Forgotten Restaurants From The 1970s, We Want Back!
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- 10 Old Restaurants That We Miss From The Past… Life in America!
Get ready to travel back in time and reminisce about old restaurants that once filled our hearts with joy and many of us have grown to love! These forgotten chain restaurants, including Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips and Bonanza Steakhouse, were part of our childhood memories. So today, join us to revive these top 10 Fancy Restaurants in America before that have faded away. From Burger Chef to other restaurants we never see anymore, we're going to evoke nostalgic restaurants memories you once loved but no longer exist!
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Arthur Treacher's fish was crunchy and delicious. The fries were thick crispy on the outside. It is missed.
12585 Rockside,Cleveland,Ohio
@@jmarlow2153 Still one here in Cuyahoga Falls Oh on State Rd
When I was in college, a group of us went once a week. Was very yummy.
Arthur Treachers was the best. Met my wife of 41 years working there. How time flies.
Michigan, Telegraph rd.
God bless you both.
Used to be a Arthur Treachers in Southgate, Michigan on Eureka Road.
Wasn't Arthur Treacher the dancing butler in a movie with Shirley Temple , 'Bright Eyes'?
That was my 1st job. They Will always be special to me. My 1st introduction to take out fish & chips. 😊 Hmm mm Good
Watching videos like this only makes me sad. I miss the old days.
Me too 😢
And them prices
@@franklaskus2395 you said it 🤣
It was over $10 for a 2 piece fish meal at Long John Silver a couple weeks ago. It’s the last location that I know of
@@franklaskus2395 I was sad to see Long John Silvers go in my neighborhood . They blew Captain D's off the map .
These were happier and appreciative times that I’d love to go back to.
Me too!!!! I hate how our world has changed since then!
Me too
I was born in 1960 and I don’t want to go back, I remember Vietnam Nam on television every night, the gas crises, double digit inflation, horrible pollution, people seem to have selective memory, everything wasn’t puppies and rainbows. The only reason I would like to go back is I would be younger and farther from the end of my life.
Agree totally. Loved life when was no internet and cell phones. God I miss those days
No they weren't. I was there.
Back when you could afford to take the whole family and friends out together and still not break the bank God I miss those days. Good memories.
That was long before the government & big business decided their profits and owning a Mercedes & a yacht were more important than quality of the food
I grew up in the 60s and 70s. I miss those decades and the quality of life they offered including restaurants. Some of the best and freest times in human history.
You didn't go to Vietnam.
@@jstravelers4094 As a Canadian we never were in Vietnam. Living in Canada was very much like living in the US minus the Vietnam fiasco and the cold war BS.
I loved Arthur Treachers fish and chips!
Steak and Ale was so good. Great memories.
Steak & Ale was so dark and relaxing….here in Houston…when it was 100 degrees outside…it was sooo nice to enter into that cool restaurant. Food was very good.
You’re absolutely right steak ale was the best
Yes, indeed!
The best.
The one in Little Rock, AR has prime rib on Mondays. I think the price was $10
As someone born in 1953, I remember all of them. Burger Chef was my favorite. In my early teens, my family lived about 1/4 mile from Willow Grove Park in Pennsylvania and there was a Burger Chef right across the street from the park. I downed many a Super Shef (sic) sandwich there. Good memories.
I had relatives in Willow Grove and when my family visited them we rode past Dorney Park. It was the highlight of the trip for me.
As a young girl living in Greensburg, PA, we had a Burger Chef. I absolutely loved that restaurant!
I sure miss those Restaurants
I loved Arthur Treacher's. It was about two blocks from my house in the 1980's, and I'd get off at the bus stop in front of it to go for an inexpensive meal between coming home from college and going to work 2nd shift. When they closed, Long John Silvers was similar, but not the same. Now, even those are few and far between
I too liked Arthur Treachers , but H Salt was my favorite
I loved Arthur Treacher’s so much!
I ate there last month. It was as good as ever. I was visiting Ohio where I grew up. It's on Rockside Road.
@gary, absolutely agree.
Dang.. I miss it and I've never even had it🥴
I live in Akron Ohio. I can still indulge in Arthur Treacher a couple of time's a month
Lucky you!!!
Thanks for the info!!
I live in Warren and have been to alot of these restaurants.
There's also one in suburban Cleveland, Garfield heights.
Jealous!
Arthur Treacher's was our favorite place back in the day. That was where we would stop and eat supper whenever Mom picked Dad up from work on payday. I miss it so much!
I loved ponderosa
Me too my I loved it
I am fortunate enough to live reasonably close to 4 of Michigan's 5 Ponderosa locations - the one in Clare is only 15 miles away and is the best of the bunch. I talked to the Ponderosa area rep last time I ate there and he informed me that there are only 29 Ponderosa locations left worldwide - the most being in Puerto Rico! Michigan is the state having the most Ponderosa locations left at 5 locations. - Dan
long john silvers and captain d tried to replace arthur treachers, but it didnt work, the malt vinegar was the icing on the cake.
Long John Silver's is ass. Captain D's is OK but its a far cry from Arthur Treacher's.
We had an H Salt in town that was right there. Both English folks.
@@stilldajoker Yeah! I miss the H Salt Fish & Chips! Mid 70's I always looked forward to the family stopping there on the way home from Santa Anita Park, horse racing... I think we only stopped and ate there when the parents won at the track! lol... But it was So Good!
Burger Chef was awesome. Serving the burger in plastic bags made the burgers nice and steamed. SOOOO tasty.
I met my wife at burger chef she worked behind the counter this August would have been 46 years ago but I lost her last year
Sorry for your loss.
🙏🙏🙏
Oh, I’m so sorry for your loss! As a widow, my life has never been the same! God bless and comfort your heart ❤️
Sorry for your loss. May God richly bless you 🇺🇸
Sorry for your loss mate.
Arthur Treachers was the best!!
Always Loved Arthur Treacher's Fish, & Chips. Number#1 Favorite Restaruant. Wish They Still Had One In The City😊.
We had an Arthur Treacher's near us. The fish and chips were great. The malt vinegar was good too. Howard Johnson's had good chocolate milk. Shakey's was good.
Aww…Sizzler…LA native here, and that place was the best!
Sizzler is still my favorite and I've eaten in some upscale restaurants from the West Coast to the East Coast and in between.
Still around.
@when943 Seems like you crave fond memories, not good food.
I was a kid in the 70s but appreciated the times looking back, life was a lot
Better all around.
I don't like fish but loved the fish and chips at Arthur Treachers
I remember H. Salt Fish and Chips. It all of a sudden disappeared.
Used to go to H Salt in Carmichael, California! So good 👍🏻
I loved going to Shakey's when I was a kid.
i had heard of shakey's but never went to one, they didn't have a location in the boston area that we knew of. how was the pizza?
@@steveperry1344 good and consistent
We had a Shakey's in Burbank, Ca (70's) walking distance from home. If it wasn't pizza & pinball for us kids and hearing the live piano player, it was always the pinball until adulthood then it was pizza & pitchers of draft beer! Was a great place!
@@coool8ball Was that the Shakey's on San Fernando rd right near Mc Cambridge park?
@@williamwalker8107 Sure was! It once changed to Tilley's Pizza and back to Shakey's. McCambridge was my hang-out. Lived on Scott Rd. Also snuck into the Cornell Theater once in a while. Mr Big Burger, Marlindo Bowling, Tommy's burgers etc..Also hang-outs...
I worked at Arthur Teachers for about 6 months in the mid 70s. I had burns up and down both arms almost the whole time.
I worked there back when Catholics weren't allowed to eat meat on ANY Friday, not just Lent and Advent. There was always a line out the door on Fridays. Lived in a super- majority Catholic town.
Same. We used to eat frozen breaded shrimp every Friday. Nasty stuff. Went parochial school.
The times and food was without measure. Missed
Who do remember Big Boy restaurant.
There used to be a Big Boy restaurant in Elgin IL. My mom and I went there all the time.
🤚I do. My first hamburger was from Big Boy in PR! Was it 4” or 5” round patty?
Fresno,California had one, If i got the combo (i was about 10 years old) i had to eat it all. i guess thats why im a big boy...delicious
@@markkolstad7076hello fellow Fresnan I remember the statue on our main street of Blackstone Ave. I remember Grandy’s restaurant down the street as well along with Pistol Pete’s Pizza. I remember Happy Steak chain restaurant as well which doesn’t exist anymore.
I remember it. Can't remember the food.
Shakey's pizza was great in the 60's when I was a kid. They had silent movies showing and two kinds of beer. My Dad let me drink a little bit of the dark beer and it was good even for a kid. The pizza was good too.
Me too! I always got to "sample" the dark beer. That's why I have a special place in my heart for dark beer today. Even though I really don't drink anymore!
Our Shakeys had a plexiglass & a long horizontal step where kids could stand up to the plexiglass & watch them make the pizzas from scratch.
The Arthur Treachers in Ohio WAS in Austintown. I had eaten there for 50 years. It was sold to the employees a few years back, and the taste and quality remain.
What a trip down memory lane. If you want to relive some of those memories, you can visit the Philippines. Lots of old restaurants like Shakey's are all over place.
Yes it is remarkable to see some of those old restaurants still in the Philippines. It’s more fun in the Philippines!
I still miss Western Sizzling Steakhouses. Mmmmm….
I miss them too. They had them until the late 90's here in Louisiana. My ex wife and I used to go there every Saturday night. It was delicious.
They have a western sizzling steakhouse in Florence s.c.
They were great!! My hubby and I bought a couple of thier huge amber colored Glass glasses, that had "Western Sizzlin" printed all over it, in different colors/direcetions😊
Anyone remember those!??!
Me too!
My wife worked at the one in Moline, IL., around 1977. A Chinese restaurant took over the building around 1981.
I went to Arthur Treachers every Good Friday
I remember when Arthur treachers opened in Rochester ny.they gave free double deck bus tours for their grand opening.good memories.
I miss Arthur Treachers. I miss their fish and their baked potato & their potato bar.
Great restaurants all of them.
Arthur Treacher danced with Shirley Temple and also played in two episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. A great talent.
I was a little kid when we had a Sizzler here. I remember the Malibu Chicken with the honey mustard dip-fantastic
I miss Sambo's the food was good and the name was hilarious
My first job as a teenage There name was their downfall
People don't realize that the name was a combination of the two owners names put together.
I worked there my senior year in high-school.
Sambos was originally called "Little Black Sambos" and had a stereotypical little black cartoon boy with big lips etc. on their sign. Not a good look.
@@ge2623 of all the sambos signs I ever saw, I never saw that. Then again I only first heard of it in the latter 70s when I worked there.
I had Burger Chef hamburgers and shakes for lunch in elementary school in the early 60s. There was a Burger Chef a few blocks from school, I would ride my bike there and pick up 3 or 4 burgers and shakes, and ride home where my mother and sisters awaited. I remember to this day that if I had the shakes bag and burgers bag pressed together on my bike, the hamburgers would be colder when I got home. Another favorite restaurant that I think is still around in places, but disappearing, is Frisch's.
Burger Chef and his sidekick Jeff, who always ended the commercials by saying, "Burger Chef, you're incrediburgable!"
Sambos. Their pancakes were da bomb!
Oh yeah. What did they change their name to?
I miss sreak and ale , Quincy steakhouse , Western sizzling steakhouse house, Dodges chicken that was open late at night. The Steeple Drive in that sold the best burgers, hot dogs , milkshakes etc. The Varsity restaurant sold probably the best burgers, fries hot dogs and other things on the menu. All of these places were here in South Carolina but i truly miss the grocery store in A&P , Winn Dixie, Community Cash , Cash & Carry etc . Man those were the good ole days
Winn Dixie still has stores in Florida. I’m in Tampa and there are several here.
I miss Lum's and The Swiss Chalet also Steak and Ale was good too. We had Duff's all you could eat where I lived years ago they were pretty good.
Lums was the place to go when you had the "munchies"...lol! Chuck's Steak House was my favorite. The used to serve button mushrooms marinated in Bourbon served in a small crock dish. They had salad bar and great steaks!
Duffs was great! They moved to Tampa and still are open.
@@mattdaugherty359 Yeah my Dad used to love their bread pudding 🍮
As a Canadian, a trip to Daytona was not complete without a lunch at Duff's. Loved the chicken and stuffing but I think the best part was the revolving carousel that was continuously filled by hidden kitchen staff.
Bring back Howard Johnson's!!!
Hojos!
No thanks, our family got food posining there.
Had the best all u can eat fish + clams. Miss ho- jos!
No thanks.
Clams!😮
I loved Burger Chef!
And Biff Burger...😮
Yes, wish they were still around=, fish and chips.
Sizzlers in Galveston TX. in the 1980's, affordable!
You've gone and done it I'm hungry. We have gone to all except the last three but knew of them. Thanks for the memories.
I remember & loved most of these. Here’s another one. Taco Tico. Fresh pepper sauce made daily. Burger Chef would load on a mound of shredded lettuce.
When I was a Catholic orphan, one of my fondest memories was Fish & Chips restaurant. When I was adopted by Lutherans, they had never heard of the place. They took me somewhere else for fish and chips, but it weren't nearly the same.
I only remember two places that specialized in fish and chips. One was Arthur Treachers and the other was H. Salt Esquire
I'm Lutheran and we always knew. I ate there again last month. See comment above.
I was an orphan too, at Saint Vincent’s. I turned out ok, but I still don’t feel like I belong here, I still like fish 🐠 every Friday though! 😇
@@jillfoley6834 My wife was left at St.Vincents in K.C. where she was adopted from. You weren't in K.C. by any chance we're you?
@@JimPippin-wc7fq Saginaw, Michigan. The nuns were very nice…the orphanage has closed since then.
As a Brit living in Texas I sure wish Arthur Treachers was still here. Could just fancy a good F and C right now.
All good places to go and eat. As far as hamburgers go, I miss Gino's-I loved the Gino's Giant.
The only two I can remember in this video is Burger Chef and Sizzler. Either one was top notch. I really miss them both
Arthur Treachers, Shrimp Boat and Red Barns were among the best Restaurants back in the day, the food was amazing much much better than what we have today
I remember all of these restaurants, thanks for the memories! Now I'm hungry...
Same here
I lived in a small town in West Virginia and fondly remember eating at Burger Chef and Bonanza. Yum! These were so popular in our town. What a treat to eat out then! 😊
I miss the Red Barn.. Moved to Columbus Indiana in 1975, was 6 years old. There was a Red Barn two blocks from our new home, was the closest fast food place, heck, one of the few fast food places in Columbus, was a treat to go there on Friday night. After they went out of business it was turned into an oil and lube shop, which I think is still there.
The 3 restaurants mentioned here that I miss the most are Shakey's, Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips, and Steak n Ale. Shame to see such good places decline into nothing.
Oh gosh I have a Shakey's memory for you. Last time I saw one was in Maryland. It was a high school hangout. Flash forward to 2016. While in Los Angeles for the Orioles-Dodgers series, I found a Shakey's on Santa Monica Blvd. Learned all the Shakey's outside California were closed. They only exist in California now.
I sure miss Arthur Treacher's!!! There was one at Fairfax Circle that vanished around 2010!
Here in Michigan I miss Big Boy & Bill Knapps. Great food.
My dad was a manager of Rhotons restaurant, they had 8 locations in the Cleveland Ohio area back in the 60's- 70's. The signature burger was called the 49er " the big burger".
Makes me cry seeing the old restaurants. I was born in 1960 and used to go to authors fish and chips 😢
There was another really good one…H. Salt. Fish and Chips. Both were better that what we have today in.
As someone who grew up in the 70s. Arthur Treachers was the best.
Arthur Treacher's seems to have been replaced by Long John Silver's but those are now pretty much gone.
One in Ripley,WV..ring the bell!!
Long John Silver's is trash. No comparison to Arthur Treacher's.
St. Louis had them all. I loved every one of them. Way back when eating out was affordable. Ponderosa 16 oz T bones for $2.60. Shakeys is my all time favorite pizza.
Ponderosa was a family place! We loved it. And we would meet other families that we knew there.
One Arthur Treachers left in Ohio one hour away. We still drive there once or twice a year. Still my Favorite
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Would love to go to those restaurants!
Howard Johnsons had the best hot dogs ever. I hadn't thought about Shakeys in years or Steak and Ale will always make me remember how my late Dad and I had some of the best moments in my life. Thanks for bringing back the good memories my family had at those places.
I played in a band at Shakey's pizza Thursday nites in the late 70s they paid us $40 a piece with free pizza and beer.
I remember a lot of these restaurants and I really like them. The funniest thing is, too long ago. I saw another RUclips video that featured most of the same restaurants. except the title of that video was the worst restaurants that were that we are glad that are gone forever! So I guess it all depends on your point of you, but I definitely think yours is better cause I like these restaurants
Arthur Treacher’s was my favorite restaurant as a kid. Even over McDonald’s! Never eat fish at home, but I sure would at Arthur Treacher’s
We miss boys big boy
My Mom & I used to go to Sizzler's in Ventura, Ca. every wk. I loved their food. Very nice memories. (Also Arthur Treacher's sounds great; too bad they closed.)
In the 70s , my grand motherwould take me to Howard Johnson’s. I liked it.
Farrells ice cream in California was a great place 🍦🍨🍦
We serve fun at Shakey's also Pizza! A pitcher of beer for me. A pitcher of jolly Green Giant drink for the wife and two kids. And don't forget the large pizza.... Good times!!
My brother and I were kicked out of a Bonanza Steakhouse in Fullerton, CA. We just sat there and ate (slowly) for a few hours. The manager came out and actually was quite nice but politely asked up to finish up and leave. And down the street was a Burger Chef and Sizzler. Steak-a-Bob!!
I miss the Big Boy coffee shops. I’ve been told that there is still A Bobs Big Boy in LA. But there are none left where I live. Growing up in IL we had Marc’s Big Boy. Later moving to PHX AZ there was Bobs Big Boy. Also miss Farrell’s.
In Georgia, we had Shoney's Big Boy. The Big Boy franchise is gone, but we still have Shoney's in Vidalia, GA home of sweet onions.😊😊😊
I loved the Big Boys famous strawberry pie! All fresh strawberries 🍓.
There was at one time a peach, and, strawberry and, several other flavors of those short cakes, at Frisch’s Big Boy but, now there’s only chocolate but, they still have strawberry 🍓 pie babies and, strawberry cheese cake! In the South East it’s known as Frisch’s which they are starting to go out of business as well but,there is one by where, I live is up and, running and, it though has went down hill badly! Last time, I was in there, a elderly gentleman told them his sandwich wasn’t cooked right, the waitress told him, she’d bring him out another one, well, he just up and, left! Then, on top of my burger not being cooked right, my onion rings were all burnt and, I had to wait on my bus a while so, they went and, got me another order and, sure enough it was just as bad as the first meal. After that, I haven’t been back, it’s pretty pathetic that they hired a young guy that told them he could cook and, they took his word for it, he couldn’t even get a frozen meat patty cooked all the way through and, he wasn’t able to cook half of the food that the waitresses had to serve to their customers!
Yup - Still a Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, CA - complete with car hops, Friday night classic car owners showing off their cool rides. Best blue cheese dressing on the planet!
@@melaniesharp397 I’m jealous!
Burger Chef stored skids worth of their food in the gypsum mines near grand rapids michigan.
I miss the Ponderosa Steak house.
I loved Arthur treacher's as well both their chicken and their fish
I think Treachers closed due to the "cod wars". They couldnt get same fish anymore.
You are correct, the cod wars between Iceland and Great Britain drove the prices up so no one could afford the cod anymore.
@@user-ey3cb6ct7r Damn jacka$$ limeys!
bonanza and ponderosa and sizzlers was our to go to resturuants for special days birthdays or sunday dinner
Author treaters fish and chips It’s in mentor ohio,we had a ground round in Wickliffe Ohio it closed in the 90s,we had a ponderosa in mentor and in Wickliffe we would go after church.we miss these restaurants.
Thanks for the memories so much 😊❤
In Cali we had an ice cream parlor called Farrelly famous for their ice cream called the zoo with plastic animals on it it sat on a long tray and the people would run with it all over the restaurant this ice cream was huge
They also had the trough - two banana splits. If you finished it, you got a big send off by the wait staff with a pin and ribbon that said, “I made a pig of myself at Farrells”.
These restaurants may have been in OKC but, not around here. I remember every time we'd be going to OKC for drs appointments and hospital stays I always seem Howard Johnson's as we drove down the interstate. Never been to any. Really enjoyed your video even if I've never been to any.
I have gone to all of these restaurants growing up; you forgot Farrell's ice cream parlor .
Their 2¢soda water was really weird to drink not knowing that they used it in their soda fountain drinks.
Here in Minnesota we had a favorite restaurant called jolly Troll.
Howard Johnson's was fantastic. We would plan our driving drips from Winnipeg to Kentucky by marking HJ's locations on our triptic (something else I miss) so we need where to stop for great food. Wednesday's were particularly important (you'll know why)
I Loved Arthur Treaters
Three places I have never seen, but the rest I know well, thanks for the memories
I remember all of these!!! They were Great!!!
You don't see the Brown Derby around anymore either. And White Castles used to be all around. The last one I recall seeing was near Columbus ohio.
We had a red barn in Wickliffe,I remember I won a banana bike in a contest
Jo-Jo's had the best burger/fry combo and had a liquor license to boot!
The Big Barney @ Red Barn was THE BEST fast-food burger ever created. Their fried chicken was also second to none! It was TRAGIC when the last one in the area shuttered its doors…
I miss Piccadilly Fish 'N Chips & JB’s Big Boy.
Sizzler left a couple years ago but 50 miles away there’s still one.
H salt fish and chips were the best my mom used to bring it home all the time and the bags that it came in looked like a newspaper
I lived in Venice CA, and ate at the original Sizzlers many times.