Abandoned Wendy's - Charlottesville, VA

Abandoned Wendy's - Charlottesville, VA. Enjoy a look at this old classic designed Wendy's location right in the heart of the busy shopping district for the area. Located right across the highway from the dying Charlottesville Fashion Square Mall, this place looks to be falling more and more apart with time. It's basically hidden from the highway unless you take the exit ramp to access the mall and cross streets.
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[@ringo8410]

This particular Wendy's died in large part because it was such a pain to navigate 29 South to get in and out of it.

[@cannistershot2277]

Truth. I think I drove through there once in the 26 years I've lived here. Location, Location, Location...

[@Mojave702]

@@cannistershot2277 Build a back access road Let D,Q buy it Bing bang boom

[@primusvsunicron1]

The Ruckersville one is where Chris worked at until he scared a child with a Donald Duck impersonation

[@barbarathompson8604]

What happened to this Wendy's and the Hardee's that was two doors down from it, was that they dug down the road and built that bridge in front of them and it shut off the majority of traffic going by and killed their business.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Oh my !!

[@getalongva]

There were 2 other Hardee’s in Charlottesville and both have closed.

[@KreepsKringetv]

Thanks for coming to our home town! I drive past this Wendy’s here and now and remember going to the Wendy’s two years ago and it was boarded up no explanation, no sorry, no baconator fries, nothing. Still have held onto hope it would open back up. Seeing this made it real. 😢 haha

[@travisbrooks6055]

That Wendy’s closed because of the redesigning of rt.29. It became almost isolated. Love your content by the way!

[@AaronC143]

I was born in 1984. So of course, I still remember these old school Wendy's buildings. Wendy's is my #3 favorite fast food restaurant. Ours in Salem, Ohio looked like that until early 2018 when they remodeled ours.

[@raterus]

I hope you found a decent meal that day in C'ville (as we locals like to call it), there are so many good places downtown.

[@heroknaderi]

I enjoyed it. And what a convenient location for the ones who lived walking distance from it when it was open.

[@amandaclick3590]

Yep! I can get a little hungry too just thinking about Wendy's! I love the old school restaurants from back when I was a kid. I love it! ❤💕 I enjoyed it! Thank you so much! ☺

[@davidlewis9148]

When you yelled "Virginia "I laughed so hard!Love the movie "Gettysburg"!

[@anonymousinc6330]

I live near this city. The sad thing is, there are still one or two Wendy's here in town, but these places are largely run by people who simply don't care enough to do their job right, and revenues tend to drop when people can't count on their order being correct.

[@jenmarie6677]

Facts used to work at one of the two locations. 💀🥴

[@kittyroxs]

I go to the one Cville location all the time with no problems?

[@anonymousinc6330]

@@kittyroxs If you're referring to the one at Ridge-McIntire and Preston, it was actually quite good for awhile, I started having a lot of issues there. Of course the one closer to home seems to lose their cash register uplink every time it rains.

[@noah3254]

Not to mention their hours are f*cked bc no one wants to work + shitty staff, but it is what it is

[@niediawashington]

I’m from Charlottesville and I was surprised about this wendy’s. I’ve never really been out to Seminole a lot when I was a child or just can’t remember too much from it. I mainly stayed closer to Pantops and Downtown when growing up. I think it’s sooo cool to check this out and I kinda want to go check it out myself. Thanks so much for checking this out and i’m going to check out your BK video in Cville too because i’ve always been curious as to what happened before it transformed into another business.

[@kimiastewart6293]

Growing up in Chicago, Wendy's was my favorite fast food restaurant my favorite menu item was the Frosty of course and I even had a map of all the Wendy's locations in the Chicagoland area, lol Also I loved the newsprint design on the tables and the logo on the signage outside

[@kcollins1959]

I use to work at this exact location from 1982 to 1984, starting off as a crew member and leaving as Assistant Manager. I left Charlottesville for good in 1988. I guess Covid and the changes to Route 29 & Rio Road proved too much . I could tell you stories about that place.

[@alexcitron4966]

I used to visit this Wendy's for lunch once in a while, when I worked nearby in the late 1990's. One day, I ran into singer Barry White in there. Why he was in Charlottesville I don't know.

[@krystalclemons6561]

I live in Charlottesville and knew exactly where you were talking about before you said it....

[@chuckbrown2854]

Wendys another chain getting ready to kick the bucket like Ponderosa

[@alanlough638]

An awesome video, Wallie! I like the old school design of fast food restaurants myself. As for Wendy's, I grew up with the old time newspaper on the tables. Man, that was many years ago. Then again, I was born in 1962. I'll be 61 on November 15th. Have a Wendy'slicious Day!

[@ChonkyCats]

Happy early birthday

[@alanlough638]

@@ChonkyCats Thank you! Even though I'll be 61 on November 15th, I still have my health and my hair. I still wear my hair long, currently down on my shoulders. Lol

[@MrIceman22]

Great video Wallie keep it up love your videos :D

[@keith_the_hoe]

i lived in some dallas area and everything was old schooled like the 7 eleven, taco bell and wendys were vintage. years later i went back to that same area and everything was remodeled and there was even a new ice cream shop built but the wendys remained old school which i thought was nice

[@termitesc.aardwolf3644]

Is this the place where Chris Chan scared that kid with his Donald Duck impression?

[@WallieB26]

I dont believe it was this location. It was more than likely the Ruckersville location closer to his house.

[@tinajones3990]

That outside freezer would have been their bun freezer and that room behind the first drive thru window was probably the dry stock area so all your cups and paper products, sauce packets ect. Worked at wendys for five years.. and that cheddar melt was long gone when I started there in 2013..lol.. so yep a blast from the past along with all the other stuff you were reading off the menu board

[@lindamikel7913]

Hey Wallie What's Your Place Favorite Restaurant You Like Wendy's or Burger King and Hardee's.

[@hwa523ca]

The Wendy's nearby my house is still in the old fashion style as seen in this video, and it's been open for 20+ years. I wonder why they haven't updated it yet.

[@marvinfanny8989]

That Wendy's was there when I was a student at UVA in 1982.

[@Claws716]

That Wendy's was never great. But when covid hit, you couldn't tell if they were open or closed.

[@bigdogkellz5120]

Crazy your doing a video on my current town

[@weirdcelebass]

god i hope that’s the wendy’s chris chan did his donald duck impression in

[@NathanBeatty]

Hearing a heavy Pittsburgh accent (where I was born), doing a show in Charlottesville (where I currently live) is a bit of a trip. This is the Wendy's I used to go to all the time when I first moved here 20 years ago.

[@BigJay923]

I used to work down the road at the Gamestop (which is gone too) and it was awful to go there. I never had a good experience. Everything there is dying though.

[@insertnamehere5809]

I wonder if the ghost 👻 of Chris Chan haunts this Wendy's with its Donald Duck call

[@arlingtontrains7]

Show us the purple hair! Keep up the great work Wallie!

[@ecoRfan]

3:52 I certainly agree. When I think of fast food I think of the place having a mansard roof. Looks like this location was probably built in the 80s and last renovated in the mid-late 00s.

[@jet34thehawk]

Awesome 👌 video

[@tartariandreamer3663]

I use to go to this Wendy's restaurant, the drive-thru. It seems to me that it closed down less than two years ago. I was sorry to see it shut down.

[@brandonb.6099]

I like the old school Wendy's like this one.

[@DanielsRetail]

Good video & Wallie you should revisit the ames in Collins NY it's now been turned into a biglots now

[@ivanz7144]

man thats so close to where i used to work. i will not say where bu i all i can say is that you would never imagine where was job was hahaha

[@jessicacannizzaro7680]

I drive past this every day and I never really noticed it

[@morecrazybeastYT]

Yeah another banger video and how's your day and thank you for making me hungry 😂 but ngl I enjoy ur vids and when I get older I want to be like you looking at abandoned buildings let's keep the train going 😂😂😂😂😂 I said train bc u do train videos 😂

[@youtubeisinconsistent9169]

I still remember the weird 1800's newspaper print they used to have on the tables at Wendy's during their better years

[@ashandtjclark6893]

I live in Charlottesville and saw you guys make this video!!!! I thought y’all were like ghost buster or something but It’s crazy I hop on KZbin and you guys videos popped up that’s crazy! I sub to you so I won’t miss no more videos!

[@timothywalker4563]

I remember back to the 1980’s just the scent of those squares burgers I could almost levitate through the drive through 😂 Anybody remember there hot bar and salad bar good times😊

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

The Wendy's Super Bar was the best!

[@kira42897]

I live in cville. I drive by this Wendy's on my way to work almost every day. I never gave it a second thought. Interesting video though

[@monsterjamfan2002]

Wallie, My Wendy's Use to Look Just Like that Here In Richmond Kentucky, until They Changed the Design of it, I Absolutely Love Retro Buildings, I Miss The Early 2000s - 2010s

[@johnny-becker]

The office/drive through alongside the supposed "cooler" looks like a add on to the existing building.

[@King_Crawdad]

i drive by here every day

[@-FALKOR]

Looks like a perfect turn-key operation. Glory to Ukraine🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍💙💛

[@LordoflightningLoto]

The funny thing about that old menu board you found is some items like the cheddar cheese burger and monetary jack chicken sandwich date back to the 90's so that should tell you how long they reused it. Crazy stuff

[@vistatiger7493]

I still remember 80's Wendy's having those hanging tiffany lamps in the dining area and the hanging beads in the entryway.

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

Yup.. and remember the tables were imprinted with Victorian-era newspaper articles.. When you went to get a Dave's Deluxe it was like going back to the Gilded Age..

[@vistatiger7493]

@@GeorgeWashingtonX Yes I had forgotten about those. IF I remember correctly it seems like they always had a service closet over by the front door that walled in the front entrance where those beads would hang. It held the trash and the staff would clear the tables for you back then.

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

@@vistatiger7493 yeah, I remember the strands of colorful beads, and I think one Wendy's near my childhood house had louvered wooden doors inside too. Always seemed like a strange fast-food aesthetic, but they did use to advertise as 'Old fashioned' burgers.. I assume they were trying to create a vintage dining experience, and in some way separate themselves from the harsh (modern) plastic look that McDonalds & Burger King had in the late 70s/80 etc (?)

[@JeremysRetailExploration]

Nice one! This was a cool find!

[@atlnikka]

I love and miss old school Wendy’s they got rid of salad bar the old fries now the 70s style Wendy’s they took my childhood away

[@BeWingfulDesigns]

The Monterey chicken sandwiches were amazing!!!! I use to drive to this location at least once a week on my break from the McDonald’s down the road!!!!!

[@nicholasprofeta1179]

I am a huge fan of Wendy’s. So sad that they closed down.

[@ReaIly]

Wendy’s didn’t close down.

[@induss1491]

@@ReaIlythis one did.

[@Itx_kayy]

I remember coming here when I was younger. Damn where do the years go😭😭

[@c.nichols9912]

my cousin lives in Charlottesville

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Loved the columns at the front.

[@mattrwilkins]

I grew up right by there. I went to that Wendy’s a whole lot. Sad to see it abandoned, but also, it’s just what is bound to happen when they remodeled and eliminated the solarium. Lol.

[@cloneskiller]

the letter organizer in the window is the tiled letters for the big sign outside.

[@ChonkyCats]

5:08 lol look at where the handicap parking is, doesn't appear to be closer to the doors than the regular parking spots.

[@stitchjones4028]

The car dealership on the corner there was a Hardee's before.

[@ericbechler9903]

Nice wallie 😃

[@tempest2000]

We still have two old style Wendy's in nearby Harrisonburg. Didn't know it was a thing.

[@davegamesalot6526]

I cant believe you referenced a part of the chris(tine) chan lore lol

[@gregallsmagic]

I been to Charlottesville. I use to live in Lynchburg. Now I’m in Charlotte County.

[@Rlotpir1972]

I still have an abandoned Wendy's on PA 252 N near US 202 expressway.

[@NSteigs]

I was at this Wendy’s eating lunch during the big earthquake in like 2012ish. Crazy to see it on KZbin

[@shaykalah1]

this place just shut down lol it was open and thriving for years

[@kingjelly6666]

Spirit express😂 love it

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

Seeing abandoned Wendy's make me feel old lol.

[@vincewilkes]

Damn I didn't even notice. Used to go there all the time when I lived in town.

[@JohnB-nq4js]

Charlottesvillian here - that Wendy's was never very good. Otto Turkish is excellent, though - I've never had a bad meal there!

[@moose4164]

dude is that a wasp nest in the crap Wendy Oder screen

[@jamesthefordman]

I miss seeing the cavalier you should take it out just once in awhile love your videos Man

[@allencharlei8351]

Used to eat there all the time live about 7 miles away it closed down when they redid 29 and put the underpasses in at Rio Road making it basically an accessible Hardee's was on the corner same with it it's a car lot the last I seen

[@jariussmock28]

this Wendy's reminds me of my home town Wendy's

[@RR-xg1cm]

Letters at 07:45 looked like the letters for the marquee. Would say things like now hiring, specials, etc.

[@amandahall9484]

I remember when that Wendys had a salad bar

[@shanepoole527]

Cool video yeah the great old school style a fast food buildings are dwindling it's a darn shame how cheap things are made these days there was a true experience to go into a fast food restaurant you could go in and have a great time with your friends or family in one but nowadays it's all about getting the money out of you and getting you out the door I do like the fact that your documenting these old abandoned places before they're gone forever course I've always thought in the back of my mind after watching your video how interesting it may would be to buy one of these shut down restaurant buildings and make a house out of it this video showing this how much room there is in the building that you just filmed it would probably make one cool house awesome video and keep up the great work.

[@josecontreras2997]

We have an abandoned Wendy's in Staunton VA but they relocated to the front side of town.

[@ronthatus]

I recently saw one with the sunroom looking attachment. It’s actually a Chinese restaurant now

[@greeneyedldy50]

I love exploring old abandon buildings thank you buddy r u from up north

[@reflectionsinthebible3579]

Strange video. We sure have too many car washes. Papa Johns near me stopped delivering a couple months ago and are gone. Tuesday Morning left a couple years ago.

[@briandonovan3518]

the res and yellow around top of that building looks like a Midas Shop

[@ronaldareyes9899]

Hi 👋 Wallie I 👍 Wendy's.

[@mehchocolate1257]

Runs around screaming deez nuts 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@eaglescout1984]

I was last in that Wendy's in the summer of 2019. I was working nearby and was on my lunch break, along with a lot of other people. The power went out for a few seconds, but their POS system didn't have UPS backup, so basically all the orders were gone. Everyone had to go back to the counter with their receipt and they had to prepare the order with the information on the receipts. It was a shit show, but at least the manager was able to keep things running. No thanks to the cheap ass franchise owner. Guess that's why he took the money and ran when the pandemic hit rather than trying to tough it out for his employees. Also, I'm glad you took the chance to explore local food options. C'ville is actually in the top 10 of restaurants per capita in the US, and since we don't have things like Cracker Barrel or Olive Garden, you can imagine a lot of those restaurants are local eateries offering unique and well-crafted items.

[@zackhorridge4896]

I was so confused when I saw Charlottesville…. Why would anyone want to come to Charlottesville. I’ve loved here way too long lol

[@Nemonurwingy]

I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, home to Wendy’s. It used to be better and my favorite quick bite spot, but it got bought out and isn’t as good. As far as Turkish food, all Mediterranean food is similar, and awesome. I’d rather have a falafel sandwich than anything hedge fund Wendy’s serves.

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

Fuh Vuh-GINIA !!

[@crystalscan2002]

i love the older design wendys, and wendys has the best burgers

[@diamonddave45]

Reminds me of the one in Wexford, PA, but you videoed that one before that was torn down. BTW, you need to come over to Fredericksburg next time you're in Virginia. Lots of good ole down and out old stores and restaurants.

[@MightyJKF]

Was this the Wendy's Chris-chan worked at back in 2001?

[@whyasmr841]

My hometown

[@robertmunoz7543]

Same style wendys closed a few months back in staunton va 2022!😳 Must be the one off 29 Jman

[@user-kw5fl7yg4u]

update: it is now covered in graffiti, and the interior has most likely been stripped. you should come back and see how much has changed :)

[@bnorris5398]

They put an underpass below Rio Rd for US29. That really reduced traffic access to that Wendy’s and In sure that with the Pandemic did it in.

[@induss1491]

we used to go to this wendy’s for lunch when i was in high school at albemarle high (84-88)

[@briandonovan3518]

that small drive thru window was most likely added on and was for order taking