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Review Feature
Review Feature

Dunkin Denton Moving to New Digs

It’s the end of an era for the former McConnell’s Fun Food building

By CONNIE CONNOLLY One notable absence is the round outdoor pavilion that has
been a landmark for decades. Choptank Excavating’s owner
DENTON – A new mini shopping center is coming soon David Blough disassembled the building and will set it up
to the corner of State Route 404 and Legion Road, while a elsewhere, according to reliable sources. Mr. Blough could
landmark building will be coming down.
not be reached for comment.

ose who have been challenged navigating the serpentine
entrance to the current Dunkin will enter and leave via a
“greatly improved” access, said Denton Town Administrator
Scott Getchell. e famous pin-

wheel pavilion as
Some lane closures on Legion Road since mid-May have seen from Google
accompanied the project. Choptank Excavating has been Earth.
grading the building site and parking lots during May.

e pavilion has stood on the property since the Dunkin

building was McConnell’s Fun Food. e late James

McConnell owned the business until he retired in 1987. e
restaurant served up old-fashioned “fun food” until Dunkin
Donuts came along.
Caroline County Commission Vice President Larry Porter
said he “certainly ate a lot of meals there.”
A Federalsburg native, McConnell worked there “seven days

a week,” Porter said. “I don’t think the man ever le . He
cooked every cheeseburger there was.”

e popular hang-out was the rst fast-food restaurant in
Denton and attracted beach-goers, teens and Little Leaguers
before McDonald’s and Burger King set up shop on the
bypass. Kids nagged their parents to stop so they could
picnic and play outside under the pine trees.

Before chain fast-food restaurants came to Denton, locally owned Mc-
Connell’s Fun Food was the go-to hang-out for locals and beach-goers.

is undated photo depicts McConnell’s Fun Food a er a snowstorm.

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