Union Area Junkyard Dawg Offers Creative Dining
A native Tulsa family plans to provide Northeastern Oklahomans with the kind of food and service that food lovers will come to really appreciate. The newly formed company JEMS, LLC opened the doors of its first independently owned and operated dine-in or carry-out casual restaurant, The Junkyard Dawg.
The new restaurant is serving a variety of premium hot dogs and sausages, but there is much more to it. Owner Don Rucks explains, “Quite simply our research findings point out that hot dogs and sausages are Great American Foods and they are woven into the fabric of our country.” Rucks goes on to say, “Oklahomans, especially Tulsans, have been eating Coneys or an occasional sausage for many years. Now, we have simply brought the best all together for customers to really enjoy.”
The restaurant’s formula for success is grounded on some good old-fashioned principles. General Manager and son D.J. Rucks comes into the business with a background that includes the highest level of food service and customer care experience and he expects to deliver on what customers want.
The younger Rucks knows what the focus of these old-fashioned principles are, “We want every customer to feel good about doing business at The Junkyard Dawg.” He adds, “It’s a relaxing place where they can get some great food at a great price. We support our community and will treat them like we really do want them to come back again and again.”
The menu consists of the Junkyard Dawg, T-Town Pup and sausage links.
After ordering their favorite dawg, guests have the option to add plenty of junk from the Junkyard. Dawgs, sausages, sandwiches or chili can be fixed in any imaginable way. The Junkyard consists of an assortment of over 40 hot and cold toppings, sauces and spices of which many are family creations.
Prices range from a $1.47 for a loaded coney to only $4.77 for huge sandwiches.
Daughter Traci Druten utilized her very creative decorating skills to develop the restaurant’s interior design. Druten explains, “The items we used were very carefully selected as we wanted it to represent something a true junkyard dawg would be proud of, yet have it interesting and fun.” Incredibly, the interior design includes an 8-foot tall chain link and barbed wire fence. The fencing gives the appearance that you are dining inside a junkyard.
The restaurant’s brand includes the design of a bulldog named Axle, and he has given it two thumbs up for authenticity.
The restaurant will be actively involved with animal rescue organizations for pets that need placement in homes along with providing other pertinent animal rescue organization information.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The restaurant is located at 6011 S. Mingo.
For more information, visit www.thejunkyarddawg.com
Updated 05-18-2010
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