Actually it caught fire before it was abandoned, I live here in Lawton Oklahoma, so the fire department does not know what caused the fire, it has been closed for a year now, they had to be shut down until they can figure out what caused the fire to start
Funny story... I live in Altus and our Long John Silvers closed back in 2018ish. In early 2020 I cruised over to Lawton to get Long Johns for the first time in years and the building was actively on fire. It's recently reopened!
Remodeled and reopened last week. Kept the original building but completely gutted the inside. The hype was crazy once people found out they were going to reopen everyone was asking when they were going to reopen it got to be a joke. When they reopened the wait time was over an hour. Nobody cared about them until the fire then everybody was upset they were closed lol.
haha so true how everybody wanted to eat there all of a sudden since reopening. I always thought years ago that they were some sort of a front for illegal activity because i never heard or saw anybody eating there
My Mama and Auntie used to take us there all the time! It was SO good, and busy ALL the time… Putt Putt Golf was right behind there as well, and the Empress of China across the street, Lawton, Ok never had a lack of good restaurants.
I used to really enjoy the crispy bits from their fish filets. However, I feel that LJS food quality has really declined in recent years. One nice thing the LJS I lived near in Louisville Kentucky often had free fish fries for anyone.
I live in Louisville too but don't remember the free fries. I still go to the LJS/A&W on Preston Highway sometimes but the service is always really slow and the food sure isn't as good as it used to be back in the 70's and 80's.
@@sabineskurnack3256wish I knew that when I was up there visting last year. I used to live in Lawton Oklahoma. Honestly don't remember there being much crime. I live near Jacksonville so crime in Lawton is probably nothing compared to Jacksonville. Also did used to eat at that golden Correll back in the early and mid 90's. My dad was stationed there so Lawton was part of my childhood. Basically revisit because of that.
I never had a Long John Silvers around me. I grew up with Arthur Treachers. I would think a place to get fried seafood without having to sit and wait at a non fast food restaurant would be successful these days, but guess not. And Happy Birthday Kayla's mom!
That LJS was burned down due to a grease fire and that's when they shut down. It was operating until the fire, there used to be a putt putt on the Westside of the street.
As a resident of Lawton since 89, the LJS went up in flames on a Wednesday morning back in 2019 during lunch while I was on my way to noon Bible study. I had plans for eating there when I drive by and saw the smoke.
My very 1st job was Long John here in Weatherford. From personal experience I'd bet they weren't cleaning behind the fry vats. We were told to pull them out and clean twice a day to prevent fires. Then they got rid of the good management and brought it a guy who literally slept his way into management. He wouldn't let us clean behind the vats. One month later I quit because I didn't want to be there when trouble started. A month after that code inspection came in and shut them down because of the grease buildup causing a fire hazard. It took weeks to get everything cleaned. We had never gotten a grade lower than 90. I went in almost a year later and new management said they scored a 30 because of that idiot.
My Dad (Rest In Peace,) used to always chuckle and call these "Long Dong Silvers." Lol I know where I got my sense of humor... 😊 Happy Birthday, to Kayla's Mom!
I see they are fixing the building, I hope the management is better than before.Before the fire the service wasn't very good and the place was not very clean, and twice when I went thru the drive thru they left the coleslaw out of my order and all the food was so greasy, no wonder they had a fire.
Hey WallieB26 there is another old Long John Silver's A/W root beer in Tulsa Oklahoma it's at 21st Street and Garrett Road and of course it's closed as well
There's one in Bartlesville Oklahoma but the service is getting so shity but don't open the inside it's only drive-through they messed her food up there is no phone number to call It's a Long John Silver's A&W love the hush puppies but it sounds like we're all going to go under
Maybe while the cook was frying fish the cigarette fell out of his mouth and caught the grease on fire. This was a nasty place to eat, If you went once you would never go back .They should bulldozer it down and build a Del Rancho.
Long John Silver's ''Long Left'' Rock Hill, SC many a year ago (sorry I could not resist). The last few times I ate there it was utterly horrible. The future Owners DEMO'ed the Building and put something new up on the Property.
That LJS is located at 2636 nw cache rd in Lawton and is permanently closed due to a kitchen fire that started around 11:00 in the morning February 2020.
Before this was Long John Silvers it was the "Cuckoo" restaurant owned by the "Bone" family! The same family that owned "Riney's Tastee Freeze on 52nd street and Cache road. FACT! I know for certain. I even cooked fried chicken there as a fry cook. The "Bone" family was the best! Be safe, be smart, be ever so vigil out there! Love you all
I grew up in Natrona Heights, PA. There was a LJS in New Kensington area just like that. I now live in Pgh and visit the Heidelberg LJS often!!!!!!!! Found your videos by asking what was in the old KMART by Sonic in Bridgeville!!!
Yes lawton streets look like your on a gravel road .They can sure build side walks, but can't rebuild the streets. The water lines are so bad and break all the time, and then they have to tear out the new sidewalks to fix the waterline. They do everything Bass akwards.
There was a combined LJS/A&W restaurant in the Poconos (near Blakeslee) right by 476 which closed about five years ago and now is a BURGER KING… ironic because there already was a Burger King in the neighborhood (less than a mile east) which closed in the early 2000s and was abandoned for a long time before finally being demolished within the last few years. I was amazed at how decrepit the abandoned building was allowed to become considering the fact it was RIGHT NEXT DOOR to a perfectly good hotel (I think a Holiday Inn Express)
This is probably the same one I used to go here as a kid when I lived in Lawton. Long john silvers actually one of my favorite fast seafood restaurants. It's better than captain D's in my opinion.
There are only 2 Long John Silvers left in the Detroit, Michigan left. The first one is located on East 8 Mile Road just west of Ryan Road on the Warren/Detroit City Limits. The second is located on Gratiot and Gunston on Detroit's Eastside across the street from the Detroit Police Station which is the 9th Precinct. Happy Birthday to Kayla's Mom.
There's a Long John Silver's in Warner Robbins, Georgia where you have to order and get your food through your passenger window. I asked an employee why it was set up that way and she told me the city made them build it like that so it wouldn't interfere with traffic on the main road. It was the only way they could have a drive thru
UPDATE: That LJS in Warner Robbins has since closed. It has been quite a few years since I was there but if you pull up the picture on Google you can see how the drive thru is set up
I loved their hush puppies! I ate there about once every couple 2 or 3 months but whenever I did, I actually thought it was delicious! I was sad when I heard that it was burned down. We will miss you Long John Silvers. :'( Also the east side is where lots of the crimes take place. This town definitely has some issues, but it is still pretty nice! :D
Hush puppies at this place you could squeeze the grease out, terrible, no wonder the place caught on fire with such greasy food. That saved a lot of people from having high cholesterol.
I hope they get some new employees that care about what they serve, they say you can tell how clean the place is by their bathrooms, and these were always dirty. And employees always outside smoking and then coming back in and not washing their hands kinda disgusting . If the employees are not washing their hands you know they aren't cleaning anything else.
Oh man, that place is hurting… Considering that you mentioned it was not the greatest area and crime is sky high there, wouldn’t be surprised if the motive was an arson
@@pattimurphy5151 I had some friends that lived in Lawton, and it was mostly poor people robbing and such from what I saw. Oklahoma is not the best when it comes to crime in general, and places like Lawton, Del City, Tulsa, OKC and Muskogee seemed to get the worst of it. Lawton and Muskogee being mostly poor areas and OKC, Tulsa, and Del City being mostly due to gangs.
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After the fire it was closed a while they had a grease fire which closed the store but last year it was repaired and is open again. I live in Lawton crime not really any worse than other places yes lot of closed businesses
wow so cool the golden caooal they have good food still got one in tulsa,ok also got one in branson,mo good food we still got our longjohn in bartlesville,ok ty for showing this i hope your mominlaw had a good bday :) also did yall every eat at the gloden carral??
The one in Bartlesville hardly has any business the food has gotten shity it's only drive-thru now but they mess your order up all the time will you pull up the order they tell you oh it'll be a 20 to 25 minute wait and there's no one else in line there's no phone number to call they don't have much business anymore
@@Bella1neverknows670 ty every time driv by dont see tomady there we live down south town call Ramona,okat taco bell have to order the food on the wall go lots eat there also Braums
I live here, and the building got burned down before it was abandoned, and its also backvup in in business today, lawton is definitely a murderous town.
Arby's did the same thing(move the drive thru to the front), with a location in Athens, Georgia. Also like you I can't help but think, this LJS will get torn down soon. And btw edit so I don't forget, happy belated birthday to Kayla's mom.
Opened up and back in business 2022. It didn't stay shut down more than two years. Come or go get your hush puppies here. I cannot believe they are back open. NO ONE was checking for LJS with all the taco bell, golden corral, whataburger, chicfila, arby's and everything around this location . Stay awesome~!'
I use to eat there in H.S. all the time. It was definitely on the decline when it caught on fire. I guess the owners felt it wasn't financially reasonable to open it back up.
Actually it caught fire before it was abandoned, I live here in Lawton Oklahoma, so the fire department does not know what caused the fire, it has been closed for a year now, they had to be shut down until they can figure out what caused the fire to start
Wasn't it a grease fire and insurance took so long
It's opened now a new long John
Funny story... I live in Altus and our Long John Silvers closed back in 2018ish. In early 2020 I cruised over to Lawton to get Long Johns for the first time in years and the building was actively on fire. It's recently reopened!
It kinda breaks my heart that you actually drove to eat long john silver's LoL.
Remodeled and reopened last week. Kept the original building but completely gutted the inside. The hype was crazy once people found out they were going to reopen everyone was asking when they were going to reopen it got to be a joke. When they reopened the wait time was over an hour. Nobody cared about them until the fire then everybody was upset they were closed lol.
haha so true how everybody wanted to eat there all of a sudden since reopening. I always thought years ago that they were some sort of a front for illegal activity because i never heard or saw anybody eating there
It caught on fire early in 2020 just before lunch rush
Long John Silvers? More like Long Gone Silvers!
That would be LONG 🔥(BURNT) SILVERS!
My Mama and Auntie used to take us there all the time! It was SO good, and busy ALL the time… Putt Putt Golf was right behind there as well, and the Empress of China across the street, Lawton, Ok never had a lack of good restaurants.
This restaurant wasn't any good either.
I miss putt putt and empress of China!
That was my childhood in the 90's.
It Was On Fire. 🔥
I used to really enjoy the crispy bits from their fish filets. However, I feel that LJS food quality has really declined in recent years. One nice thing the LJS I lived near in Louisville Kentucky often had free fish fries for anyone.
I live in Louisville too but don't remember the free fries. I still go to the LJS/A&W on Preston Highway sometimes but the service is always really slow and the food sure isn't as good as it used to be back in the 70's and 80's.
I can tell you what happened
crumblies!
Happy birthday Mrs Kayla's Mother.. Thank you so much for letting Mr WallieB do his amazing work
i used to be a firefighter it was on fire i can tell it looks bad and not safe to go in
I live in Lawton Oklahoma and I can tell you that long John silver's caught on fire that's why it was closed down
It was still open when it caught on fire.
Was a nasty place to eat, so greasy if you didn't have high cholesterol you would after eating there.
@@jessyhavron2548 they have rebuilt and reopened it a few months ago.
@@sabineskurnack3256wish I knew that when I was up there visting last year. I used to live in Lawton Oklahoma. Honestly don't remember there being much crime. I live near Jacksonville so crime in Lawton is probably nothing compared to Jacksonville. Also did used to eat at that golden Correll back in the early and mid 90's. My dad was stationed there so Lawton was part of my childhood. Basically revisit because of that.
They close because of the fire. I was one of the rare people that ate there once or twice a month with my family. I miss it 😔
I worked there
I never had a Long John Silvers around me. I grew up with Arthur Treachers. I would think a place to get fried seafood without having to sit and wait at a non fast food restaurant would be successful these days, but guess not. And Happy Birthday Kayla's mom!
I loved Arthur treachers!!
I also loved Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips.
You have Landrys still really great seafood down by the Galveston coast by me lol
That LJS was burned down due to a grease fire and that's when they shut down. It was operating until the fire, there used to be a putt putt on the Westside of the street.
Yea they had the greasy food for sure.If you have heart problems don't eat LJS.
Happy birthday kaylas mom and awesome video seems like alot of these long john silvers are closing up
The Long John Silvers in Niles, MI has a drive thru that is in the front of the building, and im used to that
Used to love Long John Silver's, RIP to one of the greatest fast food seafood places
Happy Birthday to Kayla's Mother
We have long John silver in texas
As a resident of Lawton since 89, the LJS went up in flames on a Wednesday morning back in 2019 during lunch while I was on my way to noon Bible study. I had plans for eating there when I drive by and saw the smoke.
My very 1st job was Long John here in Weatherford. From personal experience I'd bet they weren't cleaning behind the fry vats. We were told to pull them out and clean twice a day to prevent fires. Then they got rid of the good management and brought it a guy who literally slept his way into management. He wouldn't let us clean behind the vats. One month later I quit because I didn't want to be there when trouble started. A month after that code inspection came in and shut them down because of the grease buildup causing a fire hazard. It took weeks to get everything cleaned. We had never gotten a grade lower than 90. I went in almost a year later and new management said they scored a 30 because of that idiot.
Where I live our LJS is closed down and abandoned . The building is still abandoned.
My local LJS (Harriman, Tn) had 2 separate fires at one point. Course it closed last yr along with many others. Sad, but not sad.
My Dad (Rest In Peace,) used to always chuckle and call these "Long Dong Silvers." Lol I know where I got my sense of humor... 😊
Happy Birthday, to Kayla's Mom!
I liked my fish smoked, but not that smoked.. Great find Wallie.👍
I see they are fixing the building, I hope the management is better than before.Before the fire the service wasn't very good and the place was not very clean, and twice when I went thru the drive thru they left the coleslaw out of my order and all the food was so greasy, no wonder they had a fire.
Hey WallieB26 there is another old Long John Silver's A/W root beer in Tulsa Oklahoma it's at 21st Street and Garrett Road and of course it's closed as well
There's one in Bartlesville Oklahoma but the service is getting so shity but don't open the inside it's only drive-through they messed her food up there is no phone number to call It's a Long John Silver's A&W love the hush puppies but it sounds like we're all going to go under
It definitely looks like the back area was on fire. I think I saw burn marks above the drive through window.
That was my jam as a kid in the 80's!! I loved the hushpuppies!!
Happy birthday kaylas mom and yes this location caught fire in back room and burnt it badly
Maybe while the cook was frying fish the cigarette fell out of his mouth and caught the grease on fire. This was a nasty place to eat, If you went once you would never go back .They should bulldozer it down and build a Del Rancho.
They are renovating this restaurant now and honestly I can't wait..
I live in lawton and the place had a grease fire and after the fire it got completely shut down
I've live in Lawton my whole life. It was caught on fire couple years (not sure)ago when it was still running.
Awesome video
Wow! Good video! You don't see too many Long John Silver's places around anymore! It sure does look like a fire happened there!
Long John Silver's ''Long Left'' Rock Hill, SC many a year ago (sorry I could not resist). The last few times I ate there it was utterly horrible. The future Owners DEMO'ed the Building and put something new up on the Property.
A cool video, Wallie! It's a shame that this restaurant caught on fire. Have a KMartlicious Day!
Truly fire content by WallieB26.
That LJS is located at 2636 nw cache rd in Lawton and is permanently closed due to a kitchen fire that started around 11:00 in the morning February 2020.
Quality was average.
Drove past it today they are redoing it. New sign
First great video WallieB26
Before this was Long John Silvers it was the "Cuckoo" restaurant owned by the "Bone" family! The same family that owned "Riney's Tastee Freeze on 52nd street and Cache road. FACT! I know for certain. I even cooked fried chicken there as a fry cook. The "Bone" family was the best! Be safe, be smart, be ever so vigil out there! Love you all
I grew up in Natrona Heights, PA. There was a LJS in New Kensington area just like that. I now live in Pgh and visit the Heidelberg LJS often!!!!!!!! Found your videos by asking what was in the old KMART by Sonic in Bridgeville!!!
My local Long John Silver‘a was remodeled into an AT&T store and they didn’t even tear it down
Have a friend who lives in Blackwell visited there and been through Lawton
It has a grease fire. I agree with you. Our city council sucks! This town has gone down hill since Mayor Gillie left office.
Yes lawton streets look like your on a gravel road .They can sure build side walks, but can't rebuild the streets. The water lines are so bad and break all the time, and then they have to tear out the new sidewalks to fix the waterline. They do everything Bass akwards.
There was a combined LJS/A&W restaurant in the Poconos (near Blakeslee) right by 476 which closed about five years ago and now is a BURGER KING… ironic because there already was a Burger King in the neighborhood (less than a mile east) which closed in the early 2000s and was abandoned for a long time before finally being demolished within the last few years. I was amazed at how decrepit the abandoned building was allowed to become considering the fact it was RIGHT NEXT DOOR to a perfectly good hotel (I think a Holiday Inn Express)
it looks like a fire burnt the inside of the LJS! and is in full ruins!
Happy Birthday Kayla's Mom!!!
This is probably the same one I used to go here as a kid when I lived in Lawton. Long john silvers actually one of my favorite fast seafood restaurants. It's better than captain D's in my opinion.
There are only 2 Long John Silvers left in the Detroit, Michigan left. The first one is located on East 8 Mile Road just west of Ryan Road on the Warren/Detroit City Limits. The second is located on Gratiot and Gunston on Detroit's Eastside across the street from the Detroit Police Station which is the 9th Precinct.
Happy Birthday to Kayla's Mom.
I loved going there with my Daddy back when it was good food .
There's a Long John Silver's in Warner Robbins, Georgia where you have to order and get your food through your passenger window. I asked an employee why it was set up that way and she told me the city made them build it like that so it wouldn't interfere with traffic on the main road. It was the only way they could have a drive thru
UPDATE: That LJS in Warner Robbins has since closed. It has been quite a few years since I was there but if you pull up the picture on Google you can see how the drive thru is set up
I seen a golden Corel next to it is that one still open or is it closed and abandoned
I searched it up online, it says it was on fire, there were some pictures from it
Happy Birthday Kayla's mom!!! :)
Happy birthday
Happy birthday Kayla's mom
I loved their hush puppies! I ate there about once every couple 2 or 3 months but whenever I did, I actually thought it was delicious! I was sad when I heard that it was burned down. We will miss you Long John Silvers. :'(
Also the east side is where lots of the crimes take place. This town definitely has some issues, but it is still pretty nice! :D
Hush puppies at this place you could squeeze the grease out, terrible, no wonder the place caught on fire with such greasy food. That saved a lot of people from having high cholesterol.
I hope they get some new employees that care about what they serve, they say you can tell how clean the place is by their bathrooms, and these were always dirty. And employees always outside smoking and then coming back in and not washing their hands kinda disgusting . If the employees are not washing their hands you know they aren't cleaning anything else.
@@jessyhavron2548there isn’t that much grease you just have to dab it with a paper towel and your good to go their food is actually pretty good
It is opened back up now
Absolutely fire damage. That's soot on the windows.
Oh man, that place is hurting…
Considering that you mentioned it was not the greatest area and crime is sky high there, wouldn’t be surprised if the motive was an arson
Why so much crime? like gangs or what?
@@pattimurphy5151 I had some friends that lived in Lawton, and it was mostly poor people robbing and such from what I saw. Oklahoma is not the best when it comes to crime in general, and places like Lawton, Del City, Tulsa, OKC and Muskogee seemed to get the worst of it. Lawton and Muskogee being mostly poor areas and OKC, Tulsa, and Del City being mostly due to gangs.
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After the fire it was closed a while they had a grease fire which closed the store but last year it was repaired and is open again. I live in Lawton crime not really any worse than other places yes lot of closed businesses
When I move to Lawton, it was on fire On February 2020
wow so cool the golden caooal they have good food still got one in tulsa,ok also got one in branson,mo good food we still got our longjohn in bartlesville,ok ty for showing this i hope your mominlaw had a good bday :) also did yall every eat at the gloden carral??
The one in Bartlesville hardly has any business the food has gotten shity it's only drive-thru now but they mess your order up all the time will you pull up the order they tell you oh it'll be a 20 to 25 minute wait and there's no one else in line there's no phone number to call they don't have much business anymore
@@Bella1neverknows670 ty every time driv by dont see tomady there we live down south town call Ramona,okat taco bell have to order the food on the wall go lots eat there also Braums
Believe it or not it's opened back up again... meaning someone seriously cleaned that mess up
Those windows look consistant with fire damage .
Actually at the end of the video (7:25) Wallie did include a handy local news clip (found when editing this video) about the fire of that restaurant.
@@syxepop yeah, jumped the gun on that.
I live here, and the building got burned down before it was abandoned, and its also backvup in in business today, lawton is definitely a murderous town.
I remember it caught fire 🔥 while it was still open
It definitely looks like it burned at some point.
Man that was my #1 place to eat as a teenager when i got stoned.😂😂 30 years ago that was
Arby's did the same thing(move the drive thru to the front), with a location in Athens, Georgia. Also like you I can't help but think, this LJS will get torn down soon. And btw edit so I don't forget, happy belated birthday to Kayla's mom.
Opened up and back in business 2022. It didn't stay shut down more than two years. Come or go get your hush puppies here. I cannot believe they are back open. NO ONE was checking for LJS with all the taco bell, golden corral, whataburger, chicfila, arby's and everything around this location . Stay awesome~!'
It's back up and running. I'll shoot a video soon to show you show it looks today.
Happy birthday 🎉🎂🎁🎈🎊
I grew up in Lawton until 18. Ike eagles 93!😄
I use to eat there in H.S. all the time. It was definitely on the decline when it caught on fire. I guess the owners felt it wasn't financially reasonable to open it back up.
I been to lawton ok, its becoming abandoned..
Yes it was a Greece fire. I’m from Lawton Oklahoma
Now I'm hungry for Long Johns! I don't really eat there anymore but maybe it's ok sometimes...LOL😀 Mt Pleasant has one near me!😋
It's back open now
And why dont they do anything about it wjy is it still here or atleastbfix all of ot
Happy birthday Kaylas Mom 🎂
I drive pass there everyday i was wondering why it’s close
It caught on fire while it was open and was never rebuilt unfortunately. Not to long ago
It's up and running rn...
That place is hurting badly. Happy birthday to Kayla's mom.
One in louisville,ky is close it abandoned close August close bulid stay there sad close go in there
was deff a fire soot on the windows and above the buszed out drive through window
WallieB26, really enjoyed your video! I agree with you it looks disgusting in there.
They are finally doing work on it l. As of today new sign is up
I remember that place…….
The fryer was on fire when it was still open I live in lawton
The one in Glasgow Kentucky caught on fire and closed down rumor has it it’s going to be remodeled and plus it has a drive thru in the front
Ay im a kid and thia is my town i grew up in im living here rn and im is that place it had good carfish
Did anyone notice the golden corral
Happy belated birthday to Kayla' mom!
They NEVER changed the grease and the fryer caught fire.
I Love Long Johns Silver's Food.
It wasn't trashed after it was abandoned it burned and that's why it looks like it does and why it's closed
It’s coming back!
Happy Birthday Kayla’s Mom.
Happy Birthday Kayla’s mom
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