Melissa Bartlett

The fact that I40 travels right through this great city of Amarillo leads to many great things you can witness. You may see some great tour buses traveling through on the way to their destination. You may run into a famous person here or there.

This question has been weighing on my mind a lot - What is going to happen to Amarillo's Cool Cats? If you have been living under a rock, Cool Cats is a long-standing snow cone stand.

When Amarillo loses a restaurant there are usually reasons. There can be a lack of people knowing about them. It could be that the owners retire and move on. Maybe the food wasn't that good. There are reasons though.

Amarillo's Westgate Mall has once again lost another place to eat in the food court. It was not that long ago when two other places shut down. Now a month later it has happened again.

While driving around Amarillo I try to notice things in the area. Those a-ha moments when you see something new. When you discover something in your surroundings make for the best stories.

Amarillo loves its food. It doesn't even matter what kind. We love bbq, pizza, greasy burgers, and of course our chicken. We love our chicken places so much that we can have several places nearby and they will all be busy. That is how we roll.

We have been watching the locations near 58th and Georgia in Amarillo being built and watching as they open up. Finally, that area is getting some love. There is a Walmart, a couple of pizza places, gas stations, and a McDonald's.

We recently asked the question about the Popeyes on Paramount Blvd here in Amarillo. We wanted to know what happened to cause them to close early on Sunday. As of this story, they are still closed.

It was just a few weeks ago that I noticed an unfinished Amarillo billboard. Well, at least that is what it turned out to be. When I made that discovery I also discovered something else. That new billboard looked an awful lot like another one very close by.

One post, zero answers. What happened at Popeyes?

Coffee shops and Toot'n Totums have this in common; they reproduce at an alarming rate.

I was driving around Amarillo, like I do a lot when I noticed this. Normally when I drive down Olsen/Paramount everything is status quo. At least it has been for a while. I noticed some activity recently that was unexpected.