24 emblematic restaurants who are gone forever

Make a ride from the memory track with these fast food chains once loved that are now clogged.


McDonalds,Burger King, andWendy's are allfast food Restaurants with worldwide recognition and thousands of outlets around the world. But there dozens of othersFast food failure This has never been able to reach this level of renown, for a variety of reasons.

For VIP, a chain based on Oregon that has gone through once the sale of delicious dinners, the rise of the denny competitor is proven too much to support. In the case of the chief burger, the overexpension brought the McDonald'sque chain down, and for the taco 's puppy, a merger with Taco Bell was the beginning of the end. How many of these faulty fast channels will remember?

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Café All-Star

The official all star cafe
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In the late 1990s, theme restaurants were more and more popular and the All-Star Café of the Planet Hollywood had all purchases of success. The sports icons such as Andre Agassi, Joe Montana, Ken Griffey Jr. and Shaquille O'Neal even invested in the chain of ten restaurants and appeared in a handful of advertisements for that, but the latest Café All-Star (located At Walt Disney World Wide World of Sports) Shuttered in 2007.

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Gino Burgers

Gino's hamburgers
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Gino burgers were founded in 1957 by NFL Hall of Fame Gino Marchetti. The channel was extinguished at a solid start, thanks to the intelligent decision to combine rapid restoration and sports. But even if there were more than 330 Gino burgers across the country in 1972, glory has not lasted. In the 1980s, Marriott bought the chain and merged with Roy Rogers. A new iteration of Gino burgers and chicken has called in 2010 with a new menu, and there are still two places of two gins in Maryland today.

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3

VIP

VIP's
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Although this Oregon-based catering chain has once larger than 50 places in the western United States, its similarities of Denny Faculty finally led to its disappearance in 1989, at least two decades after its foundation. .

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4

The Mexican restaurant of Chi Chi

Chi-Chi's
A tribute to the Mexican restaurant of Chi Chi / Facebook

The Mexican restaurant in Chi Chi quickly expanded after the first opening in Minneapolis in 1975 and two decades later, the chain had 210 locations in the United States. However, the chain once a thriving time was not a correspondence for a series of poor financial decisions and an epidemic of hepatitis - an epidemic that has written off the hundreds in 2003. Although there is no American outpost of the left of Chi Chi, a dozen still exist in Europe.

5

Fresh and tasty chosen

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Founded in 1991, Chooks Fresh & Tasty was a Western Australian fast food chain specializing in the barbecillo chicken and fried. At one point, there were 34 lower locations, but in 2010, the remaining sites of Chooks have been registered as a chicken treat, another fast Australian chain.

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6

Howard Johnson's

Howard johnson's
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Howard Johnson revolutionized dinning when he launched his eponymous chain in the 1920s. At some point, Howard Johnson was the largest catering chain of the country, but the business model serve pre-manufactured food In traditional dining rooms lost popularity when McDonald's restaurants like the breastfall on the stage.

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Doggie diner

Doggie diner
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Doggie Dinner was a small fast food chain serving hot dogs and burgers in San Francisco and Oakland, California. Canine's inspired restaurants ran from 1948 to 1986, and at once, there were 30 sites around the San Francisco Bay area. Nevertheless, not even a cute mascot could keep the chain afloat, and she stopped in 1986 after trying to compete with the tastes of Burger King and McDonald's.

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Henry Hamburgers

henrys hamburgers sign michigan
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Henry's Hamburgers was founded as a walk in Chicago in 1954 and the chain was known for his burgers, his fries and his milkshakes. In 1956, there were 35 Henry Hamburgers locations in the Chicago area and early 1960s, the chain rose to the number of current industry giants, such as McDonald's. Unfortunately, things took a ride for the worst in the mid-1970s and today Henry's burgers are still standing in Michigan.

9

Tavern

Little tavern
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Six years after the White Castle was founded in Wichita, the first small tavern open on the east coast. Similar to the White Castle, the restaurants sold hamburgers and a block construction and a design inspired by the castle. Although there was once above 40 small tavernic locations operating in and around Baltimore, Arlington and Washington, D.C., the last small tavern closed in 2008.

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Burger chef

Burger chef
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In 1957, the first Chief Burger opened in Indianapolis. Thanks to a patented flame flesh that could pump hamburgers at a rate of 800 per hour, success and expansion quickly followed. In 1972, there were 1,200 chief of Burger locations, but despite a pioneer of the concept of sale of a child-oriented meal of a small hamburger, fries, drinks, dessert and small toys six years before the Beginning of the happy meal, the overexpension finally did the business in and it was Toast in 1981.

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Lums

Lum's
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He was known for his steam dogs in the beer, but not even a fast foodstock so tasty and unhealthy, who was enough to support the company, especially after the company that had bought the Palace of Caesar at Las Vegas for $ 60 million in 1969. After changing the hand several times, Lum's filed for bankruptcy and closed for good in 1983.

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STEAK HOUSE DE VALLE

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The Steak House of Valle was an American chain of restaurants that operated on the east coast from 1933 and at some point of 3,600 people. The family management points focused on steaks and lobsters and even had an exclusive offer with a slaughterhouse in Chicago, but the chain made the fatal error of aggressive expansion in the early 1970s. The last steak house of the last valley closed in August 2000.

13

Kenny Rogers Roasters

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Kenny Rogers Roasters was launched by Singer Kenny Rogers in 1991 with KFC Mogul John Y. Brown. The chain that specializes in the roasting chicken has quickly expanded to 425 locations, but even Rogers' fame was not enough to keep it solvent. It went bankrupt in 1998 after being bought by Nathan, but more than 100 locations remain in Asia.

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Pizza haven of peace

Pizza haven
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Pizza Haven was a pizza catering chain that worked in Australia and New Zealand for a little over two decades. It was founded in 1984 by four brothers: Evan, Louis, Bill and Gabriel Christou. The Quartet started at Pizza Haven with the help of a $ 24,000 mortgage on their parents' home and has all been active in the management of the company until it is gradually sold to the Domino pizza and pizza hut from 2006.

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Nic pump

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Pumper Nic was a popular fast food restaurant in Argentina that was founded in 1974. The central sandwich menu was a great success with the inhabitants and, to this day, the Argentines consider that the mulch nic is a cult classic. Unfortunately, the chain could not compete with the tastes of Burger King and McDonald's, and it closed in 1999.

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16

Puppy 'n' taco

Pup 'n' taco
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The puppy 'N' Taco was founded in 1956 by Big Donut Founder Russ Wendel in the south of California, and at its peak, the chain had more than 100 stores in the area. As the name suggests, the channel was known for hot dogs and tacos, but the menu also showed a variety of snacks and burgers. Taco Bell bought 99 from Chiche Taco locations in 1984 and the remaining three remaining in the 2010s.

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Red barn

Red barn
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The red barn was a fast food chain founded in 1961 in Springfield, Ohio. As you may have guessed, the restaurants were shaped like barns and painted red. Known for its Big Mac-esque Burgers and self-service salads, Red Barn had 300 to 400 restaurants in 19 states, as well as points of sale in Canada and Australia at its peak. After changing its property several times, the operation ceased in 1988.

18

Wetson

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Wetson was a Fast Food Food Chain that operated from 1959 to 1975 and was known for its signature "Big W" Burger, as well as 15 hundred burgers and 10 hundred fries. At the top of the metropolitan area of ​​New York, there were about 70 locations in the New York metropolitan area, but an inability to compete with Burger King and McDonald's forced Waison's forced to close in 1975 after an unfortunate merger with the famous Nathan.

19

Wimpy

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Wimpy was founded in Bloomington, Indiana in 1934 and finally grew up at 25 locations in the United States and 1,500 people outside America. The international locations have changed many times and a few tens of these outposts remain open in Europe in different brands, while South Africa is home to a few hundred Wimpy restaurants, also marked differently. However, all US locations closed in 1978.

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Beefsteak Charlie's

Beefsteak charlie's
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Beefsteak Charlie opened in 1910 in New York and was a success thanks to his Special Sandwich and Steak Horse Racing Theme. But the chain was not founded until 1976 as a revival of the Steak & Brew Steak & Brew Empire. Beefsteak Charlie has acquired the popularity of consumers with its unlimited salad bar and unlimited sangria, beer and wine; At one point, there were more than 60 locations throughout the east coast. However, this model eventually proved too expensive. Although the latest Beefsteak Charlie is open in 2009 at the Westfield Sunrise Mall in Nassau County, New York, it ended shortly thereafter.

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Steak and beer

steak and ale restaurant
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Norman Brinker, who brought us jack in the box and Chile, based on the Steak and Ale of Chile and Ale in Dallas in 1966. The restaurant was intended to provide guests with high-end steak experience at more prices Low (at one point, you could get an eight ounce net for $ 1.95). And while it led to 280 locations across the country in the late 1980s, it did not last. Steak and Ale officially closed in 2008.

22

white tower

White Tower hamburgers
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White Tower Hamburgers was founded by a father and son team in Milwaukee in 1926 as a flagrant white castle tear, up to the white fortress buildings and a similar menu. In fact, the chains were so similar that the White Castle continued the white tower around 1930 and forced the chain to alter its aesthetics. Miraculously, the White Tower survived the pursuit and culminated at 230 locations in the 1950s, but the last surgive in 2004.

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Minnie pearl chicken

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After the famous Minnie Pearl singer, his name to this chicken chain in the 1960s, the company quickly climbed and at some point there were more than 500 locations across the country. However, overexpension, mismanagement and runoff with US titles and the Board of Exchange on Accounting Irregularities have all contributed to the disappearance of the chain. In the late 1960s, Minnie Pearl was no longer.

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

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With a patriotic name, Yankee Doodle Dandy Restaurants became luminaires in Chicago and around Chicago in the mid-1970s. At one point, the King-esque Burger chain had up to 27 restaurants around Illinois, but at the beginning From the 1980s, the chain was over.

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story includedTacos On this list and indicated incorrectly that a place of relaunched communal was open only for a summer in 2016. There are currently three Naugles sites in open California for businesses.


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