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Then we heard through a
friend of ours that the place
was going to close down.
Orlando got it back from her
(Cuellar) and put the property
for sale, so I went through
some friends and we bought it
in January this year.”
Onate decided to keep the
Lazy Donkey name because
it was the first Mexican
restaurant in Carrollton. Also,
he wants to keep the name
in honor of his friend Rivera,
who had devoted many years
of hard work and effort to the
business, Onate said.
Construction has been
going on for nearly five months
now, and many unanticipated
changes have been made.
"We were going to just
rebuild the bar a little bit, it
wasn’t going to be a major
project,” Gray said. “But in
the old days they just added
on and didn’t do things up to
code. So every time we opened
anew section or project, we
practically had to rebuild the
whole area.”
The entire bar area hits
been reworked from top to
bottom, with a higher, loft-like
ceiling, and a 30-by-32 fcxH
bar that will hold 50 seats.
“The old bar was no more
than 10 feet with a few chairs,’ ’
Gray recalled. “The whole
bar area was a waiting area,
mainly just to entertain people
for a few' minutes before they
got seated. Before, I wouldn't
have even called that a bar.”
There will be two
handicap-accessible
restrooms in the bar area— the
restaurant’s original restrooms
were too small for w heelchair
access. But Gray said he is still
keeping the old bathrooms,
though they will have new' tile
on the floors and ceilings and a
wall to separate them from the
dining area.
The kitchen has
undergone a major
transformation as well, with
all new slip-resistant tiles
and stainless steel walls. The
kitchen ceiling will be rebuilt,
too.
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“The whole kitchen will
be brand new,” Gray said.
“The building is very old so
the kitchen was antique. I
don’t know of anything we
are actually going Ur reuse
other than some stainless steel
tables.”
'Hie carpet that once
covered the restaurant is gone,
and it will be replaced with tan
and cream-colored Mexican
style tiles.
“When we removed
the carpet, we discovered the
actual floors were asphalt,
so we tore everything out
and poured new slabs,” Gray
said. “1 don’t think Orlando
expected the business to grow
the way that it grew. It just
all the sudden ran up on him
and they were hustling to
keep space and keep things
rolling.”
Perhaps one of the
biggest improvements to the
restaurant will be an expanded,
paved parking lot. Onate owns
the land next door to Gentle
Paws pet grooming, and he
plans to expand Lazy Donkey
parking over toward the back
of Gentle Paws. The new
lot will provide much more
parking space compared to the
current gravel lot.
"When you drive in here
it’s a dust storm," Gray said.
Gray’s team will also
build anew storage facility in
the back that will replace the
worn-down shed that currently
sits there.
The remodeling list
continues: the entire building
has new heating and air
systems, trad every doorway
and window' now has an
areh. The dining nxxn will be
repainted in peach with mango
trim, and they are looking to
get Mexican-inspired artwork
from local artists to garnish the
walls.
Alan Kuykendall, a
kxral artist who hits lived in
Carrollton for 30 years, painted
the original Lazy Donkey sign
out front years ago. He is
coming back to touch up the
paint tin the sign-- Onate
wants to keep the sign becau.se
it has been there since the
restaurant’s beginnings.
Kuykendall is also giving
the restaurant an 18-by-7 ftxX
mural to display in the dining
area. The mural is a college
type series of panels that
represent Spanish and Latin
American history and culture.
“I did this painting for a
client, and that business went
out of business, and they
asked me to come and collect
the mural,” Kuykendall said.
“I’ve had it for the last three
years trying to find a home
for it. When I saw the Utzy
Donkey was being remodeled,
1 stopped by there. I like to
keep the artwork local if I can
and it seems like an ideal place
to put it, since it’s been a well
established restaurant in the
area.”
The building’s exterior
will have an Alamo-like
appearance; with stucco roof
and brick trim around the
arehed windows. ITiere is also
a paved, sheltered walkway
that covers nearly half the
restaurants’ perimeter, so
customers can easily venture
to the front door from the back
parking lot.
The menu will be
combination of original Lazy
Donkey dishes and items from
the Monterry menu.
“Orlando is going to
come with us and help train
one of my Monterrey chefs to
do some of the dishes he was
serving over there at the Lazy
Donkey,” Onate said. “He said
he wanted to feel like he’s still
a part of the business, since he
started the business."
Prices will average from
$7 to $lO per meal. There will
be lunch specials for lower
prices and daily specials; the
restaurant will be open seven
days a week.
Onate Is lurking forward
to the Lazy Donkey 's grand
opening and he Is certain the
business will do well.
“I want everything to
be done right, at any of our
restaurants. I'm not afraid to
go in and check anything out.
We keep it as clean as possible
and we work pretty hard on
that."
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ARAMARK opens new express
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University of West
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Services together with
ARAMARK opened
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2007 to satisfy
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high traffic area.
A grand
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celebration
with a ribbon
cutting event
will take place
on Wednesday,
September 5,
2007 at 11 :()0
a.m.-Noon. The
entire campus
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Assistant Vice President
of Business and Auxiliary
Services; and Mr. Mark
Reeves, Director of
Auxiliary Services will
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on the go; the product
mix consist of items for
immediate consumption
with ready to eat snacks,
salads, sandwiches and
beverages.
“C3 Express was
the right solution for the
TLC. The TLC
is considered a
gateway into the
campus with over
4,(MH) students
passing through
the building into
the main campus,
said Mark
Reeves, Director
of Auxiliary
Services.
“Market research
and customer
focus groups
have told us, that
student’s need a
quick grab and
go option for a
snack or lunch
items on their way to and
from classes. It's all part
of providing the services
our customers are looking
for.”
For more information
about Aramark and their
services on campus,
please visit their website
at www.aramark.com.