The "A Restaurant Made To Last" Story

The "Old" Doan's Bones Restaurant

It was an ordinary day.  Sitting at the exact same table that we did a few years ago when we visited the log cabin restaurant called Doan's Bones In Stone Valley, PA.  Great place for ribs or pulled pork sandwiches.  Two years ago, after eating at the restaurant we headed back to State College, PA where our hosts for the weekend, Jerry and Just Sue, live.  Following day we said our goodbyes and headed back to Lancaster, PA.  

Shortly after the accident

Shortly after returning home we got a call from our friends telling us that the table we ate at was no longer there.  Seems a Ford Explorer, avoiding an accident on the highway outside the restaurant, exploded through the wall of the restaurant and landed on the table we had occupied the day before.  Our waitress that day was pinned to the back wall under the car's bumper and three restaurant patrons were blasted off their feet.  Luckily no one died in the crash, but the waitress fractured her leg and the patrons had cuts and bruises.  The old log cabin was destroyed, every chair in the place was broken and the restaurant had to close until repairs could be made.  The 9 year-old restaurant did continue to stay open with outside dining, takeout and catering.  It took months before Doan's Bones, located at the corner of Whipple Dan Road and state Rt. 26 in Huntingdon, PA, could open their doors again.   

The "New" Doan's Bones Restaurant.  Notice the "logs"
look different than on the photo above.

So, it's back to business as usual.  Should mention that the place is so named because the owner, Brandon Corvin, is known as "Doan" and the ribs and chicken he barbecues  are known as his bones, therefore Doan's Bones fits perfectly.  As we are sitting at the table today I rubbed the wall which looks as if it is wood as it used to be.  I looked at Jerry and ask, "What is this stuff?"  He tells me that the new walls may look like logs but are actually concrete reinforced with re-bar.  Not taking any more chances!  Now the hungry customers can keep coming back for more of Doan's Bones and not have to worry about the place exploding again.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.