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Paul's Place Closes
Date: 4/6/2008 Album ID: 490442
Photos by Andy Cripe
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Patrons swarm the counter at Paul's Place to get their last orders for LaBamba Burgers and other favorites on Sunday in Philomath. Even with the help of many past staff members to field the large amount of orders, the wait for food at the height of the lunch rush was more than two hours.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Owner Paul Gates mans the cash register with Chelsea Wilson and Trevin Conner at Paul's Place on Sunday in Philomath. Gates says he will miss working at the restaurant. It keeps me young, he said.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Dave Harwood, who came to help in the kitchen on Sunday, is practically a legend among the Paul's Place staff. He started working at the restaurant after graduating from Philomath High School in 1998 and worked there for eight years before leaving in August 2006 for a job with Google. Working here definitely teaches a lot of life lessons, he commented between orders.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times A backlog of orders kept the Paul's Place staff hopping on Sunday during the restaurant's last day of business. It's been nonstop for the last four days, said owner Paul Gates.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Ian Gregg, a senior at Philomath High School, has been coming to Paul's Place nearly every Sunday with his family for 16 years.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Chelsea Wilson and Jordan Bentz double check an order on Sunday at Paul's Place in Philomath.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times T.R. Gregg, a long-time Philomath resident ate with his family one last time at Paul's Place on Sunday. Gregg was full of praise for the owner Paul Gross, who his daughter Rachel worked for during high school. He expected a lot of hard work, but accepted people for who they were, said Gregg.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times This time it's forever said Paul's Place owner Paul Gates on Sunday just hours before closing the door for the last time.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times The whiteboard above the counter at Paul's Place displays some of the staff's home-grown wisdom.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Former staff members Trevor Sehrer, center. and Ben Lindsey reminisce, while waiting for their orders on Sunday at Paul's Place in Philomath. Sehrer's fiancee Crystal Huff brought her camera to record the restaurant's last day of operation.
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Andy Cripe | Gazette-Times Paul Gates, owner of Paul's Place talks about the good memories 22 years in the burger business has given him on Sunday in Philomath. Hundreds of people showed up to get one last order and to show their support for Gates on the restaurant's last day of business.
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