STEAK 'N SHAKE - Life in America
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I worked for Steak & Shake 1993-1999 ; Many happy memories as a cook and dish washer !
My dad used to take me to Steak & Shake back in 1976-77 for lunch when I was in Kindergarten, which back then were 1/2 days, I could never finish the small burger and fries, but, by May 1977, when I was turning 6 & at the end of the school year, I was finally able to finish that burger and fries!
I've always remembered that time we had together since I was his only son & youngest out of 5 children.
Kindergarten half-days were great! I was in it from 1978-79 so not far behind ya 😉. I bet you had a great bond with your dad. Did your older sisters like to tease you 😆?
@@scottfrenz They were 10-11 years older & almost out of high school, they did not, I was the only boy out of 5 children & the youngest, so my parents stopped when they had perfection, ME!
@@cdldriver2348 😂
There are still Steak n Shakes in Tampa Bay. double steakburger meals for only $4, best deal in town.
I loved Steak & Shake in the 1970's / 80's when we lived in Ohio. Great memories!
This is great! I can't tell you how many times I went to the original Steak-n-Shake. Heck. It was my mom's first meal after leaving the near by Brokaw (now Bromenn) hospital, after my birth. Oh, the days of the car hops taking orders and bringing food out. Such great memories from my youth. Thank you, RR!
I love everyone’s stories. Thanks so much!
Another great video
Their hard ice cream hand dipped shakes are great too!
Sounds creamy
Yeah they're good (or used to be) but the last time I went there it took about 50 minutes to get our shakes and more wait for the food. And they weren't even busy. Maybe about half full.
I loved the shoestring fries.
I grew up between Orlando and Daytona beach and loved eating breakfast at sns in Daytona .The silver dollar hash browns and egg bacon cheese sandwich was awesome, followed by orange juice and coffee.During race week you could catch all the nascar drivers in there as well.The original sns in Daytona was over the causeway on the pininsula back in the 50s from what I've heard, but ended up on the mainland side.Lots of great times and memories with the family returning from the beach.
I lived in Springfield, MO been to that steak and shake.
I worked at one in high school,loved to car hop during rainy days I’d bring home 50-60 dollars in tips this was in the late 70’s
Their downfall in the last 10-15 years was the ever growing menu, which slowed down service and diminished the quality. Most in my area around St. Louis closed pre-pandemic. A few reopened during this mess with a streamlined menu. The quality and speed now is an impressive turn around.
Enjoyed. We like steak n shake
❤️Steak n Shake…..Orlando on Colonial Dr!
RIP Colonial Dr. And Orlando Ave., But there's still at least a couple on 436 and one on University Blvd.
@@samueljohnson1514 …..noooo! Classic Steak n Shake in Orlando is gone?!
San Jose Blvd in Jacksonville, FL.
The one in Mandarin at 295? I lived in the neighborhood behind there for 30 years.
@@sparks2spare782
Yep, it's still there.
Their honey mustard is the best!!!
I love steak & shake!!!
I have a S&S location not far from the house...love those steak burgers and fries!
My 2 brothers and I went too steak and shake every Thursday after choir practice at church with my mother, we got pop but once a month we got a milkshake. In Indianapolis Indiana in the late 1960. By the 1970 my oldest brother had a car. We went too the drive up and hung out in the parking lot. It was great. Every time I visit Indianapolis I go to white castle first. Steak and shake 2nd. Great video.
we still have one here in zanesville ohio !! we have car shows there in the summer i take my 56 fairlane to
Steak n shake is the best.
Interesting fact. There is a Steak ‘N Shake in Cannes, France just off the Croisette. There is almost always a line there as well.
Thank you for this video. I remember going to Steak n Shake as a kid on Friday nights with just my Mom and brothers and sisters and then we got it to go to take out to my Father as he worked 2nd shift at the railroad yards.,We only had drive inn type in those days we ate the in the car. I worked for them the late 70's and early 80's as a teenager, in Galesburg, IL. I was one of the last car hops. One day I was sweeping the parking lot and I heard voices on a speaker and it was McDonald's next store testing their newly installed drive thru window. Steak and Shake eventually went to drive thru also was not best for their business model since they cooked to order unlike McDonald's. All my brothers and sisters had worked at McDonald's but I was proud that I worked at a better quality restaurant.
The shoestring french fries used to be super thin. There would always be a few petrified ones on the back floor boards of my dads Corvair.
We had two locations in town, one was demolished a decade ago and is now a Culver’s. The other closed during the pandemic but the last couple of times I had been there, they were never busy and there was always a long wait. I do miss it but there is a Freddy’s in town which is somewhat similar.
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO
What’s up with the minute and a half ad to start with?
I have a Steak n Shake menu from about 1950. Some of the prices are: "Steakburger Lunch: Choice Ground Steak, grilled, served on large toasted bun with French Fries, choice of Lettuce-Tomato Salad or Baked Beans - With Bean Sauce....... 58 cents," "Steakburger - (our leader) It's ground from selected beef, served on toasted bun with Pickle and Bermuda ...... 23 cents," "Chili - "It's Genuine" Fresh daily from our own kitchens - Mild, Medium or Hot .... 25 cents," and "Jumbo Shakes Extra Rich and Thick, Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla or Pineapple ...... 21 cents." 24 locations are listed on the back of the menu from Bloomington, IL to Whiting, IN to Hot Springs, Ark. There you have it!
The stake n shake in Springfield Mo is also right by Missouri states campus. They have a few of the original stake n shakes but that is the only one in its original form still on the historic route 66
I love it! That store is still in business and so nice to go to. The food is wonderful, as always! I think they recently upgraded/refurbished it or else it was closed for a long while due to covid-19.
I used to go to that one all the time after church when I lived in Nixa Missouri 20 years ago. That was a great place to eat and always nearly packed especially sundays after church from what i noticed when I went there.
I'm really enjoying this channel
If a burger is worth being savored, it's a crime to wolf it down in five minutes.
a" steak-n-shake" re- opened in cincinnati, ohio on colerain ave. south of I-275 , I am so glad to see this place re-open, now if we can get the one in hamilton , ohio re-opened that would be great!!!
I like the narrator's voice, kind of reminds me of the same voice over from the TV show The Wonder Years.
Anyone growing up anywhere near a Steak n Shake has great memories of their dining fare and experience’s. Including First dates. If we lose this great institutions, it will be a serious dent in our humanity! 😢
My wife and I always eat at the Bradenton Florida location on vacation. Great times many years ago 👍
Steak?...Shake?... Never heard of them.
we have been to the one in memphis great food at a great price a logo you can use from a customer from the uk
Never heard of this place, would love to give it a try. None here in California though.
I can't speak for all the Steak and Shakes, however the SAS in the Saint Louis region in the 60's and 70's were not only the best food places; they were the only place to go crusin'. SAS was like the Midwest version of American Graffiti. There were a few on the north and south sides of St. Louis where every weekend, it was the place to cruise and show off your cars. I grew up on the north side so I frequented the Riverview Circle SAS. I had a 67 GTO and showed up at SAS, grabbed a burger and shake and met with several friends to talk cars, girls and HS. It was a time like no other in history and sadly will never be repeated. Those were the good old days...listening to Johnny Rabbitt on KxOK (Top 40), eating great food and crusin the Circle.
When I was growing up my mom always told us how the Steak-n-Shake located just off campus of the University of Illinois Champaign was always packed, mostly with students. She lived in a little (well, it used to be) town called Tolono and she went to the SnS all the time. We went there lots of times when I was growing up. Had to have a milkshake.
I like steak and shake, good meal at a good price.
When the wind by me closed I was very sad.
There’s still one in Rockford IL.
God I miss the real America!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE this place !!
I need to get over to my nearby Steak ‘n Shake
this channel is very cool
I remember a STEAK and I SHAKE, located at Gratiot and 23 Mile Road in Chesterfield, Michigan. The Macomb County Health Department had shut the STEAK and SHAKE down. The Former STEAK and SHAKE is now a Happy's Pizza Restaurant.
I grew up in the St. Louis area and the Steak N Shakes that we went to had a place where you could order from your car. Maybe they should go back to having a drive in type, along with a small building with bar stools. In the 1960s to when I graduated high school (1974) I only knew of ordering a burger by telling them what I wanted on it (i.e. pickles and ketchup).
Cool 😀
Since the C19 they have workarants. The very type of restaurant they advertised they didn't have because they had servers. Now there are no more servers. When you walk in you're greeted with a computer touchscreen where you place and pay for your order then sit down and wait for your number to be called then you go up to the counter and get your food and bring it back to the table, ie you serve yourself.
They removed all of the tables in the middle of the seating area and now only have a few tables near the windows, they also removed all of the counter seats because this where you fetch your food from when your number is called. The seating area looks odd because there is a large empty area in the middle of what used to have tables and chairs. We've only gone one time in the last 3yrs because it's just not the same. We were the only ones inside and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. If you're a drive thru customer probably not much has changed for you but the eat in experience has much to be desired nowadays. It wouldn't surprise me if they did away with eating in altogether and just strictly have drive thru ordering only. McDonald's and Wendy's have remodeled their restaurants much the same, they've done way with much of the seating area and now have order kiosks inside.
Seems like the days of fastfood sit down eat in restaurants are now just a distant memory.
90 years is a long time.
The one here closed and now it's a Taco Bell.
I remember the food was great but there was always a long wait.
We would joke and call it Steak 'n Wait.
Skip to 1:30
Frisco Melt for the win at Steak & Shake. It's my favorite..
you got that brother!
Into they stopped putting the damn tomato on it. At our location you had to request it. Then they would still forget it. Lol
Thanks for covering Steak n Shake...part of my indoctrination to Bloomington-Normal Illinois in the 1980's was being taught the history of Steak n Shake! Favorite sandwich still is the Frisco Melt... but I had to let go of Orange Freezes when I found out I am diabetic.
Hopefully Steak n Shake will keep going and return to how it was in the '80's...it was more expensive than other burger joints, but it's atmosphere was more like a restaurant than just fast food.
One more thing... please don't forget to tip your wait staff!!! Regardless of who the jokers are that own the Corporation, it's the Wait Staff, Cooks, Table Bussers... and yes, the Individual Store Managers that make Steak n Shake special. Be sure to be a gracious guest and thank them too from time to time.
Their Steakburgers are still delicious.
The company closed a lot of stores forcing them to buy a franchise fee .Saint Louis, MO closed them and Illinois closed them and Indiana closed a lot some where reopened but ice cream is shipped in and hard time getting it .
I still think they have better food than most of the other fast food restaurants.
better food and the best prices with $4 meals
@@JxT1957 Yes, I agree. They are still one of my favorite places to eat.
"At the time, gas and fried chicken went together." Still does. Chili even more.
as always, this videos are a good record of the good old days. i remember going to Mc macs and eating for 75 cents. I would like to see a video on Bobs Big Boy, a California drive in burger place, with can hops and in side dining. we use to go the one in whitter calif.
I remember eating in the Steak ‘n Shake parking lot when the news broke that Elvis had died.
Their Steak burgers still are popular.
I LOVE seeing your videos. Have you thought about doing a video about "In & Out Burger"? I live in TN, but anytime I am out West, I always eat there at least once. Thank you!
My favorite when I lived in St Louis county !
could you do a video on Mr. Quick? It was me parents first job whee they met. Love your videos
Mr. Quick was fantastic!
As of 1992 S and S had stores in Indianapolis. Long ago left the rust belt for Phoenix
I love this place, cafeteria style surroundings accompanied by burgers that will no doubt cause my dr to be worried but the taste is so good. where i live in illinois so many restaurants are going out of business but this one has remained and i hope it does so for years to come.
I stopped eating red meat 6 yrs ago and haven’t been in a steak & shake since.
Chic fil a is my go to now.
Steak N Shake was a favorite of my family dating back 2 generations, even as a kid they still were great but in the last 10 years or so I've seen them take a nose dive from their former glory. For me, it was the increasing menu options along with changing the type of pickles they use. I think if you want your restaurant to be successful long-term just be unique & keep things short, simple, & to the point. Why do ya think Chick-Fil-A is still so popular? Personally, I wish I could've seen the old Steak N Shake the way my grandparents did when the staff was mainly white. Nowadays it's a miracle to find ANY restaurant with an atleast somewhat filled white staff, let alone all white.
Oh, how the good old days have long passed.
Steak N Shake. A good hamburger restaurant that went downhill thanks to mismanagement and greed at the highest corporate levels.(IMO). The local SnSs closed. A slow drift downhill ending with non existent service and inconsistent management. Before it closed you could wait twenty minutes for service while the grill man hadn’t a burger on the grill and the manager argued with the waitresses. How could the make money on the $4 meal deal?
My hometown steak and shake struggles with staff and the place looks terrible. Fortunately, we don’t have tents out front.
Steak 'N Shake was a favorite of my family and I. Unfortunately, all their stores have closed in the Louisville KY area. Hopefully, they will find a way to reopen them.
I highly doubt they will.
Steak n shake here in Belleville Illinois was awesome back in the late 70s...early 80s when I was in high school....but it soon turned to crap after the 90s....sad...was a go to.... late at night in the early 90s after hitting the club's....
Is Trade Coffee Organic?
Do Tommy’s burgers next
About time. Great food and shakes. The three Houston locations went under due to mismanagement. I hope the next franchisee will get it right this time.
Are you able to do a recollection on Skillern Drugs Store? Used to be owned by the ZALE CORPORATION.
I love their 4 way chili.
Would you consider doing a video on Kewpie burgers?
Thanks for finally getting the round two making one of my suggestions. Nice video! It's too bad that corporate greed is taking this Landmark down. Not one item is the same as when the founders started. Food quality down profits up!
Love your channel not a fan of the new advertising. The coffee is not free as stated you have to sign up for 3 bag subscription for $44 but it does come with a free bag . I think ill stay with my Duncan Donuts whole bean from my local grocer I know its good for ¼ the cost.
A bunch of the Steak & Shakes in Saint Louis have closed. They are just abandoned. I think Covid did them in when indoor dining was eliminated.
Never been there.
We have a Steak And Shake in Stuart, Florida.
all the "STEAK'N SHAKE" restaurants around where I live have closed up shop!!!. there was at one time a bunch of them in the cincinnati, ohio area, not anymore, what a bummer!!!!.
Steak n Shake was in Houston, twice. The first time they were all over Houston. Then they all became Grandy's. The second time, the franchise changed owners and then all three locations were changed to Eggcelence.
I absolutely love steak and shake we have one a short drive from our house you can't beat the 4 dollar deal
I was born in Normal, IL and I remember that original Steak n Shake along South Main Street. They still have some of the best shakes out there - and served in glass, not waxed cardboard or plastic.
Sorry, it was Carl's drive in st.Louis
I have been to Steak 'n Shake once, maybe twice. I just remember that they don't have counter service, just table service inside, and drive-thru outside.
We have one in our town. The burgers are fantastic, but the service is very slow---it takes at least 10 minutes to get your order, oftentimes longer
But is it good?
2:05 ... at the time, gas and fried chicken was fairly common ... has that really changed at all?
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I like Steak and Shake, but the quality has declined especially in the OKC area.
mmmm this sounds yummy I want to buy some for dinner tonight !!!!!! =)
Im from Illinois . It surprised me when they started selling the cheaper combo options . Around Rockford its just a normal restaurant , but it was nice that it was a 24/7 place . I dont think it is now . The food chain doesnt hold its nostalgic feeling like it used to .
Steak n Shake uses that good quality green leaf lettuce on their steakburgers not that cheap iceburg lettuce
Nowadays, the motto should be, "Not in sight? Must be shite!" The Steak n Shake near me is absolute garbage; sat for over an hour waiting for a grease-burger and stench-fries (and the shakes arent hand-dipped...)
Great series Jeff, I love it. Two suggestions, Driftwood Dairy in Southern CA in 1950s and Ted's Trailer near Detroit Michigan. This is a wonderful series Thanks
I had a friend that had lived out of state start off a story with “Back when I worked at Steak and Shake..” and I immediately interrupted with WHAT!
I got to try one in Florida years later, it was just a thin piece of “steak” and an ok shake that was definitely not cold enough or good for eating in the car.
Never been into one before.