Charlie slowly going from saying "Long John Silver's" to "LJS" after making fun of someone for even attempting to create an abbreviation for it is fucking fantastic
In like 2008 my parents stopped at an LJS in desperation for a toilet. there was a bell near the exit that said "ring me if you enjoyed your meal". It was coated in a comical amount of cobwebs
Long John Silver is the real life equivalent of the Chum Bucket. They should actually market themselves as some sort of sick challenge to eat their food and not vomit afterwards.
My local Long John Silvers closed and the very recognizable building was repainted grey and black and turned into a "Cremation Society" where old people come to meet and discuss how they wanna be scorched to dust. Pretty poetic if you ask me.
My old boss was a professionally trained chef, he said he had only worked one fast food job in his life and it was long john silvers. He was hired on as a manager and quit his first day because the employees were shooting each other with bleach spray like water guns
Worked for Taco Bell, Burger King, McDonald's, Sonic, Wendy's, and Carls Jr. (in order over about 12 years) and every single place had an unprofessional group of employees. It's not solely a long John Silvers issue. At McDonald's one of my co-workers literally dropped a McDouble on the ground and when he was about to throw it away our boss told him not to waste product and just use a napkin to wipe it off. At Sonic the cooks never wore gloves, at Carls Jr our boss (a 40 year-old who was around 450 pounds) would take home a dozen burgers every shift and let us all eat for free if we didn't tell anyone. At Taco Bell one of my coworkers blew his nose into a burrito prior to folding it up because he knew the customer and didn't like him.
Sounds like a garbage manager if he couldnt get a few 16 year olds to take direction. You're talking up a friend who is clearly not a "proffesionally trained chef".
@@Travybear1989 I would be waiting in the parking lot for them to get off work if they blew their nose in my food.. That's foul. Actually made me dry heave reading that. 😆
I ate at Long John Silver's once, the fried shrimp turned my entire digestive system inside out and gave me severe testicular cancer. So anyways it wasn't that bad.
When I was in high school, I once skipped class to do something off campus. As the day went on, I got hungry and saw a Long John Silver's restaurant nearby. I decided to go in and order a combo box of popcorn shrimp and hushpuppies. Unfortunately, the food was soggy and unappetizing. I regretted my decision and felt like I was being punished for skipping class. This experience taught me to think twice before skipping class again.
@@6ix9ineshairline That should be their new marketing tactic lol. A fast-food chain that you go to just to punish yourself. Skipping class? Soggy food so bad you want to go. Procrastinating? Well if you decide to procrastinate with Long John Silver's, you'll get food poisoning as a result! That'll be a lesson. LJS could be an opposite Starbucks, where you sit there to force yourself to get your work done, and then get the fuck out of there without ordering anything. But, it might tempt you to, and some people will, which means profit!
LJS is a seafood fast food establishment that started in lexington Kentucky, a state which is landlocked by at least 2 orders of magnitude in every direction. That should tell you everything you need to know
Landlocked by at least two orders of magnitude? So there's at least 100 other states in each direction? (You were making a good--or at least funny--point spoiled with weird misuse of "orders of magnitude"; I swear, that's the new "exponential" or "decimated".)
The more times Charlie rejects the idea of a Long John Silver’s tier list, the more he guarantees it will happen. He’s been on the internet long enough to know how this works.
The original fish platter with 3 pieces of battered fish, 2 hush puppies, fries, and slaw is actually really good. I rarely eat fast food but I usually make an exception and eat there once or twice a month because it's different and not just some regular old burger. Their chicken and other items suck though for sure, always get the battered cod.
I've had some 2/10 experiences and 9/10 experiences at Long John Silver's. Seems like it really depends on location, especially considering poorly-prepared seafood can be a lot worse than poorly-prepared everything else.
@@flameepidemic4839used to go to a LJS AnW in new mexico. root beer float with some fish and chicken honestly went hard as fuck. moved states and now the 1 solo LJS in the area recently shut down (went there once, not the same at all)
@@LycanKai14I used to work at long John silvers, and if you seen how the food was prepared, then you wouldn't eat there. they do not care about the quality of their food.
I work in the seafood department at a grocery store, and I get the feeling it would be a nightmare running a huge chain seafood restaurant. A lot of fish are very inconsistent in their availability.
The majority of fast food breaded fish is Pollock where it's cheapest. The fish in any fish n' chips or fishsticks you've eaten in your life was likely Pollock.
It's because wild fish has been heavily over fished. They transitioned to farmed fish and tried to say its better for various reasons. I could go on, but all of the food bought in most places is extremely under par due to humanity over eating and not having their own or at least using locally sourced foods. A lot of 1st world countries are over eating, and because of that, the quality of food has dropped dramatically. We shouldn't be able to get what we want, when we want. There are seasons for a reason. Consumerist society at its peak and everything suffers because of it. But who am I to say, I'm just a lonely warrior in my garden doing my bit for my loved ones. Have a blessed week, guys! 🙏🙌💜
@@WarriorInAGarden. How do you locally source food for 3 million people on an island? Or a few million in the desert? You can't. The modern world requires mass farming and mass fishing to sustain the population we have. So unless you want a third at best or half the world population to fucking starve, who knows you might loads of people do, you can't just "locally source" food.
My grandpa, who passed from nothing long John silvers related, used to love the restaurant and he said very specific food is the best but others will give you food poisoning. He stopped eating it when the one near our house closed but I'm sure he's eating LJS in heaven.
as someone who works as LJS 2 (Captain Ds) I can confirm that before we got a grill for the baked meals, my store used to MICROWAVE RAW FISH!! and serve it to customers. don’t even care if I get fired at this point, it’s genuine hell at Captin ds.
at least at LJS the fried items are dipped in batter and fried onsite in 33g of genuine trans fats and aren't just soggy bug meat rolled in bread crumbs
The flutuating cost of seafood in general makes LJS' business model of low cost seafood difficult to maintain. As soon as they were acquired by a fast food conglomerate where they were neglected, to the point where quality and cleanliness were allowed to decline, was the final nail in the coffin.
@@HotDiggityDoggi have no idea how the one in our town is still open. Haven't seen anyone there in the past decade. We used to go when I was a kid every once in a while but yeah it fell off hard.
My wife used to work at a LJS and saved them from a fire. They always have those dry wooden pillars out front and customers would drop their smokes through the holes. Naturally my wife had cups on water on standby because the pillars kept catching fire. She left and a few months later the building turned into a "Crispy Fish and Chicken" which is still LJS in every way but name.
Had a friend that was a cook at the Long John's and the only reason I ever ate there was because he would get us food for free and if we took the receipt survey we got a free slice of pie lmfao. Being a broke kid and getting free food was dope but it probably shaved a few years off of our lives.
given how many of them have burnt down and the fact that opening a long john silvers franchise is literally the worst possible investment you could make, I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that most of the fires are insurance fraud.
i knew two people in my life that actually enjoy LJS. The first one was a coworker in his mid 60s that thought black pepper was too spicy. The second one was a middle aged man at my local Hyundai dealership who was complaining about the LJS in town being replaced by a popeyes.
Long John Silver is literally famous for pretending to be a ship cook and ends up tricking and betraying the crew so they can get treasure, so this all tracks
The ones near me in Georgia have been "closed for remodel" for years. No one has ever been there to do any remodeling. I do remember liking it as a kid in the 90s, but kids' taste buds don't really count.
I don't like fish. So it was never an option for me, but as a kid, I remember my mom taking me. And it was by far one of the worst experiences of my life.
I will never trust people who like fish because they will say "Oh, but salmon is so good if you just cook it right and then have a good sauce and then give it really good sides..." So what you just told me is it's not good and the appeal is actually the sauce and sides.
I used to eat at LJS regularly as a kid. Maybe like 5 years ago, I decided to try it again after decades of not. I legitimately was sick the rest of the day. If I recall, Joey's World Tour did a video eating the whole Big Catch Meal. He loved it, so you know it's bad.
My parents used to take me to McDonalds as a kid, i legit never liked it, the toilets were gross just stank, Fortunatly i was sick at one so my parents stopped taking me. I think most fast food places are god awful tbh. The only good thing they serve is fries which are very dry only being redeemed by the salt content.
I worked at Long John Silvers for about 6 months and only quit about a few weeks ago. That place was a nightmare. Barely anybody actually cleaned the equipment properly, we commonly had to cook with bad oil, somebody caused a fire in the fryers a few weeks ago, and corporate pushed a sexual harassment case under the rug and proceeded to fire my boss who reported it to them.
The most shocking thing about LJS is that it's lasted this long. The last time I went to the one in my town was in 1993, and even back then you could tell that it was worse than the other fast food places. It finally shut down in 2017, but there's still one in the next town over. It's unbelievable.
I think they're part of that Yum Brands empire that also owns Taco Bell, KFC, A&W, etc. Apparently, KFC makes about 200 billion dollars per minute in Asia, so they've got money to waste on things like LJS. I suspect they kinda forgot it exists, or no one can be bothered to do the paperwork and it's easier to keep it running. Lol
The only time I've ever been to Long John Silvers my mom took a bite of her food, tried to explain to an employee that her fish was slimy, he argued with her, and she got turbo food poisoning. She still has all her limbs though so could've been worse.
I once ate a slice a pizza from the trash at the break room at work (it was still in thr box) so I'm definitely not picky with food but long John silvers is so salty and dry, nooooo thank you
There’s a really old restaurant that has a sign saying “if you don’t like the food, head down to long John silvers” the signs so old it outlasted the long Joan silvers down the road and I still eat there today
I remember when I was 10, my family was staying at a hotel, due to a power outage in our area from high winds, and we decided to eat at LJS across the street. I remember getting some fish and hush puppies there, and about 10 minutes after we finished our meal, I had a sharp pain in my stomach. I ran into the restroom in our suite and was just vomiting for a good minute. This was the first time I've ever experienced food poisoning in my life, and I vividly remember feeling like shit for a couple days after. I don't know how they are still in business after reading some of the stories here.
@@user-bt7sh2hi2p Did you even read what disease is indicated to happen that fast on the CDC website? If you did, the original commenter wouldn't be saying they had diarrhea, they would be telling us of the lawsuit they filed against LJS for giving them Staph and nearly killing them.
I had an ex who was from a semi-rural area and his first job was at a Long John Silver’s. He said it was a really chill, fun job because almost no one ever came in and he just goofed off all day with his coworkers. The fact that no one ever came in is saying something because this was an area where an Olive Garden opening up in town was a MASSIVE deal. I’ve never eaten there; he said the food was pretty bad in hindsight but acceptable to him at the time.
I have nostalgia. I always would get long john silver in texas because of my dad. He was sick and had to go out of town frequently for doctors appointments and our small town had closed around 2007/2008 (not entirely sure as i was a kid) my dad got sick when i was 15 (that was 2015) anyways when he would come home from his doctors visits from out of town he would always bring me long john silvers. He passed away over 2yrs ago. I moved to ca towards the end of 2020. I have yet to find a long john silvers close to where I live. The fact that your intro mentioned Long John Silvers brought me to tears bc i miss my dad and now oddly I want Long john Silvers. I havent had it since i was 19 yrs old. Im now 23 yrs old. 0:02
Gotta say I don’t know why this was the top comment for me, but I’m glad it was! Your father sounds like a standup guy I’m glad you have fond memories with him and thank you for sharing your story, God Bless!
I’m so glad you’re talking about this. I once went to an LJS years ago with my family. My dad was gaslighted by the ads on tv. The fish was horribly dry and the fries were no better. Needless to say, that was our first and last time there.
As a recent employee of LJS, it's mainly senior citizens, most busy is on SSI check days, and employees are paid shit wages. I do occasionally enjoy it when I'm in search of something salty and greasy. My go to order is an order of clams and a piece of fish. But, when I did work there, my favorite was double battering the fish, extra crunchy. It is unhealthy, but there are days it just slaps.
@@mitsuakiyama8934 yeah, it's rare that I get it, but sometimes it's just a craving, if you haven't tried the clams, I suggest them, I usually get a double order when I've had a few drinks and need to throw something snackable into my face.
My mom went there with her friend for her birthday and they both got severe food poisoning and it took over a month and half a dozen calls for them to get a full refund. It really is as dangerous as he says, I feel so bad for my mom’s friend. Such a depressing place to have a birthday dinner.
a couple years back I ate a turkey club at a gas station and managed to lose 30lbs during that weekend due to the intestinal exorcism I suffered. In hindsight I should have gone to the hospital food poisoning can kill you.
@@bigfanofdong You ever hear of water weight? That's around what I lost cause I spent a whole weekend sitting on a toilet projectile shitting and vomiting into a bucket, sometimes simultaneously. If you think that's a lie, well why the fuck would I lie about such stupid thing? There is nothing to be gained from it. It's not like someones going to read that comment and be like oh here B that's horrible here's a 1000$.
So no joke, I worked at a doctor’s office for a few years, and we would legitimately tell patients who had constipation to try eating there. It worked quite often, probably too well. So yeah, it’s certainly quality food lol. That said, there hush puppies aren’t too bad.
I’m sorry but paying a doctor to prescribe you fast food from a huge chain restaurant instead of actual laxatives is the most American thing I have heard of this year. I mean Jesus Christ lol.
like no shit, they used to be fire in the 2000s but they stopped uphoding their standard, no matter which one ive went too these days the oil is bad, food overcooked, and fish smelled rotten, to see the mighty have fallen
I ate at Long John Silvers many times as a kid. The location in our town was run by some really great people, which is probably why the quality was better than expectation. Never got sick once. BUT I think the mere concept of fast food seafood is a frightening one and I have never eaten at LJS since I moved away from that town
I remember when I was maybe 5 My dad got sick from that place. And we’ve never gone back, I also remember when he got pneumonia I don’t know if it was from LJS but either way, he got sick by that weird place.
Speaking of shady restaurants. There was a hole in the wall restaurant downtown Toronto that I used to go to when I had only a few bucks to spare for dinner. Everything was so cheap. You could spend $3 on a meal and be good and full. They made everything from cheap grocery name brand stuff like Wonderbread etc. The only way a place like that could stay above water is if it was owned by the mob. Edit: This was around 2015. I'm not sure if it is still open
@MB-ev9ix it was literally discount brands you see at your local grocery store. It was passable. But for a broke guy in his early 20s, like I was, I really couldn't complain for the price.
There is, or was, a few places like that around Toronto. My favourite one was a little breakfast nook that had ego waffles and dixie cups of gutrot vodka for $5. Shadyest place ive ever been, but damn if it wasnt the perfect hangover cure.
one of my all time favorite places to eat during college was a tiny market stall where the guy had a single massive grill that he cooked everything on. All he made was sandwiches and there wasnt a single healthy item on the menu, but a decently stacked Bacon and fried egg sandwich cost 1.50 and was better than one id make myself at home
Fun fact: you can buy a box of crunchies. (The flaky batter that sticks to the fish and comes in the bottom of box) if you ask they will put some in the box and give it to you.
Remember when Charlie made up CP allegations about Max because he got a nerve struck, was upset and in his feelings. It's a projection, young girls and people are trying to bring up and call it out but he bans instantly. Just to take attention off of his own self...
I always wonder if the employees ever leave the restaurant. Never have I ever come across a Long John Silver's worker out in the wild, I believe they are trapped in the building some how.
Lmao my last job was at Long Johns and it really depends on the store. A few are terrible, most are bad and theres a handful of good ones. Its just like british food, if made right its fine if made wrong its disgusting😅
@@hudsonkammer I worked at the best rated one in the country in PA so my experience isn't normal. We were busy as hell most days, but we also got to see what the sales were like in the other stores and most are barely scraping by. The reason it hasn't failed is because it keeps getting bought out and resold. They're owned by whoever owns taco bell now iirc.
My dad was a manager for awhile at an LJS. It was literally the worse job he ever had because of how the manager prior to him let anything happened. He turned it around for a few months only for him to be fired for something he didnt even have a connection to.. Only for that same one to shut down not even a month later due lmfao
I actually have liked LJS growing up, I would feed my kids it regularly when they had the $20 family box. That being said, you learn there are some foods you NEVER order (green beans most likely have been sitting for a week).
LJS used to be one of my favorite restaurants as a kid. There was a freshly remodeled one near where I lived combined with an A&W which made amazing chicken planks and cheese curds. That said, the last time I visited the food quality had gone down hill, the floors were missing tiles, and everything felt dilapidated, but I still have fond memories at least. I went to another shadier LJS in a different town as a kid and caught a horrible norovirus that nearly killed me and gave me the rare chance to lose 15 lbs in a few hours and see infinity from dehydration, so that was fun too I guess.
The Long John's in my town got something that I've never seen before. After it's last Health inspection ....the building was literally torn down to the foundation because of the report being so bad and was never rebuilt. Oh, and the building wasn't even 15 years old, if not younger. I'm so glad I never ate there. I like Captain D's anyway
are you referring to "Denny's" when you say captian D? I have always been skeptical of Denny's in my town but always had a want to try it, but it seems as bad as LJS
Last time I ate at LJS, I got food poisoning from a quite literally rancid french fry, and then a few months later, I overheard a stranger in a checkout line talking about how they also got food poisoning at the same LJS. I used to love their food, but I've sworn them off since then.
Well not all locations will be that way, just avoid that particular one. I've done that with a few places Sounds like a painful experience, that's awful
Our local LJS had some minor cosmetic smoke damage when the neighboring restaurant caught fire a few months back. Instead of repainting the one side of the building, they just bulldozed it. I think that says a lot about how popular they are.
Practice. Man's been streaming for years, making videos for longer, and I'm sure he tries to be funny around his friends, too. It may sound weird, but improv IS something you can practice and create a skill in.
We in Australia have a roast chicken fast food joint called "Red Rooster", their stores are basically ghost towns but haven't closed and are actually opening new stores yearly, and there's a running joke that the person keeping it alive is either playing a long prank or it's a money laundering business.
Red Rooster is actually kinda banger now, they nailed fried chicken tbh and the chips are rlly good. Honestly prefer it over KFC in my city, the KFC is 90% of the time rlly rlly greasy
The last time I ever went to a Long John Silvers it was because one of my roommates unironically wanted it and the three of us drove to the nearest one. As soon as we pulled into the delapidated parking lot, an employee walked up to our car and asked us if we would buy two buckets of chicken from him for $20… it was so weird and unexpected we left. Probably saved us from food poisoning.
Remember when Charlie made up CP allegations about Max because he got a nerve struck, was upset and in his feelings. It's a projection, young girls and people are trying to bring up and call it out but he bans instantly. Just to take attention off of his own self...
In my neighborhood, there was a long John silvers that had a sewage line break and there was literal raw sewage in the kitchen and no one even cleaned it, I think the whole place burnt down a week later. That’s insurance fraud to the HIGHEST order
Please remember that restaurants that utilize franchisees often can vary wildly in quality if the company managing the brand doesn't have high standards. This often turns out that said restaurants are bad quality at most locations with a couple regional franchisees that are higher in quality than the rest due to the franchise owner enforcing their own higher standards
Yeah I’ve had some really good and really bad fast food, all from the same chains, but different buildings. Like really good Burger King and really meh Burger King. Same for other restaurants
Which is weird because McDonald's is consistent throughout. I don't think I've ever been to a McDonald's where the quality of the food varied wildly it's always around the same level.
@@revolverocelot1380 It's cuz McDonalds has standardized ways to prepare each item. Working in one is almost like a machine with human gears, pumping out the exact same food on repeat through the company's exact same directions every time.
I'll eat there maybe 2 or 3 times a year. Basically just long enough to forget how terrible it is and how awful I feel after eating it. It's one of those 'man, I haven't had that in a while' moments followed by regret.
Happened to me a few months ago. I hadnt had it in years and I love fish and chips. Ate a giant plate of chicken, fish and fries and felt horrible for a day and a half.
It’s not horrible in taste but my god it ruins your day. Also I swear to you, maybe it’s just near me, but every time I go inside i find nothing but the greasiest, oiliest people on the planet there. An odd thing I’ve noticed.
@@Th3Watch3rI hate bots too, but why are you replying to them? You're changing nothing. Bots don't respond. There's no point replying to them, or only when you're a like beggar
I ate burger king right before a 450 dose of lsd and got food poisoning, and basically had explosive diarrhea for the entirety of my peak. burger king chicken nuggets, never again.
After eating there once as a child, I started thinking of Long John Silver's as the real life Chum Bucket, and I haven't been able to get that out of my mind since. Also, my Uncle genuinely likes LGS (the acronym used by only the realest fans). He's in poor health, but he might be their only surviving longtime fan.
I remember ordering long johns twice accidentally through one of their ghost stores in Postmates, the first time they canceled the damn order, the 2nd time I wished they canceled it again
Man seeing all these long John slivers horror stories is crazy cause I use to eat there all the time when I was a kid. Granted I never ate the seafood I always got the chicken lmao but I use to love going there as a kid and always ringing the bell on the way out
Yeah, same. Never had bad food from the one near me. Been a regular there for over 20 years and it's always pretty solid. I just get the regular fish platter though.
I went once with a friend as mostly a joke. Everyone says it's the worst fast food place, it's seafood (not good for fastfood), and the meme "long john silver's enjoyer" was pretty popular at the time. We saw it on the side of the road and just went on a whim, curious if it was as bad as people say it is. Surprisingly, the food was pretty great! I got the 12 pack of fried shrimp, and my friend got the platter that gave you two chicken strips, a piece of fried fish, and two pieces of fried shrimp. Obviously, its fried food, not the healthiest or the best type of seafood in the world, but it was edible, and neither of us got sick afterward (which I guess shouldn't be high praise, but for seafood it's not a guarantee). Now, it was a joint restaurant merging with a KFC, but I haven't been a fan of KFC before either, so it wasn't like it was going to raise the quality *that* much. It's also worth mentioning it was a LJS in Florida, which has a much better way of accessing fresh(er) seafood than other parts of the country. It's also the only LJS I've been to, so it might just be a diamond in a sea of shit, but for what it could've been it was a pretty good diamond. The LJS was also pristine, very unusual for a fast food restaurant, let alone a LJS. As for making a Tier List, you're better off not trying. It's too risky to go and possibly get a bad restaurant, and with how finnicky seafood can be, it's not worth it. I'm just happy I pulled the biggest lottery win of all time going to LJS and getting good food.
@@BernStoogin From Florida, if that counts. Not saying it's the best seafood I've ever had (that'd be sad), but it definitely wasn't the worst. Still going to call it a one in a million chance that the seafood fast food restaurant had actually decent (edible) food.
True story: Got my blood drawn at the doctor and they said “have you eaten at LJS today?” I said how tf do you know that? Apparently it’s the worst place in town to eat so much so that the doctor drawing my blood knows where I ate. Fkn insane bruh. Btw it was over priced and disgusting.
There was a dilapidated mall in my hometown area that only had one active restaurant in its food court, and that was Long John Silver's. We decided that meant they had no restaurants at all
I vividly remember eating at long john silvers one time when I was a kid and it was the nastiest restaurant I've ever been in. The workers were giant grease balls, guaranteed hadn't showered for days let alone washed their hands. Not even gonna start about the food. When I drive by one I feel sick. Never ever again.
I used to work for In-N-Out for 3 years and I was a giant grease ball as well. Comes with the territory. I used to mix dawn dish soap into my shampoo and body wash after the first two years and that made a big difference though. When you work around deep fryers as well as clean them good luck not getting greasy.
There’s this abandoned Long John Silvers in Naples, FL that they refuse to demolish. It just stands there for eternity... for as decrepit as it is, it only looks slightly worse than an operating location...
I loved Long Johns Silver's as a kid. I remember the one in my hometown having this cool aged dark wood interior, with ropes everywhere, making it look like you were on a pirate ship. It's where I discovered the magic of malt vinegar on fried fish. And those crispy fried batter bits that accompany your fish were awesome. I've only eaten there a couple of times as an adult; I thought it was still pretty good (although, sadly, it looked like any other fast-food place on the inside). They may well have gone downhill since then, though; it was a long time ago, because they don't have any locations near me anymore.
I'm not surprised many of them burned down. Last time I went to an LJS, everything was covered in a layer of old, sticky grease. The counters, the soda machine even the takeout containers. I never went back.
I used to love Long John silver's as a kid, they just all closed down around me. I had and still have an unnatural love of seafood. So much so that when I was about 4 years old I had to be taken to the hospital because I ate a pound of raw shrimp out of the refrigerator.
I refused to eat an egg when I was 4 because I was absolutely convinced that there was a chick inside the yolk. Lol you were fearless. (I was also basically vegan from 5-7 because I couldn’t fathom eating an animal but here I am frying up steaks tonight.) 😂😂😂😂
LJS was my first job. I enjoyed it for the time, but that was back in 2011. I do enjoy it, I really do. It's always been a bit more costly than some of the other places. ALL of it is fried, so you need to be ready for that. They also use a wet batter, which tends to absorb more oil as it replaces the water in the batter. I didn't know there was so much hate against them. The one I started work at is no longer around. It was replaced with a walk-in clinic. My go-to back in 2011 was the #7. 2pc fish, 2hushpuppies, fries, and drink.
There WERE two in my area. One was awful and closed, the other is a combo with A&W and is pretty awesome. And they have the best ice, which you can just buy bags of for use at home. It's the kind of ice you used to be able to get in the red cups at Pizza Hut.
Dude no lie LJS was my first job too!!! I worked casher and cook both over my time there. This was back in 2006-2008. Wasn't bad at ALL then either. I honestly liked their chicken and their fish both. Hush puppies were good. Batter was fire...the crunchies...the little batter droppings...mix them fuckers with some ketchup. Mmmm
Chain restaurants and businesses can be a real shocker depending on whose doing it, there is a franchise in the UK called Flavas and it's like black flies landing on the food areas and pizza toppings is just a part of the franchise branding and it baffles me.
British munchy takeaway food is top tier level these days, and all the constituent countries have their own specialities, but some sit in restaurants are still microwaved awfulness.
I actually had a friend and his dad who legit loved the place. They took me once at the mall food court and it was the grossest food I’ve ever had. This was back in 1995-ish but I can’t imagine it’s gotten better since.
As someone who literally got fired two days after Christmas working at an LJS, I can say it's not as bad as you think, it's honestly just how the employees and management handle the food. It can seem pretty sketchy at times and I'm kind of glad I don't work there anymore.
If it's not as bad as we think but you still say it's sketchy and all that, how bad do you think we think it is? What do you consider sketchy? So many questions here.
9:18 … I’m so glad you said that about chilis. I worked there for 6 years and I genuinely never got sick of the food. Their food is far above Applebees. Take similar/same menu items from each and it’s not even close. Their prices are comparable too. For the record, my go to menu item was buffalo chicken ranch sandwich add cheddar and bacon. If you’re really feeling hungry, add an extra piece of chicken to it too (of course at that point you’ll likely need extra wing sauce and ranch as well).
Went to the chillis for the first time ever last year and the food was great but the service was *initially* disgustingly bad. It took us 20 minutes to even get our drinks ordered. Wrong cooked steak , wrong sauces and gave us the wrong dessert. Lmao. BUT. everytime, they nicely fixed the situation for me and my wife and it's not like I was being rude either and after everytime they came back with new and right stuff it was great. So w there
@@KJ33 to judge a chain restaurant like that on their service is a little rough imo. Most people that work there aren’t lifers, typically younger people who (especially these days) don’t really care about that. They think they’re entitled to a 20% tip regardless. I was specifically just referring to the quality/taste of the food itself. Regardless of the initial poor experience, I’m glad they made things right in the end and you enjoyed it.
@@bernietoth still tipped 20% didn't change my thought on them. Just saying how my experience went. (Edit) Should note that the dessert was free because they took so long to get to our table to order our drinks when we sat down. Lol
My family ate there somewhat commonly in the 90's. Great memories duing their golden era. I loved the fried fish planks with malt vinegar. I only eat fast food 1-2 times a year as an adult, so there's 0 chance I'm choosing Long John Silver's for those opportunities. I'm happy to keep the good memories of them though, nothing lasts forever.
I almost never eat fast food either but I make it a yearly tradition to stop by and eat at the local on in memory of my grandma who loved eating there on her birthday.
I’m from Singapore, long John silver here is really good. I actually enjoy the chicken tenders they sell and I’ve tried their spicy fish sandwich too and it’s really good. You should look up the LJS menu in Singapore. They have a variety and also have seasonal menu items depending on the current holiday we celebrate here.
It's ironic but most USA fastfood chains are better in quality, service and cleanliness outside USA. My American cousins were shocked at how better they are outside of USA whenever they visit my country.
All you need to do is look at the KFC menu in Japan to wonder why the KFC here in America is so lackluster. I often wish to try the KFCs abroad and see if they're worth the hype.
Many years ago I was hanging out with 4 friends and they all wanted to go to Long John Silvers for lunch. I objected because i have a personal rule about not eating seafood from fast food restaurants. Something about it is just wrong. But I went along with them anyway just to hang out. When we got there I didn't order anything and just chatted. An hour later all 4 of them were sick with food poisoning. True story.
I worked at a gas station last year, and thankfully Circle K seems to have decent food policies. Their hot held food items didn't stay for more than a few hours, because we either constantly made more during the day, or shut off the hot case for night shift.
Circle K is the best, I used to frequent one near my work and the first time I got hot food I got this fried catfish and it was the best shit ever. So deliciously crunchy. I was shocked at the quality
I'm the kitchen captain at my local Circle K, and they really do. It does help that all of the food is already cooked, we just reheat it basically. But they're very strict about food times and rotation
I legit grew up 5 min away from a LJS, never had any intention to walk inside it. It closed down as I’m looking at the yelp reviews describing what a horrible mess it was. A bullet most definitely dodged
I remember I was driving with my family once in Tennessee and tried to use the Siri on my phone to get directions to nearby restaurants. No matter what I said, despite being far from the only option to eat in the area we were in, I kid you not- the only thing Siri did was reply with “GETTING DIRECTIONS TO LONG JOHN SILVERS”. Their business must be so bad that they’ve hijacked the maps app on my phone in order to reroute hungry travelers to their restaurant.
I worked at LongJohnSilvers for a little over a year (I live in the southern part of Virginia) and the people that came to eat there were almost always regulars (the only new faces I saw were people visiting the town) and if it wasn't exactly the way they wanted it they would get violent. A couple fights have broken out and on several occasions, people would brandish their guns. Several fires broke out, none that damaged the store, and there was even a sinkhole in the parking lot that closed businesses for a few days. The day we opened back up was hell because people needed the 'Long John's fix'. Their words, not mine.
One thing I've learned living in the South is that in smaller cities/towns the gas station food is fire. Used to get a box of chicken tenders and fries for cheap and it was better than chicken shops.
Yeah, use to live in a very small town (to the point it can be classified as a village) and it had no fast food, so the only option for quick food was the only gas station in town. And they made sure that food was as fresh as it could be, they didn't leave any left over food out, and sometimes would exchange what was there midday. Helped the gas station also was only one of two places with pizza, being the only one with pizza after I moved away.
