{"id":27160,"date":"2024-06-13T03:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/porkys-smokehouse-to-add-new-drive-thru\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:52:22","slug":"porkys-smokehouse-to-add-new-drive-thru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/porkys-smokehouse-to-add-new-drive-thru\/","title":{"rendered":"Porky\u2019s Smokehouse to add new drive-thru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Head manager Joe Richardson prepares his inventory of pork on Thursday ahead of Porky\u2019s soft reopening at its new location in Bayfield. (Matt Hollinshead\/Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Porky\u2019s Smokehouse looks to bolster sales by resuming a tried-and-true method that previously served the restaurant well: drive-thru service.<\/p>\n

The Bayfield restaurant saw promise with a drive-thru at its old Ignacio location, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Porky\u2019s owner Dayson Goetz said the restaurant \u201cscrambled\u201d and implemented a drive-thru at the old location about a week after COVID-19 entered the picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tore out a wall and added a building. We scrambled, and that\u2019s what saved us during COVID,\u201d he said. \u201cThe drive-thru proved to be a very good thing, a very big asset for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porky\u2019s, which first launched operations in Ignacio in 2019, aims to open its new drive-thru by the final weekend of June.<\/p>\n

Although Goetz initially had to prioritize staffing over a drive-thru in the early months of operations, the previous location\u2019s drive-thru helped keep things afloat when customers stopped by to get their food orders during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt kind of started a new way of doing things,\u201d he said. \u201cI really think COVID made the drive-thru very popular. People can call in an order on their way home from work, or they can just swing on through real quick and grab it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant again dealt with adversity when its Ignacio location closed after a fire last year, but was able to get back on its feet by reopening in Bayfield last month.<\/p>\n

The new single-lane drive-thru will be similar to the previous one. Goetz said the drive-thru lane location will be on the west side of the building, or the left-hand side near the front entrance.<\/p>\n

In the event the restaurant encounters a complicated order during an extremely busy lunch hour, similar to its Ignacio location, Goetz said customers would need to pull forward or pull out so an employee can bring out their order to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat way, it keeps the line from getting backed up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Goetz also said the drive-thru will be helpful for the Bayfield eatery, located at the former Wells Group building just off U.S. Highway 160 near Commerce Drive, because dining occupancy is limited to about 60. The old Ignacio location could accommodate up to about 80 people.<\/p>\n

To properly install its new drive-thru, Porky\u2019s must re-stripe the section of the premises where the drive-thru will be so its customers can easily back out and exit. Currently, the drive-thru location is in a one-way exit lane.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to change the striping to where it\u2019s straight pull in,\u201d Goetz said, adding customers would loop around the building to access the drive-thru. \u201cThose are (currently) diagonal as you come in. They have to be straight (going forward).\u201d<\/p>\n

To access the new drive-thru, customers will have to pull up to the front, then loop around to the back of the building, Goetz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, they\u2019d circle around the building,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

mhollinshead@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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