I think this list is wrong. There are/were restaurants that I would love to come back. They had great food. Bankruptcy doesn't mean they had bad food.

@DCoop-uo2wq

Ай бұрын

This channel continously gets things wrong in the videos

@nicknicholson2452

Ай бұрын

Who could not wish Howard Johnson’s would come back. Fried clams 28 flavor of ice cream.

@asullivan4047

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately mis-management & over extending the corporation by building too many establishments too fast-???🤔.

@jwho4840

29 күн бұрын

I loved Sambo's as a kid! They had great food I take them back any day over half the restaurants that are here now!

We ate at two Sambo's back in the '70s and the food was delicious, but much like Denny's, quality waned over time. Steak and Ale had fabulous steaks every time I ate there; I hope the new one in Burnsville, Minnesota makes a ton of money and expands as this steakhouse is superb. Open one in Pittsburgh, pretty please? 🥩🥩🥩🥩

Howard Johnson's was iconic as a kid in 1976...I remember loving the blue beacon💙

A guy I worked with told a story about working at SANDY's ..when they ran out of lettuce, they just put a leaf of CABBAGE on the burgers, AND NOBODY NOTICED !! have had many a laugh over the years thinking of this!

My local Burger Chef had very good burgers !

I remember most of the restaurants from television commercials but there weren't to many of these restaurant chains here in my state of Oklahoma but there were some in nearby Texas towns across the Red River though but Thanks for the Memories. 🇺🇲🥤🍔🍟🍦🇺🇲

The title of this video is restaurants from the 70s, but they talked about at least one that was started in the 90s. Misleading title. Also, I agree with the other comment that some of these restaurants are not ones we don’t want to come back.

@asullivan4047

Ай бұрын

" By gone era " restaurants. Perhaps a better title-???🤔.

Inworked at Sambos man those units were the BEST. Flame broiled meats. Pancakes eggs the whole spectrum and really REALLY reasonable even on a 2.35 minimum wage.

@jwho4840

29 күн бұрын

I love Sambo's when I was a kid! I take them back any day over half these restaurants we have now

I remember the Wimpy's location in downtown Park Rapids, Minnesota as a kid growing up in the seventies and eighties, and it had a quiet, but fun atmosphere. The food was actually pretty good. Sadly, this location closed in 2010. I also remember the Arthur Treacher's fish and Chips in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the late 1970s, and the Fish and Chips were actually very good. I actually also remember Bennigan's in Virginia Beach, Virginia outside of the Lynnhaven Mall while I served in the navy in that area 1990-1994. I remember Bennigan's as a very light, lively, and fun place to relax and have good food.

We had a restaurant called "Johnny's Bonanza" in Saginaw Michigan,, it was Great , we ate there almost every Friday, the owner always walked around to make sure everyone was happy,, I really miss the 70's,,

Victoria Station in Atlanta hung on for a long time ..in the late 70's it was considered "pretty up there " a bit better than just an "everyday" joint

Sambos was good. I used to eat there as a teenager in Santa Monica!

most pizza restaurants , I remember straw hat pizza palace , round table, square pan,

@asullivan4047

Ай бұрын

Seemed the bigger the pizza place/the lesser quality the food was-???🤔

The Sambo's where we lived had pictures of the little black sambo story around the walls of the restaurant.

That's TREECHER, not TRETCHER! Jeez, get it right!

@asullivan4047

Ай бұрын

That was one of the few establishment s that served genuine "Chips"-!!!🤗.

@Neil_SM

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I was starting to wonder if everyone I knew had been pronouncing it wrong or something! We always said it like tree-chers.

Interesting/informative/entertaining.

SCREW YOU, I LOVED Sambos!

Beefsteak Charlie's was the first place I ever had an all-you-can-eat salad bar and my family went back often because of it. I miss that place! For the time, they had decent steaks, too.

There is one Sandy’s location left in Austin TX. It’s featured in your story.

I disagree with this list, as the restaurants weren't unpopular, but were forced to close due to financial issues. I would LOVE to have Shakey's Pizza Parlor back, I can still taste that pizza, and never thought it was greasy. A great teenage memory. I also remember them passing out song sheets of popular songs parents and grandparents of the time knew. The player piano would start up, and everyone, young and old, would sing out.e

Do not diss the Gobbler!

Another channel that airs similar themed videos as this channel had some of these same restaurants in a video called " defunct restaurants we want back "...

I miss rax 😢 I had my first date with my first love there... it would be cool to be able to bring back the feeling/memory...

0:13 this dude just one-throated his cone

Tree-cher

I ate at almost half of these restaurants& they were good!

What is happening? Steak and shake is disappearing.

Isn't Wimpy's still open in the UK?

Burger Chef was a good franchise. Doesn’t belong on this list

Mr. D? 😂

It’s Arthur “Tre-e-cher,” not “Tre-chur.”

And why isn't "Stuckeys" on the list ?