Marv Konnapasek opened the “Goody Shoppe” as a small diner
on the corner of Petring Motors car lot, across from The Granada
Theatre, in 1956. The Good Shoppe had only eight seats and in order
to get into the kitchen, Marv had to jump over the counter.
Sometimes it would be so busy that customers would be lined up
three deep behind each stool, with Marv taking their orders,
so when someone got up to leave, the next person could be seated
and fed. Recalls Norfolkan, Bob Hupp, “Jim Casey and I would serve
mass at 5:45 over at Sacred Heart Church. Then we would head
for The Goody Shoppe and have eggs and toast for breakfast.
It probably cost all of thirty-five cents, with money
left over for a doughnut!”
In 1958, Marv was joined by his brother Wayne Konnapasek and
opened the Double K Drive-In in the 1200 block of Pasewalk
Avenue, behind the Mobil Gas Station. The interior of the drive-in
had 25 seats and room for 40 cars in th elot with carhops. It was
the first eatery in Norfolk to sell soft-serve ice cream and
broasted chicken. Marv Konnapasek’s memories of Norfolk
in the late fifties are vivid. “Sometimes it would get so busy on
the weekends, with kids driving the main drag of Norfolk and
through the Double-K that police would come and direct
traffic on Norfolk Avenue and Pasewalk Avenue, just to
keep things flowing on Friday night. Sometimes things would
get wild. I remember one time that several teenagers were
harrassing each another kid in the parking lot by rocking his car
back and forth. One thing led to another and before you knew it,
they had tipped the car over on it’s side, right out in our lot.”
In 1964 the new Double K opened at it’s current location,
at the corner of Omaha Avenue and Thirteenth Street. It continued
to serve indoors and outdoors with carhops until 1968. Marv’s
son, Rick joined the firm in the early 70’s and is still with the
Double-K as catering manager, along with his father
Marvin and his uncle Wayne.
Most Northeast Nebraskans have delicious memories of the
famous Double-K onion rings, Pork on two, Broasted Chicken
and creamy shakes. In this fast food age, the days of Double-K
hamburgers, fries, and a jukebox, seem to have a special place
in one’s heart, and stomach.
