These were happier and appreciative times that I’d love to go back to.

@cynthiafroley4415

3 күн бұрын

Me too!!!! I hate how our world has changed since then!

@halperkins1791

Күн бұрын

Me too

@marthaperdew

20 сағат бұрын

Me too

@mbrownie22

14 сағат бұрын

I was born in 1960 and I don’t want to go back, I remember Vietnam Nam on television every night, the gas crises, double digit inflation, horrible pollution, people seem to have selective memory, everything wasn’t puppies and rainbows. The only reason I would like to go back is I would be younger and farther from the end of my life.

@halperkins1791

8 сағат бұрын

@mbrownie22 Oh yes these are such wonderful glorious days to be living in!

Arthur Treachers was the best. Met my wife of 41 years working there. How time flies.

@nightrunner1456

3 күн бұрын

Michigan, Telegraph rd.

@DaveSParty

Күн бұрын

God bless you both.

@williamschubert3929

Күн бұрын

Used to be a Arthur Treachers in Southgate, Michigan on Eureka Road.

@MargaretAnderson-ti1sw

Күн бұрын

Wasn't Arthur Treacher the dancing butler in a movie with Shirley Temple , 'Bright Eyes'?

@sandismith7823

Күн бұрын

That was my 1st job. They Will always be special to me. My 1st introduction to take out fish & chips. 😊 Hmm mm Good

Arthur Treacher's fish was crunchy and delicious. The fries were thick crispy on the outside. It is missed.

@jmarlow2153

5 күн бұрын

12585 Rockside,Cleveland,Ohio

@spaceghostohio7989

4 күн бұрын

@@jmarlow2153 Still one here in Cuyahoga Falls Oh on State Rd

As someone born in 1953, I remember all of them. Burger Chef was my favorite. In my early teens, my family lived about 1/4 mile from Willow Grove Park in Pennsylvania and there was a Burger Chef right across the street from the park. I downed many a Super Shef (sic) sandwich there. Good memories.

@christopherfanelli8821

Күн бұрын

I had relatives in Willow Grove and when my family visited them we rode past Dorney Park. It was the highlight of the trip for me.

@richsheryllhunt7250

Күн бұрын

As a young girl living in Greensburg, PA, we had a Burger Chef. I absolutely loved that restaurant!

I sure miss those Restaurants

I loved Arthur Treachers fish and chips!

Arthur Treacher's was our favorite place back in the day. That was where we would stop and eat supper whenever Mom picked Dad up from work on payday. I miss it so much!

Burger Chef and his sidekick Jeff, who always ended the commercials by saying, "Burger Chef, you're incrediburgable!"

Burger Chef was awesome. Serving the burger in plastic bags made the burgers nice and steamed. SOOOO tasty.

long john silvers and captain d tried to replace arthur treachers, but it didnt work, the malt vinegar was the icing on the cake.

Steak and Ale was so good. Great memories.

@edwardfersch9661

2 күн бұрын

Steak & Ale was so dark and relaxing….here in Houston…when it was 100 degrees outside…it was sooo nice to enter into that cool restaurant. Food was very good.

I loved Arthur Treacher's. It was about two blocks from my house in the 1980's, and I'd get off at the bus stop in front of it to go for an inexpensive meal between coming home from college and going to work 2nd shift. When they closed, Long John Silvers was similar, but not the same. Now, even those are few and far between

@garyhooper1820

8 күн бұрын

I too liked Arthur Treachers , but H Salt was my favorite

@karenrosen2983

5 күн бұрын

I loved Arthur Treacher’s so much!

@StatsJedi

4 күн бұрын

I ate there last month. It was as good as ever. I was visiting Ohio where I grew up. It's on Rockside Road.

@chriskelly6559

4 күн бұрын

@gary, absolutely agree.

We had an Arthur Treacher's near us. The fish and chips were great. The malt vinegar was good too. Howard Johnson's had good chocolate milk. Shakey's was good.

Great restaurants all of them.

Aww…Sizzler…LA native here, and that place was the best!

Yes, wish they were still around=, fish and chips.

I remember & loved most of these. Here’s another one. Taco Tico. Fresh pepper sauce made daily. Burger Chef would load on a mound of shredded lettuce.

I loved Burger Chef!

The Arthur Treachers in Ohio WAS in Austintown. I had eaten there for 50 years. It was sold to the employees a few years back, and the taste and quality remain.

I live in Akron Ohio. I can still indulge in Arthur Treacher a couple of time's a month

@cynthiafroley4415

3 күн бұрын

Lucky you!!!

@sandranorman5469

Күн бұрын

Thanks for the info!!

I loved ponderosa

@larryhosner7332

2 күн бұрын

Me too my I loved it

Shakey's pizza was great in the 60's when I was a kid. They had silent movies showing and two kinds of beer. My Dad let me drink a little bit of the dark beer and it was good even for a kid. The pizza was good too.

@michaelhrivnak1719

5 сағат бұрын

Me too! I always got to "sample" the dark beer. That's why I have a special place in my heart for dark beer today. Even though I really don't drink anymore!

Always Loved Arthur Treacher's Fish, & Chips. Number#1 Favorite Restaruant. Wish They Still Had One In The City😊.

I met my wife at burger chef she worked behind the counter this August would have been 46 years ago but I lost her last year

@joeheid2776

5 күн бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

@mikeheffner1895

3 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@cynthiafroley4415

3 күн бұрын

Oh, I’m so sorry for your loss! As a widow, my life has never been the same! God bless and comfort your heart ❤️

@theearthauger

Күн бұрын

Sorry for your loss. May God richly bless you 🇺🇸

@gilly4881

17 сағат бұрын

Sorry for your loss mate.

Arthur Treachers was the best!!

I still miss Western Sizzling Steakhouses. Mmmmm….

@robertw31968

4 күн бұрын

I miss them too. They had them until the late 90's here in Louisiana. My ex wife and I used to go there every Saturday night. It was delicious.

@deanrogers8273

3 күн бұрын

They have a western sizzling steakhouse in Florence s.c.

@kayfitzgerald309

3 күн бұрын

They were great!! My hubby and I bought a couple of thier huge amber colored Glass glasses, that had "Western Sizzlin" printed all over it, in different colors/direcetions😊 Anyone remember those!??!

@cynthiafroley4415

3 күн бұрын

Me too!

@R0MANS109

Күн бұрын

My wife worked at the one in Moline, IL., around 1977. A Chinese restaurant took over the building around 1981.

I don't like fish but loved the fish and chips at Arthur Treachers

I worked at Arthur Teachers for about 6 months in the mid 70s. I had burns up and down both arms almost the whole time. I worked there back when Catholics weren't allowed to eat meat on ANY Friday, not just Lent and Advent. There was always a line out the door on Fridays. Lived in a super- majority Catholic town.

@ChefDuane

Сағат бұрын

Same. We used to eat frozen breaded shrimp every Friday. Nasty stuff. Went parochial school.

I miss sreak and ale , Quincy steakhouse , Western sizzling steakhouse house, Dodges chicken that was open late at night. The Steeple Drive in that sold the best burgers, hot dogs , milkshakes etc. The Varsity restaurant sold probably the best burgers, fries hot dogs and other things on the menu. All of these places were here in South Carolina but i truly miss the grocery store in A&P , Winn Dixie, Community Cash , Cash & Carry etc . Man those were the good ole days

@brinsonharris9816

Күн бұрын

Winn Dixie still has stores in Florida. I’m in Tampa and there are several here.

I went to Arthur Treachers every Good Friday

I miss Lum's and The Swiss Chalet also Steak and Ale was good too. We had Duff's all you could eat where I lived years ago they were pretty good.

@zsigzsag

4 күн бұрын

Lums was the place to go when you had the "munchies"...lol! Chuck's Steak House was my favorite. The used to serve button mushrooms marinated in Bourbon served in a small crock dish. They had salad bar and great steaks!

@mattdaugherty359

3 күн бұрын

Duffs was great! They moved to Tampa and still are open.

@frankrizzo4460

3 күн бұрын

@@mattdaugherty359 Yeah my Dad used to love their bread pudding 🍮

Arthur Treacher's seems to have been replaced by Long John Silver's but those are now pretty much gone.

@EvangSuz

Күн бұрын

One in Ripley,WV..ring the bell!!

The times and food was without measure. Missed

You've gone and done it I'm hungry. We have gone to all except the last three but knew of them. Thanks for the memories.

What a trip down memory lane. If you want to relive some of those memories, you can visit the Philippines. Lots of old restaurants like Shakey's are all over place.

@dann547

Күн бұрын

Yes it is remarkable to see some of those old restaurants still in the Philippines. It’s more fun in the Philippines!

St. Louis had them all. I loved every one of them. Way back when eating out was affordable. Ponderosa 16 oz T bones for $2.60. Shakeys is my all time favorite pizza.

I sure miss Arthur Treacher's!!! There was one at Fairfax Circle that vanished around 2010!

I miss the Red Barn.. Moved to Columbus Indiana in 1975, was 6 years old. There was a Red Barn two blocks from our new home, was the closest fast food place, heck, one of the few fast food places in Columbus, was a treat to go there on Friday night. After they went out of business it was turned into an oil and lube shop, which I think is still there.

I lived in a small town in West Virginia and fondly remember eating at Burger Chef and Bonanza. Yum! These were so popular in our town. What a treat to eat out then! 😊

I remember a lot of these restaurants and I really like them. The funniest thing is, too long ago. I saw another KZread video that featured most of the same restaurants. except the title of that video was the worst restaurants that were that we are glad that are gone forever! So I guess it all depends on your point of you, but I definitely think yours is better cause I like these restaurants

I remember when Arthur treachers opened in Rochester ny.they gave free double deck bus tours for their grand opening.good memories.

The only two I can remember in this video is Burger Chef and Sizzler. Either one was top notch. I really miss them both

Bring back Howard Johnson's!!!

@bojangles713

4 күн бұрын

Hojos!

@StratBurst92

2 күн бұрын

No thanks, our family got food posining there.

@ccrider00

Күн бұрын

Had the best all u can eat fish + clams. Miss ho- jos!

My dad was a manager of Rhotons restaurant, they had 8 locations in the Cleveland Ohio area back in the 60's- 70's. The signature burger was called the 49er " the big burger".

Arthur Treacher danced with Shirley Temple and also played in two episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. A great talent.

Sizzlers in Galveston TX. in the 1980's, affordable!

I was a little kid when we had a Sizzler here. I remember the Malibu Chicken with the honey mustard dip-fantastic

My Mom & I used to go to Sizzler's in Ventura, Ca. every wk. I loved their food. Very nice memories. (Also Arthur Treacher's sounds great; too bad they closed.)

I miss the Big Boy coffee shops. I’ve been told that there is still A Bobs Big Boy in LA. But there are none left where I live. Growing up in IL we had Marc’s Big Boy. Later moving to PHX AZ there was Bobs Big Boy. Also miss Farrell’s.

@alanhumphrey4198

8 күн бұрын

In Georgia, we had Shoney's Big Boy. The Big Boy franchise is gone, but we still have Shoney's in Vidalia, GA home of sweet onions.😊😊😊

@user-wm5ix5de5j

6 күн бұрын

I loved the Big Boys famous strawberry pie! All fresh strawberries 🍓.

@sonyafox3271

6 күн бұрын

There was at one time a peach, and, strawberry and, several other flavors of those short cakes, at Frisch’s Big Boy but, now there’s only chocolate but, they still have strawberry 🍓 pie babies and, strawberry cheese cake! In the South East it’s known as Frisch’s which they are starting to go out of business as well but,there is one by where, I live is up and, running and, it though has went down hill badly! Last time, I was in there, a elderly gentleman told them his sandwich wasn’t cooked right, the waitress told him, she’d bring him out another one, well, he just up and, left! Then, on top of my burger not being cooked right, my onion rings were all burnt and, I had to wait on my bus a while so, they went and, got me another order and, sure enough it was just as bad as the first meal. After that, I haven’t been back, it’s pretty pathetic that they hired a young guy that told them he could cook and, they took his word for it, he couldn’t even get a frozen meat patty cooked all the way through and, he wasn’t able to cook half of the food that the waitresses had to serve to their customers!

Pretty good AI narration. Not perfect, but not bad.

I miss Sambo's the food was good and the name was hilarious

@stevenwoodward5923

8 күн бұрын

My first job as a teenage There name was their downfall

@frankrizzo4460

8 күн бұрын

People don't realize that the name was a combination of the two owners names put together.

@gregoryhenderson2640

7 күн бұрын

I worked there my senior year in high-school.

@ge2623

5 күн бұрын

Sambos was originally called "Little Black Sambos" and had a stereotypical little black cartoon boy with big lips etc. on their sign. Not a good look.

@gregoryhenderson2640

5 күн бұрын

@@ge2623 of all the sambos signs I ever saw, I never saw that. Then again I only first heard of it in the latter 70s when I worked there.

The 3 restaurants mentioned here that I miss the most are Shakey's, Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips, and Steak n Ale. Same to see such good places decline into nothing.

@oriolesfan7807

2 күн бұрын

Oh gosh I have a Shakey's memory for you. Last time I saw one was in Maryland. It was a high school hangout. Flash forward to 2016. While in Los Angeles for the Orioles-Dodgers series, I found a Shakey's on Santa Monica Blvd. Learned all the Shakey's outside California were closed. They only exist in California now.

I remember all of these restaurants, thanks for the memories! Now I'm hungry...

@stevenwoodward5923

8 күн бұрын

Same here

I miss Arthur Treachers. I miss their fish and their baked potato & their potato bar.

When I was a Catholic orphan, one of my fondest memories was Fish & Chips restaurant. When I was adopted by Lutherans, they had never heard of the place. They took me somewhere else for fish and chips, but it weren't nearly the same.

@JimPippin-wc7fq

7 күн бұрын

I only remember two places that specialized in fish and chips. One was Arthur Treachers and the other was H. Salt Esquire

@StatsJedi

4 күн бұрын

I'm Lutheran and we always knew. I ate there again last month. See comment above.

@jillfoley6834

2 күн бұрын

I was an orphan too, at Saint Vincent’s. I turned out ok, but I still don’t feel like I belong here, I still like fish 🐠 every Friday though! 😇

@JimPippin-wc7fq

2 күн бұрын

@@jillfoley6834 My wife was left at St.Vincents in K.C. where she was adopted from. You weren't in K.C. by any chance we're you?

@jillfoley6834

2 күн бұрын

@@JimPippin-wc7fq Saginaw, Michigan. The nuns were very nice…the orphanage has closed since then.

bonanza and ponderosa and sizzlers was our to go to resturuants for special days birthdays or sunday dinner

One Arthur Treachers left in Ohio one hour away. We still drive there once or twice a year. Still my Favorite

I loved going to Shakey's when I was a kid.

These restaurants may have been in OKC but, not around here. I remember every time we'd be going to OKC for drs appointments and hospital stays I always seem Howard Johnson's as we drove down the interstate. Never been to any. Really enjoyed your video even if I've never been to any.

A+ video! LOVE IT! Would love to go to those restaurants!

Author treaters fish and chips It’s in mentor ohio,we had a ground round in Wickliffe Ohio it closed in the 90s,we had a ponderosa in mentor and in Wickliffe we would go after church.we miss these restaurants.

I remember all of these!!! They were Great!!!

In the 70s , my grand motherwould take me to Howard Johnson’s. I liked it.

HoJo's all you can eat fried chicken nights were amazing. Shakey's spiced pepperoni pizza--yum.

I think Treachers closed due to the "cod wars". They couldnt get same fish anymore.

@user-ey3cb6ct7r

8 күн бұрын

You are correct, the cod wars between Iceland and Great Britain drove the prices up so no one could afford the cod anymore.

I miss Piccadilly Fish 'N Chips & JB’s Big Boy. Sizzler left a couple years ago but 50 miles away there’s still one.

Back when you could afford to take the whole family and friends out together and still not break the bank God I miss those days. Good memories.

@jimbo0707

50 минут бұрын

That was long before the government & big business decided their profits and owning a Mercedes & a yacht were more important than quality of the food

I Loved Arthur Treaters

And now, you can’t find a Red Lobster anywhere.

@ge2623

5 күн бұрын

Good.

@erikmcc804

4 күн бұрын

There is one here in Maplewood Missouri

I remember H. Salt Fish and Chips. It all of a sudden disappeared.

I loved Arthur Teachers on Bloomfield Ave. In Montclair

All good places to go and eat. As far as hamburgers go, I miss Gino's-I loved the Gino's Giant.

Jo-Jo's had the best burger/fry combo and had a liquor license to boot!

One that you missed was beef corral and also Roy Rogers which were popular back in the 80s and 90s.

Kings Burgers was the best in Vancouver. Thursday specials was 4 deluxe burgers for $1.25.

Ship's, The Bratskellar, Dar Maghreb, MFK's, Kelbo's, The Luau, Le Café, Butterfield's, Señor Pico, Trader Vic's, Biff's, DuPar's, Carolina Pines Jr., Ben Frank's, A&W, Dolores's. My memory banks are overdrawn.

Arthur Treachers was by far one of very best places to get a great fish and chips meal. I miss that place so much and hope to find something that resembles it. Good old days

Three places I have never seen, but the rest I know well, thanks for the memories

We had a red barn in Wickliffe,I remember I won a banana bike in a contest

Thanks for the memories so much 😊❤

As someone who grew up in the 70s. Arthur Treachers was the best.

As a Brit living in Texas I sure wish Arthur Treachers was still here. Could just fancy a good F and C right now.

Luv me some fish and chips....🍽️☺️☺️

OMG !!! I worked at a Burger Chef when I was 16 -- my first job! What memories 💜🤎💜🤎💜

Grew up in a small NE Ohio town. Had both Arthur Treacher's and Ponderosa. Loved going to Ponderosa with my mom, dad and 2 brothers. It was a real treat when we got to go there. Loved Red Barn also and miss these restaurants!! ❤️❤️

Loved Steak and Ale. When we would go after work to celebrate, and up to a point the food was always good, then it started to go downhill FAST

Fun retrospective. Thanx so much

Everyone always has high praise for Arthur treacher why did they ever go out of business. That food was delicious. Loved that place. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hojos all u can eat Clams and Fish was always wonderful. Miss it big time!

American Memory, I Like your channel. I was a 1970's little kid ! The big ones I personally miss are Howard Johnsons, Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips, Sizzler and Burger Chef. Howard Johnsons and Arthur Treachers fish and chips are the two I miss the most!

I'm 57. I remember Arthur teachers, Red Barn, Burger Chef, Ponderosa, Bonanza, Howard Johnson's. We had them here in western ,Pa/Ohio. All are gone.

@hbennett5640

15 сағат бұрын

me too....also 57❤

Howard Johnson's restaurants looked so cool to a kid. Like something out of the Jetsons!

I miss Arthur Treacher's I wish they'd bring that one back😊😊😊

Bonanza - I laughed when the speaker said, "Who had their first job here?" 👋 Me, in High School! 😂

Here in Michigan I miss Big Boy & Bill Knapps. Great food.

I played in a band at Shakey's pizza Thursday nites in the late 70s they paid us $40 a piece with free pizza and beer.

In Idaho falls Idaho, we used to have a Shakey's, bonanza and Arthur treachers. All are gone now. But there is still a sizzler restaurant, but expensive to eat there.

Who do remember Big Boy restaurant.

@kennethweser

Күн бұрын

There used to be a Big Boy restaurant in Elgin IL. My mom and I went there all the time.

Anyone else have ice cream with Sheriff Bart at Howard Johnson's?

We had a Ponderosa restaurant nearby in 1970s Toronto, Canada. I remember loving the all you can eat salad bar, barely had room for the main course.