10 FORGOTTEN Restaurants we NEED BACK - Life in America

The 1960s was the Golden Age of American dining at its best. Put the decade’s restaurant lineup against any other decade, and it would win ten times out of ten. If only we could keep ‘em all up and running to this day! Here are the best restaurants of the ‘60s that have fallen out of fashion.
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[@markwirtz7025]

Burger Chef was fantastic, way better than any other fast-food burger joint. Too bad Hardee’s destroyed them. We also had a Red Barn and Sizzler; I ate at them when I was in college. Their food was good and affordable.

[@vickiross1025]

I worked there & the building is now a Mexican restaurant.😢

[@michaelrini3654]

Back in '74 I was living in Vegas. My cousin went to school with John Y. Brown! John was opening a new burger joint called Ollies Trolleys. (see Lums story). The burger was invented by a man in Miami Beach. It was the best burger I ever had!! It was marinated in 23 herbs & spices and cooked on both side at once for 3 minutes. We cooked it on the rare side so you don't burn the spices! I still make a burger I call the Mikey burger but I can't remember all the spices. But my family loves them! Also the fries had a spice package with 11 herbs& spices that you sprinkled on after the fryer.

[@madelineschultz4968]

We had a Red Barn restaurant here locally. It closed rather suddenly. My dad had read in the papers that it had been serving kangaroo meat! Early to mid 1960's.

[@bp39047]

I remember then when Churches and Kentucky Fried Chicken had with very high quality in that era. Not even close today. Only decent one today near me is Chicken Express.

[@johnwalters1341]

Sizzler started as a casual dining place, with picnic tables and sawdust on the floor. As I recall, they had two steaks on the menu: a sirloin for $1.29 and a New York steak for $1.49. A very different dining experience from what it eventually became.

[@MrJuvefrank]

They're greedy if they charged that high.

[@Naedlus]

"Kenny Roger's Roasters started in 1991..." "So which of these 1960's restaurants had the best menu?"

[@anb7408]

Most of these were regional (or even local only) chains that were unknown in any part of the country they didn’t exist in.

[@walkergillette3918]

Pioneer Chef also had a promotion, with every family meal you received a knife signed by O.J.

[@user-iu9fc5yb9k]

Yep and you got gloves to wear so you didn’t get ketchup on your hands . But they didn’t fit

[@MrJuvefrank]

O.J. Simpson was a goat.

[@lisalynnmarie2448]

I actually remember a few happy memories of my mom taking my brother and me to Burger Chef when I was a little girl, about the early '70s or so, when my dad would go hunting in northern Michigan with his buddies. I've never forgotten the Burger Chef and Jeff slogan, either lol The other chains I never saw here in Michigan.

[@dimitriberozny3729]

What isn’t said is when Burger Chef had a lawsuit against them for the murders at its Indiana restaurant which took place in a corporate restaurant. This was one of the things that started unraveling Burger Chef.

[@lisalynnmarie2448]

@@dimitriberozny3729 I wasn't aware of that. I was only about 5 or 6-years -old in early 70s. That's very sad.

[@robertsmith7849]

There were Red Barn restaurants in Southeast Michigan in the 1960s and 1970s.

[@charlesbowers8112]

Red Barn kicked major ass! The burgers were enormous and tasty!

[@michaelcilyk3325]

I miss Gino', it was opened by one or two of the Baltimore colts back in the mid-60s, I remember Gino Giants which was kind of like a Big Mac and they also had Kentucky fried Chicken 🐔

[@Gr8fullyDeadHead]

Still a few open one in Towson md.

[@hildahilpert5018]

I remember Gino,s when we were stationed at Fort George Meade because my dad was at NSA.There was also The Hit Shoppes

[@pibbitybibbity]

I remember eating at Red Barn when I was a kid in the ‘70s. My mom always liked their fried chicken, my dad always got the Barnbuster, and I usually flip-flopped between their fish sandwich and their fried chicken. We didn’t eat out a lot due to being poor, but when we did it was usually Red Barn. There was a Kentucky Fried Chicken in the town also, but it was a lot pricier than Red Barn.

[@princesskristan]

We still have Sizzlers here but its a bit of a drive. I miss the Malibu chicken so much

[@JamesHorton-fo3yv]

I missed the recently closed Cameron Park CA Sizzler which is now a drive up coffee spot.

[@marefisher6462]

I miss Hardees. Delicious charcoal broiled burgers. Can't find them anywhere in Connecticut anymore

[@Kiddman32]

You talk about Sizzler as if they were gone. WTF?? There's one about 5 miles from me. Same logo, signage, menu, etc. Sizzler still has 84 locations, according to Wiki...

[@rickyusa1000]

If they were that great they wouldn't have gone out of business in the first place.

[@leroyhaas9085]

Loved the Carrol’s restaurants

[@glennso47]

I never heard of Burger Chef. I grew up in a small rural town where there were no major burger restaurants.

[@mikekannely2286]

So good! And they were the first to do a movie tie-in. They offered Star Wars posters and Star Wars glasses with a meal purchase. Man, I miss that place.

[@darnellmitchell9357]

😂😂😂 every last one was good but Burger chef was my favorite as a child

[@jamesbueker11]

Wow. Church’s is good. I wouldn’t darken the door of Chicken Express

[@arfriedman4577]

Our family took us to sizzler years ago. I remember the kenny rogers restaurant. I wasnt born when these other restaurants were around. I dont think they were near our area.

[@DaBlazesUSay]

Sizzlers were good, but their restaurants here in the Greater Cincinnati area never honored credit cards! I'm sure that kept some business away. Burger Chef was one of my favorites when I lived in Louisville. I especially loved their works bar, where I could always put more ketchup and add another slice of cheese to my Top Chef burger. And, one slight correction, please. John Y. Brown, Jr. did buy Lum's in 1978, but he was not elected Governor of Kentucky until 1979. Good video, though, keep up the good work!

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

Well are there still A &W in the States?? We have them up here in Canada. The Canadian branch got bought up just Before the States, decided to close theirs down. As a longhaul driver in the 1990's, I still saw a few in some towns/cities.

[@MrJuvefrank]

I was born in Los Angeles County. That's in California. The economy in Canada is stronger than the economy in California, even though California has the strongest economy in the United States of America.

[@hildahilpert5018]

They are here in Texas combined with Long John Silver.In Canada you have Chicken Delite still.I think there might be one on Michigan?

[@MrJuvefrank]

@@hildahilpert5018 Yuh got me.

[@jons.6216]

Sizzler is still around, but in greatly reduced numbers! My family had select fast food regulars when we occasionally had them for Friday or Saturday night dinners. There was a Red Barn near where I grew up but I can't recall if we ever had it. I never got to experience Burger Chef, but recently ordered a T-shirt with their logo!

[@bluelionsage99]

Yeah, there are 77 or so still operating, 55 of them in California.

[@David-yw2lv]

There was a Lum's in my hometown.I never heard anyone say anything good about it.

[@jamesbueker11]

I always loved Steak & Ale.

[@rondini2]

Stuckey’s?

[@COUNTRY1212]

I loved that super chef omg miss this restaurant

[@rickw3243]

Sizzler is still around in Thailand.

[@MrJuvefrank]

It's still around in California, just not in large numbers like it used to be.

[@robertrapport5099]

I ate Sizzler for dinner tonight. However, dating back to 1958 the steaks were $.99 each with mixed green salads for $.25. The original in Culver City had a Monday night special of steaks at half price ($.49) each. The fourth rendition of the original is still around as it had to moved due the completion of the 405 San Diego Fwy. and development of the Fox Hills Mall (now Westfield’s Culver City shopping center. The Blue Cheese dressing has always been my personal favorite.

[@MrJuvefrank]

@@robertrapport5099 My cat Bluie (1986-2006) was so good to me that I changed the names of places and foods to Bluie's cheese, Bluie's berries, Saint Bluie, MO, etc.

[@razbo1963]

How about Wetsons, later on we got a Burger Haven Hazlet N.J.

[@glennso47]

When you get to Machine Shed restaurant let me know. Machine Shed is a chain restaurant headquartered in the quad cities area.

[@r0kus]

bast fast food: Burger Chef. Unfortunately, Hardees destroyed multiple better chains. best casual dining: Sizzler. Affordable, good.

[@ScottDLR]

You missed Sambo's!

[@theexorcist2605]

It would be like every other restaurant.You Could not afford it

[@MrJuvefrank]

That's good. All restaurants do is put all these seasonings and sugar in your food which is bad for your health.

[@oldfarmshow]

❤️❤️

[@Dctosd]

Shakey's.

[@Kiddman32]

Halfway thru the video... So far, the only one of these places I remember ever going into was Pioneer Chicken. There's a reason I only went in ONCE. 1000% grease, no chicken flavor at all. Continuing on....

[@normanwyatt8761]

My wife and I loved the PONDEROSA STEAK HOUSE in New England in the 1970's.....We would take the kids and the check for all our meals and a salad bar also would come to what one person pays now for a restaurant meal.....

[@Abandoned1673]

I have ate at a Burger Chef

[@JamesHorton-fo3yv]

Chuck's Pancakes in Placerville CA is now a Marijuana Dispensary.

[@TrinhNguyen-nc7hj]

Where black folks allowed to dine in these places?

[@MrJuvefrank]

O.J. Simpson was a goat.

[@smokingjoe9864]

Average weight of a 20 year old is 199 pounds. No, we do not need more restaurants.

[@sonyaweinreis6530]

Way to ruin things

[@user-rp9om3pr6g]

​@sonyaweinreis6530 They are just one of those people that live in their parents basement and do nothing but complain.

[@jeffnorris9278]

171 pounds for women

[@smokingjoe9864]

@@jeffnorris9278 And they wonder why the population is slowing down. Who wants to date a 177 pound woman?

[@smokingjoe9864]

@@user-rp9om3pr6g There was a time it would be strange that a single man would have a house. The homes had room for 2 or 3 generations and all the kids. Now those big Victorian homes are split up into one bedroom apartments. We have 10 restaurants every square mile. Even the gas stations sell food now. How many food outlets do we really need.

[@jasondavenport5577]

We don't "Need them back" do we?