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11. Are you hungry for a treat?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 04:38 PM

Dec 2017

Want food that's fun to eat?
Then Go, Go , Go to the BBF!
At the whirling satellite,
Burger boy Foodarama!

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Gone But Not Forgotten: Restaurant Edition [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 OP

Oh, I remember that one! Lindsay Dec 2017 #1

Thats them! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #2

That became Borden Burger. OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #20

I remember a place in OK City... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #3

We all do! The wages thing I mean! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #5

Wages were keeping up until Reagan. hunter Dec 2017 #49

Chi-Chi's TlalocW Dec 2017 #4

I remember them! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #6

I worked at one in high school and college. FSogol Dec 2017 #12

Hot Shoppes mia Dec 2017 #7

Very cool!👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #8

How about York Steakhouse, they were owned by Marriott, same as FSogol Dec 2017 #30

Don't remember York Steakhouse, but Tastee Diner was also owned by Marriott and will soon close. mia Dec 2017 #33

Did they have these? ret5hd Dec 2017 #9

Indeed! Delinquents that we were, we learned that if we squeezed the letter and number keys Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #10

There is a burger joint in a town on the Wisconsin/Michigan border that has these TheMightyFavog Dec 2017 #32

Are you hungry for a treat? Ohiya Dec 2017 #11

Bravo! 🍔🍟🥤 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #14

Remember Burger Chef? My sister and I always pestered our Mom to take us, but FSogol Dec 2017 #13

I do! We called it Burger Death! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #15

There was one of those in my town hibbing Dec 2017 #24

Burger Chef and Jeff! bbrady42 Dec 2017 #54

I do remember Burger Chef... kmla Dec 2017 #68

where I grew up... Monti's Kali Dec 2017 #16

Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #17

I used to go to the North Valley location at Shaw Butte sweetloukillbot Dec 2017 #52

Shakey's Pizza. I just did a thread about them last week. Aristus Dec 2017 #18

Yep! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #19

Think they're still around. n/t sl8 Dec 2017 #23

Yes, still many Shakeys in California Awsi Dooger Dec 2017 #31

I used to eat at the one on Boulder Hwy and Nellis... Callmecrazy Dec 2017 #59

Ah, the Left Hander Special gratuitous Dec 2017 #25

I loved Shakey's! catrose Dec 2017 #27

OH memories! My first job at age 11! steve2470 Dec 2017 #38

Carrols sl8 Dec 2017 #21

We used to have a Carrols! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #36

We had a pretty nice set of Looney Tunes glasses from Carrols. n/t sl8 Dec 2017 #61

I do remember the glass giveaways! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #62

Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #39

The building's still here, the sign's still attached, but sadly no Wympee burgers: OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #22

Cool! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #40

Remember White Tower Restaurants? democratisphere Dec 2017 #26

Yep! Worked across from one in Cleveland! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #41

Not because I am a fan, but Atlanta's Pickrick restuarant where the owner and Georgia's last openly Hoyt Dec 2017 #28

Remember that asshole well! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #42

+1. White wingers like to say he doubled minorities in government. I like say he went from 1 to 2. Hoyt Dec 2017 #43

WAGON WHEEL RESTAURANT and Motel..... Tikki Dec 2017 #29

Cool place! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #44

Little Tavern mia Dec 2017 #34

Bummer! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #45

Howard Johnsons Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #35

Remember the Friday fish fry! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #46

In college I worked as a bellhop at a HoJos hotel OriginalGeek Dec 2017 #47

Fond memories of HoJo's Freddie Dec 2017 #53

Of course! Who could forget HoJos? sl8 Dec 2017 #63

The pic I posted is from the one remaining HoJos that still exists Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #65

I read about the Lake George restaurant today, after reading your post. sl8 Dec 2017 #66

It was in the the fried clams - of course! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #67

Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips? Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #37

Only eight left! 😢 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #48

Burger Chef (I wouldn't eat there now, but nostalgia): demmiblue Dec 2017 #50

We called them Burger Death! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #51

im in my mid 60s.. i remember NY Eve every year in the early 60s.. samnsara Dec 2017 #55

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #57

Bill Knapps zipplewrath Dec 2017 #56

👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #58

Pup n Taco! robertpaulsen Dec 2017 #60

Whereabouts? n/t sl8 Dec 2017 #69

Like Floyd said, southern California. robertpaulsen Dec 2017 #74

Remember those in SoCal in the sixties! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #71

Mike's Submarines and NEBA Roast Beef Sandwiches sl8 Dec 2017 #64

Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #72

. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #70

Cool! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #73