What is your most missed fast food chain?

@brianbenedict8374

Ай бұрын

SAMS Hamburgers 5 for 5 dollars

@DoktorChill

Ай бұрын

The Hot N Now by me was turned into an auto store.

@gregggoss2210

Ай бұрын

Not fast food, but definitely Howard Johnson. Oh man, Stuckey's pecan log rolls. Nothing compares.

@firemedic6509

Ай бұрын

Burger Chef.

@BossSpringsteen69

Ай бұрын

McDonalds. Lost it's flavor.

I have an A&W right down the street from me. There are several through out Michigan and there are some in Wisconsin also.

@nexusvideo

Ай бұрын

The still have stores - but the drive ins closed.

@sean9923

Ай бұрын

I wish they were still in illinois

@ronmcdonald4230

Ай бұрын

I'm 1 block from A&W in Michigan also. We have most of these restaurants still

@joem2267

Ай бұрын

One close to my house in Ohio as well. They still have the drive up window or you can park and eat in your car.

@sf-dn8rh

Ай бұрын

There building a new a & w in south Colorado

Sizzler was me and my dad’s favorite, miss him much

@einundsiebenziger5488

Ай бұрын

... was my* and my dad's favorite

@raymiller4808

Ай бұрын

When I went to Puerto Rico I was amazed to see a sizzles buffet!!! I was like wow man !

@raymiller4808

Ай бұрын

Sorry sizzles it was good

@raymiller4808

Ай бұрын

Darn it ! Auto type...sizzler

@dacommish23

Ай бұрын

Sizzles was a treat when I was in elementary and jr. High

Shaky's Pizza & Ferrill's Ice Cream for me and I'm 60 yrs old! Quite the memories for me!😀

@swearenginlawanda

Ай бұрын

I grew up calling it "shi#$ys" pizza. Sorry

@DoktorChill

Ай бұрын

Ferrillos was a blast

@swearenginlawanda

Ай бұрын

@@DoktorChill i think there is still one over near Redlands.

@andyvonyeast332

Ай бұрын

We had a Shaky’s in Cedar Rapids Iowa where I grew up. We didn’t eat out often, but did go there several times a year.

@reeldirtiestudios

21 күн бұрын

There's shakeys all over california

A&W in Canada is going strong. You even used footage from the Canadian commercials.

@davinadavina1331

Ай бұрын

yeah, we have one in a gas station on the freeway 15 going back to los angeles from las vegas

@lesteranderson7817

Ай бұрын

Canadians are probably smart enough to know that a 1/3 pound burger is BIGGER than a 1/4 pound burger. Unfortunately a large number of Americans aren’t. Funny they didn’t mention this problem in the video.

@xarisstylianou

Ай бұрын

I used to love Woolies food ,,it eas fast and chep For brickky it had to be M,S❤️❤️❤️

A&W was a huge family favorite in the 50s and 60s. We would take a drive in the country and eventually end up at DQ or A&W. A&W used to serve free baby beers in small mugs to us kids. On a hot summer afternoon, the ice-cold root beer was heaven-sent. Very fond memories.

@kristenp5835

Ай бұрын

Me too. Those cute little baby root beer mugs. 🥰

@sirrichardwhitney5452

29 күн бұрын

I have an A&W 8 miles north and one 25 miles south from my house.

@fantasycamp4000

19 күн бұрын

One of my friends when I was young his family had an A&W franchise. Our small town had few places to eat out besides the supper clubs. The root beer at A&W was the best. The burgers were different than most places, with a unique sauce like thousand island dressing. We had a Dairy Queen. That was it. Both only a few blocks from our house. Could ride our bikes to A&W or Dairy Queen. Later after I moved away they got Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hardees.

A&W was one of the best places to go in the sixties and seventies they need to make a comeback

@floydsemlow8253

Ай бұрын

I live 15 in away from a A&W❤ cheers from Chardon Ohio. I absolutely agree to your comment. Come back for sure!

I always thought Bennigans was much better that TGIF

You forgot K-Mart Delicatesons... and the Blue Plate Special. Nothing quite like the wafting aroma of hotdogs, popcorn, and chili in the air as you shopped at K-Mart. The entrance had Cotton Candy and ready-to-eat, sticky, caramel-covered, apples on a stick. No wonder the carts had nasty sticky handles! ICK!

@DirectCurrent4u

Ай бұрын

🤣

@erikness4231

Ай бұрын

Can't remember if it was KMart or JC Penny's, but the grilled cheese and orange soda was such a treat as a kid.

@gm7304

23 күн бұрын

Bag of ham and cheese sandwiches and an Icee mix cherry and blueberry

@linglingspacewhales1977

16 күн бұрын

Oh man, I remember this as a kid. Went away when I was still a kid… I had a few lucky years to enjoy it before it was gone for good. The ghost of the “food stop” was really sad. My Kmart stopped working it but it was still built it for YEARS. They used it as additional storage and caution taped it off. I was always so sad as a kid seeing it… I wanted my popcorn.

A&W best root beer ever!❤

@cadimarucut7724

Ай бұрын

yes

@alittlebitgone

Ай бұрын

In Canada yes, made with proper cane sugar and natural flavourings, the US version is corn syrup crap.

@floydsemlow8253

Ай бұрын

So is are there burgers❤

@ImmaTwoPops

Ай бұрын

@@floydsemlow8253 the burgers are good !

@allanthomas6097

Ай бұрын

Corn syrup in canada toi​@@alittlebitgone

I miss Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips!

@joem2267

Ай бұрын

Last free standing Arthur Treachers (I believe) is about 15-mins from my house. It’s in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio

@johnrudan9699

Ай бұрын

In upstate NY, I remember H. Salt Esq. Fish & Chips. Always frequented Friday's during Lent!

@shaunpcoleman

Ай бұрын

In Canada the chain fish & chip shops (Arthur Treacher's and Long John's) were wiped out by local fish & chip shops. Every town in Canada has a local fish and chip shop that locals swear by. In southern Ontario at least, good fish and chips on Friday is a big deal.

@BossSpringsteen69

Ай бұрын

That name is a blast from the past for me but, i never went there to my knowledge.

@jakemoeller7850

Ай бұрын

​@@shaunpcoleman• 😋

A&W Makes some Good Root Beer

@alittlebitgone

Ай бұрын

In Canada yes, they do, with proper cane sugar and natural flavourings, the US version is corn syrup crap.

Where I grew up, we had a A&W . But as got a little older it closed, Shakeys , Woolworths, sizzlers,visiting all of these, places of the past. 👍🏼

My grandfather took me and my sister to Sizzlers in the early 70’s. Every Friday.

We were poor when I was a kid so going to McDonald's was a treat, but just before Christmas, every year, we went to Bonanza, to me that was high class, you didn't eat out of a styrofoam box and drink out of a paper cup, it was real glassware, and waitresses came to you for the order...those were good times.

@DirectCurrent4u

Ай бұрын

I can certainly relate to that!💯 Those were definitely the good old days!👍

I miss Woolworth's so much. As a very young person working in Manhattan, I could actually afford a good lunch at a good price. Plus everything else Woolworth's offered. Sad to see then gone.😢

A&W is extremely popular on Okinawa, Japan. They're everywhere.

@STI2000

Ай бұрын

Similar to what you mentioned, I was in Ireland last Fall and there wasn’t a 7-11 or AM/PM in sight but there were Circle K’s everywhere you looked.

@deedrole5296

24 күн бұрын

They are in Canada too, just had some raspberry pies a couple of days ago.

The Woolworth's lunch counter always made the best vanilla Coke. Pellet ice, real vanilla syrup. And I loved Shakey's pizza as a kid. Life was way simpler then.

I appreciate the no-nonsense and pace of this video.

A&W restaurants are still around, I eat at the one in the Mall of America still. There's one in Baldwin Wisconsin where I go every year for memorial day.

Bob’s Big Boy had the best burgers around. Their malts were amazing too.

@dr.jamesolack8504

Ай бұрын

‘……the ‘best’ burgers around.’??? I don’t know about that.

Woolworths was great. They made it into the 90s. Bennigans had the monte cristo sandwich

@Deborahtunes

11 күн бұрын

Woolworths closed the rest of their stores in the late 1990's. I use to work at one. Their food was actually decent for five & dime store...

Thank you for bringing back some great childhood memories!

i remember sambos as a kid in the late 70s & early 80s. they shut down then they reopen as denny's

@wisdomprepper

Ай бұрын

I loved Sambos as a kid. Our got turned into a Godfather's pizza, then a bank.

@kennyjones559

Ай бұрын

There was a Sambo's near Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. When we visited Disneyland, my parents would take us to Sambo's for breakfast. I liked the mural-story of "Little Black Sambo" that was painted (wallpapered?) around the dining area. I realize that the story of "LBS" would be considered "that's racist!" today, but I enjoyed the "theme restaurants" when I was a kid during the 1970s.

@francisdv

Ай бұрын

Not true. Denny's purchased some Sambos locations, but separate restaurant chains.

Our A&W in West Palm Beach, FL, (corner of Southern Blvd and Parker Ave) featured three sizes of burgers dubbed the PAPA BURGER, MAMA BURGER and the BABY BURGER... Us kids graduating from BABY to MAMA to PAPA was a rite of passage in our family! They also featured the take-home / refillable gallon jug of root beer! What memories...

My memory of Stuckey's in the sixties was passing them by for more reasonably priced local offerings. My parents thought they screamed 'tourist trap'.

@jamesfields2916

Ай бұрын

Kachina Dolls!

Downtown Woolworths in the 70's was a Saturday go to after wandering downtown for the day

Ponderosa...my first job at 16. $3.35 an hour!! I miss York steak house. Used to be one in our mall. Every'time we went to the mall, we went there.

We still have many A&W here in Michigan. A&W is my favorite restaurant. ❤😋🤤

@kalimaxine

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I live in Mason and it's still here.

@DTD110865

Ай бұрын

I've never seen an A&W restaurant other than from movie and TV footage in California until I found one in the food court in the Gulf View Square Mall in Port Richey, Florida. Now that mall is all but gone.

@lisagayj

Ай бұрын

There's a drive-in location 10 minutes from my apartment and I used to be less than 3 miles from it!

@joshuam6587

Ай бұрын

Yeah A&W is amazing and all over here. The bacon double is soooooo good and the fries are the best even cold.

We have a A & W here in Standish Michigan & the Drive up is open,, they have wonderful Chili Cheese Fries,,Dam it now I want A &W,,lol

As a kid , I remeber going to an A & W RESTAURANT on a very hot summer day and having an ice cold A & W ROOT BEER in a frosted mug !

Walgreens had restaurants called WAGS. They went out of business too as I remember.

@dr.jamesolack8504

Ай бұрын

‘Wags’ are what the Orcs rode on in LOTR.

Grew up in a small town with an old-school A&W. When it closed, I asked my mom why. She said "because they served warm root beer and cold fries."

There was nothing greater on this earth than drinking that A & W root beer as a kid on a hot summer day. My mom would get one of those big glass jugs of it and bring it home once a month and chill it in the freezer until it was near frozen then leave it out for an hour ~ that was her trick

I remember the Woolworths cafeteria in downtown Chicago as a kid. The only thing that slightly resembles that now is Grand Lux Cafe on Michigan Ave. in Chicago but, that now is closing soon or closed recently. It was a nice place to eat with a date and, watch the shoppers outside the window.

Roy Rogers is still a thing for the truckers traveling the Eastern seaboard

There is still an AnW in Belleville, Michigan. I grew up there. Lots of happy memories n still go there regularly.

A&W Restaurants are still around but the almost all the old Drive-ins are gone a replaced by Dine-in and Drive-thru service only.

Shakey's was awesome! Those Jo Jo potatoes were so good. I miss Ground Round, Zantigo and Big Boy too.

@modernrelic7092

Ай бұрын

Zantigos. That's a name I haven't heard in a while. Good stuff!

@kennyjones559

Ай бұрын

Shakey's pizza. 🍕 👍🏻 My town in central California only had an A&W Drive-In and a Shakey's Pizza. We were kind of (still) an "oil boomtown," so we had few nice, family owned, sit-town restaurants, too. The biggest buildings in town were the Crocker Bank and the Safeway grocery store.

@droe2570

Ай бұрын

We have Big Boys here in Michigan.

@dimitriberozny3729

Ай бұрын

@@droe2570 They didn’t last here in Rhode Island,McDonald’s and Burger Chef were undercutting them. Then Burger Chef tanked in 1982,becoming Hardee’s and Burger King,then Hardee’s locations in my area became Burger King..

We have an A&W combined with a Long John Silver's, on East Fowler Avenue in Tampa, Florida. They aren't a drive-in, but they DO have a drive through, so you can get your order, park, and eat in your car.

@dimitriberozny3729

Ай бұрын

Liability insurance issues killed car hop formats.

Surprised no Burger Chef mentioned. They created the Fun Meal with a toy included which McDonald's nicked years later for the Happy Meal.

@VintageLifestyleUSA

Ай бұрын

Mentioned in part 1 😃 kzread.info/dash/bejne/c3521cSdds3TZMY.htmlsi=Yda7B8sG_ZbXhKGK

@mediawarrior5957

Ай бұрын

Burger Chef, come for breakfast get served at lunch. Slow Service. Died because it S U C K E D.

@dimitriberozny3729

Ай бұрын

@@mediawarrior5957 No,it was actually unsolved murders in an Indiana location that Burger Chef had to settle with murdered employees in a corporate restaurant that haven’t been solved till this day!!!

I love this new KZread videos!! I'm a big fan already !!

There used to be a Red Barn around here as "The Farm" but it closed in early 2020 (nothing to do with lockdowns). It's since re-opened as Burgers and More; it's still the Red Barn building.

5:08 Stuckey's roadside billboards had a simple slogan, "Eat with us and GET GAS!"

I hope Sonics doesn’t flop next. Girls on roller skates were fun to watch

The A&W's near me are long gone, but I'm glad to hear the chain is still around. I loved their mugs of root beer, as well as their burgers. I was always amused by the names: Papa burger, Mama burger, Teen burger, Baby burger... can't get more family-friendly than that, lol.

I remember Hills department store and the little eatery at the back of the store. Always got the nachos.

I remember when I was a kid, my folks for a treat would take us to Santa Monica to the A&W for a root beer float. Loved it.

We're I'm from here in central NY. We still have a drive in dine in A &W. Best place in town.

Wisconsin loves A&W and we have many here!

I miss a chili cheese dog and a root beer float from Dog N Suds.

I loved Bennigans😢 PS.. great video❤ you earned a subscriber

We'd go to A&W, and get root beer in the frosted glasses brought out by the carhops. Once the soft drink was sold in supermarkets, going to the fast food places wasn't as important. I like Sizzler's salad bar because they also had hot food like chicken wings too, something I had not seen before.

Miss my A&W. Great cheap burgers and dogs.

I frequented a Woolworth lunch counter in Audubon NJ. Loved it!!

Wikipedia A&W Canada. The company was initially a subsidiary of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, with the subsidiary opening its first franchise in Winnipeg in 1956. In 1972, Unilever acquired A&W's Canadian operations, leading to the subsidiary's separation from the U.S.-based company.[6] In 1995, a Canadian management group made up of A&W franchisees took ownership of the chain from Unilever.[7] The A&W chain in Canada remains privately owned and is headquartered in North Vancouver. As of 2022, A&W was Canada's second-largest fast-food hamburger chain with 1,029 franchises.[8]

@chairlesnicol672

Ай бұрын

@daryllmcgorman I remember in early 1960'sgoing into the A+ W in Brandon , Manitoba and grabbing an ice cold root beer in a frosted mug, boy that tasted swell! The building of A+W was little more than a ppl plywood shack! Lol! Looked forward to that weekly trip, on my paper route of 75 customers, I was 10/ 11 yrs old back then! Lol!!!

I ate at Sambo's a couple of times before it went defunct in the west coast. I ordered their breakfast, burgers and NY Steak dishes, it was good. I thought it was better than Sizzler.😋

A&W is still popular in Canada

Big Boy Burgers were pretty big and delicious when I was a kid. It was a staple in our neighborhood! That was when my mother and father were still alive. Getting nostalgic!😢😊

A&W is the oldest fast-food chain in the country and is still going strong. We have a lot of them in Idaho and the northwest.

@alittlebitgone

Ай бұрын

Not really, A&W sold root beer only before any fast food chains existed but White Castle started selling food before A&W did.

Miss going to A &W! Had some good memories there with my parents and grandparents

Momma burgers, papa burgers, Teen burgers , and how I miss that frosty mug .

There us over 1000 a&w location in Canada . Most small town in canada have an a&w subway dairy queen and tim hortans. For fast food options.

A&W, Cortland, NY baby! 😋

You always speak of a healthy new menu and food, and new concepts!!! News flash have you and everybody on this site been to some of these new restaurants??? You tell me I totally miss these restaurants!!

We have quite a few A & W fast food joints in Texas. I loved Shakey's never forget it. Great vid remember most of these.

Man, I forgot about sizzler. Are they still sround?

@spooderdoggy

Ай бұрын

All over California, look them up on google.

A&W is 2nd to McDonalds when it comes to burger chains in Canada with way more locations than Wendys or Burger King. A&W is my first choice out of the 4.

@jamesthurber4730

Ай бұрын

First and only!

Really miss Roy Rogers' roast beef sandwiches most of all, but Treacher's Fish n' Chips comes in a close second.

In Virginia, I remember Stuckeys!

Quiznos couldn’t compete with Subway as I recall.

@mediawarrior5957

Ай бұрын

Also the.owners fleeced their franchisees

@billschlafly4107

Ай бұрын

Quiznos was far better than Subway. Q's business model was broken because the franchisees were forced to buy over priced goods.

@mediawarrior5957

Ай бұрын

@@billschlafly4107 the owners fleeced their own franchisees. Smart Move

@ghw7192

Ай бұрын

I ate at Quiznos one time and that was anough for me to never go back.

In my hometown of Ortonville, Michigan has a drive in A&W that still operates to this day but it's seasonal. Closed during Winter months and colder Fall and Spring months.

Mr. Steak was another extinct restaurant I remember. It was not mentioned in this video however.

@michaelbaucom4019

Ай бұрын

Yes, Northern California chain, faded out in the 1990s. A steakhouse that had relatively cheap prices. Sizzler's (offering buffets)ultimately froze them out

Last summer I went to an A&W restaurant in the small town of Fosston, Minnesota and that whole experience was fantastic. Especially their root beer float and cheese curds 😎

I loved Shakey's Pizza in San Rafael, CA. It was such good pizza sauce, and crust. They had video games that made it a fun place for kids. SIZZLER had the BEST cheese bread. A&W is still around with KFC in the same place. It's a KFC/A&W.

@spooderdoggy

Ай бұрын

They are open still. There is a Shakey in Redlands and one in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. For some to say Shakey is gone is not true.

Great stuff.

Shakey's mojo potatoes were the bomb.

Sambos..... used to work there as a teen

@DoktorChill

Ай бұрын

In actuality, Sambo' was made of the combination of the 2 owners names.

Crazy to think there are almost double the number of A&W's in Canada compared to the US.

I worked for A&W back in the 80's. I had opportunity to work a few shifts at the last drive-in in 🇨🇦. We still made the rootbeer in store, whistle dogs and fresh hand cut n bettered onion rings! The worst mistake A&W made was going away from foil pkging imo

Very interesting! I do remember a few of them😅

A&W root beer is the best.

I can still recall going to the A&W in W. Springfield, Mass. shortly after I got back from Vietnam in 1972. I was much surprised to find the building boarded up. It had gone out of business a couple of weeks earlier. I was very disappointed because it was my favorite spot for having a couple of hot dogs and root beer.

In the Midwest there is a fast food restaurant called the Machine Shed that seems similar to the Red Barn chain.

I remember A&W. thank for the memories.

I’m Canadian and A&W is everywhere here.

Stewart’s on Fridays our family would drive up and order food and have it hang on our window. Root beer 🍻 and hamburgers were great❤

We had most of these fast food chains in NYC. I liked Wetsons, they were the predecessor of Wendy's. I remember Wetsons in 1975 when I was a very young man. Their burgers were very good. I took my dog there too. She loved the experience sitting in the front seat of the car. She was so happy with those little car trips.

@andrewft31

Ай бұрын

Wetsons and Wendy’s aren’t related in any way, Wetson started in 1959 in NY and closed in 1975. Wendy’s was started in 1969 in Ohio by former KFC employee Dave Thomas and is still going. Looking at both restaurants backgrounds and their founders, they have zero in common. One was a success and the other was a failure

I literally just ate at an A&W yesterday. They're all over the city in Vegas

There's a Aand W in Kissimmee Florida that's so good on 192 👍

I ate at a Shakeys pizza when I was in California…my parents couldn’t believe it was around and probably one of the best pizzas I had

Had patronized a few on the list. The reason they're gone is because bigger/faster/better overwhelmed them.

A&W Drive Inn on CY Ave in Casper Wyoming circa 1968. The best. ❤

Dang...Charlie Browns!!!

Stuckeys still around near Gallup, nm

A&W has never gone away, at least in Canada. Just the in car eating service has faded away.

Loved A&W, and Woolworths, and Ponderosa was good, great food at Drug store counters with Malts and Ice creams and Splits.

I remember many of these "fast food joints". Growing up, my family enjoyed going to Ponderosa. Ponderosa had the same service model as Bonanza (which came about a little earlier) and York (which came about later). The three of them probably have less than 25 restaurants left combined in the US. Was it the changing tastes of patrons or bad management (or both)? You could have several more shows on national and regional brands that have (all but) disappeared. I remember Kewpee hamburgers. Dave Thomas got the idead for his hamburgers from them. He was the much better businessman since Wendy's is a huge chain and Kewpee's has less than a dozen places left!

@BossSpringsteen69

Ай бұрын

Always heard the Sizzler commercials in the 70's as a kid. Wanted to try it out. We moved to a state that, I'm not sure if it had any Sizzlers. I had my opportunity about 5 years ago (40 ish years later) in a neighboring state but , declined because my girlfriend at the time was a vegan and, the parking lot was kind of bare every time i drove past it and, i mentally questioned the food quality so, i decided not to go . We did find a nice quiet Restaurant next to a lake about a quarter mile from the Sizzler on the same street.

@chairlesnicol672

Ай бұрын

​@@BossSpringsteen69And so as a result of the favourable experience, you turned that date into marriage! Lol!!!

I miss Gino's. Started in the Philly area I believe. Great burgers and fried chicken. The New York / Philly Corridor was just saturated with fast food joints. Gino's just couldn't compete.

@gregggoss2210

Ай бұрын

Ah yes, the Gino Giant. They were good.

I just drove back from the East Coast and there are Roy Rodgers on the turnpike.