Bartley had named one of his chicken burgers--added to the menu alongside turkey and veggie burgers as a concession to the increasing health consciousness of his customers--after Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr.
When Gates had hip replacement surgery a few years ago, Bartley says, he was surprised to receive a call from Gates's hospital room.
Gates had decided he did not want to be a chicken burger any more, Bartley says.
"He told me, 'I want to be a beef burger,'" Bartley says. "So I promised him that as soon as he got out of the hospital, he would be."
Bartley was true to his word.
"The Professor Skip Gates" is "New and Hip, with teriyaki sauce, a slice of pineapple, cole slaw and onion rings."
Reading his "hip" pun, Bartley laughs.
"People really get a kick out of this stuff," he says.
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