{"id":36896,"date":"2023-12-19T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=36896"},"modified":"2023-12-19T13:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:37:20","slug":"mr-bills-carhop-will-be-jumpin-year-round-with-takeout-and-delivery-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2023\/12\/mr-bills-carhop-will-be-jumpin-year-round-with-takeout-and-delivery-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Bill\u2019s Carhop will Be Jumpin\u2019 Year Round With Takeout and Delivery Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr. Bill\u2019s Carhop in South Glens Falls is staying open this winter for the first time ever under new owners Mike and Beatrice Greenough.
Paul Post photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Paul Post<\/p>\n

The name is the same, but Mr. Bill\u2019s Carhop has a new year-round takeout and delivery service under owners Beatrice and Mike Greenough, who purchased the popular South Glens Falls eatery on August 31.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re giving the business a complete makeover, from new menu offerings to a newly-paved parking lot and a safer, more welcoming children\u2019s playground. In place of large red-and-white umbrellas out front, plans call for a covered pavilion to keep customers dry when it rains, and hosting twice-monthly car and bike shows along with Elvis-type live entertainment next summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really want to make this a fun place in South Glens Falls to go,\u201d Beatrice said.<\/p>\n

The venture is right in tune with her entrepreneurial husband\u2019s mindset.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u201cI love the 50s theme,\u201d Mike said. \u201cThere will be music playing all the time. We\u2019re going to neon the heck out of this place. As long as lights aren\u2019t flashing you can have as many as you want. I\u2019ve always been a people person. That\u2019s why I\u2019m in business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sweethearts since high school, the couple grew up and live in Hudson Falls where they\u2019ve owned and run Greenough Paving Company for the past 23 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree kids, seven grandchildren later here we are,\u201d Beatrice said.<\/p>\n

Along the way they\u2019ve also owned an auto repair shop, auto sales business, an oil company and the former Smart Wash car wash sites, which they\u2019ve since sold to Tidal Wave, in South Glens Falls and Queensbury.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike tried multiple things and always went back to the paving company,\u201d Beatrice said. \u201cI guess that\u2019s our calling.\u201d<\/p>\n

But after years of managing the office and handling paperwork she wanted to step out on her own and try something different; leaving the paving firm\u2019s office work in the hands of her capable daughter, Krystal Knapp.<\/p>\n

This summer, Beatrice learned that Mr. Bill\u2019s was for sale and quickly closed on the $650,000 purchase, from former owners Jerry and Bonnie LaBarr. The drive-in restaurant started out years ago as an A&W store, became Zookie\u2019s (Zookie dogs are still on the menu) and was renamed Mr. Bill\u2019s when Bill Smith bought it. The LaBarrs purchased it in 2014.<\/p>\n

The Greenoughs\u2019 seasonal paving business takes off in winter, giving Mike plenty of time to help his wife get Mr. Bill\u2019s going with new equipment such as clamshell griddles that make sure food is always prepared consistently and served up hot.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re investing nearly a quarter-million dollars worth of upgrades in addition to the purchase price.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything will just be a push of a button,\u201d Beatrice said. \u201cBurgers take 90 seconds to cook. You can do six at a time. We only use a blend of fresh ground chuck and brisket paddies, not frozen.\u201d<\/p>\n

New menu items include sausage, pepper and onion; pulled pork; and wings will be coming soon as well.<\/p>\n

The main reason for staying open in winter is to provide year-round work for valuable employees such as front-end manager Debbie Hayes. Finding and keeping good help is quite difficult these days, especially for a seasonal business such as this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can just pay the bills the first winter, I\u2019m good,\u201d Beatrice said. \u201cThat\u2019s my goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Greenoughs normally spend winters at their Cape Coral home in Florida when the paving business comes to a halt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new clamshell griddles will get here at the end of November,\u201d Beatrice said. \u201cWe want to make sure they\u2019re installed properly and everybody\u2019s trained. So we figured we might as well stay here for Christmas with the grandkids and kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no outdoor seating in winter, but customers can call ahead or place orders online (mrbillsny.net), go to the takeout window and eat in their cars. Mr. Bill\u2019s also makes deliveries with Uber Eats and DoorDash.<\/p>\n

Before buying Mr. Bill\u2019s, Beatrice considered purchasing Starky\u2019s Grill on Burgoyne Avenue in Hudson Falls, a deal that never materialized. But she did a great deal of research about the restaurant business, which helped prepare her as the new co-owner, with Mike, of Mr. Bill\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still learning, but we\u2019re just entrepreneurs,\u201d Beatrice said. \u201cIt\u2019s just who we are. We dive in and figure it out. I\u2019ve done a lot of reading. I know what cost to have on each plate that goes out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eventually, they might even add drive-through service, which became extremely popular with fast-food restaurant patrons during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t see people eating inside much anymore,\u201d Beatrice said. \u201cCars are backed up out to the highway.\u201d<\/p>\n

But one of Mr. Bill\u2019s main attractions is its outdoor seating, which will return next spring when warm weather arrives.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bill\u2019s is open from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday to Monday, closed Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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