I am happy to say that I was blessed to live through the "GOLDEN YEARS" in this great country of ours. Sad to see that we have LOST so many iconic & treasured things now a days. I would LOVE to go back to these days , & not return to current days.
I won’t argue with you. I grew up in the 90’s and wish things were more like it was back then. And today’s kids will someday be elderly, and they will long for the days of their youth. That’s how it always has been, and always will be.
You're right. I feel that this was MORE than just memories of meals but memories of a bygone past that represented a little of what made the country great...families eating together in an open, public environment, the innocent joy of an evening out, just flat-out normalcy. Things that were beginning to slip away even before the pandemic because of so many of the traditional eat-in chain restaurants closing and people just grabbing takeout much of the time, and then coronavirus put another nail in the coffin, having so many of us closed tight behind our doors eating what we could grab at a drive-through or through a delivery app if we didn't feel like cooking sometimes. Times have changed and things may have become more convenient but sometimes I wonder whether things, although more rudimentary, were simply a little nicer on a day-to-day basis years ago.
Man you guys are killing me, I miss the family all together eating and doing things, we would go to Lazarus then to eat, it was such a treat to us. Gosh I miss it.
Everything is readily available now but it’s garbage, no substance, quick made junk. Not just food either, nothing is built to last anymore, things used to be made sturdy and repairable so it could be cherished and passed down. Everything is temporary now, nobody stays in one place for long, nothing is valued or respected, I don’t like these days too much to be honest. Sorry just my 2c
Ok might sound lame but my parents took me and some friends to Shoney's on New Year's Eve....... it was the best time ever. My friends and I were seniors in high school. I'd give anything to relive that night. We got all dressed up...... it was wonderful.
Thank you for this trip down memory lane. Shoney's was one of my 1st jobs as a teenager back in the 1970's. Used to love surprising my mom with a Strawberry Pie - she loved them. Wish she was here today so I could show her some Strawberry Pie love again!
In 25 years as an on-the-road salesman I've eaten at Shoney's hundreds of times. Thanks to all the cooks, waitresses, everyone working at Shoney's for all the good food!
@@jamescalifornia2964 There were but they weren't as "in your face" and "cancel what you know and follow me" as they are in 2021. My mom was a vegetarian but she always cooked us meat growing up. God rest her soul, I miss her. I really hate the times we're living in now. SIGH
@@gunnarbiker -- Yes very true. My Mom was about the same just did not have a name for it. I think she had a taste now and then and ate fish sometimes. Sadly our society is going down the toilet. People are leaving to retire in countries.
We have the Frishes Big Boy restaurants in Ohio and Kentucky. It was a special treat to eat there when I was growing up. They're not like they were back then, what is? They still offer the Hot Fudge Cake dessert.
The internet •You tube videos •70 years of good music to listen too, instead of 10 years of good music • If I want to hear a song, I can get in two seconds on TH-cam or a Playlist app, instead of looking for an album. Or praying it comes on the radio • 500 channels to watch, instead of 3 black and white channels • Netflix and Hulu • if I want to read a book, I have it in 3 seconds on my kindle • I don't have to rush to the bank every Friday, to cash my check •If I get lost In my car, my gps can easily get me to my destination TIMES ARE MUCH BETTER, TODAY
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 and when you lose your I-phone or the internet crashes, you're helpless. People walking around with their noses stuck to their phones, walking into signs or into traffic; or sitting down together to eat and everyone pulls out their phone and places it next to their plate like it's a new utensil. People can't survive without their damn phones; heaven forbid you actually have a face to face conversation with someone. Just send an email that can be ignored or somehow "lost".... Yeah, so much "better" today, isn't it?
Big Boy was my first sit down restaurant experience in the mid-1960s. It was considered a real treat as our family rarely dined out. I can still remember sitting in a booster seat and wearing a Big Boy bib while looking through the BB comic book. It was a very fun experience!
When I was in medical school in Lexington KY from 1988-1992, during first and second year I would often go to Shoney’s breakfast buffet on the mornings when we had exams. The staff got to know me and made sure to give me a booth with a nice big table. I’d have a hearty breakfast and a few cups of coffee while I took a final look at my notes. By the time the exam began at 8 am, I was well fed and caffeinated and ready to rock it. It was a successful approach.
I'm always moved and amazed when I see someone with Great talent and respect on youtube....your videos----just amazing. You give JUST the right amount of background but with the rest of the video, you allow us to walk, quietly, down memory lane JUST the perfect balance and focus Thank you now, do one on Sambo's
My Aunt used to call me her “Shoney Boy” as I was 5’11” by the fourth grade and Loved going to Shoney’s in Kingsport ,TN back in the early 60’s. I always wondered about the other “Big Boys” I saw elsewhere.
I remember going to Shoney’s in Fairmont, WV with my great grandmother, grandmother, and mom - feeling so proud sitting there feeling like a grown-up and excited about the salad bar ❤️
In Montana it was always JB's Big Boy. Still remember the great food & the coloring books that kept us busy until the food arrived. I even managed to talk my parents into buying the refrigerator magnets of Big Boy, his girlfriend Dolly & their dog Nugget. Love how these videos bring back such amazing memories!
The Breakfast Bar was awesome! A gentleman in my Dad's church, when he was a pastor, always took my brother and me to breakfast there whenever we came home to Mom and Dad during breaks in College. Great food!
The government takes care of the unfortunate in many ways, but they also do not warn us about everyday deadly dangers such as sugary products. The sad reality is many of the benefits such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to older Americans would disappear if we all lived to 100 years old. We all must look out for ourselves.
@@kevinpyne5808 Yes we do I agree!!!! But wow that tea was awesome! My dad lived to 91 he had Parkinson's and my mom passed at 95. They took pretty good care of themselves and I'm trying to also. Gee that pizza last night may have been the wrong choice..... lol..... tonight...,. Salad.
I had a Frisch’s Big Boy across the highway from my first apartment as a recent graduate and new teacher. If it were not for that restaurant, I would have starved to death.
Great video! I am from WV, not far from Charleston, and Shoney's is one of our proudest origin stories. There aren't many left, but one is still in operation on the Boulevard in Charleston.
First job was at shoneys! After working there I could make it anywhere! Learned a lot about people and business! Hardest job yet the most rewarding 😎☘️
Worked at Captain D's in college when everything was still hand made. We hustled in those little kitchens too. Worked at several locations. The managers were tough, but great, and mentoring. They were all about training! And I saw many co workers move right up the chain....
@@markthrasher6770 yes we had a Captain D’S next to the Shoneys! My brother was a fry cook there and the place was always packed. It was his first job and always said it prepared him for the Marines! Good times for sure....
Remember those nights when you would leave the club and hit the Shoney’s breakfast bar?? There was nothing like it and I will always remember those early mornings, heading back to campus after a night out but making a quick stop to Shoney’s for breakfast, the best breakfast bar around!
Shoney’s was a wonderful part of my teen years and early adulthood. As a kid, my parents usually went to Hot Shoppes, both restaurant and cafeteria. Those truly were the days!
Hot Shoppes had the best chocolate shakes back in the 50's/60's! Whenever we won swim meets in the summer months the team & parents went to Hot Shoppes in Silver Spring, Md. to eat & we all socialized there for HOURS! Great fun.
Shoneys was great when Mr Danner ran it. I met him many times when i delivered to Shoney's warehouse in Nashville. He use to come out and talk to me all the time.
Church's was good up until recently. They've been doing this funny thing with their breast and thigh portions. Especially since they closed their dining, you know, for cooties.... Thought it was a mistake at first, but I guess cutting meat away and giving you breaded bones and gristle is just something they do now..... 🤷♂️
I agree, Charles. My Grandad Wags was good friends with Mr. Danner. At one point our family had 17 Shoney's and 11 Captain D's throughout SC and GA... They were all in small towns and did very well. Shoney's never should have expanded so fast in the 1980's. The concept eventually just lost its ay in the late 1990's.
My mother worked at the Joplin Missouri location in the 80s and 90s. Miss the shoney bear with the suckers. Still go to the one in Branson when I'm there.
Glad to hear the one in Branson is still there. Have fond memories eating there with my mom and dad. My mom swears she got the original 'Shoney's' soup recipe from a lady there and we still make it to this day!
I remember five years old pulling up a bar seat to my grandmother Pat it KIPS BOY'S that's the best woman that ever walked this world sure did miss her!!
Bobs Big Boy statue was made by my father Bill Swan along with many other iconic fiberglass statues which are in a short Amazon ebook for only 14.99 ,its short but very interesting and shows most of what he made.
Back in the 70's I was in a Shoney's Big Boy reading the comic book. They used to have a section called "Leters to Big Boy". One said..... "Suzy age 7.. Dear Big Boy, I love you, PS my brother thinks you're stupid, he's 10". I still laugh at that today.
Cool 😀, I always like grilled cheese with bacon, fries and Strawberry pie for dessert . My family always stopped at one in Concord NC for supper on way home from Myrtle Beach SC 1980 to 1991 .
Thanks for the step back in time ,i also worked at Shoneys in the early 60s a cousin worked at one and gave me a job on the weekends i went from dishwasher to waitress truly the best time and the food was the best no food bar,my cousin went on to be vice president of shoneys.i think about those times a lot wishing i could go back. Strawberry pies and slim Jim burger ive made my share of both. 🍓🍔 never knew why they were called slim Jim's?? Thanks for the memories.
Shoney's Big Boy was one of our favourite stops on the long drive to grandma's. At home we got our Big Boy fix at Frisch's. 😊 Thanks so much for the memories!
The Big Boy on Abercorn street in Savannah GA in the late 60s early 70s was another fave of mine when i was young .. My Mom and Dad had a 69 torino cobra and a 70 Boss 302 .. the mall was close by the Big Boy too .. My parents would cruise around town in their new muscle cars and they always cruised to the hot spots to eat .. great memories for a little boy from Otway NC !!
Thanks, spent some of my college days working there and five years of my adult life slaving at several of these as manager with the Shoney's South out of Memphis. Great food. Fun times.
Hey, just wanted to let you know I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and they are simply fascinating. Keep up the great work!
I ate at one of the last Shoney's in the 90's in Atlanta, Georgia. It was on Piedmont Road near the Limburg train station. It was okay food that you could afford to feed to a family. I noticed that Shoney's kind of died before it actually died. The quality of the food had gone down.
@Stan Staggs -- Me too, as a summer job when I was fifteen, as a dishwasher. Compared to washing dishes, being a bus boy was a YOOGE improvement in working conditions. The next summer, I was a prep cook, making homemade onion rings by the thousands. We made homemade beef stew and spaghetti sauce back then as well.
@@richardgray8593 in got a job there as a cook when I was 15, the guy that opened it was a friend of my dads, when I filled out the app, I didn’t no squat, I put cook, or waiter. Busboy just never occurred to me. They hired me as a cook. The lady from corporate was like he can’t be a cook, he said give him a chance if he doesn’t work out we can move him to busboy. I stayed a cook there till I finished high school and moved away for college. Some great memories.
@@dwightpowell6673 yes I sure did, cooks, waitresses, and kitchen manager. It was a new store we actually trained in the store for a couple days before it opened. The opening crew had there picture on the wall till the day they closed down. That place was kept spotless I will never forget scrubbing the grill at night when we closed. They turned it into a Denny’s till that went out and it’s now a Chinese restaurant.
In 1977 at college in Dallas TX, I waited tables at a restaurant called Prime and Wine, owned by Shoney’s. It was essentially a nicer restaurant for the company’s executives to visit during a yearly convention in Texas. Very posh, classic steakhouse menu, cocktail lounge with Pong!
I was stationed over seas...all we had was C rations and sometimes rice...my friend kept mumbling about Hot Fudge Cake...he made it sound almost pornographic
i feel old but i am only turning 30 this year. but i have some history with Shoney's as a toddler my mom took me and my grandpa on a road trip from North Carolina to Austin Texas. /my mom said that every time they made a stop on the road trip all I wanted to eat was Shoney's Spagetti for every meal ; look even the kids menu at 3:26 has the kids spagetti dinner, and again 4:48
I was born in Glendale,CA and as a kid our family ate often at the original Bob's Big Boy #1 on Colorado Blvd. In 1959 we moved to Norfolk,VA to live with family there after my father passed away. I was homesick for Southern Cal.... so on Saturday evenings my mother would take us to Shoney's, it was almost like coming home seeing the big Big Boy statue by the front door. When we moved back to Glendale in 1967, one of the first places I went was Bob's #1..... Memories.....
If I remember correctly back in the mid-70s, they had spaghetti specials in southern Ca. that was reasonably priced for us who did not have that much money. there were 5 selections to choose from. and I loved spaghetti, If it was not Shoneys it was a restaurant like it. :)
I remember Shoney's and Shoney Bear from my childhood in the 1980s and early 1990s. I *loved* these restaurants as the servers and service were excellent and the food was stupendous. We kids got our coloring sheet and crayons from the server and we'd be busy with that and eating. Awesome memories👍😀👌🇺🇲
Used to have one here in Newport News, VA. In the last 2 years they tore it down, now there’s a car wash there. Used to go to one in Richmond in 1985, when I was first married. Loved that all you can eat breakfast buffet.
We have lost some very good restaurants here in Chester , that's near Richmond. We used to have a Friendlys and a Shoneys. I think Aunt Sarah's has closed in Richmond.
I’ll add my voice to the many compliments I’ve read on this series. I’ve spread the word to several people that I think would appreciate your fine work. Very easy to watch and listen to.
Up til 2018 when I moved back to Maine I ate breakfast almost every Saturday at Shoney's in Florence, SC. Had no idea they were owned by Church's, lol. The images, content, narration, and production value is excellent on this channel.
We had Shoney's all over Memphis then all of a sudden they were gone!! In the summer of 78(i was 10), me and my mom visited my sister in Detroit and one day she took us to Shoney's. Their cheeseburgers and fries were awesome.
RR just love your recent vids ........memory porn for sure. 63 years old and re-awaken brain cells left for dead lol Remember Shoneys from my Air Force days in Biloxi, MS???
There was a Shoney's restaurant near where I live. It closed a few years ago, then reopened. Now because of the pandemic, it's closed for good. I remember the breakfast buffet, it was very good.
I remember when my mom and I see to go eat at Shoneys.We usually would go for the big breakfast bar all you can eat so good.That was our time together.We ate at the one in Missouri.I remember the Big Boy Statue outside the restaurant.
OMG, you did Shoney's!!! One of my 90s childhood restaurants back in VA! I LOVED going there. It was always a special treat to me, wow great memories. :)))
Lots of great memories from Shoney's. We always stopped at one whenever we visited our grandparents. Great times, great food (The Big Boy Burger was a home run every time!)...
Great memories of going to Shoney's with my father for fried fish and the salad bar. Loved the breakfast buffet and going to the breakfast buffet on New Year's Eve was a tradition until shortly before my father died.
I worked at Shoney's waiting tables in 1989. It was my first waiting job. I remember quite a few friends working at various stores. I remember the crowds after South Georgia football games and how we always wondered how we got through all that.
i was working in Texas in the 90s. me mum had moved there and I worked overnights. we loved to eat breakfast there, well dinner for me. now back in england, there really isn't anything like it. some would say Harry Ramsden's, but i don't live in the north currently.
I ate at a BRAND NEW Shoney's on October 29, 2020! It's at Old Town in Kissimmee Florida, and they still have hot fudge cake! BTW, Shoney's was the first to come up with the breakfast bar concept in the mid-80's!
I grew up in the city of Lakewood and we had Bob’s Big Boy, Home of the Original Double-Deck Hamburger, in the Los Angeles and Orange County area. I loved the food. All of it. As the late Paul Harvey use to say, here's the rest of the story: Bob's Big Boy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_Big_Boy
In Maryland where I'm from, we had Bob's Big Boy. I remember at some point in the late 1980s or early 90s, they switched over to Shoney's, which confused everybody.
Good Old fashioned food served here! Good Company to have worked for when I needed a job. Thinking about the late night breakfast bar makes my mouth water.
There are not near as many shoneys in my area (west Ga/ east Ala) as there used to be, but the ones that remain all still have excellent food and good service! Always worth a Saturday morning trip for all you can eat breakfast!
I am happy to say that I was blessed to live through the "GOLDEN YEARS" in this great country of ours. Sad to see that we have LOST so many iconic & treasured things now a days. I would LOVE to go back to these days , & not return to current days.
Bigskyguy56 - I Agree 100%.
I’ll join you if we can figure out how to build a time machine
Make that 3!!
100%
I won’t argue with you. I grew up in the 90’s and wish things were more like it was back then. And today’s kids will someday be elderly, and they will long for the days of their youth. That’s how it always has been, and always will be.
All this great stuff from our past. We let it all slip through our fingers. We can never get it back.
You're right. I feel that this was MORE than just memories of meals but memories of a bygone past that represented a little of what made the country great...families eating together in an open, public environment, the innocent joy of an evening out, just flat-out normalcy. Things that were beginning to slip away even before the pandemic because of so many of the traditional eat-in chain restaurants closing and people just grabbing takeout much of the time, and then coronavirus put another nail in the coffin, having so many of us closed tight behind our doors eating what we could grab at a drive-through or through a delivery app if we didn't feel like cooking sometimes. Times have changed and things may have become more convenient but sometimes I wonder whether things, although more rudimentary, were simply a little nicer on a day-to-day basis years ago.
Man you guys are killing me, I miss the family all together eating and doing things, we would go to Lazarus then to eat, it was such a treat to us. Gosh I miss it.
Everything is readily available now but it’s garbage, no substance, quick made junk. Not just food either, nothing is built to last anymore, things used to be made sturdy and repairable so it could be cherished and passed down. Everything is temporary now, nobody stays in one place for long, nothing is valued or respected, I don’t like these days too much to be honest. Sorry just my 2c
@@deborahchesser7375 I have an iMac built in 2002 (the dome-shaped one)- it's nearly 20 years old and it still works perfectly.
Ok might sound lame but my parents took me and some friends to Shoney's on New Year's Eve....... it was the best time ever. My friends and I were seniors in high school. I'd give anything to relive that night. We got all dressed up...... it was wonderful.
What?
That's not lame at all and it sounds like a great memory you cherish.
Sounds pretty darn wonderful to me!
Not lame at all! Cherish that memory! We've lost a lot of our special legacy restaurants. I want em back!
My parents put me out in the streets
@@dwightpowell6673 my parents sent me to the recruiter
Thank you for this trip down memory lane. Shoney's was one of my 1st jobs as a teenager back in the 1970's. Used to love surprising my mom with a Strawberry Pie - she loved them. Wish she was here today so I could show her some Strawberry Pie love again!
America's test kitchen did a recipe where they made the strawberry pie that was served at shoneys. Check it out on youtube.
I loved Shoneys strawberry pie!
rip but you still have the memories!
I really enjoyed their hot fudge brownie for dessert. And the Saturday morning breakfast bar was fun, too.
Me too!!!!!!
Yep..
Yes, me too, i just put a comment up about that, Our family would go every weekend to get one, than they closed at our location, it was a sad time
Ohhhhh..
Wasn't it so....
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The production value and voice over quality in this video series are top notch. It's impressive how frequently you upload new content.
In 25 years as an on-the-road salesman I've eaten at Shoney's hundreds of times. Thanks to all the cooks, waitresses, everyone working at Shoney's for all the good food!
🎈 No vegetarians back in those days ☺👌
@@jamescalifornia2964 There were but they weren't as "in your face" and "cancel what you know and follow me" as they are in 2021. My mom was a vegetarian but she always cooked us meat growing up. God rest her soul, I miss her.
I really hate the times we're living in now. SIGH
@@gunnarbiker -- Yes very true. My Mom was about the same just did not have a name for it. I think she had a taste now and then and ate fish sometimes.
Sadly our society is going down the toilet. People are leaving to retire in countries.
I was an over long haul trucker for 44 years so I've spent many an hour at various Shoney's.
Very. Nice. Happens. Bye. Thanks. The. Hi. Yes. Very. Nice. Goodness
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I say let's Bring IT BACK. Help the channel Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They had the best hot fudge cake...oh my gosh...with vanilla ice cream. I want one now! We enjoyed Shoney's a lot!
Yes was to die for I could eat two !!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You can eat the stuff now but its faar healthier as millenials have removed all the trans fat and additives!!
@@november1120 same here..... lol
i would pay good money for one right now, so many memories
We have the Frishes Big Boy restaurants in Ohio and Kentucky. It was a special treat to eat there when I was growing up. They're not like they were back then, what is? They still offer the Hot Fudge Cake dessert.
Life was so good in those days...shoneys made it better.
The internet
•You tube videos
•70 years of good music to listen too, instead of 10 years of good music
• If I want to hear a song, I can get in two seconds on TH-cam or a Playlist app, instead of looking for an album. Or praying it comes on the radio
• 500 channels to watch, instead of 3 black and white channels
• Netflix and Hulu
• if I want to read a book, I have it in 3 seconds on my kindle
• I don't have to rush to the bank every Friday, to cash my check
•If I get lost In my car, my gps can easily get me to my destination
TIMES ARE MUCH BETTER, TODAY
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 and when you lose your I-phone or the internet crashes, you're helpless. People walking around with their noses stuck to their phones, walking into signs or into traffic; or sitting down together to eat and everyone pulls out their phone and places it next to their plate like it's a new utensil. People can't survive without their damn phones; heaven forbid you actually have a face to face conversation with someone. Just send an email that can be ignored or somehow "lost"....
Yeah, so much "better" today, isn't it?
I agree. It sounds like he is too reliant on instant gratification and technology.
Big Boy was my first sit down restaurant experience in the mid-1960s. It was considered a real treat as our family rarely dined out. I can still remember sitting in a booster seat and wearing a Big Boy bib while looking through the BB comic book. It was a very fun experience!
I worked at Shoney's from 1992-1996. Had some good times there !!! Grew up eating at Shoney's in the late 70's and 80's !!!
When I was in medical school in Lexington KY from 1988-1992, during first and second year I would often go to Shoney’s breakfast buffet on the mornings when we had exams. The staff got to know me and made sure to give me a booth with a nice big table. I’d have a hearty breakfast and a few cups of coffee while I took a final look at my notes. By the time the exam began at 8 am, I was well fed and caffeinated and ready to rock it. It was a successful approach.
I'm always moved and amazed when I see someone with Great talent and respect on youtube....your videos----just amazing. You give JUST the right amount of background but with the rest of the video, you allow us to walk, quietly, down memory lane
JUST the perfect balance and focus
Thank you
now, do one on Sambo's
My Aunt used to call me her “Shoney Boy” as I was 5’11” by the fourth grade and Loved going to Shoney’s in Kingsport ,TN back in the early 60’s. I always wondered about the other “Big Boys” I saw elsewhere.
When I lived down in Tennessee for about 10 years, we had gone to Shoney's many times! I always liked their food.
I remember going to Shoney’s in Fairmont, WV with my great grandmother, grandmother, and mom - feeling so proud sitting there feeling like a grown-up and excited about the salad bar ❤️
Awwww!
In Montana it was always JB's Big Boy. Still remember the great food & the coloring books that kept us busy until the food arrived. I even managed to talk my parents into buying the refrigerator magnets of Big Boy, his girlfriend Dolly & their dog Nugget. Love how these videos bring back such amazing memories!
Same name in Kansas.
We never had a Shoneys but was a popular breakfast buffet that we would look for on vacations as a kid.
The Breakfast Bar was awesome! A gentleman in my Dad's church, when he was a pastor, always took my brother and me to breakfast there whenever we came home to Mom and Dad during breaks in College. Great food!
Great breakfast bar!
Same here.
When my wife and I were first married Shoney's was a treat. Used to take our kids there. They loved it, too!
We took the kids every Thursday for free children dinner with the purchase of an adult dinner! Really helped the budget!
@@carolineconnor2156 Heck yeah, it did! We did the same!
Such great and memorable architecture. Wish this was still a thing. Kids would remember this for sure.
I remember the Strawberry Pies, and the burgers. My favorite the breakfast bars.
BEST Strawberry Pies ... with whipped cream piled high !!
I worked as a waitress at Shoney's (3 locations) for a year in high school (age 16-17). That's where I learned how much sugar is in real sweet tea.
Sugar is poison. You were fortunate to discover this at a young age.
Uh oh! That's very cool.... thanks for sharing!!!! What about those hot fudge cakes??? Do we wanna know!?!
The government takes care of the unfortunate in many ways, but they also do not warn us about everyday deadly dangers such as sugary products. The sad reality is many of the benefits such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to older Americans would disappear if we all lived to 100 years old. We all must look out for ourselves.
@@kevinpyne5808 Yes we do I agree!!!! But wow that tea was awesome! My dad lived to 91 he had Parkinson's and my mom passed at 95. They took pretty good care of themselves and I'm trying to also. Gee that pizza last night may have been the wrong choice..... lol..... tonight...,. Salad.
@@kat35lulu88 Its ok to have pizza and sugary products, just in moderation!
I find this channel relaxing. Nice to know about vanishing culture. Can say I enjoyed many of the old places.
@Marty Marty ha ha funny troll.
I had a Frisch’s Big Boy across the highway from my first apartment as a recent graduate and new teacher. If it were not for that restaurant, I would have starved to death.
So does Frisch's and Shoney's are related?
I'm from south GA and have fond memories of eating at Shoney's during the 1970's-80's. They had the BEST strawberry pie! Loved this video!
Thank God we still have our Shoney's in Vidalia, GA...
Sadly, the best things in life are gone before anyone has a chance to bid them a final farewell 🍺🍔🥞🍝🥓🍨🍰
Great video! I am from WV, not far from Charleston, and Shoney's is one of our proudest origin stories. There aren't many left, but one is still in operation on the Boulevard in Charleston.
Shoney's in Cleveland TN is no more. A wonderfull place to eat during our Church conventions.
congratulations for trending, really enjoy brings back the good old days
First job was at shoneys! After working there I could make it anywhere! Learned a lot about people and business! Hardest job yet the most rewarding 😎☘️
Mine too in 1983, I was a Bus Boy. We worked hard, but we had some good times.
Worked at Captain D's in college when everything was still hand made. We hustled in those little kitchens too. Worked at several locations. The managers were tough, but great, and mentoring. They were all about training! And I saw many co workers move right up the chain....
@@markthrasher6770 yes we had a Captain D’S next to the Shoneys! My brother was a fry cook there and the place was always packed. It was his first job and always said it prepared him for the Marines! Good times for sure....
Did you have too call your orders in over a microphone to the cooks in the back ?
@@Cindy-dg6vr yes it was hilarious
Remember those nights when you would leave the club and hit the Shoney’s breakfast bar?? There was nothing like it and I will always remember those early mornings, heading back to campus after a night out but making a quick stop to Shoney’s for breakfast, the best breakfast bar around!
Remember the club chow downs like it was yesterday
Shoneys sure has hit some hard times. There used to be one in every town my small area of NWTN. I even remember the big boy mascots out front.
Shoney’s was a wonderful part of my teen years and early adulthood. As a kid, my parents usually went to Hot Shoppes, both restaurant and cafeteria. Those truly were the days!
Hot Shoppes had the best chocolate shakes back in the 50's/60's! Whenever we won swim meets in the summer months the team & parents went to Hot Shoppes in Silver Spring, Md. to eat & we all socialized there for HOURS! Great fun.
Shoneys was great when Mr Danner ran it. I met him many times when i delivered to Shoney's warehouse in Nashville. He use to come out and talk to me all the time.
Church's was good up until recently. They've been doing this funny thing with their breast and thigh portions. Especially since they closed their dining, you know, for cooties.... Thought it was a mistake at first, but I guess cutting meat away and giving you breaded bones and gristle is just something they do now..... 🤷♂️
Might hace eaten at that shoney restaurant lived in hermitage so the closest one i think would be the 1
I agree, Charles. My Grandad Wags was good friends with Mr. Danner. At one point our family had 17 Shoney's and 11 Captain D's throughout SC and GA... They were all in small towns and did very well. Shoney's never should have expanded so fast in the 1980's. The concept eventually just lost its ay in the late 1990's.
My mother worked at the Joplin Missouri location in the 80s and 90s. Miss the shoney bear with the suckers. Still go to the one in Branson when I'm there.
Glad to hear the one in Branson is still there. Have fond memories eating there with my mom and dad. My mom swears she got the original 'Shoney's' soup recipe from a lady there and we still make it to this day!
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Sounds like some great memories and I'm sure the soup is good.
I remember five years old pulling up a bar seat to my grandmother Pat it KIPS BOY'S that's the best woman that ever walked this world sure did miss her!!
Bobs Big Boy statue was made by my father Bill Swan along with many other iconic fiberglass statues which are in a short Amazon ebook for only 14.99 ,its short but very interesting and shows most of what he made.
Back in the 70's I was in a Shoney's Big Boy reading the comic book. They used to have a section called "Leters to Big Boy". One said..... "Suzy age 7.. Dear Big Boy, I love you, PS my brother thinks you're stupid, he's 10". I still laugh at that today.
Remember staying at motels because there was a nearby Shoney's and the breakfast buffet.
Sad to say that Shoney's in my town has been closed almost 4 years now. My hubby and I used to eat there every Saturday. We miss it so much.
Cool 😀, I always like grilled cheese with bacon, fries and Strawberry pie for dessert . My family always stopped at one in Concord NC for supper on way home from Myrtle Beach SC 1980 to 1991 .
Thanks for the step back in time ,i also worked at Shoneys in the early 60s a cousin worked at one and gave me a job on the weekends i went from dishwasher to waitress truly the best time and the food was the best no food bar,my cousin went on to be vice president of shoneys.i think about those times a lot wishing i could go back. Strawberry pies and slim Jim burger ive made my share of both. 🍓🍔 never knew why they were called slim Jim's?? Thanks for the memories.
This was great! I just stumbled upon this series and it's right up my alley! I used to eat at Shoney's as a kid. It actually was a Sizzler first lol
Shoney's Big Boy was one of our favourite stops on the long drive to grandma's. At home we got our Big Boy fix at Frisch's. 😊 Thanks so much for the memories!
The Big Boy on Abercorn street in Savannah GA in the late 60s early 70s was another fave of mine when i was young .. My Mom and Dad had a 69 torino cobra and a 70 Boss 302 .. the mall was close by the Big Boy too .. My parents would cruise around town in their new muscle cars and they always cruised to the hot spots to eat .. great memories for a little boy from Otway NC !!
this channel is a master at turning one minute of content in to eight minutes of content
Thanks, spent some of my college days working there and five years of my adult life slaving at several of these as manager with the Shoney's South out of Memphis. Great food. Fun times.
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Bobs Big Boy in Southern California! The mascot looks the same!
I grew up in the city of Lakewood. Ditto in the Los Angeles and Orange County area.
Yes, socal restaurants in the 70's, Big Boy, Sambo's, Norm's, Denny's, Coco's, Golden Star, what else? 😎
@@SoapinTrucker Hof's Hut.
I ate at one of the last Shoney's in the 90's in Atlanta, Georgia. It was on Piedmont Road near the Limburg train station. It was okay food that you could afford to feed to a family. I noticed that Shoney's kind of died before it actually died. The quality of the food had gone down.
I miss the hell outta Shoney's!! Thanks for the memories!!
This is the best channel on TH-cam!!!!!!!!!
My first job was working for a Shoney"s.
Started as busboy, then made to a cook. Then Kitchen manager.
@Stan Staggs -- Me too, as a summer job when I was fifteen, as a dishwasher. Compared to washing dishes, being a bus boy was a YOOGE improvement in working conditions. The next summer, I was a prep cook, making homemade onion rings by the thousands. We made homemade beef stew and spaghetti sauce back then as well.
@@richardgray8593 in got a job there as a cook when I was 15, the guy that opened it was a friend of my dads, when I filled out the app, I didn’t no squat, I put cook, or waiter. Busboy just never occurred to me. They hired me as a cook. The lady from corporate was like he can’t be a cook, he said give him a chance if he doesn’t work out we can move him to busboy. I stayed a cook there till I finished high school and moved away for college. Some great memories.
@@charlesprice7608 did you have any black co-workers?
@@dwightpowell6673 yes I sure did, cooks, waitresses, and kitchen manager. It was a new store we actually trained in the store for a couple days before it opened. The opening crew had there picture on the wall till the day they closed down. That place was kept spotless I will never forget scrubbing the grill at night when we closed. They turned it into a Denny’s till that went out and it’s now a Chinese restaurant.
In 1977 at college in Dallas TX, I waited tables at a restaurant called Prime and Wine, owned by Shoney’s. It was essentially a nicer restaurant for the company’s executives to visit during a yearly convention in Texas. Very posh, classic steakhouse menu, cocktail lounge with Pong!
Man did I love their hot fudge cakes.
I was stationed over seas...all we had was C rations and sometimes rice...my friend kept mumbling about Hot Fudge Cake...he made it sound almost pornographic
Milk shakes, hot cakes * sausage, fish & chips &Cole slaw etc etc
i feel old but i am only turning 30 this year. but i have some history with Shoney's as a toddler my mom took me and my grandpa on a road trip from North Carolina to Austin Texas. /my mom said that every time they made a stop on the road trip all I wanted to eat was Shoney's Spagetti for every meal ; look even the kids menu at 3:26 has the kids spagetti dinner, and again 4:48
I was born in Glendale,CA and as a kid our family ate often at the original Bob's Big Boy #1 on Colorado Blvd. In 1959 we moved to Norfolk,VA to live with family there after my father passed away. I was homesick for Southern Cal.... so on Saturday evenings my mother would take us to Shoney's, it was almost like coming home seeing the big Big Boy statue by the front door. When we moved back to Glendale in 1967, one of the first places I went was Bob's #1..... Memories.....
Houston, Texas had a few Shoney's. The food was great. All of those stores closed down
Worked for Bernice "Bunny" Schoenbaum in Newport news Va. back in '76-'77! Was a GREAT boss and had some good times then!
Bob’s Big Boy in Sanford Florida, 2006. 💕
If I remember correctly back in the mid-70s, they had spaghetti specials in southern Ca. that was reasonably priced for us who did not have that much money. there were 5 selections to choose from. and I loved spaghetti, If it was not Shoneys it was a restaurant like it. :)
It was spaghetti and chili and the Southern California affiliate was Bob's Big Boy.
Ditto in the Los Angeles and Orange County area. It was Bob's Big Boy, Home of the Original Double-Deck Hamburger.
Shoneys did have good spaghetti, and chilli spaghetti too. Some of them had Beef Stroganoff or Steak tips and noodles.
@@mdgraystone Thank you.
I remember a great lasagna dish with garlic bread and all you can eat salad bar yummy 🤤
Was a wonderful restaurant in Birch Run, Mi while it lasted
I like the music in this video! Reminds me of Fred Rogers!
Reminds me of Charlie Brown!
Very informative! I always thought Shoney’s had THE BEST hot fudge cake and onion rings
I remember Shoney's and Shoney Bear from my childhood in the 1980s and early 1990s. I *loved* these restaurants as the servers and service were excellent and the food was stupendous. We kids got our coloring sheet and crayons from the server and we'd be busy with that and eating. Awesome memories👍😀👌🇺🇲
I loved their breakfast buffet back in the nineties.
I Miss Shoneys in Indiana best breakfast buffet ever😋
Used to have one here in Newport News, VA. In the last 2 years they tore it down, now there’s a car wash there. Used to go to one in Richmond in 1985, when I was first married. Loved that all you can eat breakfast buffet.
We have lost some very good restaurants here in Chester , that's near Richmond.
We used to have a Friendlys and a Shoneys.
I think Aunt Sarah's has closed in Richmond.
I’ll add my voice to the many compliments I’ve read on this series. I’ve spread the word to several people that I think would appreciate your fine work. Very easy to watch and listen to.
Up til 2018 when I moved back to Maine I ate breakfast almost every Saturday at Shoney's in Florence, SC. Had no idea they were owned by Church's, lol. The images, content, narration, and production value is excellent on this channel.
I just found this channel couple days ago and i love it ...... i love history so this is amazing keep it up
We had Shoney's all over Memphis then all of a sudden they were gone!! In the summer of 78(i was 10), me and my mom visited my sister in Detroit and one day she took us to Shoney's. Their cheeseburgers and fries were awesome.
RR just love your recent vids ........memory porn for sure. 63 years old and re-awaken brain cells left for dead lol Remember Shoneys from my Air Force days in Biloxi, MS???
Very hilarious!😆🤗
There was a Shoney's restaurant near where I live. It closed a few years ago, then reopened. Now because of the pandemic, it's closed for good. I remember the breakfast buffet, it was very good.
I miss Shoney's. Their strawberry pie was the best.
Only "Big Boy" I ever knew was Bob's.
It was 'Elias Bros Big-Boy' in Detroit, where I grew up!
For a time (1967-1987) Marriott owned the Big Boy brand.
Ditto in the city of Lakewood and the surrounding area, county of Los Angeles.
Been to many a shoneys for breakfast, but none were big boys. as thread starter said. Tthe only Big Boys i knew growing up were Bobs
@@orionwarren4244 YES! Elias Brothers! I was in Michigan until 81.
Another great video. Where I lived they were called Vips or Kips. But they were Big Boy restaurants. Loved the burgers. PS Love the background music!
There were two Kips Big Boys in Houston. They closed down in the late 9O's.
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 Same here in Ft. Worth.
I use to work for shoneys in Nashville at 100 Oaks
I remember when my mom and I see to go eat at Shoneys.We usually would go for the big breakfast bar all you can eat so good.That was our time together.We ate at the one in Missouri.I remember the Big Boy Statue outside the restaurant.
YES YES YES!
@@mikeywestside8509 along the hiway 70 was it on the way to gma and gpas in KS i thing from IL
In the 60's Cleveland Ohio area it was known as Manners Big Boy!
Yup....grew up in Lorain, OH.....there was on the corner of the one major intersection
As a 90s kid this was my favorite family breakfast place. Lots of good memories, especially there amazing french toast. 🤤
OMG, you did Shoney's!!! One of my 90s childhood restaurants back in VA! I LOVED going there. It was always a special treat to me, wow great memories. :)))
What a beautiful name you have!
Lots of great memories from Shoney's. We always stopped at one whenever we visited our grandparents. Great times, great food (The Big Boy Burger was a home run every time!)...
Great memories of going to Shoney's with my father for fried fish and the salad bar. Loved the breakfast buffet and going to the breakfast buffet on New Year's Eve was a tradition until shortly before my father died.
I worked at Shoney's waiting tables in 1989. It was my first waiting job. I remember quite a few friends working at various stores. I remember the crowds after South Georgia football games and how we always wondered how we got through all that.
Back in the day, I remember Shoney's Big Boy in Nashville, Tennessee and in Columbus, Mississippi.
I grew up with Bob's in L.A. It was always the go-to place night or day.
Ditto in the city of Lakewood.
@@photonotavailable7936 I lived in the Valley mostly, with several years in the Culver City area. Good times.
Another wonderful video
Thank you
Man I miss this place so much...On a side note, I love how relaxing the background music is while I learn something interesting.
i was working in Texas in the 90s. me mum had moved there and I worked overnights. we loved to eat breakfast there, well dinner for me. now back in england, there really isn't anything like it. some would say Harry Ramsden's, but i don't live in the north currently.
I ate at a BRAND NEW Shoney's on October 29, 2020! It's at Old Town in Kissimmee Florida, and they still have hot fudge cake! BTW, Shoney's was the first to come up with the breakfast bar concept in the mid-80's!
Loved my 50% discount on food as an employee! Hot fudge cakes and big boys! Gained 10 lbs that year😂
So did I..... that hot fudge cake thing was simple but soooooo good! Thanks for reminding me!
You saved more than 50% because you didn't have to tip yourself..😉😉
@@jpolar394 😂 touché!
@@kat35lulu88 I used to dream about that hot fudge cake😂
I grew up in the city of Lakewood and we had Bob’s Big Boy, Home of the Original Double-Deck Hamburger, in the Los Angeles and Orange County area. I loved the food. All of it. As the late Paul Harvey use to say, here's the rest of the story: Bob's Big Boy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_Big_Boy
We had Frisch’s Big Boy in my area:)
Bob’s Big Boy or LuJann’s in my part of Ohio.
@Michael Klouser I also recall going to Elby’s Big Boy in eastern Ohio near Wheeling, WV with my family/grandparents...numerous times. Happy times:)
In the 70's there was a Bob's Big Boy in Chula Vista. Fried chicken! Pappy Parker's fried chicken. I was there TV commercial.
@ColonialBuckeye Plus an order of french fries and a chocolate malt. 😋
In Maryland where I'm from, we had Bob's Big Boy. I remember at some point in the late 1980s or early 90s, they switched over to Shoney's, which confused everybody.
Another great family restaurant lost and gone in my state . Always looked forward to Sunday brunch at Shoneys.
Oh.....the Patty Melts, with fries and a chocolate shake!
Patty Melts are the best burgers.
@@jeepluver3195 I liked tthe Slim Jim sandwich too!
Good Old fashioned food served here! Good Company to have worked for when I needed a job. Thinking about the late night breakfast bar makes my mouth water.
There are not near as many shoneys in my area (west Ga/ east Ala) as there used to be, but the ones that remain all still have excellent food and good service! Always worth a Saturday morning trip for all you can eat breakfast!
I worked at a Shoneys in the 80s good place to work