Anyone remember when they built the new hamburger place on William Cannon at Manchaca Rd. Best I can remember it was a Carl’s Jr.

They started and worked around the clock to have it in operation in 24 hours and they did it. It was an attempt to set a record for the fastest fast food place to be built.

It was in August 9, 1979 or September 26, 1982, I can’t remember which. How do I know it was one of those dates?

We lived a few blocks from there. I took my wife to St. David’s one morning to have a baby. (They were just starting to work on it)

The next afternoon when we return home, they were selling hamburgers.

It was there just a few years until they converted it to a donut place or a chicken place.

It was one of these buildings: