Quaker Stake and Lube

So the other night our quality control partner decided we should all get dinner together, a pretty common event that happens weekly. Tuesday night we decided to go to a restaurant – ok grill – called Quaker Stake and Lube. It is an Americana Car/Garage themed establishment that sells stakes, burgers, sandwiches, alcohol, and wings. It is a nice place, large with a ton of parking. I think it probably draws a pretty crazy crowd because it had a lot of motorcycle parking. This chain started in Pennsylvania in an old Quaker State garage, hence the name. They are only in PA, OH, and a store just opened in Madison WI. Apparently the original store still has most of the fixtures and such from its days as a garage. There is a similar themed place (to a much smaller degree) on the border of St. Paul toward Minneapolis on University called Andy’s Garage, though Andy’s is much smaller and has a limited menu in comparison.

Now I had a good sandwich and the experience was pretty good all around. Quaker is known for it wings 16 different varieties from normal to Cajun to hot. Tuesday of course ended up being all you can eat wing night so the place was packed. We also found out that some of the wings require a waiver to order them! They are considered to hot the company doesn’t want to get sued. Well being the tough men that we are (unfortunately there are only men on this project) we had to order the hottest wings on the menu. These are made with the hottest peppers in the world habanera peppers not chili powder. James a Senior Consultant on the project woofed them down like nobody’s business, he has been trying to find the hottest food around since we came into town. For Bob – our resident partner – and I it was a little harder. We had a couple of the atomic wings and our mouths were burning for 20+ minutes. They were HOT. Poor Bob’s Eyes were watering the rest of the night. My mouth didn’t cool off until I finished my meal and a couple of drinks. I fact no one who ate those wings had stuffy noses any more, even the next morning!

The other part of this story is how I got to dinner. Bob doesn’t fly into Dayton as he lives just a short drive away in Cleveland; instead he drives into town. So what then does he drive to Dayton? He drives a very cool Audi TT. I’ve always thought these were cool looking but the other night on the way to dinner I finally got a ride in one. I didn’t have the gall to ask to drive (I already knew what the answer would be) I was plenty happy just being a passenger. It was a really really cool car. The interior is just as nice looking as the exterior and we were defiantly riding in the coolest car in that part of Ohio. The car really feels the road and you can really get caught up in the acceleration. So it was a lot of fun to ride in. So maybe when I get home I will have to see what the Audi dealership will give on trade for my old pickup??!!