Forgotten Restaurants From The 1970s, We Want Back!

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  • 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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Комментарии • 778

  • @schallrd1
    @schallrd1 15 дней назад +145

    Arthur Treacher's fish was crunchy and delicious. The fries were thick crispy on the outside. It is missed.

    • @jmarlow2153
      @jmarlow2153 14 дней назад +4

      12585 Rockside,Cleveland,Ohio

    • @spaceghostohio7989
      @spaceghostohio7989 13 дней назад +5

      @@jmarlow2153 Still one here in Cuyahoga Falls Oh on State Rd

    • @sandrahossman2089
      @sandrahossman2089 2 дня назад

      When I was in college, a group of us went once a week. Was very yummy.

  • @user-ey3cb6ct7r
    @user-ey3cb6ct7r 17 дней назад +241

    Arthur Treachers was the best. Met my wife of 41 years working there. How time flies.

    • @nightrunner1456
      @nightrunner1456 12 дней назад +8

      Michigan, Telegraph rd.

    • @DaveSParty
      @DaveSParty 10 дней назад +7

      God bless you both.

    • @williamschubert3929
      @williamschubert3929 10 дней назад +3

      Used to be a Arthur Treachers in Southgate, Michigan on Eureka Road.

    • @MargaretAnderson-ti1sw
      @MargaretAnderson-ti1sw 10 дней назад +4

      Wasn't Arthur Treacher the dancing butler in a movie with Shirley Temple , 'Bright Eyes'?

    • @sandismith7823
      @sandismith7823 10 дней назад +6

      That was my 1st job. They Will always be special to me. My 1st introduction to take out fish & chips. 😊 Hmm mm Good

  • @JennyMoore-bl4dk
    @JennyMoore-bl4dk 6 дней назад +45

    Watching videos like this only makes me sad. I miss the old days.

    • @sonyaweinreis6530
      @sonyaweinreis6530 2 дня назад +1

      Me too 😢

    • @franklaskus2395
      @franklaskus2395 2 дня назад +2

      And them prices

    • @sonyaweinreis6530
      @sonyaweinreis6530 2 дня назад +1

      @@franklaskus2395 you said it 🤣

    • @franklaskus2395
      @franklaskus2395 2 дня назад +1

      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

    • @Ds74-pmrq
      @Ds74-pmrq 2 дня назад +1

      @@franklaskus2395 I was sad to see Long John Silvers go in my neighborhood . They blew Captain D's off the map .

  • @dimitrikotsianas2852
    @dimitrikotsianas2852 12 дней назад +155

    These were happier and appreciative times that I’d love to go back to.

    • @cynthiafroley4415
      @cynthiafroley4415 11 дней назад +13

      Me too!!!! I hate how our world has changed since then!

    • @marthaperdew
      @marthaperdew 9 дней назад +4

      Me too

    • @mbrownie22
      @mbrownie22 9 дней назад +5

      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.

    • @tedflaig7546
      @tedflaig7546 9 дней назад +4

      Agree totally. Loved life when was no internet and cell phones. God I miss those days

    • @DavidBostock-ti2fv
      @DavidBostock-ti2fv 8 дней назад

      No they weren't. I was there.

  • @ronnieroberts9478
    @ronnieroberts9478 10 дней назад +35

    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.

    • @jimbo0707
      @jimbo0707 8 дней назад +3

      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

  • @socksumi
    @socksumi 8 дней назад +37

    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.

    • @jstravelers4094
      @jstravelers4094 2 дня назад +1

      You didn't go to Vietnam.

    • @socksumi
      @socksumi День назад

      @@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.

  • @josephpanozzo4815
    @josephpanozzo4815 13 дней назад +73

    I loved Arthur Treachers fish and chips!

  • @jkuberski
    @jkuberski 13 дней назад +71

    Steak and Ale was so good. Great memories.

    • @edwardfersch9661
      @edwardfersch9661 10 дней назад +9

      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.

    • @ronnieroberts9478
      @ronnieroberts9478 8 дней назад +3

      You’re absolutely right steak ale was the best

    • @gregmcclelland3488
      @gregmcclelland3488 7 дней назад +1

      Yes, indeed!

    • @OhWel
      @OhWel 6 дней назад +1

      The best.

    • @Gottaknow
      @Gottaknow 5 дней назад

      The one in Little Rock, AR has prime rib on Mondays. I think the price was $10

  • @karlsangree4679
    @karlsangree4679 13 дней назад +49

    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.

    • @christopherfanelli8821
      @christopherfanelli8821 10 дней назад +2

      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.

    • @richsheryllhunt7250
      @richsheryllhunt7250 10 дней назад +2

      As a young girl living in Greensburg, PA, we had a Burger Chef. I absolutely loved that restaurant!

  • @dericeportley4035
    @dericeportley4035 12 дней назад +59

    I sure miss those Restaurants

  • @gobbletegook
    @gobbletegook 18 дней назад +71

    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

    • @garyhooper1820
      @garyhooper1820 17 дней назад +3

      I too liked Arthur Treachers , but H Salt was my favorite

    • @karenrosen2983
      @karenrosen2983 14 дней назад +4

      I loved Arthur Treacher’s so much!

    • @StatsJedi
      @StatsJedi 13 дней назад +3

      I ate there last month. It was as good as ever. I was visiting Ohio where I grew up. It's on Rockside Road.

    • @chriskelly6559
      @chriskelly6559 13 дней назад +2

      @gary, absolutely agree.

    • @stanleyhape8427
      @stanleyhape8427 8 дней назад

      Dang.. I miss it and I've never even had it🥴

  • @ronaldboyd6273
    @ronaldboyd6273 12 дней назад +44

    I live in Akron Ohio. I can still indulge in Arthur Treacher a couple of time's a month

  • @laurasloate2241
    @laurasloate2241 10 дней назад +29

    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!

  • @margiemasih1073
    @margiemasih1073 16 дней назад +53

    I loved ponderosa

    • @larryhosner7332
      @larryhosner7332 10 дней назад +3

      Me too my I loved it

    • @danielross5447
      @danielross5447 День назад

      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

  • @georgewettig1860
    @georgewettig1860 13 дней назад +45

    long john silvers and captain d tried to replace arthur treachers, but it didnt work, the malt vinegar was the icing on the cake.

    • @Orlando_Steve
      @Orlando_Steve 6 дней назад

      Long John Silver's is ass. Captain D's is OK but its a far cry from Arthur Treacher's.

    • @stilldajoker
      @stilldajoker 6 дней назад +1

      We had an H Salt in town that was right there. Both English folks.

    • @coool8ball
      @coool8ball 5 дней назад

      @@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!

  • @joanstehlik235
    @joanstehlik235 12 дней назад +28

    Burger Chef was awesome. Serving the burger in plastic bags made the burgers nice and steamed. SOOOO tasty.

  • @roachman1412
    @roachman1412 15 дней назад +31

    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

    • @joeheid2776
      @joeheid2776 13 дней назад +13

      Sorry for your loss.

    • @mikeheffner1895
      @mikeheffner1895 12 дней назад +7

      🙏🙏🙏

    • @cynthiafroley4415
      @cynthiafroley4415 11 дней назад +6

      Oh, I’m so sorry for your loss! As a widow, my life has never been the same! God bless and comfort your heart ❤️

    • @theearthauger
      @theearthauger 10 дней назад +5

      Sorry for your loss. May God richly bless you 🇺🇸

    • @gilly4881
      @gilly4881 9 дней назад +3

      Sorry for your loss mate.

  • @joeb6245
    @joeb6245 15 дней назад +24

    Arthur Treachers was the best!!

  • @davidsmith1162
    @davidsmith1162 16 дней назад +27

    Always Loved Arthur Treacher's Fish, & Chips. Number#1 Favorite Restaruant. Wish They Still Had One In The City😊.

  • @HatCreekMan57
    @HatCreekMan57 13 дней назад +29

    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.

  • @3810-dj4qz
    @3810-dj4qz 13 дней назад +26

    Aww…Sizzler…LA native here, and that place was the best!

    • @when943
      @when943 День назад

      Sizzler is still my favorite and I've eaten in some upscale restaurants from the West Coast to the East Coast and in between.

    • @JohnnyLovesMariah1990
      @JohnnyLovesMariah1990 21 час назад

      Still around.

    • @Onetwothreepeanuts
      @Onetwothreepeanuts 12 часов назад

      ​@when943 Seems like you crave fond memories, not good food.

  • @vanjones1749
    @vanjones1749 8 дней назад +7

    I was a kid in the 70s but appreciated the times looking back, life was a lot
    Better all around.

  • @lawrencephelps3181
    @lawrencephelps3181 15 дней назад +22

    I don't like fish but loved the fish and chips at Arthur Treachers

  • @soccerreff
    @soccerreff 11 дней назад +14

    I remember H. Salt Fish and Chips. It all of a sudden disappeared.

    • @genevieve1963
      @genevieve1963 23 часа назад

      Used to go to H Salt in Carmichael, California! So good 👍🏻

  • @williamwalker8107
    @williamwalker8107 11 дней назад +22

    I loved going to Shakey's when I was a kid.

    • @steveperry1344
      @steveperry1344 6 дней назад

      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?

    • @williamwalker8107
      @williamwalker8107 6 дней назад

      @@steveperry1344 good and consistent

    • @coool8ball
      @coool8ball 5 дней назад +2

      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!

    • @williamwalker8107
      @williamwalker8107 5 дней назад

      @@coool8ball Was that the Shakey's on San Fernando rd right near Mc Cambridge park?

    • @coool8ball
      @coool8ball 4 дня назад

      @@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...

  • @patmurray9730
    @patmurray9730 11 дней назад +19

    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.

    • @ChefDuane
      @ChefDuane 8 дней назад

      Same. We used to eat frozen breaded shrimp every Friday. Nasty stuff. Went parochial school.

  • @johnziolkowski8188
    @johnziolkowski8188 15 дней назад +21

    The times and food was without measure. Missed

  • @MinhTran-ol9wg
    @MinhTran-ol9wg 12 дней назад +55

    Who do remember Big Boy restaurant.

    • @kennethweser
      @kennethweser 10 дней назад +2

      There used to be a Big Boy restaurant in Elgin IL. My mom and I went there all the time.

    • @edolinaoconnor4365
      @edolinaoconnor4365 8 дней назад

      🤚I do. My first hamburger was from Big Boy in PR! Was it 4” or 5” round patty?

    • @markkolstad7076
      @markkolstad7076 7 дней назад +1

      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

    • @cmqguy
      @cmqguy 7 дней назад

      @@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.

    • @Orlando_Steve
      @Orlando_Steve 6 дней назад +1

      I remember it. Can't remember the food.

  • @DesertScorpionKSA
    @DesertScorpionKSA 13 дней назад +20

    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.

    • @michaelhrivnak1719
      @michaelhrivnak1719 9 дней назад +1

      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!

    • @darrenlwalker2480
      @darrenlwalker2480 6 дней назад +2

      Our Shakeys had a plexiglass & a long horizontal step where kids could stand up to the plexiglass & watch them make the pizzas from scratch.

  • @msharradan
    @msharradan 19 дней назад +25

    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.

  • @wmmseo
    @wmmseo 12 дней назад +12

    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.

    • @dann547
      @dann547 10 дней назад

      Yes it is remarkable to see some of those old restaurants still in the Philippines. It’s more fun in the Philippines!

  • @gtilusso2101
    @gtilusso2101 21 день назад +40

    I still miss Western Sizzling Steakhouses. Mmmmm….

    • @robertw31968
      @robertw31968 13 дней назад +3

      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.

    • @deanrogers8273
      @deanrogers8273 12 дней назад +3

      They have a western sizzling steakhouse in Florence s.c.

    • @kayfitzgerald309
      @kayfitzgerald309 12 дней назад +1

      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!??!

    • @cynthiafroley4415
      @cynthiafroley4415 11 дней назад +1

      Me too!

    • @R0MANS109
      @R0MANS109 10 дней назад

      My wife worked at the one in Moline, IL., around 1977. A Chinese restaurant took over the building around 1981.

  • @literati2015
    @literati2015 15 дней назад +14

    I went to Arthur Treachers every Good Friday

  • @michaelcroley485
    @michaelcroley485 15 дней назад +17

    I remember when Arthur treachers opened in Rochester ny.they gave free double deck bus tours for their grand opening.good memories.

  • @lindawenzel7865
    @lindawenzel7865 11 дней назад +9

    I miss Arthur Treachers. I miss their fish and their baked potato & their potato bar.

  • @corrineagnello4584
    @corrineagnello4584 11 дней назад +12

    Great restaurants all of them.

  • @LyleFrancisDelp
    @LyleFrancisDelp 17 дней назад +12

    Arthur Treacher danced with Shirley Temple and also played in two episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. A great talent.

  • @caseytromly5706
    @caseytromly5706 10 дней назад +8

    I was a little kid when we had a Sizzler here. I remember the Malibu Chicken with the honey mustard dip-fantastic

  • @theexorcist2605
    @theexorcist2605 17 дней назад +30

    I miss Sambo's the food was good and the name was hilarious

    • @stevenwoodward5923
      @stevenwoodward5923 17 дней назад +1

      My first job as a teenage There name was their downfall

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 17 дней назад +3

      People don't realize that the name was a combination of the two owners names put together.

    • @gregoryhenderson2640
      @gregoryhenderson2640 16 дней назад +2

      I worked there my senior year in high-school.

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 14 дней назад +3

      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.

    • @gregoryhenderson2640
      @gregoryhenderson2640 14 дней назад +3

      @@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.

  • @randallanderson1632
    @randallanderson1632 2 часа назад +5

    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.

  • @naturekev
    @naturekev 11 дней назад +20

    Burger Chef and his sidekick Jeff, who always ended the commercials by saying, "Burger Chef, you're incrediburgable!"

  • @jamdeuce6581
    @jamdeuce6581 12 дней назад +8

    Sambos. Their pancakes were da bomb!

    • @StewieGriffin505
      @StewieGriffin505 12 дней назад +1

      Oh yeah. What did they change their name to?

  • @deanrogers8273
    @deanrogers8273 12 дней назад +11

    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

    • @brinsonharris9816
      @brinsonharris9816 10 дней назад +1

      Winn Dixie still has stores in Florida. I’m in Tampa and there are several here.

  • @frankrizzo4460
    @frankrizzo4460 17 дней назад +24

    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.

    • @zsigzsag
      @zsigzsag 13 дней назад +6

      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!

    • @mattdaugherty359
      @mattdaugherty359 12 дней назад +2

      Duffs was great! They moved to Tampa and still are open.

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 12 дней назад +1

      @@mattdaugherty359 Yeah my Dad used to love their bread pudding 🍮

    • @nanderson8286
      @nanderson8286 5 дней назад +1

      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.

  • @TheBrooklynbodine
    @TheBrooklynbodine 15 дней назад +22

    Bring back Howard Johnson's!!!

  • @dorishill6835
    @dorishill6835 17 дней назад +23

    I loved Burger Chef!

  • @uprailman
    @uprailman 13 дней назад +12

    Yes, wish they were still around=, fish and chips.

  • @nightrunner1456
    @nightrunner1456 12 дней назад +7

    Sizzlers in Galveston TX. in the 1980's, affordable!

  • @r.tomrobison8307
    @r.tomrobison8307 12 дней назад +6

    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.

  • @richardstebbins7133
    @richardstebbins7133 11 дней назад +7

    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.

  • @briankleinschmidt3664
    @briankleinschmidt3664 17 дней назад +11

    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.

    • @JimPippin-wc7fq
      @JimPippin-wc7fq 16 дней назад +3

      I only remember two places that specialized in fish and chips. One was Arthur Treachers and the other was H. Salt Esquire

    • @StatsJedi
      @StatsJedi 13 дней назад +2

      I'm Lutheran and we always knew. I ate there again last month. See comment above.

    • @jillfoley6834
      @jillfoley6834 11 дней назад

      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! 😇

    • @JimPippin-wc7fq
      @JimPippin-wc7fq 11 дней назад

      @@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?

    • @jillfoley6834
      @jillfoley6834 11 дней назад +1

      @@JimPippin-wc7fq Saginaw, Michigan. The nuns were very nice…the orphanage has closed since then.

  • @phbrinsden
    @phbrinsden 10 дней назад +3

    As a Brit living in Texas I sure wish Arthur Treachers was still here. Could just fancy a good F and C right now.

  • @frankjonathan8043
    @frankjonathan8043 10 дней назад +6

    All good places to go and eat. As far as hamburgers go, I miss Gino's-I loved the Gino's Giant.

  • @Blend-24
    @Blend-24 14 дней назад +7

    The only two I can remember in this video is Burger Chef and Sizzler. Either one was top notch. I really miss them both

  • @theonetrueking587
    @theonetrueking587 4 дня назад +1

    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

  • @fanaticat1
    @fanaticat1 17 дней назад +8

    I remember all of these restaurants, thanks for the memories! Now I'm hungry...

  • @cynthiafroley4415
    @cynthiafroley4415 11 дней назад +5

    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! 😊

  • @JT-sz7xc
    @JT-sz7xc 13 дней назад +5

    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.

  • @cdfreester
    @cdfreester 16 дней назад +10

    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.

    • @oriolesfan7807
      @oriolesfan7807 11 дней назад +1

      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.

  • @spaceace1006
    @spaceace1006 11 дней назад +6

    I sure miss Arthur Treacher's!!! There was one at Fairfax Circle that vanished around 2010!

  • @foorsandyslilacs3157
    @foorsandyslilacs3157 10 дней назад +2

    Here in Michigan I miss Big Boy & Bill Knapps. Great food.

  • @markborzak9308
    @markborzak9308 14 дней назад +3

    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".

  • @fredmiller173
    @fredmiller173 2 дня назад +1

    Makes me cry seeing the old restaurants. I was born in 1960 and used to go to authors fish and chips 😢

  • @mrmyth5846
    @mrmyth5846 8 дней назад +3

    There was another really good one…H. Salt. Fish and Chips. Both were better that what we have today in.

  • @radiosilence599
    @radiosilence599 9 дней назад +2

    As someone who grew up in the 70s. Arthur Treachers was the best.

  • @StewieGriffin505
    @StewieGriffin505 12 дней назад +8

    Arthur Treacher's seems to have been replaced by Long John Silver's but those are now pretty much gone.

    • @EvangSuz
      @EvangSuz 10 дней назад +1

      One in Ripley,WV..ring the bell!!

    • @Orlando_Steve
      @Orlando_Steve 6 дней назад

      Long John Silver's is trash. No comparison to Arthur Treacher's.

  • @bolt4694
    @bolt4694 13 дней назад +5

    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.

  • @lindawalsh9502
    @lindawalsh9502 8 дней назад +1

    Ponderosa was a family place! We loved it. And we would meet other families that we knew there.

  • @karenosolin6061
    @karenosolin6061 10 дней назад +4

    One Arthur Treachers left in Ohio one hour away. We still drive there once or twice a year. Still my Favorite

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 15 дней назад +6

    A+ video!
    LOVE IT! Would love to go to those restaurants!

  • @user-ip6th1pz6v
    @user-ip6th1pz6v 9 дней назад +2

    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.

  • @EdwardWright-ns5xj
    @EdwardWright-ns5xj 11 дней назад +3

    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.

  • @beckycaughel7557
    @beckycaughel7557 13 дней назад +5

    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

  • @user-on3dt1xx3j
    @user-on3dt1xx3j 9 дней назад +1

    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

  • @dianascrimger284
    @dianascrimger284 12 дней назад +4

    We miss boys big boy

  • @BillieClose
    @BillieClose 12 дней назад +4

    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.)

  • @woltzwurld6760
    @woltzwurld6760 16 дней назад +5

    In the 70s , my grand motherwould take me to Howard Johnson’s. I liked it.

  • @dominicpetruzzi5872
    @dominicpetruzzi5872 6 дней назад +5

    Farrells ice cream in California was a great place 🍦🍨🍦

  • @rs3018
    @rs3018 10 дней назад +2

    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!!

  • @ChefDuane
    @ChefDuane 8 дней назад +1

    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!!

  • @RJS1974
    @RJS1974 20 дней назад +11

    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.

    • @alanhumphrey4198
      @alanhumphrey4198 17 дней назад +2

      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.😊😊😊

    • @user-wm5ix5de5j
      @user-wm5ix5de5j 15 дней назад +2

      I loved the Big Boys famous strawberry pie! All fresh strawberries 🍓.

    • @sonyafox3271
      @sonyafox3271 15 дней назад +2

      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!

    • @melaniesharp397
      @melaniesharp397 День назад

      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!

    • @RJS1974
      @RJS1974 День назад

      @@melaniesharp397 I’m jealous!

  • @Howoldareweanywayyipes
    @Howoldareweanywayyipes 11 дней назад +1

    Burger Chef stored skids worth of their food in the gypsum mines near grand rapids michigan.
    I miss the Ponderosa Steak house.

  • @kimleone5496
    @kimleone5496 10 дней назад +2

    I loved Arthur treacher's as well both their chicken and their fish

  • @sharksport01
    @sharksport01 20 дней назад +11

    I think Treachers closed due to the "cod wars". They couldnt get same fish anymore.

    • @user-ey3cb6ct7r
      @user-ey3cb6ct7r 17 дней назад +5

      You are correct, the cod wars between Iceland and Great Britain drove the prices up so no one could afford the cod anymore.

    • @Orlando_Steve
      @Orlando_Steve 6 дней назад

      @@user-ey3cb6ct7r Damn jacka$$ limeys!

  • @user-oq3lh1js2e
    @user-oq3lh1js2e 15 дней назад +7

    bonanza and ponderosa and sizzlers was our to go to resturuants for special days birthdays or sunday dinner

  • @user-up6ug2ek2q
    @user-up6ug2ek2q 15 дней назад +5

    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.

  • @larryburton9369
    @larryburton9369 11 дней назад +2

    Thanks for the memories so much 😊❤

  • @rickferrari9042
    @rickferrari9042 12 дней назад +4

    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

    • @melaniesharp397
      @melaniesharp397 День назад +1

      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”.

  • @carlavision6143
    @carlavision6143 14 дней назад +3

    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.

  • @bjmcfarland1
    @bjmcfarland1 10 дней назад +2

    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.

  • @mauricearpin7946
    @mauricearpin7946 12 дней назад +1

    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)

  • @danielthewlis2109
    @danielthewlis2109 17 дней назад +10

    I Loved Arthur Treaters

  • @toddricketts9498
    @toddricketts9498 9 дней назад +1

    Three places I have never seen, but the rest I know well, thanks for the memories

  • @AliceHenderson-vz7kn
    @AliceHenderson-vz7kn 10 дней назад +2

    I remember all of these!!! They were Great!!!

    • @noname-yc5lk
      @noname-yc5lk 5 дней назад

      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.

  • @user-up6ug2ek2q
    @user-up6ug2ek2q 15 дней назад +4

    We had a red barn in Wickliffe,I remember I won a banana bike in a contest

  • @dmk7700
    @dmk7700 14 дней назад +2

    Jo-Jo's had the best burger/fry combo and had a liquor license to boot!

  • @gmoney9961
    @gmoney9961 6 дней назад +1

    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…

  • @smileysun9212
    @smileysun9212 12 дней назад +2

    I miss Piccadilly Fish 'N Chips & JB’s Big Boy.
    Sizzler left a couple years ago but 50 miles away there’s still one.

  • @rickferrari9042
    @rickferrari9042 12 дней назад +3

    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

  • @Horsefingerandthetaintwrights
    @Horsefingerandthetaintwrights 12 дней назад +2

    I lived in Venice CA, and ate at the original Sizzlers many times.