Restaurants You Thought Was Great As A Kid, But As An Adult Not So Much

[james bond]

Red Lobster

 

[Thoth001]

Red Lobster

Pizza Hut. I thought it was so good when I was in the Book IT program.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yanno, there was a place where I was more than happy to go as a kid, but as an adult, not so much. Why? Because they changed the contents of their place as they grew larger.

A & W, great burgers, great rootbeer, but as time went on, they changed their recepies as well as changed the way they made their root beer.

Godfathers is another good example. When I first knew of them, they had great pizza, and that was one of the places I went to when I came home on leave. I really liked their Taco Pizza, but when they went commercial, they left their pride at the door and made crap. Sorry, but now their pizza sucks ass.

If I can find one that has been there for a while, I prefer to visit mom and pop places. Why? Because if they were good enough and smart enough to avoid a corporate takeover, they have good food, and won't sell their soul (or their recipies) to a corporate overlord. Sorry, but the more corporate a place becomes is how much they have lost their soul.

 

[lg325]

All of the above. Plus Mc Donalds. Dairy Queen, KFC

 

[Mac1958]

Pretty much any chain.

 

[Anomalism]

Cici's pizza. It's a super cheap pizza buffet.

 

[fncceo]

Shakey's!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

All of the above. Plus Mc Donalds. Dairy Queen, KFC

McDonalds fries were rendered inedible when they changed the oil

 

[fncceo]

My bubbe used to take us here .. we thought it was the coolest place on Earth.

 

[hjmick]

All of the above. Plus Mc Donalds. Dairy Queen, KFC

McDonalds fries were rendered inedible when they changed the oil

Had to please the vegans so no more beef tallow...

 

[mdk]

Kings Family Restaurants. They had the best hot turkey sandwich growing up, but they sold the business and everything went to Hell.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

My bubbe used to take us here .. we thought it was the coolest place on Earth.

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It was!!

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Shakey's!

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Shakey's used have Shrimp Pizza.
Are they still in business?

 

[hjmick]

Shakey's!

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Shakey's used have Shrimp Pizza.
Are they still in business?

They were the first franchise pizza chain in the U.S.

In 1968, the chain had 342 locations. In 2019 they had about 500 stores globally, and 58 in the U.S. They seem to be going strong overseas, particularly in Asian countries. Most of the U.S. stores are in Southern California.

Shakey's Pizza - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[lg325]

Kings Family Restaurants. They had the best hot turkey sandwich growing up, but they sold the business and everything went to Hell.

It seems to happen once a family owned business is sold. Quality and service drops quick.

 

[lg325]

My bubbe used to take us here .. we thought it was the coolest place on Earth.

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I have always wanted to go to one of those. Seen them only in movies me and my siblings thought it was the coolest thing.

 

[martybegan]

Hojo's were a staple of meals during travel during my childhood. Later I noticed the food quality went south.

 

[martybegan]

My bubbe used to take us here .. we thought it was the coolest place on Earth.

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For me and my siblings it was a specific dirty water hot dog guy our grandfather took us to.

Grandfather still around (101), hot dog guy long gone, but I still get a dirty water from time to time.

 

[Synthaholic]

Red Lobster

Stealing thread ideas from Twitter? Pathetic.