I’m eating at Ryan’s again today.

I’m going eMobile from my EVO.

Addendum:  Yesterday, Monday, January 30th, 2012, I went to eat at Ryan’s.  I probably had not been there since the 17th, when the above picture was taken.  The week of Jan. 23rd – 24th, I was in Ingeniux Training and we, the trainers & Suzanne ate at several different restaurants that week.  So, as I’m turning in to the parking lot of Ryan’s I see that there is only one automobile in the whole area and that is unusually parked next to the wall near the front entrance.  I see a notice on the door, but it is telling a Christian Tours group to meet elsewhere.  There is nothing regarding the closing.

Later, I manage to google and find a notice from a former staff/waitress saying that Ryan’s closed unexpectedly on Jan. 20th, 2012.  That was a Friday, I think.  So, at my last lunch at Ryan’s I took the above picture.

They had good food.  Alot of different things that didn’t change often, but had good flavor.  They had a good desert bar.

NOTE: Found this article regarding the Ryan’s chain filing for bankruptsy and closing some, but not all locations: http://www.salisburypost.com/News/012112-salisbury-ryans-staying-open-qcd

ADDENDUM [ 11/18/23 ]:  I found the following pictures of the Ryans in Fayetteville on their web site, which still was online.  I guess no one to delete it, until space is needed, and closed eleven years ago.

NOTE [ 11/18/23 ]: Just recalled that it was in January of 2012 that I was diagnosed as Type 2 Diabetic, so the deserts would have been nixed, even if Ryans hadn’t gone out of business. Peeing on the bed was mildly traumatic, since I didn’t recall ever peeing on my bed, even when I was a child. A small rectangular spot of urine on my sheet, which I changed out and went back to sleep. But, then it took me about two weeks before I could get a doctor’s appointment, and by that time I was drinking a bunch of different fruit juices thinking that might ease the slight burning around my stomach. In retrospect, you go, drinking a bunch of fruit juices is exactly the opposite of what a diabetic should be doing. And, yes, if I had known it was diabetes related, I wouldn’t have been drinking all those juices.

I do recall the doctor, and I think she was female, said something to the effect when reading my lab results, “It says your BGL is over 400, that must be wrong.” To which my thought was, “Lady if you knew how much fruit juice (apple, grape, orange) I’ve been drinking (several quarts a day), that figure is probably “spot on.” Now I didn’t say “spot on” back then, but the equivalent is what I thought.