Perkins, the place of all night study sessions, first dates, family meals is now closed.

Say it isn't so and that maybe I misheard that Perkin's is now closed Tell me that this is only temporary and the place known for pancakes is returning soon. 

As a child, the promises of having brunch after Church got us moving in the morning. In high school, this place was a gathering spot after the Friday night football games. It was a place of all-night cram sessions before the final exam in college. It became a popular place to bring a date for that after-movie discussion.

Perkin's, you outlasted Uncle John's pancake house, a place where kids got black mustaches to stick under their nose- wet sloppy mustaches when they had a really bad cold.

Say it isn't so and that this is all just a marketing ploy to generate more business! What are the college kids going to do when they can't find another 24-hour establishment to hunker down and study?  Will their grades go down and will the economy suffer when those kids aren't able to make the grades for better jobs? 

Say it isn't so and this closing is just a joke to make us worry what life would be like without the chocolate chip pancakes smothered with Chocolate syrup and whipped cream or the magnificent 7?

Say it isn't so that your restaurants will be shuttered with a for sale sign above the building. Where will we go for some traditional American food that will make us happy and is sure to fill up the kiddos?

Oh Perkin's, Oh Perkin's

Where ought we go when the lights are turned out one final time?

Baker's Square, Key's cafe, Hen House Eatery?

They are nice, but they close way early

Must we start learning to make those pancakes at home?

Say it ain't so!

Oh Perkin's, Oh Perkin's

Where ought the young college kids go to study for their exams

the night before, 

while eating pancakes, 

downing coffee,

and enjoying an occasional conversation with a student 

in the next booth,

also studying for their exam, downing tons of coffee

Oh Perkin's, oh Perkin's 

Your closing will only mean that the family rituals  will end

What other places can we entice to kids to get ready for 

church on time?

Say it ain't so 

and find a way to stay open

For the love of humanity and  our love for comfort food

stay open!

Here is a Perkin's commercial jingle from 1987https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBJuRcvqt2k