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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 14, 2017 5:22:33 GMT
Sizzler Ah, Sizzler. Who can forget the commercials - happy families, in the latest '80s fashion, enjoying steak, fried shrimp, baked potatoes and burger toppings from the fixins' bar - and that line from the 1992 film "White Men Can't Jump": "We going Sizzler, we going Sizzler"? It all started in 1958 with the opening of a restaurant that served a steak dinner for 99 cents. Today, there are dozens of Sizzlers throughout the country - mostly out West, plus one in Florida - still dishing up rib-eyes and crispy shrimp. www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2017/10/20/forgotten-new-jersey-restaurants-sizzler/779605001/ |
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 14, 2017 14:42:45 GMT
These are restaurants that are missing in New Jersey only. Denny's, for example, is widespread elsewhere. They are all over the upper midwest and the American west and southwest.
When I was in the military back about '68, a group of us used to go to a local Lum's in Indianapolis. They served great burgers and large beers in ice cream soda glasses. That chain is now out of business with most of its sites closed by the early 1980s. Too bad.
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 14, 2017 18:05:28 GMT
...I remember Sizzler well. Another one that came in with flair was Ponderosa. My first few visits to this venue were spectacular. Great steak and salad bar. Eventually, the quality sank and the food was terrible. They eventually went out of business in the Chicago area. The same happened to Sizzler.
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Post by sweetpea on Nov 14, 2017 18:34:40 GMT
Cheese toast! That was my go to at Sizzlers. But, I live in WI, & Sizzlers went out of business for reason. Fuddruckers is still here. We went to it all the time when it first opened. It still amazes me when I drive by that it's still open with all the other burger places that have come & gone. Denny's is still here as well. The rest I've never heard of. But we did have many Lums & Ponderosa's. We also had one that was called Yankee Doodle Dandy. It was sort of our "teen" joint.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 15, 2017 6:52:55 GMT
Sizzler, Ponderosa and Bonanza.
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Post by azzajones on Nov 15, 2017 7:00:06 GMT
Down under they've not entirely gone out of business, but there's basically a handful left throughout the country - shame as I always liked going there.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 15, 2017 7:00:35 GMT
Fuddruckers, Howard Johnson's and Denny's.
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Post by poelzig on Nov 15, 2017 7:45:16 GMT
Stuckey's?
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 15, 2017 8:42:42 GMT
Stuckey's used to be near highways and interstates. Or one or the other??
There was a pizza version of Stuckey's as well. However, it was NOT called Stuckey's Pizza, but something else. |
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Post by poelzig on Nov 15, 2017 8:53:52 GMT
Stuckey's used to be near highways and interstates. Or one or the other??
There was a pizza version of Stuckey's as well. However, it was NOT called Stuckey's Pizza, but something else.My family would stop at least once at a Stuckey's when we would go to Disney World when I was growing up. I would usually get a chocolate praline and some type of puzzle or game for my sister and I to play on the way to the happiest place on Earth. Good times. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 15, 2017 17:04:41 GMT
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Post by koskiewicz on Nov 15, 2017 18:51:04 GMT
...the big one going on in the US Midwest is the Outback Steakhouse...
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Post by Vodkie on Nov 15, 2017 21:25:28 GMT
Lol sizzler still exists
There's one within walking distance of my old apartment
I don't think they are on the east coast anymore, though
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Post by Lucy on Nov 16, 2017 13:42:04 GMT
I remember Fuddruckers. We still have Dennys here in Florida.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Nov 18, 2017 2:37:17 GMT
I do, mainly because my mom worked there. Didn't care for the food.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Nov 18, 2017 3:57:28 GMT
Steak and Hibachi Chicken Combo, yes.
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