# Chain restaurants that no longer exist **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 19, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507 "2001-04-19T05:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/141 "2001-04-30T13:50:14Z")
Theres an Orange Julius in a western suburban mall here in Ohio. But its cojoined with a Dairy Queen, so theres been a merger. O.J.'s taste just like creamsicles! ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/142 "2001-04-30T14:11:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Oh man, you know you’re getting old when these kind of threads jog your memory instead of making you say to yourself “What a buncha weirdo fossils!” > > The one restaurant chain I haven’t seen here yet is **Brigham’s**. At least I believe it was a chain, we only went to one in Boston maybe once or twice back in the early 70s, during my toddlerhood. Anyone else corroborate this? > > \*\* I remember going to a Brigham’s in Winchester, MA (right outside of Boston) around 1983 or so. No idea whether its still there or not. Wasn’t it a kind of ice-creamey place? (I was pretty young at the time). ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/143 "2001-04-30T14:11:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > **Does anybody remember Mister Donut? They were around Central PA in the 1980s. They may have just been regional.** I can attest to one franchise in Keene NH, at least through the mid-80s, and one in Nashua NH until the very early 90s. The Nashua one finally closed out and became another donut shop, though I don’t remember exactly what the name was. ---
**Author:** ![BobSchroeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BobSchroeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobSchroeck)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/144 "2001-04-30T17:31:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > **Steak and Ale, an upscale chain restaurant. Actually, the food there was pretty good, but it seems to have vanished. Maybe it was before its time.** There’s one alive and well in NJ, about 8 miles north of me on Route 1… > [@](#): > > **Is Long John Silver’s still around?** Yeah… I know of one off route 78/22 past Allentown in Pennsylvania. – Bob ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/145 "2001-04-30T18:02:12Z")
Rilch, Carvel is still around and Tad’s still sucks. I miss the Nedick’s in Penn and Herald Sq. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/146 "2001-05-01T00:31:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Hey, who posted from Iowa City? Is the **Fries BBQ & Grill** still there on South Dubuque? \*\* I do, and you’ve got me wondering. I don’t get downtown much these days, but what I _can_ tell you at this point is that they aren’t in the phonebook, yellow pages, or AddSheet (weekly newsprint coupon publication). Other than that, I’ll have to do an expedition downtown and take a looksee. I never ate there, but used to drink after work at the Deadwood across the street years ago. I’ll get myself down there in the next day or two and report back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/147 "2001-05-01T01:05:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evnglion \* > \*\*as far as I an tell, Sonic Drive Thru has disappeared off the face of the earth \*\* There are Sonic ‘Drive Ins’ here in Colorado. Real Drive-Ins where you eat in your car (remember A&W). Bob. ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/148 "2001-05-01T01:35:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* > \*\*\*\*SPOOFE[/b \*\* {Der] Wienerschnitzel’s \*\* Converted to ‘The Hamburger Stand’ here in Colorado. They still sell the Wienerschnitzel hot dogs though. Bob. ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/149 "2001-05-01T01:51:27Z")
Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken Kentucky Roast Beef (owned by the Colonel) Rockybilt (a Denver tradition, White Castle-like) For the record, Sambo, wasn’t an Indian boy. The theme for the restaurant came from the nursery rhyme (?) ‘Little Black Sambo’. The board is sure slow tonight. Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/150 "2001-05-01T11:19:46Z")
**Dijon Warlock** - don’t kill yourself getting down there. I worked at the place during the one semester I was at UIowa for whatever the minimum wage was ten years ago. IIRC the address was 5 South Dubuque. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/151 "2001-05-01T12:19:14Z")
> [@](#): > > For the record, Sambo, wasn’t an Indian boy. The theme for the restaurant came from the nursery rhyme (?) ‘Little Black Sambo’. Actually, Sambo _is_ Indian in the original book. “Black” was the way the British referred to the dark-skinned (but non-negriod) Indians. Have a look at the novels of M.M. Kaye or at the writings of Sir Richard Burton. In the U.S. however, the word quickly became attached to a racial stereotype and slur. Why, I don’t know. The same kind of distortion happened to Uncle Tom of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Read the book – Uncle Tom was no “Uncle Tom”. (that is, he was certainly black, but not subservient and obsequious). ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/152 "2001-05-01T12:26:23Z")
Has **Ollie’s Trolley** been mentioned? It was a burger place in a little street car. The fries were absolutely terrific, if not a little pricey, as compared to McD’s. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/153 "2001-05-01T13:25:41Z")
There’s an Ollie’s Trolley in Ballston/Courthouse here in Northern VA. Good burgers and the grease can’t be improved upon. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/154 "2001-05-01T13:45:07Z")
There’s an Ollie’s Trolley right near where I work, at 14th & ‘L’ streets. In a building, not a streetcar - but by _God_, their fries are the **BEST**! ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/155 "2001-05-01T14:13:43Z")
So, umm, **Olentzero** and **False\_God** , think you good send me some? ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/156 "2001-05-01T14:32:56Z")
I haven’t finished reading this thread but I’m gonna respond now before I forget stuff: [ul] [li]Dog-n-Suds. Had one here in Lansing until a few years ago. I think it’s an A&W now, which we have plenty of also.[/li][li]Shakey’s Pizza. I used to go to Shakey’s when I lived in Japan, for heaven’s sake. First place I ever had shrimp and corn on the same pizza. Hey, it was good![/li][li]Big Boy. Still have a few of them around Michigan.[/li][li]Hardee’s. An abomination of a restaurant. We had one in the small town I lived in near Nashville, TN, with lots more of them in Nashville itself. Horrible food, always cold, always slow even if you were the only one in line.[/li][li]IHOP. We’ve got one here.[/li][li]Sonic. They are all over Tennessee. I wish they’d get up here! I miss their Cherry Limeade and chocolate malts.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/157 "2001-05-01T15:21:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > **So, umm, Olentzero and False\_God, think you good send me some?** What’s it worth to you? _evil grin_ ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/158 "2001-05-01T15:56:00Z")
Well, I sure would like some. If you know what I mean… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/159 "2001-05-02T01:03:40Z")
Just parenthetically, I thought “Dog ‘n’ Suds” was a highly unappetizing name: who wants (soap)suds anywhere near their food? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurants-that-no-longer-exist/62507/160 "2001-05-02T13:59:35Z")
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