A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

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1. Roger Owen Green says:

   June 13, 2012 at 1:54 pm

   Carroll's – does that still exist anywhere? But I stopped in the mid-1970s, when they forced their way into the village of New Paltz, with its hideous orange facade. We boycotted it, and it did not stay ;ong.
2. M. D. Jackson says:

   June 13, 2012 at 2:11 pm

   I used to go to Denny's with my buddies all the time. They were open all the time so we'd usually go really late after a movie or something, get a Grand Slam Breakfast. We'd gather 'round a booth talking all night and drinking coffee. Sometimes I'd go home as the sun was coming up completely wired and unable to sleep.

   Stopped doing that after I got married and had a family. Denny's is a whole different experience when you have kids. We also moved to a small town that doesn't have one.
3. Call me Paul says:

   June 13, 2012 at 2:24 pm

   Chi Chi's. We used to eat there all the time. Loved the place. My wife even worked there for a while.
4. Anonymous says:

   June 13, 2012 at 2:47 pm

   In the midwest, there is a chain called Braum's. It's an old-fashioned fast food restaurant plus a local dairy/farm market. They make the best chocolate malts ever. I lived in places that had Braum'ses between 1996-1999, but they have yet to open a KC-area store. Last year, I drove about 30 miles out of my way after a family vacation at Melvern Lake to have one of those legendary malts, and it was worth it.
5. SK Waller says:

   June 13, 2012 at 3:04 pm

   My mom and I used to go to a BBQ place called Love's. I think they were only in California. The chain eventually went out of business. I still remember the particular flavor of their BBQ sauce.
6. Bill says:

   June 13, 2012 at 3:07 pm

   Bojangles. Popeyes is actually better, but there isn't one around. Bojangles had a breakfast chicken on a biscuit that was mighty good, and the dirty rice was a good side dish.
7. teflonjedi says:

   June 13, 2012 at 3:40 pm

   The Border Cafe…a small chain in the Boston area. I used to go to the Cambridge MA restaurant religiously. Then I moved to Cupertino, and then to China.
8. fillyjonk says:

   June 13, 2012 at 5:48 pm

   Friendly's. I think they went bankrupt? Or at any rate, there aren't any outside of the Northeast or eastern Midwest that I know of. The food wasn't that great but I loved their ice cream creations when I was a kid.

   Also, Noble Roman's. They used to be a wonderful pizza place (their deep dish was great, if incredibly calorific). Haven't seen one in years except as little places in gas stations, and I expect the pizza would be a sad shadow of its former self.
9. Michael May says:

   June 13, 2012 at 5:57 pm

   Chick-Fil-A, for the same reason you don't go to Burgerville USA anymore.

   They're all over the South where I grew up, but the only one in my area is in the student union at the U of M. It's a part of town I rarely go to, the hours are limited, and parking is a hassle.
10. Ben Varkentine says:

    June 13, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    I don't know if this counts but Burger King, of all places, has really gone to hell around here.
11. Lynn says:

    June 14, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    Applebee's. I'm not sure why. We used to live near one and ate there several times a year but now even if we're away from home, looking for something to eat and see an Applebee's we don't stop there.
12. fillyjonk says:

    June 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    I don't eat at Applebee's any more either – that's because one time when I went to the one nearest me I received AWFUL treatment as a solo diner. It was not a busy time – after the lunch hour on a weekday and they were not busy.

    I waited forever, got attitude from the waitress, had several people ask me "You're sure you're not waiting for someone else" (WTH? How would I not be sure of that).

    I got such a feeling of "We don't understand or like single women dining here" so I never went back.

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