{"id":131325,"date":"2016-01-13T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/?p=131325"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:20:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:20:45","slug":"scottys-drive-in-under-new-ownership-extends-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/131325\/scottys-drive-in-under-new-ownership-extends-hours","title":{"rendered":"Scotty’s Drive-in Under New Ownership; Extends Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Bismarck’s oldest restaurants is under new ownership.<\/p>\n

Local restaurant manager Kurt Dilger\u00a0closed on purchasing Scotty’s Drive-in<\/a> earlier this week from previous owners Dave and Nancy Turner, who owned the restaurant since their 2007 purchase from long-time owners, the\u00a0Roehrichs.<\/p>\n

With a promising\u00a0outlook for the restaurant, Scotty’s has\u00a0extended its hours to 11am-7pm Monday through Saturday. While still currently closed Sundays, its new owner won’t rule out expanding to all seven days if demand warrants. Its Facebook Page<\/a>, largely abandoned since 2013, is also seeing recent activity.<\/p>\n

Dilger plans to improve the long-standing restaurant\u2019s curb appeal by restoring the canopy and sign back to the original look. He says that great guest experiences are a top priority, offering quality food with friendly service. Things best associated with Scotty\u2019s won\u2019t change, however, such as classic car nights and its iconic\u00a0menu items.<\/p>\n

Dilger added that the response on Facebook to the purchase and ongoing improvements has been phenomenal and that he\u2019s honored to have purchased such an icon as Scotty\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Scotty’s Drive-in<\/p><\/div>\n

Opened in 1965, Scotty’s\u00a0is reportedly the third oldest restaurant still serving Bismarck. Famous for such items as the Rebel Burger and Tartar Burger, Scotty’s holds true to its drive-in roots with its retro theme and classic car nights.\u00a0Once part of\u00a0a regional chain, with locations in at least six states; the Bismarck location is now one of only\u00a0three known survivors (Scottsbluff, NE and Idaho Falls, ID being the others).\u00a0None of the remaining locations have\u00a0any\u00a0connection to each other.<\/p>\n

Did you know? The Rebel Burger is named for former KFYR Radio personality \u201cOl\u2019 Reb\u201d Jack Fisher.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Under the reign of the Turners, the restaurant saw significant improvements, including the addition of a drive-through, restoration of the original sign, and major renovation to its interior and exterior.<\/p>\n

According to Dilger’s LinkedIn profile, he is the Director of Area Operations for Wendy’s, having worked for the company since 1992.<\/p>\n

Scotty’s is located at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and 21st Street.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Scotty’s Drive-in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of Bismarck’s oldest restaurants is under new ownership. Local restaurant manager Kurt Dilger\u00a0closed on purchasing Scotty’s Drive-in earlier this week from previous owners Dave and Nancy Turner, who owned the restaurant since their 2007 purchase from long-time owners, the\u00a0Roehrichs. With a promising\u00a0outlook for the restaurant, Scotty’s has\u00a0extended its hours to 11am-7pm Monday through Saturday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[518,2409,364],"tags":[253,2334,1063,2335,538,1064],"class_list":["post-131325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bismarck-news","category-business-news","category-home-page","tag-business","tag-dave-turner","tag-home","tag-kurt-dilger","tag-scottys-drive-in","tag-ticker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}