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Published on 11/24/1997 All articles from this issue

Council sends Koo Koo Roo sign to spell-check

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By Joanne Griffith Domingue / Town Crier Staff Writer

Koo Koo Roo signs continue to ruffle local feathers and had city council members crying "fowl" at their Nov. 18 meeting.

Council members clucked their disapproval over the spelling of "yoo" in the sign, "Koo Koo Roo, Good for Yoo," and ordered it stricken.

"The misspelling of 'yoo' detracts from the visual character of the corner," said Councilwoman Kris Casto.

'"It's a little offbeat for Los Altos," said Councilwoman Patti Williams.

The sign was slated to be on the Second Street side of the restaurant that opened Nov. 15 on the corner of Main and Second streets.

"If 'Koo Koo Roo, California Kitchen' is good enough for Main Street, it's good enough for Second Street, too," said Councilman Lou Becker.

The sign maker, who came from Washington state to attend the council meeting, said the word is misspelled "to make an impression. It gets people to look at it a little longer," he said.

"It even got the city council to look at it longer," Becker said.

The signs had been approved by the Los Altos Architectural and Site Control Committee at its Nov. 5 meeting, signs the committee members said they toned down from original requests.

City council appealed the decision at its Nov. 10 meeting.

"Because it's a corporate logo," said Mayor Francis La Poll, "it doesn't lower the bar for what we accept."

Brian Gibson, regional manager of the Los Angeles-based Koo Koo Roo, crowed that community response to the Nov. 15 opening for the cafeteria-style chicken restaurant has been "very good."

It just wasn't good for "yoo."