Long-Gone Fast-Food Chains You Miss

[CO Liberal]

From my childhood in NJ:

Gino's
Goody's
Wetson's
Burger Chef

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Arthur Treacher's Fish 'n' Chips (still exist?)

Roy Rogers (anyone?)
Red Barn (okay a bit of a reach on that one but their chicken was OK).

[flamingyouth]

3. There was an Arthur Treacher's in Santa Monica til a few years ago

I think it was on Wilshire. But yeah, I remember those from when I was a kid too.

[RebelOne]

75. Yes, Arthur Treacher's

There was one right down the street from my house in Virginia Gardens, Florida (greater Miami area). I loved their fish and fries and vinegar. I can't understand why they closed.

[Left Is Write]

6. I remember going to Arthur Treacher's Fish 'n' Chips as a kid.

I loved it, but I have a feeling my tastebuds have changed since then.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. It was the introduction to the malt vinegar packets with the chips, a

revelation to an "adult" type of taste. I loved it!

[CO Liberal]

10. I Remember an Arthur Treacher's in Bloomfield, NJ

About 12 years ago. Don't now if it's still there.

The Roy Rogers chain was bought by Marriott. Don't know if it's still in existence. Their trademark was the Double-R-Bar Burger - a cheeseburger with ham slices on top. We used to refer to it as a "dead cow with a pig riding side-saddle".

:-)

[NNadir]

56. I believe there's an Arthur Treachers on the only rest stop on 95 in DE.

[sleepyhead]

57. I second Red Barn.

We used to go about once a week when I was little and I looked forward to it all week.

There are still Arthur Treacher's and Roy Rogers all along the NJ Turnpike (and I think there are Roy Rogers places on Rt 17 in NY too - I used to love their fried chicken!)

Fried chicken is my favorite food.

[WCGreen]

116. If your hungerin' for Fish or Chicken

and the kids want burgers and fries
Then head on down to the red barn
We got all this and more besides.......

[samplegirl]

84. We have Treachers still

In Warren, Ohio funny though i dont eat it much....it cant be
good for you.

[WCGreen]

117. Couple in Cleveland and PArma as Well,,,

[skippysmom]

134. Loved Arthur Treachers

When I spent the summer in DC in the summer of 1998, there were a couple in NoVA but I don't know if they are still there.

[giant_robot]

142. I think Roy Roger's was bought out by Hardee's

but hey, thanks to Hardee's we have the 1417-calorie, 107 g total fat, artery-clogging 2/3 lb Monster Thickburger!

http://www.hardees.com/index.cfm

[haele]

154. Roy Rogers became Arby's.

Sigh.

They were pretty good back when I was a kid.

Haele

[pstokely]

172. they stil exist

http://www.arthurtreachers.com/locations.htm

[maveric]

2. Howdy Beefburgers.

They were in the Boston area before McDonalds got settled in.

[RagingInMiami]

4. Taco Viva

[ET Awful]

5. I can't think of any that are extinct, my favorites just don't exist

on the East Coast :)

I miss:

Rally's
Sonic
Carl's Jr.
In N Out

[patdem]

15. There is a Rally's and Sonic in VA...maybe they will be your way soon?

Rally's best burger, Sonic best malted milk shake-ONLY malted milk shake??

[ET Awful]

Rally's - first and best curly fries at a fast food joint :) n/t

[jmowreader]

99. Three Sonics in Fayettenam, NC

One on Yadkin Road
One on Cliffdale Road
One on Hope Mills Road

My wife wishes the Cliffdale Road one was in the Home Depot parking lot..."they'd get lots of business." Yeah, and your husband would be broke ALL the time and weigh 300 pounds.

[no_arbusto]

101. Rally's = Checkers on the East Coast

I think the cutoff (Rally's to Checkers) is somewhere around Ohio.

[Patiod]

149. Mmmm.....In & Out

Damn, that's good fast food when I'm on the road in LA and Phx. I don't even care if they are fundies.

[lpbk2713]

7. Royal Castle, A&W, Dog n Suds, Rax

Not around here any more, maybe somewhere else.

[Wickerman]

17. Dog N' Suds!

loved that place - AW is still around - but the ambiance is all gone, now usually tacked onto convenience store.

[AwakeAtLast]

62. Dog n' Suds are here in Central Indiana n/t

[WCGreen]

118. There's a dog n suds on the border of Indiana

And Ohio on the road from Toledo to Ft. Wayne.....

I use to take that rd when traveling just to grab a couple of chilie dogs.....

[markus]

20. Nothin' like a big plate of those Castleburgers!

With onions!

[lpbk2713]

21. I loved those things.

They had the best coffee in town too.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

26. A&W had great french fries!

:9

[donheld]

112. A & W is making a comeback in Denver with KFC

[WritersBlock]

136. There's one in Glasgow, Scotland, too. n/t

[Nikia]

34. There are A&Ws in Wisconsin

They are in a lot of small towns.

[curse10]

45. Still A&Ws in Colorado- especially the mountain towns

There's one in Gunnison that I've been to a bunch

[NoPasaran]

147. When I lived in Colorado in the early 1960s

One of the signs of Spring was the reopening of the A&W Drivein.

[HEyHEY]

77. A&W is ALL over Canada

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

161. A&W is a Canadian chain, I think.

I didn't even know they had any in the States.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

94. A&W all over TX. There's one less than 2 miles from my house.

[Dukkha]

104. Still a Rax here in Columbus

and it's across the street from the last Friendly's

[laheina]

124. Holy krap!

I am uh-comin' to Ohio! Maybe for vacation?! :9

[KSAtheist]

113. We have an A & W in Wichita.

It's in the food court of Towne East mall. It's grown into the foundation like a cyst.

[laheina]

123. We don't have Rax anymore either. :(

My mother used to take us there continually when we were little. I loved it.

[RUDUing2]

131. There are some A&W's in MO still.

[chefgirl]

9. NJ here too

I miss Burger Chef too! They had the best chocolate shakes..YUM!

-chef-

[CO Liberal]

14. They Had a Burger Chef in Parsippany, NJ

It was the closest fast-food place to the factory where I worked from 1973 to 1975, so we went there all the time.

[Digit]

11. Picnic-N-Chicken, Southern California

The sweet/hot bbq style would break my forehead out in a sweat.

[Longgrain]

12. This site should keep you busy for a few hours...

http://theimaginaryworld.com/fastfd.html

I've only heard of most of these places, tho I did eat at a Hardee's once and thought of it as a welcome change to the McD's and Burger King's I was used to...

[mcscajun]

13. Indeed, Wetson's!

They predated McDonald's (at least in The Bronx, they did) and were a fixture a block and a half from my H.S. in the late 60's.

[CO Liberal]

24. Every Time We Drove Into NYC....

...we'd talk my dad into stopping at the Wetson's in Pine Brook. Them 15-cent hamburgers was TASTY!!!!!!

Not to mention the fries and the chocolate shakes!!!! :9

[Wickerman]

16. Henry's Hamburgers

Mid-west chain that to my 7 year old tastebuds beat the heck out of McDonalds - wow, musta really sucked! :)

[mac56]

48. I remember Henry's.

They were all over the place in Minnesota and Iowa.

Does anyone remember "Mr. Quick" or "King Leo's"?

[Wickerman]

51. Nice image! I recall Mr Quick's too

It was my wife's first real high school job - I used to go out there to order from her - was too shy to talk to her, just order... :blush:

Took me another 18 years to marry her, though its a little longer story than that! :)

[GOPisEvil]

91. I have a "smiley face" button that says"Happiness is Mr. Quick".

I got it in 1972-ish Arkansas.

I remember Burger Chef, too. I liked it more than McDonald's.

Remember Burger Chef and Jeff, their little cartoon characters?

[MindPilot]

18. Shakey's

Best pizza ever, loved the atmosphere, and some had a all-you-could-eat lunch buffet.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

39. I have good high school underage drinking memories from Shakey's!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

43. Me too

They let anyone drink at Shakey's.

And I thought their pizza was awful.

[Tweed]

120. There is a Shakey's in Springfield, IL

Go figure.

[Willy Wonka]

153. There is shakey's near Nogales, AZ

My wife and I went there once. Semi-decent pizza.

[DBoon]

19. Orange Julius

"Devil of a Drink" (or something like that)

[CO Liberal]

22. They Still Have an Orange Julius in the Pueblo Mall

In the Food Court.

[Nikia]

35. There's one in the Fox River mall in Appleton, WI

I only actually got a drink from there once though.

[Tweed]

121. Yeah, I was surprised to see on there

Didn't go though

[Left Is Write]

40. We have Orange Julius here too (Boise area) and they are in many

of the malls in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

[curse10]

46. They still have those in Colorado malls

there was one in the Westminster mall last time I was there.

[sans qualia]

49. There's another one in the Garden State Plaza mall in NJ

[DBoon]

59. I guess they only vanished from California

Next time I'm "back east" I will look one up.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

93. Orange Julius is still in San Diego (location links below).

http://www.orangejulius.com/en-us/locate+a+store/MapQuestSearchResults.htm?&city=san%20diego&stateProvince=ca&country=en-us&brand=ojcom&radius=20

[RadicalMom]

119. Orange Julius is in Thousand Oaks (betwee LA and SB}

It's in The Oaks Mall, combined in tandem with an equally tiny Dairy Queen.

[DS1]

126. There's one of everything in the Garden State mall in NJ, and failing that

The Paramus park mall, the Bergen Mall, and some other mall I've forgotten the name of ;-)

[lumberingbear]

81. Make your own low calorie "Orange Julius"

Mix 1 cup skim milk and 1 cup OJ with 2 packets of "NeutraSweet" and a dab of vanilla and 12 ice cubes (1/2 circle size) in a blender.

Drink and enjoy. Tastes just like Orange Julius! :P

:hi:

[Mr.Green93]

23. Ollie's Trolley and Pasquale's Pizzas..

[name not needed]

25. Roy Rogers

:9

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

28. Roy Rogers was I believe a Marriott chain, used to be "Jr. Hot Shoppes".

The chicken was "Pappy Parker fried chicken" which then became the excellent Roy Rogers chicken. At least this was the way it was in the DC area when I was growing up.

Pappy Parker was I think a Yosemite Sam type stereotypical redneck cartoon character.

[yellowdogintexas]

31. I saw Roy Rogers shops when I was in the Hartford CT area

last summer. I did not know they still existed anywhere

[name not needed]

33. In New Jersey, they're limited to rest stops on the turnpike.

[sans qualia]

50. I know there's also one in the train station in Trenton

[curse10]

44. I've seen them in Connecticut

:-)

[Mixxster]

80. Yes, Roy Rogers, definitely.

Real roast beef sandwiches instead of that pressed stuff.

[barackmyworld]

107. Logan Airport (Boston) has one n/t

[Not_Giving_Up]

157. There was a Roy Rogers in downtown Houston...

I hardly go down there (traffic is just too nasty)...I think it's gone though

[Catchawave]

27. Is White Castle still around?

The 10-cent hamburger probably isn't though. It may have been a regional thing, I remember it from DC.

[mcscajun]

32. Oh, yeah! White Castle is still around.

http://www.whitecastle.com/

dunno what a burger costs these days, though.

When I was first eating them, they were a nickel.

[Left Is Write]

41. Yep. They're still around.

They've never been in states west of the Mississippi, though.

[livvy]

69. Still in Michigan

Love those damn things. There's one off this one expressway on my way home from the dog food store. It's a real challenge to get past it without stocking up. I should remember how much they are, but I'm not sure. They have this 10 for $3.00 or something like that. I have determined it's possible to eat 5 on the trip home. They're like 3 bite burgers. So disgustingly delicious!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

95. There was just a movie in theaters about a quest for White Castle burgers.

2 dudes in (?Hoboken) with the munchies. It was pretty funny, actually.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366551/

"Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle"

[barb162]

165. it's still in Illinois

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Tastee Treet chain; I think it was originally based in Iowa,

Nebraska and Maybe South Dakota, but there was this one mutant branch in Russellville KY. I think a WWII soldier from Iowa/Neb area who was based at Ft Campbell met a gal from R'ville and after they married set up the Tastee.

I was a true drive in, with the little trays that would hang on the side of the car, with a few tables inside.

There was one sandwich: the Tastee Burger..which I now know was an Iowa loose meat sandwich, seasoned I wish I knew how so I could make them!
You could get them with or without cheese.

Skinny little fries. Really good shakes

And the best ..really best...soft serve ice cream I have ever eaten anywhere. It was really rich and creamy..not white like DQ, more ivory/creamy/buttery color.

The place died off in the 70's, I think. Locals still call the location "The Tastee" even though it has been a real estate office, a used car lot and something else since the drive in closed.

Anybody from upper MidWest remember these?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

30. Little Tavern hamburgers in Washington, D.C. area. Basic White Castle

concept of small square onion packed burgers, "buy 'em by the bag".

All night munchie joint.

There used to be one right at the top of "M" street in Georgetown as you drove in from MD or North from Georgetown, but I think I saw that this was gone when I was there recently...

[u4ic]

36. It wasn't a chain

but there was a burger place when I was young, in Mississauga, called "Sattelite". Yep, it looked like one, and used to have the most amazing burgers and fries.

[aQuArius]

37. Eat-a-Burger

All their big fat burgers came with sprouts, so it felt a little nutrtious. Their fries were thick, soft and greasy with their homemade fry sauce. You could almost feel your arteries hardening with each bite! yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[Left Is Write]

167. I'm pretty sure we have one of those. I think that's the name.

I'll check it out next time I'm down by the mall.

[Nay]

38. Biff Burger in Florida.

That was our family eat-out spot, but I'm sure it went under when McDonald's got started.

[proud2BlibKansan]

42. A & W

loved that nickel root beer.

[Groggy]

55. yes

Best served in the frosty mug!!!! Remember baby beers? we have a baby mug! loved the BBQ with raw onions and a root beer float! YUMM!

[ironflange]

96. A&W is everywhere in Canada

They came perilously close to folding about 25 years ago, but someone got the bright idea of moving into the shopping malls. That saved their asses, and since then hundreds of stand-alone A&Ws have reappeared. Still have the big glass mugs, and the Burger Family reappeared a few years ago. Chubby Chicken is back, too. Still can't beat those onion rings!

[indigobusiness]

47. Taco Tico

Best tacos...ever.

[KSAtheist]

114. There are a lot in Wichita.

They get robbed all the time.

I never cottoned to them. HORRIBLE taco burgers.

[indigobusiness]

130. There is a new and different franchise under the name Taco Tico

The original chain never sold taco burgers. God forbid.

The orginal Taco Tico sold real good tacos, real cheap. I ate a dozen of them once, and I'm not a big eater.

[Mr.Green93]

143. ate a dozen of them once

me too.

[fluffernutter]

52. Herfey's, Shakey's, Pizza Haven.

[DrDan]

140. Herfeys?????

There was a Herfeys in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

I always thought it was a take-off on Hardees.

learn somethin' new every day

[auntAgonist]

53. Anyone remember "The Red Barn" ?

not one of my favourites but they disappeared in the early 70's I think. (Ontario Canada).

[Groggy]

54. I do!

My grandma would take us there for chicken! It was yummy and it looked like a barn!

[auntAgonist]

58. exactly !

they DID have good chicken. WELCOME to DU!!!!


:bounce: :bounce: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :bounce: :bounce:

[mac56]

68. Red Barn caused a major stir at the University of Minnesota

back in the 60s when they wanted to open a franchise burger joint there.

People on and around campus lost their minds over this. People even pitched tents on the site and refused to leave. Eventually Red Barn came to stay, then abruptly closed up a few years later.

Now, of course, there are franchise fast-food joints everywhere you turn on campus.

[u4ic]

78. Yes, THAT'S it

I was trying to remember the name of that restaurant.

Bonanza, too. I went to a lot of birthday parties there as a youngster.

[DBoon]

60. Pioneer Chicken

Even greasier than KFC. Yummm!

[MrScorpio]

61. Jack N The Box

I always had to talk to the clown

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

97. Jack in the Box is one of the most heavily advertised fast food chains

on TV today. I think they went through an era of being near extinct after the 70's, I remember getting their tacos in Maryland as a kid from the yellow restaurant with the actual jack in the box that you talk to.

They seem to be quite successful in the West and here in TX.

Here are their locations. They definitely seem to be gone from the Northeast now. I think the e. coli poisoning scare did them in there, and almost did nationally:
http://www.jackinthebox.com/locations/index.php?section=5

Their current restaurants look like this:

[Frogtutor]

129. In some parts of TX they're all over the place, but in others

they don't exist at all. I live in Fort Worth, and they're EVERYWHERE, but there is not a single one in Amarillo. My husband and I took two of our nieces from Amarillo to San Antonio once. We got Jack in the Box for dinner one night, and they said they had never had it before. I was stunned, but the next time we went to Amarillo, sure enough--no Jack in the Boxes.

I don't know what I would do without an Oreo Cookie Milkshake fix now and then...

:9

[NoPasaran]

148. They have great commercials

Unfortunately their food sucks.

[CO Liberal]

63. "Chicken Delight"

They delivered chicken dinners that came on a Chinet plate with a second plate stapled over it. My mother would order them for us the days she was worling a the polls.

Don't cook tonight -
Call Chicken Delight!!!

[likesmountains 52]

71. Yes! And The Denver Drumstick too

MMM, I don't know how good it was, but I do remember having either of these for dinner in Denver, esp if my parents were going out that night. How about The Yum Yum Tree?

[Kat45]

108. I remember Chicken Delight.

There was one not too far from me. Never ate it, but I remember the jingle. I think that might have been one of the first places of its type; now there are quite a few, but Chicken Delight is long gone.

[WCGreen]

125. One of my clients had the last one here in Cleveland....

Although by that time, they were called Chicken and Ribs Galore....

There were about ten chicken delights on the west side of Cleveland.....

[warrens]

146. They had great chicken

Much better than KFC.

[Historic NY]

64. here's a couple

Stewarts Root Beer, had curbside service.
Arthur Treachers - much better than Logn John's
Jack-in-the-box
Carrolls - now Burger King

[SoCalDem]

65. Burger Chef was Grrrrrreat !!!

I miss them :(

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

160. Did they have a TV jingle, "Whatcha gonna get at Burger Chef,

watcha gonna get today?" Or am I thinking of something else? :shrug:

[The Zanti Regent]

66. I miss...

I'm from Western PA and now I'm in Los Angeles, but I miss

Red Barn--was big in Ohio
Arthur Treachers--I remember David Frost doing the commercials for Treachers in the late 60s.
Long John Silvers--moved in during the mid 70s and effectively put Arthur Treacher's out of business
Eat N Park--the had the Big Boy franchise in western PA for years
Lum's--had the Ollieburger with 21 herbs and spices and served with a kosher pickle and mozzarella cheese
George Aiken's--in Pittsburgh had the greatest rotisserie chicken
White Tower--was THE burger joint in Pittsburgh before Mc Donalds came in
Rax--actually sliced real roast beef instead of the pre-fab Arby loaves
Howard Johnson's--EVERY stop on the PA turnpike had a Howard Johnson's with their fried clams and 23 flavors of ice cream. My sister loved Peppermint stick, I loved Chocolate marshmallow
Isaly's--another deli chain in Pittsburgh and it made wonderful chocolate marshmallow ice cream too
Mc Sorley's was a wonderful smorgasboard chain
the one I really miss is Roy Rogers with REAL roast beef and edible cole slaw

[livvy]

70. Ho Jo's

They used to serve a malt kind of thing. It was orange flavored. You don't happen to remember what it was called, do you? I've been trying to remember the name of it for a while.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

100. I think the HoJo's motels and their associated restaurants, are still

around. Some of them anyway. I always remember stopping at HoJo's driving (?Jersey Turnpike?) from Washington D.C. to N.Y.C. and back and getting their hot dogs, which were always in some kind of folded toast instead of hot dog buns. A fond childhood hot dog memory.

[RadicalMom]

122. It was called an Orange Freeze...

Made from orange sherbet, served with a tiny blop of lime sherbet on top. Used to go to the one on Cape Cod when we;d go there in the summer. Definite yummm!

[China_cat]

145. I'm from Mars

We had an Eat n Park in Butler, Isaly's in Evans City (run by the Isaly family) and the one I really loved was Autoburger that was right at the turn in to the state police barracks going into Butler.

[no_hypocrisy]

67. Is Tastee Freeze still around? (VA)

[Digit]

170. OMG, I remember Tastee Freeze

There was one on Wilson Blvd in Arlington!

[The Zanti Regent]

72. STAX in Huntington Park and Downey CA

I was in South Gate from 1982-86 and I loved STAXburgers which were oval, served on a steak roll and were a mixture of ground beed and hash brown potatoes. Served with their sour cream COle slaw and incredible potato salad, MMMMMMMM

They also made the GREATEST strawberry pie!

Sadly, they went out of business in 1986 when the owner and his wife both passed, and STAX was turned into a Mexican resturaunt. Sadly they took the secret recipe for the STAXBURGER with them :-(

[SmokingJacket]

73. Carrolls

They had orange straws.

Did they turn into Burger King?

[Dees]

74. Lums..........n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

166. Yes! Lum's was one I thought of.

Hot dogs cooked in beer, tasty.

[LincolnMcGrath]

76. Ed's Mammoth Ribs

[arwalden]

79. Krystal, Chi-Chi's, Shakey's

[CO Liberal]

83. Someone Actually Misses ChiChi's??????

The Princess and I had the same reaction when we saw that, Allen. We used to regard Chi-Chi's as "choke & puke".

[arwalden]

87. But They Hired Hot Waiters And Bartenders...

... who cares about the food?

-- Allen

Queer Homodays!

[CO Liberal]

127. Ahh ... Ulterior Motive.....

And as Tiny Tim once said, "Don we now our gay apparal...."

:-)

[MADem]

82. Here's one I do NOT miss--SAMBO's

I was in Euless, TX (aka Useless)in the 70's on an assignment and that was the only place to eat, other than a pizza place that gave one severe stomach upset. I was HORRIFIED, as were my dusky fellow travellers. The menu had the whole Sambo theme going on....it was beyond appalling, and to make matters even more surreal, no one down there seemed troubled by it.

[steely]

90. Didn't they change into Denny's as a result?

I think a couple up here in PA did anyway.

[ironflange]

98. Here's what became of Sambo's

They knew they were up shit creek, so they changed their name to "No Place Like Sam's," but by then it was too late. The chain crashed a few months later. This was, I think, in the early 80's.

[MADem]

152. That would be HUGELY ironic!!!

Seeing as they aren't about to win any NAACP awards anytime soon, either! I understand they've cleaned up their act, after being monitored and scolded and sued and whatnot, but if they DID in fact start out as, or absorb, Sambo's, it makes sense. The old apple not falling far from the tree, as it were...

As I recall, the food there was kind of Denny's-ish, so you might well be right on that score.

[lumberingbear]

85. Does anyone remember "Satellite Burger"?

Had a big satellite on top of it. This was early 60's.

[steely]

86. Whata-burger, Lotta burger, jack in the box.

Are they still around somewhere?

[mac56]

88. Whataburger and Jack are still alive and well.

Whataburger serves the best fast-food burger I ever had.

[steely]

89. last time I was at one was like 20? yrs ago in alba-kerk

(albuquerque)

they were so big

on edit: more like 30 - yikers time flies

[Frogtutor]

92. The Dog House; and Dairy Queens are quickly disappearing

The Dog House was a little tiny building (that looked like a house) with only a drive through. They served any and every kind of hot dog you can imagine, and they were SO good. Now, there aren't ANY hot dog places that I know of.

Dairy Queens can still be found in small Texas towns, but they've disappeared from within Fort Worth city limits. Luckily, the one in Crowley is right down the street!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

103. Plenty of Dairy Queens in both Minnesota and Oregon

:-)

[KSAtheist]

115. Dairy Queen...

Is alive and well in Kansas. Even beat out Braums.

[LSdemocrat]

132. They're actually opening new Dairy Queens here in St. Louis

[Left Is Write]

138. Plenty of Dairy Queens around here too.

[Aristus]

102. There was a Burger Queen in Muldraugh, Kentucky, right outside

the north gate of Ft. Knox. We went there a lot when I was a kid and my Dad was stationed at the Army hospital there. Later on, I was assigned to Ft. Knox as an M1A1 tanker. Burger Queen was long gone, though.

Others:

Rax.
Herfy's.
Shakey's (I loved their dark-wood decor and the SMELL!)
Burger Chef.
Whatta-Burger (Mel Tillis used to do the commercials. Cool!)

[yellowdogintexas]

169. Burger Queen!!!! Remember their wierd commercials with

the "Queenie Bee" Looked like a transvestite Killer Bee from the early years of SNL

[Aristus]

174. Yeah. The "Queen Bee" and her "Bee Buddies".

Scary. :scared:

[Roon]

105. Anyone remember Skippers?

Fish and chips place, I loved them. They used to be all over colorado but they have since dissapeared. We have two long john silvers and that's it.

[Left Is Write]

137. I think there are a few Skippers left, although the one

here may have closed. I'm not sure.

[politicat]

106. Mexican shop in Tempe (and elsewhere) AZ, Two Pesos

Killer tortillas, fresh handmade salsa and barbacoa to die for. Relatively healthy and very inexpensive. Open 24-7, so when I got off work waiting tables at the diner, I could have food not made primarily from deep-frying dough in boiling lard.

Nothing compares.

Went bankrupt I believe after fighting a copyright infringement case to the Supreme Court.

Pcat

[enigmatic]

109. Red Barn and Beef Corral...

Both Cleveland-area fast food joints; Beef Corral was like Arby'sm and Red Batn was miles better then KFC for Fried Chicken...

[mitchum]

110. Yogi Bear Chicken, Famous Recipe Fried Chicken...

I also remember Burger Chef "for a nickel and a dime..."

[Nikia]

168. Famous Recipe still around

When I went back to Ohio for my grandfather's funeral in June, that restaurant was still open there.

[nicktom]

111. Pup & Taco

early 70's in so-cal.

[shanti]

163. oh snap!

i sure do remember pup n taco! used to go there for lunch in santa ana!

[noonwitch]

128. Burger Chef, Red Barn, HoJo's,

We also had two local chains in Grand Rapids-Ole Taco and Mr. Fables. The first was like Taco Bell, only more authentic.
The second was a hamburger place, where you could get really good fried mushrooms or onion rings on the side.

I know there are still a few HoJo's out there, and the hotels seem to be making a comeback. I remember when the restaurants at the rest areas on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Turnpikes were all Howard Johnson's. They had the best ice cream, and their own brand of candy bars were good, too. We always stayed at HoJo's-they were the same quality as Holiday Inn (at the time-Holiday Inn went totally upscale in the 80s)and were less expensive, plus the restaurant was reliable as a place kids liked to eat. I remember staying at the HoJo's in Scarborough, ONT when we went on our vacation to Toronto.

I also remember eating at Red Barn restaurants when I travelled. They only recently tore down a couple of old ones in Detroit-there was one on E. Jefferson and one in Highland Park that had become a Popeyes before it burned down a few years ago.

[skippysmom]

135. LOVE HoJo's

I love their fried clams. Recently we would go to one in Greenfield, Mass but not sure if it's still there.

[SiouxJ]

133. Naugles

I know it's Del Taco now but I liked the food better when it was Naugles (we called it Naugies). Nothing like egg and bean burritos after a night of drinking.

http://www.deltaco.com/content_history.html

[twenty2strings]

139. The Pick 'n Puke...

25 cent draws,a house band with rotating lead singers and a wall of glory out back. The same guy pouring his heart out on stage would do a gut shaking, sweat streaming oncore out the back door,then step right up for more. Now thats country!!!!:puke:

[indigobusiness]

144. This why country music must die.

This is why.

[AngryAmish]

141. Yankee Doodle Dandy

[NoPasaran]

150. Anybody remember Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken?

There were some around in the late 1960s-early 70s.

[Z_I_Peevey]

155. Yes! We had one in our town,

in the same building that originally housed some now-defunct ice cream chain. I'm unsuccessfully trying to remember the name, but the buildings were octagonal.

That same location also had a Roy Rogers franchise once. Seems everything was three-months-and-out at that site.

[Patiod]

151. From Eastern PA

Hot Shoppes
Geno's
Winston's (not fast food, but the first of the "Fridays" or "Applebys" type places)

I wish we had "In & Outs" in our area.

We can't really complain, however, since we still have Lee's Hoagie Huts (mmmm) for hoagies and steaks and Wawas for excellent hoagies. And more great pizza joints than any city deserves.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

158. Hot Shoppes (Pappy Parker Fried Chicken) became Roy Rogers.

[ImpeachBush]

156. Red Barn, Dogs and Suds, SpudNut

Red Barn I remember from N.E. Ohio ... Dogs and Suds from Bellefontaine, OH ... and SpudNuts from Logan, UT (Best donuts on the planet!)

[The Zanti Regent]

159. Mr. Hero's Hot Buttered Steaks and Tasty Tatters (eastern Ohio!)

in eastern Ohio, oh those hot buttered steaks were as good as Philly cheesesteaks!

[shanti]

162. bob's big boy

i remember many an after-football nosh session during high school with my buds in santa ana, ca.

[shanti]

164. me 'n ed's pizza

southern cal, circa 1960-70. best pizza ever!

[doc03]

171. Wendy's when the burgers were fresh and never frozen.

When Wendy's first started they bought from local butchers and never used frozen burgers. Now they are as dry and tasteless as McDonald's. I also liked Arther Treacher fish and chips. Long John Silvers sucks.

[roguevalley]

173. drive in A and W