Quaker Steak and Lube
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Quaker Steak and Lube is a small, growing casual dining restaurant chain based in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The original restaurant was built in 1972 on the site of an abandoned gas station in downtown Sharon, and decorated with license plates and unused automobiles. Quaker Steak's flagship food products are its hot sauce and chicken wings.
The name is a play on the motor oil company Quaker State.
There are currently 27 restaurants in the chain, mostly operating in eastern Ohio and western and central Pennsylvania. There are also locations in Knoxville, Tennessee, Douglasville, Georgia, Charlotte, North Carolina, Madison, Wisconsin, Pinellas Park, Florida, and Charleston, West Virginia. The chain is slowly expanding to different locations across the United States, with three recent openings in the spring of 2006 in Milford, Ohio, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania and Austintown, Ohio.
[edit] Hot Sauce
One of Quaker Steak's gimmicks is its hot sauce flavors. The hot sauces are often depicted on the Scoville Scale. The hottest flavor is the "Atomic Sauce" which is made from the habanero chile. The Atomic flavor is sold individually in a dropper bottle to further the advertising gimmick. In fact, the Atomic flavor is so hot that the customer must sign a waiver form before ordering them, freeing Quaker Steak from any liablity and/or prosecution.
| Flavor | Scoville Units |
|---|---|
| Atomic | 150,000 |
| Suicide | 30,000 |
| Buckeye BBQ | 5,000 |
| Cajun | 3,870 |
| Hot | 3,000 |
| Arizona Ranch | 2,050 |
| Golden Garlic | 2,030 |
| Medium | 1,440 |
| Pennsylvania Premium Garlic | 1,300 |
| Louisiana Lickers | 1,220 |
| Asian Sesame | 930 |
| Dusted Chipotle BBQ | 900 |
| Dusted Wasabi Ginger | 885 |
| Parmesan Pepper | 870 |
| Mild | 740 |
| Honey Mustard | 310 |
| BBQ | 90 |
| Ranch | 90 |
