10 Big Restaurant Chains That Went Out Of Business
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Save your appetite for this nostalgic journey through some of America's most beloved eateries. From the breakfast specials at Howard Johnson's to the dinner delights of Steak and Ale, we explore the rise and fall of iconic restaurant chains like Red Barn, Burger Chef, and Kenny Rogers Roasters. Discover the stories behind each fast food chain and burger joint, reminisce about your favorite food memories at Chi-Chi's, Beefsteak Charlie's, and others, and see why these establishments left a lasting mark on America's dining landscape.
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What restaurants do you miss the most? 🍔
I miss Burger Chef.
I was gonna ask why you didn't include Dog N Suds! Started in 1953 in Illinois and by the early 70's had over 650 locations... including my small town.
I thought they had dissappeared years ago but just looked it up and there's still 15 of them!
I miss Burger Chef, also.
2024 in Houston, TX Grady Fried Chicken & Miami Subs
Definitely HoJo's.
I always feel nostalgic for Farrell's!
I loved their Big Swig milkshakes.
@@David-yw2lv I loved their player piano!
Ordering The Zoo for your birthday party and then they run the fire truck siren and have the HUGE bowl of ice cream brought out on the shoulders of two people.
Howard Johnsons is still around.
My favourite memories were at Farrell's and Sambo's in the 1970s. Farrell's was very over-the-top turn-of-the-century celebration of ice cream culture, especially for a young German boy freshly emigrated to the Untied States in 1975. Sambo's was where I had my first-ever pancakes along with bacon, sausage, and corned beef hash. My father instructed me to spread maple syrup and whipped butter on each layer before eating the pancakes.
3:20 This photo of Steak and Ale was the one in West Mifflin Pennsylvania, 15 minutes from my home. I can remember eating there with my parents almost every Friday night. There is a parking lot there now for UPMC where the restaurant used to be. Pizza Hut and Denny's are still in the same location.
The one that I miss when I was a kid was chicken delight. I don’t know if people remember the slogan don’t cook tonight call chicken delight
Oh yeah I remember it.They are in Canada.Texas had Youngblood,s Fried Chicken.San Antonio had a Kenny Rogers Roasters never ate there.
I remember the "CHICKEN DELIGHT" slogan ("Don't cook tonight, call Chicken Delight"). These commercials were from the later 1960"s, early 1970's. I was in grade school. Not sure if I ever ate any of their chicken though. I am now 63 YRS old, but I still remember those commercials.
Growing up in the 70s, I went with my family almost weekly to Burger Chef, and even had a kitchen tour as part of a class field trip (they didn't exactly aim too high for us, did they?). Seeing it on the list brought back some great memories. Nice job!
I still drink Chock Full Of Nuts coffee. I miss Ponderosa restaurant. They had good wings.
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Howard Johnson had lousy food. Imagine going out to eat and they serve you a TV dinner. That was the HJos experience.. The ice cream for desert was the best part.
i am from canada and have a winter home in zambales Philippines where kenny rogers roosters chicken is still very popular in south asia.
In Miami, near the Dadeland Mall, there was a Ho Jo's. Blue, White, and Orange. it was there for a long time, when I was growing up. It sat right beneath the expressway entrance ramp going North. I don't remember when it closed, but we ate there quite a few times. One of my favorites was "The Round Table." It was a warmly decorated space, ALA the Knight's Round Table. It had the Salad bar, and a great menu, with steak and other staple dinners. The tables were "round." That was also in Miami, just a mile or two up on Dixie Highway from the Ho Jo's.
Some of the restaurants mentioned here, you could find, when we made our treks North during summer Vacations, until flying there became the norm.
Most of them did not make it that far South into South Florida. But there were a number of small "Steak" style eateries in the Titusville area, Near the Space Port, Cape Canaveral.
Howard Johnson's and the New Jersey Turnpike go hand in hand.
I miss Steak & Ale. That was the fanciest restaurant in town when I was going to college.
Kenny Roger's is still alive and well in Philippines of all places 😆
Howard Johnson's reputation and profits started suffering after Connie Francis sued the hotel chain.
Why did she sue?
@@littlesongbird1 She was raped at the hotel because her room had a faulty door lock.
Howard Johnson's piqued my attention when "2001 a Space Odyssey" came out. My parents, somehow, managed to scrape together enough funds, took us to Disneyland. When we arrived in Anaheim, we ate at Howard Johnson's. I recall coloring the place-mat while waiting for our meal, it being a 2001 coloring format. That was the best chocolate milkshake I had until decades later!
The first picture in the Steak and Ale segment in along Route 51 in Pleasant Hills PA. The Steak and Ale was demolished and became part of the parking lot for a Toys R Us. When they went under, the building was turned into an outpatient center for one of the local medical groups.
i've honestly only ever heard of one of these places
Mr. Steak was a short lived chain restaurant as I remember.
i do remeber there being a chichis near me when i was a kid but never went there
YEARS AGO, there was a Mr. Swiss in Goose Creek, S.C.
The food was so-so. Somewhat on the greasy side.
The most memorable thing of this place was a cook who wore a paper hat that said HAPPY BURGER. In the times I went in there, that man NEVER APPEARED to be happy (GRRRR!!).😊😊😊😊
Thanks.
My first job was at a burger place called, Royal Castle, in the late 60s early 70s. Very similar to White Castle. There were a few of Royal Castles in the area, South Fl. We even featured Birch Beer. I never hear Royal Castles mentioned.
I miss white castle..
Many of these restaurant chains tend to have a period where they have a good run and then they start to fail. Much of the time it is increasing competition by newer chains that offer something different and they become popular. In time, the older chain simply cannot keep up and is often forced to close their doors for good. Some companies are still around, but they're in a different business Howard Johnson's is one example. They are now a hotel/motel chain. Many others simply disappeared. However many people remember them.
Well now I want a banana split 🍨
Farrell’s. My first “ real” job I ever had I ever had was there in the late 70s to early 80s. I hate that they have all shut down.
Ahh kenny Roger's roasters lol
Pea Soup Andersen's
In Buellton, CA. They recently closed. The restaurant was almost 100 years old, and the building was over 100 years, and in need of major repair. The owners said they will tear the building down, but promised to bring the restaurant back someday.
burger chef was great and then turned into a gigantic turd called hardees
Does anyone out there remember the Dog House chain? Their hotdogs were rather popular with a four-year-old myself as well as the older children I knew. I read an article where it was stated that the Dog House was at one time supposed to be to hot dogs what McDonalds were to hamburgers but the chain unfortunately did a spiral by the mid-sixties. I remember old Dog House stands converted into used car dealer offices...the building that once housed the local outlet is now a middle-eastern takeout restaurant after years of going through a variety of short lived businesses.
instead of worrying about bringing back fast food resturaunts, we get the ones we have to bring back affordable prices as they are raising their prices out of control.
Nah let them go out of business