15 Forgotten Fast Food Chains

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  • @79champions
    @79champions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +926

    Fun little story. My mom met my dad at Winky's. She was a waitress and was serving him a milkshake. She tripped and spilled it all over him. He was smitten.

    • @baronvg
      @baronvg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      That’s a nice story. But now, as someone who watches a lot of science lectures, I can’t help but think how maybe you wouldn’t exist at all had your mom not tripped. Think of all the people who never existed because of something not happening.

    • @larrysouthern5098
      @larrysouthern5098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Awwww... That's toooooo cute 😍...

    • @markdagostino9666
      @markdagostino9666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sounds like you’re also a Pittsburgher too!

    • @longlongshadows392
      @longlongshadows392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And ...sticky😄

    • @HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt
      @HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      adorable! yayyyyy for Romance!

  • @mattmoore9073
    @mattmoore9073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    One restaurant I remember when I was a child growing up, which I believe is no longer around is Bonanza; which specialized in steaks and had a salad bar.

    • @terrytitus5291
      @terrytitus5291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Was it is Denver?

    • @mattmoore9073
      @mattmoore9073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@terrytitus5291 - Oh no. It is in my hometown of Benton, IL. It is long gone, but not forgotten in my mind. They were big in the MidWest.

    • @stellamackeyloveworks
      @stellamackeyloveworks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I remember Bonanza! Maybe it was just an IL thing:)

    • @lauranorwar
      @lauranorwar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We had them in Michigan as well!

    • @carriefudge6770
      @carriefudge6770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Had them in ohio too

  • @cliffright1142
    @cliffright1142 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    The first fast food restaurant my parents ever took our large family to was Carrols in North Syracuse. For a tight budget, you couldn’t beat it and it was so exciting for all us kids off a farm. Two kids could eat for a dollar. How cool it was.

    • @marcianuffer2820
      @marcianuffer2820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watertown NY, by Ames.

    • @richardgreenwood6360
      @richardgreenwood6360 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If this comment had said Rochester rather than Syracuse, it would have been mine.

    • @maryhlad7501
      @maryhlad7501 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every time my Uncle Shorty would pickup my mom and I at the Greyhound bus station in Watertown, NY, he would take us to Carrol’s restaurant for lunch before heading to his house in Lowville, NY.

    • @edwardzarnowski5558
      @edwardzarnowski5558 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My brother worked at a Carrols just outside of Scranton Pennsylvania .

  • @blockcl
    @blockcl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Growing up in a very rural area in the 60s, fast food restaurants seemed quite exotic and required considerable travel. The closest we got was the A&W root beer stand in Brodhead, Wis. (served by carhops). Going there was a special treat, usually given as a reward for baling hay all day. It's funny how such a seemingly insignificant thing can evoke such strong (and happy) memories.

    • @lindahollander3588
      @lindahollander3588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We had a & w in our town also something similar was dog and suds they had a Texas burger that was so good it had Chilli on it. We would get one before we went to the drive in across the highway, boy were those were the days

    • @sandrahossman2089
      @sandrahossman2089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We use to eat at an A&W on vacation, was fun. As a small girl I would eat at Red Barn, had great salads.

    • @optimusprimer4392
      @optimusprimer4392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We had a A&W here in Minnesota that was round it was brick and it had a fireplace in the middle of the store I remember eating bacon cheeseburgers when I was a kid with root beer classic place

    • @shammydammy2610
      @shammydammy2610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My husband used to work at the A&W in Monroe.

    • @chuckbuckbobuck
      @chuckbuckbobuck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes. I went to an A& W in Rawlins, Wyoming June 3, 1966 and their fish sandwich and frosty mug of root beer was so good I still remember that visit nearl 60 years ago.

  • @sebastianponce9658
    @sebastianponce9658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Back in the late 70's I used to love eating deluxe cheeseburgers at Woolworths food counter when I went shopping with my mother. For some reason that was my favorite burger and fries and I always remember how much I looked forward to eating lunch there.

    • @trixie9777
      @trixie9777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember Rexall drug store food counter. Burgers were delicious there too!

    • @sebastianponce9658
      @sebastianponce9658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@trixie9777 there were so many places like that back in the day...I wish I could travel in time just to eat one of those cheeseburgers.

    • @carlsaganlives5112
      @carlsaganlives5112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same here, except it was a Kresge's - forerunner to K - Mart. Good times!

    • @johnnyc5422
      @johnnyc5422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes!! I Loved Woolworth's grilled cheese and fries. Then we'd shop there and I'd get a nice toy. Maybe some colorforms or a Batman and Robin figure with a build in plastic parashoot. Man, fun times!!!

    • @KroovyMonsoon
      @KroovyMonsoon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes me too ! All the way into the very early '90s whenever I shopped at Woolworths with my mother or grandmother we always had lunch there. Their burgers & fries were great but my fave was the fried chicken. All their food was good. I miss Woolworths

  • @dianaortiz9775
    @dianaortiz9775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Walgreens and Woolworths had restaurants in their stores. Great sandwiches and malts. I worked at the Woolworth pizza counter. Very popular. Goldblatts stores made famous in A Christmas Story had a popular restaurant and deli

    • @LKMNOP
      @LKMNOP ปีที่แล้ว

      Grant's pharmacy also had a diner counter.

    • @driversseat523
      @driversseat523 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kmart had a eatery too.

    • @dianaortiz9775
      @dianaortiz9775 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@driversseat523 yes. The French fries there were really good.

    • @Jeff-uj8xi
      @Jeff-uj8xi ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, 5 & 10 stores as well as drug stores had soda fountains and lunch counters. Most department stores did too.

  • @northerngrace6108
    @northerngrace6108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I also remember eating at Woolworth’s and Kmart. Kmart had the best sub sandwiches. Woolworth’s had great malts.

    • @foxtrot312
      @foxtrot312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Kmart another great American institution that is gone 😞

    • @AngusHenry09
      @AngusHenry09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh my goodness, yes !!! Loved going there for just a sub sometimes.

    • @FRANKSNAKE71
      @FRANKSNAKE71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@foxtrot312 There are still KMarts. Just visited one in St. Thomas USVI.

    • @MrRlb183
      @MrRlb183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Woolworth had the best ice cold cokes!

    • @bobbydowns4785
      @bobbydowns4785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I used to love Kmart subs.

  • @johnwood551
    @johnwood551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    I remember driving cross country with my parents in the 50’s on two lane highways before the Interstate systems came about , and you had to eat at little eateries and you never knew what kind of food was available.When Howard Johnsons came about you strained your eyes looking for one where you knew you would get good food, ice cream and a clean place to sleep.

    • @dalecorne-new-mtv
      @dalecorne-new-mtv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      With me, it was in the 60's and traveling back and forth from Virginia to Michigan with my parents when their vacations came around. We would always stop at a Howard Johnson's, each way of the trip, so it brings back great memories

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      John - I loved to go to Howard Johnsons or HoJo as it was called back then. My husband didn’t eat any fish except the fried clams there. Last time we ate in one was 1995!!! Seems that I also remember that their scoops of ice cream were t round but sort of like a pyramid shape but had a little flat top. Great memories😄😄👍👍👍

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's why the roof was orange, it stood out. You couldn't miss a HoJo's.

    • @debbiepettit2110
      @debbiepettit2110 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bull. Howard Johnson a does not serve a baked potato. This was told to my 6mo. Pregnant Mother who was shocked that the waitress acted like baked potatoes were not a thing you would order at the classy Howard Johnson's. It was the most creatinest stupid thing I ever heard anyone say Period.

    • @philipputt
      @philipputt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks. I like others remember road trips with my parents in the 1960's. We would stop at HOJO's motels & I always had fried chicken with vanilla ice cream. The ice cream came in a metal silver dish that was cold, I can taste it now, 60 years later. My parents always teased me, 'don't you want to try anything else, but I never did.

  • @ShaighJosephson
    @ShaighJosephson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Surprised that A&W Drive-Ins weren't mentioned... That used to be a huge chain...

    • @Burrrlygrrrly
      @Burrrlygrrrly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was thinking of them too! Best root beer floats ever! There aren’t any local to me anymore but surprisingly there’s still 21 locations in my state, looks like they’re still operating in 37 states. That made me happy, knowing they’re still around. Now I wanna do a mini road trip to the nearest one and get a dose of nostalgia 😊
      The other I thought of was Skippers, I loved that place and used to go for a weekly date night with my bf at the time back in the late 90’s. Now there’s only a few left in my state but they’re all several hours away. In contrast Washington seems to have a bunch left. Not sure if they’re elsewhere as the location search function on their website requires a zip code to search a 300 mile radius. Now thst I realize how far out of reach they are I’m craving some fish n chips 😅

    • @joels5150
      @joels5150 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A&W’s still exist. Probably why they aren’t on this listing. Some are combined with KFC’s/Taco Bell because they are owned by the same corporation now. There are still standalone A&W’s too. At least in California.

    • @dawnboese6613
      @dawnboese6613 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's still around

    • @mrchilli5618
      @mrchilli5618 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A&W are well represented where I am. There are as many here as there are McDonald's.

    • @LKMNOP
      @LKMNOP ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or dog and suds. Dog and suds had way better root beer than A&w. It was smoother and thicker. And they're hot dogs were fantastic. I always got the pedigree pup. That was a hot dog with everything on it but chilli.

  • @kendallcaminiti-hess2243
    @kendallcaminiti-hess2243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Burger Chef was a treat when me and my older brother were little. We would stop by after attending the local library for their Summer Reading program. That was a great time for us, since it was a reward for reading...

    • @Brian-ry5gs
      @Brian-ry5gs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Burger chef I loved

    • @lindabradford9591
      @lindabradford9591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Burger Chef was my 1st job in high school. I liked them better then Burger King.

  • @rishibeauty8889
    @rishibeauty8889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Arthur Treacher’s fish & chips, Ponderosa & Bonanza Steak house, Happy Chef
    These are all I can remember now. Thanks for a great video! I just love your channel. I love watching about things from the past.
    Thank you for all your hard work!!! It is greatly appreciated.

    • @whiterabbit-wo7hw
      @whiterabbit-wo7hw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rishi Beauty
      My wife and I loved going to the Ponderosa Steak house and the Westerner Steak house. They were great.

    • @Toolaholic7
      @Toolaholic7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Used to have a Ponderosa here as well,was in Muskegon,MI

    • @rishibeauty8889
      @rishibeauty8889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@whiterabbit-wo7hw I was just a baby when my family went. The thing I remember are the trays. they were like a yellowish & trapezoid shape

    • @angeladay1534
      @angeladay1534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@whiterabbit-wo7hw I loved both of those restaurants, too! 💔😢

    • @fretbrner
      @fretbrner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never realised the ponderosa was a chain. I was a teen when I last went to the one on Long Island

  • @geralderdek282
    @geralderdek282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Seeing Carrols brought back the memories from 50 years ago when I'd walk to our Carrols on route 22 in Somerville n.j.to have lunch rather than eat in the high school's cafeteria. That was from '71 to '74 and seems like only yesterday. Thanks for a neat video!

    • @MrBluefreako
      @MrBluefreako ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember eating at Carrols a few times as a child during that time period. The one in Rochester, NY and the one on Ridge Rd. in Greece where we lived.

    • @infernalstormrider
      @infernalstormrider ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There was few Carrols restaurants here in Finland also . Big Carolina burger was my favorite . Good times

  • @christyler6234
    @christyler6234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Chi-chi’s was so good back in the 80’s. They kinda fell off a bit in the 90’s and had a nice menu change with their twice grilled burrito. I have many fond memories of that place.

    • @ExNihiloComesNothing
      @ExNihiloComesNothing ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Loved their fried ice cream!

    • @iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729
      @iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      that placed used to be crazy busy in the 80- 90`s....like a 2 hour wait..had a food poisoning incident in Cincinnati and closed in the 90`s

    • @viciouslady1340
      @viciouslady1340 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Magarita Tuesday's yes I remember

    • @johnk7178
      @johnk7178 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its really sad, because the place had the best Kitsch of all the restaurants. Really wish it could come back.

    • @dianelengyel568
      @dianelengyel568 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Loved Chi Chi's . Started going downhill when they changed the menu repeatedly

  • @DaveTheRred
    @DaveTheRred 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    My family loved going to Howard Johnson's after church. They had a large number of ice cream flavors and us kids were always glad to go.

    • @ScottIrvine01
      @ScottIrvine01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And the clam strips.

    • @4tuneagent
      @4tuneagent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ScottIrvine01 Yess.. I used to make them when I worked there as a teenager.. damn, they were good..

    • @robertbauers2210
      @robertbauers2210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @4tuneagent My family ate out once a week and usually at Howard Johnson’s most of the time I ordered the clams. Which Howard Johnson’s did you work? I was a server at Howard Johnson’s in Frederick Maryland and it was converted to Bobs Big Boy

    • @4tuneagent
      @4tuneagent 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertbauers2210I worked at the Midway plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which was by Exit 11 at Bedford, PA in 1976- 77.. not too far from Frederick, just up 270 to Breezewood and one exit east.

    • @4tuneagent
      @4tuneagent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertbauers2210 I meant West..

  • @jamesszalla4274
    @jamesszalla4274 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I loved the Ho Jo restaurants when I was a kid. They were pretty much the only restaurants on the Pennsylvania Turnpike back then. A couple times a year, we’d take the Turnpike to visit my great grandparents in rural Pennsylvania. We always stopped at a Ho Jo for lunch. My dad and I usually got the fried clams. They were also the only place that had self-flushing toilets. To a little kid in the mid 1960s, these things were almost magical. They weren’t as common as they are today 😊

    • @rodneybender6865
      @rodneybender6865 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember those little magnet dogs I got at a HO JOs on the Pa Turnpike early 60s 😊

  • @MrTPF1
    @MrTPF1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Man, Howard Johnson's was THE place to stop on the highway in the 60's and 70's. They even started selling their mac & cheese in grocery stores it was so good.

    • @longlongshadows392
      @longlongshadows392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Miss Ho Jo's big time!

    • @loriea1785
      @loriea1785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Miss those clam strips and corn toasties!

    • @babsbylow6869
      @babsbylow6869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right.
      Now it seems to be Cracker Barrel. Like JoJo's, there's one at nearly every expressway off ramp here.
      I just loved playing those little wood and peg puzzles at the Ho Jo tables. Used to get so aggravated at the get it down to one peg game

    • @Skammerd
      @Skammerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can thank Jacques Pepin. 😂

    • @alphaomega8373
      @alphaomega8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loriea1785 yuck! But thank y'all for share your memories :D

  • @Chuthermucker
    @Chuthermucker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    My family always stayed at Howard Johnson's when on vacation. Their fried clams were always my favorite! So many burger joints come and go. Not a whole lot you can do to change the basic hamburger. I remember a lot of these from when I was a kid. Wish some were still around now.

    • @shannonbales9148
      @shannonbales9148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I knew it by Ho-Jos! 🤗😁

    • @sandybruce9092
      @sandybruce9092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My husband doesn’t eat any kind of fish/seafood - except for HJ fried clams. I haven’t a clue why😄. But it’s been probably over 25 years since we’ve eating at one. Wish they ere still around!

    • @BrutishYetDelightful
      @BrutishYetDelightful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Howard Johnson's was always a struggle for me - fried clams or patty melt, fried clams or patty melt - it was TOUGH to decide.

  • @stanford-nf4jk
    @stanford-nf4jk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There was a Bob’s Big Boy in my hometown. I loved going there as a kid. One year as a prank, seniors at the high school I would eventually attend stole it and encased it in concrete. When I got to high school the restaurant had already closed but some of the staff that were there when it happened “leaked” details surrounding the incident to the student body in an effort to discourage us from doing something similar.

    • @iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729
      @iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They stole the Big Boy several years ago and put it in front Fairfield high school outside of Cincinnati… funny

  • @johngreen3543
    @johngreen3543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    The one diner type place I recall was Sambo's. I was very young in my 20's ( 50 years ago) and I worked as an apprentice carpet boy. My boss would always get breakfast there with me entail. He always ordered a Sanka with his breakfast. The food was quick and cheap. They even gave out wooden nickels that you could redeem for a free coffee. They are collectable and I still have a few in my coin collection. The racial aspect of the name was the chains undoing.

    • @WhispersFromTheDark
      @WhispersFromTheDark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We also had a Sambo in Denton Texas in the 70's I used to go there. I think it closed in the early to mid 80's.

    • @Nothing-zw3yd
      @Nothing-zw3yd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We had one in my hometown also. We didn't really go there much. The building is still there, but it was remodeled and turned into a Perkin's, and now it's a Denny's. I really liked Perkin's, the Denny's there is meh.

    • @pamkay1756
      @pamkay1756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sambo's is now Denny's.

    • @opieshomeshop
      @opieshomeshop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Sambos was awesome!

    • @angeladay1534
      @angeladay1534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh, wow..! I forgot all about the wooden nickels. So, glad you still have some of them .👛💰☕☺️

  • @nyneeveanya8861
    @nyneeveanya8861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Dad was military and while moving from base to base we stopped at six of these chains. That was the only time we ever eat fast foods. Ate at a lot of truck stop restaurants, but only if there was a lot of trucks parked outside. Some of the best tasting food I ever had. Stayed in a lot of Best Western motels as most were pet friendly then and we always had a dog. Up at five and on the road after breakfast. Lunch at a fast food place. Dinner at a truck stop around five and at the Best Western by seven. Clean and in bed by nine. Next day same thing again until we reached the next base. Usually about a two or three day trip. No 4 lane highways then mostly one lane each way sometimes two lanes. No city bypass roads either. A familiar sentence was…we’re heading into town so you kids better be quiet to your dad can concentrate..

  • @ericanderson3836
    @ericanderson3836 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I fondly remember Bob’s Big Boy from my childhood. Great food and cool comic books!

    • @mickeynugent5675
      @mickeynugent5675 ปีที่แล้ว

      An older friend from Ohio said they had Frisch’s Big Boy in Cincinnati. It sounded like the same concept as Bob’s

    • @willk7184
      @willk7184 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember their super-thick shakes, had to eat them with a spoon.

    • @kristinlambert8811
      @kristinlambert8811 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In Oklahoma we had kip's big boy

    • @seraphineraevenwulf
      @seraphineraevenwulf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@mickeynugent5675it is the same. The Frisch's family franchised the restaurant for the region.

    • @bobmanp8653
      @bobmanp8653 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      wasnt it in Austin Powers movie travelling in space?

  • @jeffburnham6611
    @jeffburnham6611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    My favorite was Ground Round. There are only a few of these places left, but I can fondly remember shucking peanuts they served before every meal, and just casually tossing the husks onto the floor. I think there was some type of lawsuit that stopped the practice and then they only served popcorn.

    • @maxwellcrazycat9204
      @maxwellcrazycat9204 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lot's of found memories of the Ground Round. People were slipping and falling on the peanut shells.

    • @ShowMeYourKitties0
      @ShowMeYourKitties0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I miss those days. The tortilla soup and balloons they’d hand out. Was a magical place as a kid. I went to one that existed in 2017 it was in Midwest, the quality has not wavered one bit.

    • @kennethgarcia8352
      @kennethgarcia8352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That sounds cool!!!

    • @goaway1514
      @goaway1514 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My brother's and sister worked at the ground round I'm warren ohio on 422 .

    • @lorinichols9996
      @lorinichols9996 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I was in high school, we would go to the ground round after a movie, drink strawberry daiquiris (usually one, two tops) eat potato skins, and listen to a nice live cover singer or duo. Good times!

  • @kempmt1
    @kempmt1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    There was one restaurant called ‘Stuckey’s” that we made stops at when we visited some friends in Missouri

    • @TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto
      @TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      no most of them are lions den porn stores along the highways lol

    • @protorhinocerator142
      @protorhinocerator142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just went to a Stuckeys a year ago, just south of town. I remember them from my childhood but I really didn't remember going inside one. Mainly I remembered my mom bringing home those pecan roll logs.
      It was unimpressive. Most of the candy was rebranded, and nothing there was really memorable. Not worth the trip.
      I'm assuming they kept the name but little else.

    • @kempmt1
      @kempmt1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@protorhinocerator142 did they still have the Captain Stuckey Hand puppets? Captain Stuckey and Suzuki Saturn are two my brother and I remember.

    • @protorhinocerator142
      @protorhinocerator142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kempmt1 I don't remember seeing that. If they did, it either wasn't prominently displayed or it wasn't memorable.
      That sounds like something they would need to make in-house, and not just re-brand something made by Hershey's as a Stuckey's product.
      The whole place felt very phoned in and gave me zero chills of nostalgia. It was disappointing. I don't know what I expected, but this failed my expectations.

    • @TheRealBiggusDickus
      @TheRealBiggusDickus ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stuckey is still around in the deep south. Not many but still around.

  • @Trenchycoat101ify
    @Trenchycoat101ify ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really miss Steak and Ale, what a nice place to eat, crab bisque, steaks done to order, small salad bar, bread. My wife and i went there a few times before they went bankrupt.

    • @bravobravoh1344
      @bravobravoh1344 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad and his friend worked for Steak and Ale in the mid 1970s installing various telecom equipment in their corporate offices in Dallas right before Pillsbury purchased it.

  • @markdc1145
    @markdc1145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    My very frugal grandmother loved Bob’s Big Boy and it was the one place she treated the entire family to dinner out “because it’s cheap and you don’t have to tip”. Well, you really did need to tip there so when we finished my father always slipped a few bucks under the dishes when grandmother wasn’t looking. 😂

    • @symptomoftheuniverse4149
      @symptomoftheuniverse4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They still exist,

    • @oneofgodschildren
      @oneofgodschildren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They still have big boys in Chelsea Michigan

    • @whatthesnell
      @whatthesnell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The original one is still in Burbank, very popular with the old timers...

    • @kingcraven8056
      @kingcraven8056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sambo's was better.

    • @justinhorn2395
      @justinhorn2395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best Bleu Cheese dressing on the planet was from Bobs Big Boy!

  • @TheRagingPlatypus
    @TheRagingPlatypus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Howard Johnson's was a big deal to me as a kid. Gives me memories of family vacation. I loved the pistachio ice cream.

  • @manda.watching.YouTube
    @manda.watching.YouTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I had a birthday party at Showbiz when I was little! I thought it was a Chuck E. Cheese but I remember the animatronics and it was definitely in the 80’s because I was twelve in 1992. Probably was the Irving Texas location because we lived pretty close. Glad I watched this 😊

    • @shakarussanders9911
      @shakarussanders9911 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember going to Showbiz when I was a kid too! I think it was the one in Irving as well! You're a 80s kid just like me!😊

    • @shawndaobenauer3872
      @shawndaobenauer3872 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loved showbiz pizza

    • @manda.watching.YouTube
      @manda.watching.YouTube ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shakarussanders9911 the go ol days lol. Which everyone says about the time they grew up. The 70’s seemed like they were pretty great. And I know the 90’s were awesome, but not as cool as the 80’s 😎

    • @ijenzii
      @ijenzii ปีที่แล้ว

      We had a Showbiz Pizza in our town and I always thought "chucky cheese" was one of the mascots there. Didn't realize until years later that it was a different company that merged.

    • @shakarussanders9911
      @shakarussanders9911 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manda.watching.TH-cam Good ol days indeed!😄

  • @havabird2772
    @havabird2772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    In the South, it was called Shoney's Big Boy... Bennigan's was one of my favorite places that closed down. Two Pesos was also a beloved hang out.

    • @muzerhythm2242
      @muzerhythm2242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember Shoney's in the 80s.😁 When I lived in Michigan before we moved to Texas they had Kip's Big Boy.

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember a hot dog play called Shoneys Coney Island

    • @Bill_N_ATX
      @Bill_N_ATX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shoneys were great…and sadly Bennigens was taken out by the Steak & Ale debacle. They were owned by the same holding company. Both were great but just couldn’t keep up with the changing environment. The 2008 crash was the last straw.

    • @mistyreed4558
      @mistyreed4558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A few years ago I came across a Bennigan’s in the Dallas airport. Darn near wept with joy!

    • @havabird2772
      @havabird2772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mistyreed4558 Hallelujah! Hope you had a spinach dip and mozzerella sticks for me!

  • @danielmukamal652
    @danielmukamal652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'm so glad you mentioned Farrel's (We had one here on Long Island). I also remember Beefsteak Charlie's and Arthur Treacher's.

    • @davediamond7228
      @davediamond7228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      we never ate food at ferrels...just went for the ice cream

    • @trimule
      @trimule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Farrell's out west only brings one terrible memory. 50 years ago a jet plane crashed on takeoff from a Sacramento air show. It crossed a road at the end of the runway and exploded into a Farrell's on a Sunday afternoon. 23 people were killed -mostly children. Always known as "The Farrell's Crash".

    • @meow2u22
      @meow2u22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I used to eat lunch at Arthur Treacher's in Manhattan, where I went to high school. The food was delicious. Sad to see it go.

    • @pghrpg4065
      @pghrpg4065 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had no idea Beefsteak Charlie's was a chain. In fact, I had completely forgotten about it until reading your comment. I only knew the one a few miles from my childhood home.

    • @thaliabirrueta8456
      @thaliabirrueta8456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trimule I've heard of that awful disaster on a TH-cam channel called Fascinating Horror. Around 5-8 people of a single family died there.

  • @molonlabe9602
    @molonlabe9602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I used to go to Burger Chef every Saturday morning with my mom to get their cheeseburgers that were wrapped in a plastic sandwich bag (think fold-lock top). We still talk about that quite often.

    • @douglasdavis8395
      @douglasdavis8395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big Shef and Super Shef were much better than mcdonalds

    • @williamtaylor5922
      @williamtaylor5922 ปีที่แล้ว

      I worked there in 1974. The bags (over time) would make the hamburger soggy

    • @vickiross1025
      @vickiross1025 ปีที่แล้ว

      I worked at Burger Chef in the 1970's.

  • @TheBlindDyslexic
    @TheBlindDyslexic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I grew up with the likes of Burger Chef and Sambo's.
    I remember how Sambo's had the little book or comic strip that talked about how a little boy forced a tiger to Run around a tree and got turned into butter.
    But of course, I also remember how Chip's Ahoy had a little comic strip on the back of Cookie-Man, and Toast'em double side puzzles came in Pop Tarts back in the day.

  • @teresaspurgeon1013
    @teresaspurgeon1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Hi Rhett...
    I had a couple of birthdays at Farrells. They also had a extremely large sundae called a pig trough. It was all the kinds of ice cream with all of the sauces, bananas, whip cream and cherries. It was spectacular. 🍨

    • @dawnclaibourne2183
      @dawnclaibourne2183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had birthday parties at Farrell's as well. I lived in Dallas and we went to the location in Town East Mall. I had almost forgotten about Farrell's - so glad to revisit those memories!

    • @celesterosales8976
      @celesterosales8976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Pig trough 😂

    • @sammott8557
      @sammott8557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too!

    • @loralu9420
      @loralu9420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My first job was waitressing at a Farrell's in the later 90s. I remember when someone finished the pig trough I would have to get a busboy to bring out the big drum so I could make an announcement and present the customer with a special ribbon, haha! It was a fun place to work.

    • @mwblackbelt
      @mwblackbelt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I loved Farrell's! Anyone remember Lum's hotdogs steamed in beer? Roy Rogers roast beef ?

  • @EricT3769
    @EricT3769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember getting ice cream at Bresler’s 33 Flavors. My favorite color has always been purple and they actually made a hard to acquire Concord grape ice cream. I loved it!

  • @Stay___Strong
    @Stay___Strong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I remember going to Farrell’s in Sacramento, CA several times as a kid in the late 70s and early 80s. It was a popular place to celebrate birthdays, end of baseball season, etc. They had a piano that played by itself, and I think the staff would come out and sing to you on your birthday.

    • @GS-zc4sk
      @GS-zc4sk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even The Profit couldn't save them from themselves.
      We had a similar place called
      Happy Joe's. Gone also.

    • @lindawoody8501
      @lindawoody8501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was probably the one where the plane from the Executive Airport crashed into the restaurant and folks died there in that accident. Was said to put the restaurant out of business in the area. Don't know. I loved Farrells. Leatherby's (unrelated as far as I know) tried hard to reproduce that feel.

    • @Stay___Strong
      @Stay___Strong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lindawoody8501 That Farrell’s was located on Freeport blvd, and the crash happened in 1972. I’m not sure what street the Farrell’s I went to in the late 70s and early 80s was. I read that at one time there were 4 different Farrell’s locations in Sacramento.

  • @lynnestamey7272
    @lynnestamey7272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I worked for Steak and Ale Corp in their accounting dept. I opened and processed the daily receipts package from the individual restaurants. This was in 1980 in Dallas. Since I didn't earn enough money to live on, I also worked at the restaurant in North Dallas as a seating hostess on Friday nights. The corporate office had all kinds of free foods in the break room, we worked 4 ten hour days. It was interesting, and once one of the restaurant s sent in a whole bunch of cash. I just walked the entire package into my managers office and we counted it together. A week later they offered me a promotion, but I had decided to move to Fort Worth. So I did.

    • @josepherhardt164
      @josepherhardt164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When Steak & Ale first came to Virginia, their name was illegal because it mentioned an alcoholic beverage, so their locations here were called Jolly Ox. In those years (1970's), they had great king crag legs and to-die-for mushroom sauce.

    • @Cripleclarence_1948
      @Cripleclarence_1948 ปีที่แล้ว

      I worked the kitchen at a Steak & Ale in SW Ohio in the mid to late 70's. I remember the refrigerated semi that would roll in, maybe once a week with all that wonderful beef. I assumed they came all the way from Texas.

  • @nahimgudfam
    @nahimgudfam ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I went to ChiChis on one of the last days it was open it was a great experience. One of my fondest memories of going to a restaurant. We had these deserts with Kohala coffee liquior in them and our waitress was so nice.

  • @48mastadon
    @48mastadon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I forgot all about Farrell's Ice Cream. Wow...A boatload of nostalgia just hit me in the face.

    • @longlongshadows392
      @longlongshadows392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Does that hurt?

    • @lisah5784
      @lisah5784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Had birthday parties there in the seventies I almost forgot about it too great memories though 😃

    • @amberlinmchugh8115
      @amberlinmchugh8115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too. Do you remember the really loud siren they'd use on a birthday. Scared little kids and made them cry.

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I went their as a kid while on Vacation in California.

    • @amberlinmchugh8115
      @amberlinmchugh8115 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-sw4qd2up2s Escondido California. Epic

  • @HonkyTonkBuffalo
    @HonkyTonkBuffalo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I grew up in a small town in the 70s. We didn't get a McDonalds until the late 80s and didn't get a Burger King until the late 90s. We had a Dairy Queen and a Kentucky Fried Chicken, along with a couple local restaurants but we had one other chain establishments and I miss it to this very day and that was Burger Chef.
    I truly loved that place. Every Friday, we would get dinner from there. A Fun Meal for my Sister and me. It was my absolute favorite part of the weekend. Till one day when we went to get dinner and things had changed. It was no longer a Burger Chef, it was now a Hardees. I was crushed and actually started crying. My Mom says I was inconsolable for the rest of the night.
    I will forever have a big and soft spot in my heart for Burger Chef and will always miss it.

    • @EricT3769
      @EricT3769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Used to love the fun meals!

    • @garysimpson1988
      @garysimpson1988 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOVED A GOOD BIG CHEF. BETTER THAN A BIG MAC.

  • @wejustnerdhere6053
    @wejustnerdhere6053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There are still several Dee’s operating in the Salt Lake City area. While it’s grown into more of a “Denny’s” concept, they are still part of the same original chain. Several locations contain original menu boards from those early spots. Legend has it that their clown served as the inspiration for Ronald McDonald.

  • @Buford_T_Justice1
    @Buford_T_Justice1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I remember a Denny’s type place called Sambo’s when I was a little kid in the 70’s. The hashbrowns were awesome!

    • @samscarletta7433
      @samscarletta7433 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We had one in Albuquerque NM in the late 60s.

    • @MrLuridan
      @MrLuridan ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! There was a Sambo’s briefly in Nashua NH. Quickly changed the name to “Season’s”or something….

    • @els8568
      @els8568 ปีที่แล้ว

      They became No Place Like Sam's also just called Sam's.

    • @stvandy1
      @stvandy1 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know that Sambos was owned by former Utah Jazz owner, Sam Battistone.

    • @pagodakid
      @pagodakid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They renamed it to "Sam's" to be more "politically correct".

  • @mudvalve
    @mudvalve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow, many of those vintage road signs were beautiful… like works of art in themselves.

  • @kathykb8123
    @kathykb8123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember eating at Sambos quite a bit when I was a kid. I still have a couple of keepsakes from there.

  • @Raiderred0
    @Raiderred0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I miss Shakey's Pizza Parlors. I understand there are some in California left or reopened. Like to here the story on their downfall.

    • @EricT3769
      @EricT3769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There was a Shakey’s pizza parlor in Lake Charles, Louisiana that we would go to when visiting relatives. I moved there in 1991, but it had already closed. Around 1994 I went to California and there was one in Brea. I believe it’s still there.
      I think I read that there are some in the Philippines.

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are still arround in Los Angeles. Very popular with Latino community 👌

    • @TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto
      @TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      shakeys is a bigger player in the philppines than pizza hut. i was shocked. they are nicer too

    • @musiclove4635
      @musiclove4635 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Omg, I loved Shakey's pizza.

    • @sirplinko7449
      @sirplinko7449 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      if you go to the one in Los Angeles and use stem cells on it you can get another Shakey's Pizza in the adjacent lot which you can then take home to your hometown

  • @marilynalvarez9951
    @marilynalvarez9951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great trip down memory lane, thank you so much! My mom used to work at a Royal Castle in Miami when we came from Cuba, she would have us dropped off at Royal Castle once a week after school so we can wait for her and eat our dinner there, the hamburgers were so good and best orange juice ever, squeezed fresh from Florida oranges, super sweet and refreshing (sigh) great days.

  • @JoeR203
    @JoeR203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    There was a Roy Rogers in my town in the late 80s. Wendy's took over. Roy's had the best chicken nuggets. One restaurant you missed is Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips.

    • @trixie9777
      @trixie9777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was thinking the same about Arthur Treacher’s!

    • @RobertWilke
      @RobertWilke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@trixie9777 It's funny Arthur Treacher's went out of business but they made a comeback in the late 90' through the aughts. Don't know if they're still around though.

    • @johnashley327
      @johnashley327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Loved Roy Rogers. There was one on Pitts campus when went there in the 80s. Great chicken.

    • @bebebrez-kal9136
      @bebebrez-kal9136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My favorite fast food! Arthur Treachers was the best!🐟🍟

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RobertWilke Only the flagship survived...for now.

  • @skunklepew6276
    @skunklepew6276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I remember eating at Showbiz, Wag's, Bob's Big Boy, Howard Johnson's, Steak & Ale, Chi-Chi's. All were pretty good places to eat.
    Do you guys remember eating at K-Mart? I'd shop with Mamaw and we'd sometimes eat there. Great memories - I wish I could go back!

    • @jmrewa
      @jmrewa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I do! They used to have a submarine sandwich i loved!

    • @tieroneactual2228
      @tieroneactual2228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The K-Mart in Massillon, Ohio had a great deli counter with sub sandwiches & ham & cheese, ect. It was good food with good prices, for that era. The Woolworth store at the mall had a excellent lunch counter.

    • @brendapannell3310
      @brendapannell3310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My mom worked 7 days a week, but on Sunday afternoon we would go pick up necessities at K-Mart. Our big treat was eating in the cafeteria.

    • @OGmanofculture
      @OGmanofculture 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow I'd forgotten about the lunch counter at kmart wow that was so long ago.

    • @mattmoore9073
      @mattmoore9073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do. I can not tell you what year it was, but it was before I started going to college; which was in 1983.

  • @jerryhorn4697
    @jerryhorn4697 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some of these defunct restaurants bring back wonderful memories from my youth on Long Island, New York (1976 - 1986). Wag's was a favorite lunch stop on my Saturday visits at the Roosevelt Field shopping mall in Garden City. Loved their patty melts! Chi-Chi's, near the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, was a Sunday lunchtime favorite after church services. Loved their chicken chimichangas!

  • @agitadora60
    @agitadora60 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When I was a youngster the family would go to Sambos for Sunday brunch.. I remember my dad buying me a toy tiger that was Sambos mascot.

  • @danielbusbey4686
    @danielbusbey4686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved Farrell's, back in the 70's. Lots of fun, definitely a great time. Always left with a smile.

  • @glennscanlon8765
    @glennscanlon8765 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm from Baltimore, and I was a devout Colts fan until they moved to Indianapolis in 1984. Gino's was one of my favorite restaurants. There are at least two re-established Gino's restaurants left in Baltimore and the surrounding area.

  • @lesliehackney7519
    @lesliehackney7519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Aww the memories! I miss some of those, never heard of a few of them but have eaten at several of them. There is still a Bob's Big Boy near my sister-in-law's home in KY. I still own a Farrell's mug I got in Indianapolis while visiting family as a teenager. Thanks, Rhett! Enjoyed this very much.

    • @thecustardguys
      @thecustardguys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's Frisch's Big Boy. Similar, but different.

    • @francoisedunne223
      @francoisedunne223 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There was a Bob’s big boy that was built in Pacific Grove/Monterey California back in the late 1980s it was very popular ..we were all excited when we saw the “big boy “logo going in on the corner I think now it is just a basic mom and pop restaurant.

    • @manuginobilisbaldspot424
      @manuginobilisbaldspot424 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thecustardguys Yeah...we have a couple still in SoCal (Downey and Norco) as well. Not the same.

  • @billesch302
    @billesch302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    In Michigan, the Big Boy franchise was owned by Elias Brothers. There are still several independent (no Elias Brothers tag) BB restaurants scattered throughout Michigan.

    • @DaveB4529
      @DaveB4529 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of them is in Manistique, right on US-2 across from Lake Michigan. Whenever I visit my dad I drag him over there for burger, fries, slaw & soda...

    • @brianpinion5844
      @brianpinion5844 ปีที่แล้ว

      one in London Kentucky, was 2 year ago anyway , last time i was around there

    • @Karlae86
      @Karlae86 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marquette MI got one Big Boy still working. 😌

    • @orangerooster73
      @orangerooster73 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A lot of Frisch's Big Boys still going in Ohio and a few in Indiana too. There are none close to me but whenever I get out that way gotta get a big boy and fries! Still one of the best burgers for me!

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are several in Nevada.

  • @dk50b
    @dk50b ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Howard Johnson started in Quincy (KWIN-zee) MA. Among the toll roads with Howard Johnson's at every service area upon opening were the Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Turnpikes (Midwest roads also, mentioned already). The restaurants weren't converted to motor lodges, those were constructed as additions.

  • @deanronson6331
    @deanronson6331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Kenny Rogers' Roasters was featured in a Seinfeld episode, when Newman and Kramer became addicted to its fried chicken and tried to keep it a secret from Jerry. The best line from that episode was Newman's (while chomping at a drumstick): "It's the wood that makes it good."

    • @LassieFarm
      @LassieFarm ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bad chicken 🐔 !! Mess you up!!!

    • @TheFartattack1
      @TheFartattack1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kenny's was awesome 👍😎 loved that place.

    • @The_Conspiracy_Analyst
      @The_Conspiracy_Analyst ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Newman, you wouldn't eat broccoli if it was deep fried in chocolate sauce!

    • @deanronson6331
      @deanronson6331 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_Conspiracy_Analyst I wouldn't either - and I like both broccoli and chocolate.

    • @joels5150
      @joels5150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There was a KRR store in Santa Barbara for years. I never got around to trying it before that store closed down.

  • @alwaystinkering7710
    @alwaystinkering7710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bennigan’s, Ponderosa, and Sizzler! Farrell's was a favorite place when I was a teen, but I had to drive 45 minutes to get to one at either Springfield Mall (delco Pa) or Lancaster PA. I then moved to Baltimore and we'd hit the one in Golden Ring Mall every Friday night in 1981. Developed a crush on a cute redheaded waitress named Theresa there. Good times!

    • @Anthony-tu7oz
      @Anthony-tu7oz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Had many of b'days at Farells and saw many a blockbuster movies at Golden ring mall movies in the 80's

    • @kennethgarcia8352
      @kennethgarcia8352 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeahhhh Bennigans I forgot about them!!!

    • @garthornspike3648
      @garthornspike3648 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes Bennigans. I always ordered the Monte Cristo.

    • @richarddouglass4101
      @richarddouglass4101 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is still a Bennigans in Borger, Texas.

    • @Chef_Stew
      @Chef_Stew 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Golden Ring mall your a OG lol 😂

  • @jimbear62
    @jimbear62 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From what I've heard, One of the other reasons Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken failed was there was no consistent recipe for the restaurants, it varied from restaurant to restaurant.
    When I was a child ,we alawys paseed one on our family car trips to Florida, we could never convince our parents to stop there.

  • @russbear31
    @russbear31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    In the 1970s I remember a fast food chain called Chutes. Their gimmick was to have a drive-thru similar to a bank's drive-thru with several lanes. Your food was then shot out to you through a pneumatic tube (like a bank). It was short-lived. It probably got too messy because they couldn't keep the Cokes in the cups. 😆

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is a Arbys in the town I grew up in in the Midwest that has chutes like that, they still use them.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A simple solution would have been to simply sell sodas in cans.

  • @riproar11
    @riproar11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was a kid during the 1970s but I remember Carrols very well as they had a competing version of the Big Mac that tasted good!

  • @witness1013
    @witness1013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "The Times Union reports that the last remaining Howard Johnson's in America, a 70-year-old restaurant located in Lake George, New York, did not open for business over the Memorial Day weekend and the property's lease is listed for sale online. The restaurant appears to have last opened its doors in March 2022"

    • @WendyCR72
      @WendyCR72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep. It made our local news. Live about an hour away from there. So the Howard Johnson segment could use a correction.

  • @sallykohorst8803
    @sallykohorst8803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember BIG BOB'S PLACE. SO MANY FAST FOOD STORES WERE HERE TO GIVE GOOD FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT. Thanks for showing them.

  • @RuubRoyce
    @RuubRoyce 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am from the Netherlands, I remember a chain called freetime. They set up branches nearby McDonalds locations and failed as a result. I ate at freetime once, in Paris where they were pretty huge. They had a big restaurant at la defense, I remember not liking it. I had a cheeseburger, it was really bland except for the cheese which tasted of garlic butter or something. The only reason I finished the meal, is that I was on a budget. Which left me still hungry as the portions were quite small. If it weren't for the good company I was in, it would've been a bad memory, but we had a few good laughs at the whole situation.

  • @karen4you
    @karen4you 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    At the 21-second point, the Red Barn hamburgers! I remember that from my childhood. Thank you for the videos of vintage times, it has been wonderful and informative.

    • @stepanbandera5206
      @stepanbandera5206 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Red Barn: The Big Barney & The Barn Buster!!!😋

  • @spaceflight1019
    @spaceflight1019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Stuckey's was an Interstate staple in the 1960s and 1970s. On the trip to Virginia Beach the first one was on I-70 south of Breezewood.
    They franchised the Big Boy hamburger. Eat 'n' Park, Frisch's, and Elby's sold them. There was a Big Boy comic book that was only sold in restaurants and only with the hamburger meal.

    • @shannondore
      @shannondore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We used to stop at Stuckey's while traveling. My mom loved the peanut logs they sold.

    • @birdsfan57
      @birdsfan57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shannondore Yes! Their Peanut Logswere the best! We picked up quite a few of them on our trip down I95 to Florida back in the 70's...

    • @williamharris8367
      @williamharris8367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember seeing Stuckey's along the I-95 to Florida, but more as a gift shop than a restaurant. Of course it has been almost 40 years, so memories fade.

    • @wil7228
      @wil7228 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stuckeys world famous pecan pie .

    • @devonalomar9012
      @devonalomar9012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I knew I was far from NY when I started seeing all the Stuckey's signs.

  • @jimdake6632
    @jimdake6632 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stroll down memory lane - growing up, first job, dates, traveling, etc. Restaurants are a very tough business to stay successful in over the long haul!

  • @reginawilliams226
    @reginawilliams226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There was a Burger Queen that had a bee as their logo in the early 80's and before that The Blue Circle in the Knoxville Tennessee area, I'm unsure how big the restaurant chain was but sure was delicious! Enjoyed your video!

    • @mccallosone4903
      @mccallosone4903 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hey! i just wrote a comment about that Burger Queen. i think it was on magnolia, near the old holiday inn my family stayed in, when we first moved to town

    • @shinobi1kenobi75
      @shinobi1kenobi75 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There was one in my home town, London, KY when I was a kid. It later became a Drothers but they didn't last long.

  • @nadiabrook7871
    @nadiabrook7871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Being a Brit, I haven't heard of any of the forgotten fast food chains!! Thanks for the tasty history lesson, Rhett!! XXXX 💗👍🍔🍟

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is a show on the History Channel called "The Food That Built America". It provides a fascinating look into the stories behind the names.

    • @nadiabrook7871
      @nadiabrook7871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@spaceflight1019 Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to check it out!!

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nadiabrook7871 , happy to be of help. You'll learn about how the Big Mac came to be and why it's Frito-Lay and not Lay-Fritos.

    • @tebelshaw9486
      @tebelshaw9486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not even Arthur Treacher's? 🐟

    • @davemckolanis4683
      @davemckolanis4683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nadiabrook7871 All We Ever Here That Is Popular With You Brits Is Fish And Chips. Fish Like Flounder And Sole Is Really Good When Breaded; But Do You Have A CHOICE On Which Type? And I Assume Your CHIPS Means Slices Of Potatoes Like Our French Fries. However SURELY You Have Fast Food Hamburgers And Hot Dogs Too???

  • @floorpizza8074
    @floorpizza8074 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The still shot at 5:37 really hit home for me. I grew up going to that Dee's. The store in the photo was located at 70th South and Highland Drive for you Salt Lake locals. That particular location became a "Hardees" in the 1980's.

  • @jeremypearson6852
    @jeremypearson6852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I moved to the US from the UK in the early 80’s, so I’m not familiar with a lot of these places except Kenny Rogers and a few others. I was in a Denny’s this morning and they had some photos on the wall of how the old restaurants looked. It must have been an exciting time in the 50’s and 60’s when a lot of places opened. I wish we still had $0.75 cent hamburgers.

  • @purchasingthepastvideo
    @purchasingthepastvideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I had fried ice cream for the first time at Chi-Chi's, when I talk about it now I get weird looks but that was an awesome dessert. I'm pretty sure my family was the only family who visited their location in my city because nobody remembers it and they were always empty when we went. This was back in the 90's, I really enjoyed it there.

    • @angeladay1534
      @angeladay1534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Loved Chi-Chi's when I lived in Minnesota!
      🌮🍨💖

    • @GrandDuchessAniya
      @GrandDuchessAniya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It always was packed in our area unless you went mid-afternoon on a Sunday.

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some Mexican joints have feoed icecream, however some cheat and just roll the icecream ball in crushed cornflakes.

    • @misterx6276
      @misterx6276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They were cheap and decent food.

    • @BrutishYetDelightful
      @BrutishYetDelightful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chi Chi's was generally pretty packed in Huntsville, AL back in the day. I remember the fried ice cream, and also the margaritas. I have a 30+year history of despising tequila, but those margaritas were FABULOUS. About 2 of them and you'd be walking sideways. I about half-recall some sort of shrimp fajita dish that was really really good, too. Pile of tortillas, shrimp and veg with some sort of sauce. I loved Chi Chi's.

  • @kd5you1
    @kd5you1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I haven't heard of Bob's Big Boy, but we had a restaurant called Kipp's which had the Big Boy in the front lawn of the restaurant. We also had a Roy Rogers that later became Luke's Hamburgers near the Houston Galleria. It was funny that Luke's used the same furniture that Roy Rogers used.

    • @atant2
      @atant2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In the South, our Big Boy was at a place called Stoney’s.

    • @jaredjlinden
      @jaredjlinden 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep - I remember Shoney’s Big Boy. And Shoney’s is still around - they split from Big Boy years ago. There are still about 100 Frisch’s Big Boy restaurants in the Midwest. Although Frisch’s uses tartar sauce on the Big Boy burger. Weird.

  • @brendaholliday6866
    @brendaholliday6866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Rhett, I really enjoyed your 15 Forgotten Fast Food Chains, video. I'm familiar with some of the fast food restaurant chains, but some I've never heard of. There was a fast food chain in my area called "Holly Farms," that served the best potato wedges, I've ever eaten, they primarily sold chicken, that was very good, too. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎

    • @spaceflight1019
      @spaceflight1019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Once upon a time Holly Farms was big enough to sponsor a NASCAR team.

  • @bighuge1060
    @bighuge1060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My brother and I frequented Chi-Chi's and loved when they had their buffet dinners. Everything on the plate got a layer of queso sauce.
    There were two fast food restaurants no longer around and extremely loved and missed by our family were Goody's hamburgers and Aunt Jemima's Kitchen. The latter was turned into Calico's Kitchen and this would be our family's IHOP-like stop for breakfast on the way back from NY to NJ. Goody's was THE most loved of the two. Even if we ate dinner at my grandparents' an hour before, we'd always be asking for Dad to pull over at Goody's for hamburgers/cheeseburgers. Great memories.

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can buy their Salsa in grocery stores.
      Doesn't chi chis mean boobies??? lol

    • @RobertWilke
      @RobertWilke 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember Calico Kitchen, they had on on RT 46 near Willow Brook mall in NJ. Good food all around.

  • @Ieishdragyn
    @Ieishdragyn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Farrells was a real blast! In high school, we had a cast party after a play closed, and it was one hell of a grand time!!

  • @brianbell9817
    @brianbell9817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really love watching these old school places that was great in its time. However I get really sad because the 70s and the 80s were the greatest and fondest times ever. A double edge sword so to speak.

  • @KnightsandWeekends
    @KnightsandWeekends 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Another one that might still have a few existing locations is Stuckey's. Not so much a restaurant, but had take-out snacks and a huge gift shop, complete with toys that would make a young kid beg. It was always fun stopping there, and became a family tradition. They were most famous for their various pecan pies and candies.

    • @symptomoftheuniverse4149
      @symptomoftheuniverse4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they still exists, no?

    • @jimlongino8420
      @jimlongino8420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know at least one still exists in Marietta OK. It's not like we remember. But it still has the delicious pecan log.

    • @symptomoftheuniverse4149
      @symptomoftheuniverse4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think I saw a piece on ‘ Locale Bites’ show, and there is one . Jim is right. I never heard of it until I saw it on tv.

    • @jimlongino8420
      @jimlongino8420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@symptomoftheuniverse4149 I'm not sure what TV show you saw Stuckey's but I remember at least 6 others between OKC and Dallas in the early 70s. All of those original buildings were either rebranded or vacant by 1985. The one in Marietta wasn't in existence then. There was one across the street and one in Springer. The Springer location was back to being cattle pasture long ago. Still good memories, nothing more. Of course so is playing behind the back seat and back glass in the old cars.

    • @symptomoftheuniverse4149
      @symptomoftheuniverse4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimlongino8420 Yeah, I will go look for it, it was a woman, her family started Stuckey, and she wants to expand again.

  • @calzabbath
    @calzabbath ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I bet only a few of you have heard of this: The first US styled fast food chain in Argentina opened in 1974 and its name was Pumper Nic. Really weird for an English speaker (it was inspired by the Pumpernickel bread found in Germany) but catchy and very much unique for Argentines who flocked to it from the very beginning. It offered the typical menu of hamburgers, fries (called Frenys) and a delicious baked egg sandwich called Mobur. The owners were two certain entrepreneur Lowenstein brothers, who secured supplies from local beef processing plants and started franchising as early as 1975; they went to have about 70 locations in Argentina and Uruguay, but lack of supervision from headquarters in Buenos Aires meant food quality differed greatly between restaurants and management was very poor. Also, the logo was a blatant ripoff of Burger King’s who hadn’t yet arrived in the country (along with McDonald’s they started operations in 1985). BK sued them and forced them to shorten their name to Pumper, and that was the beginning of the end: the Lowensteins handed over the business to their children and later sold the chain, but it declared bankruptcy in 1999. A sole restaurant in the Northwestern suburb of Moreno remains, with all the decorations and aesthetic (including trash bins in the shape of a hippo, its mouth being the lid), but it’s not affiliated with the original owners or company. There was another burger restaurant favourite of American visitors called Chéburger, but it lasted only until 1980.
    Today both McDonald’s and Burger King own the Argentine market, but a local franchise called Mostaza (mustard) is rapidly gaining popularity due to the bigger hamburgers, grilled beef and the peculiarity of offering beer in the menu.
    Greetings from Buenos Aires.

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'd forgotten about chi-chi's... That was such a huge story at the time.

    • @lindakorbel6018
      @lindakorbel6018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good marqueritas

    • @dremadumitrescu6546
      @dremadumitrescu6546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Always had the fried ice cream for dessert. Yum.

    • @mikepastor.k6233
      @mikepastor.k6233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They gave you nice helpings and it was an outing that girls from were I worked always went on Fridays for drinks and food..

    • @jamesharrison2374
      @jamesharrison2374 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Liked Chi-chi’s we would have our office parties there, in Mainz-Kastel Germany on base. One of the party owners of the on base franchise was retired LTC Uwe Grube, and had previously worked for him when he was in command of the department of DoD that I worked for.

    • @rkdvideo
      @rkdvideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I worked at a Bob's Big Boy in Springfield, Va for a little while in the mid 80's--and there was a Chi-Chi's next door. Man--that place was always jumpin'!

  • @Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970
    @Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When I was a kid, I loved when my family took us kids to Bob's Big Boy restaurants. I even cried when my Dad refused to buy me a Bob's Big Boy watch....such fond memories.

  • @shrodingerschat2258
    @shrodingerschat2258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A few that come to mind. You could go to an indoor shopping mall in the 70's and 80's and find a York Steakhouse. Kind of a cross between casual dining and cafeteria style. You'd get in line and grab a tray, order your steak and go down the line and pick up your sides and dessert. At the end your steak would be ready, put it on your tray, and then pay for your meal and go find a seat.
    Another was Swiss Chalet. These were mostly in Canada, but there were a few in the the Northeast US. They served rotisserie chicken.
    And then there were the cafeterias inside Woolworth's.

  • @timothyslutter7829
    @timothyslutter7829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Liked the story, I especially loved Carrols as a restaurant. When I was little my goal was to get big enough to have the Carrols club burger. It had a huge three layer bun, two burger patties, shredded lettuce, a tomato, pickles,and thousand island dressing. It was a mess to eat. It had a ring of light cardstock around it to hold it together. When you got it you were on your own. I finally had one when I was around eight in 1968, it was more than I ever dreamed of. Okay I was a real foodie kid. I do miss the Carrol's burger joint. The Burger King that replaced it just can't compare. Nor Mc Donald's that came later. Great video!

  • @carlosvillanueva9848
    @carlosvillanueva9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have fond memories of eating at Panchito’s with my family in my youth. They had several locations in San Antonio Texas. It was a buffet and was also neat and dear to our hearts. Thanks for the great video. Keep it up please.

  • @deanjamison-ct8be
    @deanjamison-ct8be ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your post. Grew up in the Midwest. We had a couple of chains we always loved and fortunately there are still some locations that remain. The first is Maid-Rite, started in 1926, serves loose meat hamburgers and root bear. Uniquely, great. The second, Mr. Quick, started in 1965, were present in our town before McD’s. Thanks for sharing!

  • @whiterabbit-wo7hw
    @whiterabbit-wo7hw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Hey Rhett,
    You really hit the memory bank on this one.
    I remember and have eaten at quite a few of these.
    Wags, Red Barn, Big Boy,
    My wife's father worked for Dee Anderson. I used to get a .15 cent hamburger and a chocolate shake for a whopping .41 cents. Including tax.
    There were so many flavors of ice cream at Farrels. Great place.
    As for pizza, Godfathers, Shakies, and Round Table were great as well.
    I remember Minnie Pearls.
    Chi Chi's and Pancho Villas were very good Mexican restaurants.
    Thank you my friend for making me hungry for these old places.

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories as well as a few others that weren't mentioned. Godfather's seems to be making a tiny comeback here in Oklahoma but they are being placed in Love's gas stations which I'm not the craziest about. I did really love Farrell's/ We had one in a mall and it was super popular. I never understood why it went away. That Poncho Villa is the one that sort of had a cafeteria feel in the line when you ordered isn't it? And then they had the little flags you raised when you wanted more? If that is the same one they used to be all over the placed and they were really popular too.

    • @whiterabbit-wo7hw
      @whiterabbit-wo7hw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RhettyforHistory
      You know, the one that I'm thinking of was spelt different. Poncho Villas.
      As in the Mexican bandit.
      There you didn't wait in line. Or that I remember.
      I remember being seated when you walked in.
      They had the best Tex-Mex food.
      That's interesting about Godfathers pizza.
      Thank you for the information.
      Take care, Rhett.

    • @angeladay1534
      @angeladay1534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are still 2 Godfather's Pizza restaurants in Springfield, Illinois. But the food does NOT taste as it did back in the 1980's. I used to work at one of these Godfather's. The pizza was great, back then.
      😢🍕🥰

    • @whiterabbit-wo7hw
      @whiterabbit-wo7hw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angeladay1534
      Seems like that's the way things go when the business is sold to others. It goes down hill in most cases.

    • @silkeden1
      @silkeden1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Herman Cain!

  • @Necron-ez2cc
    @Necron-ez2cc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nickerson Farms & Farmer's Table used to be pretty big in the midwest during the 1970's, as was Stuckey's in the deep south. And let's not forget that Ramada Inn and Holiday Inn pioneered having restaurants in their hotels long before most other chains. Nod to Shoney's breakfast bar, Shakey's Pizza, and Godfather's Pizza.

  • @matthewpiper3288
    @matthewpiper3288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    used to go to farrels on my birthday when i was a kid, good times.

  • @anthonysaturno8265
    @anthonysaturno8265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We had a Carroll's in our neighborhood growing up. It was great!

  • @TheRetroGuy2000
    @TheRetroGuy2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks for this video. I remember Chi-Chi's and Showbiz Pizza Place fondly. Here are more restaurant names from the past: Bishop's Buffet (they had an amazing chocolate silk pie); Po'Folks (apparently six restaurants still operate, all in Florida); Rax (five restaurants remaining), Country Kitchen (18 restaurants left).

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Po Folks was always a treat in the 80s if you drove down South like Kentucky or Tennessee. There used to be a random one in California, but its closed now.

    • @lindawoody8501
      @lindawoody8501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Po' Folks is same company as Ryans Buffet. I do not know if that brand is still around but it was about 10 years ago at least in Tennessee.

  • @dflf
    @dflf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I worked at a Farrell’s in Daly City CA. in 1973-4. The Zoo was an ice cream concoction that was served out of a large bowl. It was a favorite for large birthday parties of young children

  • @kirkmorrison6131
    @kirkmorrison6131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I loved Bob's Big Boy, I went there on a lot of High School and also Farrell's. I miss them as the food was good and fairly cheap. I also miss Steak and Ale. Chi Chi's is were I met my late wife

    • @TheDieselbutterfly
      @TheDieselbutterfly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aww....that's awesome

    • @kirkmorrison6131
      @kirkmorrison6131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank, you, I miss her terribly but I was lucky to have her

    • @celesterosales8976
      @celesterosales8976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn’t realize these places were closed. I worked at Bob’s Big Boy as a teenager.

    • @davejones5745
      @davejones5745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad you waited around and she finally showed up, or you may never of had a wife!

    • @kirkmorrison6131
      @kirkmorrison6131 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davejones5745 Yes,. I have thought of that too. I was very lucky

  • @TheDellaniOakes
    @TheDellaniOakes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some of these I've never heard of, but others I remember fondly. My family used to travel cross country every summer. We loved stopping at Howard Johnson's for the night - or at least for lunch. My favorite food item was the Monte Cristo sandwich. Oops! Now I'm hungry!

  • @troynov1965
    @troynov1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to like to go to A&W , I still have one of the mugs. Ive had it over like 40 years now! Holy crap.

    • @Burrrlygrrrly
      @Burrrlygrrrly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They still exist in 37 states! Have to go a bit farther to reach them now tho as there’s not as many but getting a delicious root beer float is still possible 😊 I’m gonna have to do a road trip to the nearest one soon while they’re still around because they were always one of my favorites

  • @leslie2149
    @leslie2149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Before McDonald's moved into my city we had Carrols and I loved their food! The Club burger was great and their shakes were so thick it was hard to suck them up the straw! I missed them when they died out. Never did like McDs either.
    I and some friends used to do breakfast at one of our local Big Boys. This one had a breakfast buffet which was just great.

  • @ruthannemackinnon588
    @ruthannemackinnon588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I was a kid in the 70's, I remember when dinner out was very rare but a visit to Shakey's pizza or Mr. Steak was a huge treat. Nothing tasted better than a draft root beer from the A&W drive in.

    • @debbiegsyarnylove8424
      @debbiegsyarnylove8424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shakeys pizza in California! I have fond memories of that place as a kid 🤩👏👍. I’m 61 now 😂

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shakey's Pizza still around in California. But way fewer locations. I think they have about 50 locations left, and another company opened a ton of locations in The Philippines.

    • @kevinarmstrong386
      @kevinarmstrong386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A&W WAS THE BEST ......PULLING UP TO A SPEAKER AND HAVING THE WAITRESS BRING YOUR FOOD.
      ONLY TIME EATING IN THE CAR WAS ALLOWED.

    • @user-sw4qd2up2s
      @user-sw4qd2up2s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A and W Rootbeer chains are still around in the Midwest.They are usually connected to a KFC.

    • @jo.k.5135
      @jo.k.5135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! Shakeys pizza in so. Calif. in the 70's. Went there after a movie matinee on a Sat. Great memories...and A & W
      drive-up's, best date nite eats :D

  • @goldenyess
    @goldenyess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from Puerto Rico, i remember a fast food named " Saveys" or something similar, they made fried chicken. The logo was Orange and the store was green. No ones remember :( i love your channels.

  • @highnoon9333
    @highnoon9333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I loved Sweet Tomatoes (or Souplantation, as it was called in California). I know a lot of people thought it was gross but I thought it was fantastic. I was sad when they closed down during the pandemic but I totally understand.

    • @nenep1872
      @nenep1872 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't know it closed yeah my mother said it was nasty lol but I only went there once

    • @dianawilliams525
      @dianawilliams525 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to go there with my aunt when I came to visit - I thought it was great

    • @philipc8843
      @philipc8843 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would love for them to open up again. All you can eat salad bar and soup. The ones I went to in LA were always busy no matter the time of day.

    • @DavidLLambertmobile
      @DavidLLambertmobile ปีที่แล้ว

      Sweet Tomatoes 🥗 was popular in metro Orlando, central FL. 2000s 2010s. I ate there often. Good soups, ice cream 🍦.

    • @ananda_miaoyin
      @ananda_miaoyin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We used to eat a the one in San Jose. Best restaurant around the tech area. Soup Plantations were down in LA and they were bad ass. Can't find ANY fresh food buffets any more or any where.

  • @queenb9621
    @queenb9621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    During the 1970's, my parents held many of my birthday parties at Farrell's. 😢 Thanks for this cool trip down memory lane. I loved that place, as a child.

    • @judyfabion8849
      @judyfabion8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it was the place to go. They had the Zoo which was a huge stainless steel bowl full of scoops of ice cream and toppings delivered to the table with great fanfare. It was the big birthday treat and they sang Happy Birthday.

    • @kd5you1
      @kd5you1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My late cousin had a birthday party at the Farrel's in the Houston Galleria when we were little kids.

    • @danieldaniels7571
      @danieldaniels7571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

  • @tobiwalker7145
    @tobiwalker7145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Howard Johnson's had a two-layer scenic chocolate lollipop that my parents would never buy me but my grandparents would. Apparently no photos of them on the internet. I checked Google Maps and was pleased to see that the Toluca Lake, CA Bob's Big Boy is still open!

  • @linasbutcher1914
    @linasbutcher1914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I’m so glad you mentioned Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor. That was such a childhood favorite of mine. I’d always went there with my Mom as much as I could. We had one here in El Cajon, Ca. at the Parkway Plaza Mall where we also had a Woolworth’s too. It’s so sad they’re gone. The Souplantation is another favorite of mine. I’m actually surprised we still don’t have one here. Because that place was always busy. I hope they all can come back someday! 😊🙏❤️

    • @joellema9879
      @joellema9879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Farrel’s sounds so awesome! It reminds me of if Goofy Goober’s from Spongebob was real! It’s so depressing it closed. This whole video was honestly kind of sad. Lol.

    • @joeblow-tp6gz
      @joeblow-tp6gz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Naugles!

    • @LassieFarm
      @LassieFarm ปีที่แล้ว

      The soup plantation? 😳 Did the staff all dress in blackface?

    • @horseshoe2blah201
      @horseshoe2blah201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We had a Farrells in our Galleria in Houston, Texas. As a kid, we always hoped someone was having a birthday because the lights would start flashing and an alarm started sounding. Two employees with a makeshift stretcher with a bucket of ice cream then ran all-around the restaurant eventually ending up at the birthday table. I was there one day when one of the employees tripped and the ice cream bucket went flying. I thought that was the funniest thing I'd ever seen.

  • @ghostface3655
    @ghostface3655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for all the fun videos! I really appreciate!!

  • @lorinichols9996
    @lorinichols9996 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Howard Johnson’s was the best when I was a kid! I always got the fried clam strip dinner, and even had a HoJo birthday party at least once. It was my family’s go to stop for dinner on day trips, and I think we often stayed there when traveling as well.