| Becky and I were not seeking to own a
restaurant. We were just a couple working our jobs
and having a good time. I am a Network Administrator and she
is in the shipping industry running an office in Olathe. We have two
English Bulldogs, Annie and
Ruby.
I originally grew up in the state of Maine. My hobby is
collecting pinball machines. I have 25 of them! Of course, I
haven't had much time to work on them or play them since we
bought the drive-in, in January, but they are waiting for
me! I also have two daughters that work as carhops at the
restaurant from time to time. With the start of us doing a
cruise night, the bug has bitten me and I am seeking to buy
a T-Bucket!
Becky has three boys. Two of them work as cooks at the
restaurant for us. Becky spent a large portion of her
childhood in Linn County. She later returned and raised her
three sons there also. She likes going to the drive-in,
because it brings back a lot of good memories for her. Becky
likes to sell Avon on the side and has quite a customer
base. If you have a desire to use her as your Avon rep, I'm
sure she can drop your orders to you when we come down each
week.
We came into owning the drive-in, almost out of the blue! Her son
came to us with a request for help buying the drive-in.
Matt, along with some friends, were trying to buy it.
However, they could
not come up with the money after the loss of one of their
partners. We looked into the business but
were quite concerned because we knew nothing of running a
restaurant. The numbers all looked good and we had the
promise that the family members would take it to heart and
run the drive-in, so we jumped in! We live in Olathe and knew we needed
someone at the drive-in to run it for us. Well, as time went
on, the desire by the family members to run the drive-in waned, and now Becky
and I juggle working our jobs, and running the drive-in. We
have owned it since January 1st, 2008 and have made many
changes. As we get better at running the drive-in, we are
finding more ways to improve Cookee's, and we are finding more
friends in the business to help us move forward. Please
don't hesitate to stop by. We are usually there on the
weekends working alongside our employees. We feel if this
drive-in is going to succeed, we need to get our hands dirty
along with our employees. You can contact us from the front
web page, or click
HERE. We love getting comments from our customers. It
is the only way we can know what we are doing right, and
wrong.
Doug and Becky |
