasted this long. These sorts of cafeteria places were still ubiquitous when I was growing up in the 90s but have been fading in popularity as their customer base aged, and I'm sure they got absolutely crushed in the pandemic. I have fond memories of going to K&W as a kid but it's just not really the kind of place most people want to go now, and it's probably always thrived on being a volume business, so probably best to say goodbye.

I wonder how much K&W is just Cracker Barrel 20-30 years earlier in the lifecycle of the restaurant?

 

[fourheels]

Damn! Just ate at the one on Healy in WS last week for the first time in ages. Clearly seemed to be on borrowed time.

Another staple of my childhood and teen years gone. It was a regular Sunday after church lunch location. In fact our congregation's second Sunday service started at 10:30 instead of 11:00 and the joke was always so that we could beat everyone to K&W. Have some core memories of the line ladies yelling "slaw or tartar?" whenever I would order cod fish.

RIP, Kanes & Walkers

 

[GoHeelsweeeehoooo]

Does anyone remember Morrison's cafeteria? I remember there being one inside I think a Belks department store in Charlotte - maybe at Eastland Mall?

 

[donbosco]

ROGAHs from Everett would descend on the K&W often, then stop by the grocery store nearby with everybody buying a case of something cheap then back the dorm for raucous fun watching etc.

Later, when palates improved we'd make our way to Bullock's for family style.

 

[mpaer]

K and W would hire work release guys from the State Prison in Hillsborough Then give them permanent jobs when they got out. Whole Foods in CH did the same
Got my buyer loyalty

 

[fourheels]

Anybody from Winston remember when the one on Knollwood exploded?

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/history/it-literally-picked-the-building-up-and-dropped-it-kw-explosion-30-years-later/83-515310603

 

[ChileG]

Does anyone remember Morrison's cafeteria? I remember there being one inside I think a Belks department store in Charlotte - maybe at Eastland Mall?

I remember Morrison’s.