Reporters Notebook (Gettysburg Times 01/12/08): "Kokomos West"

I planned an outing last weekend with a contingent of friends, instructing them to gather at Kokomo’s West, a wing joint in Camp Hill along the West Shore.
“Last time I ate there, it was pretty good,” I told my gang, adding that I had eaten at the restaurant “two or three years ago
My pal, who had previously dined at another Kokomo’s in the Harrisburg area, concurred. “They’ve got good wings,” I recall my bud saying, “and it’s easy to find, right there along the Carlisle Pike.”
Or so we thought.
As I was on my way to the eatery Saturday night, my friend phoned me.
“Are you there yet?” asked my friend, who was traveling with his wife and sister. “We can’t find it.”
I couldn’t find the darned place either — even though I had precise directions.
“It’s here on my map,” I said, “but I can’t find it anywhere.”
We arranged to meet at a Pep-Boys, and as we parked our vehicles, my friend’s wife went into the business, and asked an employee where Kokomo’s West is located.
Minutes later, we got our answer. And we were very surprised.
“Guess what,” said the young lass as she came out of the building. “It burnt down three years ago.”
Duh.
Perhaps a career in event planning awaits me.
— Scot Andrew Pitzer