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Cactus Jack’s on Lemmon is Closing Today

Posted on February 5th, 2010 2:53pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Burgers, Closings, Restaurant News

Candy Evans says Keller’s Cactus Jacks on Lemmon is closing today and will be a Cal’s Roast Beef.

Update: Well, Candy says Cal’s Roast Beef “is a big chain in the Northwest.” I can’t find it.

Update: Candy, stick to reporting on real estate: “So much for typing on the iphone whilst I drive — I think it is Carl’s Jr which morphed from Cal’s roast beef which I remember eating in suburban Illinois growing up… but I just heard this last night” is not good enough. Please quit texting and reporting.

Update: Wilonsky to the rescue.

23 Comments to “Cactus Jack’s on Lemmon is Closing Today”

Steve @ February 5th, 2010 at 4:06 pm

Wilonsky said it was going to be a Carl’s Jr. What gives?
Nancy Nichols @ February 5th, 2010 at 4:17 pm

Well, let’s see what Candy has to say?
Candy Evans @ February 5th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

So much for typing on the iphone whilst I drive — I think it is Carl’s Jr which morphed from Cal’s roast beef which I remember eating in suburban Illinois growing up… but I just heard this last night.

http://fastfood.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/12/carls-jr-brings-back-roast-beef-sandwich/5954/
Steve @ February 5th, 2010 at 4:45 pm

So, Cal’s = Carl’s Jr. Technically, you’re still right. No worries.
jd @ February 5th, 2010 at 4:57 pm

Can someone please explain the Keller’s empire? We have Kellers and then Cactus Jack’s and then Jakes and Jack’s are/were related somehow.
Nancy Nichols @ February 5th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Different members of the families own different locations.
Robert Wilonsky @ February 5th, 2010 at 5:04 pm

Hi, Nancy. Howdy, Candy. Lovely day. Nice to see you. And, always a pleasure to clear up any confusion…

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/02/say_goodbye_to_kellers_cactus.php
Nancy Nichols @ February 5th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

Thanks Robert. I searched your site for Keller’s and that link didn’t show. You are a man among men.
Steve @ February 5th, 2010 at 5:41 pm

Nothing like a little support from the only two sources of true reporting in Dallas. Yeah, I’m talking to you Belo.
Candy Evans @ February 5th, 2010 at 5:47 pm

By the way, Cal’s roast beef sandwiches were awesome, at least they were 30 years ago. Now that I don’t eat anything but lettuce, I really don’t know.
Chuck @ February 5th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

I hate to see Cactus Jack’s close. It is easily the best burger on Lemmon this side of The Loon. It was nice to have a local burger joint among the juggernauts of Mc Donald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger King.

Always loved the store hours listing for Sunday: “At Church”

and the “Best burger in town – no clowning around!” footer on their receipts.

It will be missed.
joeat @ February 5th, 2010 at 6:52 pm

Chuck, I couldn’t agree more. A number 5 with Tater Tots and a cold beer was just about as good as it gets. I will miss them greatly.
Hannibal Lecter @ February 6th, 2010 at 10:25 am

I submitted this a couple weeks ago via a contact form, but nothing was done, so let’s try a different approach….

*** THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED ***

Two weeks ago there were hundreds of hidden links for prescription drugs. Looking at the HTML for this page today, there are *500* hidden links for cigarette sites. No telling what else it’s trying to do to your computer when you view these pages.

D needs to shut this down until it has been secured and cleaned up.
Billusa99 @ February 6th, 2010 at 11:59 am

Damnation — he’s right! Just right-click and ‘view page source.’

Hacked for sure! Cigarette anyone?
Hannibal Lecter @ February 6th, 2010 at 12:38 pm

It looks like they’ve got the links cleaned up, at least.
Jason Alexander @ February 6th, 2010 at 9:34 pm

The issue has been found and resolved.

Thanks for your patience,
-Jason
Charlie Bacon @ February 6th, 2010 at 10:39 pm

Yikes on the link injection! Upgrade Wordpress to 2.9.1 and remove the infected files before googlebot finds them. Let me know via email if you need any help. I’m a wpmu developer.

Even though Cactus Jacks had gone down hill for at least a decade, I still enjoyed a hickory cheeseburger and tater tots once a blue moon. It didn’t hold a candle to Beck’s Prime hickory cheeseburger in Houston, but like Beck’s said – “anything north of Conroe is Yankee”. No plans on expanding to DFW, ever. =(
Charlie Bacon @ February 6th, 2010 at 10:43 pm

Jason, I must have hit the cached page before I posted. You’re right, issue resolved. I’d still svn sw to 2.9.1 to avoid future headaches.
Jason Alexander @ February 6th, 2010 at 11:45 pm

Thanks Charlie – yep, will definitely be upgrading the few remaining blogs that on older revs.

Thanks for the offer of help!
-Jason
LisaS @ February 8th, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Agree with Chuck and Joeat: Was the first burger place I ever visited in this town and is still the best. Will miss them terribly.
Twinwillow @ February 9th, 2010 at 6:03 pm

Never had that “hacked” problem. Thank you, Apple for making my iMac so secure.
Catina Goetsch @ February 22nd, 2010 at 12:06 pm

Pretty interesting post. Couldn’t be written any better. Browsing this post reminds me of my old friend. He always kept talking about this. I will send this post to him. Am sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!
Knight Sticks @ February 22nd, 2010 at 9:47 pm

Is this used as a stop smoking aid?

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