Abandoned Wendy's - Charlottesville, VA
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Abandoned Wendy's - Charlottesville, VA. Enjoy a look at this old classic designed Wendy's location right in the heart of the busy shopping district for the area. Located right across the highway from the dying Charlottesville Fashion Square Mall, this place looks to be falling more and more apart with time. It's basically hidden from the highway unless you take the exit ramp to access the mall and cross streets.
If you enjoy my content and wish to help make my channel grow, become a Patron! You can make a contribution at / wallieb26 .
There is no obligation and I'm not asking you to! All proceeds go toward expenses involved in travelling to film for you guys. I do not make a profit. Thank you!
#abandoned #wendys #wallieb26
The Ruckersville one is where Chris worked at until he scared a child with a Donald Duck impersonation
This particular Wendy's died in large part because it was such a pain to navigate 29 South to get in and out of it.
Truth. I think I drove through there once in the 26 years I've lived here. Location, Location, Location...
@@cannistershot2277
Build a back access road
Let D,Q buy it
Bing bang boom
Thanks for coming to our home town! I drive past this Wendy’s here and now and remember going to the Wendy’s two years ago and it was boarded up no explanation, no sorry, no baconator fries, nothing. Still have held onto hope it would open back up. Seeing this made it real. 😢 haha
That Wendy’s closed because of the redesigning of rt.29. It became almost isolated. Love your content by the way!
What happened to this Wendy's and the Hardee's that was two doors down from it, was that they dug down the road and built that bridge in front of them and it shut off the majority of traffic going by and killed their business.
Oh my !!
There were 2 other Hardee’s in Charlottesville and both have closed.
I was born in 1984. So of course, I still remember these old school Wendy's buildings. Wendy's is my #3 favorite fast food restaurant. Ours in Salem, Ohio looked like that until early 2018 when they remodeled ours.
I hope you found a decent meal that day in C'ville (as we locals like to call it), there are so many good places downtown.
I enjoyed it. And what a convenient location for the ones who lived walking distance from it when it was open.
When you yelled "Virginia "I laughed so hard!Love the movie "Gettysburg"!
Yep! I can get a little hungry too just thinking about Wendy's! I love the old school restaurants from back when I was a kid. I love it! ❤💕 I enjoyed it! Thank you so much! ☺
I’m from Charlottesville and I was surprised about this wendy’s. I’ve never really been out to Seminole a lot when I was a child or just can’t remember too much from it. I mainly stayed closer to Pantops and Downtown when growing up. I think it’s sooo cool to check this out and I kinda want to go check it out myself. Thanks so much for checking this out and i’m going to check out your BK video in Cville too because i’ve always been curious as to what happened before it transformed into another business.
Growing up in Chicago, Wendy's was my favorite fast food restaurant my favorite menu item was the Frosty of course and I even had a map of all the Wendy's locations in the Chicagoland area, lol Also I loved the newsprint design on the tables and the logo on the signage outside
Great video Wallie keep it up love your videos :D
I use to work at this exact location from 1982 to 1984, starting off as a crew member and leaving as Assistant Manager. I left Charlottesville for good in 1988. I guess Covid and the changes to Route 29 & Rio Road proved too much . I could tell you stories about that place.
I live near this city. The sad thing is, there are still one or two Wendy's here in town, but these places are largely run by people who simply don't care enough to do their job right, and revenues tend to drop when people can't count on their order being correct.
Facts used to work at one of the two locations. 💀🥴
I go to the one Cville location all the time with no problems?
@@kittyroxs If you're referring to the one at Ridge-McIntire and Preston, it was actually quite good for awhile, I started having a lot of issues there. Of course the one closer to home seems to lose their cash register uplink every time it rains.
Not to mention their hours are f*cked bc no one wants to work + shitty staff, but it is what it is
An awesome video, Wallie! I like the old school design of fast food restaurants myself. As for Wendy's, I grew up with the old time newspaper on the tables. Man, that was many years ago. Then again, I was born in 1962. I'll be 61 on November 15th. Have a Wendy'slicious Day!
Happy early birthday
@@ChonkyCats Thank you! Even though I'll be 61 on November 15th, I still have my health and my hair. I still wear my hair long, currently down on my shoulders. Lol
I live in Charlottesville and knew exactly where you were talking about before you said it....
Yeah another banger video and how's your day and thank you for making me hungry 😂 but ngl I enjoy ur vids and when I get older I want to be like you looking at abandoned buildings let's keep the train going 😂😂😂😂😂 I said train bc u do train videos 😂
Wendys another chain getting ready to kick the bucket like Ponderosa
I used to visit this Wendy's for lunch once in a while, when I worked nearby in the late 1990's. One day, I ran into singer Barry White in there. Why he was in Charlottesville I don't know.
Hey Wallie What's Your Place Favorite Restaurant You Like Wendy's or Burger King and Hardee's.
Nice one! This was a cool find!
Awesome 👌 video
i lived in some dallas area and everything was old schooled like the 7 eleven, taco bell and wendys were vintage. years later i went back to that same area and everything was remodeled and there was even a new ice cream shop built but the wendys remained old school which i thought was nice
Crazy your doing a video on my current town
That Wendy's was there when I was a student at UVA in 1982.
Show us the purple hair! Keep up the great work Wallie!
That outside freezer would have been their bun freezer and that room behind the first drive thru window was probably the dry stock area so all your cups and paper products, sauce packets ect. Worked at wendys for five years.. and that cheddar melt was long gone when I started there in 2013..lol.. so yep a blast from the past along with all the other stuff you were reading off the menu board
I like the old school Wendy's like this one.
I live in Charlottesville and saw you guys make this video!!!! I thought y’all were like ghost buster or something but It’s crazy I hop on RUclips and you guys videos popped up that’s crazy! I sub to you so I won’t miss no more videos!
Hearing a heavy Pittsburgh accent (where I was born), doing a show in Charlottesville (where I currently live) is a bit of a trip. This is the Wendy's I used to go to all the time when I first moved here 20 years ago.
Good video & Wallie you should revisit the ames in Collins NY it's now been turned into a biglots now
3:52 I certainly agree. When I think of fast food I think of the place having a mansard roof. Looks like this location was probably built in the 80s and last renovated in the mid-late 00s.
The Wendy's nearby my house is still in the old fashion style as seen in this video, and it's been open for 20+ years. I wonder why they haven't updated it yet.
Is this the place where Chris Chan scared that kid with his Donald Duck impression?
I dont believe it was this location. It was more than likely the Ruckersville location closer to his house.
Cool video yeah the great old school style a fast food buildings are dwindling it's a darn shame how cheap things are made these days there was a true experience to go into a fast food restaurant you could go in and have a great time with your friends or family in one but nowadays it's all about getting the money out of you and getting you out the door I do like the fact that your documenting these old abandoned places before they're gone forever course I've always thought in the back of my mind after watching your video how interesting it may would be to buy one of these shut down restaurant buildings and make a house out of it this video showing this how much room there is in the building that you just filmed it would probably make one cool house awesome video and keep up the great work.
I love and miss old school Wendy’s they got rid of salad bar the old fries now the 70s style Wendy’s they took my childhood away
That Wendy's was never great. But when covid hit, you couldn't tell if they were open or closed.
I used to work down the road at the Gamestop (which is gone too) and it was awful to go there. I never had a good experience. Everything there is dying though.
i drive by here every day
The Wendy's Super Bar was the best!
Wallie, My Wendy's Use to Look Just Like that Here In Richmond Kentucky, until They Changed the Design of it, I Absolutely Love Retro Buildings, I Miss The Early 2000s - 2010s
Nice wallie 😃
god i hope that’s the wendy’s chris chan did his donald duck impression in
I am a huge fan of Wendy’s. So sad that they closed down.
Wendy’s didn’t close down.
@@ReaIlythis one did.
I use to go to this Wendy's restaurant, the drive-thru. It seems to me that it closed down less than two years ago. I was sorry to see it shut down.
I wonder if the ghost 👻 of Chris Chan haunts this Wendy's with its Donald Duck call
I miss seeing the cavalier you should take it out just once in awhile love your videos Man
Looks like a perfect turn-key operation. Glory to Ukraine🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍💙💛
Loved the columns at the front.
I remember back to the 1980’s just the scent of those squares burgers I could almost levitate through the drive through 😂 Anybody remember there hot bar and salad bar good times😊
I drive past this every day and I never really noticed it
my cousin lives in Charlottesville
I live in cville. I drive by this Wendy's on my way to work almost every day. I never gave it a second thought. Interesting video though
man thats so close to where i used to work. i will not say where bu i all i can say is that you would never imagine where was job was hahaha
My hometown
The Monterey chicken sandwiches were amazing!!!! I use to drive to this location at least once a week on my break from the McDonald’s down the road!!!!!
the letter organizer in the window is the tiled letters for the big sign outside.
The office/drive through alongside the supposed "cooler" looks like a add on to the existing building.
I love exploring old abandon buildings thank you buddy r u from up north
The funny thing about that old menu board you found is some items like the cheddar cheese burger and monetary jack chicken sandwich date back to the 90's so that should tell you how long they reused it. Crazy stuff
The car dealership on the corner there was a Hardee's before.
I still have an abandoned Wendy's on PA 252 N near US 202 expressway.
I cant believe you referenced a part of the chris(tine) chan lore lol
Reminds me of the one in Wexford, PA, but you videoed that one before that was torn down. BTW, you need to come over to Fredericksburg next time you're in Virginia. Lots of good ole down and out old stores and restaurants.
I remember coming here when I was younger. Damn where do the years go😭😭
I been to Charlottesville. I use to live in Lynchburg. Now I’m in Charlotte County.
I was at this Wendy’s eating lunch during the big earthquake in like 2012ish. Crazy to see it on RUclips
this place just shut down lol it was open and thriving for years
5:08 lol look at where the handicap parking is, doesn't appear to be closer to the doors than the regular parking spots.
I grew up right by there. I went to that Wendy’s a whole lot. Sad to see it abandoned, but also, it’s just what is bound to happen when they remodeled and eliminated the solarium. Lol.
I still remember 80's Wendy's having those hanging tiffany lamps in the dining area and the hanging beads in the entryway.
Yup.. and remember the tables were imprinted with Victorian-era newspaper articles.. When you went to get a Dave's Deluxe it was like going back to the Gilded Age..
@@GeorgeWashingtonX Yes I had forgotten about those. IF I remember correctly it seems like they always had a service closet over by the front door that walled in the front entrance where those beads would hang. It held the trash and the staff would clear the tables for you back then.
@@vistatiger7493 yeah, I remember the strands of colorful beads, and I think one Wendy's near my childhood house had louvered wooden doors inside too. Always seemed like a strange fast-food aesthetic, but they did use to advertise as 'Old fashioned' burgers.. I assume they were trying to create a vintage dining experience, and in some way separate themselves from the harsh (modern) plastic look that McDonalds & Burger King had in the late 70s/80 etc (?)
I still remember the weird 1800's newspaper print they used to have on the tables at Wendy's during their better years
Hi 👋 Wallie I 👍 Wendy's.
We still have two old style Wendy's in nearby Harrisonburg. Didn't know it was a thing.
Seeing abandoned Wendy's make me feel old lol.
i love the older design wendys, and wendys has the best burgers
Spirit express😂 love it
Damn I didn't even notice. Used to go there all the time when I lived in town.
this Wendy's reminds me of my home town Wendy's
we used to go to this wendy’s for lunch when i was in high school at albemarle high (84-88)
Runs around screaming deez nuts 😂 😂 😂 😂
Fuh Vuh-GINIA !!
I remember when that Wendys had a salad bar
Used to eat there all the time live about 7 miles away it closed down when they redid 29 and put the underpasses in at Rio Road making it basically an accessible Hardee's was on the corner same with it it's a car lot the last I seen
Letters at 07:45 looked like the letters for the marquee. Would say things like now hiring, specials, etc.
Yoooooooo!!!!!! I might have seen you out here!!! I live a couple minutes up the road from this place but I remember seeing that yellow car outside the old place when I drove by one day!!! Haha small world. This place had the worst service. I had to go there on break when I worked at the Gamestop that used to be right next to this place. Did you guys get Ottos? You like it? I got Chris Chan stories if you want em to. Weirdo used to come into Gamestops all the time when I was working.
dude is that a wasp nest in the crap Wendy Oder screen
I live in Roanoke VA LOVE VA
We have an abandoned Wendy's in Staunton VA but they relocated to the front side of town.
Same style wendys closed a few months back in staunton va
2022!😳
Must be the one off 29
Jman
crazy dis on my recommened i live here
in cville
I recently saw one with the sunroom looking attachment. It’s actually a Chinese restaurant now
the res and yellow around top of that building looks like a Midas Shop
Charlottesvillian here - that Wendy's was never very good. Otto Turkish is excellent, though - I've never had a bad meal there!
update: it is now covered in graffiti, and the interior has most likely been stripped. you should come back and see how much has changed :)
I was last in that Wendy's in the summer of 2019. I was working nearby and was on my lunch break, along with a lot of other people. The power went out for a few seconds, but their POS system didn't have UPS backup, so basically all the orders were gone. Everyone had to go back to the counter with their receipt and they had to prepare the order with the information on the receipts. It was a shit show, but at least the manager was able to keep things running. No thanks to the cheap ass franchise owner. Guess that's why he took the money and ran when the pandemic hit rather than trying to tough it out for his employees.
Also, I'm glad you took the chance to explore local food options. C'ville is actually in the top 10 of restaurants per capita in the US, and since we don't have things like Cracker Barrel or Olive Garden, you can imagine a lot of those restaurants are local eateries offering unique and well-crafted items.
I live in the city 😆😆😆 nd worked there back in 2009 2010
I live in Charlottesville!
I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, home to Wendy’s. It used to be better and my favorite quick bite spot, but it got bought out and isn’t as good. As far as Turkish food, all Mediterranean food is similar, and awesome. I’d rather have a falafel sandwich than anything hedge fund Wendy’s serves.