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HopeHoops

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23. Wow. I remember that from 30 years ago, one in Columbia, MD.

Mon Jan 16, 2012, 08:59 AM

Jan 2012

Do they still have the Bender Schmender (or something like that) - something like a 7 layer "sandwich" that's enough food for five or six people (maybe more). They advertised it by saying if you ate the entire thing (alone) they'd bring you another one for free.

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Okay, just to REALLY mess things up - last restaurant? [View all] HopeHoops Jan 2012 OP

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Wow. I remember that from 30 years ago, one in Columbia, MD. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #23

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It wasn't. Same shit, different county - Sorry, that's just what everyone called it. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #44

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