DALEVILLE, Ind. — A boil order caused by a broken water main came on the worst possible day for one local restaurant.
The Denny’s restaurant in town offered its second annual free Super Tuesday Grand Slam breakfasts promotion Tuesday in the midst of the boil order caused when a water main broke in Chesterfield Sunday.
As the restaurant prepared to serve thousands of pancakes, eggs and sausage links, a last-minute shopping trip for bottled water and soda drinks made the day a bit more stressful.
Waitress Jeanann Yount said pouring bottled water and soda for each table did add a few extra steps, slowing servers down.
“That’s putting a big strain on it.”
Denny’s worker Paul Freeman worked the register Tuesday as dozens lined up inside the building, waiting to be seated.
Freeman said customers didn’t seem to have an extended wait time caused by the delay. “It’s steady and friendly.”
Last year, Freeman said, the location served 2,500 customers free breakfast.
Jim and Rosebell Peters saw the Denny’s giveaway as the perfect chance to feed their four kids who were home from school due to weather.
“It’s perfect timing,” Rosebell Peters said.
The meal wasn’t completely free for some of the Peters family kids.
Frank Peters, 17, said he had to snow-blow the family driveway for three hours before finally getting to sit down for breakfast at Denny’s.
His sister, Azabelle, said she’d earned her free lunch by shoveling snow alongside him.
Although the weather closed schools and the boil order slowed kitchen times, Yount said the promotion was a success. “I think everybody’s pulling together as a team.”
Contact Brandi Watters 640-4847, brandi.watters@heraldbulletin.com
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