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18. In the early-to-mid-60's, our small Michigan town (30,000) had a Burger Chef on our side...

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 09:17 PM

Feb 2013

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... of town and I think there was a McDonald's on the other side. McDonald's was far from the
monster franchise it has become (I'm pretty sure its (?) Served was in the single-digit millions.
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I don't remember Burger Chef HAVING a Big Mac equivalent in the early-to-mid-60's (McDonald's
didn't introduce it nationwide until 1968). Big Boy restaurants had the original fast-food Big Mac
concept.
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Hamburger at Burger Chef? 18 cents in the mid-60's. Fries probably about the same. Our Burger
Chef became a Burger King sometime around the late-60's-very-early-70's.
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Germany mid-70's. One Pizza Hut (in Frankfurt, I believe) and one Kentucky Fried Chicken (in
Munich). Or vice-versa. By the time I left in '78, McDonald's were fairly common (the one in
Nurnberg had BLOCKS-long lines for a couple of weeks after opening). Deep discount if you could
recite the Big Mac ingredients-theme in German.

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Forgotten Fast Food restaurants. [View all] wyldwolf Feb 2013 OP

The Red Barn ok_cpu Feb 2013 #1

I still see some of their buildings Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #52

Yes! geardaddy Feb 2013 #89

Carroll's Hamburgers nuxvomica Feb 2013 #2

Absolutely! n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #3

Clark subs Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #4

I remember them. geardaddy Feb 2013 #195

Long John Silvers is still around, but back in the early 70s they had some awesome fried drumettes.. wyldwolf Feb 2013 #5

Yes, there is a Long John Silvers almost around the corner from my house. RebelOne Feb 2013 #8

Lum's Restaurant madinmaryland Feb 2013 #6

Oooh, I remember them! OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #11

There was one in Lima, Ohio that we went to in the 70's. madinmaryland Feb 2013 #15

They still have Made-Rite? 7wo7rees Feb 2013 #57

I thought Lum's was long gone. RebelOne Feb 2013 #12

I loved the Lums in Norwalk, CT, and was going to post it KamaAina Feb 2013 #125

There was one in Norwalk, CT? I was there in the mid 90's and it was gone by then. madinmaryland Feb 2013 #127

Wetson's Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #7

We had one of those in my town union_maid Feb 2013 #31

We had one of these about 2 miles from my house when I was a kid OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #9

Yes, we had one, too. They used to give away cool tiger print masks... wyldwolf Feb 2013 #17

Yep, it sure did OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #24

the ethnicity of sambo was indian energumen Feb 2013 #29

lol, yeah, well nobody ever claimed racists were smart OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #35

Not at first wyldwolf Feb 2013 #68

I was more referring to the story energumen Feb 2013 #123

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I think Arthur Treacher's is long gone. RebelOne Feb 2013 #13

There is one in Maryland off the beltway near the Wilson Bridge! madinmaryland Feb 2013 #16

Cool, good to hear Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #25

And another at the Cheesequake service area KamaAina Feb 2013 #126

That was my favorite! Used to go to the next town to find one... Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #65

I remember them geardaddy Feb 2013 #90

We used to call it "Arthur Creature's Fish with Lips" n/t woodsprite Feb 2013 #102

They joined with Nathan's in NY and Nathans serves their clams and fish n chips dr.strangelove Feb 2013 #129

I had such a craving for Treacher's the other day. kudzu22 Feb 2013 #134

Not all of them. WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #164

They'd been revived for a while in Miami Subs stores OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #197

There are a few of them. TheManInTheMac Feb 2013 #200

NY Ave and 3rd St NE in DC Recursion Feb 2013 #205

Mr. Bee LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #14

Somerville Circle. hay rick Feb 2013 #43

Place closed down a few years ago. name not needed Feb 2013 #60

I thought they were long gone. nt LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #76

The one I knew was in the Somerset section of Franklin Township LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #75

From. hay rick Feb 2013 #82

Oh cool! LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #84

In the early-to-mid-60's, our small Michigan town (30,000) had a Burger Chef on our side... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2013 #18

tribute website wyldwolf Feb 2013 #22

#25 was ours. They used to sell a "family-sized order of French Fries" -- ... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2013 #23

our burger chef became a hardees, burger chef was better eom energumen Feb 2013 #30

Hardee's had just two things going for it. A mushroom-Swiss burger that I would say was... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2013 #38

Those were my Hardees favorites too MadrasT Feb 2013 #69

I no longer eat much at Hardees energumen Feb 2013 #124

I used to love the old Hardee's before they were taken over by Carl's Jr. kudzu22 Feb 2013 #135

Old Hardee's was awesome. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #201

Tastee Freeze Initech Feb 2013 #19

Still have some in AZ! blueamy66 Feb 2013 #83

Used to stop by the Tastee Freeze in Gilmer, TX when I was younger derby378 Feb 2013 #116

Is Dog-n-Suds still around? Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #20

there's an a&w drive in not far from me fizzgig Feb 2013 #41

Interesting Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #46

we recently got another a&w here in town fizzgig Feb 2013 #47

There's a Dog-n-Suds in Grayslake, IL. kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #50

The one in my hometown didn't last long at all Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #53

A brand-new Dog n Suds went up in Speedway IN . . . CrazyOrangeCat Feb 2013 #145

A&W Root Beer! PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #21

They still exist SteveG Feb 2013 #48

Most of them today are a FAR cry from what they were in the heyday. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #86

They are all over where I am. 1983law Feb 2013 #63

Many years ago, I worked in their main office RebelOne Feb 2013 #97

best hot dogs and root beer in the world Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #140

Pioneer Chicken Tabasco_Dave Feb 2013 #26

Maryland Fried chicken wyldwolf Feb 2013 #27

They had very good fried chicken Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #40

There is still one in Augusta, GA GoCubsGo Feb 2013 #70

The fries! The fries! Phentex Feb 2013 #87

Here's the history and a list of locations OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #187

They had one down the street from my aunt's house in Orlando. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #193

"Yes, I know there wasn't a Pioneer Chicken Stand on Alvarado St...it's called poetic license"... Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #42

Spudnut Shops JohnnyLib2 Feb 2013 #28

Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken NoPasaran Feb 2013 #32

Not even Keith Richard could keep them in business... Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #44

Remember Winky's? femmocrat Feb 2013 #33

Rax d_r Feb 2013 #34

Oh man, my wife misses Rax so much OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #37

Loved Rax kudzu22 Feb 2013 #138

Rax was good. Had forgotten about them. n/t CrazyOrangeCat Feb 2013 #146

There was a Burger Chef inside the Cathedral of Learning at the U of Pitt in the late 1970s NoPasaran Feb 2013 #36

Yogi Bear's Honey Fried Chicken Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #39

In the 60's when I was growing up there were Boomerproud Feb 2013 #45

Let's all go to the BBF! UncleYoder Feb 2013 #161

Kelly's and Gino's SteveG Feb 2013 #49

Frisch's kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #51

There's one near my house in Ohio. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #66

Ate at a franchise in Arlington, VA (1976). Big chunky fries. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #173

Lucy's Drive-In kwassa Feb 2013 #54

Hot-n-Now Heddi Feb 2013 #55

H. Salt Esquire Fish & Chips Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #56

That's the one I miss the most n/t Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #64

Yes! geardaddy Feb 2013 #106

They are still around hack89 Feb 2013 #112

Chicken Delight. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #58

I used to work for Chicken Delight. El Supremo Feb 2013 #184

Der Wienerschnitzel, Taco Tia Flaxbee Feb 2013 #59

I would spend my last quarter for Der Wienerschnitzel chili dog truegrit44 Feb 2013 #61

both places have fond memories for me - my grandma and I, in her purple Chevy Impala Flaxbee Feb 2013 #99

They were briefly in Missouri in the 70's CrazyOrangeCat Feb 2013 #147

Wienerschnitzel is alive and well on the Left Coast KamaAina Feb 2013 #133

Zantigo and Naugles!!! 1983law Feb 2013 #62

Naugles! Wow - that sent me straight back to high school Flaxbee Feb 2013 #98

Zantigo, yes. geardaddy Feb 2013 #114

The very first Naugles was just down the street from where I live. Codeine Feb 2013 #188

You can still get the macho combo there IIRC 1983law Feb 2013 #190

Anyone remember: Big Boy Burger? ~~ >> eat 'em up - yum, B B B! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #67

I have a miniature BB on the bar! ohiosmith Feb 2013 #71

I would love to see it someday. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #72

Still around (They were Marc's BigBoy in Milwaukee) ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #77

I'll be sure to look for one, if my work OTR allows time for a stop there. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #78

We still have 'em in KC MO lastlib Feb 2013 #81

Loved BB geardaddy Feb 2013 #105

We had Kelly's..... a kennedy Feb 2013 #73

I drive by the most notorious Burger Chef location all the time. Jokerman Feb 2013 #74

Nedick's Graybeard Feb 2013 #79

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King's Food Host - home of the cheese frenchie abbeyco Feb 2013 #85

Is King's the place where you phoned your order geardaddy Feb 2013 #91

Yep - that's what you did abbeyco Feb 2013 #101

In SoCal there was a chain called Naugles Throd Feb 2013 #88

Shakee's Pizza geardaddy Feb 2013 #92

I Loved Shakey's! Their sauce was the best. woodsprite Feb 2013 #103

Best sauce? wouldn't go that far. :>) ...but it was fun, for sure Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #141

Yeah. You're probably right. woodsprite Feb 2013 #156

Yes. The food we ate when we had good memories ! Some food in CT Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #158

As we age, and our tastebuds go south, we are FORCED to eat better food!! The horror! Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #174

Shakee's was awesome! CrazyOrangeCat Feb 2013 #148

Shakey's is still out in CA OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #186

Shakees! Apparently there are still some around. progressoid Feb 2013 #191

Burger Chef was awesome ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #93

I loved Mr. Fables. harmonicon Feb 2013 #94

I loved Burger Chef's onion rings. forestpath Feb 2013 #95

I had many a post-baseball game hamburger 4_TN_TITANS Feb 2013 #96

Doggie Diner - Hell Hath No Fury Feb 2013 #100

I remember one in San Francisco BlueCollar Feb 2013 #109

Yup sakabatou Feb 2013 #143

There used to be one in San Jose Doc_Technical Feb 2013 #160

Someone mentioned Shakey's Pizza. Tucson HAD 2 or 3. Sadly, they were gone by the time I moved here. MiddleFingerMom Feb 2013 #104

Yeah, I mentioned Shakey's geardaddy Feb 2013 #107

Didn't they also have fried chicken? geardaddy Feb 2013 #110

There still are a lot of them in SoCal pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #162

Does anyone remember Farrell's? geardaddy Feb 2013 #108

Yes - Tacoma Washington in the 70's. nt hack89 Feb 2013 #113

Farrell's Ice Cream - Almeda Mall, Houston. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #115

YES!!! derby378 Feb 2013 #117

I just remember going there for a birthday party geardaddy Feb 2013 #118

I vaguely remember Farrel's OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #206

One still exists KamaAina Feb 2013 #128

Staten Island Mall dr.strangelove Feb 2013 #130

I loved that place as a kid. We have no real seabeyond Feb 2013 #177

You're right. geardaddy Feb 2013 #194

I was stationed in Kansas City in 1969 and Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #111

I remember Smak's! CrazyOrangeCat Feb 2013 #149

Nixon's! antiquie Feb 2013 #119

Not there to kick around anymore, huh? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #144

He moved back to Yorba Linda. antiquie Feb 2013 #157

Pup n Taco musiclawyer Feb 2013 #120

I was going to mention Pup'N Taco Trajan Feb 2013 #152

Back in the 1960s my (future) husband worked at a place called Grammy23 Feb 2013 #121

chock full o'nuts surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #122

Still there dr.strangelove Feb 2013 #132

They came back? surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #137

Wuv's KamaAina Feb 2013 #131

Borden Burger! Auggie Feb 2013 #136

How about Howard Johnson's? kudzu22 Feb 2013 #139

best worst fried clam strips ! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #142

So true geardaddy Feb 2013 #163

Howard Johnson's was a chain, but I wouldn't call it fast food NoPasaran Feb 2013 #155

Horn and Hardart's Automat. hay rick Feb 2013 #150

I am sure Horn and Hardart's is no longer in existence anymore. RebelOne Feb 2013 #204

Mugs Up! Root Beer Stands CrazyOrangeCat Feb 2013 #151

Blake's Lotaburger! n2doc Feb 2013 #153

Burger Boy Food-o-rama (BBF) Lasher Feb 2013 #154

Kenny Rogers Roasters Bombero1956 Feb 2013 #159

Interesting fact about Burger Chef WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #165

DOH! wyldwolf Feb 2013 #169

here are a couple I remember from my childhood that I don't see listed yet: WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2013 #166

Roy Rogers are still alive and well whistler162 Feb 2013 #181

Howard Johnson's. Road trip restaurants -- ours was, as I think many or most were... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2013 #167

Henry's Hamburgers? kudzu22 Feb 2013 #168

Magoo's Pizza Parlor, Hollywood CA (on which Shakey's may have been modeled) pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #170

Do they still have Taco Johns anywhere? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #171

Yeah, they're all over the midwest kudzu22 Feb 2013 #172

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Growing up in San Antonio, Texas, an ideal day for a kid was Burger Chef for lunch. Aristus Feb 2013 #178

Roy Rogers are all but gone. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #179

They still have a fairly strong customer base in MD, DC, VA OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #185

A new one in LaPlata, huh? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #192

These might interest you OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #196

Best thing about Roy Rogers was.... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #203

They still have the chicken OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #208

Orange Julius Texasgal Feb 2013 #180

I think dairy queen has absorbed them wyldwolf Feb 2013 #182

Pig Stand El Supremo Feb 2013 #183

I stopped patronizing fast-food restaurants a long time ago rachel1 Feb 2013 #189

So why are you posting in a thread dedicated to fast food nostalgia? OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #198

In the MD/DC area -- Little Tavern OmahaBlueDog Feb 2013 #199

Yes! The one in Laurel is a donut shop now Recursion Feb 2013 #207

Sister's Chicken and Biscuits. TheManInTheMac Feb 2013 #202

I loved Burger Chef triguy46 Feb 2013 #209

For those from KC triguy46 Feb 2013 #210

Little Tavern. nytemare Feb 2013 #211