22 Forgotten Mall Restaurants That No Longer Exist

[@ChrisEck13]

IMAGINE, settling down to watch a KZbin video of fogotten mall restaurants....the nostalgia of by gone era playing on the screen...not just a video, but a complete experience....WHO WOULDN'T love the same phrases being repeated over and over again for every restaurant on the list?

[@DWor-]

I wonder if someday we’ll see a nostalgic video about online platforms that died. I have my hopes.

[@keithmiller7880]

I miss Orange Julius!! My absolutely favorite!!

[@provost5752]

Orange Julius was the best as a kid in the 70s. I miss the drinks and miss those times.

[@IDontKnowYouBut]

Orange Julius STILL exists where I'm at & Sbarro

[@guyincognito9919]

@@IDontKnowYouBut Yep. They're still around in select locations. Long Live Orange Julius! So damn tasty too!

[@markspitz7883]

We have one in Port St Lucie, FL still

[@sirhoopalot1]

@@IDontKnowYouBut same menu? Orange Julius drinks and burger?

[@IDontKnowYouBut]

@@sirhoopalot1 The burger is cos it's merged with Dairy Queen

[@meemo32086]

I got an orange Julius at a Dairy Queen but it didn't taste anything like the OJ I remember.

[@jenniferreed9105]

It might be regional or the wrong time period, but I remember Ruby Tuesday's being in all the malls.

[@testodude]

The mall in my town had a Ruby Tuesday's.

[@kennethlee494]

There was also TGI Fridays.

[@daninraleigh]

Orange Julius had the BEST Chicago dogs I've ever seen. They were bought by DQ a long time ago and eventually, someone decided that they didn't need OJ any more. I just wish DQ had kept the Chicago dogs😞

[@keeperzero]

Arthur treacher's fish and chips was the bomb diggity

[@PapaTrice360]

These old food court chains just remind me of how I could never get any of it. My mom was CHEAP!!! She’d be quick to say “we have food at home”

[@Alter_Onkel]

❤Orange Julius❤

[@bfnfamily]

The Mall was amazing. ❤

[@testodude]

Corn dog with a huge lemonade, Alladin's Castle, Radio Shack, maybe a movie... That was a good Saturday.

[@AuntieKnowsKitchen]

I loved getting my orange Julius as a teenager

[@hayleybourgault4114]

I loved orange julius.The pretzels were great too.

[@janespring9224]

We still have Orange Julius here in Canada!

[@johnyy1187]

@@janespring9224 Yes. It's at West Edmonton Mall.

[@2JoszefMercedesgarage9057]

Yes, but the old Julius was made with real oranges not some syrup.

[@sonjamcgriff8515]

Lucky people ! Can you ship me some,on dry for sure 😂❤❤😂

[@lorihallenbeck8781]

We had an Orange Julius at Riverside Mall ,here in Utica,NY,back in the 80's but closed many years ago. Miss it.

[@drbluzer]

BURGER CHEF was my first hourly paying job in the early 1970's .

[@testodude]

Burger Chef>>>>>McDonald's. Burger Chef were innovators with better food. We NEVER went to McDonald's when I was a kid.

[@lamontmayfield3243]

Sbarro and Mrs. Fields still exist!!!!!

[@BorderCzar_byeillegals]

Sbarros is not the same. Their stuffed was so good when I was a kid. It was thick. Now it’s skinny and it’s sucks. I got a few months ago at mall down here. The one when I was a kid in Alabama was so good. Before all this processed crap got added and companies bought out.

[@Tecknut75]

@BorderCzar_byeillegals Just had it in the airport in Aruba, not good today.

[@KathleenCalhoun-em6ys]

These places might just still be around if the malls were still here.

[@scottbishop9203]

I always had my Mom stop by Orange Julius and get me a large to sip on going back home. I miss the restaurants, but I know how to make them. Not as good as the restaurant, but pretty close.

[@SlipperySoap]

Fascinating facts!

[@Michele_PoeTreeWitch]

Chik-fil-A is all over the northeast. I’ve only seen Roy Rogers at NJ turnpike rest areas and it’s NOT the same.

[@daughteroftheking374]

Omgoodness, Sbarro's was a critical part of going to the mall 💚

[@randilevson9547]

@@daughteroftheking374 Terrible, over-priced pizza.

[@MichaelRiley-y5k]

We don't have malls anymore.. I miss mall shopping.

[@tracyfinch918]

Great American Cookie Company, California Pizza, First Federal Pizza, Houlihans, A&W, Houlihans

[@charissebattle8491]

Mrs. Field's still is in my hometown of Michigan

[@Thundralight]

Orange Julius was my favorite

[@jimcox3380]

York Steakhouse was great. Ain'tcha gonna eatcha salad?

[@cornelldgreen]

Imagine: the irony of asking "who wouldn't love"... while describing a series of mall restaurants that went out of business due to *lack of customers...* 🤔😏

[@Jeff-OH68]

Loved Rax, it was so much better than Arby's. And Ferrell's was a great birthday treat.

[@shellithundaa]

Rax was 🔥🔥🔥lmaooo

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Rax had so many franchises here in LA, they pushed Arby’s out. Then when rax failed here in the early to mid 90’s, Arby’s had made full comeback by 2003.

[@drbluzer]

My roommate "RICK" was a manager at ARBY'S ROAST BEEF , got fired , and became a manager at RAX ROAST BEEF . TOUCHE'

[@hawkman9333]

Ferrell's was the best...California and Oklahoma City.

[@testodude]

Rax and Roy Rogers...both >>>>>> Arby's

[@freelancerjourn]

I have great memories of Saturdays spent at the mall and stopping at Orange Julius. I miss Morrison’s Cafeteria, too. I loved that place.

[@ZBFLEX]

I miss Arthur Trachers Fish & Chios. Loved their crispy fried fish. I’m surprised you didn’t mention them on your list of forgotten mall restaurants

[@kayfitzgerald309]

The BEST !

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Orange Julius predated mall life by decades.

[@Jane413]

I miss York Steak House at the Natick (MA) mall. My family made a joke of their tag line 'Would you like some hot, delicious mushroom sauce?' always those exact words.

[@JDonahue79]

Yep, ate there before. Natick Mall is evolving to a social center like these anchor spots are opening arcades and pickle ball, so I think if York Steak House would have reopened, people would flock to it! Especially that the first floor of the former Sears is still vacant.

[@Jane413]

That opening shot of the Magic Pan commercial. The actor on the right looks and sounds like Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap). Did anyone notice that?

[@behindthespotlight7983]

1:59 in the mid 80’s some marketing clowns in either New York or LA decided that raw eggs were second only to raw plutonium in danger to the human. That’s what killed both legit table side Caesar salad and Orange Julius

[@dononeal3313]

I miss T C B Y, can't recall if it was in a mall tho

[@lorihallenbeck8781]

We used to have one in one of our malls,but it closed. And we had a B. Dalton's bookstore,but it didn't have a cafe.

[@ChrisW-n4y]

Saw the total eclipse with Mom amid Sis, and my daughter this year, and later all shared a meal at a Ponderosa, as some had done 50 years ago. Thank you for capturing Milestones !

[@JDonahue79]

I still have a Sbarro at the local mall, where Orange Julius and Dairy Queen merged together. By the way, Malls are changing thanks to Amazon and becoming social centers so I believe they have a chance to come back, like York Steak House. Thankfully Roy Rogers and The Ground Round is bouncing back, so Nostalgia could raise the ashes to these gems. Maybe we can see these listed make a comeback.

[@TurquoiseRhino]

Most of those I’ve never heard of or wasn’t in my area. The last Corndog 7 is in my state in Laurel, MS. There’s a Morrison’s Cafeteria in Mobile, AL. Not as good as the old days. I had fond memories of eating at the one in Jackson, MS with my grandma. We had Orange Julius but I think I tried it once.

[@maureencora1]

Chicago, IL. Downtown 1970s I Love a Orange Julius Drink & Their Cheeseburgers & St.Louis Hot Dogs with Cheese Whiz & Bacon Bits. (smile)

[@gemini6828]

Best Mall Restaurant that wasn't in the Food Section but attached to the mall itself was Bishops Buffett. My Mom and I would head to Westroads Mall in Omaha, NE when I was a kid in the 70's, do some shopping then head to Bishop's for the best French Dip on the planet! They cut the slices of roast beef and put it on a fresh french baguette and a side of Au Jus. If I was really good, she'd get me a piece of their chocolate pie, which was to die for. I miss those days with my Mom and Bishop's.

[@extracrispycoop2552]

Orange Julius at participating Dairy Queen’s

[@SpeedofShadows1]

There's a Sbarro in the mall near me to this day.

[@mattmyers5716]

I've only heard of 2 of these places. None of these were in my home town mall.

[@ericveneto1593]

Yeah, I think these from the 70s

[@everlenaoliver6912]

6:24 Wow! That's how Scott Bacula got his start acting. 😂 P.S This is educational for me, I've never experienced going to 90% of these places.😢

[@mattmccane7320]

Was that Jan Brady on the Burger Chef commercial? Check it out at 7:30

[@mattmccane7320]

Yes! It absolutely is!!

[@ogcali9291]

Some of those franchises may be defunct in the states but I’ve seen these franchises currently in the malls in the Philippines. I saw Kenny Roger’s and Shakey’s Pizza there in the Philippines.

[@maryroberts2099]

The DQ by me had Orange Julius. But then they said it was sold off, so no more 😢

[@carlyjax7523]

I miss Orange Julius so much

[@easternyellowjacket276]

There's still a Sbarro's in NYC. Not in a mall, of course. But the pizza is excellent.

[@lynneg6687]

Still one in the Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn

[@jessesmyser5931]

One still open in West Town mall in Knoxville, TN.

[@kevinmadden1645]

I always thought that there should be a vowel between the "S" and the "B" in Sbarro.

[@snowflakehunter]

There is one in a mall in Fort Worth Texas

[@shawnkelly695]

Nyc city has so many italians, likely why nyc has such good pizza. My landlord is italian and had a pizza shop. Best pizza around

[@SOLAscriptura-]

Kenny Rogers Roasters was 💯 🔥

[@damienlucifer1000]

As a kid my Dad managed a York Steak House. We were like 10!

[@ponypower8]

Sbarro and Kenny Rogers are still around.

[@buzzcut9breeze653]

ARTHUR TREACHER'S FISH & CHIPS! They may have been an East Coast thing. Arthur was the co host of I think Mike Douglas. Then he started these fast food Fish places. Actually; were pretty good , I ate there a few times.

[@maryroberts2099]

We had them in Chicago

[@camrennik9512]

Absolutely Jan Brady

[@bv5278]

Loved Roy Rogers. They had the best roast beef sandwich, real roast beef not like Arby’s.

[@RoadLord2000]

Never heard of most of these, must be stuff that was popular in the Midwest/East Coast. Our mall cafeteria chain was Furr's, and it was so damn good. Salisbury steak, fried chicken, jalapeno cornbread, custard pie for dessert. Really miss that place.

[@Kinikia95]

@RoadLord2000 I'm from the Midwest and I'm thinking most these must be West coast😊

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

You can make your own orange Julius at home put t part ice 2 parts juice and a couple table spoons of regular flavor powder coffee creamer.blend well and enjoy. Thank me later😂

[@oneforall9046]

Orange Julius should still be located in my mall, their smoothies especially the orangesicle one is delicious.

[@johnbachman8908]

As a kid Orange Julius was the only one we had as an option on your list. Didn’t care for the drink but they had good burgers. Sbarro were in malls as an adult but I never ate at one.

[@Anna65909]

Kenny Rogers = Boston Market

[@BabyJones-d7v]

I ate at a cafeteria in Narva, Estonia this summer in the border with Russia. It was awesome!

[@erickanew]

We still have Morrisons,, remember Mrs Fields cookies they were expensive because they said they always was fresh. Really good

[@robertwood6238]

Orange Julius started along Hwy 99 in central California in the 1960's with small, orange round, stores along the Freeway that looked like a big orange! I know because my older sister and brother-in-law owned and operated one in Fresno, California. Haha! I don't know if too many people remember those though. It was a long time ago! I used to love going to visit them when they were open and working because they had the best hamburgers around! Hehe! Unfortunately they didn't own it for very long. But, the company had those orange stores along the freeway for sometime. When they went to the malls, they took out the freeway stores! There's a town in central California named Orange Cove, California where most of all oranges are grown. Most of the oranges you buy in the grocery stores come from there. So it's only natural that Orange Julius was started from central California!

[@Shalid-i6t]

Sbarro is still open in my hometown’s mall in Greenville, SC.

[@ccw2613]

Some of these were old restaurants but not in malls. The pictures even show that

[@kennethlee494]

Never saw a Corn Dog 7 but the local malls had "The Corn Dog", they sold corn dogs, fresh made lemonaide, Icees and soft drinks. They also had a fried chese bar, essentially a 4 inch by 1.5 inch block of cheese dipped in the corn dog batter and fried. They had the best corn dogs ever, even better than the state fair corn dogs. They prepaired the food as you ordered it so it was always fresh and hot. Toward the end they also offered foot long corn dogs and a cheese dog, the cheese dog had chedder cheese in the hot dog. When they first opened locally around 1981 they hired only slim, attractive, college age girls and their uniform included skimpy, Hooter's style shorts over skin tight leggings with a striped polo style shirt.

[@AdamGonnerman]

Sbarro still exists.

[@gododgers081]

There are still a lot of malls that have standalone Orange Julius. It’s not dead. They still exist. I just ate at one two months ago had me a strawberry Julius and a hotdog.

[@Candie-kv6fh]

I miss ponderosa friendlys and Roast house and Freshlys frozen yogurt

[@marilynk30]

@@Candie-kv6fh I loved Ponderosa so much!

[@shawnkelly695]

Effingham il had a ponderosa. Not sure if still there cause been a few yrs since been there.

[@mondohankie]

i miss Morrison's very often, especially the roast beef!

[@jackdanulsprime2077]

Still have a Sbarro at my local mall. They actually just opened in the last year.

[@vidili68]

Hi there Hotdogs and more. Have a good day be safe.

[@BaconBePropane]

9:36 I still have a Morrison’s in my town, but still owned by Piccadilly. It’s an awesome place to eat.

[@jessesmyser5931]

This video is a little flawed. Some of these restaurants were free standing and not in malls, and three of them still exist and operate in my market.

[@Michele_PoeTreeWitch]

@13:48 that woman digging in her pocket is quite off putting 😂

[@jtmoore662]

6:35, is that scott bakula from quantum leap?

[@robdurfee6861]

Man, my local mall had a Sbarro, Orange Julius and a Hot Sam in there. No Burger Chef, we had BK and also Little Caesar’s had a by the slice restaurant in the mall. We also had a Rax but it was its own fast food restaurant

[@annie3543]

I have a sborro where I’m at. Omg! I remember Morrisons, I’d look forward to when my aunt would visit and we’d all go there. Didn’t Macy’s have their own restaurant upstairs?

[@richdouglas2311]

When I was a teenaged enlisted person, York was an amazing experience. That's Scott Bakula in the Magic Pan commercial. That's post-Brady Eve Plumb in the Burger Chef commercial. Pup n Taco: the worst of Taco Bell and Der Weinerschitzel, all under one roof. Roy Rogers' faded with the cowboys fame. And it had not particular identity. B.Dalton Cafe? I'm shocked that Barnes and Noble--the last bookstore standing--remains in business. Kenny Rogers Roasters was founded by Rogers and John Y. Brown, former KFC CEO, governor of Kentucky, husband of Phyllis George, and owner of the Kentucky Colonels (ABA) and the Buffalo Braves and then the Boston Celtics (NBA). And lots more. Interesting dude.

[@lorihallenbeck8781]

Our B.Dalton didn't have a cafe,but our Barnes and Noble has a Starbucks in it.

[@tylerarnold5734]

York Steakhouse in Columbus, OH is still operating, and still the quality food. My family still goes there... I like the beef tips meal

[@vistatiger7493]

We had a place called the "Orange Bowl" in our mall which seemed to be a dupe for Julius. Also had a Corn Dog 7. Is there any better "walking around the mall" food than a corn dog.

[@danr1920]

Half of these must be regional brands. Never heard of half of them. I think some of them very never in malls, like Ponderosa. I wonder where the author is from. Not upper midwest. We invented the mall by the way.

[@ogcali9291]

I remember orange Julius had the optional raw egg to the drink. 🥤

[@dolsen1975]

the part about the chik file dwarf house is completely false. the dwarf house still exists on pleasant hill in Gwinnett County ga. there are still plenty of chik files in malls. what a dumb mistake.

[@drbluzer]

My soon - to be wife " LOUISE" and I had our first date at KENNY ROGERS ROASTERS .

[@reneeg4817]

Did you see Eve Plumb on the Burger Chef commercial. No Marcia Marcia Marcia. 😂..

[@ChrisW-n4y]

My step Dad is Awesome! He was there too!

[@maryroberts2099]

Burger Chef, that’s Jan Brady !

[@rickbrannon815]

There’s one York Steak House still open. I know this because I live about 1 mile from it and it’s still very good.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

❤pup n taco orange julius

[@islandbee]

Mrs. Fields Cookies was great back in the day. Every time we went to Seattle to shop, it was a must to go.

[@DWor-]

Dang, I almost forgot how ORANGE that Hot Sam logo was… This is the 1980s that I remember. Not those wacky color blocks out of place, it’s the designs like these restaurants… Those DRY salad vegetables is as 80s as it gets… Hot Chocolate for a dime is a tough one. Morrison’s resembles a beauty college I went to once. Did Roy Roger’s serve Cola with grenadine? I remember the bookstore but no café attached, ah well. I don’t recall many of these but feel as if I ought to remember them.

[@jessdan6377]

There’s still 6 Sbarro locations in Georgia. My favorite mall has one 😌

[@bikingD]

Orange Julius still exists.

[@loveisall5520]

Great little video! I grew up in the sixties here in TX, being in junior high when big malls first hit Houston. So, most of this crap food and food courts weren't really developed yet. But from somewhere I remember Orange Julius. So many of these junk food chains didn't really hit our malls like they did up north and the midwest. Thanks for sharing!

[@ckdaimen8028]

I literally live steps away from a mall with a Sbarro and Orange Julius/DQ in them here in Las Vegas. Either change the title of the video or do better research. Puts all the entries in question.

[@drewconway7135]

I remember both Rax and Farrell’s, but not inside malls 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@elsaluca3412]

What would I give for a Sbarro's pizza right about now

[@bluestar111333]

They are still in all of the malls here in Denver. I had no Idea they were so rare in other malls across the country.

[@JANINEMGN]

Chick-fil-A Dwarf House still exists the only locations are in Georgia

[@StacyAnneH]

I remember a lot of those as stand-alone restaurants.

[@itsmichelle_l1697]

We still have Orange Julius & Sbarro where I live

[@gododgers081]

They still have Mrs. Fields at the malls in Anaheim. They just built one at the mall in Arizona where I live.