Chi Chi's Mexican Restaurant tv commercial

A commercial that aired on February 13, 1995 for my favorite Mexican restaurant chain, Chi Chi's, that is now closed for good. All because of those green onions. See wikipedia for the full story. Hope this commercial brings back memories! There are two 15 second commercials, one for their Ultimate Combos and the other for their buffet. Check out the buffet price!

[@Box134]

What a shame they disappeared. They were a regular stop for our family. My favorite was the seafood crepes, called the Cancun. I haven't found a reasonably priced replacement yet.

[@eyebrowqueen23]

oh man I am really craving their food right now...they had the best cheese nachos and their fried ice cream was the very very best. don pablos can't touch them!!

[@RETROGEMS]

I loved the HELL out of Chi-Chi's restaurant!! This was my very favorite place to go for special occasions. Their food was incredible; I still remember the smells and tastes of it. A few of my favorites were this DELICIOUS salsa made from chopped tomatoes and cilantro, their warm and crispy chips, and this sweet and yummy Mexican cornbread dish that came alongside most of their entrees. The last time I ate there was for my birthday in 2001.I was heart-broken when they all closed down!! ;-(

[@anthonymrbs]

Chi Chis will always be my all time favororite restaurant. I really miss those piled high Texas nachos, El Grande burro, the Cancun seafood enchiladas, the corncake, and the fried ice cream. At least there is still Don Pablos which serves similar style Mexican food, but we don't have one in our town. But mostly all we have now are restaurants that are carbon copies of one another - Outback, Texas Roadhouse, Logans, Ruby Tuesday's, and Applebees. All serve boring food you can fix at home.

[@arclight2012]

You can still go to Chi Chi's in Belgium! (It's true...look it up!)

[@zyzll]

fried icecream!!!!!

[@firringsquad14]

goku's favorite restaurant.

[@luriette78]

Oh my god I miss this restaurant so much. My high school spanish teacher told us it was a bastardization of Mexican food, but I don't care it was delicious!

[@elc1960]

I used to like to go to Chi-Chi's, and I don't care that the name is Spanish slang for tits (shame on any adult who calls breasts "boobies" and isn't talking to a small child). Their fried ice cream was great, and so was their flan. As for the "bad service", name me one mid-price sit-down restaurant nowadays that gives consistently good service. They're ALL guilty of it - Outback, Bugaboo Creek, Uno's, Macaroni Grille, Chili's, Applebee's, TGIFriday's, all of them.

[@jrzy49]

My parents met at the Portland Chi-Chi's in 1982. My mom was a waitress. I might not be alive without Chi-Chi's!

[@ashleyj0]

When i was a kid (im 38 now) my ma loved chi chis omg we drove 45 mins away just to eat there. Lol. Sadly, i was just a basic chicken finger eatin kiddo, so i'll never know if their food was actually any good 😆 my lil bro got the fried ice cream once. I think he was afraid of it LOL

[@Nostaljack]

No, they don't. All the locations were closed about 10 years ago when Outback Steakhouse bought the chain. That was my second-favorite restaraunt. What's really creepy is that the one I used to go to is still sitting empty. I pass it quite often.

[@lisalott2037]

Does anyone know how their queso was made. That was my favorite an can't find anything close to it..

[@snootzie78]

I miss Chi Chi's. I ate there all the time in Wichita.

[@KeptPromises]

That last commercial shows how desperate they were to keep people coming 😂

[@bigroy38]

the Chi-Chi's across from Tompkin's Barracks near Heidelberg,Germany was our Cheers bar.GOOD GAWD,but NEVER eat the food.

[@SANxJONERO]

Did you see the other commercials? I think some look better. straight-upDOTinfo

[@computerpurple]

LOVED their burrows. Wish i knew how they made them.

[@ken131]

I miss all that stuff so much. :-(

[@rtlthemusician5598]

Chi Chi’s is just a more romantic Taco Bell

[@dylansgirl2]

I miss there fried ice-cream and their Halloween Margaritas..they were Killer!!

[@kittygrrlhk]

I remember there was a Chi-Chi's in Oklahoma City back in the early 80's.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

Best margarita's ever!

[@lorengorsline1395]

Red

[@Nostaljack]

Yeah, they did. Initially, Outback Steakhouse, Inc. bought the chain (the restaurants, the recipes, the whole thing) and they were going to take the old Chi-Chi's Restaurants and turn them into Outback Steakhouses. For whatever reason, they decided against it and instead sold them to Kimco Realty. Kimco allowed all the locations to sit empty.

[@Nostaljack]

The one I mentioned above has finally been purchased and is about to become "Floyd's Bar & Grill". There is yet another in Springfield, VA that's attached to a mall that's still sitting there abandoned.

[@babygiraffe123]

Never had the chance to go here. We had one in Kitchener, ON, in the late 80s, early 90s. After it closed down, they turned it into a bar & grill called Cactus Rose. Then after THAT went under, it became Jack Astors, which is what it still is, today.

[@mcx99]

Anybody work at the Chi Chi's on the west side of Madison, Wisconsin? I worked there from 1984-1988.

[@Digatone]

Back when I lived in Northern Virginia I use to go to Chi Chi's Mexican Restaurant at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax

[@678BUMPERLOVER]

do they still have this restaurant i never been to this restaurant

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

I miss it too. The last time I went to a Chi-Chi's was in 1999.

[@CantonDrummer85]

do you know any of the food suppliers and recipes?

[@CantonDrummer85]

i think it was more like 5 years ago?

[@CantonDrummer85]

i'll be glad when you're gone

[@MC7791]

same to you

[@MC7791]

besides the hepatitis the reason why chi chis closed in my opinion is bad service. We almost always got bad service every time we went to the local one. Since the service never got better I am glad that chi chis is now gone for the most part. Maybe crapplebees is next to die

[@crazitaco]

wow people how can you possibly eat at that place? you DO know what chi chis are right?!