over the years a lot of fast food restaurants have come and gone some more memorable than others here
are 15 forgotten fast food chains Gino's Burgers when he says we're going to Geno's we go to Chinos
Gino's was a fast food hamburger restaurant that was originally founded in Baltimore in 1957. the
founders included several football players at the time including the restaurant's namesake
Gino marchetti this group of football players were not the first nor would they be the last
professional athletes to dive into the fast food game unfortunately for them they would
find it difficult to compete with the amount of competition there were many other restaurants
out there also selling fast food hamburgers hey what are you doing what's selling hamburgers and
the last Geno's restaurant would close down in 1982 marking the end of the chains run in
more recent years there was an attempt to revive the fast food chain resulting in the opening and
subsequent closing of several new locations while their website advertises franchising opportunities
there are currently only two small locations still in operation so it does not look like Gino's is
going to make a big come back anytime soon shook's fresh and tasty it's not just about Fried Chicken
night man Jukes was an Australian restaurant chain that got its start in 1991 but under a different
name River rooster with a focus on chicken the fast food chain tended to operate in smaller
locations where their direct competitors did not yet have any locations they rebranded in 2003
with their new moniker coming from a competition that let their customers suggest and vote on the
new name chook's fresh and tasty was the result of this competition and the company followed through
with their rebranding I'm gonna hide and change my identity to a name no one else has ever heard of
unfortunately the name change did not help them stand up against bigger names like KFC
and the company was bought out by one of their direct competitors and was rebranded under the
popular chicken treat brand at the height of their popularity chook's fresh and tasty had
its 34 locations in Australia Henry's Hamburgers I love this burger so delicious Henry's Hamburgers
was yet another fast food hamburger restaurant that attempted to make a name for itself in the
over saturated fast food market of the 1950s Henry's originally opened in 1954. they grew
quickly with a total of 35 locations opening up in the first two years and over 200 locations
were opened Across America at the height of their popularity this popularity would not last forever
with Henry's beginning to rapidly close locations starting in the mid-1970s today one lone Henry's
Hamburgers locations still stands in Benton Harbor Michigan a lone survivor in the mass
closing of hundreds of restaurants due to their inability to directly compete with the large
fast food chains such as McDonald's Little Tavern the commissary will continue to serve horrifying
artery clogging hamburger Little Tavern was a fast food hamburger chain that started operations
in 1927 growing to 33 total restaurants by 1937. while the restaurants did have a few small tables
for seating most of their business was takeout with their slogan being buy them buy the bag
Little Tavern operated for quite some time before going completely out of business in 2008 one of
the longest operating fast food hamburger chains that for a while competed with the
big names like McDonald's and Burger King there are likely more than a few people out there who
remember the quaint design of the Little Tavern shops I just realized why I remember this place
originally looking similar to White Castle Building designs little taverns switched to
a Tudor style Cottage design for their stores in order to stand out more from the competition
in the end the design didn't stop this franchise from disappearing for good Lums I picked up some
chili dogs from lumps Lums was a chain of family restaurants that originally started as a hot dog
stand that was sold to new owners for around ten thousand dollars the new owners took the
successful hot dog stand and turned it into some quick service family restaurants mainly focusing
on fast food style food served in a sit-down restaurant their signature item was a hot dog
that was steamed in beer the original recipe was the reason the owners purchased the hot dog stand
in the first place it's a secret recipe that has been in my family for Generations they saw success
for a few years operating from 1956 to 1982. over these years ownership of the chain changed
ends a couple of times until the last owners had to declare bankruptcy pup and taco I was thinking
tacos and nachos well that sounds good to me pup and taco first opened in 1956 in Southern
California this was a fast food chain dedicated to serving both hot dogs and Tacos as their main
menu options hence the name pup and taco they grew quickly in early 1972 they had 50 locations and a
year later they had opened another 12 locations only continuing to grow over the years growing
the business is generally considered to be a good thing however in 1984 Taco Bell bought
out 99 of the pup and Taco locations mainly for their Prime real estate locations three
locations did remain under the pup and taco name after the Taco Bell buyout but these would also
close in 2010 ending the long-running history of this hot dog and taco focused fast food chain
Red Barn I see a farm with a red bar I know who's in the barn Red Barn was a chain of restaurants
that served food out of locations built to look unsurprisingly like large red barns originally
opened in 1961 the chain would find a lot of popularity quickly spreading across the
United States and even venturing into Canada and Australia they were pleased to become one of the
largest restaurant chains on an international scale Unfortunately they would meet a different
fate after being bought out by a company in the late 1960s that company then merged with another
who seemed much less interested in maintaining the Red Barn restaurants if you want to grow
the business you got to play the game they stopped advertising efforts and slowly let the rights and
leases of the restaurant lapse until they had all either been repurposed bought out or rebranded a
lot of the Australian locations were bought out by McDonald's and reconstructed into their own
buildings while this chain was all but forgotten for a while there has been a recent Resurgence
of nostalgia driven groups who are calling for some new investors to open the chain back up
White Tower there used to be a White Castle right here in this location where is it
White Castle is still a popular fast food hamburger restaurant that's been in operation for
a century White Tower was a fast food hamburger restaurant that blatantly tried to copy the secret
of White Castle's success originally founded in 1926 five years after White Castle White Tower
found its peak popularity in the 1950s with 230 locations across the United States there were
two lawsuits between White Tower and White Castle in their long histories and White Castle won bows
with the courts having determined that White Tower had deliberately copied White Castle's name and
look stop copying me while White Castle did not ask them to change their name White Tower was made
to change the look of their stores while they no longer have a few hundred stores and many people
have forgotten that they existed White Tower does still have one restaurant in operation to this day
Milligan's beefy Burgers now who wants a hamburger Milligan's beefy Burgers was founded originally in
1942 in Tennessee by 1964 milligans had expanded to 16 locations in Florida they would start to
see their decline in the 1960s another victim of the mass competition in the fast food hamburger
business you declare bankruptcy all your problems go away milligans was unable to compete with the
major fast food chains that had a lot more money to put into advertising to draw in customers the
ones extremely popular Florida hamburger chain would begin to close restaurants in the 1960s
and today it's largely forgotten despite its once iconic history in the region Jerry's hamburgers
big hamburgers small hamburgers too Jerry's hamburgers was opened in the early 1960s with
their restaurant and business model being heavily influenced by McDonald's at the time this was due
to the fact that one of the original owners had actually been a vice president at McDonald's prior
to opening his own fast food chain the chain started with little to no interior seating
originally focusing on quick takeout service though they would adapt over the years and add
more seating as the demand for eat in fast food became greater in 1981 the corporation
itself would fold though some franchises operated independently until the last one closed in 1999.
mini pearls chicken it's here in this fried chicken restaurant mini pearls Fried Chicken
was named after the famous country singer Minnie Pearl but despite the fact that they use such
a famous name to sell franchises the restaurant chain itself would not last long this was largely
due to the fact that the chain wasn't founded based on a really good recipe like KFC mini pearls
franchises were allowed to cook their chicken however they wanted with no real consistency or
uniformity among the different franchises aside from the name you're not a chef oh really then
why do I already have a restaurant in Orlando's largest indoor water park this would ultimately
be the reason that many pearls Fried Chicken would end with customers quickly disappointed
in the lack of direction or consistency among the restaurants themselves the original Founders did
not seem to care having moved on to other Ventures though Minnie Pearl herself was embarrassed
to have her name attached to such a failed franchise guys wetsons this is a tasty burger
Watson's was yet another fast food hamburger chain with Burgers probably being the most
popular type of fast food sold for the past hundred or so years wetsons originally opened
in 1959 and saw popularity due to their 15 cent hamburgers and 10 cent fries at the time their
most popular hamburger can be compared to the Big Mac and was called the Big W at their Peak wetsons
would have over 70 restaurants and there are a lot of similarities between them and McDonald's
from their slogans to their clown mascots wetsons seemed to follow many of the popular McDonald's
tactics but kept just far enough away from copying them that they would not get sued I mean hey they
play it smart despite their attempts to compete with and copy McDonald's the restaurant chains
would ultimately close down in the mid-1970s when they merged with another company and effectively
ended their own brand Pizza Haven pizza so where's Pizza Pizza Haven was an Australian
fast food pizza chain that was founded by four brothers in 1984. by the year 2000 the
brothers had seen success in the franchising of their pizza-based restaurants with around
180 restaurants being open by that time they had expanded all over Australia and New Zealand and in
2005 the majority of their New Zealand locations were bought out by Domino's Pizza and converted
into their own stores however a few of the pizza Haven stores remained open in New Zealand but
eventually even those stores would be converted into Domino's Pizza Outlets a Domino's guy brings
the pizza like this now in 2008 the rest of the company was bought out and all remaining Pizza
Haven stores were eventually converted into Pizza Hut locations Kenny Rogers Roasters not fast food
good food quickly Kenny Rogers has had his name attached to a lot of things over the years the
country singer wasn't just famous for his music but also for diversifying his business ventures
founded in 1991 as a chicken restaurant the singer and his business associates would boast a total of
156 worldwide locations at the height of their popularity one of rogers's business partners
was a former CEO of KFC so he had a good partner who knew the chicken business did you just call
me chicken despite this the Kenny Rogers locations across the United States would close by late 2011
and only their International restaurants remained in business noggles the only thing weird would
be if someone didn't like Mexican food because I'm making fajitas noggles was a Mexican-style
fast food restaurant that was founded in Southern California in 1970. the Chain Saw moderate success
during its 25 or so years in the business while noggles would have over 200 locations across the
United States over the years they would disappear quickly noggles locations were bought out by Del
Taco in 1995 and the name was taken off the market as all of their locations were instead converted
to operate as Del Taco Outlets instead while there was a recent attempt at Reviving this once
beloved Mexican fast food restaurant it has not yet blown up to the proportions of the previous
Incarnation it came back there is a chance that noggles could be making a rare comeback for those
who do remember the restaurants this is an exciting prospect and for the many who have
never tried it we get the chance to see what the hype around the noggles name is all about