12 Big Restaurants Are Being Wiped Out Completely
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- 12 Big Restaurants Are Being Wiped Out Completely
The restaurant industry is no stranger to challenges, and as we step into 2024, several major restaurant chains find themselves in precarious positions. Factors such as changing consumer preferences, economic uncertainties, and the aftermath of global events have left these establishments grappling with financial difficulties and declining popularity. Here are 12 major restaurant chains that are currently facing big trouble.
The high prices and declining food quality is going to reduce the number of restaurants even more.
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Nothing like leaving a restaurant hungry with your pockets empty. Boy! Everybody loves that!!😤
Grocery stores are going out of business too though. Food deserts will abound.
Im going to miss Fuddruckers burgers!
Eating out is no longer an enjoyable experience. Food quality is down, prices are up. Servers are rude. Tipping is now 18% vs 10%. I cook at home now.
I always tip 20%
I never knew about that 10%. I've heard of 15 but I always thought was was cheep too.
not where I live. Stay home, but that is your call!
@@gogoyubari366 i'm 20-25% as well.
If you are so cheap to only tip 10%, no wonder they are rude to you.
Don’t eat at chain restaurants but eat at local Mom and Pops!
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mom and pop can't make it, they can't pay their bills with what they make
Thats how all of the chains started out though.
Sometimes a mom and pop restaurant can make it. Most of the time the food is not so great. Sometimes pitiful.
There prices are usually less too.
Overpriced overcooked or microwaved meals, lousy service on dirty tables, and they ask for 20-30% tips. We quit eating out entirely now.
.... You left out "Under-cooked" as well..... and, Ditto!!
My wife and I have decided to stop eating at restaurants. We can cook food at home that is as good, if not better than what we get at a restaurant. Plus we don’t have to tip. The tipping culture has gotten out of hand. It use to be 10% now the waiters want 20-30% tip. That is insane.
Stopped at a sports bar last fall with a couple buds after going to a big classic car show. We sat at the bar, I got a hamburger ($16) fries($4) and a draft beer$(6), the food was good but not worth that kind of money. To top it all off the bartender/waitress expected a25% tip. This won’t happen next yr, we will either find another place to eat or I’ll just wait till I get home
Right? There are many ways to get recipes. I live in a very rural area. I really have to cook. Now, you can order specialty ingredients on line, etc.
Eating out is just the crap you have to eat while traveling. I opt for local eateries and shy away from chains as much as possible.
I just dont tip anymore period because it is not a law or requirement.. If I get an attitude or sass, I can always call the corporate office and complain
Say it loud!
Can’t eat out anymore. Too expensive and food out usually makes me feel not well. Homemade food is the best
I haven't been out to eat in years nor have I ordered food. The quality has dropped and prices are too high..
Most of these eateries have cut back on their services, and portions, and their prices are beyond affordable to the average consumers, who would rather stay home, and cook their own meals..
Taste better and better for you too!
Whenever a firm gets acquired by another company, you can expect to kiss them goodbye.
Almost always... however many have changed hands several times and are still going strong.
Name one.... I know you can't name two.
@@user-ic3mr1gq5iChicken Unlimited, Browns Chicken
@@user-ic3mr1gq5i😂
@@user-ic3mr1gq5i.... He named a bunch of them in the video.... if you were paying attention.
It's getting to where people can't pay $50 for lunch.
Breakfast use to be a wonderful and inexpensive way to eat at local Family-Owned restaurants. Specials - $14.00 - Omelets - $14.00 - Coffee - $2.95 & up. Tax - $1.00 = $18.00. Tip - $4.00 (22%) = $22.00. Leave $25.00. You get: "Do You want any Change?" Make sure you bring some $1.00 Bills and Coin. Half the time you get No "Thank you". Look for 28% to 30% Tips? Do this a couple of times a week, before Lunch or Dinners. I used to suck Beers down, Appetizers, Prime Rib, Coffee & Dessert - Myself - when younger. Cost would be under $30.00 before a Tip. 1980's. Stop-off at a chain burger joint today and it will cost you $15.00 to $20.00 for one of the meals. Getting Bad. Thanks for the comment.
@@paulkohler4858 Man, you really said it. I will read it Again.
@@davidmacphee3549 Thank you for your comment.
We don't go out to eat like we used to. Too exspensive. Cheaper to eat at home, plus at home I know who's touching my food.
Its pathetic when sign in bathroom says all employees must wash their hands yet they still dont
Absolutely true! Restaurants are nasty!
Absolutely!
I worked for a major restaurant. Stay at home. If you go out to eat, be nice to them.
A great reason to cook at home is connecting with your spouse on a different level ,never mind that you control ingredients, cleanliness. 👍
Who cares about these greedy corporate chains. Spend your money at locally owned restaurants.
I agree with you 100% and usually, the quality of food is much better too.
Instead of corporate chain restaurants, I eat locally at independently owned all vegan convenience store / gasoline station / car wash / Hangry Planet in San Bruno, California and its Vegan Mob food truck!
The problem is that stores have jacked the prices up so high that you are getting scammed at ordinary stores while they make hundreds of millions more each year.
They are going under too, insurance costs and rising property taxes.Not to mention Government ordered minimum wage decrees.
@@mj7den Oman just pure greed and chaos. Once one company gets away with it ALL follow suite.
Long before in the gaming industry I told my brother that once they started to "sell" skins and crap on the side EVERYONE will start doing the same because that company got away with it. And sure enough that is what we have today on ALL companies :(
I eat mostly at home. It's cheaper, and I know what kind of ingredients are in it.
Not necessarily. You have no idea what crap they are putting in our food. Cows being given steroids, etc. If you don't grow it, you really have no idea
@sharoncorippo4069 you got a point there
I've learned my lesson, I was willing to pay upwards of a $100.00 per person to eat out. But there are very few restaurants that are worth the effort to eat at now a days.
I don't eat out anymore, It's for the people that have no time to Cook!
I'll find the Time!
No time to cook? Try the Lazy Factor function(x)
Last time the wife and I went to a sit down restaurant, in this case, Applebee's, four drinks, one appetizer and two entrees' cost five hours of wages to pay for. Going to Mc Donald's takes just over one hour's wages. Look, when going out to eat costs 2+ times what a person makes hourly, it's not hard to understand why fewer people are eating out. We simply cannot afford too.
McDonald's is horrible! No healthy meals, jacked up prices.
Totally unhealthy.
In n' Out is great, and half the price!
@@jazzander5314 Don't have an In n' Out here in Des Moines, at least as far as I know
people cant afford them high prices for bare minimum food quality. I just stopped going.
I will not miss a single one of these “restaurants.”
Me either. I've cut out most of the restaurants I used to eat at and these days trying new ones is not even a thing I do anymore. Learning to cook at home was the most valuable thing I did for myself.
Amen.to that. For not eating out anymore. You can make a much better meal at home, and you put better love and you know who is cooking it and much cleaner. And everyone can join in even, it's more meaningful and I just love sitting with your loved ones and your children, also you as a family can start saying Prayers and thanking the Lord God for providing it and also blessing it. And also give blessings to the one or if there is more than one cooking it.
Same.
White castle Burger were 19 cent. When l fell in love with them..
Steak an shake drive thru were part of my teen years in Illinois..chili mac...and a milk shake..take half home for my school lunch.
Buffalo Wild Wings is too expensive for what you get. Food isn’t all that good.
see my comment above
I tried buffalo once when they first opened never went back it was a total rip off!
Stop going WIld Buffalo went they stop sanitizing their draft beer lines…
We stopped eating out. By the time you pay the new high prices and less food, then give a 20% tip and get charged an extra 3% for using a credit card, it’s easier and cheaper to eat home!!! It also tastes better!!! That 3% credit card cost was truly the straw that broke the camels back!!!! I’m done with restaurants!!!!
The costs really are stacking up, I agree. I worked in restaurants. Even we were shocked how the prices would go up weekly and we just had to deal with customers arguing with us about how the same thing they bought last week was like 20 cents higher this week and this keeps happening. Corporate doesn't tell the staff they're going up on prices. You just ring up the order from one day to the next it changes. I felt bad for customers but the only answer is just not to eat out as much (or at all). It's almost always cheaper to make your own food. It sucks.
Kind of defeats the whole reason people go out for dinner. But stay home and you will not be missed. Man. what is with people having sticks up their asses about everything. I'm 64 and party like a rockstar and love eating out and dropping $$$$. Of course, that is why I busted my ass and make $$$$
@@markcourson3151 guess you plan to wipe out your money before you retire!!!!We at 69 years old and retired sooooo. But yippee for you big spending asshole!!!! YOU must be a DUMBOCRAP! Not to notice or care about high prices!!!
@@markcourson3151maybe YOU NEED A STICK UP YOUR ASS AND GROW THE FUCK UP! Really???? Party like a rock star??? You’re a 64 year old child! Glad you’re pretending to be a rich teenager! We’re 70 and have bills to pay along with a mortgage! Spend away dumb ass! Hope you wipe out all of your money and then find yourself needing money for that nursing home! PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 MORON!!!
@@markcourson3151 YOU PROVED THAT YOU CAN’T FIX STIPID!!! YOU are helping to keep those prices high! Hurt their pocketbooks and they will be forced to lower prices! Party on little man! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Nobody has more to do with the restaurants closing than the restaurants themselves, the meals have increased by fifty to seventy-five percent since the pandemic, and they charge additional fees for salads and other sides that used to be included and also charge for refills on iced teas and then charge extra for using a credit card but don't except cash. We cut back on our out-to-eat nights and fine dining establishments.
Rent cost, food cost,utilities,labor, that is what is Raising Prices
Thanks Joe!
I don't like to pay so much tips for horrible service.
At some eateries if you have a party of 6 they automatically charge a tip of 25%
@@paulhunter9613
They can go fuq themselves.
I can cook better.
Don’t go to any restaurants that mandate what you tip will never ever get my business, if the service is good, so will the tip be. That goes for bad service which will get nothing or maybe a single penny
With California raising the minimum wage for fast food workers starting April 1st to $20 per hour, it won't be long before we see closures of fast food restaurants state-wide as no one will be able to afford $18-$20 for a fast food meal except for the very few.
What is a BUFFET? Who posts this crap?
It's for the best. Those workers don't make enough to live and will migrate to other industries eventually. Most people really can't afford to eat out all that often anyway. They can't pay the real costs of eating out and the restaurants can't keep using tipping schemes and shit to make their failed business models work. Easier and cheaper to eat at home like in the old days.
Yes or robots!!!
Haven't you heard Mr. Newson is treating everyone in California to a Burger Meal on him! :)
Locally the biggest problem that all the business have had is landlords trying to squeeze every penny out of the renters to the point of there are now a bunch of empty units and the landlords are going bankrupt.
Yes but landlords are squeezed by incompetence government property tax agencies. The government is destroying the food industry with record inflation, rising minimum wages and high taxes.
These and most other chain restaurants have such low quality and high prices that they aren't worth your money. I prefer the few local mom and pop restaurants or to eat at home. My husband and I rarely dine out anymore.
I worked in restraunts and my family owned restraunts. I will Never eat at a Restraunt. You would be Disgusted if you saw how your food was handled.
Having worked at restaurants too, I know what you mean. Customers don't understand that the staff and management at restaurants can be REALLY petty about your food if you even slightly annoy them. They don't have any real power so they will find ways to mess with your food. I've seen coworkers and managers do some really messed up shit to people who only MILDLY complained about their food, not even being rude to the staff. It's not acceptable. Not to mention that, I'm sorry, most kitchen staff are extremely lazy and now that it's hard for restaurants to find workers, they let them slide on cleanliness all the time. I'd rather cook at home.
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I hear all these reasons why these and other restaurants are in trouble except one mention. People just don’t have very much disposable income anymore, they try to eat at home as much as they can and are trying other ways to save money. Eating out has become very expensive, even McDonald’s has cut down their dollar menu and prices have gone up. Last time my family got the 16pc chicken meal from Popeyes it was over $50.00.
I went out with my quilt group for a Christmas dinner...we went to Olive Garden. My portion was nearly $40 just for me and the food was nothing to write home about. The only good thing about the night was the company.
I used a coupon that gave me a free large drink and free large fries with purchase of a large sandwich. Those were $6 or more. And crappy. I rarely go out any more because it costs too much.
I went to popey's once because I had a coupon. Food was nasty. I will never go back.
Costs too much AND it's lousy food both health-wise and taste/qwusality-wise - even for that place. @@whiteshadow1771
@@charq52All the food served there is heated in the microwave.
Applebee's is good to veterans. Veterans day 2023 I went in got a free meal paid for my beer. Left a tip and to top it off they gave us a 5$ gift card. That doesn't sound like a lot these days but as many as they gave away probably added up to a lot of money.
Most do give a Vet discount and I stay loyal when travelling.
They can write the retail price of the meal off their taxes as a donation, that will mostly cover their food cost.
My sweet niece has been employed by Applebees for years and is treated well by management and her regular customers.
Veterans and single seniors call it home.
Applebees is fast food with a menu
See Military Wallet 🫡 ... many US places offer great 🎗 offers or meals. I go often. Veterans Day. Some like Texas Road House, Shipleys Donuts, Outback have veteran discounts. Mission BBQ does a lot too 🚒🚓🚑.
seems like the quality of food nowadays have disappeared and they wonder why nobody eats there and way over priced
Nearly all of the fast food places are putting too much sugar in everything they serve.
Great point. It's a good reason not to go out. We need to control what we eat. It's more important than money.
Plus a truck load of salt.
@@michaelplanchunas3693 Salt is fine in moderation especially if you have potassium too but sugar has no upsides unless your blood sugar goes low for some reason
@@LordSinister_ People with CHF are restricted to 1500 Mg of sodium max daily. Trying to eat in a restaurant is nearly impossible. Salt causes edema which accumulates in the body putting strain of the heart.
@@michaelplanchunas3693 most people dont have CHF though
BWW is surely going out of business charging $35 for 16 wings. Knowing we can go buy three whole chickens (cooked) for less than that.
Most of these places don’t offer decent food anymore. So it’s no surprise. I mean the food at these places competes only with microwave meals at your frozen section in a grocery store.
I've eaten at several Boston Market's actually in Boston over the years and each time found the food to be overpriced and mediocre, nothing special. I'm actually surprised they've last this long.
The BM at the corner of Boynton Beach BLVD; and Military trail is no longer open!
I can’t believe that they’re still around too. Definitely overpriced and mediocre.
@@moa3008 I KNOW that location and the one @ LW Road and Jog is just as bad.....I wonder if it is still open even? Went there ONCE, and was very underwhelmed. Never Returned.
It was great back around 1990 when it was Boston Chicken. A plate of real food for @ $6. Better than home cooking.
Mine in So California. Huntington Beach. Always slow. Lousy corner location. Mediocre and expensive.
taxes, government regulations, lawsuits and cost of rent and land and operating costs are killing everything in this country. inflation + everything else is putting everything out of existence.
You can think the democrat party and their voters for what’s happening in our country. It wasn’t like this under President Trump. Democrats are doing this to us intentionally!
Bidenomics
Another words Biden has killed our economy.
Your list is Capitalism, the road tax gets you there,the regs keep you alive :)
@@maryfries2147NYSE??
The workers make fun of people , spit on the food, slop your order, nasty bullshit in general . Yeah , they need to go
If you serve crap for food this is what happens, you eventually go out of business it’s that simple❗️🤷♂️
I hate to order my food on a computers
try it on a fucking app that only lets you on your acc with phone number that yhou fucking lost 2 weeks ago fuck this system no need for ID on net or phone number "protect the children" (by those rhat ran places like esptien island) is ALTERATIVE motives! dumb fucks! "god will clean it all up becuase i let evil run rampant" yea suurrre if that is what you think then go ahead and see the eternity that waits for you!!!!
Self Serve still expects a TIP?
@@davidmacphee3549 : Yes, they do. They will get pissy sometimes if you don't give them one as well. It's getting absurd.
Those screens are filthy…won’t use
@@Liz-wz8dh
"To complete your order you must present your initials backwards then 3 times forward or simply enter 10 percent tip please". Press here. Blink blink.
The Stake & Shake in my town is horrible. I ate there once, never went back. I’m not surprised they’re on this list.
Steak & shake left PA entirely and I had 30 dollars in gift cards I could not use. I contacted them on their website and asked them to refund the cash value. They told me to get lost. Their food sucks and they deserve to go out of business.
In my town too. Never went back. They closed up. They tored it down and built a Culver's
Ours rocks and I hope it's not in trouble. But every place is going to have a dud or 3. Especially if it's a franchise potential restaurant.
FIRST off. LEARN how to .... SPELL!
I tried Steak and Shake once and was not impressed. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t all that good either. Never went back.
Eating out has become too expensive, here in the UK how can a pub justify £15.00 for a burger and over £25.00 for a bottle of wine. They are pricing them selves out business.
I'm in the Boston area. I used to always like to go out to eat on a Friday night and great burger and fries (chips for the translation 😀) at a pub style restaurant. With Exchange rate it's about the same . 17 to $19 average. Just a few years ago. Anywhere between 8 to 13. A lot of the popular places have closed. This is the thing that really gets me 80% to 85% ground chuck is $3 to 4 at the grocery store per pound .. so about £3. At the super market. And of course they buy the meat cheaper.
Thanks for your reply👍@@WhatsCookingTime
I used to love Panchos buffet. Now I make all their foods at home by scratch. I encourage everyone to start making their own favorite foods at home.
How do you make the sofa pillows?
I could use the Chili Rellano and cheese enchilada recipes plus the sophies, the sauce was good do u have that?
I love Mexican at home. It's so damn easy and quick.
@Larry’s 4618 I think you mean sopapillas,lol. I have tons and tons of recipes. The 2 channels I could recommend are
Marcy Inspired and also Rachel cooks with love. Check them out
@@FatLu-zu2fb there are 2 women I could recommend. Marcy inspired and also Rachel cooks with love. Both of them seem like they know what they are doing, and they don’t get on my nerves!😀
Ya they lower the quality and destroy their businesses. And not paying your employees and vendors is not a great marketing strategy.
My first job as Chef's apprentice 55 years ago keeps me away from most restaurants. I do not trust others to practice the same food safety protocols that I was taught so many years ago.
Old saying . . .nothing last forever folks . . .That is life and lets move on . .Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles....Charlie Chaplin
I do feel sorry for people who can't embrace change.
The video would be great if it was narrated by a human voice rather than AI.
Yes, would think 'Intelligence' of how to pronounce sopapilla and buffet would be included, but what do you expect when AI has been programmed with some serious anti-white bias issues.
Ai voices are getting very common. They sound okay at first but videos can go on way too long and get very monotonous. They tend to be poorly edited with too much 'cut and paste' allowing unnecessary repetition. Numbers are expressed very unnaturally. Unfortunately, to many YT creators, they have no other option.
Words mispronounced like “soap-PILL-uhs” instead of sopa-pee-yuhs.
@@davidmacphee3549 Great points. What do you mean that they feel they have no choice? I’d like to think that they can speak the words themselves. I hear simple things like bow and arrow mispronounced. AI doesn’t know if it is being used as bow or if the person is bowing to pray. Very irritating.
They really want to start a YT channel which must be very difficult itself but many are not fluent in English or have strong regional accents or poor oratory skills. They may also use translation from a completely different language. They need to get 1K subs before they can start to be monetized. There may be a form of stage fright too. Like as if you play the guitar pretty well but every time you start record you get all fumble fingered or are microphone shy..@@abqneely
We had an old country buffet in our area that closed and I REALLY miss it
Same here, I liked those restaurants . On Sunday mornings the place was quite full so they always had fresh food brought out. We were never in a hurry so we would just graze, drink coffee, graze a little more..🙂
I to miss those old country buffet
I loved going there with my husband. Wish I could get the recipe for their corn chowder soup, ut was awesome.
Insurance costs and property taxes are killing American small businesses.
Boston Market was actually pretty good quality food. It's sad to see something like that going out of business
: I used to love their meatloaf!😊
@@gloriousjohnson1807 - Don't think I ever tried the meatloaf, but the meats were definitely all fresh made right in front of you in the rotisserie, and then you had vegetables & redskin potatoes.. Little better than a burger & fries from some fast food place LOL
@@bherber : ABSOLUTELY!
Picadilly cafeteria was great!! I really miss it😢
Me too, I can’t even remember where it was, either Tampa Florida or Texas, but it was so good, I miss Wyatt’s too lol
Had the most memorable meal of my life at the Picadilly in Baton Rouge. Was on my way from basic training to at Lackland AFB to Keesler AFB. The bus driver told us to eat all we wanted as the other two drivers always told their passengers to be sure to not order
too much. Darn it was so good after mess hall meals.
Picadilly in Richmond VA was outstanding!
me too
the dilly plate was perfect portion and price
A big part of the problems with restaurants like steak& shake, and Applebee's has been the menu changes. As for Buffalo Wild Wings. I'd love to see someone remove the bones out of a chicken wing and make it still look like a wing. Every place that makes boneless wings use breast meat cut to look like a wing.
They should just start growing boneless wings in a petri dish
THERE ARE NO MENUS AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS ANYMORE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR PHONE.
@@TOBYH- Ridiculous!
@@TOBYH I’ve never been in BWW before, sounds like I didn’t miss a thing.
I don’t care for wings anyway
Have crossed Red Lobster off the list. Used to be a real fine restaurant.
The real reason is, quality, service, coupled with changing of items offered went south. Factor that in with higher prices. It became the proper time to scale back for eating out.
Most of these establishments have over saturated the market. Too many mediocre to low end chains selling food that is just bad for your health.
On Long Island, NY, where I live, we have never had the amount of "low cost' family restaurants, that most states have!
Why, because the real estate taxes & other operating costs, are "sky-high"! Now, since C0-VID, even McDonald's, Wendy's,
Burger King, Pizza Hut, Boston Market,Golden Corral, Ponderosa, Friendly's, Old Country Buffet, Ruby Tuesday's, El Torito,
Chi Chi's & numerous Chinese Buffets have closed their doors! Even with 3 million people on L.I., they can't keep them open!
Umm, there were Greek and Armenian diners all over the place when I was working on Long Island. Not to mention small pizza slice joints in every strip center. (this was a few years ago, but bet they are still there) I would consider those low cost family restaurants.
Covid was hard on everyone, not just on LI.
Getting what you voted for. Democrats raising taxes , rising minimum wages, increased regulations, frivolous lawsuits, harassment from government agencies, Biden’s record inflation and lazy workers.
Taco bell spent 25 bucks on a meal that was 8 bucks 5 years ago.
Joe Biden’s record inflation, who did you vote for? I voted for low inflation, real gdp growth President Trump.
@@user-ff3xb7gt4i moved and didn't have one convenintally located. I was more upset they didn't have gorditas.
I support family owed restaurants.
The younger generation doesn't do sit down restaurants. Eventually, all fast food places will close. This is called progress.
The quality has gone down and price gone up at many restaurants….not worth it
Being 76 years old, I grew up in a lower middle class neighborhood.
Eating at restaurants was rare. We preferred my mom's cook, or better to say, we ate what was put in front of us.
Eating out was not rare. First communion, we were taken to a hotel to eat breakfast. Being a boy, this was more a big deal for our parents. I remember that ilI can't wait to get home and put on my play clothes.
My point is that restaurant dining will disappear, like it appeared in the late 60's and early 70's.
We go out to eat once a week but only to our local non chain restaurant
I don't speak corporate but I certainly understand that with hyperinflation and stagnant wages, restaurants are becoming less and less affordable, on top of being a non-essential business as most people own stoves and refrigerators. Even fast food has become more expensive than real food. My missus bought me a pizza stone that produces a pizza as good or better than commercial for about 25% the cost of commercial. She's also an awesome cook and makes way better chicken than KFC or Popeye's, and my own flame broiled burgers are much better than commercial at a fraction of the cost. If restaurants were cheap and easily affordable to a struggling population then we'd still be going but as it is, I just can't afford to eat out while I can easily afford to eat very well at home. If I win a lottery, then fine, I'll eat out more but until then, forget it.
I never liked Buffalo Wild Wings so I’m not exactly surprised to see them on this list. I know many had great experiences there, but the locations I’m familiar with always sold subpar food, half filled beers, struggled with playing games the patrons wanted to watch and had a very slow turnaround time for food being ordered.
I remember the "non-troversy" of white meat boneless wings... did people REALLY think (or care) that that they somehow deboned wings that had enough meat left on them to still look like wings?
BWW was always terrible. Wings left under a hot lamp, then sloshed with sugar sauce, gross
ORDERED CHICKEN NACHOS, HARDLY ANY CHEESE AND VERY LITTLE CHICKEN, MOSTLY CHIPS, NO MORE FOR ME. I'll spend my
hard earned money someplace else.
Its to much money for what you get.
Buffalo do not have wings...to start.
The only good thing about Applebee's is the free veterans meal. When we do stop in, it takes a long time to get checked in and there's a long wait for a table even when we see a lot of empty tables. They need more staff.
Pricing themselves out of business. Working people are poor now and can barely afford beans and franks.
IMHO
I can't afford to eat out like we use too. Menu costs are way up along with tips at 20% or more. You just priced yourselves out of business.
Ponchos was awesome in the 70s and 80s when we lived in El Paso. As a kid it was a cool experience.
Screw Fuddruckers. All they advertised was free meals for kids. My brother and I went there to drink a bucket of beer, eat giant 1lb burgers and take our wives and kids burgers home. Despite eating burgers, fries, beer and ordering burgers and fries for our wives for take out, they balked on two kid meals to go. Either they are included or not. We never went back and apparently screaming kids running all over the restaurant drove off their core customers
LAST TIME I WENT THERE WAS ABOUT 20+ YEARS AGO HERE IN CA, THE BURGERS WERE EXPENSIVE THEN, PROBABLY
MUCH HIGHER NOW.
Yes, waaay overpriced!
Why would they give you free food to take home .
Could be lying about having brats to bad to take with you .
If your to broke to feed your kids keep your cheap ass home
I never heard of most of of these dumps. Restaurants must be a lot more regional than I imagined.
Then how do you know they're dumps???
We don’t eat at any fast food restaurants and since the pandemic we prepare food at home except for twice per month going to two different local restaurants. That could cease if the last time we ate at one substituted real mashed potatoes for powdered. No thanks!😊
Forget the restaurants, I’m a fantastic cook and it taste better and cheaper. We need to sit down at home with family meals, teach our children, not the government, and pray together as a family.
A steak shouldn’t equal the entire price of the bull.
This is another win for the American diet.
Groceries and restaurants have out priced themselves.
I can no longer afford to eat out.
They started out good. Then got greedy.
Skyrocketing labor, real estate and lease insecurity, and insane tipping pressure, three more things killing restaurants. The pandemic devastated these places, and those like Applebee's have run out of yuppies going out on a Friday night, and maybe people are actually starting to watch carbs and grease in their diet - fast food staples!
We are brown bagging it. Fast food was quick easy and cheap. Now you just feel stupid spending that kind of money for crappy food.
Apple bees used to be sooo much better!
They are not “health conscious” as some assert! They are just more likely to believe in and follow trendy and “feel good” marketing!🎉
Souplantation/Sweet Tomatoes closing really hurt me bad. I loved the place.
Higher prices, smaller portions, and larger tips expected, no wonder restaurants are closing!
I went to Applebee's I'm a senior and I felt like I was treated really bad by the person who waited on us so I called make a complaint and it seemed like they didn't care somebody did call me back but I figure what the heck they wouldn't care either. now I just said the heck with Im not going back .. and then you pay for your food in cash I have at times and they never brought me my change back. That happened several times so I paid in cash the exact change and I didn't leave no tip
Corporations are partly to blame. The "bean counters" cutting corners on quality don't make a tasty dish.
Piccadilly (University and Beach Blvd) was our go to spot for a good affordable meal after our son was born. We had the same waitress, Eliza, all those years. We'll cherish the memories.
I loved Piccadilly
Applebee's began it's downhill slide when they were bought out by IHOP. They immediately began changing everything that made Applebee's such a successful brand and they have continued to wreck a once proud and successful brand
Applebees is just microwaved food from a frozen lump, their stuff is what I call dumpster leavings.
Furrs has been going downhill for decades, I did not even realize any still existed. Also the steak and shake I've been to I was thoroughly unimpressed, and have not been back either.
Ain't been to a furrs in 30+ years in TX down by Houston. Really liked it.
I've never liked Furrs. However my parents always liked it.
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I was told they were different in different state. It wasn't as good as kettle breakfast buffet. I'm not to big on buffets though. Picadilly had pretty decent food back in 70s. Crap I'm old! 😶.
i miss cafeterias
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I say that too, but like everything else, it probably would've changed in quality and standards
Millennials and Generation Z are different beasts, these generations are more health conscious and prefer in general smaller portions of food.
As a Generation X as I witnessed the transformation in dining experience, it went from all you can trend and the sit down experience to the more environmentally friendly and on the go dining experience. It's a very different experience now, compared to my younger years, the dining experience was more relaxing, then it's now.
Applebees tricked people. Their “big beer” fit in the regular beer glass, yet cost more. And their “ drink specials “ had half the alcohol
It’s impossible to beat home cooked food.
Covid 19 marked the end to the era of most restaurants.
I remember the sopapillas at Ponchos being my favorite when I was little, used to put honey on them and could eat a lot of them. Good memories
Thar was their only decent food item😅
I always loved Ponchos. It was the first restaurant that I went to around age 12. I'm 68 now!
Their cheese enchiladas can't be beat.
Where can we get Pancho's recipes? I loved that place!
And you could bring the glass home! Big deal for a kid
The show, Kitchen Nightmares, has also shown that restaurants are questionable sources of cleanliness, quality food and enjoyable atmosphere anymore.
Guess I’m to blame. I would not eat at any of those places today. Just not worth it anymore. I did like Fuddruckers in the 80s though.
Man, if applebees goes belly up then no more meet & greets for me.
(in the late 70s, ❤d going to Shakeys Pizza in WI....."shakeys pizza is 🎶 pizzeria, oh mi mia🎶", that is long gone) thankfully, Whataburger isnt on the list
Yum. Had one in Anaheim CA. Bunch of lunch was great!
Yes, the Anaheim Shakey’s is still there, as of a few months ago. Mojos, mmm.
I DO miss Old Country Buffet...not because of quantity, but because on those days when I didn't know 'what' I wanted to eat, they had it all, so I was never disappointed, AND, it was tasty! : /
Right now most of the restaurant food are made in factories and become frozen food. Restaurants just defrozen the food and charge high price. If you want real restaurant food, go to mom & pop small restaurants.
They have to find people who actually care
Applebee's problem was probably their food - it SUCKS!
OH NO!! NOT APPLEBEES 😭 😭 😭
When Fudruckers opened up in my toen 30 uears ago it was good. But since has gone down hill. I can't understand why change a good thing.
I thought Boston Market eas gone decades ago.