Something I really miss...

[Archae]

A big frosty mug of A & W root beer float, as I remember how it was in the early 70's.

Today's A & W just doesn't measure up.

[JuJuYoshida]

1. gotta have it here though

[Archae]

4. Not the same as it was.

[mr_lebowski]

2. I could go for the worlds first Double-Decker Burger ... Bob's Big Boy!

With Bob's awesome Thousand Island dressing, of course ...

[Archae]

3. I worked at Big Boy here in Sheboygan back in the 80's...

The place closed up, was converted to a vegetarian diner, and is now an empty lot.


That had such GOOOOOD onion rings, yumyumyum...

[Lochloosa]

5. Fried in Lard like they should be. I was a cook in the early 70's.

[mr_lebowski]

7. They were the only onion rings I liked as a kid ...

Now I know why ... they are SO good!

[Lochloosa]

8. The Fried Chicken was the same....

[Submariner]

10. There were no Big Boy restaurants where I grew up in the northeast

so fresh out of boot camp and roaming around downtown Long Beach I stopped in a Big Boy for a burger.

I was absolutely shocked and stunned that some dipshit in the kitchen must have screwed up and confused the expected mustard and ketchup with that Thousand Island salad dressing made for salads dammit... Eeechh. What's the matter with you California people I thought to myself? Are you on drugs?

[surrealAmerican]

6. Have you tried IBC root beer?

It makes a pretty good float.

[Ohiogal]

9. No soda tastes as good to me

as it did when I was a teenager. I think it’s the high fructose corn syrup they use now. It’s just not as good. I used to love Coca Cola but I can’t stand it now.

[ProudLib72]

11. Is it the root beer or the ice cream that isn't the same, or both?

My last root beer float was probably from the early 80s. I just don't remember them that well. Dammit, now I'm upset about missing out on something I don't even remember.

[Archae]

12. Both.

[ProudLib72]

13. Have you tried it with cream soda?

That's what we used to do in college.