Parkette

The restaurant chain's mascot adorns a monument to Alex Schoenbaum, founder of the Shoney's chain, who opened his first restaurant, initially called the Parkette, 62 years ago in Charleston.

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"Parkette" by Bob Snider: "There was no ball playing and no crayfishing/And they called it a parkette after a politician."

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Shoney’s started as a drive-in restaurant called Parkette in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1947.

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Shoney’s started as a drive-in restaurant called Parkette in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1947.

More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010

LIN: The Parkette coaches say they show the door to any gymnast with an eating disorder.

CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2006 2006

LIN: The Parkette coaches say they show the door to any gymnast with an eating disorder.

CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2006 2006

LIN: The Parkette coaches say they show the door to any gymnast with an eating disorder.

CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2005 2005

LIN: The Parkette coaches say they show the door to any gymnast with an eating disorder.

CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2003 2003

The park, located at 250 Avenue Rd. near Dupont Street, was formerly known as the Dupont Parkette.

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One wishes that Parkette's polenta were not so dry; and infusing it with olives was not a good idea: They turned the cornmeal an unappealing blackish colour and did not set off any flavour fireworks.

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