Restaurants that are no more

[Poohnatic]

There might be a few around somewhere else ... but not one around here ... Roy Rogers. Remember the barrels made into seats that you'd sit on?

Again, gone in this area but might live on somewhere else ... Bennigans.

Roy's was purchased by Hardee's in 1991. After a disastrous conversion, Plamondon Enterprises bought the rights back from the Hardee's corporation. They still run them in Maryland/PA/VA and give franchising rights for elsewhere.

No barrel seats and no Apple cheese crisps, but they still have the Double R Bar.

Suzanne

 

[AmazingGrace]

but about twenty years ago, there was this place called the Tin Bucket Cafe. They would serve their drinks in mason jars and they had the best Chicken fried steak ever. When I was first stationed in S.A. all of us airmen would eat there. Whenever i drink Big Red, I think of TBC. I wish it was still around.

 

[Missy1961]

We have one Roy Rogers left here on Long Island. We also have at least one or two Bennigans.

I know there are Jack-in-the-Box places still around, but there hasn't been one here in 20+ years. I was surprised to see a commercial for it the other day on one of the stations on Dish Network.

There is one that I do miss - Sizzlers!

ETA: Hey Chuck, there's also a Ponderosa iin the Rochester, NY area. My friend and I ate there last year when we there for a conference.

There is at least 1 Sizzler left--it's outside the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa.

 

[dhcoffey]

We used to go to Cumberland all the time, but my parents wouldn't take us to the Magic Pan. We always ate at El Chico or the sandwich place upstairs. What was the name of it? That's going to drive me nuts. They were both really good. The last time I went to that mall it had really gone downhill.

So, I guess I should try the Shakey's they just built here.

I do remember a sandwich shop there that was upstairs and the name was Dunderbox or something like that, probably spelled wrong. It was good, too.

And I don't live in Atlanta anymore but when I'm there, we don't go to Cumberland Mall anymore either because it has gone downhill.

Heather

 

[RickinNYC]

Years ago we had a Sambo's

I remember Sambo's. But in the early 80's, they changed all of their restaurant names to Season's for obvious reasons.

 

[MerryPoppins]

We had a Po' Folks too. They had good food. Our is now a gym.

 

[Poohnatic]

Missy,

The last time I was on LI, I was shocked to see that one was still there. My DH and his landscaping buddies were banned from that one because they ate too much of the all you can eat shrimp!

Hey, what is the space ship NOW? I was in heaven when it was a Blimpie, because I could get a hero on the way to or from work on Merrick Road!

Gosh, we're food freaks here, so the list is long:
Jahn's Ice Cream
Farrells (went for my friends seventh b'day and they crashed into the plate glass window-ice cream EVERYWHERE)
Rustler. We were ticked when they disappeared, but we got an Uno's
ChiChi's. loved their salads with the Pollo Magnifico
Hops. There are a few of them, but none near me. Awesome ribs.
Tia's Tex Mex. Only one left
Wag's. Not sure if it was just the one in Roosevelt Field, I think it was a chain. They gave a mall discount and made the best Patty Melts.
Woolworths. Remember picking a balloon and your sundae cost what the paper inside said? The one near us, my sundae always cost 5 or 10 cents. (oh to be young and cute and get away with murder again!)
Shoney's (there seem to be some along i95, but we never get up that way anymore)
Dalt's. It was a combination of corner bar, soda shop and diner. I their fries.
Arthur Treacher's. Their pies were so good and those hush puppies. One of my first jobs was for their replacement on LI, McMichael's.

Beefsteak Charlie's is where we had our Drama Banquet at the end of each school year. Other than that, I'd never set foot in one-Dad preferred Rustler.

Kimya lives where Plamondon is headquartered, so it makes sense that she's got tons of Roy's! (Didya know that no other Roys have creamed chipped beef?)

Taco Maker would have been on my list ( being at the college radio station friday afternoons meant someone was going to get 30 tacos!), but they're opening all over central Florida now.

They just closed all the Don Pablo's around here and most of the Lone Stars. Fortunately, the Smokey Bones here is still open.


We've got a hotbed of restaurants here. There are a lot of places that the rest of you are missing:
Whataburger-now close enough to enjoy regularly
Bennigans (I think they closed a lot up north, that's why my bosses DH is here)
Krystal (order them without mustard and they're pretty close to the White Castles of my childhood)
Steak and Ale is still in Lakeland. My DH and I were shocked to see it and had to eat there-they'd been gone from LI for YEARS!
Little Caesar's is here, too. Our old scout pack would get pizza for the boys from them all the time.
Sonic is everywhere in these parts. Love going and getting slushies, but I don't eat the food (except the frito pie).

There's a Mr. Dunderbacks in Tampa, dunno if that's what you're missing, Heather. It's got great german food and a huge beer list!

When I first moved to Maryland, it took a couple of weeks for me to find a job (ex had been transferred). I drove by a Burger Chef and noted it. A couple of days later, I say "lets go to Burger Chef" and when we got there, we'd found that they'd closed the day before! Never got to try it-but that sign was there for a long time afterwards.


Suzanne

 

[kylara]

I miss HoJo and York Steakhouse.

 

[Planogirl]

wow a lot of these we have EVERYWHERE here, like: Bennigan's, Sonic, Jack in the Box, Whataburger(maybe it's cause it began in Texas?), Little Cesars...

anyway...my big missed place is somewhere I'm certain they didn't have in the north and not sure if it even exists anywhere in the south anymore...but it was Po Folks...checkered table clothes, drank out of mason jars, they had the BEST fried chicken and had the most awesome shirts that every one had when I was little:

I remember seeing those but I never got to try them. There just aren't good fried chicken places around any more.

I was surprised when we lost The San Francisco Steak House. I thought those were practically institutions. There was also a chain of steakhouses kind of like Steak and Ale but way better that I cannot for the life of me remember the name of. They had kind of an Irish tone and served the best soft cheese with bread.

 

[BarbN.]

I used to love a place in the Southern Park Mall in Youngstown oh where I grew up called the York steakhouse. I don't know if it was a chain or not, but I loved it!

We had a York steakhouse at a mall in Minnesota, in fact my brother and I were talking about it this summer when I was visiting, it was good!

 

[binny]

Woolworths. Remember picking a balloon and your sundae cost what the paper inside said? The one near us, my sundae always cost 5 or 10 cents. (oh to be young and cute and get away with murder again!)

oh I had totally forgotten about that!!! I used to eat there some Saturdays while my granny was getting her hair done upstairs

wow a lot of these we have EVERYWHERE here, like: Bennigan's, Sonic, Jack in the Box, Whataburger(maybe it's cause it began in Texas?), Little Cesars...

we have Sonics, Jack in The Box and Little Caesars everywhere here too. We even had teh JBX grill for the short time they had those I didnt go to one but heard they were terirble. Tried to be like Fridays I guess.

There was another restaraunt that I am drawing a blank on that I loved. It reminded me of Farrells, had the red and white striped awnings and Ice Cream too but it wasnt that.. they had the best hawaiian sanwich ever!


Oh and a local from my childhod Stan and Ollies in Spokane. BEST French Fries I have ever had!

 

[BarbN.]

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[sha_lyn]

Woolworths. Remember picking a balloon and your sundae cost what the paper inside said? The one near us, my sundae always cost 5 or 10 cents.

Oh I remember that. Woolco (sp?) was the more "upscale" retailer of the 2 and had a huge eating area in the back with old dark wood paneling. the Woolworths was more of the 5 and 10 and had more of the drugstore lunch counter up front at the windows.
I loved getting pattymelts at Woolworths and I think the spaghetti dinner at Woolco.

Cumberland Mall.... Haven't been there since Town Center Mall finally got a Disney Store. That was probably 10 yrs ago.

PoFolks...... it's called Folks now but they have closed several locations I believe. They also changed much of the menu and got rid of the mason jar glasses. I absolutely hate that their chicken and dumplings is now basically a chicken noodle soup. They do still have really good fried chicken livers.

 

[TwinsinCA]

Sonic is everywhere in these parts. Love going and getting slushies, but I don't eat the food (except the frito pie).

You mean there are actual restaurants that have Frito Pies??? I didn't know they existed anywhere off my kids' school lunch menu. I've always wondered what exactly that IS.

 

[RickinNYC]

You mean there are actual restaurants that have Frito Pies??? I didn't know they existed anywhere off my kids' school lunch menu. I've always wondered what exactly that IS.

There's a place called Cowgirl Hall of Fame in the village here that has Frito Pie. Joe kept raving about it so we had to go so I could try it. It's a snack size bag of frito's that is split open, then they pour chilli into it, toss on some cheese, stick it in the oven and vee-ola, Frito Pie. I say vee-ola, it's indigestion cooked in a bag. Bleech.

 

[Poohnatic]

You mean there are actual restaurants that have Frito Pies??? I didn't know they existed anywhere off my kids' school lunch menu. I've always wondered what exactly that IS.

It's because of a DISer that I know about them, they're not even on the menu.

Traditionally, (or so I'm told), it's a bag of fritos that has chili, cheese, onions and sour cream dumped into it and you eat it with a fork. Sonic has it in a paper basket. The state fair here calls it a 'walking taco'.

That DISer lamented that it wasn't on the menu and I saw Frito something on their menu when I was hungry and getting a slushie and was told that they did have them. I don't eat them often, but it's pretty good.

Suzanne

 

[TwinsinCA]

Thanks for the explanation, Rick and Suzanne!

 

[HOGFAN]

We had a Po' Folks too. They had good food. Our is now a gym.

oh boy, we loved Po Folks. It was sorta a precurser to Cracker Barrell

 

[babytrees]

I miss Shakey's, Godfather Pizza, Mr. Gatti's Pizza....hmmmm I am sensing a theme here.

We still have Bennigan's, Little Ceasar's and A&W here in Colorado. We have Del Taco also. I think they are terrible!, but I never knew it from before.

Yeah but Little Ceasar's isn't anywhere as good as it was before it took the 10+ year hiatus from Littleton.

 

[LadyyRedd]

Kimya lives where Plamondon is headquartered, so it makes sense that she's got tons of Roy's! (Didya know that no other Roys have creamed chipped beef?)

I'll one up ya...I didn't know that any of the Roy's here have creamed chipped beef! I can't remember the last time I went to Roy's. Though I did apply for a job with Plamondon a few years ago....didn't get it.

Kimya