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Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
globe1trotter
Comments: 3
Joined: 01/11/2008
01/12/2008 07:58:50 PM
I just retired from the military a couple of years ago and came back to Rome after 22 years and hardly nothing has changed. We have a few more restaurants, but the Mall is still the suckiest I've ever seen for a town this size, there are no real good places to go on a date and party, even though the town has built up as much as it has, there are NO FAST FOOD places on Loop 1 to serve North Rome and Shannon area. Broad Street would be gold mine if they would get all the buildings looking restored instead of new/contemporary and bring in some different business besides these finance companies that loan to people who can't pay there bills already and SUPER high priced children shops. It seems Romans are stuck in a time warp and don't want to let out their nickers. BUT...I want my children to grow up where I did. I just wish we could get a Targets, Joe's Crab Shack, a couple of fast food joints on the Loop and a Publix.
Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
globe1trotter
Comments: 3
Joined: 01/11/2008
01/12/2008 07:44:34 PM
I think that's horrible that they have suffered the curse of the building too! Shoot, there are hardly any good places to eat in this town, Carino's wasn't the best but at least it was a little different. I wish they would have just left that place a Shoney's. I miss the hot fudge cakes. As for Provino's, I guess to each there own. Yuk!
Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
failedbelle
Comments: 381
Joined: 01/11/2006
12/27/2007 09:35:31 PM
From what I heard the corporate folks came in at the end of the shift last night and told everyone that they were closing. I guess it's god that they waited until Christmas was over but many of the employees had worked many hours over the holidays with no warning that this was coming.

Another thing. Just remember when you say good riddance that a lot of folks depended on this place for income. Would you say good riddance if a plant closed down and a lot of folks were out of work?
Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
romegasir
Comments: 1605
Joined: 03/14/2007
12/27/2007 06:52:26 PM
Provinos is best italian in rome

"country" italian, carinos...LOL, what a joke.....Italian Nachos?
Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
msla
Comments: 535
Joined: 12/29/2005
12/27/2007 06:38:36 PM
Gosh, they owed me money so they gave me coupons to redeem! This just happened the week before Christmas! It figures!
Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
Casket
Comments: 1
Joined: 03/19/2007
12/27/2007 04:01:18 PM
Good Riddence! Bad Food and Bad Service! Let's bring in the next place to fail in that cursed location!!!
Johnny Carino's closes Rome location
AaronNWGA
Comments: 1
Joined: 12/27/2007
12/27/2007 12:42:26 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I Love Carino's and HATE Olive Garden! This just sucks!
Black Friday shopping
romegasir
Comments: 1605
Joined: 03/14/2007
11/24/2007 11:26:39 PM
hilarious brian......
I went to a concert one time, and it was general admission, so I got there at midnight the night before the concert (which started at 8 p.m.)......I was out of town on business and went by myself.......the SECOND person in line showed up at 10 a.m. So I was out there by myself for 10 hours..........so don't feel too stupid
Black Friday shopping
maggie
Comments: 1273
Joined: 01/08/2006
11/24/2007 08:43:35 AM
We did get out yesterday morning, though not at 4:00. I did get some fantastic buys at Gymboree, my favorite childrens store. My daughter and one of her friends left out early and were in line at Old Navy and they handed out bracelets for the free MP3 player and they were the last two to get bracelets. She told me that a lot of people sat in their cars, because is was cold and when the doors opened, they all rushed in to get the MP3 player and found out they couldn't get one without a braclet. She said they were practically running over the people who had been standing in line.
Black Friday shopping
Tigger55
Comments: 1
Joined: 11/24/2007
11/24/2007 06:12:40 AM
Yes, like a fool I was one of the crazy people who got up at 4 AM and became a statistic in the mad mad world of Black Friday (which by the way I have not done since my kids were little and had to go to Marietta and Atlanta to do my shopping-about 20 years ago). Well, my experience started out really BAD (even tho I thought was well planned) BUT turned out okay. I was getting an item that both Sears and WalMart had for the same price. Decided to hit Sears first thing because it might not be as packed as Walmart. Stood in line only to find out that they didn't have them because Sears is one of the smaller stores and don't carry alot of the advertised specials. Made a rush to WalMart hoping by some miracle I could get one......WRONG!....sold out in 30 mins (East Rome location), so fly to West Rome (checking K-Mart on the way) and checked out WalMart West and Sams, NO LUCK.....I was so upset I was actually mad at myself for being stupid and not going to Walmart in the first place. Then headed to Circuit City just to see what kind of deals they had (even thought was sure they didn't have their good items left) but just to see what I could find. Something told me to go back to Sears and just see if by chance they might have had the items in the back because sometimes on specials they might just have gotten a shipment in just for this sale. Now it is 2 hrs later, furious and almost in tears (because this was the one item that made me get out in the cold so early on this day). I get out of my vehicle at Sears and what do I see but a penny on heads in the parking lot and I thought maybe, just maybe this was my sign of luck. Guess what, I went into Sears and this very nice clerk went out of her way to go to the back and check for me (even though she walked away from a line of people). She didn't find one but told me that I could order it for the advertised price and it would be here in a week. I was SO EXCITED and thanked her (wish the clerk I spoke to the first time could have offered that!) You know karma really works. So I turned around and went to the store manager and told her what a wonderful employee they had and that she went the extra mile in what was one of the worst shopping days for retailers. So my day went really well after that and got a good bit of shopping completed. The end result of this experience left me with "NO I WILL NOT SHOP ON BLACK FRIDAY AGAIN!" Not worth it to my mental health. hahahahaha LOL