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Waitress Renee Dameron takes an order at Town & Country Barbecue during the lunch
business. The restaurant also has a buffet on Sundays and has started a catering service.
Town and Country BBQ
growing by the 'Bunches’
Wendell Bunch became in-
terested in the corner be-
tween Grover and Kings
Mountain where Town &
Country Barbecue sits when
it was a booming conve-
nience store in the 80's.
"I knew what this place
was capable of doing," he
said. : :
So he took it over in July
1989 and after 7 months of
work on the building, the
doors to the popular restau-
rant opened Feb. 5, 1990.
Bunch added a sun room,
paved the parking lot, up-
graded the sewer and electri-
cal systems, among other im-
provements.
He started to sell the prop-
erty during eight months of
'90 and '91, but in May 1991,
Bunch became the owner
again.
When Bunch first started,
the restaurant was open
for three meals a day. Now
he has expanded to a Sunday
buffet and cut out breakfasts.
But the restaurant is open
seven days a week now --
Monday through Saturday 11
am. to 8:30 p.m. and
Sundays 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Orders from the kitchen on
Sundays are also available.
Seating has gone from
about 90 to 170-175 with the
addition of two private din-
ing rooms, Bunch said.
And Bunch has entered in-
to the catering business for
plants, industries, schools
and civic organizations.
Town & Country caters not
only barbecue but homestyle
meals, too.
Bunch said his next ven-
ture would be to tap into the
I-85 business. Also on his list
are groups and private parties
“as well as civic and church
JIM AND PAT CHILDERS
KM's Jim
Kings Mountain roofer Jim
Childers got in the business
when he was about five years
old working with his father,
the late W. A. Childers at the
old Kings Mountain Tin
Shop on Cherokee Avenue.
He answered the telephone
even before he learned to
read the hands on the clock.
His enterprising father used a
unique way to let his son
know it was time to go to
nearby Crawford Grocery for
a cinnamon bun and R. C.
Cola. W. A. took a saw and
cut a slit in the floor and
when the sun reached the
mark on the floor that was
lunch time.
For the past 10 years
Childers, a Kings Mountain
Monday through Saturday
groups.
me
Childers
a hatural roofer
city commissioner from
1975-83, opened his own
roofing business, Childers
Roofing, Inc. on Kings Road
in Shelby and there has set a
good example for the rest of
the industry by consistent use
of safety equipment.
Childers employs 12 to 14
full time employees and spe-
cializes in roofing with
reroofing being about 75 per-
cent of the business. The firm
can do from 1 square up to
1,000 squares, with 90% of
the work being built-up roof-
ing. Childers Roofing has
been a member of the
Carolina Roofing and Sheet
Metal Association since the
early 50s. The late Mr.
See Childers, 24-E
Bunch works two jobs --
he is in business with his
family, but he wants to make
the restaurant his primary
job.
Recently, he was appoint-
ed to the Kings Mountain
Housing Authority, and he
has worked with the Boy
Scouts as Committee Troop
Chairman for Troop #90.
Bunch was a drill sergeant in
the U.S. Army Reserve for
six years and was a member
of the U.S. Army Rifle Team
for five years.
He has a wife, Karen Ann,
and two children.
Bunch said he asked a
friend and fellow restauran-
teur for advice upon going
into the business. He was
told, "Never sell anything to
the customers that you
wouldn't eat yourself." And
he stands by that.
"I'm the taster,” Bunch
said.
WE FEATURE
Beef, Pork,
Chicken and Ribs
DELICIOUS
WE'RE INVOLVED IN
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We take great pleasure in participating along with other
businesses in this salute to the growth of our great
area. We also wish to recognize our employees for
their dedication to the high principles of quality work as
our reputation enjoys.
—Cablelink, Incorporated
311 Childers St., Kings Mountain, NC
Cablelink
A Robinson Nugent Company
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