Purcellville Family Restaurant

Purcellville Family Restaurant by eschweik

Kudos for the bike parking, even if it is the kind that most people don't prefer.

Comments

[Shalom]

When I do a century ride out the W&OD and back, I always have lunch there -- great, old-fashioned, family place, complete with gruff waitresses. And they don't seem to mind grubby cyclists in weird clothes.

[Purple Eagle]

Is that's not an advertisement for the economic impact of trails, I don't know what is!!

[Daniel]

I too always eat there when I do an end-to-end of the W&OD. So hungry by the time I show up, I eat like five hamburgers.

[Dave]

Now that's my kind of buffet.

[Kathy]

Given the importance of the trail I'm mystified as to why there aren't any U shaped racks up and down the sidewalks.

[dayglo]

Every time I see something like this in Loudoun County, I think about County Supervisor Suzanne Volpe's pathetic bashing of promoting cycling:

"Now I have to ask some of you business owners out there; do you think someone riding a bicycle on the W&OD Trail is going to help your business?"

Um, yeah, Suzanne.

Source: http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/2011/07/loudoun-co-supervisor-candidate-suzanne.html

[Kolohe]

Haven't been able to make it out all the way to Purceville and back (nor Leesburg for that matter), but the BBQ place at Ashburn Road (mile 27.5) now has a goodly collection of bike parking. And in one anecdotal observation does a goodly amount of business because of it.

[Richard Layman]

http://takingthelane.com/2012/03/30/guest-post-researching-bike-tourisms-economic-impact/

But I agree that quality bike parking should be advocated for at every turn.

Personally, I don't think that any of the manufacturers should even offer grid racks.

[Specialty Insurance Malibu]

Great Post! It's very nice to read this info from someone that actually knows what they are talking about.