The Reef! The Reef! The Reef is on Fire!

Okay, maybe that was in poor taste. But they would appreciate it. The Reef (short for King Solomon's Reef) is one of Olympia's oldest and most classic dives. It's a diner/bar type of a place that has a significant history and a devoted clientele. They also have a fun tradition of putting up interesting messages on their reader board rather than advertisements. A couple of my favorites (I've probably mentioned them before) are as follows:

(in the summer) "Hot? Come into the Reef! Ugly? That's fine too."

(re: going back to school) "You know all the answers! Spend your book money at the Reef!" (to which the book store across the street responded with: "We know the cooks at the Reef buy books instead!")

Well, on Wednesday morning The Reef had a kitchen fire, so they're going to be out of business for a while. It must've been pretty bad, because when I got to work there were several fire trucks, ambulances, and cop cars surrounding the building. But does that get The Reef down? No! Their reader board now says:

"This is why we can't have nice things!"