10 Restaurant Chains That Flopped

[PeaShooter]

Penguin Point was a great fish/chicken/slaw/ff chain. They had them around auto plants throughout michigan. Last sign I saw of one was in Anderson, In and i thought I was halucinating.

I need to go back and investigate.

Pretty sure it closed.

 

[smith7.3]

Pretty sure there is still one in either Warsaw or Wabash...It's one of those "W" towns.

There is one in waynedale (south fort wayne).

 

[PeaShooter]

I think that if you go to the house where I grew up and looked on the back of the utility room door, you will find a sticker of Burger Chef & Jeff from my childhood. Also learned to wait tables and bar tend at Chi-Chi's in the mid 90's

 

[jdude]

Penguin Point was a great fish/chicken/slaw/ff chain. They had them around auto plants throughout michigan. Last sign I saw of one was in Anderson, In and i thought I was halucinating.

I need to go back and investigate.

There is one in Auburn just west of the I69 & st rd 8 exit

 

[The Bubba Effect]

I loved Burger Chef

Remember the "Burger Chef and Jef" records? They were flimsy, floppy records (45 rpm's I think?) that they gave away sometimes with their kids meals. I remember getting a Halloween one.

 

[Knife Lady]

Yummy Burger Chef...... but now it just reminds me of the Burger Chef murders in Speedway. Very sad.

 

[AGarbers]

We used to love Po Folks by "Whispering" Bill Anderson. They served drinks in Mason jars and had all my southern favorites.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

China Coast. It was always packed, but they closed it anyway.
Victoria Station. Made of train cars, oh man I'd eat the biggest prime rib; the waiters usually asked if I really meant that one. Couldn't eat it now.
There were H Salt and Arthur Treacher's for fish & chips. I can't remember whether they were regional or competitive or what.

Only ones of theirs I don't remember were White Tower and Gino's.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

We used to love Po Folks by "Whispering" Bill Anderson. They served drinks in Mason jars and had all my southern favorites.

They had one of those in my home town in Tennessee. They always seemed to have a good crowd--wonder what happened.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Oh, man, Bennigan's is no more? Good memories of Bennigan's on Madison and Clinton in the Loop in Chicago.

 

[HoughMade]

Penguin Point was a great fish/chicken/slaw/ff chain. They had them around auto plants throughout michigan. Last sign I saw of one was in Anderson, In and i thought I was halucinating.

I need to go back and investigate.

Penguin Point holds a special place in my heart.

When I was young ('70s) we hardly ever went out to eat, but every once in a while, my Mom and I would meet my Dad at the Penguin Point on Bristol Street in Elkhart across the street from the Miles headquarters where he worked.

 

[dmarsh8]

Rax, best roast beef sandwiches.

+1. Their roast beef was much better than arby's.

 

[hornadylnl]

How can they leave out Taco Grande?

 

[printcraft]

How can they leave out Taco Grande?

This ^

They had the best pintos and cheese.

Chi-Chi's you can still get the corn cake mix in the grocery store. Good stuff.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Bennigans was my last meal before boot camp, I loved Chi-Chi's, Kenny Rodgers had the best cornbread, Rax was a staple of my chldhood, I heard china coast closed for serving beef and chicken that wasnt beef and chicken

 

[IrishSon of Liberty]

First, great post on Rax! Loved that place.

As for Penguin Point, they are very much alive and well. Headquartered in Warsaw with stores in Wabash & Auburn as well. Stop there once a week for the tenderloin sandwich.

Not sure if it was a chain or not, but Scotty's Sandwich Junction was another place I liked growing up.

 

[chezuki]

I heard china coast closed for serving beef and chicken that wasnt beef and chicken

China Coast was a Darden restaurant. Darden is pretty good at seeing the writing on the wall and bailed on their Chinese concept just as the rush of small Chinese-run takeout and buffet joints came in.

 

[Magneto]

I miss Burger King. Every so often I will drive by where there was one and think about the good times.

 

[printcraft]

I miss Burger King. Every so often I will drive by where there was one and think about the good times.

-1 Burger King

 

[dmarsh8]

How can they leave out Taco Grande?

very true^^