Is IHOP a Local Restaurant?
IHOP owner was upset not to be included at Sunday’s World of Montgomery Festival.
If you were looking for food at the World of Montgomery Festival on October 16, you might have seen vendors for local favorites such as The Limerick Pub, Ghar-E-Kabob and Saigonese Restaurant—even a funnel cake stand. But you would not have seen the IHOP. "We would have been happy to participate if asked,” said William Moore, who owns the IHOP at the corner of University Boulevard and Grandview Avenue. “I assume they’re trying to promote the independent mom-and-pops.” The Wheaton Urban District coordinated the booths at Sunday’s festival, collected the $125 fee from food vendors and sent out event notices to businesses, said Sidney Cooper, of the Wheaton Urban District. “We were very selective for the food vendors,” Cooper said. “We …
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Esther French
4:02 pm on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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