The Heart Attack Grill might be one of the darkest stories in restaurant history. But it's pandering to utter excess certainly shows that for some people, gluttony can truly be their ultimate flaw.
Well gluttony can be the base of the others Greed:gluttony of wealth Wrath:gluttony of rage Lust:gluttony of passion Sloth:gluttony of lazy Envy:gluttony of jealousy
Just a quick note on ABC (Amy's baking company) the staff itself were really nice young ladies just doing their jobs. It were just the two owners who were completely kookoo.
Yea Sammy and Amy had to FLEE the country!!! They were looking at child abuse issues when one of their children coughed up a hairball!!! I mean they were cats! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only controversy with Chuck E Cheese was recycled pizzas brought on a TH-camr who shall not be named. The recycled pizza was debunked by MatPat in an episode of Food Theory.
The Chuck E Cheese restaurant I once went to was a really wholesome highlight. I just had my open heart surgery when I was seven years old, so I spent months with basically “no fun allowed” for the sake of my own safety, and for obvious reasons. However, I decided that when I finally recover, my family and I host an “All Better Party” at a Chuck E Cheese restaurant! Long story short, my recovery went very well and we had a successful party at Chuck E Cheese! In fact, we even went back for another party for my eighth birthday! It really is heartbreaking to see pretty much my entire childhood crumble away, whether it’s bankruptcy or being “exposed” to the “newsworthy gossips” about important things in my childhood like Disney! (That probably explains why we Disney fans don’t like being told to “Grow Up “)
Well I'm Glad you recovered from your open heart surgery and that you had a good time at Chuck e cheese and that you had a lot of fun I remember when I had fun there years ago I've Even been to incredible John's another place similar to Chuck e cheese but with Disney nowadays their modern shows aren't that Good when they air on Disney plus including she hulk it's really bad but some Disney shows are good like owl house amphibia but I get you
What a beautiful comment don’t worry though Chuck E. Cheese’s is still here In fact some of the local locations next to me is still open and their original locations
Matt Stonie did. Not happily, but he managed to eat that entire 20,000 calorie burger as a food challenge. Still don't understand how the man remains that skinny. 🤔😩
The most crazy part is the Octuple Bypass Burger he points out actually holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's most calorific burger. The Quadruple Bypass Burger originally held this world record, but Heart Attack Grill managed to break their own world record by building up 4 more layers.
You are one of my favorite personalities on TH-cam because you are a very mellow person who shares good content and doesn’t try to get attention, or clickbait, or make inflammatory remarks. Just wanted to shout that out to you!
@@phantomstrider If you are reading this, thanks for the content. You really help a lot of people out here, especially the part about Chick-Fil-A, and I stopped eating there for a while now. (When I found that stuff it was horrible knowing what they did) You are a wonderful person and thank you for the great content you put over the years.
Karen's diner is probably the funniest restaurant concept I've ever seen, and as long as they keep the insults towards adults I am perfectly fine with it being open.
We have Dick’s Last Resort, you go there specifically to get roasted. It’s a blast. If someone gets their feelings hurt easily they shouldn’t tag along.
Don't feel to bad for bashing Amy's Baking Company. Her and her husband are horrible people. The guy is in prison for mafia and gangster crimes. Edit, I was unaware that he fled the country. The last I heard about him was him being arrested.
Yeah, you know it's bad when even they refuse to listen to Gordon Ramsey and let him help the place. The worst part about that episode of Kitchen Nightmares is the couple who run the restaurant want the episode to not be about Ramsey helping them improve like every other episode, but rather, to use him and the episode to prove that their food is great and that all the negative responses were wrong all along. Obviously, their plan backfired.
Worked at hooters 18-21. It wasn’t bad, I was able to pay for my college. Of course there were some creeps, but what surprised me the most, was the amount of families that came in.
Honestly for the people that protest against it because of it not being family friendly, I don’t think your necessarly meant to see it as a place you bring your kids and whole family to. You can do it, but you should be intelligent enough to know that maybe it’s not for them, especially younger kids. Maybe if you wanna hang out and get drunk with your adult siblings, sure, but whole family? No.
@@anotherrandomguy8871 nah my kids loved it they are not in anything more skimpy than people ware everywhere, and especially not as bad as beach ware, and it's hot here so we are used to it, and they always get a balloon and have a really good time. But I don't go anymore, now that all you can eat wings is gone
Some may disagree, but I'm personally loving the break from all the cartoon videos Strider is making and focusing on all this food and resturants. It's actually rather interesting. Plus, I always enjoy watching Strider, the dude comes from Australia like I do
Heart Attack Grill is the very definition of truth in advertising, and not once was I surprised that it was given top ranking. Another good job done, Strider.
The origin of the owner feels like something straight out of psychology villain; apparently he was a professional nutritionist before this. He was fed up with people constantly ignoring his advice and shortly afterwards made this restaurant as a double-edged sword. To literally feed gluttonous habit too those far gone and be a cautionary tale for the outside looking in. If you feel disgusted at this restaurant, then it's doing it's job efficiently.
I have my doubts about the reasons why restaurants like Hooters doesn't have the same appeal as before; firstly, I think that the reason why someone wouldn't be interested anymore in going to a restaurant to see girls in somewhat revealing clothing is because of the internet, where you have complete access to adult content; also, I doubt most influencers actually make a good change on body positivity, I think is quite the opposite since lots of people are full operations and can just edit their photos, giving a distorted version of reality.
I’m pretty sure porn has nothing to do with why this generation isn’t going to hooters. Internet porn, or at the very least, relatively easy access to porn, has existed the entire time Hooters has been around, and it’s not like strip clubs are hurting for patrons. Also, i can’t say I agree with your second point as I don’t think it has anything to do with body positivity, either. (I don’t understand the point you’re making anyway, not sure why you believe increased body positivity in society has as much, or anything really, to do with influencers as you claim. It’s pretty much just been a general shift in what many people view as being a desirable body type from the stick-thin, curveless skelton of the 90s towards curvier physiques. I’d argue that hip-hop’s increasing popularity has more to do with it than anything lol) As a dude in his mid-20s, I just don’t see the appeal in visiting a restaurant that puts its workers on display like their zoo animals or something. I don’t want to sit in a room full of a bunch of middle-aged men while knowing that these dudes my dads age are being creepy towards girls my age or younger. It just seems like a weird an uncomfortable atmosphere and I can’t understand why anyone would willing subject themselves to that situation instead of just going to an actual strip club. I’m not visiting a hooters with my family, I’m definitely not taking a date or my SO to one, and if I’m with a few of my guy friends and we’re in the mood to hangout around a dozen beautiful women for an hour or two than we’re going to a strip club instead.
@@realwiggles My second point is not against Hooters, is against the video, which claimed that internet influencers has made a positive impact on body positivity. Anyway, thanks for your point of view, really interesting
The type of influencers you're thinking of, no not really. But there is a constant shift and ebb and flow of "beauty" throughout time. There was a time where being super model thin and busty was considered undesirable. And big, hefty, very curvy girls were the hot thing. Why? Because that meant she had a family that had enough money to feed her OR she was successful enough [cough] to be well fed. Thus, she was more likely to survive pregnancy and birthing children. Which made her desirable. Now those same sizes are seen as gross - but are working their way back to desirable. [Some sizes might be a medical issue but that's not for the lay person to judge, that takes a professional]. Vikings liked red haired women, and tall women. Tall women are juuuuuuust making their way back into the "Oooh that's hot" zone and even still get the issue of "A woman over 6foot is a man" or other insulting commentary. Hecc in the 80s, hairy women were HOT - then around the 90s/00s having hair anywhere but your head was seen as undesirable. And now a variety of levels of hair are seen as sexy again. There ARE plenty of influencers making strides in body positivity - hecc that huge leak of celeb's nudes [I think almost exclusively female celebs] actually helped a lot too [granted it was still disgusting and if they ever caught the jerks I hope they got a lot of time] - I remember reading one female celeb said the outpouring of LOVE from female fans going "omg your skin ISN'T perfect JUST LIKE MINE" and "oh you do have stretch marks, and tummy fat, JUST LIKE ME" etc etc etc - made her say that while screw the people who violated her privacy - she was so happy that her body [which she also felt terrible about] made so many women feel BEAUTIFUL because they realized "Hey if X celeb is a catch of a woman, and I have all those same issues, I'm a catch too!". And I think to be able to say "Despite being self-conscious about my body, my REAL body bein able to be seen made someone else realize they're beautiful too, makes me appreciate my imperfections a little bit more" is really the kind of body positivity we all need.
As a young male (20), this could be true. If I want to look at women, why not look it up, or if you want to hang out with someone while looking at women, you might as well go to a certain type of club instead, tho I have no idea how many of these are around either, maybe less than hooters. Still, if I could, a club would be the first choose over hooters. The thing is however, while I doubt many other young men dislike looking at pretty women, but rather it’s doing it while eating. It would just be very awkward for some people.
I really hope strider can talk about animatronics and Chuck E. Cheese more. A vid talking about retired animatronics would honestly be amazing. While this might be embarrassing to say, but Chuck E. Cheese and showbiz pizza is kinda my passion
Same here. I actually went to Chuck E Cheese when I was a little girl and it was a lot of fun there. It's been years now and I don't remember much too much of Chuck E Cheese anymore, but it was still a pleasant memo I carried with me.
It must be so cathartic to work at Karen's Diner. Customer service workers have to stay nice despite dealing with some awful people. Being able to insult them back must be so freeing!
I work retail not food service, but I could see it being cathartic. I've dealt with some really nasty customers I would have loved to throw a few insults at
I'd want one that's sort of like a middle ground. From the sounds of it, the point of Karen's Diner is to get insulted and so the staff are actually supposed to do it. I'd rather have something where it's more totally neutral. If they feel like being nice to you, they can and that's totally fine. But if you're being an ass, they're totally allowed to call you on it. I'd really like that for every place I go to. The whole forced good mood customer service people have is genuinely creepy and unsettling to me and I always feel uncomfortable when staff are nice to me because I can't tell if they actually mean it or if they're being forced to lie about their emotions. I'd really just love if they could be honest either way.
You know robot chicken did some skits related to Hooters. it was basically the owl trying to advertise but grown men talking about poor quality of the food and the owl saying stuff like "You're missing the point"
From what I’ve heard, Chuck E. Cheese didn’t get rid of the animatronics because of FNAF, but rather because the owners simply thought they were outdated. Chuck E. Cheese was already starting to go through a rebranding 2 years before FNAF was even released.
before fnaf was released the dance floor was a concept till around late 2016 and thought 2017 it was being installed in specific locations till they bumped it up to the majority of locations, if anything fnaf boosted the popularity of animatronics, and I'm surprised the dance floor wasn't an idea before the animatronics
CEC did a survey type thing to see what parents wanted in their restaurants, and for some reason the parents thought it would be a good idea to remove the animatronics and stages. Although, they have decided to keep *one* stage in Northridge, CA.
@@PancakemonsterFO4 If you mean insults towards customers, well... The very nature of BDSM (even the relatively SFW stuff) requires open discussion of boundaries, safewords, check-ins, and of course, consent, so as long as you've got actual dommes that know what they're doing, then things should be fine.
@@thatoneundertalefanaticMcDonald’s is fine if you eat it very occasionally (at least over here. If you’re in the US I know they use a lot more awful chemicals and ingredients). Issue is that a lot of people eat there 4 or more times a week and then wonder why they’re fat. The heart attack grill is just legit evil and disgusting.
I 100% respectfully can't go wrong with Hooters and fashion cafe besides the supermodels at fashion cafe are so beautiful especially when some supermodels wear pretty dresses 😊
I've heard about Karen's diner but when I heard about the controversy I didn't hear about the insulting kids thing. I saw some TikTok's of people who had never even eaten there tearing it apart just because they hated the concept and saying that the waitresses are bad at acting. I thought it was really stupid criticism, I mean really, are you going to a restaurant expecting the most convincing epic acting performance ever?
People have insane expectations... I can't tell you how many new Dnd players I have seen go to a session run by a normal person in their freetime and expect it to have similar production values and storytelling quality to critical role, which is run by multiple professionals who are payed to do it.
I'm just wondering why that's considered controversal, while ed debevic's still had some of the best burgers and fries I've had at a place. Seriously though, Karen's is just ed debevic's.
@@angrynoodletwentyfive6463 Same! The only thing I expect from a DM is the willingness to have fun and allow me to be goofy. I love a good jokey semi-serious game.
"I still remember accidentally stumbling into hooters as a kid." Some off the clock neurologist is mentally unpacking that statement. Also the hooters owl is named hooty, the holding company is Gulf coast wings, so their main focus was always the chicken. The waitresses thing was always a weird outlier compared to other restaurants.
My partner, his friends, and I went to Hooters and it was the most comfortable I have ever been. I still cringe at us having those poor girls do the happy birthday song. The food was mediocre. I’m just disgusted by it.
@@PancakemonsterFO4 without that they're just another chicken place. Not to play devil's advocate, but we have chicken chain market saturation. Bojangles, KFC, Popeyes, chick filet , Zaxby's, Raising Cane's Slim chickens, churches to name a few. And with burger places like burger king and white castle starting to sell their own chicken products, it makes sense for a chicken company to stand out somehow. If hooters was owned by the hub it would be another story, but GCW seems set on chicken. Could be worse, but could be better.
I can’t tell for sure if Jon Basso is faking his personality for the camera & exposure but objectively he’s creative and an intelligent businessman. That’s what makes him kinda eerie even though he doesn’t seem to be hiding anything from us
He's not - he straight up knows that this food kills people but people want it so he's willing to make bank off of it. Here's a quote from an interview with him: "Do I want others to die at my restaurant? No. Actually I want to wake up one morning and open the door and have no one ever come in again, because maybe the world would have learned the truth. I can always go find another industry. I know how to sell things if I need to. … I don’t need to do this. But it is pathetic, in my opinion, that major corporate fast food chains will not tell the truth. As all I want is a little honestly in America about what we eat and why our waistlines are getting bigger and bigger and bigger.”
I ate at a Hooter's here in San Diego about two years ago. The staff was friendly and the food was delicious. I noticed how nice the male manager was to his female staff.
Karen's diner makes me think of Wong Kei in London, where the staff are known for being a tad rude. The manager announced a plan to reeducate the staff but most went "no don't!" People liked it 😆
Tbh I still really want to go there so the advertising works. It's bad I live in a country that actually cares about public health and would never allow such a restaurant to exist.
To be honest, I'm not even surprised that a restaurant calling itself the Heart Attack Grill would be controversial, it's almost like it was intended to be. But hearing just what kind of things they do in that restaurant is appalling, to put it as mildly as possible
If anything, Heart Attack Grill did the complete opposite with me. Instead of attracting me as a customer, it makes me wanna avoid that restaurant like the plague. And I don't even live in Las Vegas or Dallas, Texas.😨
Even though I am personally revolted by even any mention of the name, Karen, I don’t actually mind the concept of Karen’s Diner and I actually think it’s quite unique, as long as it’s all for an act. I just hope that in the future, they take some tips from Gordon Ramsey on how to treat children better.
I hate the name being used as an insult, but if it's someone's real name (like I have an aunt named Karen), then that's totally fine. People who act out like that don't deserve a human name (besides the fact it would be insulting to someone with that name who does NOT act like that!). Call them nags or something.
Yeah I think they should at least be neutral towards the children or maybe just not let children in because the children don't choose to be there and they probably don't understand why the adults are being so mean to them.
Chik Fil A was in the news again recently, apparently they were trying to supplement their worker shortage by hiring “volunteers” in exchange for free food. So basically forcing people to work all the responsibilities of a full time employee, in exchange for a chicken sandwich. I’ll have to look into it, but a lot of people were pointing out that this is supposedly illegal (which would make sense since they are doing the exact same job as an employee for no pay) But either way it comes off as really scummy that instead of just hiring these “volunteers” they’re being used to undercut actual employees. I can see this easily turning into a way discourage unionizing or negotiating for better wages. “Don’t like it here, well there are plants of ‘volunteers’ waiting to take your job”
Alright I'm gonna be completely honest but... When you have a diner that's deliberately called "karen's diner" AND "heart attack grill" where they literally DISPLAY REMAINS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARTATTACKS!! Then that's when you know that mankind went too far
The heart attack grill is one i do find disturbing though people who die of heart attacks while there have probably been on a road to that cause of death for a long time sadly. This is the first time i have learned about cremated remains on display though and that makes this sooo much creepier... It would take me literal weeks to even attempt to eat a 20k calorie burger by myself. It hurts my brain seeing something that massive meant for one person.
Just hearing about that many calories - over a week's worth of them for me - made me feel like vomiting. Nasty. The only way I want 20K in a sitting is reading that many words a day, thanks..........
IKR!!! It's so horrible it could lead to extreme obesity or worse, death. I will get so sick of eating those foods, especially that 20k burger and vomit and have a lot of health issues. Thank bl**dy God it never came to my country of Australia.🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
it's impressive how strider has managed to diversify his channal so much as some (not giving any names) are unable to do that, but good on him and there still entertaining and enjoyable, so good on him :3
Thanks Ross! It's been alot of fun finally being able to expand out from cartoons after 7 years (as much as I still enjoy spongebob 😄 ) Also, @Minspi Is that a reference to the Farseer trilogy? 😲 Love those books! 😄
One could argue that, while Chuck E. Cheese has been failing, Dave & Buster's has been booming in the U.S. They apply the same concept of food and arcade games, except that the experience is geared more towards adults. There is a video about the restaurant on the Company Man channel.
I...thought I was prepared for anything at this point. My main response to hearing about some new controversy happening is "Yeah. That sounds about right". I thought I'd seen it all...but when I heard you talk about the Heart Attack Grill....I swear my brain shut down. I was quite literally left speechless.
I don't know if the owner of the Heart Attack Grill, still has this policy, but he long ago said that the purpose of the restaurant was meant to be satirical, in the sense that he wants to show the dangers (in some case lethal) of eating Garbage Food. And he said that the day that people stop coming to his restaurant to eat, he will shut it down... In his eyes, he really is not the villain, he is just a cynic who realizes that people literally pay money to poison themselves by eating so much trash.
I knew about the many deaths that occurred in the Heart Attack Grill, but I did not know they went so far as to display the ashes of someone who died there. That is just dark! 😖 P.S. I am writing this not as an attack to the owners of the restaurant, but rather to express my shock at some of the practices that are allowed there.
Fun fact,if you eat the octuple bypass burger in one sitting,you’ll get pushed out in a wheelchair,however it’s more likely you’ll be in a ambulance or at the golden gates.
Hearing how Fnaf unintentionally helped lead to the downfall of Chuck E Cheese, despite never being at one at all, is pretty depressing to hear, though hopefully they can restart in a fresh new direction for the future while still being appealing to nostalgic people.
Well I don't want to sound harsh but the Chuck E Cheese animatronics do look a little bit terrifying and might accidentally traumatise younger kids that knows of FNAF.
In contrast, Fnaf actually introduced some people, including me, to the concept of animatronic entertainment in dining outlets and FECs. And it's really interesting to see how they program their bots to sing and move. I bet there are tons of CEC fans who were introduced to the concept after playing Fnaf. But I do agree that Fnaf did damage the reputation of CEC quite a bit. You win some, you lose some I guess.
@@georgeray1906 the issue is the full band stage has animatrinics that are about 40 years old, and most locations don't have the money to constantly refurbish these animatronics. The studio c stages are really nice though, and the animatronic is usually in good condition since its newer! Maybe phase out the full band and change to just studio c stages
My dad and sister had gone to a Heart Attack Grill in Vegas. I can't remember if they actually ate there, but I didn't know they showed the customers' cremated remains to the customers! That's disgusting! On a lighter note, the Hooters hotel here in Vegas is still standing, rebranded to OYO. :)
Here in Philippines there's one controversy happened in Jollibee, where a customer received a fried towel on their Chicken bucket meal. The story goes an employee misplaced his or her wiping towel and it fell on the deep frier and that deep fried towel is good enough to be mistaken as a fried chicken and somehow got served.
I really liked your recent videos Strider! Not only because that they are a nice break from the usual stuff like animated movies and cartoons, but they are really interesting too. Keep up the great work and remember kids: if you and your family want to go to a restaurant. Don’t. Go. To. Heart. Attack. Grill. Period.
@@IvanovIvanAKrutoi ooooo I’d love a video on cars! Maybe vehicles in general like trains and airplanes? Perhaps a video that’s listing the coolest car designs.
@@collinkeyser6827 when PhantomStrider said that not many men went to Hooters anymore I was expecting him to say it was mostly lesbian women coming there now. Nothing wrong with that, haha
The Hooters thing seems weird to me. Like you have people saying that women are being exploited by Hooters for showing off their body, but the same people are saying that women shouldn't be afraid of their bodies and should be free to express themselves. The women there choose to work there, doesn't it seem a little sexist to say women should not be allowed to work at Hooters. Just a weird thing I noticed.
You are absolutely correct about pointing out this annoying contradiction. There are some very jealous, very entitled, unattractive women who'll try to drag down other women, and they use 'feminism' and/or 'MeToo' as a shield. People such as Amber Heard.
I think it's more about the other staff and customers feeling like they are allowed to be creepy towards the women just because they are wearing revealing clothing when they are just trying to do their job. It's why a local maid cafe were I live has a sigh that saids to not touch the employees.
@@trixxart777Forgive me if this sounds callous, but since the employees are getting harassed by customers, why not add bouncers and better security systems to protect them?
I have vivid memories of going to Sizzler on a Friday night whenever we were in town. It was busy, but boy it was nice. The copious amounts of all-you-can-eat-spaghetti bolognaise and garlic bread, disastrous concoctions of mixed soft drink flavours, and then those beautiful little shell-coated chocolates in the little packets… I think I might cry
Chuck-e-cheese also had an issue with the reusing old pizza conspiracy (Which turned out to be false) but that hurt the restaurant a lot. The people behind the franchise even made a, horrendously bad, statement that didn't do anything. They also had a controversy with them making a delivery service called pascwaly's (I don't have a clue how to spell it sorry) pizza and wings which was made to trick people into buying chuck-e-cheese. I honestly feel really bad for this restaurant, it has a lot of things I love all in one package. Arcade machines, employees in character outfits, the constant feel of party and those animatronics were just amazing. The only part I didn't like was the food, I never really liked greasy food like that anyway.
Honesly five nights at Freddy's ruined Chuck cheeses kids are afraid of anamotrontics and even people wearing a costume of a animal that walks too it might be the biggest game to let kids play
Chuck E. Cheese has definitely played a big part of my childhood since I was indeed a kid having a birthday party there once. When I visited there in my teen years for another friend's birthday party, I absolutely felt heartbroken by the change. There was just something about the modern Chuck E. Cheese that didn't have the same charm, color, or even passion behind it. My childhood has ball pits, little rides, and arcades! Then it just became arcades. Sometimes, arcades can be a good selling point, but for Chuck's case, it was a large step down.
Karen’s Diner is the almost the same thing as Ed Debevic’s (A 50s style restaurant where the customers are mean to you, they even dance on some tables)
My Dad took me to Hooters when I was kid and he was jealous because of the attention I was getting from the waitresses, mainly because I was small kid. Edit: actually my dad took me and family to Hooters and my dad was jealous in a funny way.
@@JoshioE110 Uh, yeah. You're dad took you to a place that's not kid appropriate, and then got jealous of you. Do you NOT see that as a bad thing? Also, didn't you get to number 1 on this list?
@@joelblake5310 well he actually took me and my family to Hooters and my dad was jealous of me getting the attention from the other waitresses in a funny way.
I remember when my cousins went to hooters and one of them was offered a job there, to the manager’s horror, she revealed she was only 14 at the time. (The offer was, of course, revoked)
When I was a kid, we went to Chuck E Cheese all the time and we loved it! I miss that part of my childhood, running around playing games, eating pizza, drinking root beer and making new friends in the tubes lol
I feel like to an extent, Dave and Buster's could also be a huge competitor for Chuck E. Cheese, due to having the arcade, but also foods that kids and adults can eat...Plus no animatronics, but dang, I didn't know FNAF even affected that. Never had interest in those games, but also hate horror/jump scare media.
@@OverlordZeroULTIMA According to their website, there are 13 D&B's in Texas. Here in Iowa there's no D&B's; there were plans to open one in 2020, but was presumably scrapped due to the pandemic.
Out of sheer curiosity, I googled the Heart Attack Grill. They do not have the full menu on their website, although several menu items are described in their About section. However, they do have an application to be a "nurse" (waitress), which includes questions like: What's your Zodiac sign? What's your idea of a workout?What would be your first action if you were president? Could Jack fit on the Raft? Which Grease character are you? Who would win in a fight (no options to choose from, it's an open ended question), and Who would you have a hot one night stand with (The choices are Bugs Bunny, SpongeBob, Homer Simpson, and Mickey Mouse). It's absolutely hilarious and I'm honestly tempted to apply as a joke
I'm really glad you covered the Rockport Donuts story. I've never heard of a restaurant doing that before, and I live in the state that this shop is open in. Also, as a pretty overweight woman that's trying to work towards losing weight, Heart Attack Grill makes me both sick and terrified.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Chuck E. Cheese's attempt to say alive during the pandemic by showing up on DoorDash et al under the phantom restaurant name of Pasqually's Pizza and Wings, named after the human character.
I swear, PhantomStrider's videos are so good for my self-esteem they add years to my life expectancy. Your videos are honestly good laugh fuel because of the variety in themes and the scripts being downright hilarious and informative. Thank you so much, mate.
Ah, Heart-Attack Grill. I remember being a kid watching stuff like Food Network and Travel Channel, and seeing that place featured all the time when a show talked about insane restaurants. It's still open? Such is the way of American business. Also... everytime someone talks about Hooters I can only think of that one time when I was real little and my dad brought me with him to Hooters without telling my mom 😅... well that and the one King Of The Hill episode lol.
I doubt Bacon Bacon will ever have the same level of demand or success. Early-Mid 2010s meme culture really catapulted the popularity of bacon to undeserved heights
John Basso really went through a whole supervillain arc as a former nutritionist that became upset at people cheating on their diets and his failing workout industry stint, that he decided a restaurant based around serving unhealthy food to kill their customers for eating it so much was an amazing idea. Oh and the sexual harassment lawsuits don't help either.
In regards to Hooters, when I see someone, male, female or otherwise, wearing a crop top with dolphin shorts, I don't see it as an opportunity to reduce them to objects. I see it as people expressing themselves in such a liberating way and being confident with it. In fact, it always makes me sad when women (the main targets) are not respected as humans, whether or not they wear revealing clothing. Also, as a huge fan of the 80's, I can say that crop tops and dolphin shorts were loved by all genders, but it's understandable that not everyone has the same interests and wants to see change that better suits the general census. In regards to Chuck E. Cheese's, I can understand how Chuck is a bad name in Australia; it's because it's slang for vomiting, so when the chain moved to the country, Chucky was renamed to Charlie.
many women dress like that when the weather is nice.but with hooters, cuz its the whole point, it's no surprise that they are harassed by customers as they are all concentrated in said restaurants. i dress similarly and it does feel good and confident. and I had never knew about chuck meaning vomiting in Australia. that's an interesting tidbit
With Hooters, I don't think the outfits themselves are an issue. It's the fact that the restaraunt pretty much marketed itself as a place to stare at and objectify women. People can be wearing potato sacks and some gross people will still objectify them. The skimpy clothing just makes it easier. Also, choosing to dress in little clothing is fine, but it's creepy when the company uniform forces employees to dress like that. Most women who took the job were finally fine with and comfortable with the uniforms, though, unless they were just completely desperate and couldn't find work anywhere else. I'm a dude and if my job let me wear booty shorts every day I would lol.
Hooters wouldn't be a bad place if they treated their servers like humans. Sure, it can be degrading for some people but those people just wouldn't work there.
My uncle used to work as a Technician Manager at Chuck E Cheese and it was a lot of fun going there when I was a kid. The one that he was at has a dance floor now instead of the animatronics, like most (if not all) of the Chuck E Cheese restaurants.
I worked at a niche pop up restaurant that was similar to “Superbabes” from that Batman special. It was like a super heroine and super villainess cosplay version of Hooters. We didn’t call it Superbabes, it was called “Pre-Flashpoint”. I was Poison Ivy. The place is gone, but it was really fun to work at.
During the pandemic, I decided to order Chuck E. Cheese because I was passing by one. It had these hand-made posters offering a lot of food for cheap. I was suspicious of it but I said screw it. Called and they sounded desperate. They sound gleeful that I wanted to order some pizza and tried to get me to buy more. I went to pick up and saw stacks of pizza boxes and small toys for sale. The depressing atmosphere and the decay of my childhood that I had to accept with my pizza and wings.
I'm suprised Strider didn't mention the whole recycled pizza conspiracy with Chuck E. Cheese seeing as how that could've played a big part in the closing. Also, from what I've seen, some fans of Five Nights at Freddy's would go there BECAUSE it inspired Five Nights at Freddy's.
I knew about the controversies surrounding the Heart Attack Grill, but this is the first time I heard of them showing the cremated remains of one of their customers and people are treating it like it's no big deal.
Hooters did actually have good wings. The service was always excellent as well. I walked past heart attack grill while I was in Vegas but everything on the menu sounded so gross.
There was an amazing buffet called Sweet Tomatoes that my family would go to for birthdays. In 2020, every restaurant in the nation permanently closed because they didn't have enough money to survive the pandemic. I know how you feel, Strider.
You forgot the part about Chuck E. Cheese where they ran a successful delivery business under another name out of the same kitchens during the pandemic
Fashion Cafe feels like a scheme that Quinn and the Fashion Club would contemplate doing, but they won't actually pursue it because it sounded like a stupid venture even for them.
My aunt was asked to work at a hooters one time, but she turned it down to work at a fudge factory. Honestly after hearing about the staff mistreatment there, now I’m kinda glad she turned down the offer. Mom told me she was friends with the ceo or something like that.
Thank you for using the Rockport Donuts/DonutsDatRock segment in your video. When I discovered what happened over there, I decided to boycott that donut place, and it was a heartbreaking decision to make because my favorite donut is the chocolate glazed with peanut butter chips. I'm going to share this video so that a lot people, including any fellow Texans will see that segment and maybe support that poor Cambodian woman. I also want those terrible owners to either shut that place down or sell it to a nicer person and move out of Rockport, TX. Also, did you know that the owners also made poor lady clean their house on a nightly basis?
Dr. Phil is a doctor he has a doctorate in clinical psychology but stopped renewing his license in 2006. He became famous because courts in Texas would use him to determine is someone was lying in trials, he is a master of reading body language and had a pretty high success rate of determining who was lying.
Chuck E. Cheese is my childhood. I've never felt such happiness in all my childhood then when having fun at Chuck E. Cheese with my family. It's an experience like no other. 🍕
Jeez, the Heart Attack Grill doesn't really hide any of its controversies, judging by the _name_ alone. And from what I'm seeing in the footage, the waitresses are dressed in skimpy nurse outfits, showing cleavage quite clearly. And they spank naughty customers too? I guess the restaurant runs not only on being as unhealthy as possible, but ALSO on sex appeal and fetishes, perhaps even more blatantly than Hooters.
Jeebus, I wish this restaurant is shut down soon. It looks so gross and inappropriate behaviour like this should be taken to court and hopefully shut down sooner than later. I will hate to even eat there. I rather eat at a Bosnian restaurant over this anyday.🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬🤬
I remember when there was a restaurant named Ryan's that had a buffet. At some point, that restaurant was shut down from health violations. I later found out that it wasn't just my local Ryan's that shut down, but a couple of Ryan's restaurants were shut down as well. I remember when my family had taken a trip and a Ryan's there had also been shut down, indicating that it was a stateside thing and not something that just happened locally. The restaurant remained standing for a couple of years after it was shut down before it was finally demolished. It seems odd that places that get shut down remain standing for a long time before they either are demolished or are converted into something else. I don't know how long exactly that restaurant stayed standing between closing and demolition, but it was a couple of years.
The thing with Karen's Diner insulting kids is a shame, because I genuinely love the pastel pinks and blues mixed with the 20th century diner aesthetic(with a hint of rock) that decorate the restaurant interior. The image of it you used for the background looks like a bakery that tastes sweet just looking at it!
I wouldn’t go there. I remember being insulted at restaurants as a child and this is very stressful for me. I don’t like drama, even in jest. Very triggering for me. I don’t care how good the food may be.
Nobody's forcing anybody to go. Nobody's forcing anybody to bring their children if they do go. It's like going into a strip club and being offended that there are topless women.
The owner of The Heart Attack Grill gives me creepy vibes, I saw a video where Nikocado Avocado went to eat there once, and the owner was encouraging him to eat more, it's pretty creepy.
Also I like to mention as someone who is working at Chick-Fil-A and is resigning around October all I can say is...IT'S LIKE WALKING INTO THE 7 RINGS OF HELL! Seriously the whole donation to Anti LGBTQ+ was bad enough but the way they handle harassment in the work area is AWFUL! A new worker joined us and she is THE WORST! She takes all the work that was suppose to be assigned to other people,She would always chat with the chefs despite of always having a busy line,and of when we had enough and stood our ground she made it look like that WE'RE the ones harassing HER! And that WE should have our attitudes in check! Despite having security cameras EVERYWHERE and showing she's clearly in the wrong they turn a blind eye! So the moment October hits I AM OUT OF THERE!
Lol. Do you think that is specific to Chick Fil A, or your location in particular? No dear, that's called working in food service. Most places are like that. If you think some girl talking to the cooks and doing tasks that are assigned to others as "literal hell" then you are in for a big surprise and will need to grow a much thicker skin before taking pretty much any other job.
Ooooof, almost had to skip ABC 🙈🙈 I've worked for two different places where the owner was exactly like that and it's super anxiety inducing. You may not wish ill will on the owners, my friend, but I wish my old bosses everything they deserve. Not harassment or anything... But I wish all their bad food safety habits, bad checks and bad attitudes will come to light
I agree. As you say, they should absolutely be held accountable for their bad food/restaurant habits and customer treatment. Sorry you went through that in the past 😟 I had my share of bad restaurant managers in the past too 😆
Chi-Chi's would be another great entry if you make a Part 2 of this video (which I'd love to see)! It was a Mexican franchise restaurant that basically folded up in the early 2000s after there was a Hepatitis A outbreak caused by a Pennsylvania location, the largest in US History, apparently. Some people even died, sadly. The name lives on in their grocery store items, but the restaurant itself is no more. Thanks for all the great videos, PhantomStrider! I look forward to them every time!
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The Heart Attack Grill might be one of the darkest stories in restaurant history. But it's pandering to utter excess certainly shows that for some people, gluttony can truly be their ultimate flaw.
It makes other restaurants like McDonald's look like a salad bar
The owner of that restaurant gives such creepy vibes
Better than McDonalds because at least the whole thing is based on honesty about how bad the food is for your health
@@maenad1231 if people want to eat the damn food repeatedly all the time instead of in short spurts like they’re supposed it’s on them
Well gluttony can be the base of the others
Greed:gluttony of wealth
Wrath:gluttony of rage
Lust:gluttony of passion
Sloth:gluttony of lazy
Envy:gluttony of jealousy
Just a quick note on ABC (Amy's baking company) the staff itself were really nice young ladies just doing their jobs. It were just the two owners who were completely kookoo.
Yea Sammy and Amy had to FLEE the country!!!
They were looking at child abuse issues when one of their children coughed up a hairball!!!
I mean they were cats! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I felt so bad for the staff.
i vaguely remember seeing a video where the old man actually pulled a knife on somebody, but i can't find it so idk if it was real or not
The only controversy with Chuck E Cheese was recycled pizzas brought on a TH-camr who shall not be named. The recycled pizza was debunked by MatPat in an episode of Food Theory.
A TH-camr who also likes CheesePizza if I remember correctly
@@creed8712what was the youtuber again?
@@explicitcomments Shhh. Your innocence is too valuable.
@@thegrandxbunny2073 shane dawson? That’s the only one I can think of.
@@astrowolvez Yes, you are correct. He who shall not be named because he doesn't deserve even that much recognition.
The Chuck E Cheese restaurant I once went to was a really wholesome highlight. I just had my open heart surgery when I was seven years old, so I spent months with basically “no fun allowed” for the sake of my own safety, and for obvious reasons. However, I decided that when I finally recover, my family and I host an “All Better Party” at a Chuck E Cheese restaurant! Long story short, my recovery went very well and we had a successful party at Chuck E Cheese! In fact, we even went back for another party for my eighth birthday!
It really is heartbreaking to see pretty much my entire childhood crumble away, whether it’s bankruptcy or being “exposed” to the “newsworthy gossips” about important things in my childhood like Disney!
(That probably explains why we Disney fans don’t like being told to “Grow Up “)
I'm so glad to hear you recovered well from heart surgery Princess Pixel. Best wishes
Well I'm Glad you recovered from your open heart surgery and that you had a good time at Chuck e cheese and that you had a lot of fun I remember when I had fun there years ago I've Even been to incredible John's another place similar to Chuck e cheese but with Disney nowadays their modern shows aren't that Good when they air on Disney plus including she hulk it's really bad but some Disney shows are good like owl house amphibia but I get you
Well that sucks
What a beautiful comment don’t worry though Chuck E. Cheese’s is still here In fact some of the local locations next to me is still open and their original locations
Lol i dont give a sh- if they dont support the gei they do them lmao pansi3s these days
The idea that someone would happily eat 20,000 calories in one meal is so disturbing 😳
Matt Stonie did. Not happily, but he managed to eat that entire 20,000 calorie burger as a food challenge. Still don't understand how the man remains that skinny. 🤔😩
@@zondrabarth4508 IIRC he lives like an ascetic in his off time, genetics usually play some kind of role as well
The most crazy part is the Octuple Bypass Burger he points out actually holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's most calorific burger. The Quadruple Bypass Burger originally held this world record, but Heart Attack Grill managed to break their own world record by building up 4 more layers.
Damn, that's like 10 days of food for me
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You are one of my favorite personalities on TH-cam because you are a very mellow person who shares good content and doesn’t try to get attention, or clickbait, or make inflammatory remarks. Just wanted to shout that out to you!
Thanks Martha 🙂 I try
@@phantomstrider I’m glad you don’t let fame get over your head like, pretty much everyone here.
@@phantomstrider If you are reading this, thanks for the content. You really help a lot of people out here, especially the part about Chick-Fil-A, and I stopped eating there for a while now. (When I found that stuff it was horrible knowing what they did) You are a wonderful person and thank you for the great content you put over the years.
@@jadetheartist873 They replaced that judgy CEO in 2019 and I’m so glad they replaced him with someone that’s actually caring for people.
Karen's diner is probably the funniest restaurant concept I've ever seen, and as long as they keep the insults towards adults I am perfectly fine with it being open.
Seems a excellent idea that, just aim it at adults then boom, big money.
I strongly disagree because insulting adults is very mean and rude.
@@AntonioGG1-9801 the adults they were insulting wanted it. Did you watch the video?
@@AntonioGG1-9801 some like it, some deserve it.
We have Dick’s Last Resort, you go there specifically to get roasted. It’s a blast. If someone gets their feelings hurt easily they shouldn’t tag along.
Don't feel to bad for bashing Amy's Baking Company. Her and her husband are horrible people. The guy is in prison for mafia and gangster crimes.
Edit, I was unaware that he fled the country. The last I heard about him was him being arrested.
I'm glad. There horrible people
Is that really true?
@@chuchuman1163 I guess not if they fled the country. He does have a record though
Yeah, you know it's bad when even they refuse to listen to Gordon Ramsey and let him help the place. The worst part about that episode of Kitchen Nightmares is the couple who run the restaurant want the episode to not be about Ramsey helping them improve like every other episode, but rather, to use him and the episode to prove that their food is great and that all the negative responses were wrong all along. Obviously, their plan backfired.
I also believe Amy has a history with being fraudulent which isn’t rlly shocking tbh. They both are rlly awful ppl.
Worked at hooters 18-21. It wasn’t bad, I was able to pay for my college. Of course there were some creeps, but what surprised me the most, was the amount of families that came in.
My daughters love it, and the staff has always been so sweet to them, and as long as I get my wings and my soda is refilled, always a huge tip.
Honestly for the people that protest against it because of it not being family friendly, I don’t think your necessarly meant to see it as a place you bring your kids and whole family to. You can do it, but you should be intelligent enough to know that maybe it’s not for them, especially younger kids.
Maybe if you wanna hang out and get drunk with your adult siblings, sure, but whole family? No.
@@anotherrandomguy8871 nah my kids loved it they are not in anything more skimpy than people ware everywhere, and especially not as bad as beach ware, and it's hot here so we are used to it, and they always get a balloon and have a really good time. But I don't go anymore, now that all you can eat wings is gone
Some may disagree, but I'm personally loving the break from all the cartoon videos Strider is making and focusing on all this food and resturants. It's actually rather interesting. Plus, I always enjoy watching Strider, the dude comes from Australia like I do
I agree too! I have recently gained an interest in restaurant/ food controversies and he is satisfying that interest!
I agree 100%! These videos, regardless of the topic, are always fun to watch. I love to listen to them when I draw or work on something. 💝
I absolutely agree
I agree too. Variety is important, when it comes to making internet content.
@YaBoiMecha I agree
Heart Attack Grill is the very definition of truth in advertising, and not once was I surprised that it was given top ranking. Another good job done, Strider.
The origin of the owner feels like something straight out of psychology villain; apparently he was a professional nutritionist before this. He was fed up with people constantly ignoring his advice and shortly afterwards made this restaurant as a double-edged sword. To literally feed gluttonous habit too those far gone and be a cautionary tale for the outside looking in. If you feel disgusted at this restaurant, then it's doing it's job efficiently.
I have my doubts about the reasons why restaurants like Hooters doesn't have the same appeal as before; firstly, I think that the reason why someone wouldn't be interested anymore in going to a restaurant to see girls in somewhat revealing clothing is because of the internet, where you have complete access to adult content; also, I doubt most influencers actually make a good change on body positivity, I think is quite the opposite since lots of people are full operations and can just edit their photos, giving a distorted version of reality.
I’m pretty sure porn has nothing to do with why this generation isn’t going to hooters. Internet porn, or at the very least, relatively easy access to porn, has existed the entire time Hooters has been around, and it’s not like strip clubs are hurting for patrons.
Also, i can’t say I agree with your second point as I don’t think it has anything to do with body positivity, either. (I don’t understand the point you’re making anyway, not sure why you believe increased body positivity in society has as much, or anything really, to do with influencers as you claim. It’s pretty much just been a general shift in what many people view as being a desirable body type from the stick-thin, curveless skelton of the 90s towards curvier physiques. I’d argue that hip-hop’s increasing popularity has more to do with it than anything lol)
As a dude in his mid-20s, I just don’t see the appeal in visiting a restaurant that puts its workers on display like their zoo animals or something. I don’t want to sit in a room full of a bunch of middle-aged men while knowing that these dudes my dads age are being creepy towards girls my age or younger. It just seems like a weird an uncomfortable atmosphere and I can’t understand why anyone would willing subject themselves to that situation instead of just going to an actual strip club.
I’m not visiting a hooters with my family, I’m definitely not taking a date or my SO to one, and if I’m with a few of my guy friends and we’re in the mood to hangout around a dozen beautiful women for an hour or two than we’re going to a strip club instead.
@@realwiggles My second point is not against Hooters, is against the video, which claimed that internet influencers has made a positive impact on body positivity.
Anyway, thanks for your point of view, really interesting
It's obvious neither of you have ever been to Hooters lol. The food sucks. You're welcome.
The type of influencers you're thinking of, no not really.
But there is a constant shift and ebb and flow of "beauty" throughout time. There was a time where being super model thin and busty was considered undesirable. And big, hefty, very curvy girls were the hot thing. Why? Because that meant she had a family that had enough money to feed her OR she was successful enough [cough] to be well fed. Thus, she was more likely to survive pregnancy and birthing children. Which made her desirable. Now those same sizes are seen as gross - but are working their way back to desirable. [Some sizes might be a medical issue but that's not for the lay person to judge, that takes a professional].
Vikings liked red haired women, and tall women. Tall women are juuuuuuust making their way back into the "Oooh that's hot" zone and even still get the issue of "A woman over 6foot is a man" or other insulting commentary.
Hecc in the 80s, hairy women were HOT - then around the 90s/00s having hair anywhere but your head was seen as undesirable. And now a variety of levels of hair are seen as sexy again.
There ARE plenty of influencers making strides in body positivity - hecc that huge leak of celeb's nudes [I think almost exclusively female celebs] actually helped a lot too [granted it was still disgusting and if they ever caught the jerks I hope they got a lot of time] - I remember reading one female celeb said the outpouring of LOVE from female fans going "omg your skin ISN'T perfect JUST LIKE MINE" and "oh you do have stretch marks, and tummy fat, JUST LIKE ME" etc etc etc - made her say that while screw the people who violated her privacy - she was so happy that her body [which she also felt terrible about] made so many women feel BEAUTIFUL because they realized "Hey if X celeb is a catch of a woman, and I have all those same issues, I'm a catch too!". And I think to be able to say "Despite being self-conscious about my body, my REAL body bein able to be seen made someone else realize they're beautiful too, makes me appreciate my imperfections a little bit more" is really the kind of body positivity we all need.
As a young male (20), this could be true. If I want to look at women, why not look it up, or if you want to hang out with someone while looking at women, you might as well go to a certain type of club instead, tho I have no idea how many of these are around either, maybe less than hooters. Still, if I could, a club would be the first choose over hooters.
The thing is however, while I doubt many other young men dislike looking at pretty women, but rather it’s doing it while eating. It would just be very awkward for some people.
I really hope strider can talk about animatronics and Chuck E. Cheese more. A vid talking about retired animatronics would honestly be amazing. While this might be embarrassing to say, but Chuck E. Cheese and showbiz pizza is kinda my passion
You're not alone here. CEC fans emsemble!
Same here. I actually went to Chuck E Cheese when I was a little girl and it was a lot of fun there. It's been years now and I don't remember much too much of Chuck E Cheese anymore, but it was still a pleasant memo I carried with me.
I love Chuck E Cheese and his Friends I haven't been there since I was 12
Oi, no shame on that! It is indeed fascinating stuff!
I have a phobia of animatronics but as a programmer I find them fascinating! I would love more videos on this channel and in general about them.
It must be so cathartic to work at Karen's Diner. Customer service workers have to stay nice despite dealing with some awful people. Being able to insult them back must be so freeing!
I imagine the employees having a blast
I'd probably enjoy working here because I wouldn't be able to keep a cheerful attitude all day and I use swear words all day. lol
I work retail not food service, but I could see it being cathartic. I've dealt with some really nasty customers I would have loved to throw a few insults at
I'd want one that's sort of like a middle ground. From the sounds of it, the point of Karen's Diner is to get insulted and so the staff are actually supposed to do it. I'd rather have something where it's more totally neutral. If they feel like being nice to you, they can and that's totally fine. But if you're being an ass, they're totally allowed to call you on it. I'd really like that for every place I go to. The whole forced good mood customer service people have is genuinely creepy and unsettling to me and I always feel uncomfortable when staff are nice to me because I can't tell if they actually mean it or if they're being forced to lie about their emotions. I'd really just love if they could be honest either way.
Karen's Diner sounds fun to work at ngl
You know robot chicken did some skits related to Hooters. it was basically the owl trying to advertise but grown men talking about poor quality of the food and the owl saying stuff like "You're missing the point"
I wanna look that up now 😄
From what I’ve heard, Chuck E. Cheese didn’t get rid of the animatronics because of FNAF, but rather because the owners simply thought they were outdated. Chuck E. Cheese was already starting to go through a rebranding 2 years before FNAF was even released.
before fnaf was released the dance floor was a concept till around late 2016 and thought 2017 it was being installed in specific locations till they bumped it up to the majority of locations, if anything fnaf boosted the popularity of animatronics, and I'm surprised the dance floor wasn't an idea before the animatronics
CEC did a survey type thing to see what parents wanted in their restaurants, and for some reason the parents thought it would be a good idea to remove the animatronics and stages. Although, they have decided to keep *one* stage in Northridge, CA.
Karen’s Diner is like the evil version of Japanese maid cafes
The whole aesthetic of the restaurant looks like a maid cafe!
Dude I was thinking the same thing!
Dominatrix cafe, we spit in your cofee if you tip too low
@@PancakemonsterFO4 A genuine dominatrix café would likely do quite well, so long as things stay above board.
@@voidbreather7405 there is actually quite alot you can do while keeping it SFW, the only thing i worry about are the insults tho
@@PancakemonsterFO4 If you mean insults towards customers, well... The very nature of BDSM (even the relatively SFW stuff) requires open discussion of boundaries, safewords, check-ins, and of course, consent, so as long as you've got actual dommes that know what they're doing, then things should be fine.
9:49 - That should be the only good Illuminaughti has ever done. Unsurprisingly, the video link isn't in the description anymore. Gee, I wonder why.
I bet you any money it was plagiarise anyway since a lot of her videos were basically just copied from the sources on Wikipedia
I felt disgusted the entire way through the Heart Attack Grill. It makes me glad that even McDonald's has some decency.
IKR!!!!! I will never even eat there. Never will, I hope it gets shut down onw day.🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They actually don't,it's just that if their costumers die in one meal they won't come back for more
@@thatoneundertalefanaticMcDonald’s is fine if you eat it very occasionally (at least over here. If you’re in the US I know they use a lot more awful chemicals and ingredients). Issue is that a lot of people eat there 4 or more times a week and then wonder why they’re fat. The heart attack grill is just legit evil and disgusting.
Ronald McDonald disapprove of heart attack grill
I 100% respectfully can't go wrong with Hooters and fashion cafe besides the supermodels at fashion cafe are so beautiful especially when some supermodels wear pretty dresses 😊
I've heard about Karen's diner but when I heard about the controversy I didn't hear about the insulting kids thing. I saw some TikTok's of people who had never even eaten there tearing it apart just because they hated the concept and saying that the waitresses are bad at acting. I thought it was really stupid criticism, I mean really, are you going to a restaurant expecting the most convincing epic acting performance ever?
People have insane expectations... I can't tell you how many new Dnd players I have seen go to a session run by a normal person in their freetime and expect it to have similar production values and storytelling quality to critical role, which is run by multiple professionals who are payed to do it.
I'm just wondering why that's considered controversal, while ed debevic's still had some of the best burgers and fries I've had at a place.
Seriously though, Karen's is just ed debevic's.
I feel like it's a good thing if someone's bad at being rude
@@angrynoodletwentyfive6463 Same! The only thing I expect from a DM is the willingness to have fun and allow me to be goofy. I love a good jokey semi-serious game.
And this is why I don't have tiktok
You are such a kind and respectful person. Fellow Aussie here. Much love from Sydney, Aus!
Much love from Brisbane, Aus!
"I still remember accidentally stumbling into hooters as a kid."
Some off the clock neurologist is mentally unpacking that statement.
Also the hooters owl is named hooty, the holding company is Gulf coast wings, so their main focus was always the chicken. The waitresses thing was always a weird outlier compared to other restaurants.
That means they could totally pivot to something else, instead of the male gaze bullshit.
My partner, his friends, and I went to Hooters and it was the most comfortable I have ever been. I still cringe at us having those poor girls do the happy birthday song. The food was mediocre. I’m just disgusted by it.
@@ThePhantomSafetyPin you mean softcore strip club aesthetic
@@ThePhantomSafetyPin They need to make Femboy Hooters a real thing.
@@PancakemonsterFO4 without that they're just another chicken place. Not to play devil's advocate, but we have chicken chain market saturation. Bojangles, KFC, Popeyes, chick filet , Zaxby's, Raising Cane's Slim chickens, churches to name a few. And with burger places like burger king and white castle starting to sell their own chicken products, it makes sense for a chicken company to stand out somehow. If hooters was owned by the hub it would be another story, but GCW seems set on chicken. Could be worse, but could be better.
I can’t tell for sure if Jon Basso is faking his personality for the camera & exposure but objectively he’s creative and an intelligent businessman.
That’s what makes him kinda eerie even though he doesn’t seem to be hiding anything from us
He's not - he straight up knows that this food kills people but people want it so he's willing to make bank off of it. Here's a quote from an interview with him:
"Do I want others to die at my restaurant? No. Actually I want to wake up one morning and open the door and have no one ever come in again, because maybe the world would have learned the truth. I can always go find another industry. I know how to sell things if I need to. … I don’t need to do this. But it is pathetic, in my opinion, that major corporate fast food chains will not tell the truth. As all I want is a little honestly in America about what we eat and why our waistlines are getting bigger and bigger and bigger.”
Nin voicing the Karen at the beginning was hilarious. I love Nin's voice overs.😊
I ate at a Hooter's here in San Diego about two years ago. The staff was friendly and the food was delicious. I noticed how nice the male manager was to his female staff.
I cant tell if your joking or not
Karen's diner makes me think of Wong Kei in London, where the staff are known for being a tad rude. The manager announced a plan to reeducate the staff but most went "no don't!" People liked it 😆
I think it's because some people want to be served by people not androids who are only capable of happiness.
If I was being insulted at Karen's I would have some choice words if they were being serious
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to quote Jontron, "that one didn't age quite so well!"
I mean, Heart Attack Grill did as advertised. Just hearing about it, I felt myself getting a heart attack.
Tbh I still really want to go there so the advertising works.
It's bad I live in a country that actually cares about public health and would never allow such a restaurant to exist.
To be honest, I'm not even surprised that a restaurant calling itself the Heart Attack Grill would be controversial, it's almost like it was intended to be. But hearing just what kind of things they do in that restaurant is appalling, to put it as mildly as possible
It's pretty ironic that some people had a heart attack when they went to the heart attack grill
If anything, Heart Attack Grill did the complete opposite with me. Instead of attracting me as a customer, it makes me wanna avoid that restaurant like the plague. And I don't even live in Las Vegas or Dallas, Texas.😨
I never thought I'd say this, but Heart Attack Grill makes me proud to be 6"2 (188 cm) and only 133 lbs (60 kg).
Even though I am personally revolted by even any mention of the name, Karen, I don’t actually mind the concept of Karen’s Diner and I actually think it’s quite unique, as long as it’s all for an act.
I just hope that in the future, they take some tips from Gordon Ramsey on how to treat children better.
I hate the name being used as an insult, but if it's someone's real name (like I have an aunt named Karen), then that's totally fine.
People who act out like that don't deserve a human name (besides the fact it would be insulting to someone with that name who does NOT act like that!). Call them nags or something.
@@OverlordZeroULTIMA they used to be called hags
Yeah I think they should at least be neutral towards the children or maybe just not let children in because the children don't choose to be there and they probably don't understand why the adults are being so mean to them.
Just don't bring your breedlings. Make it an Adults Only place where people can have fun..
@@CordeliaWagner oh great, it's one of those childfree creeps that get personally offended when they see a parent or child
When Gordon Ramsay thinks you're too rude, that's hilarious.
Chik Fil A was in the news again recently, apparently they were trying to supplement their worker shortage by hiring “volunteers” in exchange for free food.
So basically forcing people to work all the responsibilities of a full time employee, in exchange for a chicken sandwich.
I’ll have to look into it, but a lot of people were pointing out that this is supposedly illegal (which would make sense since they are doing the exact same job as an employee for no pay)
But either way it comes off as really scummy that instead of just hiring these “volunteers” they’re being used to undercut actual employees.
I can see this easily turning into a way discourage unionizing or negotiating for better wages.
“Don’t like it here, well there are plants of ‘volunteers’ waiting to take your job”
Another reason to go to Popeye's instead.
@@ExtremeWreck And get stabbed for a chicken sandwich? No thanks.
Sadly, it doesn't surprise be they'd do that 😟 I do hope the workers do unionise and don't put up with that.
@@phantomstrider Karen must’ve thought of you as a “privileged white male”.
i still like chick fla a
Alright I'm gonna be completely honest but...
When you have a diner that's deliberately called "karen's diner" AND "heart attack grill" where they literally DISPLAY REMAINS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARTATTACKS!! Then that's when you know that mankind went too far
karen's diner is a joke and it's only for karens.
@@viviennemorgan7217 I think it's for the people that are too afraid to complain
@@ingamingpc1634 yeah you might be right.
@@ingamingpc1634 Employees who want to exercise the frustrations of customer service without getting in trouble benefit from it too
How do you even put those two things together? One is offensive at worst, the other literally kills people.
It’s sad that Sizzler’s reputation was completely tainted because of one woman, among other things
there is nothing women cannot ruin
@@user-gj7lp5iz6k sorry I don’t take the opinion of bots
The heart attack grill is one i do find disturbing though people who die of heart attacks while there have probably been on a road to that cause of death for a long time sadly. This is the first time i have learned about cremated remains on display though and that makes this sooo much creepier...
It would take me literal weeks to even attempt to eat a 20k calorie burger by myself. It hurts my brain seeing something that massive meant for one person.
It makes no sense to me to eat 20k worth of calories in one meal, let alone one burger. It's insanity.
Just hearing about that many calories - over a week's worth of them for me - made me feel like vomiting. Nasty. The only way I want 20K in a sitting is reading that many words a day, thanks..........
IKR!!! It's so horrible it could lead to extreme obesity or worse, death. I will get so sick of eating those foods, especially that 20k burger and vomit and have a lot of health issues. Thank bl**dy God it never came to my country of Australia.🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
like bro im a fat fuck and even that would be nearly a week’s worth of food
it's impressive how strider has managed to diversify his channal so much as some (not giving any names) are unable to do that, but good on him and there still entertaining and enjoyable, so good on him :3
Verity is the lifeblood of us all
Thanks Ross! It's been alot of fun finally being able to expand out from cartoons after 7 years (as much as I still enjoy spongebob 😄 )
Also, @Minspi Is that a reference to the Farseer trilogy? 😲 Love those books! 😄
@@phantomstrider no but you got me interested in checking them out from my local library
You mean how he had the giga brained idea to make Top 10 list on other things than cartoons?
Truly a pioneer of youtube innovation.
@@phantomstrider Yeah you're channel is Great and I subcribed to your channel
As a guy who went through life never eating at Hooters, I can honestly say I don't feel like I missed anything.
You didn’t. My mom got sick eating there once
I haven't either and I probably won't. I might go to a Hoots tho just to try their wings.
One could argue that, while Chuck E. Cheese has been failing, Dave & Buster's has been booming in the U.S. They apply the same concept of food and arcade games, except that the experience is geared more towards adults. There is a video about the restaurant on the Company Man channel.
I have described Dave & Buster's as a sort of Chuck E. Cheese for adults.
I’d like to go to Dave and Buster’s someday. But at the same time, I also miss Chuck E. Cheese’s and I want to revisit it someday.
Too bad D&B is so boring and doesn't have real arcade games.
Where do you live?
In United States
Dave and Buster’s is going out of business
I...thought I was prepared for anything at this point. My main response to hearing about some new controversy happening is "Yeah. That sounds about right". I thought I'd seen it all...but when I heard you talk about the Heart Attack Grill....I swear my brain shut down. I was quite literally left speechless.
I don't know if the owner of the Heart Attack Grill, still has this policy, but he long ago said that the purpose of the restaurant was meant to be satirical, in the sense that he wants to show the dangers (in some case lethal) of eating Garbage Food. And he said that the day that people stop coming to his restaurant to eat, he will shut it down...
In his eyes, he really is not the villain, he is just a cynic who realizes that people literally pay money to poison themselves by eating so much trash.
He may say them but i don’t buy it for a second that he means them.
I knew about the many deaths that occurred in the Heart Attack Grill, but I did not know they went so far as to display the ashes of someone who died there. That is just dark! 😖
P.S. I am writing this not as an attack to the owners of the restaurant, but rather to express my shock at some of the practices that are allowed there.
Fun fact,if you eat the octuple bypass burger in one sitting,you’ll get pushed out in a wheelchair,however it’s more likely you’ll be in a ambulance or at the golden gates.
Hearing how Fnaf unintentionally helped lead to the downfall of Chuck E Cheese, despite never being at one at all, is pretty depressing to hear, though hopefully they can restart in a fresh new direction for the future while still being appealing to nostalgic people.
Well I don't want to sound harsh but the Chuck E Cheese animatronics do look a little bit terrifying and might accidentally traumatise younger kids that knows of FNAF.
Reminds me of how "IT" made Ronald McDonald fall out of favor with the general public.....
In contrast, Fnaf actually introduced some people, including me, to the concept of animatronic entertainment in dining outlets and FECs. And it's really interesting to see how they program their bots to sing and move. I bet there are tons of CEC fans who were introduced to the concept after playing Fnaf. But I do agree that Fnaf did damage the reputation of CEC quite a bit. You win some, you lose some I guess.
Or alternatively, make a Spiritual Successor of it in a good way.
@@georgeray1906 the issue is the full band stage has animatrinics that are about 40 years old, and most locations don't have the money to constantly refurbish these animatronics. The studio c stages are really nice though, and the animatronic is usually in good condition since its newer! Maybe phase out the full band and change to just studio c stages
My dad and sister had gone to a Heart Attack Grill in Vegas. I can't remember if they actually ate there, but I didn't know they showed the customers' cremated remains to the customers! That's disgusting!
On a lighter note, the Hooters hotel here in Vegas is still standing, rebranded to OYO. :)
Only just fireplace ash
Here in Philippines there's one controversy happened in Jollibee, where a customer received a fried towel on their Chicken bucket meal. The story goes an employee misplaced his or her wiping towel and it fell on the deep frier and that deep fried towel is good enough to be mistaken as a fried chicken and somehow got served.
You believe everything you read?
@@donaldsalkovick396
I'm from the Philippines, it's all over the national TV.
@@donaldsalkovick396 It is a real thing that happened, you're simply a braindead paint huffer.
I really liked your recent videos Strider! Not only because that they are a nice break from the usual stuff like animated movies and cartoons, but they are really interesting too. Keep up the great work and remember kids: if you and your family want to go to a restaurant. Don’t. Go. To. Heart. Attack. Grill. Period.
Maybe next time, PhantomStrider should do a video on cars.
And If You Go To Hooters, DON'T Bring Your Wife Or Girlfriend.
@@IvanovIvanAKrutoi ooooo I’d love a video on cars! Maybe vehicles in general like trains and airplanes? Perhaps a video that’s listing the coolest car designs.
@@collinkeyser6827 when PhantomStrider said that not many men went to Hooters anymore I was expecting him to say it was mostly lesbian women coming there now. Nothing wrong with that, haha
@@IvanovIvanAKrutoi the most dangerous cars ever made.
The Heart Attack Grill. Man, that brought me to tears...from laughter 🤪🤣
That bald dude has some Lex Luthor vibes going.
Effing hilarious!
“People come here for cheap food and verbal abuse.”-Eugene Krabs
I love how Strider calls the Orange BabyMan "the guy from the pizza hut commercial"
I like your name for him best 😄
still better than the walking vegetable in the current office
I call him golden crispy boyoh
The Hooters thing seems weird to me. Like you have people saying that women are being exploited by Hooters for showing off their body, but the same people are saying that women shouldn't be afraid of their bodies and should be free to express themselves. The women there choose to work there, doesn't it seem a little sexist to say women should not be allowed to work at Hooters. Just a weird thing I noticed.
You are absolutely correct about pointing out this annoying contradiction. There are some very jealous, very entitled, unattractive women who'll try to drag down other women, and they use 'feminism' and/or 'MeToo' as a shield. People such as Amber Heard.
I think it's more about the other staff and customers feeling like they are allowed to be creepy towards the women just because they are wearing revealing clothing when they are just trying to do their job. It's why a local maid cafe were I live has a sigh that saids to not touch the employees.
Anti-feminism at its finest, my friend.
@@trixxart777Forgive me if this sounds callous, but since the employees are getting harassed by customers, why not add bouncers and better security systems to protect them?
Also the manager "i think" is also trying to play safe, beacause those topics a very salty to talked about a restaurant or other things
I love how Josh described people's love for bacon. I can relate.
Well bacon tastes good and I'll eat bacon anytime too(just not too much of it).
@@jovanisanchez3590 Same, I also enjoy bacon myself. But you know what they say about having too much of a good thing, after all
@@jovanisanchez3590 well too much of it can lead to high cholesterol and high blood pressure so there's that
@@matthewkuscienko4616 can lead to some health complications later on
@@blaizegottman4139 I can see that, bacon is extremely greasy and isn't generally considered to be healthy
I have vivid memories of going to Sizzler on a Friday night whenever we were in town. It was busy, but boy it was nice. The copious amounts of all-you-can-eat-spaghetti bolognaise and garlic bread, disastrous concoctions of mixed soft drink flavours, and then those beautiful little shell-coated chocolates in the little packets…
I think I might cry
*Homer Simpson drooling noises*
I work at a chick fila
Don’t diss Chick fila
I want to go to a sizzler there's one nearby in my area it does seem like a Good buffet haven't heard anything bad about it
@@Retrodove101 I also love chik Fila so much I respect everyone's opinion on any restaurant as Long as they aren't political
Chuck-e-cheese also had an issue with the reusing old pizza conspiracy (Which turned out to be false) but that hurt the restaurant a lot. The people behind the franchise even made a, horrendously bad, statement that didn't do anything. They also had a controversy with them making a delivery service called pascwaly's (I don't have a clue how to spell it sorry) pizza and wings which was made to trick people into buying chuck-e-cheese. I honestly feel really bad for this restaurant, it has a lot of things I love all in one package. Arcade machines, employees in character outfits, the constant feel of party and those animatronics were just amazing. The only part I didn't like was the food, I never really liked greasy food like that anyway.
Honesly five nights at Freddy's ruined Chuck cheeses kids are afraid of anamotrontics and even people wearing a costume of a animal that walks too it might be the biggest game to let kids play
@@dillonstahlman4768 I've always hated the FNAF franchise for that. If I could help CEC sue Scott Cawthorn for damages, I would.
Chuck E. Cheese has definitely played a big part of my childhood since I was indeed a kid having a birthday party there once. When I visited there in my teen years for another friend's birthday party, I absolutely felt heartbroken by the change. There was just something about the modern Chuck E. Cheese that didn't have the same charm, color, or even passion behind it. My childhood has ball pits, little rides, and arcades! Then it just became arcades. Sometimes, arcades can be a good selling point, but for Chuck's case, it was a large step down.
the 2.0 chuck e cheese looks like subway gave birth to a depressed pizza place
i think ive said this before but i love how your videos are so lighthearted and fun. you have such a great attitude and great charisma
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…OH…I guess this was before her controversy and evil side was revealed but… dang this was hard to go back on
Karen’s Diner is the almost the same thing as Ed Debevic’s (A 50s style restaurant where the customers are mean to you, they even dance on some tables)
i always liked dining places with a bit of character or a flair.
Yes!!! Me and my family used to ADORE that place, and hearing about Karen's Diner gave me those exact same vibes.
your pfp... I knew I would come across it again some day lmao
@@bigchungus6853 I chose this as my pfp so I can get used to design as I was traumatized by this as a kid too
@@MonsterDawg79 my mom started to hit on our waiter there
My Dad took me to Hooters when I was kid and he was jealous because of the attention I was getting from the waitresses, mainly because I was small kid.
Edit: actually my dad took me and family to Hooters and my dad was jealous in a funny way.
...
And I thought I had no words for The Heart Attack Grill.
@@JoshioE110 Uh, yeah. You're dad took you to a place that's not kid appropriate, and then got jealous of you. Do you NOT see that as a bad thing?
Also, didn't you get to number 1 on this list?
I think you underestimate your dad. The waitresses stayed longer at your table while you charmed them, didn't they?
@@joelblake5310 well he actually took me and my family to Hooters and my dad was jealous of me getting the attention from the other waitresses in a funny way.
@@kevingray4980 no, my dad was jealous in a funny way I was with my family when we went to Hooters. I was also 3 years old.
Doesn't help that the guy who runs the Heart Attack Cafe acts so creepily psychotic.
It's here!!! You've talked about this one a bit on Twitter and I'm so glad it's finally come out! I can already tell this one's gonna be good
I remember when my cousins went to hooters and one of them was offered a job there, to the manager’s horror, she revealed she was only 14 at the time. (The offer was, of course, revoked)
"How about you take a seat right there for me."
Chomo->@@thestraydog
When I was a kid, we went to Chuck E Cheese all the time and we loved it! I miss that part of my childhood, running around playing games, eating pizza, drinking root beer and making new friends in the tubes lol
I feel like to an extent, Dave and Buster's could also be a huge competitor for Chuck E. Cheese, due to having the arcade, but also foods that kids and adults can eat...Plus no animatronics, but dang, I didn't know FNAF even affected that.
Never had interest in those games, but also hate horror/jump scare media.
But I also don't know where all those restaurants are. I only know two D&B's in Texas.
@@OverlordZeroULTIMA According to their website, there are 13 D&B's in Texas. Here in Iowa there's no D&B's; there were plans to open one in 2020, but was presumably scrapped due to the pandemic.
I Stay for games but not for food.
@@HomuraAkemiHQ Yeah I blame all the health officials and governors for ruining the economy
@@jaggerguth4391 too expensive or something else
Out of sheer curiosity, I googled the Heart Attack Grill. They do not have the full menu on their website, although several menu items are described in their About section. However, they do have an application to be a "nurse" (waitress), which includes questions like: What's your Zodiac sign? What's your idea of a workout?What would be your first action if you were president? Could Jack fit on the Raft? Which Grease character are you? Who would win in a fight (no options to choose from, it's an open ended question), and Who would you have a hot one night stand with (The choices are Bugs Bunny, SpongeBob, Homer Simpson, and Mickey Mouse). It's absolutely hilarious and I'm honestly tempted to apply as a joke
Can AMAB folks apply?
@@ashkitt7719 Yes
Who would you choose?
@@paulshawn3345 Homer lol
@@paulshawn3345SpongeBob?
I'm really glad you covered the Rockport Donuts story. I've never heard of a restaurant doing that before, and I live in the state that this shop is open in.
Also, as a pretty overweight woman that's trying to work towards losing weight, Heart Attack Grill makes me both sick and terrified.
yeah no shit a lot of people live in Texas
I'm surprised you didn't mention Chuck E. Cheese's attempt to say alive during the pandemic by showing up on DoorDash et al under the phantom restaurant name of Pasqually's Pizza and Wings, named after the human character.
I swear, PhantomStrider's videos are so good for my self-esteem they add years to my life expectancy. Your videos are honestly good laugh fuel because of the variety in themes and the scripts being downright hilarious and informative.
Thank you so much, mate.
14:16 the ultimate example of a Karen and ken
Ah, Heart-Attack Grill. I remember being a kid watching stuff like Food Network and Travel Channel, and seeing that place featured all the time when a show talked about insane restaurants. It's still open? Such is the way of American business.
Also... everytime someone talks about Hooters I can only think of that one time when I was real little and my dad brought me with him to Hooters without telling my mom 😅... well that and the one King Of The Hill episode lol.
I doubt Bacon Bacon will ever have the same level of demand or success. Early-Mid 2010s meme culture really catapulted the popularity of bacon to undeserved heights
Bacon deserves all the hype and respect it gets.
Maybe the owner of the restaurant really likes bacon
Virgin bacon vs Chad sausage
John Basso really went through a whole supervillain arc as a former nutritionist that became upset at people cheating on their diets and his failing workout industry stint, that he decided a restaurant based around serving unhealthy food to kill their customers for eating it so much was an amazing idea. Oh and the sexual harassment lawsuits don't help either.
In regards to Hooters, when I see someone, male, female or otherwise, wearing a crop top with dolphin shorts, I don't see it as an opportunity to reduce them to objects. I see it as people expressing themselves in such a liberating way and being confident with it. In fact, it always makes me sad when women (the main targets) are not respected as humans, whether or not they wear revealing clothing. Also, as a huge fan of the 80's, I can say that crop tops and dolphin shorts were loved by all genders, but it's understandable that not everyone has the same interests and wants to see change that better suits the general census. In regards to Chuck E. Cheese's, I can understand how Chuck is a bad name in Australia; it's because it's slang for vomiting, so when the chain moved to the country, Chucky was renamed to Charlie.
many women dress like that when the weather is nice.but with hooters, cuz its the whole point, it's no surprise that they are harassed by customers as they are all concentrated in said restaurants. i dress similarly and it does feel good and confident. and I had never knew about chuck meaning vomiting in Australia. that's an interesting tidbit
With Hooters, I don't think the outfits themselves are an issue. It's the fact that the restaraunt pretty much marketed itself as a place to stare at and objectify women. People can be wearing potato sacks and some gross people will still objectify them. The skimpy clothing just makes it easier. Also, choosing to dress in little clothing is fine, but it's creepy when the company uniform forces employees to dress like that. Most women who took the job were finally fine with and comfortable with the uniforms, though, unless they were just completely desperate and couldn't find work anywhere else. I'm a dude and if my job let me wear booty shorts every day I would lol.
Hooters wouldn't be a bad place if they treated their servers like humans. Sure, it can be degrading for some people but those people just wouldn't work there.
My uncle used to work as a Technician Manager at Chuck E Cheese and it was a lot of fun going there when I was a kid. The one that he was at has a dance floor now instead of the animatronics, like most (if not all) of the Chuck E Cheese restaurants.
I worked at a niche pop up restaurant that was similar to “Superbabes” from that Batman special. It was like a super heroine and super villainess cosplay version of Hooters. We didn’t call it Superbabes, it was called “Pre-Flashpoint”. I was Poison Ivy. The place is gone, but it was really fun to work at.
During the pandemic, I decided to order Chuck E. Cheese because I was passing by one. It had these hand-made posters offering a lot of food for cheap. I was suspicious of it but I said screw it. Called and they sounded desperate. They sound gleeful that I wanted to order some pizza and tried to get me to buy more. I went to pick up and saw stacks of pizza boxes and small toys for sale. The depressing atmosphere and the decay of my childhood that I had to accept with my pizza and wings.
That’s depressing
I'm suprised Strider didn't mention the whole recycled pizza conspiracy with Chuck E. Cheese seeing as how that could've played a big part in the closing.
Also, from what I've seen, some fans of Five Nights at Freddy's would go there BECAUSE it inspired Five Nights at Freddy's.
The recylced pizzas was debunked by Matpat.
I knew about the controversies surrounding the Heart Attack Grill, but this is the first time I heard of them showing the cremated remains of one of their customers and people are treating it like it's no big deal.
Hooters did actually have good wings. The service was always excellent as well. I walked past heart attack grill while I was in Vegas but everything on the menu sounded so gross.
There was an amazing buffet called Sweet Tomatoes that my family would go to for birthdays. In 2020, every restaurant in the nation permanently closed because they didn't have enough money to survive the pandemic. I know how you feel, Strider.
Yay I finally found someone who knows what sweet tomatoes is! that place was good. sad to see it close😞
I miss Sweet Tomatoes so much 😔
Heart attack grill seems like that thing you'd make in some sort of restaurant simulator
You forgot the part about Chuck E. Cheese where they ran a successful delivery business under another name out of the same kitchens during the pandemic
Fashion Cafe feels like a scheme that Quinn and the Fashion Club would contemplate doing, but they won't actually pursue it because it sounded like a stupid venture even for them.
Quinn?
@@stephanniemorin Daria's little sister from the show Daria.
@@salmanedy Oh, okay! I've never watched that show
@@stephanniemorin It's a genuinely good show.
But the animation is nothing to write home about.
My aunt was asked to work at a hooters one time, but she turned it down to work at a fudge factory. Honestly after hearing about the staff mistreatment there, now I’m kinda glad she turned down the offer. Mom told me she was friends with the ceo or something like that.
Love the way how there was no depressing disclaimer for this one, it was just goofy fun.
Thank you for using the Rockport Donuts/DonutsDatRock segment in your video. When I discovered what happened over there, I decided to boycott that donut place, and it was a heartbreaking decision to make because my favorite donut is the chocolate glazed with peanut butter chips. I'm going to share this video so that a lot people, including any fellow Texans will see that segment and maybe support that poor Cambodian woman. I also want those terrible owners to either shut that place down or sell it to a nicer person and move out of Rockport, TX. Also, did you know that the owners also made poor lady clean their house on a nightly basis?
Wow, they really took that debt slavery thing and ran with it, huh? Did they sexually assault her too??
@@stephanniemorin I'm not sure, but I think I once read in an article that the owner threw donuts and backing pans at her.
Dr. Phil is a doctor he has a doctorate in clinical psychology but stopped renewing his license in 2006. He became famous because courts in Texas would use him to determine is someone was lying in trials, he is a master of reading body language and had a pretty high success rate of determining who was lying.
Chuck E. Cheese is my childhood.
I've never felt such happiness in all
my childhood then when having fun
at Chuck E. Cheese with my family.
It's an experience like no other. 🍕
Jeez, the Heart Attack Grill doesn't really hide any of its controversies, judging by the _name_ alone.
And from what I'm seeing in the footage, the waitresses are dressed in skimpy nurse outfits, showing cleavage quite clearly. And they spank naughty customers too? I guess the restaurant runs not only on being as unhealthy as possible, but ALSO on sex appeal and fetishes, perhaps even more blatantly than Hooters.
I usually have a decent stomach, but the segment almost made me throw up
It doesn't just not hide its controversies, but actively flaunts them.
Jeebus, I wish this restaurant is shut down soon. It looks so gross and inappropriate behaviour like this should be taken to court and hopefully shut down sooner than later. I will hate to even eat there. I rather eat at a Bosnian restaurant over this anyday.🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬🤬
I remember when there was a restaurant named Ryan's that had a buffet. At some point, that restaurant was shut down from health violations. I later found out that it wasn't just my local Ryan's that shut down, but a couple of Ryan's restaurants were shut down as well. I remember when my family had taken a trip and a Ryan's there had also been shut down, indicating that it was a stateside thing and not something that just happened locally. The restaurant remained standing for a couple of years after it was shut down before it was finally demolished. It seems odd that places that get shut down remain standing for a long time before they either are demolished or are converted into something else. I don't know how long exactly that restaurant stayed standing between closing and demolition, but it was a couple of years.
The thing with Karen's Diner insulting kids is a shame, because I genuinely love the pastel pinks and blues mixed with the 20th century diner aesthetic(with a hint of rock) that decorate the restaurant interior. The image of it you used for the background looks like a bakery that tastes sweet just looking at it!
I wouldn’t go there. I remember being insulted at restaurants as a child and this is very stressful for me. I don’t like drama, even in jest. Very triggering for me. I don’t care how good the food may be.
Nobody's forcing anybody to go. Nobody's forcing anybody to bring their children if they do go.
It's like going into a strip club and being offended that there are topless women.
@@linksbetweendrinks7032 I get the point you're trying to make, but here's the thing...
Who _would_ go?
“making offensively unhealthy food”
The Heart Attack Grill has a burger called the Octuple Bypass Burger. It’s 20,000 calories!
9:52 that didn't age so well
The owner of The Heart Attack Grill gives me creepy vibes, I saw a video where Nikocado Avocado went to eat there once, and the owner was encouraging him to eat more, it's pretty creepy.
The owner of heart attack grill remembered when his mom told him’ tell the truth and no one will be mad’ and put it on steroids
Damn 9:56 this aint gonna age well
It is shame that a restaurant would be shut down. They had the potential to be good. But they were inept of handling their own restaurants.
Also I like to mention as someone who is working at Chick-Fil-A and is resigning around October all I can say is...IT'S LIKE WALKING INTO THE 7 RINGS OF HELL! Seriously the whole donation to Anti LGBTQ+ was bad enough but the way they handle harassment in the work area is AWFUL! A new worker joined us and she is THE WORST! She takes all the work that was suppose to be assigned to other people,She would always chat with the chefs despite of always having a busy line,and of when we had enough and stood our ground she made it look like that WE'RE the ones harassing HER! And that WE should have our attitudes in check! Despite having security cameras EVERYWHERE and showing she's clearly in the wrong they turn a blind eye! So the moment October hits I AM OUT OF THERE!
go join kfc please.
Is your place Corporate owned? I work at a franchise and other than having a LOT of customers it's great.
Lol. Do you think that is specific to Chick Fil A, or your location in particular? No dear, that's called working in food service. Most places are like that. If you think some girl talking to the cooks and doing tasks that are assigned to others as "literal hell" then you are in for a big surprise and will need to grow a much thicker skin before taking pretty much any other job.
@@zacharyriley4561 It's family owned.
@@Alverant Which one? The one you work at?
@6:52 Hoothoot Cry, awesome! Great Pokemon Gen 2 reference. 29 here, usa. :)
If you saw Caddicarus's video on video game commercials, then the joke makes a lot more sense.
1:20 Seeing Brandon Rogers on a channel as wholesome as yours is the most greatest yet cursed thing I've seen today.
Ooooof, almost had to skip ABC 🙈🙈 I've worked for two different places where the owner was exactly like that and it's super anxiety inducing. You may not wish ill will on the owners, my friend, but I wish my old bosses everything they deserve. Not harassment or anything... But I wish all their bad food safety habits, bad checks and bad attitudes will come to light
I agree. As you say, they should absolutely be held accountable for their bad food/restaurant habits and customer treatment. Sorry you went through that in the past 😟 I had my share of bad restaurant managers in the past too 😆
I hope they step on lego
I loved how you put the HootHoot sound in the owl one
Chi-Chi's would be another great entry if you make a Part 2 of this video (which I'd love to see)! It was a Mexican franchise restaurant that basically folded up in the early 2000s after there was a Hepatitis A outbreak caused by a Pennsylvania location, the largest in US History, apparently. Some people even died, sadly. The name lives on in their grocery store items, but the restaurant itself is no more. Thanks for all the great videos, PhantomStrider! I look forward to them every time!