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there are a lot of fast food restaurants in the world but some of them only existed
for a brief period of time here are 10 more chain restaurants that vanished across america it's gone
howard johnson's so i must make my hotel of dreams like every other howard johnson howard
johnson's once the largest restaurant chain in the united states began as a modest soda fountain and
newsstand in quincy massachusetts the restaurant's owner died in 1925 leaving howard deering johnson
his 27 year old son to take over johnson renamed the business after himself increased marketing
efforts and most critically altered the shop's ice cream recipe johnson then went on to build
a couple additional restaurants on his own before partnering with a local businessman to grow even
further resulting in one of the earliest modern day restaurant franchises which subsequently
expanded to include motor lodges for travelers unfortunately the chain's expansion also set
it up for spectacular failure in the mid-1970s when the u.s energy crisis struck the company's
earnings were slashed when gas costs rose and travel drastically fell the only thing that didn't
fall was the price of gas howard johnson's was unable to compete in the new landscape
while growing chains such as mcdonald's continued to appeal to younger customers howard johnson
hotels still exist today but their distinctive orange topped restaurants and their butter fat
rich ice creams are unfortunately a thing of the past vips just waiting for my breakfast
luis vips was one of the earliest 24-hour restaurant franchises in the united states
similar to a modern day denny's or other late night diners breakfast lunch and supper classics
were served at the venues which were generally located near a major freeway vips had more than
50 locations at its height making it one of the largest restaurant chains in the northeast history
i'm rich i'm rich in 1968 the first vips debuted near to a lot in oregon additional stores sprang
up all throughout the state including in salem and seattle before spreading to neighboring washington
nevada and northern california look for us and we'll look for you was the restaurant's famous
slogan despite vip's success when denny's offered to acquire 35 of the chain's restaurants in 1982
the company's founders considered the deal too good to pass up and agreed to the transaction on
the condition that the vips employees kept their jobs following that transaction further sites were
sold in 1984 and 1989 thereby ending the vip's tale and closing down one of america's favorite
diners porn and heart art why are you whispering about getting a new vending machine new vending
machine model number oh that's why horn and heart art isn't only a defunct restaurant franchise
it's also a type of restaurant that's nearly gone in the united states the famed auto mat an auto
mat invented in berlin in 1895 is a sort of fast food restaurant in which all of the food is sold
by vending machines with little or no human interaction auto mats were originally thought
of as a quick convenient and dependable method to receive a nice meal with prepared sandwiches
pies and cakes presented behind little glass doors if you saw anything you liked you simply
put some coins in the slot and a door would open revealing a dish to take out and heat easy peasy
horn and heart art reigned supreme among the auto matte eateries the business originated in
philadelphia in 1902 and grew to more than 180 sites during its golden years from 1920 to 1950
especially in new york and philadelphia salisbury steak huckleberry pie and freshly made coffee were
among the chain's most popular menu items unfortunately during the 1960s and 1970s
fast food chains took a toll on the automat industry and many horn and heart art shops closed
the franchise lasted as long as it could until its final store in new york city closed in 1991.
horned and hard art coffee is still available today but only online and you have to make it
and serve it yourself as we keep moving on take a second to hit that like button would you thank you
next plums my hot dog for restaurant patrons who were fortunate enough to try the lums menu when
it was still available the frequent dispute was always about which was better lum's famed beer
steamed hot dog with sherry infused sauerkraut or the ollie burger a hamburger patty stuffed with a
top secret combination of 32 spices there really was no right answer though as they were both
legendary in their own right lums was first opened in 1956 in miami beach by two brothers stuart and
clifford perlman they'd grown to four restaurants by 1961 and then continued to rapidly expand
during the height of lom's popularity the number of outlets had climbed to over 450. the brothers
were able to acquire caesar's palace las vegas for 60 million dollars in 1969 because business was so
booming wow that good huh they sold the franchise to john y brown the former chairman of kfc
and owner of the mva's buffalo braves two years later brown brought the ollie burger to lums after
purchasing the recipe from a miami beach sandwich restaurant owner what was the cost of his recipe
purchase how about one million dollars a monster some at the time lums is also known for having tv
legend milton berle as its spokesperson but even uncle milty couldn't save the business from
bankruptcy and closure in 1983. after 49 years in operation the only surviving lums in bellevue
nebraska closed in 2017. brown derby welcome to hollywood few places in los angeles can match the
legendary brown derby a big brown hat-shaped diner that first opened its doors in 1926 the restaurant
was designed to be unique hence its unusual construction and rapidly became a playground
for hollywood celebrities wannabes and everyday people hoping to dine among the stars actors such
as groucho marx rita hayworth and clark gable were regulars and their likenesses were featured
in the restaurant's famed collection of celebrity caricatures and the cuisine at the brown derby was
incredible to say the least the cobb salad was invented there and named for the restaurant's
owner robert cobb the restaurant is claimed to be the birthplace of the shirley temple cocktail
as well regrettably the brown derby empire's flash and flare waned with time the first derby
facility closed in 1980 due to a disagreement over building renovations and exorbitant rent increases
according to various sources the remaining sites shuttered within five years how sad is
that people interested in learning more about the brown derby's history can visit the brown
derby memorial at disney's hollywood studios in orlando beefsteak charlie's so then i went over
to beefsteak julie's these take charlie's yes it's easy to understand why beefsteak charlie's
was a restaurant lover's dream in the 1970s and 1980s with its all-you-can-eat salad bar
limitless beer wine and sangria as well as gigantic sized hamburgers steaks ribs and
chicken all available at impossibly low costs dude shut up that is awesome sauce according to
various sources the first beefsteak charlies was a prominent sports tavern that debuted in 1910
in new york city by 1984 there were more than 50 beefsteak charlies on the east coast
all of which lived true to the brand's iconic slogan i'll feed you like there's no tomorrow
it was this slogan that really made beefsteak charlie's famous the brand was sold to bombay
palace restaurants in 1987 but the company went bankrupt just two years later by the early 2000s
all of the remaining beefsteak charlie's restaurants were closed and food fanatics
around the united states shed a collective tear red barn there's a barn what is your fascination
with barns when the hungry's hit hit the red barn that was the slogan for the red barn restaurants
which were founded by a team of entrepreneurs in springfield ohio in 1961. red barn was a set of
country-themed fast food establishments that were fashioned like barns painted bright red
and definitely not renowned for subtlety red barn was regarded for being ahead of its time
when it came to the food it provided despite its rustic facade the big barney and barn buster two
massive gourmet burgers were akin to the big mac and whopper of subsequent years the eclectic red
barns menu included breaded and fried atlantic fish as well as deep fried chicken produced in
a henny penny fryer the same industrial fryer used by colonel sanders at kfc when i win a
chicken dinner with a big self-service salad bar packed with endless salad components and
every style of salad conceivable red barn was also the first chain to let customers eat their salad
their way extra croutons and extra anchovies according to a red barn historical site there
were between 300 and 400 red barn restaurants sprinkled across america during its zenith however
as the country's preferences evolved profitability stagnated and the company was sold numerous times
notably in the late 1970s to the proprietors of the roadside travel center motel 6. despite new
menus and an attempt to modernize the business was never able to reclaim its former splendor and all
red barn operations ended in 1988. chock full of nuts do you normally take coffee with your sugar
what because coffee isn't a nut the moniker chock full of nuts for canned ground coffee is a little
misleading the firm on the other hand began as a nut store on broadway in new york city in 1926.
after the great depression made nuts an expensive indulgence founder william black turned what had
grown into a collection of 18 nut stores into a coffee shop lunch counter and low cost convenience
store the outlets sold a cup of freshly brewed coffee and a popular nutted cheese sandwich which
consisted of cream cheese and chopped nuts on raisin bread for just five cents chock full of
nuts survived the great depression by providing low-cost food and coffee which became so popular
that black began selling the coffee in grocery stores in the early 1950s it was a big brand
well into the 1980s by the time black died in 1983 the firm had a revenue of over 100 million dollars
with 80 percent of it coming from grocery store coffee the remainder came from one of manhattan's
and brooklyn's 25 chock full of nuts coffee and sandwich eateries however by the end of the 1980s
all of these restaurants had closed down but you can still find the distinct yellow tin of coffee
in many grocery stores steak and dale you know what they say about tenderloin always a risky
option it's got to be done just just right steak and ale typified mid-century suburban
sit-down eating when it opened in dallas in the mid-1960s steak and ale debuted on the scene at
a time when a steakhouse meal was considered a rare treat for the wealthy and pretentious
however steak and ale brought steakhouse fare to the public with accessible pricing in cozy old
english inspired dining rooms how would you save money 280 steak and ale locations served hungry
patrons in the mid-1980s and for several years were under the control of pillsbury's restaurant
division steak and ale was eventually pushed out of the casual dining market it helped promote the
owner at the time metro media restaurant group filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and all steak and
ale locations were permanently shut down this included all of metro media's company-owned
bennigan's restaurants unaffected were franchised bennigan's locations which remained operational
and 10 years later the remaining ones provided fans of the original steak and ale the chance
to relive some of their favorite dishes the kensington club an eight-ounce sirloin covered
with a unique glaze mushroom topped smothered chicken and pineapple heavy hawaiian chicken
all appeared on the bennigan's menu in 2018 to many fans surprise barrels 400 keys of pure
vanilla ice cream countless kids growing up on the u.s west coast and in hawaii must have felt
quite unique and lucky if they got to have their birthday party at farrell's ice cream parlor
not only did guests get a free ice cream sundae on their birthday but the entire
establishment had a non-stop party vibe noise flavored with a turn-of-the-century sensibility
the staff dressed in 1890s stripes and boater hats while serving banana splits and massive
ice cream mountains while a player piano blared out ragtime and old-timey tunes after opening its
first site in portland oregon in 1963 farrell's had grown to 130 locations by the mid-1970s
after being bombed by the marriott corporation farrell's was sold to an investor group in the
early 1980s and by 1990 just a handful remained as the novelty of an 1890s ice cream parlor wore
off and growing competition from rival ice cream and frozen yogurt businesses grew the
final ferals located in brea california closed in 2019 bringing the chain's storied history
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