Abandoned Hardee's - Wheeling, WV 

I live in Wheeling, and they closed because they rented and the landlord wanted to drastically raise the rent. They did close pretty suddenly. It’s sad, they were pretty busy and they had car shows in the summer. They had a lot of flooding too which is why the parking lot is a mess.

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That round thing is how you open the drive thru window hands free. You walk into it and push with your body

WallieB26,I enjoyed your videos very much

As a kid, this was a Burger Chef. Miss it.

Glad to get here early! Great vid as always man!

I’m from Wheeling, they wanted to increase their lease so they just closed instead, sad really, growing up the parking lot was a hang out spot. There’s supposed to be another business moving in there soon.

I always enjoyed the Hardee's Monster Burger! To this day, I will STILL replicate that delicious burger EVERY chance I get!

Often had breakfast here after church on Sunday. They had a great regular crowd. It was one of those "where everyone knows your name" place. Miss this restaurant.

Awesome Wallie

Back in the 90’s this Hardee’s was LIT on a Friday / Saturday night, used to swing by after skating at the White Palace.

As a wheeling resident.. It closed due to the lease being to high. The owner was very upset but said the landlord was just going to charge way to much. :(

Wallie, I love your videos. They always make me smile because you always seem to be in a good mood! 😃

Nice classic Hardee’s. You don’t see too many Hardee’s anymore.

Good video, I miss the Hardees Chicken Sandwhich of the 1980's. 90's, to good and their fried chicken, yummy

I too enjoy dining in and its frustrating when its drive thru only. I'm also pretty particular how I like my soda.

WallieB26, really enjoyed your awesome abandoned Hardee's! I can't stand that they put a Carl's Jr in the Hardee's in Durant. I miss Hardee's!

Wallie, I worked there until the end, Hardee's wanted them to commit to a 5 year lease. The owners of this one own Millville too, that lease isn't up yet. They are owned by two older gentleman, who just couldn't commit to 5 more years..

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I love the old school Grey shingle overhangs that the older Hardee's had. If I ever open a restaurant, I would build it to have the same style.

Awesome video Wallie

Wallie the orange pusher in the drive through door is for the employee to push open the door if their hands are full

I remember they had a sandwich called the 'Frisco burger', it was really good. It's sad to see it close, it was at this location for years.

that round thing at the drive thru window is how you would open the window. You pressed your hip to open

Photo by Derek Redd The Hardee's on National Road has closed its doors after franchise owners decided against signing another long-term lease for the building. A hamburger restaurant had stood at that site since 1962

I miss Hardee’s!!! I work in wheeling, and every once in a while me and someone I work with would make a “quest” to Hardee’s for lunch. 5-10 minute drive on a 30 minute lunch break lol

This building has since been torn down to make way for a Dunkin' Donuts. I miss Hardee's.

I think that circle thing at the drive through is to open the window. The worker would lean against and it would open. A few of the older style restaurants in my area have them.

I have an abandoned Hardee’s near me too, although I live far from the Northeast!

Hello Wallie, I hope you are having amazing day :)

LMAO When Wallie Knocks on The Drive-Thru Microphone and than LOL "The Squirrel ain't gonna Help me"= 04:00 - 04:16. Please do more Silly Things Like This more Often it Just Cracks me up.

Wallie if you make it here to south Texas I'll tell you speaking of Hardee's we have dozens of abandoned Carl's Jrs in San Antonio alone and it's crazy a lot granted have been taken over or repurposed but it's crazy how many here in Texas as you know we have abandoned and the same with Hardee's in the east coast and south east.

I love it when I was in St Clairsville I went to Wheeling often and again this month I went swimming at Oglebay

That orange thing is actually what opens the window. You push against it with ur hip and open the window as you have food in ur hands.

I've been going to Hardee's since the 70's, so it's kind of sad to see when they abandon them.

That small door in the back, probably leads directly into the fridge/freezer. I have seen restaurants doo this to make unloading the truck easier.

Looks to be a former Burger Chef to me. Espicially the back end looking to the roof.

Awesome video

There is an abandoned long john silvers in little Washington pa. It's not far from when you come off the exit.

I used to eat at Hardee's every morning got their breakfast bowls it's all over the United States that Hardee's shutting down

I actually live in wheeling and drive past the closed hardees often

I ate here a year ago. Best fast food burgers in the area

"They're so thin, they're damn invisible" laughed so loudly when you said that LOL , Hope my neighbors didn't hear me, idk why that got me lol

They close because cause they’re turning that into a Dunkin’ Donuts right there from what I heard because we have one in Moundsville so they’re putting one down there too where the old Hardee’s was I think they already started on the Dunkin’ Donuts down there and tore that building down you had to go through and look again. I would love to see what it looks like now. Thank you.

Hardee's biscuits are the best especially the country fried steak biscuit

That looks to be clean and in good repair...shame it closed

That's a sweet shirt

Nice! This restaurant closed last year due to the lease expiring.

Wallie you crack me up

This Hardee's is from the late 1980s by the grey roof shingles. the building is square shape and square floor tiles.

The landlord probably didn't want to fix the roof

Nicely done. Be well.

Old national road. That used to be a burger chef. It's close to wheeling park.

I read where the franchise owner was 70 years old and the lease was up and he didn't want to sign a new long term lease.

My dad worked here and they closed it because the owner lived to far away and no one would take the building because of the roof and other stuff they took the tables trash cans ect. to the other Hardee’s the owner had the owner gave a lot of stuff to the employees like we have some stuff from there the soda thing it still there because the people who owned it didn’t come pick it up but the staff was great the food was great I miss it

6:11 I believe that's how they opened the window. Lean against the round thing and the window opens.

Good video! We don't have too many Hardee's up here in NY, that I know of!

I worked at a Hardee's where I live and it closed down. The reason why it closed down, when I worked there people days and hours were cut down and no one wouldn't work there because of that. Then they shut Hardee's down in 2000 or 2001.

The little door is for deliveries supplies

Hey. There are many Kings closed down including one in Delmont, PA. May be worth taking a look at.

Sick video man! I just started filming abandoned locations myself! I love watching other peoples content so I can see how to better my stuff! Keep up the good work!

Gooodvideo I last ate at this hardees back in October so I knew it closed recently.

Wow! That’s a big ol’ one!

That round thing is to push it so the drive thru window to open

Hardee-har-har!!!!😀

Well done wallie

Yeah, it sucks, loved the curly fries. That one was a pretty short walk from my place and right next to where I do my banking, was my favorite fast-food-fix place.

Great video wallie! Awesome man sad that a other Hardee’s is closed more then anything it close because of lack of employees

I ate there once or twice a year and the big burgers were the best fast burger in the valley. Mushroom and Swiss was my favorite. I even learned how to replicate the sauce myself. The curly fries were great also when they are hot and freshly made. Otherwise not worth buying as we all know cold fries suck. 30 years ago that stretch of road was banging with clubs and places to eat. The drunk driving laws put most of them out of business. People just don't want to go out anymore. Fear of being arrested. I'm not condoning drinking and driving. Just stating facts.

If you ever are in HERSHEY, you probably will pass the TRUIST bank branch in the heart of town, near Hersheypark. This bank is in the parking lot of an apartment building tower. Before a bank was there, a Hardee's was at that spot! I was sad to see the Hardee's close back in 2003 or 2004. Hardee's had locations in the Philly metro area in the 70's, but sadly those all closed in 1979. Then Hardee's returned to the Philly area in the early 90's when they bought ROY ROGERS, but sadly Hardee's left the Philly area (for the second time!) by the end of the 90's.

Cool LCV shirt! I miss Hardee's. All we have are Carl's Jr. it's not the same.

I could go for a Frisco burger. Yum. I have 3 in Fargo near me. Sadly their not as good as they once were. 🤨

Funny because just yesterday, I past by the Hardee's and there was no line at all, but it was open. I remember eating there 2020, who knows when they'll open up the dining room back up.

It is for when workers hands are full with your order. They lean on it to open the window

Ok when I saw wheeling west Virginia I instantly thought of the Billy Joel song balled of billy the kid. From town know as wheeling west Virginia road a boy with a 6 gun in his hand...😂 Great video guys keep it up.👍

There was one that I used to go that did closed a long time ago. It is torn down a few weeks ago. Ol

I love that shirt 👕 I own the movie 🍿 totally funny 😄

Last time I was at my local Hardee's it might as well close. Took me thirty minutes to get food. The food was good but the closed dining room and only three people working....bet that is what happened here. Who wants to wait thirty minutes in the drive thru? So now I just go to Sonic. Our Hardee's is still holding on but it's hurting on time. They got customers but they lost me on that wait time. The pandemic hurt a lot of places. People not wanting to go back to work or not wanting to work fast food hurt a lot of places. However, on the flip side Wallie may not gt food but he had abandoned place to film and eplore for us so.... win...win.... I guess

I like your new videos keep making more new funny videos

I'm with you Wallie, I am absolutely DONE with drive-thrus. I'm sick and tired of eating my food hunched over the steering wheel like an escaped convict on the run. I want to go pee, wash my hands, and sit at a table and eat my sandwich like a human being, ESPECIALLY when I'm on a road trip. If cannot accommodate that, their competition next door or across the street or the next shopping center over WILL!

The Hardee's near me also hasn't reopened their dining room since 2020. Last time I asked the manager he said it was because of staffing issues.

I hear ya Wallie , the McDonald’s here looks like a nazi war bunker , no uniqueness left anymore.

I really wanted to eat at Hardee’s I remember I went to Kentucky going to the Ark Encounter and we were grabbing something to eat we were thinking about Hardee’s but we went to McDonalds instead

Wallie....are you close to the bridge collapse in Pittsburgh today (1/28) ? That would be a very interesting video if you're able to get any footage.

I ate there in 2019 as well, would have been in march, it was decent then

This closed down only a year ago. Ate here alot as a kid

There's a couple places here in Weatherford that do a drive thru only business. They don't seem to have a lot of business either.

Cool

Nice video

I really like Hardee’s and I wish there were more in western Pennsylvania. There is one in Hancock, MD that I stop at whenever I go to Virginia. But it’s been over 2 years since I’ve been to VA, so I don’t know if it’s still even open!

Not bad

Have lived next to wheeling all my life in Ohio and never knew there was a Hardee’s there

We have a Hardee's in eatonton it's now a Popeyes the inside it of early 1970,s ventage someone bought out Hardee's franchise back in the day the color scheme of the building,s use be orange and blue.cke restaurant chain bought out the Hardee's franchise

It's funny there's no hardees in the Philly area or the counties around Philly but if you go about an hour west from where I live they have them out around the York pa and Harrisburg area and if you go about an hour south from where I live they have a bunch of hardees in the state of Delaware and in Maryland

Watching on Roku. Video was posted tomorrow. Congrats on the time warp. Lol

i guess there could be plenty of reasons any place closes but still kind of sad that any place shuts its doors for good...

They don't have any in the Lancaster pa area either

I've eaten at an Arby's in Wheeling West Virginia I wonder if it's still open It's near the expressway

Well sounds like Pizza hunt in Rockford Michigan