Does everybody remember when Kmart used to have a restaurant attached to the store itself?
@thegrays3303
Жыл бұрын
yes. Remember Sky City and J.M. Fields They had a little restaurant in the store.
@timhunter0
Жыл бұрын
Ours had one inside the store, more like a small grill.
@dianabeurman364
Жыл бұрын
YES!! IN ESCONDIDO CA, WE HAD A GREAT CAFETERIA!
@msbigdog1460
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes! We had a huge KMart with a large restaurant and everyday there was always a waiting line. It was doing great until the company decides they needed a 'new' store and moved from the original location then the restaurant wasn't incorporated into the new one. Broke my heart! Food was stellar. We also had a G.C. Murphys with a restaurant next to Hills Department store. Again, food was absolutely great. I always ordered the Murphy Burger platter, a cheeseburger anyway, fries and homemade coleslaw! Now, try finding a a good burger platter like that, now it's just thrown together and shoved out a window. Oh, I miss the good ole days.
@floridaorbust5038
Жыл бұрын
I remember when Kmart was still in busses
@robertjonas6216
Жыл бұрын
It’s so bittersweet watching these videos. I think of all the hard work that many people did while working at places like these. And now they are just memories. So many lives touched by these seemingly innocuous bits of our American culture.
@jonhohensee3258
Жыл бұрын
It's hardly bitter.
@thecapone45
Жыл бұрын
@@jonhohensee3258it’s bittersweet.
@jonhohensee3258
Жыл бұрын
@@thecapone45 Bitter is part of bittersweet.
@austinteutsch
Жыл бұрын
Howard Johnson's had many motels attached to the resturaunt. And in Texas and Oklahoma in the late 50's and throughout the 60's and 70's, there was a roadside company much like HJ called Stuckey's. They had a candy store inside, much like today's Buc-ees.
@robertadams6606
6 ай бұрын
HoJos was my 1st job as a dishwasher. They had many locations on the Pa. Turnpike, where I worked. You could order most anything on their menu except for Clams or more expensive items during your lunch break. They still do have Motels left. I have A HoJo's Restaurant in HO scale on my train layout which is 1970s themed layout. Instant recognition of their Orange & Aqua colors.
@scottmcwave9479
Жыл бұрын
Love looking at the old menus! Wow those prices!
@serenitypeaceandcomfort3669
Жыл бұрын
Awesome memories of HoJos. As kids we always ordered hot dogs off the kids menu. And of course Dad always let us order ice cream for dessert Leaving, Dad would buy a box of the Salt Water Taffy on the way out. We always had a wonderful meal at HoJos. 💖
@erc1971erc1971
Жыл бұрын
I have fond memories of HoJo's in Royal Oak Michigan. My grandparents took my mom and us kids there regularly...and I always got the fried clams.
@buickinvicta288
Жыл бұрын
Jacques Pépin- he moved to the US in 1959 and after working in New York's top French restaurants, refused the same job with President John F. Kennedy in the White House and instead took a culinary development job with Howard Johnson's.
@ZepG
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the 70's we always stopped at HoJos on road trips, my dad and I got the fried clams every single time. Those were the days!
@jenniferburchill3658
Жыл бұрын
When our family went to HoJos, it was usually for breakfast.
@zezmerelda240
Жыл бұрын
@@buickinvicta288 yes, indeed! I heard Jacques speak about this in an interview. It was he who developed the recipe for those fried clams we all loved!
@genevieve730
Жыл бұрын
I ate/worked at many of these restaurants. How sad that they went the way of small chain business. The big companies swallow up the little ones in every form…restaurants, department stores, banks and more.
@loribach534
Жыл бұрын
It's called cannibalization and you're exactly right. "Mom and Pops" are all gone or have been taken over by corporations.
@garydouglas9413
Жыл бұрын
And in each instance, the big company used the small chain as a "cash cow" until they killed it.
@papabear9481
Жыл бұрын
Back in the day when good quality and quantity were still a thing.
@joerichardwad1645
Жыл бұрын
Quantity maybe, but the food was toxic sludge.
@jeffalbillar7625
Жыл бұрын
Not including Chi Chi's, because of the largest hepatitis outbreak in US history?
@monkeywkeys3916
Жыл бұрын
@@joerichardwad1645 Now they've got enough artificial ingredients to make food look great for weeks and weeks. Nothing's quite so appetizing as extended shelf life.
@robertromero8692
Жыл бұрын
@@joerichardwad1645 What was toxic about it?
@willp.8120
Жыл бұрын
Back when America was a God-fearing country.
@Idelia412
Жыл бұрын
You forgot Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor which had food besides Ice Cream. It is totally gone the last one closed in Southern California.
@swannoir7949
Жыл бұрын
Didn't Marcus Lemone buy it?
@arthuridis
Жыл бұрын
There's a video dedicated to it.
@dandejoux2622
Жыл бұрын
Remember getting a prize and the staff coming to the table after eating the Pig's Trough.
@natebeach
Жыл бұрын
When I saw the Showbiz Pizza stage puppets, I was immediately transported back in time.... Sweet memories.
@katiesmith5149
Жыл бұрын
Me, too!
@tperk
Жыл бұрын
This was apparently the genesis for the Five Nights At Freddy's video game franchise, where the animatronics come to life and go on a killing spree
@julielewisizame
Жыл бұрын
I really like your nostalgic videos. Love seeing yesteryear and reminiscing. Thank you for taking the time to make them 😊
@nancyhuenergardt8442
Жыл бұрын
I still have the postcards from Sambos and each one tells of the story of Little Black Sambo! Loved that story and how the tiger turned into butter!
@victorwadsworth821
Жыл бұрын
The original Sambo books sold for $100.00 in the 90's.
@michaelgillespie502
Жыл бұрын
That was my favorite one too! My book had a blue hand d cover ,
@MrMgakaf
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I had a sambo doll. Probably worth a few hundred by now it's gone 😂
@linnpierce
Жыл бұрын
It was innocent not offensive.
@shinnam
Жыл бұрын
Worked at a Sambo's in Sedalia Missouri. Never had a single black customer.
@hearttoheart4me
Жыл бұрын
What a great job you do on these videos. Very well researched and presented. I am hoping you are recovering from Hurricane Ian. It was wonderful that you were making videos again so quickly.
@s.vancourt9541
Жыл бұрын
How could you forget Shakey's Pizza Parlor? A chain WAY ahead of its time which is probably why it failed.
@GoodJuju.8D
Жыл бұрын
I had my 11th birthday party at Shakey's Pizza. The entire place sang to me and I tried to get through their birthday sundae. Didn't quite make it, but I'll never forget that birthday!
@cynthiabennett6841
Жыл бұрын
We had one in Decatur Illinois in the 1970s, they had the animatronic characters back then.
@francisjaniewski5990
Жыл бұрын
I loved it. Used to take all 4 of us on Sundays for either the pizza bar or one large pizza and a salad. In South Bend,In.
@tobysgamingworld1550
10 ай бұрын
We had one here in Mobile Alabama. My family talks about it often but I missed it by a year or so lol.
@Linda-bf4pt
6 ай бұрын
The one in Virginia Beach was selling half raw chicken, it got into trouble too.
@Otokichi786
Жыл бұрын
0:07 Red Barn (1961-1988) 0:48 Chi-Chi's (1975-2004) 1:34 Walgreens Wag's (1970's-1991) 2:14 Sambo's (1957-2020) 3:08 Hot Shoppes (1927- 1999) 3:55 Showbiz Pizza (1980-1992) 4:43 Steak and Ale (1966-2008) 5:31 Howard Johnson's (1920's-2022) 6:19 Bob's Big Boy (1938-) 7:12 York Steak House (1966-)
@loydkline4686
Жыл бұрын
Bill knapp
@frankrizzo4460
Жыл бұрын
What about Lum's, Swiss Chalet, Duff's, Ground Round, and The New England Oyster House 🤔
@daleroberts8772
Жыл бұрын
Loved bobs big boy. Also shakeys pizza.
@ninababy8
Жыл бұрын
I miss the Ho Jo fried clams
@MrMegaFredZeppelin
Жыл бұрын
I love Nostalgic stuff like this😃ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻
@nadineskye7050
Жыл бұрын
Anyone else remember the stained glass lamp shades in Applebees? I was heartbroken when they got rid of those, now AB looks like any generic chain restaurant inside…
@Fat_Rob
Жыл бұрын
Applebees looked pretty generic back in the late 80's too. Sucked then, sucks now.
@esteban1487
Жыл бұрын
I do remember that in the 90s
@mrath
Жыл бұрын
In my experience, today Applebee's restaurants decor tends to feature local history/activities (including high school sports memorabilia/murals)
@bobtaylor170
Жыл бұрын
Twenty years ago, their burgers were great. Now, Applebees is in an advanced stage of suckiness.
@willp.8120
Жыл бұрын
I worked at Applebee's in 1998, and they were in the restaurant where I worked at the time.
@lscorpio9129
Жыл бұрын
For me growing up in White Plains, NY, Beefsteak Charlies and Ground Round were the "go to" family places.
@justmejenny7986
Жыл бұрын
Grew up in suburbs outside of Syracuse. Loved Ground Round.
@samanthab1923
Жыл бұрын
My cousin was a cook at the GR on Central Ave in Yonkers
@vryusvin3905
Жыл бұрын
Ground Round 100 percent. To this day, I still remember the smell in that place... kinda like almost-burnt, but still great beef, with a touch of buttered/toasted bread. I honestly, as a kid, LOVED Ground Round. My other lost favorite from the time, having been born in Philly, was Seafood Shanty. Damn, I loved their king-crab legs, but they are long gone. As is their chocolate mousse pie.
@petenielsen6683
Жыл бұрын
@@justmejenny7986 Most of the Ground Round locations in Syracuse are Tully's now. I have been to the one in Cicero and the one in Fairmount several times the last few years.
@johnwyblejr6460
Жыл бұрын
Use to go to Ground Round for their Friday night fish fry.
@corey57255
Жыл бұрын
Steak and Ale looks amazing. I really hope they bring it back
@cdfreester
Жыл бұрын
Me, too
@luisreyes1963
Жыл бұрын
Doubtful in an environment more friendly towards "upmarket" chains like Panera or Chipotle.
@cindyobrien9270
Жыл бұрын
Best salad bar
@cdfreester
Жыл бұрын
Great steaks, bread, salad bar, lobster bisque, and mud pie. We miss it all.
@whackamolechamp
Жыл бұрын
I only got to eat at Stake and Ale once but it the food was outstanding. Nice atmosphere and reasonable prices too.
@MikeBrown-ii3pt
Жыл бұрын
Ponderosa, Bonanza and L&K are just a few others that have gone down over the years. I'm not sure about Bonanza but, Ponderosa still has a few locations still open. L&K was a regional chain that, much like Howard Johnsons, often had a motel of the same name on the property with it.
@sonyafox3271
Жыл бұрын
Let’s not forget the upper cut Steak House T.C. Peppercorn’s! Loved eating there to and, don’t forget Rustler’s, I ate at all of them as well as Duff’s! Mostly on Friday nights and, the weekends!
@ernestcruz6316
Жыл бұрын
There are so many now-defunct restaurant chains here n the States that they could do several of these videos and still have a few more that people remember that were left out.
@tejaswoman
Жыл бұрын
Also Sizzler
@mmasque2052
Жыл бұрын
Ponderosa, Bonanza and, I believe, the York Steak House chains all had the same ownership for the last few years. Most of the Ponderossa steakhouses in my home area of Akron, Ohio, save for one, were all owned by a single franchisee…who got into legal trouble and all but that one restaurant got closed down within the same week. Last I knew, the lone Ponderossa is still in operation. We used to have a couple York and Bonanza restaurants but they closed down much earlier than Ponderossa did around here. I also remember Red Barn fondly. We had Big Boy chain but not Bob’s. They were LuJan’s. Now they’re all gone. Frisch’s operates several Big Boy restaurants in the Kentucky/Southwestern Ohio area. Another popular one around here was L&K though I don’t know how widespread they were. For a while, we even had Shoney’s and Casey’s though not for very long. Chichi’s was pretty good until they ran into all their troubles.
@simoneleles5209
Жыл бұрын
Oh... I love Ponderosa when I lived in Kansas City in the 70's.❤️
@LaurenMirandaG
Жыл бұрын
I believe Sambo's was bought out by Bakers Square (or was there another iteration before that happened?). Or perhaps they just took over the Sambo's locations. Baker's Square is another one of those long-gone coffee shops that I miss. Thanks for the video, as always! EDIT: From Bakers Square's Wikipedia page I learned that there are still some Bakers Square restaurants, just not here in California. "Bakers Square entered the California market when its parent company acquired the Sambo's chain in October 1984. Many Sambo's locations were converted to Bakers Square restaurants and the ones that weren't were sold to other chains, including Denny's."
@jillengel4124
Жыл бұрын
Baker’s Square had good food and excellent pies.
@Dallas_K
Жыл бұрын
Baker's Square has a sister restaurant called Village Inn. The same delicious pies can be had at either. I discovered this after leaving Michigan (BS) for Florida (VI) in 2007. Village Inn has some less appealing menu items and quality issues but the pies are still great.
@ericksonfedor4765
Жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right Lauren
@au_barb
Жыл бұрын
Baker's Square also took over the Poppin Fresh restaurants from the 80's.
@ericburow6436
Жыл бұрын
How sad that Woke Culture destroys something like this out of pure anger. I read that story "Little Black Sambo," and there's nothing racist in it.
@davidsquires154
Жыл бұрын
I,live in Detroit,Michigan. I remember the CLOCK Fine Food Restaurants,(a local Detroit area Restaurant Chain),Ella's Brothers Big Boy,Red Barn when Red Barn became a Fast Food Restaurant,and Sambo's. I,the good old days eating out and the food isn't as good as it used to be.
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
Had Clock in the Lansing area too, along with a local diner chain, Connor's.
@glennmorris1807
Жыл бұрын
There was a clock restaurant in Doraville GA. At that time GM had an assembly plant in the same town.That location is transitioning now - To Become NBC studios in Atlanta metro - Doraville GA.
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
@@glennmorris1807 I worked with several people who came from GMAD in Doraville.
@KentKaliber
Жыл бұрын
WOWWWWWW brought back memories of CHI CHI's on Dixie Highway in Louisville, KY with my family! Seems like restaurants used to have so much more CHARACTER! Everything often feels so minimalistic today.
@nadineskye7050
Жыл бұрын
Yes, so many restaurants feel cold and industrial anymore, not my style at all. Bring back the newspaper clippings on the walls and Knick knacks on the shelves. Bring back the character!
@KentKaliber
Жыл бұрын
@@nadineskye7050 Even fast food restaurants like McDonald's still had SHAPE and CHARACTER in the 80's / 90's. Today's your average McDonald's is a gray rectangle in structure.
@raallen1468
Жыл бұрын
Minimalistic = cheap to produce/buy. Cold atmosphere, created so customers would gobble their food & leave; not hang around (taking up space).
@nadineskye7050
Жыл бұрын
@@KentKaliber I still remember my local McDonalds in the 90s, the planters hanging above each booth, and the senior photos from the local high school on the wall. It felt relaxing and homey.
@KentKaliber
Жыл бұрын
@@nadineskye7050 Not anymore! Now every fast food place is DEVOID of any local contest and has ZERO personality. I hate it !
@allen_p
Жыл бұрын
I ate at Steak & Ale many times. Individual rooms with privacy. Very classy. We also ate at Gallagher's steak house. I really miss Bennigan's. In Houston, Wyatt's Cafeteria was extremely popular and growing up we ate at Wyatt's very often.
@bravobravoh1344
Жыл бұрын
There was a Wyatt's Cafeteria in Golden Triangle Mall in Denton, Tx for many years.
@tejaswoman
Жыл бұрын
We grew up going to Wyatt's after church. (I'm sure it helped that not only did they have a location near my childhood church, but one of the elders was on the board of directors.)
@williamj.dovejr.8613
Жыл бұрын
I miss those two restaurants....
@GeorgiannaMartin
11 ай бұрын
I was the clam schucker and a dessert maker for my first job when I was 16 at Gallagher's Steak House- at the end of the night the chef would give us workers prime rib!
@missapple9364
Жыл бұрын
Kip's Big Boy was the place to go in Dallas in the late '60's and early '70's. The restaurant was connected to the Big Boy chain and had the same mannequin/statue outside the restaurant.
@christophermyers3758
Жыл бұрын
I miss Bob's BIG Boy! 😢 I went to CSULB in Long Beach, CA and Bob's was our late night hangout! One time we "kidnapped" one our dorm friends, tied his arms up, put a pillowcase over his head... and took him to Bob's for his birthday breakfast! But first we postioned him out front of the restaurant, facing the street, right next to the giant Bob's statue, and took pictures, while singing "Happy Birthday"! He was so embarrassed after he took the pillowcase off his head inside the restaurant, as everyone was looking at him! 🤣 Great memories...
@ernestcruz6316
Жыл бұрын
Chi-Chi's brand name still lives on with their chips and salsa available at supermarkets coast-to-coast. And I remember the HoJo's at the end of the strip at Nantasket Beach in Hull MA. It was tradition for every family to stop there for ice cream cones after a day at the beach, an indelible memory for anyone who went there in the '50s, '60s and '70s.
@louisaloi9178
Жыл бұрын
Of these family restaurants profiled here the one I miss most is Howard Johnsons.The fried clams basket & vanilla ice cream made long road trips B4 the motorhome a better experience and ate @ the local ones when Dad&Mom felt like it.😋
@valeried2941
Жыл бұрын
These are such great memories....of my life! Thank you!
@donnysarian
Жыл бұрын
I just got back from Bob's Big Boy 1 hour ago! It's right down the street from my home in Burbank, CA. 6:47 I have been going there since I was a baby in the 1960's with my parents and to this day it is still great! Best Hot Open Faced Turkey and Chili Spaghetti in the world! Thank God this location will never close because it is declared a historical landmark and it is always packed. Tourists from around the world come to take a picture in front of the Big Boy statue and every Friday night there is a car show in the parking lot. I can walk there in 3 minutes from my house.
@chateaubullion2560
Жыл бұрын
Being a college student in Los Angeles in the early 70's, Sambo's was an affordable restaurant for us. I remember even their menu's had characters from the children's books.
I loved Sambos! The walls were painted with scenes from the story/jungle. Enchanting. And the food was good. The good old days.❤
@howardoller443
Жыл бұрын
What, no LUMS?!?!?! 😀 Thank you so much for these wonderful nostalgic videos. I remember some of these restaurants in Springfield, IL in the 1970's and in the western suburbs of Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s. Good times....
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
I liked Lums chili dogs, not quite as good as A&W's, but still pretty darned good. I miss having a Big Boy, (Elias Bros.), in Michigan too. York Steakhouse in the Lansing Mall was good, like Ponderosa.
@freddyhoyt1849
Жыл бұрын
This brings back memories of my childhood
@davidjames8031
Жыл бұрын
I have found memories of a lot of these. Steak and Ale especially. 28 years ago, I proposed to my wife in a Steak & Ale at the Morrow, GA location. I had taken her there for her birthday and not only I had the staff sing to her, but they were part of the way I proposed to her too. Ahhh, the memories...
@samanthab1923
Жыл бұрын
Remember going to one in Middletown NJ
@Matt_from_Florida
Жыл бұрын
Great prime rib plus a very decent decent salad bar. I liked the ambiance too.
@davidjames8031
Жыл бұрын
@@Matt_from_Florida I agree
@danityvanityinsanity
Жыл бұрын
What a cool story!😃👍✨💖✨
@rexsexson5349
Жыл бұрын
Still giving us awesome nostalgic content. Thank You😊
@jasont9522
Жыл бұрын
Great video. I grew up in the Columbus, Ohio area and still live here. When I was a kid Northland Mall was a very popular indoor mall and I remember the York Steak House that was in it. I didn't know there were any left until watching this. I believe we still have some Frische's Big Boy restaurants around here. Don't know what relation they are to Bob's Big Boy, but they have the same mascot.
@tiffbeevachou108
Жыл бұрын
I think Bob's Big Boy is based in Michigan., Frisch's is based out of Cincinnati. According to Wikipedia, there are only 2 Bob's Big Boy in Ohio.
@rachelc.5463
Жыл бұрын
@Jason T...I remember York Steak House inside Manassas Mall in Virginia.
@dylanlamb8710
Жыл бұрын
At 53, a lot of your videos are right out of my childhood, and evoke some great memories. Thanks for putting these together. ✌️👍
@bighuge1060
Жыл бұрын
Your channel and content, as well as Rhetty for History" have given all of us that needed touch of nostalgic bliss needed when modern life becomes tough. I personally want to thank you for all your wonderful videos.
@bighuge1060
Жыл бұрын
I also loved Chi-Chi's and had no idea why the business folded. my brother and I would always catch a movie in the same mall as the Chi-Chi's and we capped every viewing with a trip there. Our favorite was the buffet. Back when I could go three plates at a buffet (one, today), I would pour queso sauce on almost everything I popped on my plate. And as I remember, the food was delicious.
@matthewjbauer1990
11 ай бұрын
What wasn't mentioned about Howard Johnsons was that they were acquired by Marriott mainly because they had hotels, which he spun off. When the hotel chain went bankrupt, some of the staff at the corporate locations + most of the franchisees banded together and bought the Howard Johnson's name. Today, that company is known as Wyndham and they still operate a few Howard Johnson lodges.
@mwyatt222
Жыл бұрын
The first Steak and Ale was less than a couple miles from my house in Dallas and we used to go to the first Chili's when it opened on Greenville. They were completely different than now quality wise. Both of those restaurants were the best examples by far.
@MrMegaFredZeppelin
Жыл бұрын
Bob's Big Boy was a great place with great food😋ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻
@sonyafox3271
Жыл бұрын
Well, we still have Frisch’s Big Boys and, they recently down sized their menu and, it’s now, actually falling part and, the food isn’t as good!
@dougthompson5449
Жыл бұрын
When I saw my dad turn our old Impala into the Big Boy parking lot in Erie,Pa. I knew I was in for a great burger and fries treat.
@mdouglas1331
10 ай бұрын
Big Boy is still operating in Cleveland Ohio.
@steveurbach3093
Жыл бұрын
My folks moved to Santa Barbara in the late 50's. Loved getting 'Tiger Butter' on my Pancakes. And yes, I grew up with the Story about this boy who out smarted the Tigers. HoJo's was a treat when we were on road trips.
@judyfenske1429
Жыл бұрын
Howard Johnson was on both sides of the New Jersey Turnpike in the 1950's. Basically across the highway from each other. My relatives lived in upper New York State, while we lived in Elkton, MD.,just across the Delaware line. My story is that for those 10 years, we traveled at least 8 times a year on the NJ Turnpikeand ate at one HJ in particular. My dad wore golfing caps and left one behind on the way to NY. He made arrangements to retrieve the cap on the southward side on our way home. Very nice of them.
@kennyhill2678
Жыл бұрын
It was a Ryan's Buffet up the street when I was a teenager. With a country boy appetite and being away from home cooked food . I definitely got my money's worth every time.
@giraffesinc.2193
Жыл бұрын
Good heavens, we LOVED Sambos when I was a kid! In my twenties, I moved to Santa Barbara and was so happy to see there was still a restaurant left. Also, I remember going to Bob's Big Boy in Burbank many times in the late '80s ... there is still one not far from me in Mentone. Great video, and thank you!
@mikehughes4969
Жыл бұрын
Howard Johnsons hold a special place in my heart. Every once in a while, maybe three or four times a year, my Dad would siddle up up to me as I was about to catch the bus and ask "You feel like playing hooky today?" I, of course, would say yes, and we'd go to the zoo, or to a ball game or something. But no matter what we did, we always went to HoJos for lunch, and we always got the fried clams. I only went to Sambos a half dozen times or so, usually on the annual family trip to Florida, but I remember the pancakes were very good.
@user-vm5ud4xw6n
Жыл бұрын
Oh for the days of Howard Johnson’s! Loved working the counter. If you didn’t have customers you could snitch a bite of icecream. Loved their peach shortcake sundae. Big shortcake in the silver icecream dish, single scoop of vanilla icecream, ladle of peaches and topped with whipped cream and a cherry. The strawberry shortcake was awesome too. Sometimes if you were working with the right manager you could have one for dinner!
@DeplorableLeft
Жыл бұрын
I wish I had a time machine so I could visit some of these yummy looking restaurants!
@paradisehotel5005
Жыл бұрын
It's wonderful how these photographs capture a moment in history, particularly the black and white ones.
@J_Calvin_Hobbes
Жыл бұрын
Bill Knapp's had 60 locations in 5 states. I would say it's most unique feature was it had it's own commissary that served all locations, with a private fleet of trucks.
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
We had 2 or 3 Bill Knapp's in the mid Michigan area.
@arthuridis
Жыл бұрын
You can still buy those little chocolate cakes.
@loydkline4686
Жыл бұрын
❤️ Bill Knapp great chicken , biscets , etc, etc metro detroit
@loydkline4686
Жыл бұрын
@@arthuridis birthday cakes
@thetetrarchofapathy9728
Жыл бұрын
I loved that whatever your age was, on your birthday, was the percentage discount on your dinner. The owner's kids tried to make it more hip and trendy (change of color scheme, more casual attire, etc.); that either killed it or coincided with it's downfall. Mid-Michigan still gets some baked goods at various shops and convenience stores under the original label.
@marilynalvarez9951
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I'm lucky enough to be near a Bob's Big Boys here in Downey, California, love them, they are the original double decker hamburger and super tasty. 🥰
@justmejenny7986
Жыл бұрын
My first job was a hostess at TJ Big Boys in Syracuse area. They are all gone now. Loved their breakfast buffet, loganberry drink, strawberry pie and hot fudge cake.
@ftc22
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this post. I loved the background music !!!
@brianwilson6403
Жыл бұрын
One pizza chain not mentioned in this video, but I've seen on others, was Shakey's!!! Always a good time on Friday nights.
@stevedeleon8775
Жыл бұрын
Our Red Barn restaurant closed in the early 80's & became a Yokohama Rice Bowl then in the late 2000's it became a Mexican Rest. called Taco Giro (which is still here)
@jons.6216
Жыл бұрын
I loved it when my family stopped at Sambo's for breakfast on the road because I could order my favorite waffles with blueberries and whipped cream! We never ate stuff like that at home! Would have liked to have tried a Wag's at least once as I never did eat at a Woolworth's lunch counter! The only place not a Bob's Big Boy in California my family tried was one on the way to Tahoe and it was Jr's Big Boy instead but served the same menu!
@tejaswoman
Жыл бұрын
In Texas it was Kip's Big Boy.
@Summerdee223
Жыл бұрын
@@tejaswoman I was just about to say this. I used to love going to Kip's when I was a little girl.
@SusanA1056
Жыл бұрын
Red Barn was one of my favorite restaurants as a little girl.
@queenb67
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see Steak & Ale make a comeback. My husband and I loved it.
@toomanybears_
Жыл бұрын
People forget these places went under for a reason. They may try to resurrect them but they will find themselves in one of the most crowded, cutthroat consumer marketplaces of all time. There are literally restaurants on every street corner with more being built every day. It's already to the point of absurdity and they go out of business as fast as new ones appear.
@francisjaniewski5990
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah,excellent salad bar too.
@clairepierson15
Жыл бұрын
I was so sad when Howard Johnson's closed down cuz I loved the fried clams and they had the best ice cream also I remember steak and ale that was a long time ago though thanks for the video
@marlenalinne6100
Жыл бұрын
The Chuck-E-Cheeses in my hometown frequently have fights between different families who have brought their kids there for a birthday party. Police are called constantly.
@389383
Жыл бұрын
So entertainment for the adults as well as for the kids!
@donkomzak3872
Жыл бұрын
York Steakhouse is a fond memory for me: The food was good and my parents would frequently take us there for dinner on Sundays. I wish they were still around. Ponderosa steakhouse, too.
@Cerulean0987
Жыл бұрын
Little Black Sambo was one of my favorite children's book when I was young. The version I had was that of a Black family, not Indian complete with racist illustrations. I, of course, didn't understand that when I was a kid, all I cared about was that Little Black Sambo liked pancakes as much as I did.
@Arbbal
Жыл бұрын
Spoken like a true alt right racist.
@Cerulean0987
Жыл бұрын
@@Arbbal Wut?
@ChristopherSobieniak
Жыл бұрын
@@Cerulean0987 Someone's always going to do that.
@adamandrews4107
Жыл бұрын
It wasn’t racist.
@henryottis295
Жыл бұрын
James, I also loved Little Black Sambo. I read it over and over.
@jeffreylee2993
Ай бұрын
Hot Shoppes in Marlow Heights, MD --> That is the one my Mom took me to in the 60s-70s. Interesting to learn that that is the last one to close.
@Kevin-yh9yt
Жыл бұрын
That Howard Johnsons menu brought back many childhood memories. And I never understood their calling hot dogs 'Frankforts' so always assumed we were in a really 'classy' place.
@golden.lights.twinkle2329
Жыл бұрын
In the UK, they are called frankfurters. In New York there was a dish called Franks and Beans.
@monkeygraborange
Жыл бұрын
Howard Johnson’s was the very stuff of dreams on our annual trek from Boston to Miami, in the back of Daddy’s station wagon. Everyone was on their best behavior!
@chrisgonzales2883
Жыл бұрын
Love these videos thanks for the hard work
@EtzEchad
Жыл бұрын
I really miss Chi chi's. Their twice-grilled BBQ chicken burrito was awesome! I also liked their giant blue margarita. The staff at the restaurant I frequented, called me Big Blue. :)
@nancybarta8167
Жыл бұрын
I will always remember the Sambos in Santa barbara.A group of 4 starving college students coming back from San Fran conference were broke.......just enough for gas!They saw us sharing a refillable coffee and instead of throwing us out.....they brought us all pancakes.We were forever grateful.Chucky Cheese was a nightmare for parents...lol.Much preferred Bullwinkles for cost and comfort!
@hori166
Жыл бұрын
Bob's actually survives in Japan as Big Boy. They use the same checkered print overalls character but don't serve burgers. Their menu is more akin to Sizzler's (which also exists in Japan) with a selection of fish and steaks, along with a salad bar. Another survivor is Victoria Station which along with Big Boy is part of the Zensho group.
@barbarat5729
Жыл бұрын
Red Barn! Wow did that bring back memories!
@208cindygirl
Жыл бұрын
Showing Bob's Big Boy...Ahhhhhh!Only In the Midwest and down south through Texas and Oklahoma, it was called Kip's. And, in Denver, Colorado, and other places out west, they were called Aar's. I worked at Kip's in Dallas in 1975, Kip's in Tulsa, OK in 1976, and Azar's in Denver, CO in 1977. I know it sounds odd, me raveling around like that, but, I was raised in Dallas, moved to Tulsa with my sister after I Graduate High School, where my father and his side of the family had lived for generations. Just a kid finding herself through the Bob's Big Boy family! Good memories, good times, good friends!
@Cutter-jx3xj
Жыл бұрын
I lived in Columbus Ohio in the late 70s and I remember Yorks steak house in the mall there. Beef tips in brown mushroom gray and desert was a great meal for a good price. That was the same time Dave Thomas opened Wendy's downtown by the COSI museum.
@j.landismartin5397
Жыл бұрын
I lived in New Carlisle then and we used to go to the York's at Dayton Mall.
@bobmartin4942
Жыл бұрын
The last York's is located on West Broad St. across from what was Westland Mall.
@donnadreyer4516
Жыл бұрын
I remember York Steakhouse ! They were in my Hometown's Mall in Pennsylvania,they had really good food and Service, I still remember what the restaurant looked like. They need to bring back York Steakhouse.
@m1t2a1
Жыл бұрын
Red Barn and Chi Chi's. For me, 15 years apart but affected me deeply.
@samanthab1923
Жыл бұрын
Went to a Chi Chi’s in East Brunswick NJ years ago
@washkoskat
Жыл бұрын
Chi chi was so good sorry it ended so horrific...everything turns to sh*t
@AmyLSchulte
Жыл бұрын
I remember about half of these. In the 80s I worked in a mall Walgreens that had had a diner with it. It closed either in the late 70s or early 80s and we used it for soda storage.
@circlepfarm9729
Жыл бұрын
Ranch House Restaurant was awesome during the 1960’s. I think it was mostly a chain in Florida. Great food at a reasonable price! I still have cravings for their house salad dressing! If anyone knows how to replicate it, please comment!
@circlepfarm9729
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I live in NH, I’ll try to google it.
@hilltopmachineworks2131
Жыл бұрын
There was a Ranch House in Charlotte, NC for a long time. We had a Christmas party there once. It finally closed about 10 years ago.
@kathleencalhoun2225
Жыл бұрын
Those two restauranteurs should have made a connection between the book and the selection for a name of their restaurant BEFORE. You missed the chain ice cream parlour Farrell's (popular in the 1960s), the Van de Camps restaurant, and the Jolly Roger restaurant.
@MeadowFarmer
Жыл бұрын
There was a York Steak House in Dartmouth MA in the 70's and 80's. It was always packed. I can hardly believe it went out of business. Everyone I knew loved that place. It was sort of like a buffet, except you paid for what you took. You didn't order a meal. You'd take a tray and take plates of what you wanted and then pay at the end. It was fast, inexpensive, and you didn't have to wait for a waitress or leave a tip. I wish it were still there. I hate when I go to a restaurant and wait to get seated, wait for the waitress, wait for the food, wait for the waitress to bring the bill, and then have to leave a tip. York cut out all that waiting and had great food at a low price.
@ladidi4935
Жыл бұрын
Thankfully I live in Columbus and still enjoy those amenities except I do leave a tip for the person bringing my food to the table and making sure we have everything we need😊
@gregorycomunale1550
Жыл бұрын
Family vacations from the burbs in pitts pa. to the outer banks, we would stop at Stuckey in va. my mother was addicted to their pecan logs, she also bought extras to take home their burgers and fries were the best, and the had toy vending machines I loved, mini wooden chess sets, scottie dogs on magnets, all for 50 cents.
@joeheid4757
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting when you see Flyers or newspaper ads saying specials only good for Sept, 1971.
@arthurleino
Жыл бұрын
Sambos was a favorite when growing up in Oregon. Loved the waffles.
@laurachristianson1688
Жыл бұрын
Wags is so special to me lunches with my mom and more importantly a two hour conversation with the love of my life when we reconnected in our early twenties after our tumultuous teenage years
@JDavidHopkins
Жыл бұрын
I remember one waitress at Wag’s kicking us out because we were just sitting there talking & not ordering food!
@glennso47
Жыл бұрын
Wags had a restaurant in Cherryvale Mall in Rockford Illinois. Never ate there but I remember it.
@initial_C
Жыл бұрын
Showbiz Pizza is now best remembered as having hosted Rich "Rich Evans" Evans' birthday party when he was a kid.
@heathers4961
Жыл бұрын
Went to Lake George this past summer. Was looking forward to eating at Howard Johnson's only to learn we missed it by like 2 months.
@sonyafox3271
Жыл бұрын
I loved them, if there was something on the buffet table they didn’t have and, you wanted, they would go back in the kitchen and, cook it for you! They did that for me one time, very impressive when, a buffet style restaurant is willing to do that for a customer!
@davidheinzmann4403
Жыл бұрын
You would have been disappointed.. should’ve been the first Hojo to close!
@washkoskat
Жыл бұрын
It is all so sad. Good old fashioned wholesome meals. Soup or salad an entree a buttered roll tea coffee or milk and homemade dessert 🍨 there are so few places to eat our all so expensive you almost have to take a loan . All gone. I watched so many of these go. I find myself crying watching this channel in a good way.
@ShawnCaldwell11
Жыл бұрын
I ❤ this channel
@classrockin
Жыл бұрын
Just love this channel, research is excellent, and the narration really is top notch. Sure miss Sambo's, there once was 2 here that absolutely thrived
@alandickerson3379
Жыл бұрын
I remember many of these, and miss them all!! Thank you!!
@MrRezillo
Жыл бұрын
I remember Howard Johnson's in the early 'sixties. They had a fried fish night; fried sole, french fries and coleslaw, all you could eat. Waiters would walk around with carts, going by your table to ask if you wanted more. Ah, the days gone by.
@nightfangs2910
Жыл бұрын
York steak house, weekly staple for my family on Sunday after church in Massachusetts , man do I miss that restaurant and those days getting the chopped steak, and steak fries and that delicious buttered bun
@brucegordon4992
Жыл бұрын
Anyone remember Victoria's Station?
@deirdrayarbrough8082
Жыл бұрын
Atlanta had online the Buckhead area. Great concept and really good food. Always crowded but terrific service. Hated to see it go.
@brinsonharris9816
Жыл бұрын
Built out of red box cars. We had one in Tampa when I was in HS (1980).
@missmajestic2158
Жыл бұрын
Nothing never stays the same. Oh how I miss Howard Johnson Restaurants. This Country has went down hill fast. Things was much better back in the day
@GhostRider-sc9vu
Жыл бұрын
The sad part for me few if any younger people will get the sight joke in "Blazing Saddles". In one scene there is an ice cream shop in the background, its sign reads Howard Johnson's one flavor served.
@markporter6933
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Spent much time as a kid at Bob's Big Boy. Being a kid from So. CA. I also l loved Sir George's Smorgasbord and Marie Calendar's restaurants. Great food in both places. Sadly missed.
@SPQR2755
Жыл бұрын
Howard Johnsons fried clams were always a treat.
@au_barb
Жыл бұрын
The best fried clams!
@jonclassical5710
Жыл бұрын
In 1979 in Beltsville, MD my wife, kids and I ate dinner every Friday at the Chi-Chi's...best Mexican I have every had...miss it greatly!
@white_heat.truth76
Жыл бұрын
The era of the dining culture was a halcyon time for the average Americans, one which went down in culinary legend. I thank you for the walk down memory lane for those of us who were able to enjoy some of these mouth watering delights which are no longer with us.
@Nerval-kg9sm
Жыл бұрын
In 1977, when I was 6, my dad took me to Bob's Big Boy. We then proceeded to the nearby theater to watch the original Star Wars. Good day.
@tinasmith1391
Жыл бұрын
All that variety and competition was great. Yep, it's a thing of the past alright. It deeply saddens me.
@debbiem9218
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing some fond memories of restaurants gone-by. While we never had a lot of these in Canada I do remember eating at some of them when we vacationed down in the United States. I love your channel especially when I`m feeling a bit nostalgia!
@michaelmacdermott6340
Жыл бұрын
Bob's Big Boy after some financial negotiations eventually turned into just Big Boy Restaurants. There are quite a few still open today in the United States and overseas. There is even a couple of them in my hometown of Cleveland Ohio.
@nicknameunavailable809
Жыл бұрын
Frisch's Big Boy restaurants are very common in the southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky area.
@ArmyCop
Жыл бұрын
Elias Brothers Big Boys are still hanging in there in Michigan. I think they were trying to buy all of the BBs nationally at one point, though I'm not sure of what happened with that plan.
@jael3079
Жыл бұрын
The name was 'manners big boy'
@michaelmacdermott6340
Жыл бұрын
@@jael3079 Go to Wikipedia and read about Big Boy restaurants. You'll find out that they all had a different family name along with it because they are owned by different families and franchises. I'm well aware of Manners being from Cleveland, my favorite being the one across from the Van Aken Shopping Center in Shaker Heights Ohio. But that was mainly in the Cleveland area whereas the largest franchise was known as Bob's Big Boy.
@nicknameunavailable809
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelmacdermott6340 In Wisconsin, back in the day, it was Marc’s Big Boy. We’d sometimes stop at the one in Appleton. I liked it because Mom and Dad would let me get blueberry pancakes for supper. Didn’t get much better than that!
@robertstout6980
Жыл бұрын
We patronized several of these, Sambo's, Steak & Ale, Big Boy, York and miss them all. Not mentioned here, Burger Chef or BBF; BurgerBoyFoodorama.
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