<!--quoteo(post=284995:date=May 2 2008, 02&#58;46 PM:name=Gregswife)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gregswife &#064; May 2 2008, 02&#58;46 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=284995">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Good afternoon all.  It is a cold, dreary, windy day here in Colorado, but at least it isn&#39;t snowing&#33;&#33;&#33;  I don&#39;t know if it is the same chain Joey, but I love Shoney&#39;s.  We don&#39;t have them here, but I twist Greg&#39;s arm to eat there anytime we are in Florida.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />yep yep yep... Alex Schoenbaum..a Charleston west Virginia product..opened a one of the first drive inn / bowling alleys where he started serving the &quot;BigBoy&quot; and the &quot;SlimJim&quot; etc... and the rest is history... I do knw that he sold the business to a Nashville company and was able to enjoy the fruits&#036;&#036; of his labor.. i think he and the family moved to Florida but I can&#39;t really recall...