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<blockquote data-quote="Dimitri318" data-source="post: 16024099" data-attributes="member: 26334"><p>Well you’re in for a treat then, we have really good wings. We just added garlic Parmesan to the menu and have like 6 other flavors as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Let me tell you the story of my people lol. </p><p></p><p>Back in the early 50s, there was a man named John Hamberis that came over from Greece and settled in the Greenville area. He worked for the Greek government growing up in Greece and saved his money and made his way to America. He opened the first clock on Buncombe street where the old kash and Karry used to be. After seeing how good the Clock was doing bc there wasn’t a jack in the box, Wendy’s etc back then on every corner, he used the profits to open more clocks. Well he gave word back to the homeland that there was money to be made in America and a lot of people migrated to the Greenville area. Most of them were poor(my dad came to America with $8 in his pocket in 1973), so John told everyone he would buy the land, show everyone how to run the business, and pay him rent on the buildings and business. He didn’t franchise the name so any Greek person could open a Clock if they came over. After many years, families started buying there own land and opening business’s and the clocks expanded all over the Upstate along with the Pete’s and Carolina Fine Foods and other similar fast food places. John pretty much opened the door for all the Clocks to become what they are today. He passed away about 10 years ago but his wife is still alive and the only building they still own is the Clock on white horse road right before the jockey lot across from where the old PYA Monarch building used to be. She still owns the Clock name but pretty much any Greek is allowed to open a Clock unless it is too close to an existing Clock and hurts there business. Funny story, one non Greek American man opened a Clock somewhere very close to another clock without permission and hurt there business so the existing clock owner got on the phone with Johns wife and a lawyer and got the place shut down after only a few months of being open bc they were pretty much breaking the one “rule” about opening a Clock near an existing one. So that is how all the Clocks got started and have become what they are today. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes I’ve seen more stupid people over the years working in the restaurant business that I care to think about lol. You would think it’s easy to wrap a cheeseburger or a hot dog and it would be common sense to put napkins in a bag and ketchup if there are fries but people are just that dumb where the simplest tasks are so hard for them to grasp the concept lol. I tell them, when you go to McDonald’s and order fries, you expect to get ketchup right? But like we all know, common sense isn’t too common in these parts lol. </p><p></p><p>Yes that is my Mystichrome that was parked here every now and again before I blew the motor lol. Stop in if you ever pass by and have time. I DD a 06 white Acura TSX so if you see it stop on it you want. </p><p></p><p>I’m gonna give mike a call and hopefully I’ll have the motor and heads back within a few weeks and can start my turbo build, anyone of you guys wanna come help lol? I’ll buy the beers and cook up some fried chicken and hot wings as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dimitri318, post: 16024099, member: 26334"] Well you’re in for a treat then, we have really good wings. We just added garlic Parmesan to the menu and have like 6 other flavors as well. Let me tell you the story of my people lol. Back in the early 50s, there was a man named John Hamberis that came over from Greece and settled in the Greenville area. He worked for the Greek government growing up in Greece and saved his money and made his way to America. He opened the first clock on Buncombe street where the old kash and Karry used to be. After seeing how good the Clock was doing bc there wasn’t a jack in the box, Wendy’s etc back then on every corner, he used the profits to open more clocks. Well he gave word back to the homeland that there was money to be made in America and a lot of people migrated to the Greenville area. Most of them were poor(my dad came to America with $8 in his pocket in 1973), so John told everyone he would buy the land, show everyone how to run the business, and pay him rent on the buildings and business. He didn’t franchise the name so any Greek person could open a Clock if they came over. After many years, families started buying there own land and opening business’s and the clocks expanded all over the Upstate along with the Pete’s and Carolina Fine Foods and other similar fast food places. John pretty much opened the door for all the Clocks to become what they are today. He passed away about 10 years ago but his wife is still alive and the only building they still own is the Clock on white horse road right before the jockey lot across from where the old PYA Monarch building used to be. She still owns the Clock name but pretty much any Greek is allowed to open a Clock unless it is too close to an existing Clock and hurts there business. Funny story, one non Greek American man opened a Clock somewhere very close to another clock without permission and hurt there business so the existing clock owner got on the phone with Johns wife and a lawyer and got the place shut down after only a few months of being open bc they were pretty much breaking the one “rule” about opening a Clock near an existing one. So that is how all the Clocks got started and have become what they are today. Yes I’ve seen more stupid people over the years working in the restaurant business that I care to think about lol. You would think it’s easy to wrap a cheeseburger or a hot dog and it would be common sense to put napkins in a bag and ketchup if there are fries but people are just that dumb where the simplest tasks are so hard for them to grasp the concept lol. I tell them, when you go to McDonald’s and order fries, you expect to get ketchup right? But like we all know, common sense isn’t too common in these parts lol. Yes that is my Mystichrome that was parked here every now and again before I blew the motor lol. Stop in if you ever pass by and have time. I DD a 06 white Acura TSX so if you see it stop on it you want. I’m gonna give mike a call and hopefully I’ll have the motor and heads back within a few weeks and can start my turbo build, anyone of you guys wanna come help lol? I’ll buy the beers and cook up some fried chicken and hot wings as well. [/QUOTE]
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