This was the last Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips, an American chain from the 1960's and 1970s, sadly the last couple of outlets in Cleveland closed sometime in the past year. It was one of my father's favorites when I was growing up.
1: Name a restaurant that is no longer open?
2: Name a discount store that is no longer in business?
3: Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business?
4: Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business?
5: If you could bring back one of these, which would it be?
My answers:
1: Name a restaurant that is no longer open? Burger Chef
2: Name a discount store that is no longer in business? Woolco (it was Woolworth's answer to Kmart.)
3: Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business? Oldsmobile - I owned three of them.
4: Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business? Montgomery Ward
5: If you could bring back one of these, which would it be? Burger Chef had a nice charbroiled flavor.
Please share your answers in the comments.
Name a restaurant that is no longer open? Here it was Gazebo Room, a excellent Greek restaurant that opened in the 30's. It closed in the late 80's and it's renowned salad dressing and marinade of the same name, can still be bought in the local grocery stores, it was that good.
ReplyDeleteName a discount store that is no longer in business? Korvettes
Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business? Saturn. I had three of them...and they were excellent cars.
Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business? I used to be a department store shopper...John Wanamakers, Bonwit Tellers, Henri Bendell, B Altman, Marshall Field's, and numerous specialty stores...there falling like solders at this point.
If you could bring back one of these, which would it be? Hands down Henri Bendell...they had the best smelling candles I'd ever bought. And the store itself was simply amazing..
I had a Saturn, it was a solid simple car.
Delete1: Name a restaurant that is no longer open? Durgin-Park in Boston. Opened in 1827 and closed in 2019. Where customers went to be abused by waitstaff.
ReplyDelete2: Name a discount store that is no longer in business? Woolworth
3: Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business? DeSoto
4: Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business? Filene's
5: If you could bring back one of these, which would it be?
Forgot to answer Number 5: Filene's!
ReplyDeleteDeSoto has been gone longer than you have been alive.
DeleteHa! As if. My parents had a 1954 Desoto Firedome they bought when I was born. They traded it in for a Rambler station wagon in 1960 when the Kid Brother was born. Desotos were made until 1961. But, thank you. You're very kind.
Delete1: Name a restaurant that is no longer open? The Gainsborough Fish and Chip Restaurant in Hull, Yorkshire.
ReplyDelete2: Name a discount store that is no longer in business? "Savemore Stores", Yorkshire, England.
3: Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business? "Trabant" (East Germany)
4: Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business? "Debenhams" (England)
5: If you could bring back one of these, which would it be? The "Gainsborough" fish and chip restaurant. Happy days, eating battered cod with golden chips and mushy peas in what was Britain's biggest fishing port before the seas were emptied.
Fish and Chips is really the first mass market fast food.
Delete1. Blue Danube. It was in Columbus. Best onion rings.
ReplyDelete2. Woolworth
3. Pontiac
4. Lazarus. It was based in Columbus.
5. The Dube (as #1 was called).
BTW....NE Ohio has at least two Arthur Treacher's. One in Independence, one in Cuyahoga Falls.
The photo is the one in Independance three weeks ago, it is out of business. The website says it is still there, the building has been emptied out.
Delete1: Name a restaurant that is no longer open? Shoney's here in SC and The Top Dog from my home in CA.
ReplyDelete2: Name a discount store that is no longer in business? Is Woolworth still around? Honey, I don't shop discount.😁
3: Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business? Tucker. Loved the car, loved the movie.
4: Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business? Mervyn's
5: If you could bring back one of these, which would it be? The Top Dog ... corn dogs to die for.
Restaurants appear to be missed.
DeleteI loved Woolco!
ReplyDeleteIt was nicer than Kmart
Delete1: Name a restaurant that is no longer open? Bob's Big Boy
ReplyDelete2: Name a discount store that is no longer in business? Busy Bee (it was local)
3: Name a car manufacture who is no longer in business? Nash
4: Name a department or specialty store that is no longer in business? Grant's
5: If you could bring back one of these, which would it be? Bob's Big Boy, I miss the big guy in the checkered pants.
We found a Big Boy in Indiana last fall on a road trip, and stopped for lunch. There are only a few left in the USA, many in Japan.
DeleteI remember going there as a boy and being a bit puzzled as it had no hamburgers as all the other places had. I like fish and chips but now they have to be really good. I suppose if Mr. Treachers was still in business I would be disappointed
ReplyDeleteI had good fish recently - in Cleveland, the Treachers we went to, was out of business.
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