20 August 2010

Ordering fast food through bulletproof glass


Location described as "Popeye's in Long Beach, California."  Offered without comment.

Via Reddit, where there is a discussion.

11 comments:

  1. This is not limited to CA. I have ordered some very tasty food through some very bullet proof, rotating food holes in the South Side of Chicago.

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  2. Seen the same in Berkeley, at a pizza place AND at a mini-grocery store. You had to ask the clerk to pick things off the shelf.

    Not surprisingly, that are is a gang-active area. I didn't stay very long.

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  3. Harold's Fried Chicken (a south side Chicago delicacy) is known for having that set up at nearly every one of their locations (they also have great neon signs:http://jhv.blogs.com/eatatjoes/images/runchicken.jpg).

    Sometimes it's pretty comical-I was in a Harold's once, and had to order and get my food through the glass, yet the door to the kitchen right next to the glass wall was wide open to let heat escape.

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  4. Totally not uncommon. The Popeyes in Manhattan at 125st and Lexington is the same.

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  5. I've been to places like that in San Diego. Damn glad I moved out of that neighborhood. Wayyy too much gang activity there. I was lucky nothing happened to me.

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  6. Every time you see something like that it tells you: some locals suck and the police aren't all that good in that area.

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  7. If that's the one in Long Beach it's on 7th and Junipero. Not only does it have bulletproof glass but there's a time when it had a drive thru despite having a very small parking lot.

    I used to live near there and found it weird when the glass was installed.

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  8. Yes, it is on 7th/Junipero -- just a block or so away from me. It is odd to have your food put on a bulletproof plexi turntable and spun out to you but I guess they've had a lot of robberies. No other store in the area does this, though - not even the banks...

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  9. There is a Subway restaurant here in Charlotte where the manager is armed. Let's just say it's not in the best part of town.

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  10. A lot of food places and convenience stores have these; I've seen them in LA, DC, Chicago, etc. However, most of the glass isn't actually bulletproof. Truly bulletproof glass in incredibly expensive, so the glass/plexiglas installed is a deterrent rather than an actual security measure. For a robber, it's easier to rob the place without the glass, notwithstanding whether or not one could actually kill a clerk.

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  11. In Detroit, you know your south of 8 mile when you see this glass..

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