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In reply to the discussion: "10 years ago I was working in the restaurant at Donald Trump's golf course..." [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)39. They closed in 1979 (kinda dates me - now I'm as old as their waitresses).
I found this article: http://www.legeros.com/fof/rainbow/tears.at.end.shtml
The stars of the Rainbow menu are hamburgers, homemade soups and hard rolls. It has strictly grandmother-style home cooking-- hash, Irish stew and chops.
The Rainbow's other ornaments are its waitresses-- patient, silver-haired professionals with names like Rose, Hermina, Dorea and La Vaughn. Some of the total staff of 75 hope to stay on after the remodeling, but a few have made other plans.
Waitress Mabel King considers herself "a new girl." She has only worked at the Rainbow for 13 years, while Hulda Westgard is a veteran with 39 years to her credit. Ruth Scheftel, the accountant, has been with the Rainbow for 54 years, but she's casual about her record. "It's nothing, really. I jus wanted a summer job while I went to college, but I stayed on," she said.
"I grew up in here," said Amanda Lillard, who has been a Rainbow waitress for 29 years. "I'm glad they're closing 'cause it's the only I'll get out of here other than in a box. Oh, I quite twice, but I came running back before they had a chance to miss me."
The Rainbow's other ornaments are its waitresses-- patient, silver-haired professionals with names like Rose, Hermina, Dorea and La Vaughn. Some of the total staff of 75 hope to stay on after the remodeling, but a few have made other plans.
Waitress Mabel King considers herself "a new girl." She has only worked at the Rainbow for 13 years, while Hulda Westgard is a veteran with 39 years to her credit. Ruth Scheftel, the accountant, has been with the Rainbow for 54 years, but she's casual about her record. "It's nothing, really. I jus wanted a summer job while I went to college, but I stayed on," she said.
"I grew up in here," said Amanda Lillard, who has been a Rainbow waitress for 29 years. "I'm glad they're closing 'cause it's the only I'll get out of here other than in a box. Oh, I quite twice, but I came running back before they had a chance to miss me."
I loved that place.
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"10 years ago I was working in the restaurant at Donald Trump's golf course..." [View all]
kpete
Oct 2016
OP
That's what amazes me. How such an ugly, disgusting person thinks he has the right
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#10
Even as a younger, much thinner guy (don't know that he was ever in great shape)
maddiemom
Oct 2016
#21
Compare him to John Kerry, a very good looking older man who does not shame women
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#23
Sorry, not even the cuties have that right! His ugliness is irrelevant to the argument.
flor-de-jasmim
Oct 2016
#27
i agree; it's the height of superficiality, and he clearly can't deal with women as equals. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Oct 2016
#49
Ew. He's as disgusting and despicable as I thought. And as creepy."Teenage girls?"
catbyte
Oct 2016
#13
Oh well, she's an old geezer by now. The Donald wouldn't be caught being seen
smirkymonkey
Oct 2016
#20
I recall a restaurant where the waitresses were distinctly grandmotherly.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2016
#28
They closed in 1979 (kinda dates me - now I'm as old as their waitresses).
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2016
#39
Wait - her appearance is barely acceptable in the eyes of Donald Trump?
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2016
#17
The woman writing this grew up near the restaurant and worked their before tRUMP ever bought it...so
downeastdaniel
Oct 2016
#43