Forgotten Fast Food restaurants.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

192. A new one in LaPlata, huh?

Last time I was in the area, the one in Solomons was still up and running.

Interesting how Roy Rogers and Hardees waned and waxed in a span of about 10 years.

In my town, we had a Hardee's. Then Hardee's bought out Roy Rogers and changed them into Hardees. Then Hardee's changed many of its Hardee's back into Roy Rogers, and changed some of the original Hardees into Roy Rogers as well (the one in my town included). Then Hardees sold off most of its Roy Rogers, keeping some of its original Hardees and the Roy Rogers franchise declined. And then you saw a decline of the number of Hardees in the Baltimore-Washington metro area as well (although I believe there are still a few there, and some on the Eastern Shore as well).

At one point though, due to the interwining nature of Hardees and Roy Rogers and takeovers between the two, I remember a situation in Waldorf, Maryland where there was a Hardees literally across the street from another Hardees--one an original Hardees, and another a former Roy Rogers that became a Hardees.)

On the subject of Hardees, I actually like Hardees a lot. They had a lot of interesting menu items. Then they sold the company to the Carl Jr.'s owners and it wasn't the the same since.