Chuck-A-Rama Gift Card Winner

Congratulations to Ruth Malan, winner of the prize drawing for a $50 Chuck-A-Rama gift card! Please email me at Val@chewandchat.com with your snail mail address so I can put it in the mail to you.

My thanks to all those who participated in the Chuck-A-Rama 50th anniversary contest. There were over 60 comments about Chuck-A-Rama, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Sept. 7.  There are some good family memories shared, including a child who thought her parents said they were “going to check on Grandma,” instead of “going to Chuck-A-Rama.”

If you didn’t win the gift certificate, you still have a chance to win some other sweet prized on Sept. 7, when all  12 Chuck-A-Rama locations are celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary. Patrons can spin a wheel for prizes and discounts, and enter drawings for a red Radio Flyer Wagon, a Cuisinart Pure Indulgence ice cream maker or a Camp Chef Dutch Oven. One lucky person will win a grand prize of a two-night stay at Stein Eriksen Lodge Resort in Deer Valley, Utah.

A bit of history: Alva Green and his sons-in-law Donald E. Moss and Wayne Chamberlain opened their first restaurant at 744 E. 400 South, serving lunch for $1 and dinner for $1.50. The name, which endures its share of jokes, came from Don Moss, who took the word “Chuck,” from the “chuckwagon” used for cooking on Old West cattle drives.

“Dad combined it with something that was dear to his heart — the Scout-O-Rama,” said Duane Moss, who is Don’t son and now the company CEO.

For more Chuck-A-Rama history, click here. For more information about restaurant locations, menus, etc., visit www.chuck-a-rama.com. For more details on the 50th birthday celebration, visit https://www.chuck-a-rama.com/anniversary.php.