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You missed that Sweet Tomatoes was Souplantation here in the SoCal market, started in San Diego. I used to enjoy going there after dialysis, usually on a Friday, sometimes with a dear friend of mine. Reasonably priced, snd I love a good salad.
Depending on your political correctness a guy opened up a TRUMP/ BURGER ,between 15/20 bucks a pop just for burgers 1/2 to 1lb fries 5bucks.If you could stand all the propaganda wall art,and clothing line including the full size cutout of TRUMP next to the salad bar..
@@sceneanuerebelrebel9244 Can't be any more "rah-rah! ' than some places I've been. By the way, it's now the middle of 2022. Did Biden take over 1/21, or not?
Yes, I totally do. I was in the middle of dinner with my family their, when all of a sudden they told everyone we had to leave. The restaurant was shut down. Bankruptcy. TRUE story my kids still remember it. They were great in the Boston area.
I used to love Fuddruckers. Had one right down the street until it closed. I loved that they sell you their buns to take home. The nearest one is about 45 minutes away now. Finally tried it and it didn't feel the same. They had these generic buns, like something you can get at your local supermarket, not the fresh baked ones they used to use.
Not sure if they actually competed in the same markets. New White Tower well, but later when they became a sit down diner style place. Changed the menu bigger burgers. Never heard of or been to a White Castle until they finally opened in NW Ohio. Went twice now impressed. Many have closed. Also, first time I had a slider was at place out of Detroit that was the same type of slider.
Here is San Antonio all our fuddruckers shut down several years ago but just last month a local man is restarting the franchise here which is super awesome!! I miss shakeys pizza
@@jamesfracasse8178 Fuddruckers used to be nice. You go in and tell them how you want your meat patty cooked. There would be all kinds of toppings for you to put on your burger yourself. Lettuce, Chili, guacamole etc . . . you name it, they had it, they also had hot dogs. However the last time i went a few years back, they didn't have a very good selection of toppings. From the first time i went which i admit had been years, since that last time i went, was a huge disappointment.
*Shakey's* was OK, though *FUDRUCKER'S: **_HOME OF THE COLD RAWBURGER_* was horrible... When your food is still bleeding and mooing on your plate? That's not good.
Before Fuddruckers here in SA I remember another smaller restaurant chain called Cheesey Jane's. Its sadly not around anymore but I loved going there as a child, had a model train running around that hung from the ceiling it was a cool spot.
I worked at Souplantation, the sister/owner company of was Sweet Tomatoes in Cali where it started. I made the muffins from scratch Daily. All the food was fresh daily. 24 hour kitchens sent food to the locations starting at 5 am. But the pandemic wasn’t the problem, they were going downhill quick after changing owners. Ain’t ever had a restaurant with food that fresh.
Sad to see them slowly cut back from for example having bleu cheese crumbles on the salad bar only to have them disappear never to return. HEALTHY HABIT was an amazing similar set ups 3 stores metro Denver and 1000% times better. Good ting they went out of biz as I lived there the food variety & quality were excellent!
Bennigan's was the big treat when I was a kid. I loved the chicken and steak finger basket combo. Great childhood memories. The old Bennigan's location near where I live was used to shoot the movie Waiting.
I remember po folks! My grandparents would drag me there as well as a place called S&S cafeteria! I didn’t want to go when I was little I wanted something I didn’t get fed at home… good ole days!
I 'member one on Speedway in Tucson like 30 or more years ago. That country singer, BILL ANDERSON, was involved as his song was called 'PO' FOLKS'. it closed years ago.
Bennigan's was awesome! I think the food was better than an Applebee's and the drinks were great. They used to have drink specials, and sometimes it would almost turn into a bar at night. I spent an epic St Patty's Day there when I was 21 or 22.I don't understand how they ever went out of business when applebees and chilies are still around.
I used to take my late wife to Bennigan's when we were dating. Then we would go on her birthday each year & maybe once or twice during the year. She LOVED that place!!!
Yes I remember Bennigan’s too. I’m from Georgia and we had those. Anyone remember and or had Bahama Breeze in their states? It was a cool tropical themed restaurant. Also we had Rio Bravos Tex mex restaurant, Steak and ale’s, macaroni grills, Fuddruckers, Sweet tomatoes, Corky’s Bbq, Ryan’s, Chi- Chi’s, Ruby Tuesday’s, Pollo Tropical, the varsity In Atlanta, and varsity Jr’s, Houlihan’s, all gone
I'll never forget Bennigan's. So many late nights spent there. The broccoli bites were so dang good. Luckily I have mastered making my own. And I've gotten the sauce about 96% correct. Making the bites and the sauce is just so time consuming along with the cost of ingredients I have to really be craving them to make them.
some other restaurants that went out of business, Roy rogers, Bob’s big boy’s, Gino’s, Howard johnson’s this one was also a restaurant, sizzlers & ponderosa
There are only 4 Bob’s Big Boy restaurants in all of Southern California: Northridge, Burbank, Downey and Norco. The Burbank location still hosts a hot rod show on many weekend nights.
Right outside of Washington dc, we had a Fudruckers, Duffs/Horn&Horn, Shakey's Pizza, Bob's Big Boy, Bennigans, Hot Shoppes, Roy Rogers, Chi Chi's, Sizzler etc
Ponderosa? A friend of mine worked at one in her high school days. Applause Applause for the short skirts! Many people said that to her, combining the Ponderosa marketing phrase of the day with the uniforms girls wore. My friend didn't mind, she was tall, attractive and confident. That was somewhere around 1977, Columbus Ohio area
A regional chain in the SF Bay Area was The Velvet Turtle. We ate at the Sand Hill (Menlo Park) location several times a year. We rarely ordered the full dinner as a selection of three appetizers was cheaper and extremely tasty. On a birthay, though, I had the Beef Wellington, an absolute gourmet delight.
There were Velvet Turtles in the L.A. area as well, at least there were back in the 1970s. I ate there a couple of times back in high school, but not once I graduated.
We used to have Western Sizzlin, which was the biggest steakhouse chain in the United States in its prime, all over the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and my family loved them, but the brand, while still existing and operating a number of locations with some under various other names, is a ghost of what it once was. The closest one to me is Hagerstown, Maryland and they still do a fantastic buffet, much better than Golden Corral.
It's not dead dead, but Macroni Grill is my favorite chain restaurant that has pretty much vanished. There's like only 41 locations still left after all the bankruptcy and embezzlement. None of them anywhere near where I live in Minnesota.
As much as I love Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza, nothing compares to Chi Chi’s version. Maybe it’s nostalgia or I just don’t remember it very well since I was a kid but I loved that so much. Oh and their fried ice cream too!
I live in AZ now, but anytime I go back to SoCal I go to the locations in either Anaheim or LA. Just recently I visited one in Escondido on my San Diego trip. Their pizza is good, but I really love their chicken and mojo potatoes.
Hmm- never heard of it, but apparently there's a location 3 hours drive from me. I'm on my way! Just kidding- I'll probably never go to Oroville, which is apparently the only location in northern CA
Oh yes they had a big one on Central Ave in Phoenix. The place was very popular as it was across the street from a high school so never any shortage of business.
What about Steak & Ale? I haven't seen that mentioned in the comments yet. I never tried Ruby Tuesday, but I had always wanted to. Also, when I lived in Kansas City, there was a place called Ryan's. It was a buffet chain, but I'm pretty they've since closed their locations. Macaroni Grill was amazing!
Ryan’s was big in Houston area in the 90’s. Competed with Lubys though which was a staple in Houston. There was one Steak & Ale in Houston that I knew of in 80-90’s
I remember the Fuddrucker's in Orlando. I have a great story that occurred in that very establishment, in 1988 or 89, roughly. (Smoked a LOT of weed back then, as a much younger man, so please excuse the inexactness of my memory.)
I loved Fuddruckers when I was growing up. It was always a good time. They started on a big decline and then just died off. I was bummed as they began to decline. Wish they stayed strong and were still around.
Husband and I went to a Fuddruckers in Texas when we were in the military (1980s). It was fantastic. Fast forward to 10 years ago: they built one in Appleton Wisconsin. We immediately tried it. What disappointment. Poor quality ingredients. Meat was cheap and gristly. It closed within a year and sits empty to this day.
@@petuniasevan Yeah, I believe it. I think they were on a quality decline for a very long time. If that did not happen they would still be huge. I LOVED that I could just order my burger and then put anything and everything on it at their buffet of toppings. I would also make a little side of fixins' for my fries.
I believe it was called something along the lines of "1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, more"... that or close. Had one in a couple malls in Las Vegas while I was a teen! 😊
I have 2 Fuddruckers within 10 miles of me here in the mid-atlantic. Wiki says 99 stores remain. I wouldn't call that vanished.... The Ground Round should have made this list or Roy Rogers
In 2001 when I turned 21, we would hang out at the bar at Bennigans in San Antonio until midnight every Thursday. Great drink prices and it felt like an actual bar or night club not a restaurant. It would get so crowded, it was a great place to pick up girls!
Another restaurant chain or 2 that I've seen disappear... Ryan's and Sizzler. Another one I've also seen disappear... Steak & Ale. And Shoney's has also largely disappeared too. I presume not very many of them are left. I've never gotten to eat at Sizzler or Steak & Ale. I miss Shoney's. I've also seen where Quizno's disappeared from a lot of markets.
The location that caused Chi-Chi's to close was the location I went to when I was little. It was in a mall and has since been replaced by a Japanese restaurant (no one in my family has eaten there yet). Just seeing the clips of the place makes me feel like I'm 4 again. I miss the early 2000s.
I don't ever see Cici's Pizza anymore. The ones that used to be in my town that was open for 20 years is gone. They were a buffet restaurant so they were heavily affected by the pandemic.
@@maryjennings4913 Pretty common for buffet places. One of the reasons they have been going out fashion for years now. It's a model that invites violations and one reason a buffet is the last thing I want to go to.
The one near me closed down years ago, had nothing to do with the pandemic. I read in the local newspaper that the franchisee was in financial trouble. It was a really cheap place to eat, if you could tolerate the shrieking kids everywhere. The location I'm talking about was in the Columbus, Ohio area.
There was a ground round, in my city of nashua, n.h. and it was a very happening place to go __ it was always busy. There jambalaya, was my favorite. Dam I miss ground round. Anybody else???.
It’s truly crazy how the pandemic switched up the restaurant industry I work at capital grille now but I’ve worked for Darden for about 5 years now and worked at Olive Garden during 2020, I saw how they switched up there Togo business and it was genius very sad to see some of these great restaurants shut down
Have y'all ever talked about either Godfather's or Peter Piper Pizza? I once went to Godfather's as a little kid and it was one of my earliest memories of eating pizza. As for Peter Piper, I can still almost taste those amazing Italian American pies after a day at the movies. My jam at PPP was double sausage with extra cheese and a large Mr. Pibb.
Our Fuddruckers in Hershey PA is still going strong. It's been remodeled and many more claw machines. Still serves, beef, bison, elk, and turkey burgers. The steak sandwich is my favorite. Only disappointment was they stopped serving beer.
Thanks for the wonderful memories in this video! We had a "Fuddrucker's" in Westport, a "Bennigan's" in Milford, and I believe 2 "Chi-Chi's", 1 in Norwalk and the other in Danbury. The dining experiences with family and friends were always enjoyable, although I do recall both "Fuddrucker's" and "Chi-Chi's" being a bit overpriced at the time... 🤔 😮 😱 😡
As I just made mention, have a Fuddruckers here in Sioux Falls, SD, still a bit much $$, but we only treat ourselves once every 2-3 months, if even that.
There was a chi chi's at stamford town center in the 1990's. I think I went to HS with a son of the founder. There was also a Bennigan's in stamford. Actually I always thought Fudducker's was pretty lousy. I remember when it opened in westport and waiting forever for food, and it seemed people who ordered after the two of us go their food much sooner. But I also remember friends from 45 minutes away calling me saying they were there and lets meet. Bennigan's was not so good either. I remember the monte cristo was deep fried. It should be pan fried for so many reasons.
It was announced that Luby's was closing..and Fuddruckers. Then it was announced that someone bought some Luby's restaurants and therefore some remain open. Many in San Antonio and Houston.
@@jeannesablik3037 yeah Luby's is still somehow remaining very popular and profitable here in San Antonio, honestly don't know how they never really had that good of food in my opinion, anytime I went it was either overcooked and bland, soggy and mush or just straight up raw
One once-prolific restaurant in the US is Ryan's, which used to have locations pretty much everywhere you can imagine. I've eaten at a LOT of those in various cities. Sadly, though, many of them have gone out of business, and only a handful of them still remain, mostly in the South. And it's too bad, because they had a LOT of great stuff, and it was a good place for families, because it had a great variety of food available! The one in my area closed years ago, and the building was eventually demolished. Sadly, buffets in general seem to be going the way of the dodo bird!
I lived in Ohio for 10 years and absolutely loved Ryan''s. We ate there or at Ponderosa depending on where we were at. Both of them closed down around 2011 in that area.
What killed Chi-Chi's was not other chains, and certainly not Taco Bell, which is fast food while Chi-Chi's was casual sit down. What killed Chi-Chi's was small locally owned Mexican restaurants. I can think of five good independently owned Mexican restaurants within a half hour of me, and none of them existed 25 years ago when Chi-Chi's was at its height.
Pretty much the same here. Yah, we've got the chains like Taco Blah and Dull Taco, but for Christ's sakes, i live in SoCal! Why go there when there are 6 mom-n-pop taquerias all within just 2 miles of me?
@@billh230 exactly, why the hell would you go to Taco Hell when you have an amazing mom and pop restaurant right around the corner. And they are sometimes just as convenient… I will say this about Taco Hell, they have a pretty good damn breakfast burrito.
@@firewalker1372 They're also roughly the same money. And the selection is mouth-watering. But yah, I will grant that, for something fast- and open when you need to get to work- their breakfast burritos are decent.
My dad always talked about Pizza Inn, idk if anyone is old enough to remember those, but I remember him saying how it was far and away the best fast food pizza joint at the time
What wasn’t mentioned about Burger Chef was the murders of 4 employees in a midwestern location that was a cooperative restaurant. After this incident,Burger Chef lost lots of money due to the payouts to the families of the employees!! To add insult to injury,this case was never solved,and is still a cold case.
Dimitri Insurance paid it out first of all. BC pays for the insurance as every business does . BC went out of business due to management falling asleep at the wheel and a general lack of interest. As kids we would search for discarded soda bottles along the roadways. Walk over to the 7 11 store and get a nickle for each one, then walk to the BC and get hamburgers for 10 cents each. Cheers
Yes that was in 1978. It was in a suburb of Indianapolis. The news did a segment about that marking the 40th year of the massacre and one again last year. It made national headlines.
Never heard of sweet tomatoes. Idk if it was like a Northern, Western or Eastern USA chain or it just didn't make it to the south but I've never heard of it in my 25 years
sweet tomatoes was called different things in different parts of the country. I grew up in Los Angeles, it was called soup plantation there. In oregon its called sweet tomatoes. I think there was at least one more name for sweet tomatoes.
Kenny Rogers Roasters had excellent chicken. There are two Fuddruckers in my area. Hershey and York PA. I only ate there once. It was ok but overpriced.
Wow I’m a little surprised the one in Hershey is still there I haven’t eaten there in probably close to 20 years I may sometime make a trip there for old times sake I’m about a hour away
Fudruckers still exists in at least 1 location. In Louisiana Downs racetrack & casino in Bossier City. Me and my son go once every year (New Years Eve) for the fireworks and always eat there when we do. Love that place! It was still there as of January 1, 2022 anyways.
Thank you for another amazing video! I noticed you guys haven’t mentioned ponderosa, Fire mountain (old country buffet affiliate to my understanding) or Ram’s horn, as it seems like there aren’t too many of those (and I never got to try ponderosa or Fire mountain lol).
Your welcome @Natasha, If you'll do a bit of research there are still 19 stores available😉 Panderos in Puerto Rico and some Arab countries....now is the time to travel if you wish to visit one.
@@BabbleTop really? I had no idea!!! I always see them listed as “closed” here in the states! Might need to go to PR someday soon ;). I truly love your channel and can’t wait for more content as always! Thank you for the joy you bring to me over the years (and others I’m sure).
Yes Shoney's was in my area (Arkansas and Missouri) and we ate there a lot when on the road. I miss that. The foundation to the one that was in Fort Smith, AR is still there and brings back memories. Always a great staff working there.
The one I miss is Caribou Coffee. While they still sell Packaged bags of Coffee beans, their chain locations are all but non-existant. When I was little, I always called it "Reindeer Starbucks" because of how similar the formula was, but was different in their atmosphere.
Caribou was bought out by the German private company JAB that later bought out Keurig and restructured it with Snapple and Dr Pepper and spun them back off to a stock held company. Caribou had MUCH better coffee than Starbucks. That company was mainly buying up all sorts of food and bev brands that if could get cheap. Companies that had fairly "neutral" values - with a good amount of debt to balance their assets. They basically let it run - without adding any money and it closed a bunch of stores. Then they sold it off to Panera - who still own the brand today. JAB flips brands like they were pancakes.
Our mom had a cafeteria type place called Morrison's I believe with the name. My grandma and mother both loved that place. When I was little I remember a place called Duffy's Pizza. It had games for the kids I don't know if it was a local place or if they were national. My little brother called it Buffy's. My dad took us there a lot I miss those days. A place I wish was on this side of the country is Delia's Grinders in Riverside California. My dad moved back home and when I went out there to visit he took me and my brother there. It's all in the bread. These things didn't have a bunch of stuff on them, they weren't loaded down with meat but that bread was so airy and fluffy and the crust was so crispy it was amazing for some reason. In this situation less was more. They have this oil for the bread that I can't find anywhere else. If anybody is ever out that way, try them out.
We had a morrison's at cutler ridge mall in the late 70's, ate there often while building lord and taylor', macy's, and many slot stores. It was good and always had a line to get in. That mall, later renamed Southland, seemed to be the kiss of death for many stores. Some that I did the electric on that are gone include chic fil a, pups a go go, one potato two potato, taco viva [free beer and wine for trademen!] and the arcade--took me 2 weeks to wire that one. other fails included k-mart and sears They are all gone now, chic fil a never rebuilt anywhere near me, the rest are just memories.
Morrison's was decent. Had at least one in Richmond, Va., though the wife & I preferred Piccadilly's, a cafeteria-style place where you selected your meal components from a tray serving line but had no access to the food as in a buffet (which I found reassuring). At one time Piccadilly's had a bourbon chicken to die for, then replaced the bourbon sauce with an inferior substitute. Quality would go up and down in a regular rhythm. When up, it was a tasty, cost-effective place to go.
I remember my mom used to take me to this healthier eating buffet in SoCal called Boston Market. Such fond memories of being a kid in the early 2000s California. Endless summer with Boston market after school as a treat sometimes. I also remember my school ordering in Black Jack Pizza. For some reason I loved it, but it could’ve been my kid tastebuds
Boston Market is still around on the east. I can’t say whether or not it’s a ton of restaurants still open, but we have one in my city and it doesn’t seem to be closing any time soon
This makes me wonder how widespread Duff's buffet was? I've never heard of Rocky's, but anyone from Columbus, Ohio who is my age or older remembers Duff's. It had a rotating buffet, so you would stand in one place while the food rotated slowly on a conveyor belt and you would grab your options. I loved their mac and cheese, and while I know in my heart most people would frown upon it, I don't like food for trendiness, I like it because it tastes good.
I’m from New England, and we have the most boring fast food here. Just McD’s, BK, and Wendy’s for burgers. We just started to get Chick-fil-a here in the last ten years or so.
Here in Rockford IL, back in the 70's we had Geri's burgers, which competed with BK and Mickey D's, Skeets, which was a drive in like Dog 'n'Suds. Of course Dog'n'Suds also is gone now. We had a Shakey's Pizza, which in a few cities towards Chicago are still around. Ponderosa steak house and Old Country Buffet, both gone.
They're technically a few Dog 'n Suds locations left, such as Richmond, IL and also Grayslake. A few other locations, too. But yes most of their locations are gone, and per their standard building design, it's easy to figure out their former locations(i.e. Wood Dale).
Chipotle is so overrated it's hard to comprehend that people like it so much. I like their salsas, their chips and their guacamole. That's it. Chi-Chi's was INFINITELY better than Chipotle. There is absolutely no comparison. Had they held on for a few years and transitioned to more of a take out or drive through restaurant, there is no doubt in my mind that no one would even be speaking of Chipotle (then again, I don't know why people do even now).
I used to frequently go to Chipotle, because there's one near my work. I quit going a few years ago, after the company started getting stingy with the meat. Like, they used to be pretty generous with the meat. Now, they just give a tiny spoonful. I presume it was the brilliant idea of some bean counter at their headquarters, who figured out the company would save a couple pennies per order by reducing the amount of the the most expensive ingredient. Instead, it just drove customers like me away.
I agree with Chipotle. I dont understand the hype. The one in my town is poorly ran too. I see sooooo many complaints about them on my local town page but yet people still keep flocking there when theres so many mom and pop burrito places around here that are far superior
Yeah, I'm not sure why they compare Chi-Chi's, which was a table service sit down restaurant with a cantina, to the fast food chains. A better comparison would be to a restaurant like On the Border.
Something that I haven't seen mentioned in years are the Victoria Station Steakhouses. At it's height in the late 70s/early 80s they had about 200 restaurants across the US and a few in foreign countries. They were made by linking about 4 or 5 railway cars. Pretty neat concept for a restaurant but I bet they were expensive to build. Anyway the food was good. It did not last long. I believe most restaurants were gone by 1990
They had one near me as a kid I always wanted to give it a try but couldnt convince my parents to go there instead of the bbq joint nearby. It was also near a major railway station. Made me wonder if they built near stations and got the cars on the cheap
