Tribune provides Road Work map

Posted by Bob Weber on Nov 28th, 2006 in Greeley | 0 comments

Here’s a handy idea from our local newspaper.
The Greeley Tribune is using Google Maps to display a list of local area road work.

Greeley BBQ

Posted by Bob Weber on Nov 20th, 2006 in Food, Greeley | 0 comments

Last wednesday long time Greeley restaurant Bubba’s Bar-B-Que closed. The IRS seized Bubba’s due to unpaid taxes. To many local residents this wasn’t a surprise. Bubba’s had been trying to re-invent itself for some time with a redecorated interior and a bar.

For me there were three reasons why Bubba’s ultimately failed. The first was pricing. Bubba’s was a buffet and not particularly cheap. The problem was nothing on the menu was much cheaper than the buffet. It wasn’t a place where I could stop and get a $5.00 quick lunch. In fact, everytime I ever went to Bubba’s I came out stuffed – which brings us to the second cause for failure. Bubba’s encouraged patrons to partake in their ‘all-you-can-eat’ buffet. For many of us who are attempting to watch our wieght, buffets are a large temptation. Personally, I avoided Bubba’s for that very reason. The final reason fo Bubba’s demise was the food. I love BBQ and used to love Bubba’s, but over the last few years the quality of the food just wasn’t there. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t great. The combination of (at least percieved) higher prices, lower quality and the temptation to gorge myself made me avoid Bubba’s. I probably hadn’t been in there twice over the last 12 months and appearantly most Greeley residents hadn’t either.

So, while Bubba’s is gone, but RJ’s is back!

RJ’s BBQ opened last spring in the old Dunkin Donuts building on 10th St. While the Barbeque was good, and the prices OK, the parking, seating and service languished. A couple months ago they closed, but last week they re-opened. Now they are across the street in the old Qdoba location. Not only that, but they also have a lunch sandwich special with a 10 minute guarantee. Looks like they are trying to fix some problems.

I hear many Greeley residents complain about big chains moving in and small businesses being pushed out. While this is true to a degree, sometimes it’s also just time for businesses to change. The BBQ restaurants in Greeley are in flux right now, and while we’ve lost Bubba’s we have gained RJ’s. Let’s all get out and support them.

Take a stab at it

Posted by Bob Weber on Sep 13th, 2006 in football, Greeley | 0 comments

As if Greeley didn’t have enough problems right now, with the recent gang violence, now we’ve got university football players stabbing each other for starting spots. UNC second stringer, Mitch Cozad stabbed the starting punter in the leg.

Funny thing to me here is what was this kid thinking? What could possibly be a good outcome from this? Did Mitch think he would be able to look his victim in the eye when he was standing on the sidelines in crutches. Just proves that everyone that goes to college isn’t smart.

Local restaurant for sale

Posted by Bob Weber on Sep 6th, 2006 in Greeley | 0 comments

Rick Scharf, current owner of Bubba’s Bar-B-Que has decided to let his 12 year old kid try and sell his restaurant on ebay. Looks like they have a bid, so who knows. Changes may be in the works for Bubbas.

When is it litter?

Posted by Bob Weber on May 4th, 2006 in Environment, Greeley | 0 comments

I’m pretty sure if I went and dumped trash on somebody’s front step I would get in trouble. The owner of the house would probably call the police and I’d get a ticket for littering. There are signs on the highway warning about fines for dumping. So why is it that people can just come along and leave their trash on my doorstep? Doesn’t seem fair.

About once a month our local newspaper, the wonderful Greeley Tribune, sends somebody around to dump a ‘free’ paper on my step. Now this paper is some syndicated thing with celebrity gossip that’s two weeks old called Extra. Now, would somebody please explain to me how it’s even legal for a newspaper to hire people and dump trash on my doorstep. I don’t subscribe to their paper, I’ve never been their customer, but somehow they think it’s OK to hire somebody to drive around our city and dump TONS of newspapers on people that don’t want or read them. What a waste.

If we are all so worried about foriegn oil dependency, global warming and saving the planet we should put a stop to things like this first.