Abandoned Vintage Arby's - Kent, OH

[@MattBolanz]

i live in kent and i was so upset when they shut down this location. being that it opened in 1966, it was likely one of the first few arbys restaurants. It used to have a huge neon sign out front, and the atmosphere inside was so cool, absolutely a step back in time. i haven’t gone to the new one out of spite, lol. really hope somebody saves it though, neat history for sure

[@steelvenom330]

This one used to have one of the old giant Cowboy hat Arbys neon signs. I'd see it every time we went through Kent. Looked so cool at night.

[@kenlahmers9648]

Hey Wallie....glad to see you came to Kent. I was the person who suggested you come to see the old Arby's. And I see you found a couple of other places nearby....

[@bigbossman3806]

I still see older Arby's once in awhile with the cowboy hat signs, classes.

[@slackingpacking]

I love the aesthetics! What a classic building! ❤

[@desidoesdeals]

This looks like the old Arby’s in Alliance. Last time I drove through there it was still standing but isn’t an Arby’s anymore.

[@nicolemacpherson3908]

This one is a rare gem! You don't see Arby's like these anymore! Character on buildings is fading away.

[@otpmetairie4862]

That was a fun design.

[@RandyFasnacht]

The last standing Arthur Treachers is not far from there in Cuyahoga Falls on State Rd. Worth it for nostalgia.

[@brandonb.6099]

I love the look of this building

[@largol33t12]

I wish Arbys would bring back this kind of decor. At least they're still around. There are only two in my town but they're doing well. The drive-thru at one location ALWAYS has a car or two waiting.

[@lindakelling6647]

I love Arbys ❤❤❤❤ the best roast beef. I like the older buildings

[@georgemount8320]

I have to agree with you. Like older stuff better then how some places look today. Ty for another great video

[@Aaaaaaaaaaasue]

A buddy of mine lived in some apartments just off of campus. We made the walk to this Arby's more times than I can count for about 2 years. So I was shocked by how sad I was for a closed Arby's when my wife and I drove just before this video dropped so i was able to share this video with him.

[@mnews2270]

Awesome building!

[@kenlahmers9648]

The old-style giant cowboy hat sign used to be in front. This was one of the early Arby's ... I went there often ... The new restaurant is just down the road ...

[@kenlahmers9648]

This building was torn down on June 12. Word is a pizza place may go in there. Kent already has 11 pizza shops !!!!

[@barberjeff67]

The tile in the dining area had a pattern that looked like a steer head. Love this design.

[@clarky417]

i love their super roast beef sandwiches. i also used to work there about 27 years ago.

[@matthewfarmer2520]

We had one just like this in Louisville Kentucky in the 1960 and 1970s. It was in a location hard to get to so by 1976 the year i was born they built another one across the street that is a four laine traffic 🚦 light. Thanks for sharing this, bring back memories.

[@shannonyoast6906]

As always great video 👍

[@evanwilliams6406]

Very classic

[@williamsiyanko4631]

First was Ames , now Arby’s, dam theses places are dropping like flies 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Great job Wallie B26

[@suzanneteague168]

Wow, you still have that yellow car 😊

[@chickenray182]

I ate there in the early 90s. It was old then as well.

[@TheWALLofMusic]

Arby's is my 16 year old cat Sasha's favorite restaurant. I can't say the word "Arby's" around her without her going nuts! I don't go there a lot but I always go there for her birthday.

[@Nowitaliano]

I grew up in Rootstown Ohio I remember the sign they had out front. It was actually huge and not low to the ground. It was an original Arby's sign, very nostalgic. When you get a chance Google it and take a look at the sign it's pretty cool to see.shaped like a hat.

[@Pokecoopr]

Just drove by this the other day.. and was surprised to see that it’s been leveled! For now, it’s been reduced to a gravel lot!

[@WallieB26]

That's a shame.

[@terriwoodard7399]

Great video, great jacket too by the way

[@butchwallace7710]

I enjoy watching your videos

[@holliepajak3772]

I agree with you. Love the classic buildings. Thanks for documenting this building. Great video has always 🍀

[@captainswag9324]

Used to live at Whitehall Terrace apartments. Last time I saw this Arby's, I was inside ordering. They had run out of roast beef that day.

[@adamsATSfan415]

This one for a long time had the cowboy hat sign until they got the new logo before they moved. The one in Johnstown Pennsylvania still has the cowboy hat sign off of scalp ave it’s still opened :). Ate at it before and it was good. Someone recently filmed it and said they moved it by the raising canes that opened. The look to this Arby’s is nice since it has characters. It’s an amazing building thanks for filming.

[@MrIceman22]

Wow awesome Find Wallie This one was Great Thanks again for sharing this video wallie :D

[@maccustoms2295]

Great video love those older non shoebox buildings none were exactly the same looking. Always had fun traveling eating in a different McDonald's Arby's ect.. now there just all the same. Thank you for sharing have a great day

[@Urban_nation.]

Wow amazing video. Love this video wallie thank you so much for sharing I appreciate it. I’m glade I found you as a really great person and great channel

[@tinajones3990]

I knew you would love this building if you came and saw it. Fun fact... The U haul building you pass on the right side of the road on route 59 right before you cross into stow on the way to the Meijer store was once a Roy Rogers roast beef restaurant.

[@cge2010yt]

Hello! I live in Kent and don’t live too far from that Arby’s. My moms yoga studio was closed from COVID and it’s like right across from there

[@Lowkey_Omi]

Looks supremely comfy. My whole life i’ve only known Florida. Never been to Midwest before these old buildings are so beautiful. I’d turn it into a shop. Wonder if Kent needs a locksmith 😅

[@tuckerhuff692]

I was looking at this abandoned Arby’s on google maps earlier today

[@JosephDirosario]

Yeah, that was another old vintage one. Thanks buddy.

[@jaimienichols5649]

Awesome Wallie

[@jericac7406]

vintage arbys

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

There’s still one with original signage in Laurel Maryland on Route 1

[@adamsATSfan415]

It’s cool has the old cowboy hat sign like the one in Johnstown pa I ate at but the boring shoe box building is at the laurel one while the one in Johnstown still open has the cowboy hat sign but a 90s style building.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

@@adamsATSfan415 That’s cool, yes this one does have a newer building but the sign is original. I was born in Johnstown in the fifties.

[@JohnSmith-4U]

I once stopped at a long ago closed restaurant and when I went around the back there was a shed with lots and lots of clean dishes, plates, trays and silverware just sitting there, for years........Looked like they ran everything thru the dishwasher one last time and then packed it away. Must have been thousands of dollars back there in utensils and such.

[@rickengen5249]

Thanks wallie

[@suzanneteague168]

Wow, you still have that yellow car

[@jayspazz]

wallie i’m in one of your old kmart videos when i was a kid with my friends , glad ur doing good

[@crystalscan2002]

that looks so cool

[@jakeinlow1561]

Great video as always appreciate the hard work on your videos

[@12HpyPaws]

Great find. Probably 1970s

[@anthonycoach4551]

I've never seen an Arby's look like that before

[@garybulldog9201]

They are building a Rascal house pizza where this was. The one in Cuyahoga falls that is still in business is an old time looking arby's.

[@neohistoryfan1014]

I believe my mother used to work at this Arby's back when she was in college in the 1980s.

[@GregTheMan]

Very cool

[@ErikVince]

Sounds like you should possibly consider buying that building Wally sounds like you have big plans for it there

[@lisafreeman4222]

Cool video

[@infographicsscience]

There were once three locations like this in Las Vegas, NV. Two have shut down and one still remains in North Las Vegas. Also, there appears to be an old Red Barn about a block down, across the street. As for the great sign, it appears to have been removed around 2016-17 according to Google Maps.

[@amymays8727]

I love Arby’s. I’ll be sad if mine closes.

[@RyGuy0520]

Another abandoned arbys similar to this one is in north olmsted ohio its one of the earliest locations and they rebuilt right next to it

[@MondayNightRAWsRKO2024-xk9ew]

Yes the driveway is near impossible to get into that one in or out! Lol reminds me totally of this one here!

[@TotosSword]

the arbys near me was the 2003 style, it closed in december, but the other one in town is from 99/00 and it still has neon!

[@bob59pa]

The old Arby's buildings were meant to replicate an old west chuck wagon. if you would remove the suspended ceiling you would see the original curved ceiling. they really had character back in the day.

[@bibleambassadors747]

I watched this on a 70 degree day in Erie, PA where you were recently.

[@DK107]

There is an abandoned Wendy’s in Louisville Ky on Westport Rd.

[@dwaynefitzpatrick7463]

Should do a video here in Florida sometime

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool 😎

[@henrycollins6957]

I dunno if you keep up on comments or not, but I have some bad news. They just tore this old Arby's down a couple of weeks ago. I live in next town over and my parents used to go here and eat when I was a kid.

[@Hoezlovero]

Ruby Tuesdays in Suffolk,VA is permanently closed

[@tomjacques6051]

He had one of those old giant cowboy hat arbys it too is abandoned. Check it out. It's in cudahy off Packard ave

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

the groundhog didn't say how early, or how soon we would get it. But here in Houston it was 82 degrees.

[@matthewmfreeman1235]

Hey there WallieB26 there is an Abandoned McDonald's in Adak Alaska that is just a complete time capsule

[@jacobwilson6192]

The old Arby's in Kent move to the new Arby's right next to Raising Cane's and across from Dollar General & Gabe's in Kent.

[@survival_panda7712]

At least by me there IS an old charactered Wendy's within walking distance of me that seems to still be in operation. Gotta hope they still allow dine-in, though.

[@survival_panda7712]

350th Like? Let's FLIPPING go! Yeah, something tells me this probably relocated and became a shoebox restaurant somewhere else nearby? Mleh.

[@danielhedrick5886]

You didn't see much of this back when😢.

[@BL-pm6lk]

Old school buildings are definitely better than shoe box buildings

[@stephaniestephers4586]

I'd never been in that one before to know it was like that in there even though I've been downthrough there, I'd rather eat at one of the coffee shops or at the Euro Gyro if I'm there but Arbys is a viable option during the happy hour. A buffalo chicken slider and the green milkshake would be getting it going on or potentially even the chocolate turn over if they still have that.

[@ryanmichael1298]

Another part of my childhood gone.

[@ryangeisen2565]

There's a Abandoned Arby's in Hebron KY attached to a bank.

[@paultyler5313]

What's up man! It's been a while since I watched one of your videos

[@douglascrawford5628]

ARBYS name was once thought to stand for R-Bs (Roast Beef) when it actually stands for RAFFEL BROTHERS (Leroy and Forrest) the original founders.

[@marshabrown8337]

You may want to check out Mike's Place, 1700 S. Water St., Kent, Ohio 44340 for a very unique experience. Also, you get to see a galactic fighter plane up-close parked right outside the restaurant. IF you look them up online you can see their menu and specials. Open 7 days a week 7am to 9 pm. Worth a thought next time you are in the Kent, Ohio area. Adventure on!!

[@jennymess99]

I miss Roy Rogers

[@SirCashopin]

I noticed the kmart vent at 5:25 3/28/2024

[@joshbrowngmt400]

Wanted to give you an update, as of a few weeks ago it’s been torn down.

[@Saeraen]

not "kent" but rather Franklin Township. The reason they shut this location down is because the opened a brand new location just blocks away.

[@RyGuy0520]

There's a vintage arbys not far from me that has been repurposed as an ice cream shop many years ago

[@Barabyproductions]

Wallies Burgers 🍔 coming soon! Who’s with me. Let’s start a petition guys!!

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

Wallie, rank Arby's compared to Rax"s?

[@douglasjackson9058]

I've eaten at that one a while back .

[@KyleK25]

wow i was literally about to do a video here also and i drove past it and they literally just demolished it 😢

[@SirCashopin]

Who was the guy behind your car at 1:45 3/28/2024

[@austinhowells20]

Arby’s moved to a new building

[@jameshebert5430]

It's an original Arby's

[@tinajones3990]

I believe this location opened in 1966

[@paulwhitlock6666]

Someone with money and a good politician and a good crew you'll see it bring in $🤔

[@lindamikel1842]

Arby's We Have the Meat's

[@SirCashopin]

Me too 1:19 3/28/2024

[@E_LPacked]

I also filmed this one

[@E_LPacked]

Also love a good Rockne’s Terminator

[@daviddunn773]

I liked Rax Better

[@Tails_PlayzYT]

Who loves Ablieneexplorer

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

Wallie, what is up with your voice? It sounds like you are battling a sore throat.