https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Spaghetti_WarehouseSpaghetti Warehouse - Revision history2026-05-14T17:37:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.7https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Spaghetti_Warehouse&diff=3890&oldid=prevPhil at 14:57, 27 April 20082008-04-27T14:57:24Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Spaghetti Warehouse''' is a former restaurant occupying the old [[Choctaw Railway Station]] on the grounds of the [[William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park]]. The restaurant opened in 1990, the station having remained unused since 1964. Spaghetti Warehouse closed in 1996, and the building became The Edge nightclub operated by [[Dennis Martindill]] and [[Danny Martindill]].  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Spaghetti Warehouse''' is a former restaurant occupying the old [[Choctaw Railway Station]] on the grounds of the [[William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park]]. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">16,500 square foot </ins>restaurant <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at 1010 East Third Street </ins>opened in 1990, the station having remained unused since 1964<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Purchase of the building and renovations totaled $2.6 million. The historic [[Alexander George House]] was torn down to accommodate parking for the restaurant.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The restaurant had at its height about sixty-five employees. The restaurant served some patrons while seated for dining inside a 1924 Cotton Belt Pullman rail car. The restaurant also had as decor a tiger oak back bar, a 1941 Ford fire truck, and numerous leaded stained glass windows. Four hundred and sixty diners could be seated at the simultaneously in the restaurant</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Spaghetti Warehouse is known for its fifteen-layer lasagna. </ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Philhttps://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Spaghetti_Warehouse&diff=3889&oldid=prevPhil: New page: '''Spaghetti Warehouse''' is a former restaurant occupying the old Choctaw Railway Station on the grounds of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park. The restaurant ope...2008-04-27T13:37:22Z<p>New page: '''Spaghetti Warehouse''' is a former restaurant occupying the old <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Choctaw_Railway_Station" title="Choctaw Railway Station">Choctaw Railway Station</a> on the grounds of the <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=William_J._Clinton_Presidential_Center_and_Park" title="William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park">William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park</a>. The restaurant ope...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Spaghetti Warehouse''' is a former restaurant occupying the old [[Choctaw Railway Station]] on the grounds of the [[William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park]]. The restaurant opened in 1990, the station having remained unused since 1964. Spaghetti Warehouse closed in 1996, and the building became The Edge nightclub operated by [[Dennis Martindill]] and [[Danny Martindill]]. <br />
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*Erica Werner, "$7,842,973 Spent by LR in Clinton Library Area," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' November 14, 1999.<br />
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[[Category:Restaurants]]</div>Phil