I live in 'Black Bear country". I've eaten at several including Mt. Shasta. And nope, no personal connection whatsoever with Dennys, other than that I have eaten breakfast there well over 300 times in the past 45 years at probably 40 different locations. I seriously don't get why they get the bad rap that they do. Out of 300 meals(it's probably closer to 400), maybe 10 were off the mark somehow, and most of those were in the late 70s. They are dependably decent.