It would be cool to see a Burger King franchisee give this location another shot and reopen this place keeping the old school look inside and with the original B.K. logo signage it once had. I believe people would go there once again, especially for the nostalgia of it.
@@tdestroyer4780 It wasn't even "closed since the 80's". t was open as recently as 2012. And that BK interior design is from the late 90's, not the 80's. It was just an exaggerated news piece.
Only 13 years ago? The real crazy part of this story is that even as late as 2009 there was still a Burger King in operation that looked this way and hadn't been renovated since the 1980's.
Local here, I can tell you that management probably did not forget it was there. The concord mall as a whole has been suffering for years. Trying to get any business to take up residence there when the nearby Christiana Mall has been expanding immensely has probably been a challenge for them. So they just left it
It definitely sucks seeing malls slowing die off:( I live in Texas and we had our san jac mall close a few months ago thy were gonna do a outlet mall but covid stopped it from happening:( also just hearing how much it cost to rent out a space at the mall is crazy
I'm 50 years old, definitely brings me back to my teenage years! I'm hoping whoever redevelops the space keeps the 80s vibe going!! It was a great and fun time to be a teenager ☺️❤️
Actually if the franchise would put the same uniforms in there I do believe the nostalgia effect would work and will probably be a hit locally maybe be a tourist attraction. But they're definitely have to have good food and good service.
I want to know why this girl stated that this old restaurant is terrifying. Just... Simply ... Flip on the light switch. And you've literally stepped back 30 years. That is so great that something like that is perfectly preserved
It was terrifying because you don't expect to see a perfectly preserved 80's restuarant hidden behind a featureless wall. The place is very well preserved almost as if people were just eating there five minutes ago, except there's nobody there except you inside this fossil of the past. How could you not be creeped out, walking into a place like that which has just been sitting under there under your nose and nobody has talked about it?
@@michaelheliotis5279 That's just your perspective. For me it's awesome and the great majority of people just find it cool and interesting. Like seeing an old timie car or something, it's a spectacle.
In the words of my lecturer of interpersonal communication, "Words have no meaning, except the meaning you assigned to them." The common consensus is that the word, terrifying, conjures an image of a shocking reaction to the presence of a thing, event or person that elicits a negative perception. Most of us disagree with the word, "terrifying", because there is nothing sinister about a place that is only accessible at a particular time, and at a particular place. It is only terrifying when someone decides to bulldoze this interior design artifact and nobody has built a time machine yet to go back to a time where people find.
My Mom and My aunt ate at this Burger King when they were little. It’s really cool to see a restaurant frozen in time, and I hope they keep it like this.
@@Yomommahouse If you were born in 87 then that would make you 35, now add a few years to that so that you would be a kid in 87. Today you would be Old enough to have grown kids.
No. I’ve worked with a mall manager. They do know every space with their mall map showing every single space with width, length and square foot, but that does not mean the manager knows what every single space looks like in person. I’ve gone to a space they showed me and they accidentally showed me a space that was ALREADY A STORE. So yeah some don’t know until they check and they only look at some of their spaces maybe two times a month but not all of them and also one other space they showed me was not even done like it had ladders and missing pieces from ceiling and wires hanging and he said sorry it’s not done
@@Upstart051 Yeah exactly. That happens all the time. More than you think because I’ve personally found multiple secret locations in three different malls before and a homeless person could live there for years without being noticed because the mall security does not check everything not even close
but they have to keep the design and flair of the 80s,like a time machiene,dress the waiters like they did,and everything else i cant think of right now,that would be awesome!
The McDonald's at our mall looked like this for a long time, probably till I was about 15 or 16 (so 2007ish). I was so bummed when they tore it down. I love this aesthetic. So ugly yet charming.
@@NoGutsNoGlory-s7x because before fastfood restaurants started looking like depressed adult meeting areas they used to look fun and colorful until late 2010s
It's like I want it to re-open but also want it to remain untouched. Everything is being upgraded to bland concrete & metal looks. If this place were to re-open, I think most people would want it to maintain this nostalgic look.
I haven’t seen such an obsession with nostalgia since 50s diners were popping up everywhere. I think 80s and 90s nostalgia has been bigger than that. I myself am guilty of it.
Places like these need to be preserved!!!!!! There’s an old retro Sonic in intracoastal City, Louisiana!!!!!! Hasn’t been renovated since the 60’s!!!!!
We had a Burger King like that in my town until about 10 years ago. I was born in 2001, so far away from the 80s, but we went to the old Burger King often. It is nice to see that. I really hope that whomever buys it, keeps it looking like that for the vintage vibes of it
Management "forgetting" about this is like a parent sealing off a bedroom in their home when a kid moves out and "forgetting" it's there. Nobody in charge forgot a thing. LOL
Probably new management. Things can change in 13 years. Don’t presume to think what they thought. Papers can get lost because they didn’t have smartphones back then.
I worked at Burger King in the late 1980’s, then returned for much of the 1990’s as a manager. I’ve seen other videos exploring “lost” BK’s but the flaps on the trash cans with the writing… that took me back! I’m pretty sure they read something like, “please place your trash inside the receptacle and place the tray on top. Thank you.” That’s all from memory so it’s obviously going to be slightly different.
Instead of creepy I’d say “exciting”. It isn’t a creepy place, but it is unusual to find something that was frozen in time. It’s a real glance into the past. And to think that the last time it was opened and used was the 80s, and then nobody else stepped inside until you… it’s exciting to think about!
I remember the ambiance was really joyful, every family sitting on the tables, nobody on their phone so all you could hear was everybody talking to each other which was kind of a comforting feeling, and the food, everything was bigger portions and more tasty for a cheaper price (even while taking into consideration inflatation it was still cheaper) and they also gave out awesome toys with the kids meals. Burger king used to be awesome.
EVERYTHING used to be more awesome. I totally agree with you about portions and quality. McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Hardees, etc. I remember when T.V. DINNERS (!!!) used to be awesome.
Exactly… and the burgers actually tasted flamed-broiled instead of microwaved cardboard like they do now! The quality of food was so much better back then!
Yup I recall when Burger King's looked like that inside more or less...even 13 years ago I'd think most had been remodeled so it was something of a relic even then...it should be preserved
@@angelgram I just always liked fans. Ever since I was a kid. When I was like 5 I would walk up to people at the fan section at stores and ask if they needed help. Eventually we moved to a bigger space and then my collection took off. I just celebrated 100 fans in my collection last week.
How cool! What an idea for fast food companies to open different locations restored to a previous eras decor. People sure would love it. Nostalgia is a very powerful emotion 💕👍
you sir, just revealed the possibility that the space was cleaned up before the media was allowed to record. (thank you sir, you reminded me of "behind the scenes.")
My mom has photos of her & her friends in a Burger King at a mall from 1989 & it looks like the same place from this video its crazy to know that they kept that Burger King untouchable
@@reiss5669 why would he lie about his mom and aunt eating at Burger King in 1989?😂😂 I’m sure that most of our (American) parents also ate at Burger King in 1989…😅
This is were I had my very 1st job when I turned 16. Everything looks actually the same. I've walked in the mall for years & thought they had removed it & put new stores in. Never crossed my mind that it was still there & I'm 49 now !!!
Probably saves them time and money. They probably weren't able to get a business to use the space, either. They may have gotten lazy and decided to leave it as is. But it does look well maintained.
I have heard stories of people living in the bowels of malls for years without anyone knowing about it. I saw a news report about a couple people who set up a "home" behind a wall deep inside of a mall and they furnished the space with furniture they found from an area behind behind the walls of the mall that was being used as a stock room for a furniture store that was in the mall.
Of course they noticed. They've been trying to rent that and a dozen other empty spaces the entire time. Mall space hasn't exactly been a hot item these last 13 years. Most malls have 1 or more empty anchor stores now (Sears, JCP, etc).
I live near this mall and can say it has suffered from poor management since the early 2000s. It's really gone down hill, lots of stores leave and nothing opens in their place. I'm not surprised
@@SalisburySnake our local mall was suffering so badly they allowed Dick's Sporting Goods to build a store in between the two halves of the mall with NO ACCESS into either part from inside. So if you're inside one half of the mall, you have to go outside the mall to get into Dick's, and then outside again to get to the rest of the mall. The store that used to be there (JC Penneys) you could just walk all the way through. Plus, the food court is gone now. There's no reason to even go there anymore.
Just when you thought that things couldn't get any stranger than this , a 80sBurger King at the Concord Mall since 1987 that's cool to hear about reopening it, especially me as an 80s guyThe Best Times for Fast Food and yes they're gonna have it their way cause they know how burgers should be
I actually was the last person to be in the store before it closed down. I was a shift supervisor there and spent 15 years working there. So glad to see the interior once again.
My father was a mall director for decades at several different malls in south Florida and I can’t imagine how many mall directors dropped the ball on this retail rental space over the years. Not sure if that is a Simon, Brookfield or a SITE owned mall but I’m sure they couldn’t be happy about that space not being rented out for the last 15+ years. I mean that’s hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted.
It’s nostalgic!! ☀️🌈❤️. The 80s. Open it back as a Burger King and leave it as it is. Business would be booming !! It’s like a time capsule !! I would love to go there.
So, to add clarity, it wasn't "lost" or "forgotten", the mall management and mall employees were always aware of it, it only closed in 2009. The guy who "discovered" it was a contractor doing renovation work at the mall and decided to go wandering and see what else his key opened, and publicized it. The mall had been actively trying to rent out the space since the Burger King closed, but there was no interest from tenants, its not the only space to become vacant there since 2009, and if you just want to open a retail store, its easier to do that in a space that was a retail store, instead of having to gut a kitchen and restaurant fixtures. The reason it closed was because Burger King corporate mandated all franchises renovate to the new corporate design by the middle of 2008, this one wasn't doing enough business to justify the cost, the franchise owner got some extensions on the deadline, but ultimately decided to close down in 2009 rather than do the required redecoration. In the meantime, the mall management had been using it as storage space.
Love how the mall manager can lose an entire store in his mall. From the title I assumed the Burger King was somehow trapped behind some new construction walls or a diverted hallway, nope, just behind a friggin door.
You don't know how bad I wish some of the places I went as a kid were preserved like this instead of just torn down. The old drugstore where I bought magazines. The grocery stores we went to. My favorite restaurants. The arcade. The movie theaters. Nothing is there anymore. And it breaks my heart. I'd give nearly anything to go back to the 80s, even for a little while.
I've been to that Burger King many many times. It's in the Concord Mall in Talleyville, Delaware. It's not hidden though or "secret". It went out of business, and no one wanted that space, so it hasn't been demo'd.
You would have loved it. So much fun! Before internet and 'smart phones'. Great music, great movies, and a feeling of hope for the future in the air. People actually talked face to face! I wish I could take my kids there... Take care little one!
One of my dads friend owns a condo on the beach since the 70s and he moved away around 86. He still visit like maybe once a year but he always let me stay there if we ask. And it’s like a beach condo with all “new” 80s stuff, the tv the carpet the fridge and stove, a bunch of cool radio shack gadgets a water bed. It truly is amazing every time I walk in there to see how perfect and clean everything still is.
Was feeling proud of myself for not seeing how old/nostalgic this looks, because I haven't set foot inside a Burger King since the 90's and have no basis for comparison. Then I remembered I totally have gone to Burger King several times since then. I just hit up the drive-thru.
To see another time period, so still, in one room has to be amazing. The air from the 1980s was still in there lol That’s where people’s parents spent their first dates. Nothing scary about it, just cool as hell. I love it.
Nothing creepy or terrifying about it. Hopefully they use that space as a vintage BK, the same way McDonald’s has a few locations with their old classic looks, but sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if they demolish it and turn it into something lame like another common store found every where else
They're probably checked all the time, not to mention accessed for maintenence and safety checks etc. The news was framing this as if it was a totally forgotten space that an employee "discovered". Not how things work, I'm afraid.
I’ve been very nostalgic for the 80s and early 90s-era malls and fast food restaurants recently. I even listen to mallcore music. I thought I was the only one but it seems like everyone is going through this nostalgia phase. 😭
I agree with History-Secrets.. as an 80s kid, I would love to see what a Burger King looked like before they upgraded the restaurant Decor. Whoever gets the space, have the space inspected, take note on what needs a TLC Repair, but keep it as it is, so that way it can be a nice historical space and a unique tourist attraction to the mall. More malls need things like that to stay in business, Think of the Burger King/Concord Mall licensed souvenirs that could be sold out of the space, the mall and Burger King could benefit from selling them out of a Nostalgic space.
Dude that's crazy I remember the old school 90s/2000s McDonald's, Pizza Hut, burger king, Taco bell ect.... They used to look so nice compared to newly renovated ones they're just not the same it doesn't have that wholesome kind of feeling when you step inside like they used to back then
That's because back then, like with a lot of things, they were catering to families, now they cater to individuals.... you can thank libtards and their hate/envy for the nuclear family for that...
Before the Pizza Hut in my town moved across town to a place owned by the same person, they still had all the old photos of bands from the 60's and 70's on the walls. They even had the old Book It! posters with things like TMNT and so on from when I was a kid in the 80's, and we could get stickers for books we read and turn them in for a free personal pan pizza!
This is insane! It would be awesome if they reopened it as it is as a fast food Burger King again or just for tours. Whatever they do with it, I'm so excited to go and see it!
Yeah, this is a complete scam. This was (most?) BK's in the 2000's. Literally closed instead of getting a 2010 era refresh. There's lots of places sitting longer than this even existed for. This is just flat out misrepresentation, and I'm OUTRAGED.
If I were burger king I'd keep it the exact same and re-open. You already have a unique opportunity and how cool would it be to see a retrofit of modern commodity to a classic era restaurant we all grew up with.
Soda machines were behind the counter in the 80s, the self serve sodas started in the 2000s. That store has not been closed that long. The BK I grew up around looked like that until at least 2006.
It stated in this video that the restaurant closed 13 years ago. Was sealed off and then forgotten during renovations of the mall. That’s why you see the more modern soda machines of the 2000s.
That's funny because I grew up in the 80s and have first hand knowledge that self serve soda fountains existed. Our local skating rink had one. We did this thing where we would mix each flavor. It was called a suicide. Horrible name but that's what it was.
Untrue, I worked for bk over 20 years ago (I've been at my current job for nearly twenty years) and I worked at every BK in my town that ever was and is and I can tell you one of the bk I worked at regularly had a drink fountain out front and we were always getting frustrated about the ice machine getting clogged, but then one night a employee was talking about giving the manager a strip tease show after work (she was a college student and needed the money apparently) and I think they're going to go to the sleezy motel next door and I can still hear him asking her if that included touching orifices in her body eww tried to pretend like I didn't hear and wish I hadn't honestly.
I remember some malls and shopping centers in the SE Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and Northern Delaware were slow in 2008-2009 because of the financial crisis. Some of them recovered in 2010, but started to dwindle again years later because of online shopping options. It maybe 15 years since I last stop at Concord Mall. It is not a convenient place to shop unless you live nearby or if you regularly travel on US 202 near the PA/DE border. While I would expect Concord Mall to dwindle over the last 13 years, it is negligent for mall management to not know that a significant retail space was walled off, unoccupied, and never repurposed over the same period.
Paleontologist: I found a rare and exciting new specimen that could change the fundamental way we look at our modern civilization. Mall Manager: I found a Burger King that hasn't been changed since 1987. Paleontologist: LEMME SEE
That is so wild. I hope whoever buys it will keep it the way it is with modern upgrades for the kitchen of course. This reminds me of the 85 Toyota Camry my husband and I just bought, it was perfectly preserved for the last 30 years and looks and runs brand new. Needed a few things done, but it's like a time machine. I so miss the 80s and 90s.
This is awesome!! It would be cool if this was revived, and the whole scenery was kept the way it looks! If I were there, I would love to see it in person lol!
This probably isn’t really a Burger King, it could’ve been a Burger King but it probably was used for movie scenes or tv shows, because usually there’s no way people wouldn’t of found that out or demolished that sooner, but it can be renovated as a new Burger King. So 👑
CIA create fake Burger King and use American actors with fake Russian accents as pretend Burger King in Moscow for propaganda purposes. Do not ask me how I know.
People born after the 80s, thinks this is terrifying! This when people went to fast food restaurants and actually conversated! No cell phones, no social media, and no WiFi! And the food actually tasted better back then!😏
@@errorsk2188 I agree! I didn't get my 1st cellphone until I was 21. I was still rocking a pager. Matter of fact, I didn't get a touch screen phone until 2017. I was still rocking the flip phone!😉
@@chorlesteajones6794 plus the menu was more easier to read! Either it was a Whooper with or without cheese or bacon! Now u have 8 different types of them!🙄
@@kryptism Same with McD's. You can now order a sandwich 5 ways from Sunday. "Oh you want a McChicken? Do you want that as a double or triple with 2 toppings or 20?" And they wonder why people gain so much weight! It use to be just a simple sandwich!
Frozen in time.. That's pretty cool!
Hope they will keep it as it is, play the vintage music and stuff.. Just to travel back to the 80s! :)
...Just a little example of "hidden" history but not forgotten!👀
Playing vintage 80's music is an awesome idea! 😊
that would be so dope! maybe even vaporwave haha
imagine that after reopening, most of the customers were in their 50s and up!
Omg that would be so cool!!!
Pretty much the most exciting thing to happen to Delaware.
That's kind of sad when you consider that our current President is from Delaware.
Yes
Bethany Beach is pretty cool too, give credit where credit is due lol
I thought it was still 1987 in Wilmington Delaware
@@jeffw1267 😂😂😂😂
It would be cool to see a Burger King franchisee give this location another shot and reopen this place keeping the old school look inside and with the original B.K. logo signage it once had. I believe people would go there once again, especially for the nostalgia of it.
No one goes to malls anymore. It would not make financial sense to reopen it. The nostalgia aspect wouldn't last very long.
And play 80s music, and have the employees wear retro uniforms, leg warmers, and shutter shades.
It would do well as a Pop-up thing but the excitement would go away after sometime when they realize it's Burger King.
I agree
*Braums has entered the chat*
They better not tear it down. A relic like this should be reused and honored.
Its long gone now.
@@tdestroyer4780 It wasn't even "closed since the 80's". t was open as recently as 2012. And that BK interior design is from the late 90's, not the 80's. It was just an exaggerated news piece.
“🎶Let it die, let it die, let it shrivel up and die!🎶 Is that another clothing store I see?”
- The Mall
It opened in the 1980s. Use your ears 😊@@randys6220
Bruh it's a burger king lmfao calm down
Only 13 years ago? The real crazy part of this story is that even as late as 2009 there was still a Burger King in operation that looked this way and hadn't been renovated since the 1980's.
That's what I was thinking lol. They made it sound like it was strictly 30 years ago.
Same😆
@@kayjay8790 Okayyyy🙌🏾😂🤣
Its possible, it might have been done to save money by not renovating it.
Do you know what Burger King besides this one that looked the same im curious to know
Local here, I can tell you that management probably did not forget it was there. The concord mall as a whole has been suffering for years. Trying to get any business to take up residence there when the nearby Christiana Mall has been expanding immensely has probably been a challenge for them. So they just left it
This could then bring tourists in
It definitely sucks seeing malls slowing die off:( I live in Texas and we had our san jac mall close a few months ago thy were gonna do a outlet mall but covid stopped it from happening:( also just hearing how much it cost to rent out a space at the mall is crazy
Yeah the story made no sense. How do you not rent out a space for so many years and pretend like you didn't even know about it?
Yea I was wondering how a mall just forgets they have rental space available
@@reinettbernardo2779 You really think an old style decommissioned Burger King is going to bring enough tourists to save a dying mall?
Keep it nostalgic with an 80s feeling. That would make people of all ages show up in droves and get an awesome experience 👏
Not really. The 80s should stay where it belongs. In the past🤣
@@cisco537 Why?
Agree 👍.
@@cisco537 if they do bring it back just don’t eat there then🤷🏽♂️ simple😊
@@cisco537 🤓
I'm 50 years old, definitely brings me back to my teenage years! I'm hoping whoever redevelops the space keeps the 80s vibe going!! It was a great and fun time to be a teenager ☺️❤️
Whoever said this is “terrifying” needs to get out more. There’s nothing creepy or terrifying about it. It’s freaking awesome!
It's a literal piece of history. Awesome stuff here
To be fair it does look a little terrifying but I do have to admit it does look awesome as well
Lol agreed 👍
I came here to say this too 😅 Terrifying? Seriously 🤦🏻♂️
Right!!! Nothing terrifying about it, as an 80's child i love seeing that, so cool
imagine how cool it would be if they reopened it and kept everything the same... so nostalgic for some people
Yeah and even charged the 1987 prices of the items
And bring back the original chicken tenders .
@@dajewel1982 that wouldn’t work out lol cause of inflation but i wish
your definition of "cool" is lacking
Actually if the franchise would put the same uniforms in there I do believe the nostalgia effect would work and will probably be a hit locally maybe be a tourist attraction.
But they're definitely have to have good food and good service.
Both creepy and beautiful. Anything 'frozen in time' is almost always fascinating. Nostalgia really does drive us.
Nothing creepy about it. She put that in your head subconsciously
it was open 13 years ago. Thats not really old.
@@HoldMeBack exactly its literally just a restaurant .. turn the lights on and stop quaking lmao
They found my bunker!
@@Emma-dh1lx joe! Is that you?
I want to know why this girl stated that this old restaurant is terrifying. Just... Simply ... Flip on the light switch. And you've literally stepped back 30 years. That is so great that something like that is perfectly preserved
It was terrifying because you don't expect to see a perfectly preserved 80's restuarant hidden behind a featureless wall. The place is very well preserved almost as if people were just eating there five minutes ago, except there's nobody there except you inside this fossil of the past. How could you not be creeped out, walking into a place like that which has just been sitting under there under your nose and nobody has talked about it?
@@michaelheliotis5279 That's just your perspective. For me it's awesome and the great majority of people just find it cool and interesting. Like seeing an old timie car or something, it's a spectacle.
In the words of my lecturer of interpersonal communication, "Words have no meaning, except the meaning you assigned to them."
The common consensus is that the word, terrifying, conjures an image of a shocking reaction to the presence of a thing, event or person that elicits a negative perception.
Most of us disagree with the word, "terrifying", because there is nothing sinister about a place that is only accessible at a particular time, and at a particular place. It is only terrifying when someone decides to bulldoze this interior design artifact and nobody has built a time machine yet to go back to a time where people find.
@@michaelheliotis5279 I imagine mice scare you
Because people with "Tik Tok" sensibilities have to make everything incredibly dramatic.
My Mom and My aunt ate at this Burger King when they were little. It’s really cool to see a restaurant frozen in time, and I hope they keep it like this.
Every burger king is a relic, forgotten in time tho.
Damn you mom and aunt was little in 87? How old were you lol
@@Yomommahouse lol he's faking
@@Yomommahouse If you were born in 87 then that would make you 35, now add a few years to that so that you would be a kid in 87. Today you would be Old enough to have grown kids.
Why would you even know what restaurants your mum and aunt ate..
This is so cool. My husband was an Assistant Manager of a Burger King during this time. He is now deceased. This brings back so many good memories.
Should've lay low on the burgers...
@@HersheyMannT Wow...you have to put down a dead person to make yourself feel better/make fun like a school bully. Seek therapy. You need help.
@@HersheyMannT I shouldn't have laughed at this Comment 🤭
@@edward2364 yo lil man may I suggest a gym membership for your fat frame?
@@edward2364 Yeah, and youre a clown too. 🙄
There's no way it was forgotten. Developers account for EVERY square foot especially in a mall.
You should see that video of a guy who got away with living inside a hidden space in a mall for a couple years
@@Upstart051 yeah I was about to mention that. It took a while before someone become curious and investigated that crawlspace.
No. I’ve worked with a mall manager. They do know every space with their mall map showing every single space with width, length and square foot, but that does not mean the manager knows what every single space looks like in person. I’ve gone to a space they showed me and they accidentally showed me a space that was ALREADY A STORE. So yeah some don’t know until they check and they only look at some of their spaces maybe two times a month but not all of them and also one other space they showed me was not even done like it had ladders and missing pieces from ceiling and wires hanging and he said sorry it’s not done
@@Upstart051 Yeah exactly. That happens all the time. More than you think because I’ve personally found multiple secret locations in three different malls before and a homeless person could live there for years without being noticed because the mall security does not check everything not even close
@@genericwhitefemale8934 It takes at least months because the managers themselves don’t even want to know what’s inside the back🤣🤣🤣
Burger King should buy it and reopen it.
And keep it retro!!!!
Concord mall
Only if the food is actually as good as it was then.
@@charlesajones77fr
but they have to keep the design and flair of the 80s,like a time machiene,dress the waiters like they did,and everything else i cant think of right now,that would be awesome!
Speaking as a filmmaker, this spot is a dream come true. The entire set is basically already built.
Go ask the mall if you can film there man!
Maybe a project on a short film that takes place in the 80s or something
Yes let's keep it for a useless 10 second clip
@@cleanculture8286 party pooper
@@cleanculture8286 in spite of you someone should make a whole award winning show almost entirely based in that burgerking
The McDonald's at our mall looked like this for a long time, probably till I was about 15 or 16 (so 2007ish). I was so bummed when they tore it down. I love this aesthetic. So ugly yet charming.
So childish but so memorable
So perfectly said!
They found my bunker!
That asthetic is from the 90's if not before im 33 i remember as a kid thinking these looked old
@@crosswired9 yep! I am 31 lol definitely a childhood memory. Taco Bell also looked like this. The pink and green pastels 😂
The restaurant that is still intact after years their nostalgia comes back to me it looks new. I would say it’s like the mall’s 80s treasure unearthed
@@ArchAngel900 could say the same thing about your original comment. About had an aneurysm just trying to read it, properly.
I don’t understand why it was open all thru out the 2000’s.
I like that it was hidden and then "click" something creepy but cool!!💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
@@NoGutsNoGlory-s7x because before fastfood restaurants started looking like depressed adult meeting areas they used to look fun and colorful until late 2010s
It's like I want it to re-open but also want it to remain untouched. Everything is being upgraded to bland concrete & metal looks. If this place were to re-open, I think most people would want it to maintain this nostalgic look.
Even though I wasn’t alive yet I still get a sense of joy looking at such a cool little relic in time!!! ☺️
I wouldn't go calling it a relic dude just because you were not your dad's balls yet
How could something that big, as in a whole freaking restaurant, be forgotten and go unnoticed? Something just doesnt add up here.
I live right near the mall it’s been dead for about 10 years now nobody goes there
@@noahsalitsky5757 because it's been closed for 13 years-
@@hello-un2rp the *restaurant* has been closed for 13 years, they meant the *entire mall* has been a dead spot for 10 years
@@ViridianAubergine *Okay, I'm sorry*
Lol not everything has to have a conspiracy, maybe it was just simply forgotten and nobody just went there anymore
Honestly the 80s burger king looks better than the current ones
Right? Everything now is just so lifeless.
@@samsanimationcorner3820 hey Sam, that's nostalgia for you
Totally agree
@@PTS-Maid Nostalgia 1st time seeing An 80's Style BK. It looks better the pastel patterns easier to look at than todays Red Patterned BK!
@@WERNUTZ it gives wall decorations at red Robbin a run for their money
I haven’t seen such an obsession with nostalgia since 50s diners were popping up everywhere. I think 80s and 90s nostalgia has been bigger than that. I myself am guilty of it.
Places like these need to be preserved!!!!!! There’s an old retro Sonic in intracoastal City, Louisiana!!!!!! Hasn’t been renovated since the 60’s!!!!!
We had a Burger King like that in my town until about 10 years ago. I was born in 2001, so far away from the 80s, but we went to the old Burger King often. It is nice to see that. I really hope that whomever buys it, keeps it looking like that for the vintage vibes of it
Me too I was born in 2001
I agree even restraints I've been too had 80s and 90s style decor is amazing
I was born in 02 and our local McDonald’s stayed the vintage way til around 2013
I'm probably one of the very few people that thinks that the old Burger Kings and McDonald's in the 80s and 90s were ugly looking
@@jeffpro8 -so was the 'big hair' style of the 80's.
Management "forgetting" about this is like a parent sealing off a bedroom in their home when a kid moves out and "forgetting" it's there. Nobody in charge forgot a thing. LOL
Is it just me or that spells "poor management"?
A shop space been "forgotten" for 13 years..
@@simonlam33 Probably using the "dead space" as a tax write off.
Now lets all together destroy this relic place like all humans always do.
Mhm fake news maybe??
Probably new management. Things can change in 13 years. Don’t presume to think what they thought. Papers can get lost because they didn’t have smartphones back then.
this is 2 years ago... I NEED AN UPDATE. DID IT EVER GET OPENED UP!?
facts
I worked at Burger King in the late 1980’s, then returned for much of the 1990’s as a manager. I’ve seen other videos exploring “lost” BK’s but the flaps on the trash cans with the writing… that took me back! I’m pretty sure they read something like, “please place your trash inside the receptacle and place the tray on top. Thank you.” That’s all from memory so it’s obviously going to be slightly different.
That's so cool. The trash can in this video says "Toss it in. Drop it in. Slide it in. Get the Tray. Just get your trash in here some way."
OMG you’re right, I can just barely see it at 1:17. Thanks@@misspea213 😎
Instead of creepy I’d say “exciting”. It isn’t a creepy place, but it is unusual to find something that was frozen in time. It’s a real glance into the past. And to think that the last time it was opened and used was the 80s, and then nobody else stepped inside until you… it’s exciting to think about!
Ot was closed 13 years ago.... 2009 was the last time it was open.
so well preserved especially, even in Mexico the Burger Kings looked the same, I felt the same
@@collegeboykeith Is that so? Even so, it’s still impressive. It’s a relic of another time :)
@@viablue8143 0:33
She’s probably born in the 2000s to say it’s creepy.
I remember the ambiance was really joyful, every family sitting on the tables, nobody on their phone so all you could hear was everybody talking to each other which was kind of a comforting feeling, and the food, everything was bigger portions and more tasty for a cheaper price (even while taking into consideration inflatation it was still cheaper) and they also gave out awesome toys with the kids meals. Burger king used to be awesome.
EVERYTHING used to be more awesome. I totally agree with you about portions and quality. McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Hardees, etc. I remember when T.V. DINNERS (!!!) used to be awesome.
‘Merica!!!!!!!!
Exactly… and the burgers actually tasted flamed-broiled instead of microwaved cardboard like they do now! The quality of food was so much better back then!
That’s what’s upsetting me the most is businesses aren’t just adjusting for inflation they just wanna charge more
@@obeseperson charge more, but use lesser quality ingredients, that makes no sense!!
Yup I recall when Burger King's looked like that inside more or less...even 13 years ago I'd think most had been remodeled so it was something of a relic even then...it should be preserved
As a fan collector, seeing the old fans still installed makes me SO happy. Almost all places have removed the fans for other things now.
Your name and profile picture says it all 😃
How did you figure out you wanted to be a fan collector?
@@angelgram I just always liked fans. Ever since I was a kid. When I was like 5 I would walk up to people at the fan section at stores and ask if they needed help. Eventually we moved to a bigger space and then my collection took off. I just celebrated 100 fans in my collection last week.
a WHAT collector?
you sir, seem like a very interesting person
@@FANtasticFans82 That's so cool!! What an interesting collection to have!!😊💕
How cool! What an idea for fast food companies to open different locations restored to a previous eras decor. People sure would love it. Nostalgia is a very powerful emotion 💕👍
Congrats to the maintenance of the mall, no visible mold, no spider webs, nothing stolen 👏👏👏
you sir, just revealed the possibility that the space was cleaned up before the media was allowed to record. (thank you sir, you reminded me of "behind the scenes.")
I've gone to this mall for years and never noticed!
I hope whoever rents it, doesn't change a thing! I live in Maryland, so I'd definitely make a day trip just to see it!😍
Im in maryland to its less than an hour from me that would be awesome to go see!
I am also in Maryland. Wilmington is in northern DE :v
My mom has photos of her & her friends in a Burger King at a mall from 1989 & it looks like the same place from this video its crazy to know that they kept that Burger King untouchable
Lies
@@reiss5669 get a life.
@@reiss5669 why would he lie about his mom and aunt eating at Burger King in 1989?😂😂 I’m sure that most of our (American) parents also ate at Burger King in 1989…😅
@@isaacdrake5160 pic or it didnt happen LMAO ...... jk jk some people just want attention that is all .
This is were I had my very 1st job when I turned 16. Everything looks actually the same. I've walked in the mall for years & thought they had removed it & put new stores in. Never crossed my mind that it was still there & I'm 49 now !!!
There's a diner near me that SCREAMS 80s. The decor is just viciously 80s and I love it! It's so unique and full of charm. I hope it never changes!
Malls do this all the time as weird as it sounds,they just cover some stores with fake walls. I always found it super strange.🤷🏻♀️
Probably saves them time and money. They probably weren't able to get a business to use the space, either. They may have gotten lazy and decided to leave it as is. But it does look well maintained.
You’re missing the point of the video
@@Mu5icPr0ducer how?
I have heard stories of people living in the bowels of malls for years without anyone knowing about it. I saw a news report about a couple people who set up a "home" behind a wall deep inside of a mall and they furnished the space with furniture they found from an area behind behind the walls of the mall that was being used as a stock room for a furniture store that was in the mall.
The crazy thing about this is that the store space was forgotten for 13 years. Hundreds of thousands in lost rent and nobody noticed?
Of course they noticed. They've been trying to rent that and a dozen other empty spaces the entire time. Mall space hasn't exactly been a hot item these last 13 years. Most malls have 1 or more empty anchor stores now (Sears, JCP, etc).
Not forgotten because the Christina mall nearby was expanding faster. That one was just slow
I live near this mall and can say it has suffered from poor management since the early 2000s. It's really gone down hill, lots of stores leave and nothing opens in their place. I'm not surprised
@@SalisburySnake our local mall was suffering so badly they allowed Dick's Sporting Goods to build a store in between the two halves of the mall with NO ACCESS into either part from inside. So if you're inside one half of the mall, you have to go outside the mall to get into Dick's, and then outside again to get to the rest of the mall. The store that used to be there (JC Penneys) you could just walk all the way through. Plus, the food court is gone now. There's no reason to even go there anymore.
I’m really praying whoever finds it keeps it as it is.. stuff like this brings me so much joy. Our modern design isn’t as fun as it was back then.
You’re really praying for this? Go back to Tik Tok, Instagram or whatever else you use to mush your brain.
It wasn't lost... clearly it was found as they made a video of it showing the inside.
Just when you thought that things couldn't get any stranger than this , a 80sBurger King at the Concord Mall since 1987 that's cool to hear about reopening it, especially me as an 80s guyThe Best Times for Fast Food and yes they're gonna have it their way cause they know how burgers should be
I actually was the last person to be in the store before it closed down. I was a shift supervisor there and spent 15 years working there. So glad to see the interior once again.
Cool.
Why'd it close down? Not making enough?
Liar, I was the last person there with Teo other guys. The last thing we did was unplug all the machines.
Pics or didn't happen
@@Stand-Alone-Complex “before it closed down”
My father was a mall director for decades at several different malls in south Florida and I can’t imagine how many mall directors dropped the ball on this retail rental space over the years. Not sure if that is a Simon, Brookfield or a SITE owned mall but I’m sure they couldn’t be happy about that space not being rented out for the last 15+ years. I mean that’s hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted.
Tax write off
It’s nostalgic!! ☀️🌈❤️. The 80s. Open it back as a Burger King and leave it as it is. Business would be booming !! It’s like a time capsule !! I would love to go there.
So, to add clarity, it wasn't "lost" or "forgotten", the mall management and mall employees were always aware of it, it only closed in 2009. The guy who "discovered" it was a contractor doing renovation work at the mall and decided to go wandering and see what else his key opened, and publicized it. The mall had been actively trying to rent out the space since the Burger King closed, but there was no interest from tenants, its not the only space to become vacant there since 2009, and if you just want to open a retail store, its easier to do that in a space that was a retail store, instead of having to gut a kitchen and restaurant fixtures. The reason it closed was because Burger King corporate mandated all franchises renovate to the new corporate design by the middle of 2008, this one wasn't doing enough business to justify the cost, the franchise owner got some extensions on the deadline, but ultimately decided to close down in 2009 rather than do the required redecoration. In the meantime, the mall management had been using it as storage space.
I was born in 04 but this is so fascinating, I do hope they preserve and reopen it, I’d definitely make the trip up there to see it
Making a trip to go see a Burger King? Weird but okay
Boy you ain't making trips anywhere, yo ass still in school
@@cleanculture8286 mommy and daddy can drive though
@@cleanculture8286 maybe didn’t go to college
Omg I was born in 97 and that comment made me feel so old. Lol
And I’m only 25 lol
Love how the mall manager can lose an entire store in his mall. From the title I assumed the Burger King was somehow trapped behind some new construction walls or a diverted hallway, nope, just behind a friggin door.
No one:
Burger King: Let’s keep this Burger King a secret huh
They opened the door and saw The King sitting at a table eating. When they approached him, he got up and ran away.
You don't know how bad I wish some of the places I went as a kid were preserved like this instead of just torn down. The old drugstore where I bought magazines. The grocery stores we went to. My favorite restaurants. The arcade. The movie theaters. Nothing is there anymore. And it breaks my heart. I'd give nearly anything to go back to the 80s, even for a little while.
Burger King should just reopen the location and having it as a Back to the past style restaurant. Would certainly bring people in.
Creepy old Burger King, perfectly preserved, frozen in time since the 80s...in operation in 2009.
Imagination is a wonderful thing.
not creepy
I've been to that Burger King many many times. It's in the Concord Mall in Talleyville, Delaware. It's not hidden though or "secret". It went out of business, and no one wanted that space, so it hasn't been demo'd.
Surprised it still looks clean even after years of someone not getting inside
It was probably cleaned before the interview
It cleaned before interview, they cannot show dirty place for people. It was forgotten for 13 years. I can’t imagine how many time they will clean it.
@@jinjigu8913 >_> whoever did most likely got a good check that day
@@asmaj.631 Oh ok makes sense
Make it an 80’s themed restaurant!
Exactly!
Cafe 80s (Back to the Future)
Wouldn't it be nice to have an 80's themed mall?
How i wish i could time travel and experience how Great to experience it those 80's days
The 80 i will like to see 👀 it wow is the same condition I was 3 years old there 😢 wow 3 year old like time go's wow
You would have loved it. So much fun! Before internet and 'smart phones'. Great music, great movies, and a feeling of hope for the future in the air. People actually talked face to face! I wish I could take my kids there... Take care little one!
I was born 1978 I was 3 years old that's why I respect a lot older people
Only if you’re a white male that’s straight & religious. Lol 😂
The 80s were a good time for sure, wish you could have been there too. People were happier and things were much more simple.
the employee that called it creepy and terrifying belongs in jail
One of my dads friend owns a condo on the beach since the 70s and he moved away around 86. He still visit like maybe once a year but he always let me stay there if we ask. And it’s like a beach condo with all “new” 80s stuff, the tv the carpet the fridge and stove, a bunch of cool radio shack gadgets a water bed. It truly is amazing every time I walk in there to see how perfect and clean everything still is.
Was feeling proud of myself for not seeing how old/nostalgic this looks, because I haven't set foot inside a Burger King since the 90's and have no basis for comparison. Then I remembered I totally have gone to Burger King several times since then. I just hit up the drive-thru.
To see another time period, so still, in one room has to be amazing. The air from the 1980s was still in there lol That’s where people’s parents spent their first dates. Nothing scary about it, just cool as hell. I love it.
Dating in a fast food restaurant?
@@zaingamingtv2242 yes. That’s a thing.
@@zaingamingtv2242 You might know about that if you'd ever been on one.
@@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer 🤣🤣🤣
Nothing creepy or terrifying about it. Hopefully they use that space as a vintage BK, the same way McDonald’s has a few locations with their old classic looks, but sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if they demolish it and turn it into something lame like another common store found every where else
Yeah I expect it to be remade into some normal ass store
"One mall employee is totally freaked..." "This place is terrifying."
Yeah. Considering you have huge spaces that nobody has checked for years.
They're probably checked all the time, not to mention accessed for maintenence and safety checks etc. The news was framing this as if it was a totally forgotten space that an employee "discovered". Not how things work, I'm afraid.
A closed store.
Wow.
Not uncommon.
There was a marble factory in Atlanta that was closed for 70 plus years.
That was amazing.
Marble as in the little balls or marble as in marble processing plant for tiles etc.
You sound so offended that people find this cool 😂
A bitter old lady.
Wow.
Not uncommon.
There’s millions of bitter old ladies who don’t complain about everything.
That was amazing.
@@Bbronson DEAD
@@louierenault7344 shut your mouth susan
the real mystery is how a mall forgot that it boarded up thousands of dollars of potential monthly rent for YEARS.
It probably has other open spaces for rent. Theaters seem to be the only places in malls that get much business.
Yeah dum de dum dum dum.
Sad how someone is scared of an old Burger King.
This needs to be preserved....
I’ve been very nostalgic for the 80s and early 90s-era malls and fast food restaurants recently. I even listen to mallcore music. I thought I was the only one but it seems like everyone is going through this nostalgia phase. 😭
Thanks to social media perhaps
@@retrocloud760 or stranger things
I've been to that mall so many times and I never knew that would've existed, I really hope they preserve it
Check it out when you have time, maybe it's still there
Nope. It’s going to be ruined now.
I wish there were more vintage fast food places
"Back when it was the perfect hang out for teenagers" (it meant the mall, not the burger king) still is until now
Who tf hangs out at Burger King you must be old
@@yaneverrknoPeople who talk in real life probably do.
She was talking about malls, not Burger King.
@@ItsMaddox Nobody does that. Burger king isn't even that good
@@sillycheese301 maybe it's just because you haven't been outside for quite a bit, keep on touch with reality dude
I agree with History-Secrets.. as an 80s kid, I would love to see what a Burger King looked like before they upgraded the restaurant Decor. Whoever gets the space, have the space inspected, take note on what needs a TLC Repair, but keep it as it is, so that way it can be a nice historical space and a unique tourist attraction to the mall. More malls need things like that to stay in business, Think of the Burger King/Concord Mall licensed souvenirs that could be sold out of the space, the mall and Burger King could benefit from selling them out of a Nostalgic space.
Brings back memories of when life was affordable and didn’t suck ass.
Cold war
sounds like a you problem haha
@@quinsey9211 sounds like a everything is overpriced for everyone problem
The mall manager could restore the place, keeping the 80's theme so people could experience a piece of Burger King history.
Dude that's crazy I remember the old school 90s/2000s McDonald's, Pizza Hut, burger king, Taco bell ect.... They used to look so nice compared to newly renovated ones they're just not the same it doesn't have that wholesome kind of feeling when you step inside like they used to back then
That's because back then, like with a lot of things, they were catering to families, now they cater to individuals.... you can thank libtards and their hate/envy for the nuclear family for that...
Before the Pizza Hut in my town moved across town to a place owned by the same person, they still had all the old photos of bands from the 60's and 70's on the walls. They even had the old Book It! posters with things like TMNT and so on from when I was a kid in the 80's, and we could get stickers for books we read and turn them in for a free personal pan pizza!
The modern McDonald’s look like a juvenile detention center with that ugly grey color
This is insane! It would be awesome if they reopened it as it is as a fast food Burger King again or just for tours. Whatever they do with it, I'm so excited to go and see it!
If it only shut 13 years ago I don't see the big deal. Hardly sealed since the 80's
I know right they act like it’s 53 years ago
Doubt it was "forgotten" either. I'm sure the mall was desperately trying to rent out that space (and a bunch of others) the entire time.
Yeah, this is a complete scam. This was (most?) BK's in the 2000's. Literally closed instead of getting a 2010 era refresh. There's lots of places sitting longer than this even existed for. This is just flat out misrepresentation, and I'm OUTRAGED.
Amazing how clean it is.
If I were burger king I'd keep it the exact same and re-open. You already have a unique opportunity and how cool would it be to see a retrofit of modern commodity to a classic era restaurant we all grew up with.
I wonder if they still own the space though, it doesn't sound like they do. They'd have to buy it back. It could be worth it though
@@rorz999 yeah I'm sure they dont own it considering its been closed off but yeah it would be a really good investment at this point probably.
Soda machines were behind the counter in the 80s, the self serve sodas started in the 2000s. That store has not been closed that long. The BK I grew up around looked like that until at least 2006.
That would make more sense but it still looks retro as hell.
It closed 13 years ago.
It stated in this video that the restaurant closed 13 years ago. Was sealed off and then forgotten during renovations of the mall. That’s why you see the more modern soda machines of the 2000s.
That's funny because I grew up in the 80s and have first hand knowledge that self serve soda fountains existed. Our local skating rink had one. We did this thing where we would mix each flavor. It was called a suicide. Horrible name but that's what it was.
Untrue, I worked for bk over 20 years ago (I've been at my current job for nearly twenty years) and I worked at every BK in my town that ever was and is and I can tell you one of the bk I worked at regularly had a drink fountain out front and we were always getting frustrated about the ice machine getting clogged, but then one night a employee was talking about giving the manager a strip tease show after work (she was a college student and needed the money apparently) and I think they're going to go to the sleezy motel next door and I can still hear him asking her if that included touching orifices in her body eww tried to pretend like I didn't hear and wish I hadn't honestly.
*Please make it a cafe with the 80s menu of BK for Burger King fans for deep talk sessions.*
This legitimately takes me right back to my childhood. I remember BKs exactly like this, same furniture and everything.
more fast food places need to look like this, the décor is just cool
I remember some malls and shopping centers in the SE Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and Northern Delaware were slow in 2008-2009 because of the financial crisis. Some of them recovered in 2010, but started to dwindle again years later because of online shopping options. It maybe 15 years since I last stop at Concord Mall. It is not a convenient place to shop unless you live nearby or if you regularly travel on US 202 near the PA/DE border. While I would expect Concord Mall to dwindle over the last 13 years, it is negligent for mall management to not know that a significant retail space was walled off, unoccupied, and never repurposed over the same period.
Paleontologist: I found a rare and exciting new specimen that could change the fundamental way we look at our modern civilization.
Mall Manager: I found a Burger King that hasn't been changed since 1987.
Paleontologist: LEMME SEE
Archaeologists;" and we believe this was centuries before people began eating bugs"
Love how they showed the same 3 clips over and over instead of actually showing the entire store
That is so wild. I hope whoever buys it will keep it the way it is with modern upgrades for the kitchen of course. This reminds me of the 85 Toyota Camry my husband and I just bought, it was perfectly preserved for the last 30 years and looks and runs brand new. Needed a few things done, but it's like a time machine. I so miss the 80s and 90s.
I love how everyone found the old BK nostalgic and exciting except for that mall employee who got terrified by its discovery lol
Typical drama queen.
and the place is not terrifying at all lol
This is awesome!! It would be cool if this was revived, and the whole scenery was kept the way it looks! If I were there, I would love to see it in person lol!
This probably isn’t really a Burger King, it could’ve been a Burger King but it probably was used for movie scenes or tv shows, because usually there’s no way people wouldn’t of found that out or demolished that sooner, but it can be renovated as a new Burger King. So 👑
I agree. It was closed in 2009 and I don’t remember BK looking that way when I was in the 9th grade lol
CIA create fake Burger King and use American actors with fake Russian accents as pretend Burger King in Moscow for propaganda purposes. Do not ask me how I know.
@@thatgirlPAIGE94 I remember going into a Burger King styled similar to this one’s inheritor in around 2008 or 9
No it 100% was a Burger King. We had one just like this in the mall by me.
@@chrisbruggers8076 Lies!! How much does CIA pay you to say lies on youtube??
People born after the 80s, thinks this is terrifying! This when people went to fast food restaurants and actually conversated! No cell phones, no social media, and no WiFi! And the food actually tasted better back then!😏
Yes!!! 🙄
@@errorsk2188 I agree! I didn't get my 1st cellphone until I was 21. I was still rocking a pager. Matter of fact, I didn't get a touch screen phone until 2017. I was still rocking the flip phone!😉
It tasted better because it was actually real food. Not all the 'healthier' alternatives they have now.
@@chorlesteajones6794 plus the menu was more easier to read! Either it was a Whooper with or without cheese or bacon! Now u have 8 different types of them!🙄
@@kryptism Same with McD's. You can now order a sandwich 5 ways from Sunday. "Oh you want a McChicken? Do you want that as a double or triple with 2 toppings or 20?" And they wonder why people gain so much weight! It use to be just a simple sandwich!
This would be the perfect set for a Stanger Things episode!
They should make every restaurant like this again. People will flock on more, because of the nostalgia and memories. I’d dine in more often
Perfectly preserved!❤️
Commenting on every trending video ain’t gonna revitalize your dying channel buddy
@@PETSWORLD_ that was a burn, a read, and a whole beat down. Ouch 😭😂
Funny how the mall worker thinks it’s terrifying and everyone else is like “that’s amazing”
Well now the superheroes gotta find a new place to hang out
What would be really cool is if that Burger King was reopened sometime and was kept the way it is so it could be a retro styled location! :)