I ate at the original Hardees back in the early sixties. It was a big event to gather up a crowd of family and friends, drive all the way(20 miles) to Greenville for cheap burgers, fries, and milkshakes. Things tasted better back then.

@paulym5814

2 жыл бұрын

The Hardee’s beef burger. We had one here in maine back in the day. I remember as a kid piling into the family station wagon and going there for lunch.

@PaulTesta

2 жыл бұрын

Days long gone. Likely will never be recaptured (this side of Heaven).

@DennisJohnsonDrummer

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaulTesta For sure.

@Transbullshit2024

2 жыл бұрын

And your still alive?

@Transbullshit2024

2 жыл бұрын

Hardee's is racist the raisin figures are black

It' sad the 2 partners stole Mr. Hardees dream from him.

@gunnarbiker

2 жыл бұрын

Ray Kroc (sp?) did the same to the McDonald Brothers.

@noble604

2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea Hardee’s ever grew to be that big. To me, the restaurants were so bare bones. The places looked alot cheaper than being on the level as a McDonald’s or Burger King with all the colors, gimmicks and things to draw you in. I just remember Hardee’s being plain and drab dark brown with brown uniforms and nothing new or catchy. I had no idea it rose to be that successful.

@itinerantpatriot1196

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I never knew the backstory to the franchise. It is sad. Almost makes me glad I was never that big on the joint. "William Hardee finally received the wide recognition he had always wanted." I'll bet he would have liked a check to go along with it, maybe some fries? But hey, they did write a nice obituary for him so he got that.

@dlakoba4459

2 жыл бұрын

yes~ very sad~~!!!

@jsivco3sivco785

2 жыл бұрын

NEVER give away more than 49% of your business to "partners!"

Moral of the story his so called friends had evil motives from the start.

@spankthatdonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Scumbags!

@scooterdover2771

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to a friend of mine. 2 against 1, and 1 gets screwed.

@derekcolvin9944

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing Ray Croc pulled on the McDonald brothers

@mattl9070

2 жыл бұрын

That's messed up...the lesson here is NEVER allow others a stake in your business just to make a quick buck...Hardee could have made it big time on his own if he just was patient and not allow others to buy in.

@jimmypatterson3998

2 жыл бұрын

What a betrayal. Mr. Hardee's so called friends put the knife in his back.That is so sad.

mushroom and swiss is the bomb, absolutely LOVE these burgers, need one right NOW

@jeepluver3195

2 жыл бұрын

You can make the sauce at home with Campbell’s Golden Mushroom soup.

@choppers1036

2 жыл бұрын

It's my fave!

@The.Original.Potatocakes

2 жыл бұрын

Hidden gems bro, Hot ham and Swiss and the Roat beef Sandwich dude!

The thing about Hardee's that sticks in my mind is how it was often the one of the first fast-food franchise to open in many rural Georgia towns. I'd often accompany my Dad for hunting or fishing trips and we would travel through many of these small rural towns and I noticed that the only places they had to grab a burger would be either a Hardee's or a Dairy Queen. Needless to say breakfast on these adventures came in the form of a Hardee's sausage and egg biscuit. Those biscuits were always a cut above the other chains breakfast offerings to this southern boy because they were made from scratch with buttermilk and tasted pretty close to what mom would make. It is still one of my preferred places to grab breakfast on the go over 40 years later.

@naughtydorf18

2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed a Hardees biscuit on the way to the fishing hole with Pops.

@jimmypatterson3998

2 жыл бұрын

I know Hardee's is very popular here in Tennessee.

@IamEscobarr

2 жыл бұрын

I would always enjoy the commercials…especially the Tex-mex one. Never mind it was a Carl’s Jr. commercial.

@nilesclifford9704

Жыл бұрын

@@IamEscobarr let me guess I suggest that Hardee's will have a gluten free menu is udi's gluten free burger buns, and dairy free cheese slices for the beef, lettuce, onions, Tomatoes, pickles, and bacon with ketchup, and mustard.

The Big Deluxe after church on Sunday in the 70s …. Best Smelling Parking Lot EVER!!!! Thanks.

My fondest memory of Hardee’s was their breakfast biscuits when my family was out and about on Saturday mornings. Saturdays were the only day we had breakfast out and it was a real treat to get a hot Hardee’s sausage and egg breakfast biscuit. I remember them to be very tasty.

@Fla5thgenTryMe

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

I remember working summers with my uncle and we always stopped at Hardees for breakfast before heading off to the job site. The best biscuits of any fast food place.

@luckynedpepper9030

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Their biscuits are fantastic.

@Fla5thgenTryMe

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

I remember when Hardee's used to do fried chicken and it was really good (also I was like seven so anything tastes good)

@roscoeshepard

2 жыл бұрын

Remember when they had Roast Beef sandwiches?

@hilltopmachineworks2131

2 жыл бұрын

@@roscoeshepard Yep.

@dave6279

2 жыл бұрын

@@roscoeshepard yep, remember the pumps for the roast beef sauce...no little packets here...

@QueenOfTheNorth65

2 жыл бұрын

It was VERY good.

My mother worked at Hardee's in Succasunna, NJ back in the mid 70's. I remember my father checking me out of 3rd grade on one of his days off and driving us to Hardee's to get served by Mom and have a Hardee's cheeseburger. They were so good.... just like this memory

@noble604

2 жыл бұрын

My grandma liked the cheeseburgers, too. She wasn’t too impressed with the taste of fast food but she did like the taste of Hardee’s.

Wife and I went to our local this morning. We go about 3 times a week for the sausage gravy and biscuit. The biscuits are better than most people can make from scratch.

When I was teaching, once a week or so, the principal would bring in the cinnamon raisin biscuits for the faculty and staff. So good!

@Mszahnclass95

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯 the best

@QueenOfTheNorth65

2 жыл бұрын

Those were fantastic!

What I mostly remember about Hardees is constantly going through the drive-thru, getting home, and discovering that what I had ordered and paid for was not what I got.

When I first started working in the late 1990's, I had to fly into Kansas City, MO from Chicago and drive a rental car to Topeka, KS. Hardees was the anchor restaurant at the Lawrence, KS rest area on the Kansas Turnpike at the time, and I would often stop to get a sausage and egg biscuit on my way to the office. Made my day!

My grandparents loved Hardees! In their final years when they went into s nursing home, mom travelled down there each year and stayed at a motel for several months at a time, to help take care of them. After a while she found a motel she particularly liked, and booked a room there every year. There was a Hardees on the same lot. Mom was a night owl and I was a lark, so whenever I visited her there, I would go to Hardees by myself for breakfast. The food, the service and the ambience were always great. Sometimes I stayed for hours reading my books and drinking coffee, and no one minded. Those weren't easy times, but that Hardees was always a bright spot. I wish I could go back there now and thank them once again. 💕💕

@louannchipman1749

11 ай бұрын

The Hardee's in North Wilkesboro, NC, actually had a SALAD BAR for a time. My Grandmother was in HEAVEN! She loved the "fine dining" there - especially the salad bar. Then, when they introduced the peach milkshakes - well, practically nothing made her happier than a trip to town to make sure she got her beloved peach milkshake. I miss her.

Back in the late 1970's ,I lived in the Gratiot and McNichols on Detroit's Northeast side. There was a Hardee's located on Gratiot and Houston-Whittier. This was the very first Hardee's that I went to. When, Hardee's closed permanently the Hardee's building was torn down. Then, a laundromat was built on Hardee's property. This was one of the inner-city Hardee's in Detroit, Michigan. I miss the orange buildings that Hardee's had. P.S., Hardee's had the best food!

@mikeoxstiff

2 жыл бұрын

There's still a Hardee's on John R, North of 9 Mile, but the building isn't orange.

@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, Whataburger could be in your town soon. Then you'll forget about Hardee's.

@trentpettit6336

2 жыл бұрын

@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 Whataburger in Detroit? Will they be coming to any other cities in between their home in TEXAS and Detroit?

@hoosierproud7718

2 жыл бұрын

@@trentpettit6336 overrated

@trentpettit6336

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoosierproud7718 What is?

RIP: Husky, Big Deluxe, Big Twin and Big Cheese. Hardee’s was my go to burger joint late 70’s and early 80’s. I still visit from time to time. The quality of the burgers is better than most fast food restaurants but the facilities need updating in my area. I enjoy the channel.

@jimmypatterson3998

2 жыл бұрын

I really loved the Big Twin.Wish they could bring it back.

@thinerj1

2 жыл бұрын

yeah around the middwest most of the stores look old and outdated and run down.

@zim1966

2 жыл бұрын

A Big Deluxe and Da Moose coke in late 80s was my meal of choice in Howell Michigan

@Mr.TylerSC

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmypatterson3998 The Big Hardee is today's version of the Big Twin. It is basically identical and has the 1000 Island sauce.

@louannchipman1749

11 ай бұрын

OHHHHH the Husky!!! What a SAMMIE!!! I wish they would bring it back - it was HUUUUGE!

I was in college when Hardees introduced their biscuits made from scratch. 3 days a week I had an early class at 7:30 AM and would either get Hardees on my way to class or on my way home from class almost every day.

@luckynedpepper9030

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. Their biscuits were, and still are, awesome in my opinion.

@talfacprez

2 жыл бұрын

@@luckynedpepper9030 I still get one every day. I now live in Oklahoma and they are Carl's Juniors in my area of the state.

@hilltopmachineworks2131

2 жыл бұрын

We had one on our campus back in the 80's. You could get biscuits after 11pm on Friday & Saturday nights. 2 sausage biscuits for a dollar. Perfect late night snack for broke college students.

MY FIRST JOB WITH AN SS#...1975, CARL'S JR. IN SAN JOSE ! I MET CARL IN MY HOMETOWN SUMMER 2007...HE WAS 90 AND GAVE ME THE 2 THUMBS UP !

My grandpa loved Hardee's and so Do I miss you grandpa ☺️🥰🥰🥰

Those "brief negotiations" were probably too brief. Nothing will bring out the snake in people like a business deal. Hardees used to be fairly common here in Ohio but now you have to drive a good deal to find one as they are few and far between.

@kemgreene2293

2 жыл бұрын

"Yeah"! Bottom dewellers". You said it

@WallysPlace66

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Dale I'm with you. Fancy meeting you here buddy.

@Daledavispratt

2 жыл бұрын

@@WallysPlace66 Wally! :-)

I had the California raisin figures. I loved them. They still have the best biscuits and gravy but they are so expensive now.

@screechmom

2 жыл бұрын

I still have mine

I've always been a Cale Yarborough fan when he drove Nascar. In the 80's, Hardee's was his sponsor. Always liked the look of his orange and white Hardee's race cars.

@emeyer6963

2 жыл бұрын

I can remember him flipping one over in qualifying at Daytona and having to take a show car that was at an Ormond Beach Hardees and getting it ready for the Daytona 500.Won the race in that Pontiac too!1984 I think

@richardshermanjr1899

2 жыл бұрын

I think I remember in the Hardee's commercials in maybe the late 1970"s or early 1980's they use to have a fake race car driver called Road Runner and you could get a toy race car that was white.

During the 1970's, the late Cass Elliott did a jingle for Hardees restaurant TV commercials.

Another great video! Thanks for creating these videos which spare some great memories.

I remember the California raisins figurines. I remember all the other things they sold for a limited time like the Looney tunes glasses, Road Runner race cars, Smurf glasses, and ACC basketball tournament posters,

My first job was at Hardee's in the middle eighties...they made the best cinnamon raisin biscuits..

In the early 70's I remember my dad taking us to hardees in the south side of Jacksonville FL. I loved it growing up.

Great video! Always liked Hardee’s. Super sized burgers are awesome! I remember their classic commercial jingle from back in the day, “Hurry on down to Hardee’s, where the burgers are charcoal broiled” 👍

I remember Sandy's. It was my first experience with a fast food chain in Columbus, Ohio. The fries and burgers were unbelievable. I still can taste them in my mind 60 years later. Wish you did their story.

I loved getting those hot dogs with mustard, ketchup and diced onions. They were served in a yellow styrofoam container. I was in college and had very little money, but we used to buy these for about a dollar with a student discount.

Hardee's was my favorite when I was young. My brother Bruce worked there in 1976 - 77... I remember collecting Warner Bros. cartoon glasses..

I remember when Hardee’s introduced fried chicken to their menu in the 1990s. That was my favorite.

I grew up and still live in the town that Hardee’s began in, Greenville, NC. I remember the original spot where the original Hardee’s was built and stayed in business on 14th street. I also remember a couple taking me down there when I was 6 years old. That was the time of my life!

Hardee's was the 2nd chain restaurant that came to our small city of Elizabethton, TN. When I was growing up there in the 70s, my grandfather would take me to Hardee's for a roast beef sandwich and a milkshake. It was difficult to get into during the early morning rush for breakfast. Traffic would back up out of the parking lot and onto Broad Street blocking the right-hand lane. The biscuits and gravy were worth the wait. Now, Elizabethton has several restaurants competing for your dining dollar and the Hardee's is looking a little worn around the edges.

I loved their french bread sticks, sausage gravy and fresh biscuits and dip my potato rounds in the leftover gravy! Mmmmmmm. Love the video, been waiting for it to drop

@emeyer6963

2 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one who was a dipper.Lol!Had an order a few weeks ago of Biscuits and Gravy.Yummy!

There used to be Hardees in Massachusetts. In the late 70's we used to go for lunch to a Hardees in Framingham when I worked down the street from it. I recall the jingle 🎶 "Hurry on down to Hardees, where the burgers are charcoal broiled" 🎶

I’ve lived in CT all of my life and we had 2 Hardee’s that I knew of and went to in the 70’s.

@edwinrodeo

2 жыл бұрын

They had stores in Bristol, New Britain, Wallingford , Evan a mega store in Storrs on campus

@Babybubdo

2 жыл бұрын

@@edwinrodeo We used to go to the one in Milford after leaving Milford Rec. There was one in Branford too.

Hardees and Burger Chef were our McDonald's "alternatives" back in the 60's when Dad wanted to "change up" our "burger nights". Back in those days, it was a real treat to go for a burger, fries and shakes. We would anxiously await those special nights when we would "take a ride", then stop at one of the BIG THREE. Back then, families ate nightly home-cooked meals made by Moms, so to go out for "fast food" was something special indeed....

The early 70s we had a Hardees on Long Island. I loved the cheeseburgers!

@carolynhowell9768

2 жыл бұрын

According to this video there was never a Hardee's in Long Island; NY

@FaeDruid

2 жыл бұрын

The video is wrong or at least misleading. There was indeed at least one Hardee’s on Long Island, in Commack. I know because I grew up there and ate there and remember it well.

@davidkastin4240

2 жыл бұрын

@@FaeDruid The Hardees I went to was in Bethpage.

I worked at Hardee's all through high school and so did most of my friends. It was the 'in' place to be over McDonald's. The parking lot was a hangout in the summer and the place was packed after football games. The collectibles and promotions were great and I think I still have a Smurf glass. I remember everyone would panic when a bus pulled up. Some of the greatest memories of my youth.

@amytaylor2138

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha thts really interesting there Paul My neighbor talks about hardee a lot and I think there are really worth the hype I had to give them a try once and it was perfect Where are you from?

@paulnelson7525

2 жыл бұрын

@@amytaylor2138 Oh lol. This was back in the early 80's in Minnesota. The Hardee's that I worked at was torn down and became an Arby's and a new Hardee's was built near the interstate. It is not the same but the memories will always be there.

@amytaylor2138

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulnelson7525 hahahahah I get it Paul thts ok So where do you live and nice to meet you

My dad used to take me to Hardee's when I was a kid. We had at least seven locations in my area, but they all shuttered by the 2000's. A joint Hardee's/Shell gas station opened up around 2002 or so, and then in 2009, I actually helped start a second location in my area, and worked there for a few months until I found a better paying job. That store was in a rough location, so they moved it to a former Hardee's location that was open in the 90s. Then a few years ago, they built a brand new one not far from my house, so now we are back to three Hardee's locations.

sad story - really unfortunate for mr hardee

I worked at Hardees for a very short while during a summer when I was in high school. Wore the hat and the little bolo tie. One night (I was not at work ) a masked man knocked at the back door, came in with a shot gun and stole all of the money. Later it was discovered that the gunman was actually the manager with another worker as his accomplice. Fun times. (1977) (except for that night of course)

@louannchipman1749

11 ай бұрын

Holy cheese! That's crazy!!!! I was supervisor on graveyard shift (we were a 24 hour store) and the back door buzzer went off. I was literally sleepwalking my shift and wasn't thinking clearly. YOU NEVER OPEN THE BACK DOOR LATE AT NIGHT. I opened the door in these dark, wee hours of the morning and was greeted by a man with a bandana over his nose and mouth with a nickel-plated gun pointed directly at me. Thinking it was a bad dream, I said "HA!" real loud, then made my way back to the office, where I was working on some paperwork. One of my crew came up to the office door a little later and asked "who was at the back door?", which snapped me back into reality. It hadn't been a dream. Same man robbed a Wendy's restaurant in nearby Winston-Salem shortly afterward.

So 1960, then in 1969 my wife was born. Then on Jan. 16, 1984, she was working for Hardees. A day after her birthday!

Thanks for sharing 😊

Hardees open in our town in the mid 70s, both my sisters worked there during our high school years, now there is a car wash there. We have to go to the next town to get the best burger on the planet, love Hardees.

Hardee’s was the first job I had at 17 in Virginia Beach in 19999. It was a great job and I loved it. I remember when they were well known for their fried chicken and roast beef. The roast beef wasn’t all that good, but the chicken was amazing. Those were the days

Always loved Hardees biscuits. Especially the steak biscuit. Love the Big Hardee burger 🍔, I will always remember going into Hardees on Hwy 15 in Jackson,Ky. I bought my favorite Uncle Bill a bacon cheeseburger which turned out to be his last meal. He passed two days later from lung cancer. God Bless my Uncle Bill and Thank you Hardees for that memory. D

I am from Rocky Mount and my boyfriend Bobby Alston's dad ran the first Hardee's there.. long ago but so much fun.

The California Raisins!! I had all of them and I loved the cinnamon raisin biscuits.

@louannchipman1749

11 ай бұрын

I had collected them all and made those delicious biscuits! They rolled the promotion out at our location prior to 1987, though. We may have been a test market, don't know.

Hardees always reminds me of my dad. He worked nights and sometimes he would surprise me with a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit or their famous biscuits and gravy for breakfast

Used to eat at the Hardee's in Mansfield, OH back in the 80's and 90's.

@jamesslick4790

2 жыл бұрын

We still have one in the Pittsburgh,PA suburb of Millvale.

We had one in my town. In the late 80’s and everyone would hang out there. The hot rod guys. Low riders. CB crew. We called it the crooked I for some reason 😂. Good times ✌🏼

My father collected all the California raisin figures from Hardee's which are still sitting on a collectors shelf here at my house when he passed away in 98 & I took over his house. Also not mentioned in your video were the "Superbowl Pins" which featured 25 pins with the teams who played in each superbowl starting from 1967 to 1990 as well as the year, where it was played & the final score for each. I remember the old man constantly taking me to eat Hardee's just to try collecting them all (which he eventually did) and put them all in this nice custom display frame. Folks always comment on that frame asking how or where to find them and I sadly have to inform them that unless you were eating Hardee's every week back in 91 collecting then you'll probably have to hunt for them online if they are available. Didn't realize then how sentimental these things would be to me now, I miss you pops!

I was born in 1969, I swear I remember cabbage on their burgers. Their black light posters of universal monsters were the best. I wish I kept them.

I was a manager of Hardees in 1983 after training at the Columbia SC Hardees Training Store. At that time it was under Spartan Foods, which also owned Quincey's Steak House. They housed both Hardees & Quincey's trainees at an apartment complex. I believe the training lasted 4 weeks, before you were sent back to the location you were to manage. At that time the Breakfast Program was the most profitable. As far as I know Quincey's no longer exist and two of the Hardees in my area have closed.

@louannchipman1749

11 ай бұрын

I remember Spartan Foods - can't remember which owned us, first - Spartan or Imasco. I was an employee at the Clemmons, NC location for five years - ending my run in 1987.

There were Hardee’s in New York. I. grew up on Long Island in the 60’s and 70’s and I had a Hardee’s in my town.

I think the Hardee's in my town was way on the other end of town or was in a bad neighborhood, so we never went there. But I have eaten at Carl's Jr. when I visited California. Loved their french toast sticks!

I recall a Hardie's in North Augusta SC located on Georgia Ave. in 1966-68 Outside seating only with cement tables and stools.

Cortland, NY had a Hardee’s in the 70’s as I worked there in 1976-77

My grandmother loved Hardee's.

The regular roast beef with their brand name bbq sauce was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

We had a Hardee's here in Downtown Binghamton, New York from the late 80's to early 90's. It was gone by the mid 90's I believe. A fancy clothing store now occupies the space. Once I placed an order at the counter and had no money to pay for it. I never exited a Hardee's restaurant so fast in my life... lol

Hardee’s has legendary architecture that wasn’t highlighted in the video. The brickwork on the outside walls was a 45° slant the last 3’ closest to the ground. Super place in the 70’s & 80’s.

I remember one on Rt. 75 Windsor Locks, CT mid-70's near where Bradley Field is.

Growing up besides the big three we had Hardees, Sandies, and Burger Chef. Now I am an In & Out burger fan.

My first job was at Hardee’s best tasting burger ever in the 70s

@edwinrodeo

2 жыл бұрын

Same with me… Bristol Ct

There was a Hardee's in Danbury CT back in the 70s, my father was a manager there. I wonder what happen to it. I loved their chili dogs they had at the time, I live now in Dundalk MD and I have not seen a Hardee's here in Maryland yet. As for Carl Jr when I lived in San Francisco the one on Market St use to accept food stamps, that was a great Idea, I wish all fast food restaurants would accept food stamps.

@susanst.82

2 жыл бұрын

Do you recall which street the Hardee’s was located? I’ve lived in Danbury for forty years and the only possibility I could see would be the Route 6 area-Danbury-Newtown Road. There’s a building that possibly could have been the Hardee’s.

I loved the Steak Sandwich !!!!

Sometime around the year 1970 my siblings and I would spend weeks in the summer staying with our uncle because he lived on a hill just above Hardees. We would slide down the hill and order one of their char-broiled burgers with fries and we were in heaven! I was at the time and in the rural area I grew up in it was a 15-minute drive to anything resembling a fast-food restaurant. At that time Hardees was the only burger franchise in the county I lived in, and it was much later before we got our first McDonalds. Our uncle lived a couple of counties over and they didn't have a McDonalds either.

Two Things I recall about Hardees growing up. In 1980-1985 out Football team use to receive a Big Burger from Hardees as our Football meal on Fridays in Pensacola Florida. Also, in the morning my buddy and I use to drive to Hardees at 6:30 in the morning prior to going to High School and get a sausage biscuit for .89!!

I loved their sausage gravy biscuits . I always ordered extra gravy with it & added a crumbled up sausage egg biscuit to the gravy....good times

I worked for Hardees when I was young. I still have the california raisin guys

Every Hardees I stop in looks like an old folks home in the morning. Nothing but seniors sitting around with nothing to do except gossip and tell each other they do not look a day over 79.

Love the Frisco burger, thx, I remember the smiling 🌟, thanks Harden for the greatest burgers,RIP

Hardee’s was in Connecticut in the 1970’s. They all closed - maybe due to the cost of doing business. I remember the trip,e thick shakes. They were so good. And their apple pies were outstanding.

Biscuits and gravy and the old school bakery in Farmington on way to church was the best!!

I have always had a positive impression of Hardees. I like their burgers better than McDonalds, Burger King, or Wendy's. They are probably the least healthy but they taste the best to me. And their biscuits are awesome! I don't think they get enough love from the food crowd from groups like Mashed.

We were a Hardee’s family growing up. I remember wanting to win the Camaro go-kart, white with orange letters, they were giving away so badly! I loved their tenderloin sandwich so much!

We had a Hardee's here in the Syracuse, New York area back when they had the blue and orange neon restaurant signs. It was the only one in the area. We were a test area for Hardee's. Our restaurant even had a kids ball pit/play area way before McDonald's even thought of it.

When I was a kid, my grandparents would occasionally take me to the Hardee's by their house. Unfortunately, that location closed a few years ago.

I live in California but I remember when Hardee's biscuits came to Carl's Jr. Our hockey team had a promotion for a free Biscuit and Gravy with a purchase of a drink.

My aunt worked at the Rocky Mt. "hurry on down to Hardee's, where the burgers are charcoal broiled"

Had a few on Long Island that flopped between Roy Rogers and Hardees for awhile before both disappeared in late 80s.Now I am down in Florida and have eaten breakfast in a few of them lately.Biscuits still as good as ever but the cinnamon raisin biscuits are gone.Miss those!

I worked for three different Hardee's . Hardee's biscuits can't be beat . I miss their octagon shaped beef patties . And the original " Big Deluxe " . I helped making biscuits , and fried chicken . I also worked overnights .

@jennycurtis4447

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service to mankind😊

I remember the original Hardee's in Roxboro NC. You had to park the car and walk up to the window to order. Then they built a new one and high school kids eating there after school.

There used to be two Hardee's locations in my hometown of Thomasville, NC -- one downtown, which was closer to my house, and one at Southgate Shopping Center on the south side of town. The downtown location has since closed, but the Southgate location is still operating.

I worked at Hardees in the 1980's. They treated their employees good back then and the food was good. My favorite was the mushroom Swiss burger. Later the mushroom Swiss burger was crap. It went from being juicy with a lot of mushrooms and Swiss cheese to being a dried up one mushroom sketchy Swiss cheese flop.

@pmcpmc8005

2 жыл бұрын

They use to have fresh meat then they cut corners and went frozen.

@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736

2 жыл бұрын

Thank Carl's Jr. for being frugal.

@kathybenson9382

2 жыл бұрын

And too salty.

@louannchipman1749

11 ай бұрын

Our location would close for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Any items (already-cooked roast beef logs, heated mushroom gravy would have to be tossed, if it were left over during cleanup/shutdown. We had a whole log of roast beef and a bunch of gravy left over one time. The staff split it before we closed down (we were otherwise a full-service 24 hour location). Me and my Mom FEASTED on both until we couldn't even look at roast beef and gravy. Did you ever have the Turkey Club - oh my it was soooo good!

There was Hardees in Connecticut in the '70s. I am a little too young to remember eating there. I do remember driving by the locations though.

I traveled extensively during the 80s and discovered the cinnamon raisin biscuits. Had to get to Hardee's before they ran out in the morning. It seemed like Hardee's was the gathering place for farmers to gab over a cup of coffee much like Dairy Queen is in the south. I was very disappointed that Carl's Jr didn't have the cinnamon raisin biscuits in the morning when they tried to push into the Houston market. I did enjoy the thick burgers especially the ones with the bread and butter pickles on them.

Had a Hardees in central CT when I was growing up in the 70's. Alas, when it acquired Roy Rogers it turned into a Roy Rogers, which eventually withdrew from CT and most of them changed into Arbys.

My friend Jeff Burge worked at Hardees in Indy, one time he slipped an his entire arm went into the french fry vat. He went to the hospital, but Hardee's went on cooking french fries.

Wonderful. Love their breakfast food too.

Best breakfast menu of all the fast food chains hands-down

Prydes came first to Johnston SC, and a year later after a day of remodeling we had a Hardees. The best Roast Beef and Chicken Sandwiches ever. Bring back the Curley Fries.

At Hardee's, I had to wait at the drive thru for a while and now I know why.

Great storytelling on this video.

My lasting memories are of their fried chicken which I considered better than everyone else including those establishments that had chicken as the primary food item and advertised as much. It was fantastic while it lasted. Also the Texas toast breakfast sandwiches were delicious may still be a menu item but not sure haven't eaten at Hardee's for at least 20 years but still remember how good it was

I grew up with a Hardees just down the street from my house. I had all those raisins. Lots of memories.