Another one bites the dust

Back when my blog was just a “notes” section on my facebook profile, I wrote this post about my inability to deal with the transformation of the Holladay neighborhood in which I grew up. Well friends, today I have yet another tragedy to report. On January 31, Eat-A-Burger will be closing its doors. Forever.

This means no more teriyaki chicken sandwiches piled high with veggies. No more spicy fries served with the world’s best fry sauce. No more diet coke accented with a fresh lime. No more meals brought out on a tray with complimentary Andes mints. No more mocking the skankiness of the notoriously easy-on-the-eyes employees. No more picking songs on the jukebox while sitting on a ‘50s-era barstool and admiring the photos of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley adorning the walls.

Honestly, it’s bad enough that most culinary vestiges of my junior high days have closed (Little Caesars, TGI Fridays, the world’s first Barbacoa), but this news comes as quite the blow. Not only because it means that Holladay is losing one of its most distinctive local establishments, but because I have a hunch that my older sister might become quite a miserable person to deal with once she is deprived of her beloved teriyaki chicken sandwiches. I will survive this loss somehow, but Helen? Pray for her.