The rise and fall of Chi-Chi's - Life in America

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[@SMichaelDeHart]

I remember that last time I ate at a Chi Chi's Restaurant in Charleston, West Virginia in the mid 90's. I was on a date night with my wife...lost her to cancer in 2011' two weeks before our 23rd wedding anniversary. I can still remember what she wore that night. Damn!!!

[@GospelGirl1Cor15]

So sorry to hear. God bless you!

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@@GospelGirl1Cor15 thank you...that's very sweet of you.

[@gli7utubeo]

Wow, so sad. Sorry about your hurting.

[@SMichaelDeHart]

@@gli7utubeo thank you.

[@michaelbracken5049]

God bless you my friend

[@1957mrbill]

My worst hangover was from drinking pitchers of Chi-Chi's margaritas. Those were the days!

[@joycejackson9315]

On the rocks on Wednesday happy hour. 4 too 5pm. Buy a pitcher get one free. Ugh.

[@Teddy31976]

I know right 😀

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

They still make the pre made cocktails ill never forget the long Island iced teas and orange cream cocktails

[@deborah7398]

We rescued a little dog named Chi Chi. Her ashes are on the top shelf of the computer desk with our daughters.

[@froter1]

@@Hope4all2 amen 💗

[@christinewoodruff255]

So very sorry

[@henryballing8164]

Sorry for your losses

[@GrumpyRook]

Chi-Chi's was gone before I was really old enough to enjoy it. But my aunt still talks about it, and it's been almost 20 years since they went away. I would love to eat at one. 😔

[@elbob17]

I was a fan as a kid in the 80s.

[@jackiereynolds2888]

There was a Chi Chi's in southern California on Whittier Blvd. I ate at. Their Chi-Chi burger was a hamburger with an open hot dog on it.

[@ciccioaporta3774]

My first, and to this day ,best Chimichanga ever

[@onlybosslion9267]

Miss this place! Haven’t found a good place! Doing my thing at home!

[@mattiemadison1234]

I’m over 40. And from tx. Never heard of it.

[@khalgarrison]

I remember Chi Chi's in Calgary in the 80's on Macleod Trail... it was delicious!

[@daniel.d.roberts6850]

I've seen commercials of this restaurant, but I've never been there, but yeah, it's a sad story, but true.

[@robo60616]

My little brother would eat 2 senior Gonzales plates .

[@palw5949]

Chi chi was in buffalo ny it was behind the the boulevard mall buffalo. It was very popular with collage students...

[@chief1b]

Thanks I wanted to know what happened to the place. One day gone and all what was left is an empty building that sat for years until Demolished

[@exciteyouraudience]

Why did you show the Green Bay Packers when you talked about Minnesota? They have their own team - The Vikings.

[@rjyeezy76]

I can still taste that fried ice cream like it was yesterday. Please bring back the 80’s and 90’s for eternity..

[@Linda7647]

I completely agree. Those were the days. I miss Chi-Chi's. That seafood chimi was to die for. Plus the atmosphere was fun. To this day, after dining at many different Mexican-style restaurants since the passing of Chi-Chi's, I haven't found a seafood chimichanga like the one Chi-Chi's made.

[@amywhite9972]

You can still get fried ice cream. Normally Japanese steak houses have it. That stuff is awesome

[@lindabaron4584]

@@Linda7647 that seafood chimi was my favorite too.😊

[@lindabaron4584]

I agree, and throw in the 70s while we're at it. 👌💕😍

[@Linda7647]

@@lindabaron4584 Wasn't that fabulous? Nobody did them like Chi-Chi's, that's for sure. My new favorite Mexican spot does a pretty good shrimp chimi, but it's not the same.

[@neilschipper3741]

You always have great content! Don't know how you put out so many videos. It must take a lot of times research and produce your videos. Chi-Chi's was a favorite I enjoyed.

[@lizajane55555]

I loved Chi Chi's and miss the warm corn chips and salsa served when you sat down at the table... it had a nice atmosphere and the margaritas were the best.

[@141poolplayer]

Tues. nights were margarita nights. They might have been 1/2 price or whatever. I used to go every week, sit at the bar, drink margaritas, and eat free chips and salsa all night. It was great.

[@RichardinNC1]

We did the same in Charlotte.

[@Teddy31976]

I know right 😀

[@naturekid1335]

Same!

[@skipmagil]

Yamo

[@iamhis4ever7]

Atlanta! 😋

[@annettemalaski1967]

Yes! Yes! Yes! This was the BEST Mexican restraunt! I miss them terribly!

[@TXMEDRGR]

I wish I could go to Chi-Chi's again.

[@bicgohill8756]

Go to Germany they have 3.

[@sharonrose9994]

Me too!!

[@Teddy31976]

Me too.

[@andrefecteau]

I worked at one for 2 years...in the parking lot of "the Super Mall" in Huntsville AL...wow was it "the place to be"

[@TXMEDRGR]

@@andrefecteau Why were you out in the parking lot?

[@bobwallace9814]

My grandma's dog was named Chi Chi. I never told her the name translates literally to "titties".

[@timmmahhhh]

Look up what it means to the South Americans and you'll wonder why it was ever used for a restaurant name!

[@Nezmund]

They could've converted the retaurants to strip clubs and kept the name.

[@GreatBeyond74]

tell titties I said hey

[@georgei546]

@@GreatBeyond74 my friend cat was named chi chi’s

[@InvisibleAvenger]

@@timmmahhhh Chi Chi was the nickname of the wife of one of the restaurant's founders; they absolutely knew what it meant.

[@sunflowerheather7019]

Worked there in the very early 90s. Great experience and made a friend for life. We all hated singing the birthday song btw lol

[@JennRighter]

Omg I worked at Applebee’s in the early 2000’s and the bday song was THE WORST.

[@cameraman655]

Indeed and I hated it having being sung to me.

[@johniii8147]

Anyone that knows me knows their dead If they ever expose me to one of those tacky birthday things in the restaurant. So I definitely feel your pain I can imagine actually having to do it

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Didn't the birthday person get a free fried ice cream or something like that? It seems to me that while leaving the resteraunt after my OLDER brothers birthday dinner (years ago), I recall telling him that I gladly would've paid for his desert, if only to keep those poor servers from having to go through that embarrassing routine again! I'm pretty sure he still has the picture of himself wearing the sombrero too.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

@@johniii8147 I'm right there with you! I also feel bad for the people that have to go through those routines day after day.

[@KKEM641]

Went there for my birthday many years ago, got a sombrero -- it has been well over 20 years, but I still have it.

[@lindsayeshapiromcleod9975]

I worked at Chi Chi’s Pointe Claire in Quebec1992-96. My husband and I love to note that if I hadn’t worked there we would never have met. And we know MANY couples that were created through Chi Chi’s staff who are still together :)

[@Das_Vert]

I worked there from 99-04. I was there until the bitter end. Sad days. Met lists of lifelong friends.

[@hitch6161]

Happy hour was great, free chips and salsa, $1 drafts

[@kimschubert61]

I loved Chi-Chi's! I used to go there a lot and the food was always so good! Never a bad experience. Loved the strawberry margaritas!

[@billymule961]

I wondered what happened to Chi Chi's. Back in the 70s I did the plumbing in the restaurant that was built in Springfield, Va. They did a phenomenal business for years after they opened. A couple of the owners were ex-NFL players. Never knew why they failed.

[@detectivefiction3701]

I remember that particular Chi Chis. I have very fond teenage memories of it.

[@geve8473]

When my mother and I moved to Springfield from TX in 87, I ate at Chi Chis for the 1st as a Teenager. Loved the seafood chimichangas

[@StnColdSk]

The second I saw the name, I could hear the sizzling skillets coming out of the kitchen. This one hit my childhood bone. So many good family memories of Saturdays at the mall followed by dinner at Chi-Chis in Pittsburgh.

[@SweatLaserXP]

I am from Connecticut but my mother is from Pittsburgh. We would travel to Pittsburgh twice a year, and I remember hitting up Chi-Chi's on a few occasions. It was always in the outer suburbs near some mall that we drove to like Century 3 or Ross Park, and Waterworks. Nonetheless, I have fond memories of Point Breeze, and being a rascal in Frick Park and Homewood Cemetery.

[@professionalantivaxxer4065]

There was one in Monroeville too

[@professionalantivaxxer4065]

​@@SweatLaserXPThere was one in Monroeville too

[@midnightodellewest1999]

It's like this channel dug into my brain, stirred up all my happy 70's/80's childhood memories and is now regurgitating them to me via Recollection road and courtesy of the google algorithm.

[@buoyant69]

This is perhaps my favorite defunct restaurant chain. I absolutely loved Chi-Chi’s “Celebration of Food.” Authentic Mexican or not, their food was awesome. Way better than chain food had any right to be. And that greasy sweet corn bread in a cup stuff was so amazing just dropping a mention of it into a conversation with friends would necessitate an immediate lunch trip to Chi-Chi’s. I went there every single birthday (for my free b-day serving of Mexican fried ice cream along with a side of clapping and singing). Here in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area they had at least a dozen locations through the 90s. So sad when they closed.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

Thanks for solving the mystery of the disappearance of Chi Chi's. I loved that place!

[@deboraham3]

I LOVED Chi Chi's!!!!!....Loved the Chicken Chimichanga!!!...then came Hep A.

[@ninjacrumbs]

Unbelievably we had a Chi-Chi`s in my small hometown of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. There was also a Toy`s R Us sharing the same parking lot. Decades later I can still vividly see and experience the fun we had in my mind`s eye. God, I miss the 80s!!

[@cfapps7865]

Chi Chi's on 494 before hockey games at Met Center in Bloomington, MN.

[@Minnesota_Lakes]

We made it a habit to hit the Chi-Chi's in Burnsville, MN. in the 1980s. First time we ever tried fried ice cream!

[@buickinvicta288]

I still buy the "restaurant style" salsa, my favorite.

[@surfstarcc1]

Yupp

[@buickinvicta288]

@@surfstarcc1 👍

[@Das_Vert]

Do you think it’s just what you remember? I worked there for years and I don’t think any of the store products taste like the salsa I loved.

[@buickinvicta288]

@@Das_Vert IDK, but their restaurant style is my favorite compared to the others. I don't like the thick mushy ones.

[@davmatt74]

2:45 I loved that big 80's hair.

[@larrycj4382]

I LOVED ChiChis, especially the seafood chimichangas and their frothy frozen drinks, which you could get by the pitcher. I even ate at one in London, in the early 1990s.

[@markclark1654]

I celebrated my 21st birthday at Chi-Chi’s in Louisville some 38 years ago, and I still remember the Chimichanga and big margaritas! Great memories!

[@marlahargrove5685]

Yes and yes Girl.

[@impalaman9707]

When my mother graduated from nursing school, got a job, and we were finally a "two income household" so we were now "rich" enough to eat somewhere other than home or McDonalds, this was our special place to go every Friday night. First time I ever got to eat chips and salsa and fried ice cream--delicacies that I never knew existed in the Mexican restaurant world beyond the usual taco and burrito from Taco Tico

[@guineapiglady2841]

I remember going in with my family in '79. I heard music of soft playing guitar, assuming it was Mexican music, but it turned out to be Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven"!!

[@ettaplace6716]

I used to love chi chi’s !😁 why do all good things go under???

[@paulrossi4863]

All good things are eventually destined to go under, you, I and everyone will go under someday. Nothing in this world lasts forever..😁

[@Shullf2011]

It was my favorite restaurant when I was little. Chips and salsa, enchiladas, and FRIED ICE CREAM... Yum... But I remember how they got worse and worse. The last time my family went to one all the food was cold in the center when we got it and the place was deserted.

[@ericwilliams9440]

I still grieve the loss of Chi-chi's. 😢

[@jenl3162]

Totally. Such good memories.

[@catonthemoon2084]

As do I....😥

[@russcorbett3923]

I never knew that they were an actual place to eat ,,, ive only known the name from the salsa I've bought !!! Wow !!!!

[@will.a.benjamin]

Went there a lot with my family as a kid. Really liked the food and atmosphere and it was always packed.

[@stevedeleon8775]

My mothers youngest uncle owned a franchise CHI CHI'S In Southern California in the 1980's..He retired (2009) just in time before it went under..

[@zjrkeith]

Sounds suspicious

[@doneown503]

I used to walk thru that entrance like I was a conquistador! & after just two margaritas, I truely got the Mexican experience!! , then a darn cop pulled me over, , ,

[@Das_Vert]

All chi chi’s were closed by 2004.

[@stevedeleon8775]

@@Das_Vert Yes ..most franchise restaurants did ..but the independent one in Walnut Ca. my uncle had closed in 2009...

[@Porsche996driver]

I still love Chichis! Does nobody realize what that refers to? Think H👀TERS LOL

[@11jazzygd11]

Minnesota Tex Mex? No way Jose!

[@glengamble526]

When I was a young, broke touring musician (as opposed to an old, broke touring musician) we would go to Chi-Chi’s on our Sundays off on tour. We couldn’t afford to both eat and drink so we would sit in the lounge and eat the free nacho chips and melted cheese/salsa and drink beer. The bartender didn’t care as long as we kept drinking-so we would literally have unlimited nachos and dip for dinner! 😂 Ah, to be 19 again.

[@model-man7802]

Margaritas and fried icecream after Roller skating.

[@pghrpg4065]

Being from Pittsburgh, I remember the Hepatitis outbreak. BTW, Monaca isn't pronounced the same as Monica. Of course, I don't know how anyone would know that if they're not from the area. I remember going there on my mother's birthday one year and she wouldn't put on the giant sombrero.

[@jasonfederer993]

Haha similar experience in the Burgh. I remember every year our Spanish class would do a field trip to Soldiers and Sailors for the flamenco dancing and would stop at Chi-Chi’s in Pleasant Hills for lunch on the way back to school.

[@bigpicturethinking5620]

Oh man. As a kid we drove by the one in Monroeville almost every day. My family nor I ever ate there though and when that happened they were like “see, that’s why” lol.

[@peterperpetua2974]

we went to the one at the Parkway Center Mall many times.

[@davidebasinger2997]

Yes, the Monaca one is in beaver county in my home area. Great times there after college classes!

[@daveybelladonna9295]

Chi-Chis was a big deal in Louisville. I can still smell the churros from the location in Bashford Manor Mall.

[@charles-y2z6c]

I remember when the Hepatitis incident happened. Refused to eat there after that.

[@Ogre-Keeper]

I feel like it happened at Taco bell too. Maybe it was something else around the same time frame. They just pulled green onion off the menu and swept it under the rug.

[@Nelphoto]

Happened in my hometown. We were all devastated. 😢

[@cartman4885]

Sad thing the and others buy products in good faith but pay the price if the product is no good..................

[@gerardkowalski7683]

They never recovered from the onion debacle . I luv that place.

[@anthonychihuahua]

I just now searched what that was about. Interesting.

[@johniii8147]

It was already going downhill before then it was just a final nail

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

I'm PRETTY sure you meant to say mo-NACK-ah Pennsylvania.

[@robertzacharias6815]

Thanks for this video! Definitely one I wanted to see made. I’m from MN originally and Chi-Chi’s was a place I always enjoyed frequenting. Sad to see them fade out.

[@markw208]

I sincerely appreciate all of your “Recollection Road” videos. So many have memories and meaning to me. I had never heard anything about the founders, but I remember Max McGee. I’m not sure that Taco Bell and the likes were ever competition for Chi Chi’s. Taco Bell has been around since the mid 60’s, at least in New Mexico. The great thing about Chi Chi’s was the quantity of food of every dish. Wow! They put others to shame. The food was definitely less spicy than genuine Mexican or TexMex but many people preferred it that way. In Oklahoma and Texas we had Chi Chi’s, El Chico, El Charito, Monterey House as well as Two Pesos, plus local family places. They served more genuine Mexican food but the quantity was less. The atmosphere at Chi Chi’s was great as was the service. Always enjoyable dining. It seems many good restaurants do really well for years and then they lose customers to “the new place”. The food poisoning was unfortunate and unforgivable. I really miss Chi Chi’s (Two Pesos and most of the El Chico and El Charito’s are gone too) 😞

[@Zim85]

Funny, just the other day I was making taco meat and used some Chi Chi's seasoning packet. It was pretty good. But I had totally forgot this was a big restaurant chain at one time. I've never eaten at a Chi Chi's, despite living in MN my whole life lol. Our family just always went to other smaller and local places. R.I.P. Cannon Ball off of 52 in Cannon Falls. Loved their cheese curds.

[@sandyb.5287]

This was always our go to place . We loved there food. We miss it so much

[@michaelcap9550]

The refried beans were always left under a heat lamp too long and had a crust on top. Didn't help their image.

[@Luke-hs3bf]

I worked at one in Tacoma Washington. It was my first job as a teenager. I was the apps (appetizer) guy. Was there from the grande opening onwards. Was very popular place to eat. Never a slowdown in the apps department. It was very stressful as a teen. I remember actually having nightmares about making the appetizers. Always good for a chuckle when I think back on that job.👍😺

[@catonthemoon2084]

Pollo Magnifico I remember it well and still miss that meal after all these years. Best fried ice cream 🍨 ever!!

[@RKusmie64]

I guess there isn't much to their story, is there? Chi-chi's was my husband and my favorite Mexican restaurant and we were broken-hearted when they closed. We've never found another Mex restaurant we've liked as much ever since. But I did score a Chi-chi's margarita glass at a vintage store a few weeks ago, so I'm thrilled to still have a little piece of it. And their salsa from the supermarket is my favorite kind.

[@cyclenut]

During the 80s I liked Chi-Chi's in Jacksonville, FL.

[@doneown503]

I broke my Salsa cherry, at chi-chis!

[@catman8965]

It's time for a come back. 😁

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Omg I loved their chips and salsa it was the best!!!!! Didn't care for their food though...

[@scottielover5415]

Tiffany, I agree. Also, I loved their margaritas.

[@davidsimmons9763]

I have seen people fill up on their chips and then when the food arrives, they ask for “to go boxes”.

[@0blivioniox864]

This was such a great place to go for dinner and drinks with friends... Their food was always excellent in my experience. Their margaritas were excellent. Service was always great. Atmosphere was extremely comfortable. I miss this place dearly. On the border and Chevy's' are half-decent substitutes, but there's only a few peppered across the northeast.

[@TheLochs]

As a kid growing up in WI in the 70's and 80's I loved Chi Chi's. I always got the chimichanga. Good times.

[@74Bossino]

I use to work here back in 1996,it was my first job as a teenager fresh out of youth detention

[@RandysRacingPlace633]

Oh, yes, Chi-Chi's. I used to go here all the time back when I was a kid. Then, they closed and Don Pablo's (Which was mostly in the Midwest, I believe) became my favorite Mexican chain restaurant.

[@billesty]

I loved Chi-Chi’s. Great place, great food and the fried ice cream was to die for 😋

[@g0ezle0nard96]

Chi-Chi’s was definitely a staple of success Lincoln, NE. I do have good memories dining there. Glad I missed the onion ordeal albeit.

[@hillorisartin6129]

You should do a video on zantigos. That was awesome Mexican fast food. So much better than the bell.

[@gen-x-dad]

Great video. The reason they went out of business in Canada though was completely different and pre-dated their U.S. demise. Thinking of doing a short video on it later this week.

[@TheWolf-rz4oz]

There is currently a great Chi Chis in Luxembourg in the old square.

[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

Remember the one in my hometown of Huntsville Alabama well. Yum

[@rtking1969]

My late sister worked at Chi-Chi's while in high school

[@pgahole]

I worked at one (Beaverton, Oregon) in the early 80's as a busboy and bar back. One of the best restaurant jobs I ever had. Thank you for the stroll down memory lane!

[@marshalljimduncan]

Beaverton, lol...

[@samanthab1923]

Not s big fan of Mexican but husband was so we went to one in East Brunswick NJ on Rt 18. I think it was near a movie theater.

[@michaelfischer841]

i loved Chi-Chi's . one of my all time favourite restaurants .

[@macsenplays]

I would’ve missed Chi-Chi's, but the last time I was in one, was my 10th birthday. We were seated, and the waitress didn’t come to us again for 45 minutes. We walked out, and never went back.

[@JAEJourneyAroundEurope]

Pretty much why they closed

[@g0ezle0nard96]

The question is now... where did you go for dinner after leaving the Chi-Chi’s?

[@Rangersly]

We had some Chi-Chi's even up here in Canada. I the small town where I live (on the south shore of Montreal), there were no bars. So on frriday or saturday nights, when we wanted a drink, we went to Chi-chi's, order some food and more than a few strawberry margaritas. I don't remember the food at all, but I remember the margaritas!

[@sparks2spare782]

My family would go to the one at Six Flags Mall in Arlington TX.

[@shawnmeyer2788]

Didnt know Texas had ChiChi’s. You sure that wasn’t an El Chico?

[@mm-hw9ku]

00:52 two failed icons that do not exist anymore in one screen shot. Nice. Pick out the failed Citation and Chi-Chi’s.

[@melaniepattonraleigh9663]

I used to go to the one in Lexington Ky - enchiladas and fried ice cream.

[@luv2sail66]

Me too when I was a medical student at UK from ‘88 to ‘92. I still miss the pepper jack cheese enchiladas that came with the chicken El Paso. Fond memories...

[@m.f.richardson1602]

Me too.

[@stantheman9072]

@@m.f.richardson1602 Me three

[@mikecook317]

me too!

[@johniii8147]

Never missed them. Very mediocre food much better options developed

[@doreen3737]

Another great video, thank you!!❤❤ I don't know if you did these already I looked through your videos and didn't see them but if you didn't maybe you could do a video on Two Guys, Jamesway and Bradley's they were stores that I remember in New Jersey way back in the day...😁😁

[@terrelmchenry9524]

I USE TO TAKE MY WIFE THERE IN THE MID 90'S FOR LUNCH ON THE WEEKENDS IN GREEN BAY,THE FOOD WAS AWESOME AND FARE PRICED......

[@bobkattner9226]

Go Pack Go!!

[@wyocoloexperience7025]

We used to eat at the Chi Chi's across the street from the Dayton Mall in Dayton, Ohio!

[@xoacatl]

I didn't go to that chi chi's but I went to the Dayton Mall. One of my uncles from Xenia took me and my brother when we came in town from Nashville

[@wyocoloexperience7025]

I remember Xenia! I lived just north of there in Enon. We only lived there 18 months, but I have a lot of memories of the Dayton Mall too. I was a Freshman in high school and saw a lot of movies with my Dad at the Mall.

[@davidkastin4240]

The chimichangas were good! I sure do miss Chi Chi's

[@larrycj4382]

I LOVED those!!! 😋😋😋

[@Coins_4_Flip]

We had a Chi-Chi's in Fayetteville, NC, 1980's/90's. Loved going there and had a couple birthday parties there when I was a child. The building is still there - Super Chinese Buffet now.

[@truttman]

Went there many times.

[@stevedeleon8775]

We had a place called "GORDOS" Mexican Restaurant in the 1970's thru 2000 here in Tucson, Arizona..The owner was a Native Tucson Man..Their claim to fame was the "GIANT CHIMICHANGA"..

[@larrycj4382]

Mmmm GIANT Chimichanga! A shame they are not there anymore, as I am visiting the Tucson area next year.

[@stevedeleon8775]

@@larrycj4382 Cool Larry I hope you come when it's not so Hot Here...Avoid the months July..August..September..These are the 100 degrees + 🏜 months..I can recommend some good Mexican 🥑🌮 Restaurants here ..keep in touch I'll be happy to list them for you👍

[@BELCAN57]

We had a "Chi-Chi's" in my hometown of Enfield, CT. It became an Outback.

[@348loadedlever3]

I like thick and chunky Chi-Chi’s🤣🤣🤨

[@CrissyLynnB]

Loved their chimichangas! The building they occupied still stands and has been several different restaurants over the years. Wish they were still around.....

[@rocaro88]

As a student in Boston, (USA) during the 80s, Chi-Chis was one of my favourite places to eat. I lost my virginity after a romantic diner at Chi-Chis. I was still able to eat at Chi-Chis one last time in the late 90s in Barcelona, Spain before they closed down there too.

[@paulbunyun4479]

did you eat the taco that night?

[@jmfisher9999]

I remember eating chips and salsa at Chi-Chi's on my graduation night of high school. I drank way too much, and threw up everything in front of hot chicks.. I couldn't eat salsa for over 10 years.. Love the memories.

[@1964corvan]

our old chichis building still looks the same other than different colors and is still a mexican restaurant!

[@RiveraArlene]

2004 was not the end of the restaurant. There was a Chi Chi’s in Mercer County NJ that closed in 2008.

[@videox222ify]

where was the one in Mercer County?

[@SolarSailor1967]

3 words: Fried Ice Cream

[@froter1]

I'm a Texan ... Trust me , I ate at a Chi Chi's in Milwaukee...it sucked

[@froter1]

It was buffet style .. I put a strawberry glaze by mistake on my enchiladas .. I told the waitress it tasted sweet and she said , that's because it's glaze ... I said , "sorry , I thought it looked like hot sauce" ( it did ) ..she brought another plate of enchiladas..and a cup of hot sauce .. I tried the enchiladas without hot sauce .. then , with. .. it all sucked .. we left and paid . But , that's the Texan thing to do .. they will never learn , can't fool the best taste buds in the US