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Chains Defunct in One Region Only to be Alive and Well in Others
Avalanchez71:
--- Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on October 02, 2022, 04:23:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: jgb191 on October 02, 2022, 12:33:37 AM ---I really miss Quiznos Subs. That was my all-time favorite chain ever! I don't know if they even exist anywhere else anymore.
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There are still some in the Midwest (the one that always catches my eye is the one in Camp Douglas, WI)
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I thought Quznos was dead. Didn't realize they are still in business.
ErmineNotyours:
--- Quote from: jgb191 on October 02, 2022, 12:33:37 AM ---I really miss Quiznos Subs. That was my all-time favorite chain ever! I don't know if they even exist anywhere else anymore.
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According to this video, Quiznos corporate got into the company store mentality. Instead of just helping the franchisees do well to help the corporation do well, they overcharged on the supplies they sold. I myself noticed something strange when I went to the Quiznos near my Washington DC hotel. I wanted something sugar-free and caffeine-free to drink with my sub so I could get to sleep at night, so I selected a bottled Sprite Zero from the cold case. Even though there was nothing else appropriate, the clerk tried to steer me to a fountain drink, twice. (There's more of a markup for fountain drinks.) When I worked for McDonald's, you could suggestive sell or up-sell once. After that, you're being too pushy. The Quiznos clerk didn't get the memo, and I suspect he had to do what he had to do to survive.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QK-32bxgw
WillWeaverRVA:
--- Quote from: hbelkins on October 02, 2022, 07:44:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: jp the roadgeek on September 30, 2022, 11:19:05 PM ---Church's Fried Chicken and Lee's Famous Recipe Fried Chicken used to have quite a few locations in CT. Now the nearest Church's locations are in Philly and South Jersey, with the nearest Lee's Famous in Richmond, VA (Lee's is alive and well mostly along the I-75 corridor and in Indiana).
Surprised no one brought up the couple of Hardee's (later rebranded as Carl's Jr) in the Hudson Valley that came and went in about 5 years. They were supposed to move into New England, but it never happened. Now the nearest Hardee's is in Bear, DE
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I never knew Lee's was that widespread. They seem to be concentrated in Kentucky, although a few locations have closed in recent years. I'm a big fan of their food.
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I had no idea either! Apparently the Richmond location is the only one in Virginia. They also have three locations in British Columbia, interestingly enough.
abefroman329:
--- Quote from: 1995hoo on September 23, 2022, 08:18:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: Takumi on September 22, 2022, 11:26:23 PM ---Pizzeria Uno had some locations in Virginia about 20 years ago. It was there that I discovered my distaste for Chicago-style deep dish pizza.
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They still do. There's one about a five- to ten-minute walk from my house (same shopping center as the Safeway mentioned earlier), although they call it "Uno Chicago Grill" now. I have to say that the pizza I've had at the franchised Uno locations was nowhere near the same as the pizza I had at their original location in Chicago—the latter was much better. I presume the franchised locations probably use some sort of shortcuts in the process that might make a difference. We have not been to Uno in a long time; I think the last time I had their pizza was on a trip to visit my late sister-in-law in Viera, Florida. There is, or at least was, an Uno on Wickham Road in Melbourne and another visiting relative went down there to pick up a carry-out order. We never do that at home because if we order pizza, we will almost always order delivery with one exception (that being if we place a pick-up order with a local Italian place and I get pizza while my wife gets something else).
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There were at least two locations in DC, one at Wisconsin and M and one up in that strip mall adjacent to the Cleveland Park Metro stop, but they're both closed. They served their purpose when the nearest Chicago-style pizza was in, well, Chicago, but then Alberto's opened and their deep dish pizza was to die for.
abefroman329:
--- Quote from: Takumi on September 23, 2022, 12:48:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rothman on September 23, 2022, 11:12:18 AM ---I've been trying to think of what the best big chain pizza would be. I remember when Little Caesar's was edible back in the 1980s/1990s. Too bad they went kaput in terms of quality.
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Mellow Mushroom and it’s not close.
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I loved MM when I lived in Georgia, but the pizza at the location in Adams Morgan in DC bordered on inedible, and the location I went to in Phoenix was nothing to write home about.
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