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CLIFTON PARK – For a local World War II veteran, gathering with other veterans for weekly breakfasts replicates the camaraderie he felt with his fellow soldiers before battle.
Allan Atwell, 95, of Clifton Park, is starting up weekly veterans’ breakfasts Tuesday, July 6, at the iHop on Plank Road in Clifton Park. The breakfasts will begin at 8 a.m., and are open to all veterans and their spouses, Atwell said.
Atwell is one of about 1,500 Battle of the Bulge veterans who is still alive. He has been heavily involved in military and veterans’ organizations since he served in World War II.
Yak Diner sells a Big Mac-inspired sandwich dubbed the “Yak Mak.”
Customers with extra-hearty appetites can upsize and dig into the “Yak Stak,” a doubled-up version.
“What makes it special is fresh, real meat on Italian kaiser buns and it has four pickles not two and our homemade Thousand Island dressing,” said manager Sherry Lanning.
Yak specializes in homemade classic diner fare in a decidedly casual atmosphere. Lanning said customers love the big portions and cheap prices.
The Yak Mak and Yak Stak cost $4.90 and $8, respectively. All menu items are priced under $10.
The butcher shop at Held’s Shop’n Save, located a few hundred yards down the road, grinds the beef daily for Yak.
DAYTONA BEACH Local businessman Chuck Duva in 2004 led the way in transforming LPGA Boulevard from a sleepy rural road into a magnet for commercial development.
Now he hopes to help spark the revitalization of the Gateway to the World s Most Famous Beach the blighted several block stretch of East International Speedway Boulevard on the city s beachside that leads to the Atlantic Ocean. This whole street used to be a vibrant functioning street. said Duva who lived four miles south of what is now East International Speedway Boulevard when he moved to the area with his family in 1964. The street was called Broadway Avenue back then recalled Duva. He was an 11th grader at the time.