We were poor when I was a kid so going to McDonald's was a treat, but just before Christmas, every year, we went to Bonanza, to me that was high class, you didn't eat out of a styrofoam box and drink out of a paper cup, it was real glassware, and waitresses came to you for the order...those were good times.
I understand where you are coming from. I came from a similar background where we could never afford to eat out. I remember going to Bonanza and in thought it was a bug deal
A&W was a huge family favorite in the 50s and 60s. We would take a drive in the country and eventually end up at DQ or A&W. A&W used to serve free baby beers in small mugs to us kids. On a hot summer afternoon, the ice-cold root beer was heaven-sent. Very fond memories.
One of my friends when I was young his family had an A&W franchise. Our small town had few places to eat out besides the supper clubs. The root beer at A&W was the best. The burgers were different than most places, with a unique sauce like thousand island dressing. We had a Dairy Queen. That was it. Both only a few blocks from our house. Could ride our bikes to A&W or Dairy Queen. Later after I moved away they got Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hardees.
Canadians are probably smart enough to know that a 1/3 pound burger is BIGGER than a 1/4 pound burger. Unfortunately a large number of Americans aren’t. Funny they didn’t mention this problem in the video.
I miss Woolworth's so much. As a very young person working in Manhattan, I could actually afford a good lunch at a good price. Plus everything else Woolworth's offered. Sad to see then gone.😢
A little known fact is that Woolworth is still around. The company renamed itself after shifting to focus on it's most profitable item, shoe sales. The company is now called Footlocker. No joke, look it up.
The Woolworth's lunch counter always made the best vanilla Coke. Pellet ice, real vanilla syrup. And I loved Shakey's pizza as a kid. Life was way simpler then.
You forgot K-Mart Delicatesons... and the Blue Plate Special. Nothing quite like the wafting aroma of hotdogs, popcorn, and chili in the air as you shopped at K-Mart. The entrance had Cotton Candy and ready-to-eat, sticky, caramel-covered, apples on a stick. No wonder the carts had nasty sticky handles! ICK!
Oh man, I remember this as a kid. Went away when I was still a kid… I had a few lucky years to enjoy it before it was gone for good. The ghost of the “food stop” was really sad. My Kmart stopped working it but it was still built it for YEARS. They used it as additional storage and caution taped it off. I was always so sad as a kid seeing it… I wanted my popcorn.
Our A&W in West Palm Beach, FL, (corner of Southern Blvd and Parker Ave) featured three sizes of burgers dubbed the PAPA BURGER, MAMA BURGER and the BABY BURGER... Us kids graduating from BABY to MAMA to PAPA was a rite of passage in our family! They also featured the take-home / refillable gallon jug of root beer! What memories...
I missed Shakey's since 82. All the pizza, fried chicken, potato wedges, and salad we can eat. Also, Ponderosa, Quizno's, Hungry Hobo, Ruby Tuesday, and Rax.
only one thing goes better than chicken strips at McDonald's which failed for some reason was MCRIB sandwich with side fries and coke was best combo ever guess something don't work out.
I've never seen an A&W restaurant other than from movie and TV footage in California until I found one in the food court in the Gulf View Square Mall in Port Richey, Florida. Now that mall is all but gone.
There was nothing greater on this earth than drinking that A & W root beer as a kid on a hot summer day. My mom would get one of those big glass jugs of it and bring it home once a month and chill it in the freezer until it was near frozen then leave it out for an hour ~ that was her trick
Big Boy Burgers were pretty big and delicious when I was a kid. It was a staple in our neighborhood! That was when my mother and father were still alive. Getting nostalgic!😢😊
There was a Sambo's near Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. When we visited Disneyland, my parents would take us to Sambo's for breakfast. I liked the mural-story of "Little Black Sambo" that was painted (wallpapered?) around the dining area. I realize that the story of "LBS" would be considered "that's racist!" today, but I enjoyed the "theme restaurants" when I was a kid during the 1970s.
A&W restaurants are still around, I eat at the one in the Mall of America still. There's one in Baldwin Wisconsin where I go every year for memorial day.
We have an A&W combined with a Long John Silver's, on East Fowler Avenue in Tampa, Florida. They aren't a drive-in, but they DO have a drive through, so you can get your order, park, and eat in your car.
@@mediawarrior5957 No,it was actually unsolved murders in an Indiana location that Burger Chef had to settle with murdered employees in a corporate restaurant that haven’t been solved till this day!!!
Shakey's pizza. 🍕 👍🏻 My town in central California only had an A&W Drive-In and a Shakey's Pizza. We were kind of (still) an "oil boomtown," so we had few nice, family owned, sit-town restaurants, too. The biggest buildings in town were the Crocker Bank and the Safeway grocery store.
@@droe2570 They didn’t last here in Rhode Island,McDonald’s and Burger Chef were undercutting them. Then Burger Chef tanked in 1982,becoming Hardee’s and Burger King,then Hardee’s locations in my area became Burger King..
Wikipedia A&W Canada. The company was initially a subsidiary of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, with the subsidiary opening its first franchise in Winnipeg in 1956. In 1972, Unilever acquired A&W's Canadian operations, leading to the subsidiary's separation from the U.S.-based company.[6] In 1995, a Canadian management group made up of A&W franchisees took ownership of the chain from Unilever.[7] The A&W chain in Canada remains privately owned and is headquartered in North Vancouver. As of 2022, A&W was Canada's second-largest fast-food hamburger chain with 1,029 franchises.[8]
@daryllmcgorman I remember in early 1960'sgoing into the A+ W in Brandon , Manitoba and grabbing an ice cold root beer in a frosted mug, boy that tasted swell! The building of A+W was little more than a ppl plywood shack! Lol! Looked forward to that weekly trip, on my paper route of 75 customers, I was 10/ 11 yrs old back then! Lol!!!
A&W is 2nd to McDonalds when it comes to burger chains in Canada with way more locations than Wendys or Burger King. A&W is my first choice out of the 4.
I remember the Woolworths cafeteria in downtown Chicago as a kid. The only thing that slightly resembles that now is Grand Lux Cafe on Michigan Ave. in Chicago but, that now is closing soon or closed recently. It was a nice place to eat with a date and, watch the shoppers outside the window.
The A&W's near me are long gone, but I'm glad to hear the chain is still around. I loved their mugs of root beer, as well as their burgers. I was always amused by the names: Papa burger, Mama burger, Teen burger, Baby burger... can't get more family-friendly than that, lol.
There used to be a Red Barn around here as "The Farm" but it closed in early 2020 (nothing to do with lockdowns). It's since re-opened as Burgers and More; it's still the Red Barn building.
Last summer I went to an A&W restaurant in the small town of Fosston, Minnesota and that whole experience was fantastic. Especially their root beer float and cheese curds 😎
I can still recall going to the A&W in W. Springfield, Mass. shortly after I got back from Vietnam in 1972. I was much surprised to find the building boarded up. It had gone out of business a couple of weeks earlier. I was very disappointed because it was my favorite spot for having a couple of hot dogs and root beer.
I worked for A&W back in the 80's. I had opportunity to work a few shifts at the last drive-in in 🇨🇦. We still made the rootbeer in store, whistle dogs and fresh hand cut n bettered onion rings! The worst mistake A&W made was going away from foil pkging imo
We'd go to A&W, and get root beer in the frosted glasses brought out by the carhops. Once the soft drink was sold in supermarkets, going to the fast food places wasn't as important. I like Sizzler's salad bar because they also had hot food like chicken wings too, something I had not seen before.
You always speak of a healthy new menu and food, and new concepts!!! News flash have you and everybody on this site been to some of these new restaurants??? You tell me I totally miss these restaurants!!
The first drive-through restaurant was created by Sheldon "Red" Chaney in 1947, in Springfield, Missouri. The restaurant was called Red's Giant Hamburg and was located on Route 66. It served customers until its closure in 1984
Yes, Northern California chain, faded out in the 1990s. A steakhouse that had relatively cheap prices. Sizzler's (offering buffets)ultimately froze them out
I never paid A&W much mind until I joined the navy and was stationed in Bahrain. Any stationed in Bahrain knows P911 or 'P9' for short. A&W was my go-to spot when I was craving a burger and now I go there because of the nostalgia. It really grew on me
A&W Drive-Ins didn’t "flop." They were extremely successful for several decades, then "fast food" dining options exploded, nationwide, in the 1970s. When I was a kid, my town only had the A&W Drive-In and Shakey's Pizza. By the time I was in high school, they were replaced by McDonald's, Burger King and, eventually, a Taco Bell. Also, by the 1970s, fewer GIRLS were interested in being "car hops." It's much easier to take orders & serve food from a countertop w/ cash register(s) than roller-skating food out to cars. Drive-thru lanes are more convenient, too. A&W Root Beer 🍺 is still good. During the 1980s, some A&Ws in California were upgraded to sit-down restaurants, like a McDonald's or Burger King. 35 years later, I have no idea if any A&Ws still exist in California, but I still remember the "Papa burger," "Mama burger," and "Baby burger," 🍔 served in a basket, with fries, and a sweet pickles on the side. 😋
I ate at Sambo's a couple of times before it went defunct in the west coast. I ordered their breakfast, burgers and NY Steak dishes, it was good. I thought it was better than Sizzler.😋
The main problem with most of the good sit down and dine restaurants is the intro to all you can eat buffets . I worked for one that took a nose dive and it was after the all you can eat added that it eventually closed . Mom and pop restaurants are still around because they didn't alter their menus much .
First, you missed Gino's, which was a competitor to McDonald's. Also, Woolworth's was not a fast food chain. It was a 'five and dime' chain, a small budget department store with products you would now find in a dollar store. Like lots of stores in their day, they also had a lunch counter. (Many upscale department stores had full-on restaurants inside.)
@@mediawarrior5957 The Woolworth's I remember was much nicer than Dollar Tree. Two levels, wooden floors, but lots of inexpensive household item on shelves and racks. And a little lunch counter /soda fountain and popcorn machine.
We had most of these fast food chains in NYC. I liked Wetsons, they were the predecessor of Wendy's. I remember Wetsons in 1975 when I was a very young man. Their burgers were very good. I took my dog there too. She loved the experience sitting in the front seat of the car. She was so happy with those little car trips.
Wetsons and Wendy’s aren’t related in any way, Wetson started in 1959 in NY and closed in 1975. Wendy’s was started in 1969 in Ohio by former KFC employee Dave Thomas and is still going. Looking at both restaurants backgrounds and their founders, they have zero in common. One was a success and the other was a failure
I loved Shakey's Pizza in San Rafael, CA. It was such good pizza sauce, and crust. They had video games that made it a fun place for kids. SIZZLER had the BEST cheese bread. A&W is still around with KFC in the same place. It's a KFC/A&W.
I remember a and w root beer restaurants. I love their Papa burger, mama burger and baby burger. They were awesome not to mention the root beer floats. I wish they would return.
Sizzler and Ponderosa still hanging on in Kissimmee, FL. I forgot about Quiznos, Red Barn, Roy Rogers, and Steak and Ale I got a real mental through back with those.
What is your most missed fast food chain?
SAMS Hamburgers 5 for 5 dollars
The Hot N Now by me was turned into an auto store.
Not fast food, but definitely Howard Johnson. Oh man, Stuckey's pecan log rolls. Nothing compares.
Burger Chef.
McDonalds. Lost it's flavor.
I have an A&W right down the street from me. There are several through out Michigan and there are some in Wisconsin also.
The still have stores - but the drive ins closed.
I wish they were still in illinois
I'm 1 block from A&W in Michigan also. We have most of these restaurants still
One close to my house in Ohio as well. They still have the drive up window or you can park and eat in your car.
There building a new a & w in south Colorado
I miss these old chains they were so much better than what we have now days
We were poor when I was a kid so going to McDonald's was a treat, but just before Christmas, every year, we went to Bonanza, to me that was high class, you didn't eat out of a styrofoam box and drink out of a paper cup, it was real glassware, and waitresses came to you for the order...those were good times.
I can certainly relate to that!💯 Those were definitely the good old days!👍
I understand where you are coming from. I came from a similar background where we could never afford to eat out. I remember going to Bonanza and in thought it was a bug deal
@@Defiantone427 us to in Illinois suburban Chicago
A&W was a huge family favorite in the 50s and 60s. We would take a drive in the country and eventually end up at DQ or A&W. A&W used to serve free baby beers in small mugs to us kids. On a hot summer afternoon, the ice-cold root beer was heaven-sent. Very fond memories.
Me too. Those cute little baby root beer mugs. 🥰
I have an A&W 8 miles north and one 25 miles south from my house.
One of my friends when I was young his family had an A&W franchise. Our small town had few places to eat out besides the supper clubs. The root beer at A&W was the best. The burgers were different than most places, with a unique sauce like thousand island dressing. We had a Dairy Queen. That was it. Both only a few blocks from our house. Could ride our bikes to A&W or Dairy Queen. Later after I moved away they got Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hardees.
It's in Birch Run Michigan. Right across from the Outlet.
Shaky's Pizza & Ferrill's Ice Cream for me and I'm 60 yrs old! Quite the memories for me!😀
I grew up calling it "shi#$ys" pizza. Sorry
Ferrillos was a blast
@@DoktorChill i think there is still one over near Redlands.
We had a Shaky’s in Cedar Rapids Iowa where I grew up. We didn’t eat out often, but did go there several times a year.
There's shakeys all over california
A&W in Canada is going strong. You even used footage from the Canadian commercials.
yeah, we have one in a gas station on the freeway 15 going back to los angeles from las vegas
Canadians are probably smart enough to know that a 1/3 pound burger is BIGGER than a 1/4 pound burger. Unfortunately a large number of Americans aren’t. Funny they didn’t mention this problem in the video.
I used to love Woolies food ,,it eas fast and chep
For brickky it had to be M,S❤️❤️❤️
They were just pointing out that they move from being drive in to dine in
A&W was one of the best places to go in the sixties and seventies they need to make a comeback
I live 15 in away from a A&W❤ cheers from Chardon Ohio. I absolutely agree to your comment. Come back for sure!
A&W is everywhere in Canada. Still can get the Papa, Mama and Teen Burgers as well as the root beer in a frosted mug.
Real good smell of those malty root beers with the burgers, etc
I miss Woolworth's so much. As a very young person working in Manhattan, I could actually afford a good lunch at a good price. Plus everything else Woolworth's offered. Sad to see then gone.😢
A little known fact is that Woolworth is still around. The company renamed itself after shifting to focus on it's most profitable item, shoe sales. The company is now called Footlocker. No joke, look it up.
@@DukeWeIIington wow. I didn't know
The Woolworth's lunch counter always made the best vanilla Coke. Pellet ice, real vanilla syrup. And I loved Shakey's pizza as a kid. Life was way simpler then.
Sizzler was me and my dad’s favorite, miss him much
... was my* and my dad's favorite
When I went to Puerto Rico I was amazed to see a sizzles buffet!!! I was like wow man !
Sorry sizzles it was good
Darn it ! Auto type...sizzler
Sizzles was a treat when I was in elementary and jr. High
You forgot K-Mart Delicatesons... and the Blue Plate Special. Nothing quite like the wafting aroma of hotdogs, popcorn, and chili in the air as you shopped at K-Mart. The entrance had Cotton Candy and ready-to-eat, sticky, caramel-covered, apples on a stick. No wonder the carts had nasty sticky handles! ICK!
🤣
Can't remember if it was KMart or JC Penny's, but the grilled cheese and orange soda was such a treat as a kid.
Bag of ham and cheese sandwiches and an Icee mix cherry and blueberry
Oh man, I remember this as a kid. Went away when I was still a kid… I had a few lucky years to enjoy it before it was gone for good. The ghost of the “food stop” was really sad. My Kmart stopped working it but it was still built it for YEARS. They used it as additional storage and caution taped it off. I was always so sad as a kid seeing it… I wanted my popcorn.
Walmart had this also
Our A&W in West Palm Beach, FL, (corner of Southern Blvd and Parker Ave) featured three sizes of burgers dubbed the PAPA BURGER, MAMA BURGER and the BABY BURGER... Us kids graduating from BABY to MAMA to PAPA was a rite of passage in our family! They also featured the take-home / refillable gallon jug of root beer! What memories...
A&W is extremely popular on Okinawa, Japan. They're everywhere.
Similar to what you mentioned, I was in Ireland last Fall and there wasn’t a 7-11 or AM/PM in sight but there were Circle K’s everywhere you looked.
They are in Canada too, just had some raspberry pies a couple of days ago.
That like when artist lose popularity in the US and continue success abroad
Roy Rogers is still a thing for the truckers traveling the Eastern seaboard
My grandfather took me and my sister to Sizzlers in the early 70’s. Every Friday.
A&W best root beer ever!❤
yes
In Canada yes, made with proper cane sugar and natural flavourings, the US version is corn syrup crap.
So is are there burgers❤
@@floydsemlow8253 the burgers are good !
Corn syrup in canada toi@@alittlebitgone
I appreciate the no-nonsense and pace of this video.
I missed Shakey's since 82. All the pizza, fried chicken, potato wedges, and salad we can eat. Also, Ponderosa, Quizno's, Hungry Hobo, Ruby Tuesday, and Rax.
I always thought Bennigans was much better that TGIF
only one thing goes better than chicken strips at McDonald's which failed for some reason was MCRIB sandwich with side fries and coke was best combo ever guess something don't work out.
A&W Makes some Good Root Beer
In Canada yes, they do, with proper cane sugar and natural flavourings, the US version is corn syrup crap.
Thank you for bringing back some great childhood memories!
Bob’s Big Boy had the best burgers around. Their malts were amazing too.
‘……the ‘best’ burgers around.’???
I don’t know about that.
I liked their burgers with mashed potatoes and salad very good
The slim Jim’s were awesome
Woolworths was great. They made it into the 90s. Bennigans had the monte cristo sandwich
Woolworths closed the rest of their stores in the late 1990's. I use to work at one. Their food was actually decent for five & dime store...
Miss my A&W. Great cheap burgers and dogs.
Not so cheap these days !
We still have many A&W here in Michigan. A&W is my favorite restaurant. ❤😋🤤
Yeah, I live in Mason and it's still here.
I've never seen an A&W restaurant other than from movie and TV footage in California until I found one in the food court in the Gulf View Square Mall in Port Richey, Florida. Now that mall is all but gone.
There's a drive-in location 10 minutes from my apartment and I used to be less than 3 miles from it!
Yeah A&W is amazing and all over here. The bacon double is soooooo good and the fries are the best even cold.
There was nothing greater on this earth than drinking that A & W root beer as a kid on a hot summer day. My mom would get one of those big glass jugs of it and bring it home once a month and chill it in the freezer until it was near frozen then leave it out for an hour ~ that was her trick
Ponderosa...my first job at 16. $3.35 an hour!! I miss York steak house. Used to be one in our mall. Every'time we went to the mall, we went there.
Big Boy Burgers were pretty big and delicious when I was a kid. It was a staple in our neighborhood! That was when my mother and father were still alive.
Getting nostalgic!😢😊
Walgreens had restaurants called WAGS. They went out of business too as I remember.
‘Wags’ are what the Orcs rode on in LOTR.
i remember sambos as a kid in the late 70s & early 80s. they shut down then they reopen as denny's
I loved Sambos as a kid. Our got turned into a Godfather's pizza, then a bank.
There was a Sambo's near Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. When we visited Disneyland, my parents would take us to Sambo's for breakfast. I liked the mural-story of "Little Black Sambo" that was painted (wallpapered?) around the dining area. I realize that the story of "LBS" would be considered "that's racist!" today, but I enjoyed the "theme restaurants" when I was a kid during the 1970s.
Not true. Denny's purchased some Sambos locations, but separate restaurant chains.
Where I grew up, we had a A&W . But as got a little older it closed, Shakeys , Woolworths, sizzlers,visiting all of these, places of the past. 👍🏼
A&W restaurants are still around, I eat at the one in the Mall of America still. There's one in Baldwin Wisconsin where I go every year for memorial day.
My memory of Stuckey's in the sixties was passing them by for more reasonably priced local offerings. My parents thought they screamed 'tourist trap'.
Kachina Dolls!
We have an A&W combined with a Long John Silver's, on East Fowler Avenue in Tampa, Florida. They aren't a drive-in, but they DO have a drive through, so you can get your order, park, and eat in your car.
Liability insurance issues killed car hop formats.
We have one combined with Kentucky fried chicken in Oregon
Surprised no Burger Chef mentioned. They created the Fun Meal with a toy included which McDonald's nicked years later for the Happy Meal.
Mentioned in part 1 😃 ruclips.net/video/AJBsbdFjm4c/видео.htmlsi=Yda7B8sG_ZbXhKGK
Burger Chef, come for breakfast get served at lunch. Slow Service. Died because it S U C K E D.
@@mediawarrior5957 No,it was actually unsolved murders in an Indiana location that Burger Chef had to settle with murdered employees in a corporate restaurant that haven’t been solved till this day!!!
I still eat at A&W, they are not gone, and they have the best burgers
There is still an AnW in Belleville, Michigan. I grew up there. Lots of happy memories n still go there regularly.
Shakey's was awesome! Those Jo Jo potatoes were so good. I miss Ground Round, Zantigo and Big Boy too.
Zantigos. That's a name I haven't heard in a while. Good stuff!
Shakey's pizza. 🍕 👍🏻 My town in central California only had an A&W Drive-In and a Shakey's Pizza. We were kind of (still) an "oil boomtown," so we had few nice, family owned, sit-town restaurants, too. The biggest buildings in town were the Crocker Bank and the Safeway grocery store.
We have Big Boys here in Michigan.
@@droe2570 They didn’t last here in Rhode Island,McDonald’s and Burger Chef were undercutting them. Then Burger Chef tanked in 1982,becoming Hardee’s and Burger King,then Hardee’s locations in my area became Burger King..
Downtown Woolworths in the 70's was a Saturday go to after wandering downtown for the day
Wisconsin loves A&W and we have many here!
We have a A & W here in Standish Michigan & the Drive up is open,, they have wonderful Chili Cheese Fries,,Dam it now I want A &W,,lol
Wikipedia A&W Canada. The company was initially a subsidiary of the U.S.-based A&W Restaurants chain, with the subsidiary opening its first franchise in Winnipeg in 1956. In 1972, Unilever acquired A&W's Canadian operations, leading to the subsidiary's separation from the U.S.-based company.[6] In 1995, a Canadian management group made up of A&W franchisees took ownership of the chain from Unilever.[7]
The A&W chain in Canada remains privately owned and is headquartered in North Vancouver. As of 2022, A&W was Canada's second-largest fast-food hamburger chain with 1,029 franchises.[8]
@daryllmcgorman I remember in early 1960'sgoing into the A+ W in Brandon , Manitoba and grabbing an ice cold root beer in a frosted mug, boy that tasted swell! The building of A+W was little more than a ppl plywood shack! Lol! Looked forward to that weekly trip, on my paper route of 75 customers, I was 10/ 11 yrs old back then! Lol!!!
A&W is 2nd to McDonalds when it comes to burger chains in Canada with way more locations than Wendys or Burger King. A&W is my first choice out of the 4.
First and only!
Grew up in a small town with an old-school A&W. When it closed, I asked my mom why. She said "because they served warm root beer and cold fries."
As a kid , I remeber going to an A & W RESTAURANT on a very hot summer day and having an ice cold
A & W ROOT BEER in a frosted mug !
I will never forget the taste of Woolworths chicken, it was sooo good.
A&W is the oldest fast-food chain in the country and is still going strong. We have a lot of them in Idaho and the northwest.
Not really, A&W sold root beer only before any fast food chains existed but White Castle started selling food before A&W did.
I love this new RUclips videos!! I'm a big fan already !!
A&W Restaurants are still around but the almost all the old Drive-ins are gone a replaced by Dine-in and Drive-thru service only.
I remember the Woolworths cafeteria in downtown Chicago as a kid. The only thing that slightly resembles that now is Grand Lux Cafe on Michigan Ave. in Chicago but, that now is closing soon or closed recently. It was a nice place to eat with a date and, watch the shoppers outside the window.
The A&W's near me are long gone, but I'm glad to hear the chain is still around. I loved their mugs of root beer, as well as their burgers. I was always amused by the names: Papa burger, Mama burger, Teen burger, Baby burger... can't get more family-friendly than that, lol.
I hope Sonics doesn’t flop next. Girls on roller skates were fun to watch
I miss a chili cheese dog and a root beer float from Dog N Suds.
I liked their coney dogs and onion rings. We used to call them Arf n Barf even though the food was good.
There used to be a Red Barn around here as "The Farm" but it closed in early 2020 (nothing to do with lockdowns). It's since re-opened as Burgers and More; it's still the Red Barn building.
5:08 Stuckey's roadside billboards had a simple slogan, "Eat with us and GET GAS!"
Man, I forgot about sizzler. Are they still sround?
All over California, look them up on google.
I remember when I was a kid, my folks for a treat would take us to Santa Monica to the A&W for a root beer float. Loved it.
Last summer I went to an A&W restaurant in the small town of Fosston, Minnesota and that whole experience was fantastic. Especially their root beer float and cheese curds 😎
Sambos..... used to work there as a teen
In actuality, Sambo' was made of the combination of the 2 owners names.
We're I'm from here in central NY. We still have a drive in dine in A &W. Best place in town.
I can still recall going to the A&W in W. Springfield, Mass. shortly after I got back from Vietnam in 1972. I was much surprised to find the building boarded up. It had gone out of business a couple of weeks earlier. I was very disappointed because it was my favorite spot for having a couple of hot dogs and root beer.
I just drove back from the East Coast and there are Roy Rodgers on the turnpike.
I worked for A&W back in the 80's. I had opportunity to work a few shifts at the last drive-in in 🇨🇦. We still made the rootbeer in store, whistle dogs and fresh hand cut n bettered onion rings! The worst mistake A&W made was going away from foil pkging imo
I’m Canadian and A&W is everywhere here.
I remember Hills department store and the little eatery at the back of the store. Always got the nachos.
I loved steak and ale. Thought they were making a come back
Somewhat.
We always hit the A&W drive in after a day at the beach or pool. A frosty rootbeer and soft serve cone was a real treat!
I frequented a Woolworth lunch counter in Audubon NJ. Loved it!!
There us over 1000 a&w location in Canada . Most small town in canada have an a&w subway dairy queen and tim hortans. For fast food options.
We'd go to A&W, and get root beer in the frosted glasses brought out by the carhops. Once the soft drink was sold in supermarkets, going to the fast food places wasn't as important. I like Sizzler's salad bar because they also had hot food like chicken wings too, something I had not seen before.
Now we have Sonics and they are pretty good
Quiznos couldn’t compete with Subway as I recall.
Also the.owners fleeced their franchisees
Quiznos was far better than Subway. Q's business model was broken because the franchisees were forced to buy over priced goods.
@@billschlafly4107 the owners fleeced their own franchisees. Smart Move
I ate at Quiznos one time and that was anough for me to never go back.
A&W is still popular in Canada
Momma burgers, papa burgers, Teen burgers , and how I miss that frosty mug .
You always speak of a healthy new menu and food, and new concepts!!! News flash have you and everybody on this site been to some of these new restaurants??? You tell me I totally miss these restaurants!!
The first drive-through restaurant was created by Sheldon "Red" Chaney in 1947, in Springfield, Missouri. The restaurant was called Red's Giant Hamburg and was located on Route 66. It served customers until its closure in 1984
I ate at a Shakeys pizza when I was in California…my parents couldn’t believe it was around and probably one of the best pizzas I had
Miss going to A &W! Had some good memories there with my parents and grandparents
Mr. Steak was another extinct restaurant I remember. It was not mentioned in this video however.
Yes, Northern California chain, faded out in the 1990s. A steakhouse that had relatively cheap prices. Sizzler's (offering buffets)ultimately froze them out
I never paid A&W much mind until I joined the navy and was stationed in Bahrain. Any stationed in Bahrain knows P911 or 'P9' for short. A&W was my go-to spot when I was craving a burger and now I go there because of the nostalgia. It really grew on me
A&W Drive-Ins didn’t "flop." They were extremely successful for several decades, then "fast food" dining options exploded, nationwide, in the 1970s. When I was a kid, my town only had the A&W Drive-In and Shakey's Pizza. By the time I was in high school, they were replaced by McDonald's, Burger King and, eventually, a Taco Bell. Also, by the 1970s, fewer GIRLS were interested in being "car hops." It's much easier to take orders & serve food from a countertop w/ cash register(s) than roller-skating food out to cars. Drive-thru lanes are more convenient, too. A&W Root Beer 🍺 is still good. During the 1980s, some A&Ws in California were upgraded to sit-down restaurants, like a McDonald's or Burger King.
35 years later, I have no idea if any A&Ws still exist in California, but I still remember the "Papa burger," "Mama burger," and "Baby burger," 🍔 served in a basket, with fries, and a sweet pickles on the side. 😋
In Virginia, I remember Stuckeys!
I ate at Sambo's a couple of times before it went defunct in the west coast. I ordered their breakfast, burgers and NY Steak dishes, it was good. I thought it was better than Sizzler.😋
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We have quite a few A & W fast food joints in Texas. I loved Shakey's never forget it. Great vid remember most of these.
The main problem with most of the good sit down and dine restaurants is the intro to all you can eat buffets . I worked for one that took a nose dive and it was after the all you can eat added that it eventually closed . Mom and pop restaurants are still around because they didn't alter their menus much .
First, you missed Gino's, which was a competitor to McDonald's. Also, Woolworth's was not a fast food chain. It was a 'five and dime' chain, a small budget department store with products you would now find in a dollar store. Like lots of stores in their day, they also had a lunch counter. (Many upscale department stores had full-on restaurants inside.)
Imagine if Dollar Tree had a diner.
@@mediawarrior5957 The Woolworth's I remember was much nicer than Dollar Tree. Two levels, wooden floors, but lots of inexpensive household item on shelves and racks. And a little lunch counter /soda fountain and popcorn machine.
I loved me a Woolworth's pressed grilled cheese sandwich as a kid.
@@amiblueful We used to get ice cream sodas or popcorn.
Ryan's is missing by us
A&W O-rings and Root Beer could not be beat.
A must on Sundays after services.
We had most of these fast food chains in NYC. I liked Wetsons, they were the predecessor of Wendy's. I remember Wetsons in 1975 when I was a very young man. Their burgers were very good. I took my dog there too. She loved the experience sitting in the front seat of the car. She was so happy with those little car trips.
Wetsons and Wendy’s aren’t related in any way, Wetson started in 1959 in NY and closed in 1975. Wendy’s was started in 1969 in Ohio by former KFC employee Dave Thomas and is still going. Looking at both restaurants backgrounds and their founders, they have zero in common. One was a success and the other was a failure
Crazy to think there are almost double the number of A&W's in Canada compared to the US.
Really miss Roy Rogers' roast beef sandwiches most of all, but Treacher's Fish n' Chips comes in a close second.
I loved Shakey's Pizza in San Rafael, CA. It was such good pizza sauce, and crust. They had video games that made it a fun place for kids. SIZZLER had the BEST cheese bread. A&W is still around with KFC in the same place. It's a KFC/A&W.
They are open still. There is a Shakey in Redlands and one in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. For some to say Shakey is gone is not true.
There's a Aand W in Kissimmee Florida that's so good on 192 👍
I remember a and w root beer restaurants. I love their Papa burger, mama burger and baby burger. They were awesome not to mention the root beer floats. I wish they would return.
we have one of the last Pondarosa in my city
i loved red barn
I can still go to A&W, Shakey's, and Sizzler
A&W root beer is the best.
A&W, Cortland, NY baby! 😋
Sizzler and Ponderosa still hanging on in Kissimmee, FL. I forgot about Quiznos, Red Barn, Roy Rogers, and Steak and Ale I got a real mental through back with those.