Forgotten Fast Food Places

[Hellion]

I still remember going to these places when they used to be around the Detroit area.

[Klaus]

Theres

Hot N' Now (not bad, not good, not bad)

No Hardees around anymore cept down south (still good however)

Jack in the box (none up here but my fav fast food joint)

Krystal and sonic (sonic is ok, Krystal ive never had)

[Fierce Critter]

OMFG - PSYCHE!

I was in a McDonald's drivethrough today and thinking about Burger Chef! About how I believe they were the first place with a kids' meal with a toy. They always came with a burger, fries, drink, a chocolate sandwich cookie & a prize.

There is at least one Hardees in the Detroit Metro area. My husband saw it while on a service run. I don't remember where he said it is.

There is a Hot N' Now on Telegraph waaaay down in Monroe. Still open. The one on Eureka near Middlebelt is closed.

The nearest Sonic is in Ft Wayne Indiana. We had them in NC, their slushies were particularly good.

Jack in the box I haven't seen since my childhood here in Michigan.

I seem to recall something called Borden Burger...

[pharoh]

OMFG - PSYCHE!

I was in a McDonald's drivethrough today and thinking about Burger Chef! About how I believe they were the first place with a kids' meal with a toy. They always came with a burger, fries, drink, a chocolate sandwich cookie & a prize.

There is at least one Hardees in the Detroit Metro area. My husband saw it while on a service run. I don't remember where he said it is.

There is a Hot N' Now on Telegraph waaaay down in Monroe. Still open. The one on Eureka near Middlebelt is closed.

The nearest Sonic is in Ft Wayne Indiana. We had them in NC, their slushies were particularly good.

Jack in the box I haven't seen since my childhood here in Michigan.

I seem to recall something called Borden Burger...

Way down in monroe, sheesh I feel so Isolated from you all

I still eat at hot and now once in awhile lol

[DarkVampire]

Hot n Now

Ole Taco

[CatsEyeOfTheWiccan]

Top Hat (White Castle Clone Fastfood Chain).

Hardees actualy exist in off of John R. and 10 and 9 Mile Rd. and also Flint off the Corona Rd. exit.

-CatsEye

[Lilith]

Hardees are here

G3366 Corunna Rd

Flint, MI 48532-4731

23240 John R Road

Hazel Park, MI 48030-1474

35155 Mound Rd

Sterling Heights, MI 48310-4716

They have the best hand dipped shakes but if you want a strawberry shake made with real strawberry ice cream you have to ask for it or they will make it with vanilla ice cream and strawberry syrup! YUCK!

Hot n Now are located here

Mount Pleasant, MI

Monroe, MI

New Baltimore, MI

Bay City, MI

Sturgis, MI

Westland, MI

Roseville, MI

Pontiac, MI

Marshfield, WI

Benton Harbor, MI

Stevens Point, WI

Saginaw, MI

A&W Yummy http://clients.mapquest.com/aw/mqlocator

Find a jack in the box here http://www.jackinthebox.com/locations/index.php?section=5 (none in Michigan)

I think top hat, borden burger, burger chef have all been turned in to something else by there creator or totally just closed down. I found allot of history on these and the new burger joint located in there old location but nothing to indicate they are still open any where! My mom used to speak of allot of these and i only got to experience a few of them befor they went poof!

Has any one noticed they are changing all the Rally's over to Checkers?

[Fierce Critter]

That's right. Burger Chef's were, for the most part, turned into Hardee's. And then, most of the Hardee's were turned into Tim Horton's.

I was born in '68. So I grew up going to Burger Chef. One of my elementary school field trips was to Burger Chef. It was so exciting to see the freezer... ROFLMAO

[LuluVox]

Krystal and sonic (sonic is ok, Krystal ive never had)

Krystal is just the White Castle of the South. Offer the same things, taste exactly the same, staple drunk-food, etc.

Has any one noticed they are changing all the Rally's over to Checkers?

It's about time! They're all Checkers down South (I'm from Georgia). I got up here and was like, "Uh, that looks like a Checkers, but it says Rally's -- what the hell?"

Also, Hardees are known as Carl's Jr. in other parts of the world -- west coastish, mostly. And according to Wikipedia, the company that owns Carl's Jr. and Hardees did indeed buy out Burger Chef.

Yes, I am at work, stone-bored -- can you tell?

[HipsterDufus]

I don't know if you guys had them on the east side of the state, but we had Rax over here. That place was awesome. Arby's-style roast beef, but it tasted WAY better.

[mallochai]

Yeah... Hardee's was my favorite when I was living near Benton Harbor.

Then there was that whole going off red meat thing... but prior to it, the Frisco burger was fucking delicious.

Carl's Junior is pretty huge on this side of the country (west side!).

The thing about it... Carl's Junior and Hardee's are actually companies set up by Pillsbury to LOSE them money so that they don't have to pay as much in taxes.

Tricky, eh?

[Draco1958]

There's a Hardees on Coolidge north of 11 mile. I ate at the one on the Ohio Turnpike Sunday on my way to Cleveland. There is also a Sonic's in Columbus Ohio.

Anyone remember Red Barn??

[pomba gira]

The thing about it... Carl's Junior and Hardee's are actually companies set up by Pillsbury to LOSE them money so that they don't have to pay as much in taxes.

Tricky, eh?

Burger Chef was the same thing- owned by PepsiCo I believe. I worked at one across from the old Olympia stadium when I was in high school. Ugh, I still remember how those hot-ass polyester doubleknit uniforms retained the smell of congealed burger grease for days. Only bright spot was being able to trade burgers for pot when I worked the evening shift.

I remember a rumor that Jack-in-the-Box used kangaroo meat in their burgers. Even as a child I wondered how kangaroo meat could possibly be cheaper or easier to get than beef, but I guess most people didn't use that kind of logic 'cos the chain had to take out full-page newspaper ads denying the kangaroo allegations.

Red Barn used to have the nastiest all-you-can-eat chicken imaginable... their chickens must've been raised on Zug Island or something.

I also remember a couple White Castle competitors- White Tower and Top Hat. All over Detroit when I was a cub... back when McDonald's & BK were still trying to avoid the city.