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Happy Hour at Abuelo’s by Chris Christensen So, does everyone know what Abuelo translates to in English? Sure you do if you remember your High School Spanish. Heck I can’t even remember High School. Well it means Grandfather. What is unique about the word Abuelo’s – it has been Americanized with an apostrophe. With the apostrophe we don’t think it will translate back to Spanish very well. What is somewhat interesting about all of this; if you ever visit Montreal and especially Quebec, the apostrophe in the word McDonald’s has been removed. It wouldn’t be acceptable in the strict French language in that region of the world. Such is the way of languages, and mind you I am no linguist so corrections are always appreciated. A few highlights regarding Abuelo’s; the restaurant is very spacious and even has a separate room for special gatherings. Its Tex-Mex food is above average while pricing is moderate. The décor blends the unusual with the Traditional. Murals and an overall Spanish or Mediterranean motif lends to a South of the Border feel. And their Salsa should not go unnoticed, it is pretty darn good. One might say that Abuelo’s is to Mexican what P.F. Chang’s is to Chinese. They do a good job and with around 40 restaurants in 14 states it is a growing and very popular Texas-run chain. Lest we forget we would like to thank Bob and Clara Lewis for their dedication over the last two and a half years for organizing many Happy Hours. Happy Hour has been a good forum to catch up with your fellow Maverick discussing your car or various events conducted by our active club. Bob and Clara are not going away, of course, just changing the guard so we know, and hope to see them both at future Happy Hours. Thanks to you both! Some small snippets of information: We understand that Hope House is doing well and what our club set out to do for the children’s playground will be successful - Parade in 2011 has been moved to Savannah, Georgia. That should be a fantastic venue. Savannah is an absolutely beautiful city to visit – Many are chomping at the bit to speed-up the clock so we get to St, Charles, Illinois, this year’s Parade venue ASAP. Thanks to Wendy Shoffit for organizeimg a pre-departure meeting at Spring Creek BBQ located at 315 State Hwy 114, Grapevine, Texas for June 22, 2010. It was fun for all in attendance. For future Happy Hour gatherings we are attempting to organize venues at least six months in advance. At the time of writing, our next Happy Hour was held at the Wildwood 24
Grill located at 2700 E. Southlake Boulevard, Southlake, Texas on June 17, 2010. This location was previously known as the Southlake Tavern. Within days of a past Happy Hour held at this location, the restaurant was closed by the corporate owners. It is now owned and operated by a private individual and his wife who both live in Southlake. We hope everyone will try to make this new Happy Hour venue. We are attempting to spread out locations for all future Happy Hours – the July Happy Hour will be at Uncle Buck’s and the August venue will be held at the Trinity Pub in Dallas. From there we will move north into Plano and so on. We did receive some recommendations for restaurants and that is very much appreciated. We will work to support your requests. See you all at the next Happy Hour. See you all there! July 25
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