The Anchor Grill Revisited

Earlier this past week Jerry and I decided to walk to the Kenton County Library, about 1 ½ miles one way.
We had a book to return and we had decided to have a ‘movie night’ one night a week. Last week Jerry brought home ‘Ground Hog Day’. Thank goodness it was my turn to choose this week. My choice was a nature show about the Galapagos. More about that at a later date.
Anyway I filled my string backpack with a few books and the DVD. On the way home we both thought that perhaps we could stop and have lunch along the way. Any of you who have walked this trail – opps, path know that the pickin’s are pretty slim in Covington. But wait, The Anchor Grill was not too far out of the way.
You have to understand that 36 years ago when we were young and had just met Jerry picked me up from work and took me to The Anchor Grill for our first dinner out together. I had never been there before and though I was tired from working a 3-11, I was also hungry. And I trusted Jerry. That was 36 years ago!
There is still a sign in the window that I’m convinced has been there since the beginning of eternity, “We may doze but we never close." There is a new sign now this one on each table. "Anyone ordering between 1:00-4:00 a.m. must pay for the meal when the food arrives." This is apparently due to the large number of ‘walk outs’.
There is still a little mechanical band up in the corner of one of the room. When you put money in the juke box the curtain in front of the band parts and the little guys move as the music plays. However, alas, the coin slot at each of the tables had been taped over. How sad! The band has been silenced!

Not much else has changed in the last 36 years. Except now the dust is a little thicker.