{"65864":{"#nid":"65864","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty, Staff Reminisce about Junior\u2019s","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the week since Junior\u2019s closed its doors, here are some of the memories that Tech employees have shared: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI still remember one time I was on campus during the summer and tried to go to Junior\u2019s after their summer hours were over. Tommy saw me at the door, let me in, and served me after they were closed. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003EJames Hoadley, College of Management\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the day I asked my wife to marry me, I got Junior\u2019s Grill to go, and we ate on the top of Brittain Tower. After finishing our tenders baskets, we walked over to Tech Tower, climbed up behind the neon letters, and I popped the question. I\u2019m glad that Tommy and crew were part of that special day for Lauren Weatherly McDow and me!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003ERandy McDow, President\u2019s Scholarship Program\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETommy and Anne both knew what food I liked, so they\u2019d call and let me know when my favorites showed up on the menu. I\u2019d get back from a morning meeting and there would be a message saying something like, \u201cSandi, we\u2019ve got buttered spinach today!\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003ESandi Bramblett, Institutional Research \u0026amp; Planning\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I was an architecture student, we\u2019d been working all night on our projects. When it was clear there was no way we were going to finish before class, we hiked over to Junior\u2019s. I never had ordered the French toast before and couldn\u2019t believe the amount of sugar, syrup and whatever else passed for sweetener that was piled on there. We went to jury with our projects unfinished but full. As an employee, I ordered anything with bacon on it \u2014 and they didn\u2019t skimp on the bacon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003ERobert Nesmith, Georgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll I know is that they served the BEST BLT\u2019s in the entire world. When I walked in Tommy would always ask, \u201cThe usual?\u201d Wonderful weight-gain memories.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003ESandra Golden-Baylis, Controller\u2019s Office\/Accounting Services\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENo more Junior\u2019s? How am I to survive without a regular dose of \u201cmeat and 3\u201d or a \u201cdress 2 cheese side?\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003EScott Bryant, College of Management\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECountless relationships were forged, fostered, and ultimately flourished while sipping sweet tea in a booth in \u201cmy other office.\u201d Nine years ago, before Junior\u2019s started staying open in the evenings, I was picked up in the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck at the Student Center and driven to Junior\u2019s for a surprise, after-hours, 50th birthday celebration \u2014 what a sweet memory!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2014\u003Cem\u003EBilliee Pendleton Parker, President\u2019s Scholarship Program\u003C\/em\u003E \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the week since Junior\u2019s closed its doors, here are some of the memories that Tech employees have shared.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the week since Junior\u2019s closed its doors, here are some of the memories that Tech employees have shared."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-04-29 14:26:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65865":{"id":"65865","type":"image","title":"Tommy and Anne","body":null,"created":"1449176884","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:04","changed":"1475894585","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:05","alt":"Tommy and Anne","file":{"fid":"193264","name":"tommy_and_anne.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tommy_and_anne_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tommy_and_anne_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1602019,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tommy_and_anne_0.jpg?itok=QrnXubAy"}}},"media_ids":["65865"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8112","name":"Junior\u0027s Grill"},{"id":"12988","name":"memories"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}