The consumers have spoken – three local eateries recently made changes to their operations, either with a change in hours or the addition of a drive-through.

If you haven’t noticed, Buckhead Cafe, a fast, casual restaurant on Campbell Lane, recently changed its hours, deleted breakfast from its menu and now opens at 10:30 for the lunch crowd.

The restaurant also made several additions to its menu, including an expanded array of baked goods and desserts, according to manager Jodi Fleming.

Fleming said the change was all about being more efficient and having labor costs meet &#8220where most of the sales are, which are lunch and dinner,” Fleming said.

Buckhead Cafe, which opened in August 2005, will still serve homemade muffins, cappuccinos and coffee drinks that &#8220people tend to get throughout the day and not just breakfast hours,” Fleming said. &#8220We have a variety of homemade cheesecakes, cakes and bite-size homemade desserts.”

Fleming agreed it’s important to let the numbers make the decisions when running a restaurant.

But I still wonder why breakfast didn’t work out there, seeing that the morning rush keeps McDonalds and Burger King’s drive-thrus busy.

Speaking of drive-throughs, there are two locally owned and created places where you’ll notice a convenient way to stay in your car and still get the goods.

Bar-B-Que Junction, a 5-year-old restaurant and catering business based in southcentral Kentucky, has finally worked out the logistics for a drive-through at 2225 Russellville Road.

Bar-B-Que Junction opened almost a year ago after taking over the former Dairy Queen location, according to Bowling Green native Jeff Harris, who is one of four stockholders with Bar-B-Que Junction Inc.

The company started out with a restaurant on Morgantown Road for two years, then moved to the Hobson Grove golf course and Veterans Memorial area for three years before recently opening its new location on Russellville Road.

Harris previously said the building on Veterans Memorial will maintain its kitchen operations to provide catering services, with hopes to tap into the market of busy mothers and families who don’t have time to cook but want a quality, home-cooked meal.

For those looking for something colder and sweeter, Chaney’s Dairy Barn’s new Cambridge Square location has a drive-through up and running, according to owner Deborah Chaney.

The locale opened in August, and Chaney said it’s hard to tell what impact the drive-through will have – but she’s optimistic.

&#8220There are more things coming in the shopping center,” Chaney said. &#8220The whole center is kind of reviving and I think it’s going to be a real nice area to be in.”

Signage for the drive-through should be up sometime this week.

Chaney’s Dairy Barn in Cambridge Square has also added extended Sunday hours from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Chaney said.

It’s closed Easter Sunday.

Spring hours are from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Chaney said hours will probably be extended for the summer, depending on the availability of staff and public demand.

– E-mail business reporter Ameerah Cetawayo at acetawayo@bgdailynews.com or call 783-3246.