Restaurant chains that are no more

[cabezadecaballo]

Manners Big Boy, and Kenny Kings fried chicken.

Lots of west suburbs folks went to Carrie Cirino's for a wedding reception or a meal at least once. It's gone now too.

 

[Yappi]

Parmatown and Chapel Hill, iirc

There is a McDonald's where the Ground Round stood in Akron/Tallmadge. The one in Kent is now a Mexican restaurant.

 

[PantherProud]

slightly off topic, but it was on a work trip to Illinois about 15 years ago that I learned that not all Big Boy's are Frisch's, and thus they don't all have the same menu.

There's a Big Boy on the Indiana/Illinois border that uses a homemade thousand island dressing instead of tartar sauce.

 

[irish_buffalo]

Big Boy Restaurants - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[cabezadecaballo]

slightly off topic, but it was on a work trip to Illinois about 15 years ago that I learned that not all Big Boy's are Frisch's, and thus they don't all have the same menu.

There's a Big Boy on the Indiana/Illinois border that uses a homemade thousand island dressing instead of tartar sauce.

I think the one in Valley View (NEO)at the bottom of Granger hill and Canal Rd is a Bob's Big Boy. Still has that chubby little bugger out front for photo ops.

 

[bob99]

I think the one in Valley View (NEO)at the bottom of Granger hill and Canal Rd is a Bob's Big Boy. Still has that chubby little bugger out front for photo ops.

ProV1 stands outside of a Bob's Big Boy to get his picture taken?

 

[cabezadecaballo]

ProV1 stands outside of a Bob's Big Boy to get his picture taken?

And he could still buy a whole pie at the register case on the way home, have his wife sit in it, and _________ while _____ ________s his ______

 

[clarkgriswold]

For those that care -some LK restaurants had Motels with them.

:>---

SF

That damn LK Restaurant jingle has been bouncing around in my head this week!

I remember the burger bar at the Burger Chef on Market Street in Akron. There's a Circle K there now. Burger Chef was in a Mad Men episode with Don Draper coming up with their marketing strategy.

I also remember the Red Barns in the Akron area.

 

[playboi12]

Remember Rax Roast Beef?

 

[cabezadecaballo]

Remember Rax Roast Beef?

82 in Macedonia, with a respectable salad bar.

 

[ogealbhain]

Remember Rax Roast Beef?

I think some still exist.

 

[Mackinbiner]

I think some still exist.

According to these sites there are only 5 or 6 Rax restaurants remaining.

Rax Roast Beef - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Rax Roast Beef:I'd Rather Rax. Wouldn't You?

 

[ogealbhain]

According to these sites there are only 5 or 6 Rax restaurants remaining.

Rax Roast Beef - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Rax Roast Beef:I'd Rather Rax. Wouldn't You?

I think there's one in Circleville.

 

[Zunardo]

And one in Lancaster.

 

[playboi12]

I think there's one in Circleville.

I may have to hunt one down for nostalgia.

 

[clarkgriswold]

I always felt like I was eating in a greenhouse in those Rax restaurants with the goofy sunroom design.

 

[EagleGuy]

I may have to hunt one down for nostalgia.

Is that anything like ambrosia?

 

[irish_buffalo]

Remember Rax Roast Beef?

Ironically the one near me became a Big Boy (Frisch's) and is now a Chipotle.

They did have a decent salad bar.

 

[Zunardo]

Is that anything like ambrosia?

Similar, but more bittersweet.

 

[ogealbhain]

 

[irish_buffalo]

^ This got me thinking. We had a Mexican chain in the Toledo are called El Matador. Had 5-6 restaurants at peak.

 

[ogealbhain]

^ This got me thinking. We had a Mexican chain in the Toledo are called El Matador. Had 5-6 restaurants at peak.

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I miss Zantigos...I think some might still exist in MN.

 

[cabezadecaballo]

Went to the last standing Arthur Treachers last week.

My Arthur Treacher's is now a Best Gyro.

Is yours going to be something else, or stop standing ?

 

[hubman]

My Arthur Treacher's is now a Best Gyro.

Is yours going to be something else, or stop standing ?

Still going strong, just had a big write up in the Beacon Journal for Lent.

 

[cabezadecaballo]

Still going strong, just had a big write up in the Beacon Journal for Lent.

Very good. I took finality from your comment.

 

[cabezadecaballo]

I bought the very last retail Ozmuns chocolate cream pie, across from Fishcreek.

 

[playboi12]

Still going strong, just had a big write up in the Beacon Journal for Lent.

Speaking of Lent, anyone ever eat at Arthur Treachers? They were all over food courts back in the day, then poof, gone.

 

[WarriorDee]

Whatever Happened To Arthur Treacher's? - Mashed

Prepare for a hard-hitting dose of nostalgia as we dive into the world of Arthur Treacher's, and why they're so hard to find today.

www.mashed.com

 

[19AL63]

Does anyone remember the Hoop Drive in? There were only two both in Lorain Ohio.

 

[19AL63]

The hoop drive in was one of the main reasons Lorain got one of the first McDonald's in Ohio. I remember my normal order 3 hamburgers 2 fries and a coke and get change back form a dollar. I also remember when they add the sign that they had sold 1 million burgers company wide.