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- 02 Jan 2009 08:04
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Mario and Luigi's Pizzeria
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13218
Re: Mario and Luigi's Pizzeria
Perhaps there was a pizzeria by that name in Redmond after Mario Bros. came out. I have heard the "Mario as grouchy landlord" story numerous places over the years, so unless it is a piece of invented "Nintendo Lore" I tend to believe it as the origin of the character's name. It m...
- 02 Jan 2009 07:56
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Disappearing Sizzlers in your area
- Replies: 33
- Views: 29903
Re: Disappearing Sizzlers in your area
I was not aware of that, though it makes sense. Sizzler seemed to be everywhere in the late 80's and early 90's. I remember them entering the DC area in the mid-80's with much fanfare. That was the first time I had ever heard of them. This was the "pastel-colored-box-with-Arial-font-signage&quo...
- 02 Jan 2009 07:06
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 62193
Re: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
Thanks for the info, I had not seen those articles. After posting last night, I went looking for more info and found an article talking about the Allie's plan, as well as another plan which outraged me even more. Apparently, a year or two before trying "Allie's," Marriott came close to buy...
- 01 Jan 2009 06:53
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Bob's Big Boy former L.A. locations
- Replies: 47
- Views: 62193
Re: Re:
I'm guessing that the "Allie's" conversion scheme was some time in the 1980's, when Marriott bought out Howard Johnson. From what I have read, it seems like Marriott was fully behind the "Big Boy Concept" from 1966, when the first bought it from Bob Wian, until the early 80's. Th...
- 18 Oct 2008 14:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Mayfair Market in Century City
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17850
Re: Mayfair Market in Century City
Thanks for the photos! That old Mayfair was absolutely phenomenal-looking! They really knew how to make stuff look exciting back then. I feel lucky to have lived through at least the vestiges of that era, seeing a lot of 50's-60's architecture and design in my everyday life as a kid. Though I don't ...
- 20 Sep 2008 14:02
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: A couple of Bay Area notes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8185
Re: A couple of Bay Area notes
It is too bad that the Hyde & California Cala is going to die, but hardly a surprise. I was amazed to see it continue after Ralphs gave up on this region. I wondered if it was ever still run by Ralphs/Kroger, I didn't realize that they still had any distribution to this area. Someone mentioned t...
- 04 Sep 2008 03:40
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
- Replies: 177
- Views: 108177
Re: Extinct Supermarket Merchandise
They no longer make Sizzlean, either! "Move over, Bacon!" Yeah, don't remind me... Sizzlean was my all-time favorite breakfast food. I have never liked "real" bacon, and I find turkey bacon to be a dry, flavorless substitute for Sizzlean. There were two varieties, the original w...
- 19 Jun 2008 02:32
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Gino's/Roy Rogers Restaurants in LA?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19349
Re: Gino's Restaurants in LA?
I have seen some other Arbys with this design, and a few former ones too. Jeff, where did you see the other Arby's buildings with this design? I am familiar with only two designs for pre 80's Arby's. One is the classic curved roof building, the other is a boxier building with a "curve" su...
- 19 Jun 2008 02:29
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Gino's/Roy Rogers Restaurants in LA?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19349
Re: Gino's Restaurants in LA?
The former Roy Rogers at 6833 Van Nuys Blvd. is still standing, and is open as an Arby's. From my semi-thorough browsing of site photos of LA area Arby's, that seems to be the only Arby's that is in a "typical" Roy Rogers building. The style of building was used quite a bit in Roy's main t...
- 12 Jun 2008 04:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Old photo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3743
Re: Old photo
The statement in the caption could be at least partially true. The Groceteria history profile for Safeway lists a "Sam Seelig" company as the initial chain that became Safeway after merging with the Norther CA and Pac. NW Skaggs Cash Stores chain. Safeway's true origins are kind of murky b...
- 10 Jun 2008 17:13
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Gino's/Roy Rogers Restaurants in LA?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 19349
Gino's/Roy Rogers Restaurants in LA?
While browsing Flickr I saw some photos and ads that referred to Roy Rogers Restaurants initial presence in the LA area. I am not sure why they didn't last more than a few years in LA while they went on to years of success in the Northeast, but that's another topic. What I noticed when I looked on L...
- 16 May 2008 02:40
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Rite Aid Castro Valley/Lee Bros. Value World
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7933
Re: Rite Aid Castro Valley/Lee Bros. Value World
Perhaps this old-fashioned Rite Aid persists because Castro Valley itself is kind of an odd town. I know San Leandro and Hayward pretty well (the neighboring towns, for readers who might have been unaware) and they are pretty similar, middle-of-the-road (demographically speaking) typical East Bay to...
- 16 May 2008 02:24
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Older McDonald's Locations
- Replies: 50
- Views: 45298
Re: Older McDonald's Locations
The Willow Glen McDonalds in San Jose,CA is actually one of the first locations in Northern California. It kind of seems like McDonalds (as a company) doesn't realize they have left this very old location in its original form. In my opinion the San Jose location is far more original than Downey (bu...
- 14 May 2008 15:38
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Older McDonald's Locations
- Replies: 50
- Views: 45298
Re: McDOnalds
The McDonalds in Hayward Ca says (or used to say) Home of the Mini Mac in there sign. The Newark Mall has a McDonalds by it that has a map of all the MicDonalds "firsts" All the times I passed by, I thought it just said "Mini Mac" and thought it was because the restaurant was re...
- 14 May 2008 15:22
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Rite Aid Castro Valley/Lee Bros. Value World
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7933
Re: Rite Aid Castro Valley/Lee Bros. Value World
While I will agree that the store isn't going to win any beauty contests, I have to say I enjoyed visiting it. It just has this feel that I haven't encountered in a long time. I remember when almost any store that dealt in "discount" items, be it drugs, food, or general merchandise, had th...