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  • MIB41
    Eloquent Member
    • Sep 25, 2005
    • 15633

    #16
    I was going to say Ollies Trolly, then I looked it up online and found one remaining in downtown Louisville. I'm going!

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    • The Toyroom
      The Packaging King
      • Dec 31, 2004
      • 16653

      #17
      Originally posted by Mikey
      I miss Bonanza and Ponderosa

      They were good for cheap buffets
      Ponderosa is still around...
      Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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      • johnnystorm
        Hot Child in the City
        • Jul 3, 2008
        • 4293

        #18
        Burger Chef, Red Barn- two VERY missed places!

        We had a Mister Donut when I was a kid, it became a Donut Connection then disappeared. Same with Sambos, which became Dennys (truly one of the blandest, worst places to eat in America!). Our Showbiz Pizza became a Chuck E Cheese. And Pondersosa folded.

        We still have a Bonanza about 15 miles from here, but I haven't gone there in years.

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        • The Toyroom
          The Packaging King
          • Dec 31, 2004
          • 16653

          #19
          Our Friendly's in town just closed yesterday after being in business there for 45 years...
          Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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          • Relic
            Banned
            • Jun 24, 2012
            • 1408

            #20
            Does Hardees exist anywhere, other than Minnesota?

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            • Earth 2 Chris
              Verbose Member
              • Mar 7, 2004
              • 32966

              #21
              Does Hardees exist anywhere, other than Minnesota?
              Hardee's is all over around these parts. And is called Carl Jr's elsewhere.

              It's funny how some chains pull out of areas. All the Popeye's closed up in my neck of the woods a few years back.

              Chris
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              • MIB41
                Eloquent Member
                • Sep 25, 2005
                • 15633

                #22
                Originally posted by Earth 2 Chris
                Hardee's is all over around these parts. And is called Carl Jr's elsewhere.

                It's funny how some chains pull out of areas. All the Popeye's closed up in my neck of the woods a few years back.

                Chris
                C'mon down the road brotha. Popeyes abound in Louisville. Maybe we should do a 70's venture to that toy store you talked about and then hit Ollies Trolly afterwards! Now that would be a nostalgic trip!
                Last edited by MIB41; Aug 1, '13, 9:38 AM.

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                • Red Hulk
                  Career Member
                  • Dec 19, 2012
                  • 850

                  #23
                  Hardees is still here in PA but not in Lebanon the closest one for me is Myerstown.

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                  • ScottA
                    Original Member
                    • Jun 25, 2001
                    • 12264

                    #24
                    Yea, Hardees is all over the South. And we have Popeys here too, although I've only actually eaten there once.

                    I just ate at a Ponderosa in Orlando during MegaCon last March.

                    Two restaurants we don't have here in town is Long John Silvers and Denny's. We used to have both, but one day they all just left.

                    I do remember Burger Chef. The building is still standing here but it's an applicance store now.
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                    • boss
                      Talkative Member
                      • Jun 18, 2003
                      • 7217

                      #25
                      Our Burger Chef closed and a Hardees opened up in it's place about 1981 or 82. I could use me some Burger Chef for lunch. mmmm...
                      Fresh, not from concentrate.

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                      • spacecaps
                        Second Mouse
                        • Aug 24, 2011
                        • 2093

                        #26
                        Another that came to mind...Sizzler. It was so popular at one point it had it's own catch phrase whenever something good happened (We goin' Sizzler!) We also had a place around here in the early 80's called Buckston's. I'm not sure if they were all over but I have fond memories of that place. Also did anyone have a K-mart with a restaurant in the back? Like it was actually just part of K-mart just like Target has their little food station or Walmart has Subways or Mcdonalds in them only this place was basically the K-Mart Diner. We used to go for breakfast and around the holidays Santa would show up.

                        Cheeseburger In Paradise all closed up recently. (Thank god!) and there was this place called the Boulder Creek Steak House that opened next to an 18plex movie theater (and was the only place to eat in the parking lot) and was so terrible they went out.

                        In a few years Perkins, Friendlies, and Boston Market would probably make it on this list.
                        "Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day I can tell you."

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                        • Marvelmania
                          A Ray of Sunshine
                          • Jun 17, 2001
                          • 10392

                          #27
                          Back in the late 70s-early 80s we had a Weiner King right beside of a Burger King, they had the best hamburgers in town. Popeyes just opened it's first place in our area this past Tues. Hardees/ Red Burrito is all around here. They have the worst Mexican food you can ever imagine. Other old favorites here that no longer exist are Henny Penny's ( better chicken than KFC by far) and The Dutch Maid. There used to be a Bonanza in Kingsport, TN a few miles away about 3 years ago.

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                          • Spawn67
                            Career Member
                            • Aug 14, 2009
                            • 816

                            #28
                            I remember in the early 80's there was a chain called RUSTLER.
                            We had Roy Rogers fast food which I liked alot when I was a kid.
                            We also had GINO's and the have recently reopened.

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                            • knight errant00
                              8 Inch Action Figure
                              • Nov 15, 2005
                              • 1775

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Relic
                              Does Hardees exist anywhere, other than Minnesota?
                              I can look out the window of my office here in downtown St. Louis and see a Hardees. They're all over town here.

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                              • knight errant00
                                8 Inch Action Figure
                                • Nov 15, 2005
                                • 1775

                                #30
                                Shakey's Pizza, Ground Round, Burger Chef, Howard Johnson's . . . all places I remember as a kid that are all gone now. And I met my wife at Mister Donut . . .

                                All the Rally's/Checkers around here seemed to close up a couple years ago. For a long time, whe had no Dunkin' Donuts around (no great loss) but they opened a few 3 or four years ago.

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