[A930Rocket]

I worked at Fridays in Atlanta back in 79 and 80 as a buser and then a waiter. There was only one Fridays in Atlanta back then, and it was located in Sandy Springs on Roswell Road, just inside 285. It was a meat market on Friday nights and Sunday nights. A lot of the Atlanta Falcons would show up after the game on Sundays. They were some big dudes.

We had a lot of fun sneaking shots and beers in the bathrooms. Then we would hang out after work (2am) for a little while before we went to Limelight In Buckhead or a private club for an all nighter. It was always weird to walk out and it was daylight. Then it was off to get breakfast somewhere. Only the young can do that.

We ate at the Fridays here in Mount Pleasant/Charleston a few years ago and it was a shadow of its former self. Back in the 80s, the loaded potato skins were half a potato hollowed out with cheese and bacon, in a circle on the plate, with sour cream in the center. They were delicious And we sometimes ate what diners didn’t finish (yuck). What we got at Friday’s a couple years ago was pieces of potato skin with cheese and bacon. It was pathetic and didn’t even taste the same.