Which of these chains are you worried about losing the most?

@Rob10288

2 жыл бұрын

None.

@JamieKitchens6

2 жыл бұрын

None.

@CDRiley

2 жыл бұрын

Mashed

@pooky-changaming4089

2 жыл бұрын

@Bunny Moon Relax! Pizza Hut not going to disappear-even if all the dine-in locations do! A friend of my family works for the Pizza Hut in my current hometown, and according to him, all the closed dine-in locations will most likely convert into carry-out/delivery locations. So we’ll always have the Hut!

@pooky-changaming4089

2 жыл бұрын

If we lose Golden Corral and/or Applebee’s, I’ll be heartbroken-I have fond memories of eating @ those restaurants throughout my youth and adolescence…

A former longtime top of executive of Pizza Inn is a good friend of mine. He explained to me that a new group that didn't understand the business came in and took over the company, got rid of all the experienced execs, changed everything, significantly downgraded the food to save money, etc. He went into painful detail. IMO their pizza now is about on the level of supermarket pizza. There are still some good things at the salad bar, but for that price I can go to Golden Corral that has better pizza and a million other things too.

@lilitharam44

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like foreigners got ahold of Pizza Inn. People from foreign countries don't understand quality or loyalty, all they care about is being cheap and sending money back to their country. I am from Memphis/North MS and I have great memories eating at the local PI as a kid. I really love their thin crust pizza, it's crunchy, and their mushrooms because they're canned and don't shrivel up when cooked.

@707Berto

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilitharam44 Rave Restaurant Group is a Dallas based corporation listed on NASDAQ. Ignorant much?

@JoJo-rm8lc

2 жыл бұрын

@@707Berto You act like it wasn’t more likely going off what the OP said that it was a foreign company, people do this everywhere it’s just people are less likely to care about something that isn’t from their home country.

@707Berto

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoJo-rm8lc Where did the OP say it was a foreign company? "New group that doesn't understand..."=foreign? WTF? Smh...

@nibblitman

2 жыл бұрын

Did you just say Golden Corral has better pizza, that isn’t supermarket quality that is cardboard junk.

Relax! Pizza Hut’s not going anywhere-even if all the dine-in locations shutter, there will always be carry-out/delivery locations!

@jimmysalcedo7910

2 жыл бұрын

Phew, thank you for the relief 😌

@minhdang423

2 жыл бұрын

Pizza Hut is still around?

@edwinrodeo

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing in my area.. we had a take out close about 6 years ago ,

@fightsports66

2 жыл бұрын

That's right. Pizza Hut announced even before the pandemic that they were going to get rid of their big sit down restaurants and focus on carryout and try to increase delivery.

@patriciacampbell2821

2 жыл бұрын

smart move

Pizza Hut's quality has really gone down over the years, the only reason we ordered it was for stuffed crust, and once other pizza places with better quality put stuffed crust pizza's on the menu we stopped ordering from there completely

@saytax

2 жыл бұрын

You mean decades.

@foobarmaximus3506

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I used to get one at least once a month. Maybe twice. Now, never. Quality sucks and prices are way too high for junk. No thanks.

@foobarmaximus3506

2 жыл бұрын

@@saytax Not really. They had pretty good pizza and wings until the last couple of years. They cut corners and raised prices.

@saytax

2 жыл бұрын

@@foobarmaximus3506 If you lived in the 90's, you would know what good Pizza Hut was. Every kid fawned over it. Just look at the comments. People who've lived long enough know the timeline of degradation. You are probably too young to have experienced it. Do yourself a favor. If you want good deep dish pizza. Order a Jet's 4-8 corner pizza and turbo crust it. They use premium ingredients. The high price for high value. Leagues above pizza hut.

@cgraham6

2 жыл бұрын

I guess I can't deny that Pizza Hut's quality has fallen, since so many people tend to agree, but I was ordering PH pizza right up until my local carryout closed and honestly, the quality was on par with Dominos, Papa John's and most other national chains. PH is not bad pizza, even if it isn't what it once was.

As far as I'm concerned, Pizza Hut pizza quality has gone downhill. I started eating it in the 70's. Pan Pizza crust used to be basically fried on the bottom but not any more. Ruined it.

@mjohnsimon1337

2 жыл бұрын

I've been eating Pizza Hut since the mid 90's and that last part really got to me. I remember the Pan Pizza having a nice fried bottom. It was crispy / crunchy, and super delicious. Now it tastes like cardboard and is as soft as bread...

@abbynormal7525

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, back in the mid 80’s, Pizza Hut was a dine in restaurant with waiters and a salad bar.a good salad bar, You ordered a pitcher of soda and they bought out that pie hot as hell and served you up your first slice and that pizza was just so damn good. The pizza has not tasted like that since late 90’s. It is a shame for nostalgia reasons. I wish it tasted good like it used to.

@theoriginalThud

2 жыл бұрын

@@abbynormal7525 Yes - those were good times. I miss that version of Pizza Hut.

@wendellsawyer4386

2 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you copy the competition that happens to rely on gimmicks and has a lower quality product overall.

@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789

2 жыл бұрын

I had Pizza Hut for the first time in along time back in November wasn’t bad but later on had a weird after taste to it

We had a pizza hut reopen in 2019 and we were excited!! Unfortunately, it was awful! The ingredients were lower quality than we were use to and it closed a year later.

@littlesongbird1

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's just not the same. I miss the old Pizza Hut. I think to compete with Domino's and Papa John's, they changed too much of what made them special.

@GeneralChangFromDanang

2 жыл бұрын

Their pizza is very dry now. Not enough sauce and the crust is way too chewy.

The biggest problem with Pizza Hut is there continual lack of specials on single pizzas every time I call them about coupons everything they have is for family meals... One one person I just need a single pizza & if I'm going to have to pay nearly 20 bucks for it either way I'm going to go to a better pizza restaurant! You want to stay in tune with your customers offer better specials!

They ruined my local Pizza Hut a long time ago. They had some awesome pastas at one point, then they decided to switch from real chicken slices to that pressed together bologna type "chicken", which was a huge disappointment. A couple years after that they completely dropped the pastas and started selling wings instead. And while wings are decent once in a while, I'd much rather have good pasta any day. The quality of the pizzas eventually dropped as well as they started using a different dough. At this point, lower quality items and inconsistent workers have made me not care if I miss out on the next family pizza night. All of the others listed I've either never heard of, never eaten at, or don't really care if they fall for one reason or another.

@elbob17

2 жыл бұрын

They've been shit since the late 80s/early 90s.

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

they still have two pastas near me wish I had known they were doing detroit style pizza at one point as I love that style. now it seems they got a spicy pizza which I would totally get but my family doesn't like that kinda thing and ordering a whole pizza for myself always makes me feel fat lol.

@Darkeklaw

2 жыл бұрын

We went from having three Pizza Huts with in, two with in an 8 minute drive from my house to having one that's a 25 minute drive. I basically just buy pizza from a small local shop these days.

I love how most of these companies blame and point fingers and skip over the main reason they end up failing…the food sucks! I had Pizza Hut a couple of months ago and it was AWFUL! I haven’t eaten at an Applebee’s in a couple of years. These places have terrible low quality food and wonder why they’re struggling. The executives quest for higher and higher profits are killing these companies.

@bloojai8808

2 жыл бұрын

IHOP is delicious tho

@DoofusScorpio

2 жыл бұрын

Pizza Inn is literally the worst pizza I've ever had. I'd rather eat frozen pizza.

@jacobwells9207

2 жыл бұрын

You'd do the same thing

@karyndewit193

2 жыл бұрын

I love Applebees!

@veronagomez9073

2 жыл бұрын

Pizza hit changed there dough. When I wanted to eat the leftovers I've had when I heat it up it wasn't eatable the crust so hard I had to toss it out

It would be really sad if Dave & Buster’s closes its doors for good. I really enjoy going there. I honestly hope that they can continue to survive.

@lemmonlightaz1

2 жыл бұрын

We are going to survive

@steeveekeys1904

2 жыл бұрын

The last time I went it was Chucky Cheese pandemonium. Not enjoyable. 🙁😟

@666gnarlsbad

2 жыл бұрын

@@steeveekeys1904 that's because queso chucky attracts toxic people.

@steeveekeys1904

2 жыл бұрын

@@666gnarlsbad Basically all the wild children from Chuck E cheese came over to the so called adult club, Dave and Busters. Not enjoyable. Are you saying children are toxic?

@666gnarlsbad

2 жыл бұрын

@@steeveekeys1904 yes children are toxic.

I miss Ponderosa and Arthur Treacher's fish and chips in michigan. Oh, and jims A&W.

@bearpawz_

2 жыл бұрын

A frosty mug of rootbeer sounds pretty good about now. Get me one while you're up, will ya? 😊

A common theme seems to be "don't let one company be the franchisee for a statistically significant percentage of your locations." There were also a lot of stories about what happened to Old Country Buffet (at least locally) -- it seemed that the new corporate owners tried squeezing every possible penny out of their purchase without putting much in, and the whole house of cards came crashing down very suddenly. According to several news stories, they were even caught trying to sell off the contents of some locations in violation of the legal requirements of their bankruptcy filing.

@dimitriberozny3729

2 жыл бұрын

That happened in Seekonk Massachusetts!! The Old Country Buffet actually owned the strip mall it was in,and played this dirty game also with the tenants of this strip mall.

@erich6860

2 жыл бұрын

Seems to be a very common story. Company A is doing well, Investment company comes and buys company A. Then company A has to cut, cut, cut, to make Investment house happy, customers go away, company closes. Investment house makes millions, CEOs get new boats, and people lose jobs.

@Iwanncamp

Жыл бұрын

My wife and I used to work at an OCB in the ’90’s

I remember years ago that Pizza Hut was the only pizza for me, but then something or someone happened to their pies and now I would take a Safeway pizza over the Hut.

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

For me, it was when they started charging for delivery

@bennythebutcher0310

2 жыл бұрын

Their pan use to be so buttery flakey and thick. Their pan def has fallen off.

@palomasaudios2676

2 жыл бұрын

It's still famous in India

You missed TGI Fridays. Because it is privately owned, information may be difficult to find. It was scheduled to go public in early 2020. However, the pandemic caused those plans to be postponed indefinitely.

@maggot42069

2 жыл бұрын

Friday?

My Pizza Hut ROCKED during the pandemic. Delivery was FAST. Food was fresh and hot everytime. The restaurants that delivered were selling smaller portions at the same price.

I used to work at a Pizza Inn... I'm going to say with no uncertainty that the corporation over all Pizza Inns was horribly disorganized! No one in upper management seemed to have a clue; every time we had a corporate inspector come through they told us to do things in a different way. They all claimed their way was the right one &"whoever told us to do it the other way was wrong!"... No wonder they were in trouble pre-pandemic.

I'm not surprised that Pizza Hut is in this video. They're so stale with their pizza. I've been complaining to them for years about the need to update their sauce so it's not so sickly sweet. Their crust also needs a lot of work because it is very dry. I remember when the P'zones first came out, they were chock full of fillings. Now you're lucky if you get 3 pieces of pepperoni, a piece of cheese and a bit of sauce. I wil say one thing good is the boneless chicken wings. My Mom and I like ordering the boneless wings and fries from Pizza Hut, but that's all.

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

they used to have that spicy sauce I liked that option seems that might be back on a menu as well. Papajohns is the inedible pizza place to me lol too sweet and the cheese is just wrong. My local pizzahut doesn't do Pzones or fries so that sucks

@summersands8105

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacksmith-vs4ct I don't care for papa johns either...lol I can't tell you how many times I ordered pizza with mushrooms and got chunks of cardboard on it...lol Lucky for us we have some great mom and pop places that make really great pizza and subs. There are some small perks for being "small town" usa.

@dvferyance

2 жыл бұрын

Pizza Hut has been on the decline no doubt. But let's face it they aren't going out of business within the next 9 months.

All of the Ryan’s where I live closed long before Covid. No notice no nothing. Just a note on the door for employees and customers stating they are now closed.

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah basically samething our ryans closed down before the pandemic and I still dunno how. It was never empty and The church crowd was always there Wednesdays and Sundays packing it to the brim and that Buffet was not cheap lol. Ironically the Church crowd always tipped terribly XD

Here, Ryan's closed a few years ago, didn't even tell employees. They showed up and saw a sign telling them it was closed forever.

The 1980s just called and wants its "old school" Pizza Hut back! And I mean--more than just the logo! I'm talking bringing back the Priazzo, the salad bar, nice dining area with jukebox, and baked spaghetti! Only problem is--when Radio Shack tried to get their 1980s groove back---it was too little, too late!

My family and I always loved Pizza Hutt, but several years back it got SO expensive that we quit going! They price there selves out of business, as many families went else where.

Dave and Busters was getting ready to build a restaurant in my area right before Covid hit.

I remember pizza hut in the 90s as a kid tasting soooooo good!, not to mention the pizza hut resteraunt had a dessert bar in the back with a ice cream machine. Buffet style all you can eat with dessert included. God, I miss it.

Chains are 95% marketing, 5% food. It's all about numbers. The "experience" and "food," if you want to call it that, are incidental considerations.

@TheSecondAdam

2 жыл бұрын

The commercials taste better than the actual food.

@AncientCreature-i2o

Жыл бұрын

Nonsense. The customer has to leave the restaurant feeling as if they were provided a product that was worthy of their spending. Otherwise, they don't return.

Its funny iHop is mentioned in this. My town is actually getting an iHop with a drive threw. 10 years ago my town was getting an applebees that put up a sign on the plazas board and foundation wad poured but never built. Wonder if iHop will have the same faith lol. Great videos. Love the hard work and dedication

I don't understand how IHOP has stayed in business at all. I like the food there but between my brother and I we've tried multiple locations across 5 states and have yet to find one where the service wasn't awful. I personally witnessed the kitchen staffs having a shouting match in two different locations.

@keithlong6863

2 жыл бұрын

This i thought the food was actually outstanding but i waited and waited.

@Kurtsg10

2 жыл бұрын

You should come to Michigan- the ones here have had good service.

@KKPsi-TubaDawg

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kurtsg10 I'm glad to know that at least one area has good luck with them. Y'all must be carrying the entire franchise.

@johnchedsey1306

2 жыл бұрын

I worked in restaurants for a decade. Kitchen staff yelling at each other is hardly uncommon. That said, the last time I even tried going to an IHOP, it was severely understaffed so I went elsewhere once I realized it was going to be a rough experience.

@michaelfried3123

2 жыл бұрын

I just look at an IHOP and I get diarrhea...that place is awful! You'd catch less cooties from eating out of a toilet than that grease pit.

Our Ryan’s closed like 10 years ago. I do miss the macaroni & ice cream lol

I miss Pizza hut's buffet

@fredleggett923

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both.

I won't miss it if the Pizza Hut in NW Wyoming, where I live closes. It is dark and dingy, and the service is as slow as cold molasses.

Pizza Hut is pretty much done even here in Metropolitan Manila in the Philippines. I notice most places that used to have Pizza Hut are shuttered I see no delivery bikes with Pizza Hut at all. I still see other Pizza places here but for Pizza Hut it seems to be gone here in the Philippines. We still have Pizza places but I guess Pizza Hut is gone.

Years ago I would look for Pizza Inns as I drove across Texas in order to relive my childhood fondness for the thin crust. Never saw a one. I didn't know they still existed in any form.

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

I heard pizza inn. I would really love to try it

@Angelwolfs9

2 жыл бұрын

Got one close by in Midlothian, but that's only one I know of in area!

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@Angelwolfs9 thank you

We used to have a Pizza Inn here when I was a kid, and I really miss them! I'd go to them before any other pizza place!

PizzaHut getting rid of their crust flavors is reason enough to close it down.

@hoodcrypto8389

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering where my hut crust seasonings went lol

@ajplays7241

2 жыл бұрын

Heck you never know if it’s open anymore

I knew Pizza Hut was down bad when they got rid of their crust seasonings 💀

We had a Ryans, it closed well before the virus. The employees found out about the closure when they showed up for work, they had some ladies that had been there 20 years and that is how they treated them..Sorry AF.

@realmichaud

2 жыл бұрын

I worked for them in the early mid 90s and early 2000s, management treated people like crap.

Jollibee group and Golden Arches of McDonald’s are salivating for this future acquisitions UwU😻😋

Just been to Dave & Buster last week. Yep 3 Of 7 Golden Corral near me closed. 1 of them I worked at. At one point had 9 locations.

Didn't know Pizza Inn was still around. We lost ours a couple decades ago. Their thin crust was the bomb. Go to my local chinese buffet 2 or 3 times a week. They just give you a thin clear disposable glove so you don't touch the utensils when you get your food.

@lilitharam44

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I LOVE their thin crust. We don't have any in my area anymore but great memories eating their thin crust as a kid.

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

I need to try this Pizza Inn. Everyone is talking about how 🔥 it is

@jamesleason4004

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsTwiththeTea1980 Had one in my hometown until about 10 or so years ago. That thin crust was seriously delicious!! And their toppings were always quite tasty too. It was a lot better than pizza hut all day every day, especially when you got to the lunch buffet early...

@jamesleason4004

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I remember that thin crust. Crunchy, saucy, and cheesy, yet it still held up on the buffet!

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesleason4004 well I see we have pizza inn frozen pizza at the store but I am sure it is. If the same

Its true about Pizza Hut, they closed all their sit down restaurants where I live, and everyone is strictly carryout.

@ajplays7241

2 жыл бұрын

Same and honestly no one knows when their open because they’re closed 80% if the time

I had breakfast at a nearby IHOP about 4 months ago and decided to go back a couple of months to check it out again only to find that not only had the restaurant closed but a realtor had put up a sign that the property was for sale or lease. And this place had been open for several decades.

I’m so sad that Meatheads is almost dead. I used to go there all the time when I was younger and the food there is still great. If anyone ever has the chance to come to the Chicagoland area, I would give it a try.

A lot of these I never heard of. Then just look at quality. You need to put out a decent quality at a decent price. Too many executives cut quality in search of every penny of profit, thereby killing the goose. Applebees for example. While they were never gourmet dining, their quality has crashed over the last 20 years. They and many others were struggling before the pandemic. Maybe it will just put them out of their misery.

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

I've never been to most of these, and I'm halfway through

@johnchedsey1306

2 жыл бұрын

The worst restaurant job I ever had was Applebees. I haven't been in one since the 90s because of that. There would be no real loss if they vanished.

@IdkacoolnameYT

Жыл бұрын

Applebees was the worst job I’ve ever had I worked there for a year an we got cheaper an cheaper food every 3 or so months

I miss the pizza hut buffet 7 or 8 bucks for all you can eat pizza, salad, and chicken Alfredo pasta.

Lost Cajun is definitely on the chopping block. There was a new one that was getting ready to open in my area. It never opened. Then the space came up for rent again. Wow what a crapshoot

We lost one Pizza hut here, and our Golden Corral. Our Dave and Busters is still open but the food has gone downhill, it honestly sucks now. Thankfully our Olive Garden is fine for now

Recently went to a Golden Corral on a weeknight & there was a 20 minute wait; that location at least is doing just fine (ordinary suburban area with tons of other choices). There used to be 2 locations in the area about 5 miles apart; one closed almost immediately, so now there's just the one.

I had no idea Pizza Inn even still existed!!! I am not really surprised about Pizza Hut and IHOP since their food SUCKS now -- I can remember when IHop was all about pancakes and they were so GOOD and Pizza Hut was THE place for a GOOD pizza!!!

My nearest IHOP has been TOP-NOTCH. Love them.

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

Ours does okay, especially on Sundays. Does well enough that, in the 23 yes I've been here, they close at 11 or 12, no 24 hrs

Olive Garden, Applebee's, & Chuck E. Cheese alp have very bland food. I don't dine in, but I do buy the Olive Garden's salad dressing at the grocery store. Golden Corral has great food but I can see buffets struggling. The Pizza Huts near are always sold out of certain toppings. I used to love Pizza Inn yrs ago. However, the menu isn't tasting the same & it's also hard to locate one.

@gimcrack555

2 жыл бұрын

I always stay away for the famous franchises. I always went to the local owners that sell better food and better quality of food. Sometime the price is the same or even a tad higher. But I rather support the local food owners than any of these franchises.

Pizza Hut is ALREADY DEAD ever since the changes their crust recipe - I’ll never go back there - EVER !!!!

@bdt5096

Жыл бұрын

They’re devastated

The Pizza Hut I work at just got bought out by a new company so I don’t think they are gonna close anytime soon

The only one of these chains I would miss badly is Golden Corral. Their food is consistently good -- pizza as good as a pizza place, fried chicken as good as a fried chicken place, etc. Way above the Chinese buffets, and presumably a lot cleaner too. Wish I could get them to cook steak somewhere between rare and burnt to a crisp, but everything can't be perfect.

@GageSmiff

2 жыл бұрын

As much as I wanted to be snide and disagree, I reread each point in your comment and mostly agreed. Haha. PLUS, the atmosphere of an American buffet is just grossly special.

@pooky-changaming4089

2 жыл бұрын

@Gerald Montagna-I strongly agree with you. My entire family loves Golden Corral-it’s been the site of many birthday dinners/family get-togethers for many years. And yes, their pizza is as good as what you can get @ a pizza place, and their Asian food is better than most Chinese buffets, and my mama swears that their fried chicken is so much better than KFC! I also love their rolls-and their luxe dessert buffet!

@polarisboy67

2 жыл бұрын

Golden Corral where I live is terrible. It was good in the early 2000s but I went back a few years ago and that won't be happening ever again.

@GageSmiff

2 жыл бұрын

@@pooky-changaming4089 preach!

@mortemicrorreactor8851

2 жыл бұрын

Ah?

I live in Warner Robins GA.. The restaurant Ryan's here in Warner robins actually closed way way back in the early 2000s..around 03..04..05 I believe

Dave and busters is understandable. Last time we went in Orlando, half the games didn't work, and the server kept coming back to tell me everything I ordered wasn't in stock so dinner was horrible.

I do not know all of the chains on this list. The ones I do know were doing a bad enough job I would never frequent them for any reason prior to the pandemic. Kudos to all the great independent restaurants that have been able to hold on do an incredible job making us feel a little better in this trying time.

@walterbrunswick

2 жыл бұрын

I, too, am in favour of supporting local businesses!

Ryan's going out of business before the pandemic especially in Chambersburg and Hanover PA. It's hard for Pizza Hut to keep up with Domino's three typing large 14 inch pizza for $7.99

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

yeah our ryans closed down before the pandemic and I still dunno how. It was never empty and The church crowd was always there Wednesdays and Sundays packing it to the brim and that Buffet was not cheap lol. Ironically the Church crowd always tipped terribly XD

Pizza Hut ...by far THE best Pizza I've ever tasted 😋 👏👏👍👍😘

@keithallison4586

2 жыл бұрын

You don't get out much do you

First, due to staffing shortages, our local IHOP is always closed at unexpected hours on various days so a diner never knows when they will be open. Applebee's here no longer has decent food nor cooks, so the food has become slop and inedible.

@cowsmuggler1646

Жыл бұрын

Commodity prices have gone up. You have to either sell microwave daggmeet with MGS or reduce portions sizes. Or raise prices.

The pizza huts around me got bad for a few years but now has gotten good again. The pizza, the wings and their new pizza melts are great. I'm also very sad about bravo loved their food so much !

I had 2 Pie Five locations open and quickly close in my county. Sad, because they were good. A MOD Pizza opened around the same time, but they don't have as many options and aren't as good. I didn't even know there were any Ryan's left pre-COVID.

Yum :D I like top 10 food reviewing vids or something :)

every now and then i get a craving for some of these. i haven’t been to golden corral in probably a decade, but it wasn’t horrible from what i remember. i like most of the ihops i’ve been too. cheap, decent food, and normally decent service. some of the ones i went to were 24 hours, and that was a definite plus for me.

I never got to go to most of these bcoz the community I was born/raised in is vegetarian. I'd still be sad for these establishments to close permanently. Dave and Busters looks like fun. Applebee's and Outback would've been nice to go to. And I'll miss Sizzler's. Soft ice cream chocolate and vanilla!! sighs

@westernskies2199

2 жыл бұрын

Sweet Tomatoes chain closed...sob! Why!?

All restaurants are known as Taco Bell, citizen. They won the restaurant wars of the swinging 20s.

@TheCaptainSplatter

2 жыл бұрын

Demolition man?

The KFC buffet and Pizza Hut buffets were gone long b4 the pandemic. They see big ppl loading up and get nervous about profits,but never realize that some buffets were around for 40 years.

@DarkEagle-vx9hd

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely correct. Isn't the mark-up on restaurant food gigantic? Especially potato dishes, vegetables, bread, etc. A few fat people are not going to hurt your bottom line. You get it balanced out some with picky eaters who eat light, but still want to sample all the choices that a buffet offers. ALF, Homer Simpson, and Fred Flintsone don't exist in the real world, so relax!

Right before Christmas went by a I hop at like 7-8 pm and was closed. For Applebees went to one in Adlanta Georgia due to not much open and it was ok but was slow as crap in service and other factor. But never heard of the others.

I just ate at a Golden Corral for the first time in November (yo Orlando) and actually liked it. It was a great deal! It's not fine dining for sure but you can find some really tasty items. Salad bar decent. Nice choice of deserts. You will not leave hungry, that's for sure. Can't say I'll miss them since I live in Canada and I've never seen one here. The one I will miss is Applebee's. Now that is a decent family restaurant. Nice atmosphere. A date shouldn't mind being taken there (and if she does she's not a keeper). It would be a shame if they disappeared. I'll have to make my own Riblet sandwiches!

@walterbrunswick

2 жыл бұрын

or, you know, you can maybe support local businesses?

@PikesvilleAl

2 жыл бұрын

You can see actually use name brand veggies.

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

@@walterbrunswick sure if they don't suck lol

pizza hut dining and chuck e cheeses. lots of good memories.

I know IHOP is barely hanging on. They’ve closed so many stores

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

I think they're still doing well where I am. Line out the door Sunday mornings, into the afternoon

I saw that you used an image of the closed Golden Corral in my town of Holland, Michigan. It opened in 2016 only to be temporarily closed after only a year due to bad management. It later re-opened a year later under corporate management, only to close permanently seven months later. Keep in mind this was before THAT happened.

I’m surprised to see most.Of my favorite restaurants on this list!

@bearpawz_

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, c'mon.. really? 😆

I legit haven't seen a Pizza Inn since the early 00s, where have then been hiding?! 😂

cool there was actually a Pizza Inn on or near Camp Foster in Okinawa in the late 90s is that still there?

Wow, I forgot about Pizza Inn. Haven’t seen one in 20 years at least

The quality of pizza hut is in the gutter.They changed the recipe around 14 years ago and it hasn't been the same since.

Didn't know Pizza Inn still existed. Like other big chains, many years ago it used to be pretty high quality, quite good for what it was.

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

unfortunately pretty much no big chains are high quality anymore why would they bother if they can make plenty of profits being cheap and crappy and if the business fails they just jump to the next business with the profits from the last.

The Golden Corral in Kennesaw GA slaps. The Golden Corral in Panama City Beach, FL is good too, but Kennesaw is better. Not as much sage in the dressing.

Oh no. I just got back from the last Pizza Inn in Houston.

2:01 That joke took a part of my soul.

All the Ryan's around my area closed down well before the pandemic

Pizza Hut has all but disappeared in the SF Bay Area! Only one Express in the Westerfield near Union Square SF and the rest are out of town.

In our area Applebee's closed a decade ago, Ryan's left 5 years ago and our local pizza hut doesn't do the national promotions so no Detroit style or stuffed crust. It seriously needs new management cuz pizza hut is still better than the garbage at dominoes

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

Our Ryan’s have closed also. We only have maybe 4 Applebee’s in Indianapolis

@hellhound1389

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsTwiththeTea1980 just 2 in NW Indiana and both are at least an hour away and if I am gonna travel more than 30 minutes it better be worth it and Applebee's just isn't 🤮

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellhound1389 lol ikr, definitely not worth it

@hellhound1389

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsTwiththeTea1980 especially since we have so many great mom and pop restaurants, right now there's a war going on between 3 places. IHOP, Sophie's and schoops and IHOP is losing

@MsTwiththeTea1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellhound1389 I’ve heard of schoops. I definitely need to try it

Most of our Golden corals shuddered their doors the first month of the pandemic. It showed they were operating day by day

before watching- let me guess.... golden corral, tim hortons, applebees, ruby tuesday

@GrubWarp

2 жыл бұрын

tim horton's in the US, that is

@CDRiley

2 жыл бұрын

Tim Horton's in Antarctica are closing their doors

10:31 Hey, they got news clips from my hometown!!

Ryan's in Charleston WV did close and is now a Texas Roadhouse.

I agree Pizza hut's. I used to love their salad bars now least the last time I went before they started becoming takeout you had to get each salad ordered separately and you couldn't determine the toppings you wanted on it. And on that fact that they had a buffet which do I liked and this current time buffets don't do well.

I miss Old Country Buffet!!!

Reading through the comments seems to suggest that Pizza Hut is the common theme here. The one in Mount Airy, MD closed recently and was was razed; there is now a Chick-fil-a in its place and the town had to redesign the intersection to it in order to handle the business traffic. Its parking lot and drive-through are most always full.

@LindaC616

2 жыл бұрын

Ours left years ago, they're building a car eash where it used to be

@jacksmith-vs4ct

2 жыл бұрын

I still don't get Chic-fil-as popularity its not like amazing and its so expensive for a tiny portion.

@aguyfromnothere

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacksmith-vs4ct Its amazing thats why. But with bidenflation the prices have jumped again and now we cannot afford going.

Charleston's Ryan's, we werent missing anything when it closed. I've lived here all my life, I've been there once and that was enough.

Oh I’d be bummed about lost Cajun that place is great

Missing the good ol days! When you had a pitcher of coffee, and a stainless steel creamer full o half n half xD am I crazy?

I worked at a Pizza Inn back in the 80's. They use half real cheese and half fake, i know because i mixed it. Whether they still do that or not, i wouldnt know.

pizza hut & pie five i need to keep it together! both pretty good. also kinda sad about chucky cheese, but no surprised.

Pizza Hut 🍕 and Dave & Busters 😫 2 of my favorites! So sad. Chuckie Cheese just brings me back to my childhood. 🐀 Golden Corral, Ihop, Applebees, Olive Garden?!? Oh man...

@ajplays7241

2 жыл бұрын

No I say keep Olive Garden but they do need to branch out though

Pizza Inn was closed down in Roanoke Virginia about 9 years ago maybe longer

I always liked the personal Pizza Hut pizzas that I could get at the airport or at some stores that had food courts. I haven't been to an airport or a mall in a long time so I don't know if they still make them.

@dandan7973

Жыл бұрын

They do. There’s one in my target

There's a Round One just a few minutes away from the Dave and Busters, most folks here agree that the games at D&B are just not as fun. The food doesn't really matter, especially when Round One offer 1$ scoops of ice cream and 14$ pizzas, and 6$ glass of Sake. It's a matter of not evolving.

Pizza hut closed two stores in Blackhawk county Iowa closed to dine in just delivery and carry out.

The last time I ate at iHop was a poor patty melt - maybe up to 15 years ago, at the still new Manhattan, East 14 st. iHop. Never went back. Before that, prior 'last time' was in the 90s at an iHop at the Bronx line (so in The Bronx or maybe Pelham Manor). Cleanliness, service, and food standards there declined so much from what we knew from around 20 yrs. experience there.