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RUMOR HAS IT YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES. I've been here 25 years. I worked for the Zilleys [owners Dianne and Peter] when they had the old Shuffle Inn on the Beltline. I was their first girl bartender. I was 22. I'm 55 now. I quit for a full-time grocery job, but they called me to come back and work at the Laurel. I said I'd do it for a while, but I never left! The Zilleys are like family, they're very good to me.
We remodeled six years ago. The grill used to be in the bar where people could see it. We used to just have burgers, Reubens, ham and cheese - not a lot. Now there's a real kitchen in back, and the menu's expanded. Fish fry, prime rib dinners, lots of different sandwiches - and fries. In the old days you'd just get a bag of chips. People always asked, "Do you have fries? Why not?" There was one guy who did it on purpose; he'd ask every single day. I'd say, "Oh man, why do you keep asking?" And he'd say, "I'll keep doing it till you get 'em!"See the full content of this document
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Julie Furset
TABLE TALK
OCCUPATION: "I bartend, I cook, I waitress - I've done all of it, for years."WHERE: Laurel Tavern, 2505 Monroe St.WHY YOU SHOULD GO: For good old-f...See the full content of this document
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