What I Don't Crave

So the rumor -- or maybe it's not a rumor, I'm just out of the "Cool People Who Tell Rumors" loop -- is that the last Roy Rogers in beautiful Long Island is closing down. That would be the RR's in Shirley.

It's replacement? A White Castle. As much as I want to meet Harold & Kumar I really don't want a White Castle here. It's not that I don't LIKE White Castle hamburgers. They're pretty yummy for some artery clogging reason. It's just that, well, I don't want any more fast food places around. When I first moved out here there was no McDonald's (only one around was the one in Moriches) and there was no Checkers. Everything else was around and I thought it was more than enough. There's also, supposedly, an Applebee's to be placed in that new shopping center on the corner of Montauk and WF, where the Staples is located.

I'm all for businesses opening up and bringing jobs to the area but I would rather see something original. A new business that isn't owned by some corporation. The Roy Rogers location (and the hardware store right across that just closed down) is a perfect spot for something ORIGINAL! It's right off of Sunrise Highway so people who thumb their noses at us, because we live in some supposedly horrible place that they only hear about in the news, can just get off at exit 58 and not drive very far for something cool.

How about an actual billiards place with a sit-down restaurant section and a bar area that lights up in different funky neon colors that would enhance your funky neon colored drink? Or a cool bar/lounge with a kareoke night or to showcase local bands or comedians? Everyone here that I meet around my age says that there is nothing to do here. I think we're all getting a bit tired of Mikes or the Manor House (even though it's under new management it's food is, apparently, not) and though The Beach Hut always has some awesome entertainment after 5PM it's only during the summer.

Please give us something other than a pre-fabricated fast food joint.

Oh, and we're getting yet another bank. Because we haven't had enough robberies.