Bethany's Place Family Diner on University Park Drive in Okemos.
A few weeks ago, I noticed a billboard on South Cedar near K-Mart for a restaurant I had never heard of. There was a web address on the billboard, so I came home and typed it into my browser. Nothing came up that day, but a few days later, I found out the Okemos Big Boy went out of business and a family diner opened up.
Since we don’t usually get up for breakfast, I put it on my mental list of places to stop for lunch after a trip to Meridian Mall. Things changed when I got an unexpected 9:00 AM wake up call. Since we were both up, J offered to treat me to breakfast. We had noticed that some people had found my blog looking for information on the place and checking it out would be a good idea.
Like I already mentioned, Bethany’s Place has taken over the old Big Boy building just off the Interstate on University Park Drive. Last summer, J and I ate at the Big Boy and it was the first Big Boy experience for both of us. We were pretty underwhelmed. The business acted like they didn’t want to be in business. There was no signage and it was hard to find. Bethany’s Place already took the first step towards a successful business. They added signs and started advertising. It’s always amazed me when people open restaurants, don’t advertise at all, then can’t understand why they went out of business because no one knew they were there or what kind of food they served.
Not much has changed from this restaurant’s Big Boy days. There are still some signs on the walls and the layout, furniture, and decor are all leftovers. When we got there, we stopped at the sign that told us to wait to be seated. A frantic hostess came over and said it would be a couple minutes. They were short handed and behind. We considered leaving at that point because there is no way the meal could have went smoothly, but J noticed a sign for a $7.99 breakfast buffet. We chose to stay and get the buffet so we could set the pace of our meal. Read the rest of this entry »
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