Abandoned Susannah's Home Style Cooking - Cleburne, TX

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Back history time!!! Susannah's use to be in Weatherford in the early 90s. When I worked LJS my boss was pregnant and craved their food. They had really good food. Then the place they were renting went way up on the rent. So they left and went to Cleburn. It was the same store because the owners said they were moving it. It was a complete win for them all around. They owned the new location and it was closer to home for them. They did have some great food. A possibility is that the owners have passed away. They were either in their 40s or 50s when they were here. If I remember right I believe it was their daughters name.

[@slackingpacking]

This was a Bonaza back in the day! The building resembles one.

[@DutchVanDerLinde-sx1ox]

I used to come here with my grandparents and parents to eat breakfast. The sign is still up and I've wondered what it was like inside after it closed. They used to have rustic decorations.

[@jordannicole714]

I live in Cleburne! This place used to be so good then was bought out and went down hill from there. Me and my husband always had date nights here.It was his grandparents favorite spot too! I work at that dollar general next to it! And yes that mall has been closed for a while.

[@kaylnmichelle1672]

I was thinking the same thing, cause I remember it being so good when I was little and then it turned into really mediocre food

[@kaylnmichelle1672]

And yeah lol our mall has always been abandoned looking

[@lindamikel7913]

Thank You Wallie for Your Awesome Abandoned Video Hope You Guys are Doing Awesome for Tonight. Thank You so Much for Watching.

[@crawford586]

You can tell that the building was originally built as a Bonanza Steaakhouse.

[@DavidBurrow-vp2kb]

It was a Bonanza, built in the seventies. I once worked there.

[@rocket42dave34]

Thank you for sharing these

[@gracierobar7036]

The look on the inside of the building that like a bonanza and the sign have the bonanza style

[@supermama4748]

There used to be three Susannah's Home Style Cooking restaurants. They were located in Granbury, Cleburne and Weatherford and founded by Jose Vasquez, Jr. He also owned Jose's Mexican Restaurants in Cleburne, Granbury, Stephenville, and Burleson. He used to play the guitar for his customers.

[@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw]

I grew up in Cleburne and Jose's was a great Mexican food restaurant. And I remember when the place first opened on Main Street in the really old house that was torn down after he moved into the newer location across from the old shopping center on the corner of Williams and Main.

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

Based upon both sign shape and building this was definitely originally a Banaza restaurant.

[@craigjensen6853]

LOVE the ol' Barn Roof Bonanzas! Ponderosa had a version too.

[@jackson5116]

Ponderosa had a different design, although some of these buildings became Ponderosa's after their merger.

[@salt907]

I live there in cleburne and I LOVED Susannah’s. However, I forgot about it over time to the point I accidentally called it Suvannah’s instead. It’s still here in cleburne but I don’t know if it still is in business. Last time I went was 2019/18. Beautiful times. Also our Nolan River mall out there sucked balls. It didn’t even have a hot topic or Spencer’s that’s how tiny it is. We recently got a Raising Canes restaurant around the Susannah’s area so now our town is growing more now.

[@michaelblair5767]

That building looked like an old Ponderosa

[@danestegman155]

Another great Abandoned restaurant video! Sad to see the Mom and Pop style places close up! This was a big restaurant for sure!

[@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw]

Back in the 1970's and 1980's, this restaurant originally was a Bonanza Steakhouse. I went there many times when my mother lived home on Pendell Avenue.

[@brucefye3778]

Hi Wallie! Good find. I and others that commented before me think this was originally built as a Bonanza. So that makes it about a 60 year old building. Bonanza was a steak house chain named after the TV western from the late '50s to the early '70s which one of the stars was Dan Blocker as Hoss. He was the owner or one of them. They used to be up here in Western PA and Eastern Ohio.

[@jackson5116]

It wouldn't be that old, because he's not in Indiana. This is a 70's/80's design, so it's closer to 50 at the oldest.

[@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw]

I grew up in Cleburne and you are exactly correct. This building was opened as a Bonanza Steakhouse back in the late 1970's and remained one until sometime in the late 1980's.

[@debbie77856]

Wallie I used to go to this Susannah's a while back here and their food was really good. It's sad they're gone.

[@joeydersario2470]

Congratulations on 49 k followers wallie see on your Facebook page wow I remember when you 12 k followers awesome and amazing

[@Virtual_Odyssey]

I am from cleburne and I remember going to the mall and taking piano lessons😂

[@misterhat5823]

Looks like an old Bonanza Steakhouse building.

[@MrIceman22]

Great video thanks for sharing this one wallie..

[@jasonlilburn8826]

That looks like that was a former Bonanza.

[@craigjensen6853]

Yeah, the barn roof gives it away! I used to love those things!

[@TyCampbellTX]

This is my hometown. Grew up eating breakfast here a good amount. I believe the owners passed away and there wasn't anyone left to run it so they just closed the doors. Not 100% sure though

[@DavidBurrow-vp2kb]

This was a Bonanza, built in 1970 something. I worked there once. It has been a couple of different restaurants since Bonanza closed. Susannah's was excellent for a long time.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool restaurant and video😀

[@LoisRathgeber]

This place was originally a Bonanza steak restaurant which opened in the 1970s.

[@dynatrak]

A good amount of those former Bonanza buildings still around! Never saw this one though.

[@ericbechler9903]

Nice wallie 😃

[@Cannoniscool5]

I used to go to this place all the time I live in Cleburne I was so sad to see it close btw best corn bread ever

[@retaildetail8685]

Looks like a old bonanza

[@gmoney1093]

Former Bonanza. The sign is the giveaway. Nice find.

[@carlavision6143]

WallieB26 never heard of that restaurant! Really enjoyed your awesome abandoned video!

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

The Casino Fandango in Carson City Nevada has the same type of leaf ceiling fan

[@kimiastewart6293]

Very neat, this is my first time hearing of Susannahs I also drove by a permanently closed restaurant today, I am going to try to get over there on Thursday if I am able

[@davidsquires154]

The,building looks like a former Bonanza Steakhouse from back in the day.

[@jamesstewart259]

The building started out as a Bonanza Steak house back in the mid 70's. Shortly after they opened I landed my first job there, at the age of 14.....

[@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw]

Are you related to the man who owned Stewarts Grocery Store on west Henderson Street across from the Methodist Church?

[@jeffwhitmer7089]

Looks like a ponderosa and bonanza

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

There is an abandoned restaurant in Addison on Beltline Rd, next to Chili's restaurant. Not sure what it was, but I know it was abandoned in August 2018, when I was last in Dallas. It had been abandoned for some time back then

[@slademoore725]

My home town!

[@unknownuser..._...]

The good times :)

[@kellystolte7994]

Good food there my mom and I miss it

[@michaelhardy500]

🙏🌍😷🙏amazing abandoned location on youtube video 😎👍

[@johncochraniv3322]

OMG THATS WHERE I GO FOR SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@otpmetairie4862]

Good evening 🌞

[@wyrmwood115]

I used to work here. I knew the managers and 99% of the workers. It's very sad to see that it closed. I moved away a few years ago after the managers wife passed away. He gave up on life and it started to decline into closing I'm guessing.

[@wynfrithnichtwo8423]

The mall is gone! I lived there in the late 80s.

[@karenhallrodriguez9205]

They had really go food! I can't believe they went under! Yes those are apartments. I live in Cleburne and I didn't know they closed but I say home 90% of the time!

[@ronaldareyes9899]

👋

[@jackson5116]

Just looking at that building in the thumbnail, that looks like an old, old Bonanza (70's, 80's model).

[@weatherguyar]

Has the look of a western sizzlin looks like a classic one with white brick and the celling in the lobby

[@Lydia1271]

Looks like Bonanza

[@mlpapplejackmlp225]

I like your video 📹 ♥️ 😊 ☺️ ❤️

[@lohostege]

Didnt even know the interior part of the mall closed.

[@pmc1000]

That looks like a nice place.

[@jodysmith8048]

These barn style buildings are and were a Ponderosa Steakhouse I know that because one of these old style Ponderosa buildings still exist in my town

[@smurkx1]

You should visit the old Irving but they changed the name to Kauffman Leadership Academy in Cleburne

[@yammietits5040]

How’s the hvac job market in cleburne Tx?

[@robertchristian4679]

You don't see the old ma and paps restaurants anymore

[@glitchygameboy643]

I go past it everyday dang I didn't even know it was abandoned lmao

[@jerrywilliams8733]

Sadly, its gone now. It was were me and my now wife had our first dinner date 15 years ago

[@bluebonnet1014]

Does anyone remember when Bonanza closed it became The Almond Tree? I think it was early to mid 1980’s. Tfs

[@kellystolte7994]

It was a good restaurant

[@charityshearer2097]

I just went by there yesterday and it has been torn down

[@moose4164]

I’ve never herd of that place

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

Oh there is an abandoned Fuddruckers on Frankford and Dallas Parkway in Dallas hat is closed with everything inside

[@DavidWetherell-ro9ye]

There is a abandoned Lansford moter cycle dealer in Crossville tn permanently closed go check it out

[@perryraybuck1239]

I have the keys to the Nolan River Mall lol

[@dalejr183]

lol my town of 23 years. Restaurants don’t last long here

[@susangunn9100]

I am with you about hush puppies

[@12HpyPaws]

Was this a Bonanza at one time?

[@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw]

This one was originally a Bonanza Steakhouse in the late 1970's.

[@bugzVR728]

Well it's getting torn down on Wednesday, 2024 Jan 24th at 8:33 am in the morning as we speak

[@adamvyondandplotagonmaster7454]

Goodvideo :) I guess I can’t get onion rings since this is permanently closed :(.

[@jd2799]

The place was nasty as hell and the food and customer service was disgusting. If Cleburne had a real health department it would have been shut down a long time ago. It needs to be torn down.

[@dang8546]

Any Garfield's left

[@JMShearer]

That does look and sound like it was a good place to eat. It's really too bad it closed down. Thanks for the video.

[@MagaRickn]

We miss Susannahs! It was owned by Jose and his brother Raymond, that also owned La Fiesta on north main. Over the years they had several locations. Some in Granbury and some in Cleburne. Jose retired. He also sold La Fiesta. They are still open. The cook for the past 20 years is still there and I think it's him and his wife that bought it. Good food. We use to eat breakfast several times a week at Susannahs. They were having a hard time getting good employees cause the current administration in Washington is trying to put everyone on welfare, so it's easier to stay home than work. The cook quit and went up the street to West End Grill, a buffet place. R&K is about the only good place left in Cleburne to eat a good breakfast! Sad. :(

[@kaylnmichelle1672]

I kinda agree r and k is so good, so is west end grill, it’s just so expensive

[@friesareyummy]

Bro what

[@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw]

What happened to the old Chaf-In Restaurant near the old courthouse at the town square? They made really good breakfasts, too.

[@MagaRickn]

Supplemental Comment......We now have a couple more good breakfast places, West End Grill is good and has the best coffee! And there is the new Our Place Restaurant, same folks as the one in Burleson. Good food and atmosphere. And we still have R&K. :)

[@joetaylorchristmastree2866]

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[@debbie77856]

Wallieb this Susannah's just got torn down recently. It's fixing to become a Take 5 Oil change lube.

[@bigbossman3806]

Unfortunately many times we as customers are to fault for mom and pop businesses closing. We flock to fast food or chain eating places and the locally owned restaurants close up...call it the Walmart syndrome.

[@madeleneyoungman1605]

My mom always insists on going to non chain restaurants (her mom owned a restaurant)

[@jodysmith8048]

The Thrifty Nickel these days is a joke it used to be where people would go to sell their items that they had for sale like motorcycle for cheap or you can find a slightly used computer there for cheap or you might be able to find a Nintendo that somebody was trying to get rid of for cheap just about anything you wanted to find that people were trying to resell was in the Thrifty Nickel this was before the days that eBay and other sites got popular for reselling and now these days the Thrifty Nickel is nothing but paid advertisements

[@matthewcampbell7985]

Look like Denny's this is because of covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and not enough people to work here they decide to permanently closed of Susannah home cooking.

[@clstx]

i might be the odd one out here but i never liked this place. food was always undercooked and chewy, but the staff and experience was great. sucks that they built a take 5 here instead of a restaurant…

[@brandonb.6099]

I really don't like the food at a lot of chain restaurants anymore. Homestyle cooking is better.

[@TheNewPlan0]

I ate there once didn't like it

[@otpmetairie4862]

It looks like an old Western Sizzlin' Steak House.

[@weatherguyar]

Same thought here

[@mehchocolate1257]

Steals some home cooking 😂😂😂😂

[@BigMama256]

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[@SamOlds2999]

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[@BigMama256]

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[@misterhat5823]

I have to poop.

[@shawn95187]

69th!

[@misterhat5823]

@@shawn95187 96th. 'Cause the cost of eating out has gone up.