In Federal Way, Washington, the chain Red Robin moved into a new location after their old location was condemned to make way for a light rail line.
The new location takes over a RAM Restaurant building that had previously been vacated. Though a small chain, RAM is another chain in the Pacific Northwest.
Bonus: before that, it was a Marie Callender's. So this particular building has been home to three separate chain restaurants in the span of 15 years.
Before (2007): https://goo.gl/maps/cs3AnJP7ABERs5nm6
Before (2012): https://goo.gl/maps/ALmiCjCHhNrKTvbu5
After (now): https://goo.gl/maps/vXRUzBCV9Ei98Fgw9
How often have you seen this happen, where a chain moves into another chain's former building? Specifically not looking for chains built on the same location as a previous chain, that is obviously quite common.
Check out the subreddit "Not Fooling Anybody (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/)", a.k.a. "Recycled Retail Buildings". They list restaurants along with other recognizable retail structures.
Examples
KFC turned diet center (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/15kwnyq/former_kfc_now_diet_rite_next_to_hiphop_chicken/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
Burger King turned into Perico's (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/156z85a/a_local_fast_food_restaurant_called_pericos_that/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) (multiple pictures)
Glad someone posted the Reddit. This happens so often a thread couldn't hope to cover them all.
In Warminster, PA, there is a building that went from Friendly's to Steak 'n Shake to Popeye's.
Quote from: lepidopteran on August 13, 2023, 10:45:48 PM
Check out the subreddit "Not Fooling Anybody (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/)", a.k.a. "Recycled Retail Buildings". They list restaurants along with other recognizable retail structures.
Examples
KFC turned diet center (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/15kwnyq/former_kfc_now_diet_rite_next_to_hiphop_chicken/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
Burger King turned into Perico's (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/156z85a/a_local_fast_food_restaurant_called_pericos_that/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) (multiple pictures)
Quote from: Rothman on August 13, 2023, 11:26:42 PM
Glad someone posted the Reddit. This happens so often a thread couldn't hope to cover them all.
So chain restaurants becoming another chain restaurant is common? Because the example I posted in my OP is the only one I knew of.
I'm not looking for any old repurposed buildings, like those damn Pizza Huts. I mean like, if Dominos moved into an old Pizza Hut building, not some local pizza chain.
Normally chains have a specific look that required remodelling or demolishing/rebuilding a structure.
Quote from: Dough4872 on August 13, 2023, 11:52:46 PM
In Warminster, PA, there is a building that went from Friendly's to Steak 'n Shake to Popeye's.
That is exactly what I had in mind with this thread, that's pretty crazy to me. Three different
chains, one building.
Though it seems like Friendly's may have been a different building, or the Steak 'n Shake swallowed up the original building.
By the way, that is a great subreddit. Thank you for linking it, I have a few submissions for it!
Norman OK has a building that is said to have started as a Shoney's, became a Hooters, then a Burger King, and now it's part of a local sit-down Mexican chain. (I don't know how true this is, because I never directly observed the Shoney's or Hooters, but I was told of its history when I worked there when it was a BK. It certainly didn't look like a standard BK; for one thing it had wood paneling.)
In my town, we have one building that went from being a Mr. Steak to a local Mexican place to a Ruby Tuesday and is now an IHOP. In the same plaza, there's an Outback that used to be a Pizza Hut, but there are no remnants of Pizza Hut's distinctive roof.
There's another one that was originally a local chain called Farm Shop which was bought out by and became a Friendly's. The problem is there was (and still is) a Friendly's a half mile away (which was once a Sambo's; that location was even farther down the same road in a building that has been repurposed as offices but has maintained the trademark Friendly exterior). The closed Friendly's became a Bertucci's, and is now a local upscale burger chain.
There's also a building across from ESPN's World Headquarters that went from being a McDonald's to about 5 different local restaurants (including one called Red Chili's that used the same font as the more famous national chain) and is now a parking hub for Amazon vehicles for the nearby distribution center.
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2023, 12:36:29 AM
Norman OK has a building that is said to have started as a Shoney's, became a Hooters, then a Burger King, and now it's part of a local sit-down Mexican chain. (I don't know how true this is, because I never directly observed the Shoney's or Hooters, but I was told of its history when I worked there when it was a BK. It certainly didn't look like a standard BK; for one thing it had wood paneling.)
I did some backwards research on 110 Ed Noble Parkway; the Malls and Retail Wiki lists this address as a former Shoney's location.
https://malls.fandom.com/wiki/Shoney%27s/Locations#Oklahoma_2
I cannot find anything on the Hooters, except a
single 1994 Oklahoman article (https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1994/11/30/hooters-concerns-now/62407128007/) about Hooters coming to Norman, but no location was listed in the story.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on August 14, 2023, 12:58:55 AM
There's also a building across from ESPN's World Headquarters that went from being a McDonald's to about 5 different local restaurants (including one called Red Chili's that used the same font as the more famous national chain) and is now a parking hub for Amazon vehicles for the nearby distribution center.
I found it on GSV, holy cow it seems like every year it was a different restaurant or other service.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on August 14, 2023, 12:58:55 AM
In my town, we have one building that went from being a Mr. Steak to a local Mexican place to a Ruby Tuesday and is now an IHOP. In the same plaza, there's an Outback that used to be a Pizza Hut, but there are no remnants of Pizza Hut's distinctive roof.
Took me a while to figure out where these were; both plazas have Outback Steakhouse and IHOP :-D.
The Outback in that plaza looks exactly like the Outbacks from the late 90s/early 2000s, are you totally sure? It looks too big to have been a Pizza Hut, at least of the distinctive roof variety.
Quote from: jakeroot on August 14, 2023, 12:25:17 AM
Quote from: lepidopteran on August 13, 2023, 10:45:48 PM
Check out the subreddit "Not Fooling Anybody (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/)", a.k.a. "Recycled Retail Buildings". They list restaurants along with other recognizable retail structures.
Examples
KFC turned diet center (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/15kwnyq/former_kfc_now_diet_rite_next_to_hiphop_chicken/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3).
Burger King turned into Perico's (https://www.reddit.com/r/NotFoolingAnybody/comments/156z85a/a_local_fast_food_restaurant_called_pericos_that/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) (multiple pictures)
Quote from: Rothman on August 13, 2023, 11:26:42 PM
Glad someone posted the Reddit. This happens so often a thread couldn't hope to cover them all.
So chain restaurants becoming another chain restaurant is common? Because the example I posted in my OP is the only one I knew of.
Yes, it's common, especially given the quick responses to this thread. Happens so often, I'd bet half the time the original chain is quickly forgotten.
Friendly's became a Smashburger in Colonie, NY...
Fairly certain a Fuddrucker's became the Hooter's on the other side of the street.
Both swaps happened fairly close to each other, time-wise, too. Common, common, common...
https://goo.gl/maps/89q3Ex9yjcuTLEbaA
This place was a Dunkin' Donuts, then turned to a D'Angelo Sandwich Shop, and after Papa Gino's went bankrupt (taking D'Angelo with it) it's now moved onto an independent restaurant.
https://goo.gl/maps/SN168jSDJgZAq6tc6
A Friendly's now a Starbucks.
https://goo.gl/maps/vU6dWXBm67XRdtRh8
Not a chain restaurant now, but a chain restaurant (Friendly's) becoming a chain medical walk-in center.
I feel that Friendly's can move this thread by itself with minimal effort. Talk about a company that has taken the Sears/KMart scenic route to its own obliteration.
https://goo.gl/maps/3CcwBnTnMQfJFgEM7
First Ruby Tuesday
https://goo.gl/maps/tDhMpc84aY2WwQecA
Then another Restaurant.
https://goo.gl/maps/2fhTJdoZfXBze5yK6
Now a Mr. And Mrs. Crab.
Quote from: jakeroot on August 14, 2023, 02:44:39 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 14, 2023, 12:36:29 AM
Norman OK has a building that is said to have started as a Shoney's, became a Hooters, then a Burger King, and now it's part of a local sit-down Mexican chain. (I don't know how true this is, because I never directly observed the Shoney's or Hooters, but I was told of its history when I worked there when it was a BK. It certainly didn't look like a standard BK; for one thing it had wood paneling.)
I did some backwards research on 110 Ed Noble Parkway; the Malls and Retail Wiki lists this address as a former Shoney's location.
https://malls.fandom.com/wiki/Shoney%27s/Locations#Oklahoma_2
I cannot find anything on the Hooters, except a single 1994 Oklahoman article (https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1994/11/30/hooters-concerns-now/62407128007/) about Hooters coming to Norman, but no location was listed in the story.
Nice detective work. If the Hooters was opened in that location in 1994, it didn't last long; Burger King was there by about 1996 (in my earliest memories of Norman from that year, it was already a BK). I don't remember Norman ever having a Hooters anywhere else, either (though I suppose it could have been in the campus area or on the east side, because I didn't have much reason to go to that side of town until the late 2000s).
810 West Grace Street (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5493214,-77.4496217,3a,75y,303.65h,88.33t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sVBiIq4p3sgGNGuKm2jkM6g!2e0!5s20190701T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DVBiIq4p3sgGNGuKm2jkM6g%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D272.26288%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) in Richmond, VA began life as a Lum's diner. After Lum's went out of business, it became a Pizza Hut that I frequented when I was in college, at least before the celiac started.
After the Pizza Hut moved to a location on West Broad Street (across from the Science Museum of Virginia - now a Chicken Fiesta (https://chickenfiesta.com/), which I say is an upgrade), the building was extended and subdivided and became a Chipotle, a Panera Bread, and a Verizon store. The Verizon store is now a Cava (https://cava.com/).
On another note, 7021 Hull Street Road started as a Donut Connection and became a Dunkin' Donuts after Donut Connection ended operations in Virginia.
Here's a former KFC that was turned into a Starbucks. (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9870574,-91.6540469,3a,49.8y,180.04h,83.21t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPjwaRqhkwCOh9vtkKX_35g!2e0!5s20220601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
This place (https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Miller's+Tavern/@42.7422059,-71.1513682,16.71z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e307aa409a1b0d:0x7b27c1af41e050a4!8m2!3d42.742752!4d-71.1529312!16s%2Fg%2F11fqt2cz30?entry=ttu) I call the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Restaurant" because it keeps changing in the same way the professor of that class in Harry Potter keeps changing. I remember it being an Applebee's, then a Joe's Crabshack, then a Brick House, and now a Miller's Tavern.
In Deptford NJ we had an old Ground Round become a 99 Restaurants during their relatively brief (3 years or so) foray into the Philly market. They kept much of the original restaurant's looks, especially inside. It's now a Longhorn Steakhouse, and they did a substantial remodel to knock out the original layout and facade of the building.
In Burlington, MA across from the Burlington Mall, one of the restaurants was a Macaroni Grill and has since become Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, a more high end chain.
There are more than a few Burger Queens that became Druther's that became Dairy Queens. :-D
One of them is now a Wendy's (Irvine, Ky.) that has been extensively remodeled but is still the original building.
A former Burger King in Sherbrooke that became a KFC or PFK as we said in Quebec.
2011: https://goo.gl/maps/JHX1TYMv7pD3VDiRA
2022: https://goo.gl/maps/oq3GkcW6jPxDUokz8
In Clark, NJ we had a Gino's, that later got turned into a Roy Rogers, that presently is a Wendy's.
For those of you millennials, Gino's was a chain in DE, MD, and NJ that got bought out by Marriot to become Roy Rogers. Of course Marriot sold Roy Rogers except on the NJ and PA Turnpikes ( because those were making money) and the new owner cut back on its markets. I believe NJ still has a couple of stores left, and believe the NJTA still operates them in service areas on its turnpike.
Quote from: 1 on August 14, 2023, 10:03:10 AM
This place (https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Miller's+Tavern/@42.7422059,-71.1513682,16.71z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e307aa409a1b0d:0x7b27c1af41e050a4!8m2!3d42.742752!4d-71.1529312!16s%2Fg%2F11fqt2cz30?entry=ttu) I call the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Restaurant" because it keeps changing in the same way the professor of that class in Harry Potter keeps changing. I remember it being an Applebee's, then a Joe's Crabshack, then a Brick House, and now a Miller's Tavern.
Proud that I have been to all four places in that one location.
I didn't even know until recently that Joe's Crabshack and Brick House were owned the same company.
https://goo.gl/maps/iz1sXXJyANx1MAuDA
I had mocked Friendly's for all their dead locations, but forgot about this one until this afternoon. This is a closed McDonald's that is now a Friendly's. As you can see on GSV, 2012 it was a McDonald's, 2015 it was closed completely, and by 2018 was the Friendly's.
I also can't conceive how a restaurant that sometimes takes an hour to serve dinner can have a drive thru.
Quote from: SectorZ on August 14, 2023, 05:18:20 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/iz1sXXJyANx1MAuDA
I had mocked Friendly's for all their dead locations, but forgot about this one until this afternoon. This is a closed McDonald's that is now a Friendly's. As you can see on GSV, 2012 it was a McDonald's, 2015 it was closed completely, and by 2018 was the Friendly's.
I also can't conceive how a restaurant that sometimes takes an hour to serve dinner can have a drive thru.
Ask Steak & Shake. :bigass:
Shoneys in Neosho, MO became a Dennys. Shoneys in Lake Buena Vista, FL is now a Mr. & Mrs. Crab.
Though Shoneys in LBV was the last of its brand, as most stores closed in FL. I believe Covid drove the final nail in its coffin to give the once booming chain a final mercy killing.
Krispy Kreme didn't have much luck moving in to the shadow of Starbucks. The Burlington location became a bank, but the Puyallup South Hill location became a Panera Bread. (https://goo.gl/maps/i73R9mxodQpScG1h8) Hey, I didn't ask for something more healthy! The interior walls are still up, but the huge donut maker area is now more seating.
And there are so (https://goo.gl/maps/286TAT3KAqpoDiGk6) many (https://goo.gl/maps/G5mnaYDP8Zyd7iPA7) Starbucks locations at former Burger Kings, still using the rounded square sign outline.
Arby's that became Burger King in Ajax ON:
Before 2015:
(https://i.imgur.com/6fBYrB1.png)
After:
(https://i.imgur.com/zZvS0JA.png)
https://goo.gl/maps/5gm4GKAfq7QmmA549
Arby's that became a Tim Hortons in Scarborough, ON:
Before 2009:
(https://i.imgur.com/SLHDpgC.png)
After 2009:
(https://i.imgur.com/1fETEEM.png)
https://goo.gl/maps/iPmp15Yuzwi8VQEf9
Guelph ON: Switching from Burger King to Carl's Jr. to Wendy's.
Before 2014:
(https://i.imgur.com/UqWMPyM.png)
2015-2016:
(https://i.imgur.com/5F1vuXM.png)
After 2017:
(https://i.imgur.com/ePFJNC6.png)
https://goo.gl/maps/qTrFSxaUvi8LEpF99
Lots of really cool examples posted so far, thanks everyone. I appreciate that the focus has been on chain to chain conversions; I recognize that restaurants closing and becoming other restaurants is very common, but wasn't sure how common it was for chains to take over other chains. Turns out, not that uncommon!
Quote from: SectorZ on August 14, 2023, 07:08:51 AM
I feel that Friendly's can move this thread by itself with minimal effort. Talk about a company that has taken the Sears/KMart scenic route to its own obliteration.
That certainly seems to be the case, I've never heard of Friendly's but they seem to have closed a lot of locations over the years. Makes sense how some may get turned into another chain.
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on August 14, 2023, 08:52:45 PM
Krispy Kreme didn't have much luck moving in to the shadow of Starbucks. The Burlington location became a bank, but the Puyallup South Hill location became a Panera Bread. (https://goo.gl/maps/i73R9mxodQpScG1h8) Hey, I didn't ask for something more healthy! The interior walls are still up, but the huge donut maker area is now more seating.
And there are so (https://goo.gl/maps/286TAT3KAqpoDiGk6) many (https://goo.gl/maps/G5mnaYDP8Zyd7iPA7) Starbucks locations at former Burger Kings, still using the rounded square sign outline.
Ha, I grew up in the South Hill area and knew people who worked at that Krispy Kreme. Even I forgot about that example!
Regarding the Starbucks, there is also another BK to Starbucks conversion
in Spanaway (https://goo.gl/maps/5L4r4AFD8zid9pnE7); I actually found out about it from one of those highway videos (
this one specifically (https://youtu.be/7P5VimqOYuQ?t=1258)) where I spotted a BK that I did not remember being there. It has the tell-tale rounded square sign. The Taco Del Mar has long closed, not sure why it remains on the sign.
Quote from: roadman65 on August 14, 2023, 04:59:48 PM
...Of course Marriot sold Roy Rogers except on the NJ and PA Turnpikes ( because those were making money) and the new owner cut back on its markets. I believe NJ still has a couple of stores left...
There hasn't been a stand-alone Roy Rogers in NJ since the 1990s.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on August 15, 2023, 12:33:03 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on August 14, 2023, 04:59:48 PM
...Of course Marriot sold Roy Rogers except on the NJ and PA Turnpikes ( because those were making money) and the new owner cut back on its markets. I believe NJ still has a couple of stores left...
There hasn't been a stand-alone Roy Rogers in NJ since the 1990s.
Maybe in your area, but my uncle in Pine Beach, took me to the one on Route 9 in 2005. In fact 2022 imagery still shows that store still standing.
https://goo.gl/maps/wCDz1LVMHRqSBsUz8
They have an active website though.
https://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/locations
They seem to be active more in PA on the PA Turnpike and in MD for free standing.
Their webpage shows only two locations in NJ left. Both are in Ocean County, which is on the other side of the state from you.
Quote from: andrepoiy on August 14, 2023, 11:33:39 PM
Guelph ON: Switching from Burger King to Carl's Jr. to Wendy's.
Before 2014:
(https://i.imgur.com/UqWMPyM.png)
2015-2016:
(https://i.imgur.com/5F1vuXM.png)
After 2017:
(https://i.imgur.com/ePFJNC6.png)
https://goo.gl/maps/qTrFSxaUvi8LEpF99
This might be one of the most insane examples so far.
Interesting turn of events, too. I see the BK had been there a while, then it was remodeled around 2012-2013.
The Carl's Jr is odd, I see all of the Ontario locations have since closed, which explains the short stint. Still odd they had to move into a former BK location, any idea if it closed substantially before the Carl's Jr opened? I don't see any BK locations that could have replaced that location, so I'd guess Carl's Jr bought it.
I've sometimes seen fast food locations in strip malls open standalone locations, but I see that's not what happened here.
There's a couple of Denny's near me that changed. One to a Grand Azteca (5-site chain) and another to a local 2-site mom and pop general restaurant.
There was a hamburger place, I forget what chain, that turned into a Del Taco, maybe 15-20 years ago.
Chester, Virginia, all around the intersection of US 1/301 and VA 10:
-Friendly’s became Zaxby’s
-Hardee’s became Chicken Fiesta (local chain)
-Waffle House became Chipotle
Additionally, a former BB&T SunTrust before the Truist merger became Little Caesar’s, and a few chain-to-local and local-to-local that don’t fit this thread.
Quote from: jakeroot on August 15, 2023, 05:17:19 AM
Quote from: andrepoiy on August 14, 2023, 11:33:39 PM
Guelph ON: Switching from Burger King to Carl's Jr. to Wendy's.
Before 2014:
[img snipped]
2015-2016:
[img snipped]
After 2017:
[img snipped]
https://goo.gl/maps/qTrFSxaUvi8LEpF99
This might be one of the most insane examples so far.
Interesting turn of events, too. I see the BK had been there a while, then it was remodeled around 2012-2013.
The Carl's Jr is odd, I see all of the Ontario locations have since closed, which explains the short stint. Still odd they had to move into a former BK location, any idea if it closed substantially before the Carl's Jr opened? I don't see any BK locations that could have replaced that location, so I'd guess Carl's Jr bought it.
I've sometimes seen fast food locations in strip malls open standalone locations, but I see that's not what happened here.
Carl's Jr expanded into Ontario with 4 locations and they all failed miserably, hence the short time it was there (it remains in Canada only out west).
I have no idea about the BK before that though.
Quote from: roadman65 on August 15, 2023, 12:55:47 AM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on August 15, 2023, 12:33:03 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on August 14, 2023, 04:59:48 PM
...Of course Marriot sold Roy Rogers except on the NJ and PA Turnpikes ( because those were making money) and the new owner cut back on its markets. I believe NJ still has a couple of stores left...
There hasn't been a stand-alone Roy Rogers in NJ since the 1990s.
Maybe in your area, but my uncle in Pine Beach, took me to the one on Route 9 in 2005. In fact 2022 imagery still shows that store still standing.
https://goo.gl/maps/wCDz1LVMHRqSBsUz8
They have an active website though.
https://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/locations
They seem to be active more in PA on the PA Turnpike and in MD for free standing.
Their webpage shows only two locations in NJ left. Both are in Ocean County, which is on the other side of the state from you.
Huh...very interesting. This site does say they opened a location in 1994. https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/roy-rogers-expands-new-jersey-presence . Certainly nowhere near where I live.
One strange one that I know of is where a KFC in Angleton, TX turned into a ... TitleMax Loans?
https://goo.gl/maps/Z5wKCB4yhoSWLGbz8 (2013 imagery)
https://goo.gl/maps/3V2VWFCKq4B2ouyd6 (2022 imagery)
Not to mention, next door, an old Wendy's turned into an independent Mexican restaurant, while next door to that, a restaurant (El Patio) moved to a new location downtown, and another Mexican restaurant (El Jimador) moved into that old building from a strip mall.
To make things even more complicated, there used to be another Mexican restaurant across the street (La Casona) which moved to a brand new building on the outskirts of town, but another Mexican restaurant recently was just started up in that old building. Overall, over the past 8 years or so, 5 different Mexican restaurants have been located on this tiny stretch of road, and all five are still in business in some capacity.
My understanding is that BK has made a decision recently to close several stores nationwide to cut back on expenses.
Quote from: Takumi on August 15, 2023, 02:04:54 PM
Chester, Virginia, all around the intersection of US 1/301 and VA 10:
-Waffle House became Chipotle
I drove past another former Waffle House today, this one at NC-55//NC-54 Exit 278 in Durham. This was a very busy location, but was a crime haven the entire time that I've lived here. It is now houses a Jimmy's Hot Dogs (a local chain owned by the one of the co-owners of the former Spartacus restaurant). In the same vein, the Jimmy's Hot Dogs on Guess Road in Durham was formerly a J&J Fish. All of which reminds me, the original Pizza Hut in Hillsborough was originally converted to a Jimmy's Hot Dogs (which was quite popular, but got booted when the owners of Daniel Boone Village sold the former amusement park section to a developer, requiring the relocation of Pueblo Viejo Mexican Restaurant - which doesn't qualify since it is not part of a chain).
Quote from: roadman65 on August 14, 2023, 05:31:26 PM
Shoneys in Neosho, MO became a Dennys. Shoneys in Lake Buena Vista, FL is now a Mr. & Mrs. Crab.
Unless something has changed, the Denny's at I-4 and US 27 was a Shoney's in another life. The same for the Denny's at the Sun City exit on I-75.
A few other examples:
Ruby Sunshine on US 280 here in Birmingham was a IHOP.
Dreamland BBQ also on US 280 was once a Chili's.
IHOP at I-75 and Fowler Avenue in Tampa also was a Shoney's
Wendy's in Bay Minette, AL was once a Ruby Tuesday
TGI Friday's in Birmingham became Perry's Steakhouse
Most location of The Juicy Seafood that I have seen were once a location of a different chain.
Alright, I'm gonna concede this is more common than I thought. Whatever.
Here are some more examples from my area that I've remembered:
Outback Steakhouse becomes Buca Di Beppo, Seattle, WA: https://goo.gl/maps/e1w5WsPvcQZBkkh29
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53122153519_222a295482_o.png) (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53122359845_196ee9c8cc_o.png)
TGI Fridays becomes Buffalo Wild Wings, Tacoma, WA: https://goo.gl/maps/GUh2KBqEcKiidmKb6
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53121952571_56e7a262f9_o.png) (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53121346652_f0080feb2a_o.png)
Ruby Tuesday becomes Buffalo Wild Wings, South Hill, WA: https://goo.gl/maps/FYq9XW5jUyRL8rUy6
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53121952591_b7d714de48_o.png) (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53121952601_0d5115d295_o.png)
Quote from: jakeroot on August 17, 2023, 12:43:23 AM
Alright, I'm gonna concede this is more common than I thought. Whatever.
WIN!