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Join Jeff Elder and his son Toby on a journey to all 27 Showmars restaurants in the Charlotte area. Watch this slideshow and read all about the trip in Sunday's Observer/Carolina Living section.
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A picture postcard image from a summer Showmars roadtrip.
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A clean friendly family atmosphere is what Showmars provides.
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The Showmars in Gastonia has a cool old delivery van parked out front.
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Toby Elder and Jeff Elder in a familiar location, in front of a Showmars wall menu.
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Toby Elder, at times an unwilling navigator of the Showmars roadtrip.
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A towering, and very nice, teen-age Showmars employee shot this snapshot of Toby Elder and his dad, Jeff, in the Showmars on Freedom Drive.
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Showmars famous fish sandwich, served with a side of onion rings. WENDY YANG - wyang@charlotteobserver.com
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The lunch counter at the Third St. Showmars offers a great view of the kitchen. Pictured at the lunch counter are Mitch Ivey, far left, of Charlotte, who comes several times a month. What did he order? The hamburger steak special. There's Whit Cary, sitting in the middle, of Richmond, who works in Charlotte during the week. "I'd come more if I weren't on a diet," says Cary, who ordered the broiled flounder. And there's Carl Brown, sitting on the right, who is a regular and has been coming to this location since he started working Uptown in 1979. He ordered the pork chop dinner special.
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Peter Kushell is the manager of the Showmars at 130 W. Third St., in Uptown Charlotte. The fried chicken liver dinner is one of the dinner specials on Tuesdays.
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Every Tuesday for lunch, Teresa Booker (left) and Jennifer Sheets, who used to work together, would meet for lunch to catch up. On Tuesday, August 2, they met at Showmars on Third Street. "That's our date," laughs Booker, who is regular at this Showmars. She usually orders the hamburger steak dinner. Sheets on the other hand ordered the jr. pita burger.
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Arlene Helt, left, trains Adrian Salazar on the register Friday, Aug. 8, at the Showmars in Denver. WENDY YANG - wyang@charlotteobserver.com
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"The boys like to sit outside on the patio," says Leslie Reeves of Denver. Reeves, who was finishing up lunch with her husband, Troy, and two sons, Garrett (left), 1 1/2, and Cody, 4 1/2, says that they usually come at least once a week to Showmars. This was their second trip to the Showmars in Denver. Before this Showmars opened in January, they used to eat at the Mooresville location. After she gave birth to Garrett, she asked her husband to bring back food for her from the Showmars in Mooresville. WENDY YANG - wyang@charlotteobserver.com
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This Showmars in Denver, 7260 Hwy 73, has a patio attached to the main building. The patio has heaters for the winter, ceiling fans, flat-screen TV's and a fountain. WENDY YANG - wyang@charlotteobserver.com
