Discontinued fast food items rant

[JCHateSteve]

There's still an A&W Restaurant in Madisonville

The closest to me is in Newport. There is still one in Sevierville too. I usually hit it up if I'm gping the back way into Dollywood. So I can still get it occasionally.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

LOL......we haven't even mention the Dairy Queen drive ups. With the ceiling fans on the outside.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

LOL......we haven't even mention the Dairy Queen drive ups. With the ceiling fans on the outside.

Dairy Queen hamburgers aren't as good as they once were

 

[joevol33]

Damn the memories lol, like making sure the bank teller could see me when we pulled up so I could get a dum-dum

One of our bank branches still does that, and I still get one!

 

[joevol33]

LOL......we haven't even mention the Dairy Queen drive ups. With the ceiling fans on the outside.

We had a place called burger queen, and one called Druthers before DQ bought them out. Best french fries ever.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Not even sure the chain is around anymore but Mrs' Winners used to have pigs in a blanket on their breakfast menu..would stop sometimes on my way to my 5 hour summer term chem class
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I used to buy those in bags from Sam's Club in the 1990s

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

We had a place called burger queen, and one called Druthers before DQ bought them out. Best french fries ever.

There was a Druthers in Cartersville,Georgia and I remember eating there when I lived there from 1996-2000

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

All I have is Wal-Mart and a piggly wiggly. Well there's a Publix, but I never shop there. There's a Kroger, but too far to drive.

Publix is too expensive however they make sandwiches as good as Subway or Blimpies

 

[BigOrangeAl 1979]

The twister from KFC was great. I don’t think they advertised it well.

I miss those they were good

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

What are some of your favorite menu items that have been discontinued?
Taco Bell needs to bring back the spicy chicken burrito, the Baja style chalupas and gorditas, and the chili cheese burrito!
Miss the twister wrap from KFC.
Applebees sucks now too since they changed their whole menu. I miss their old chicken quesadillas, chicken Alfredo, and they used to have this amazing southwest chicken salad.
Outback steakhouse changed their shrimp on the barbee, and no longer have the delicious creamy onion soup or spicy Alfredo pasta that had shrimp and crawfish in it.
Pisses me off. Why do restaurants ruin a good thing?

Lack of sales is no. 1 factor for
discontinued items.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

You're right about that the consistency of the chicken has changed a lot. I remember the first time I ate at a Wendy which was in 1974 and it was a hell of a lot better than it is now.

Wendy’s changed their hamburger, fries and a few other items back around 2010. It is not even close to the quality it once was.

 

[BigOrangeAl 1979]

I like green tea also

How much caffeine is in green tea ?

 

[joevol33]

Lack of sales is no. 1 factor for
discontinued items.

But if I lije something, that should be more important than their sales!

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Wendy’s changed their hamburger, fries and a few other items back around 2010. It is not even close to the quality it once was.

And the hamburgers are a whole lot smaller Wendy's and Burger King used to have the biggest burgers

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

And the hamburgers are a whole lot smaller Wendy's and Burger King used to have the biggest burgers

The Wendy’s burger used to be square and fell over the edges of the bun.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Does anybody remember those Roy Rogers Roast Beef sandwiches? And Danver's restaurants?

Kenny Rogers Roasters was very good also and Roy Rogers roast beef sandwiches were awesome. I remember there was a Danver's Restaurant in Alcoa when i lived in Maryville from 2000-2002.

 

[joevol33]

Anybody remember burger king having a shrimp basket? That was my first public job, and we made them. It was breaded shrimp, but dang it was good.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Anybody remember burger king having a shrimp basket? That was my first public job, and we made them. It was breaded shrimp, but dang it was good.

Dairy Queen had one also

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

I always liked the original Chicken Little at KFC..lol they were like 39 cents..perfect for my college student budget...also #freetheMcDLT
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I was one of the few that liked the Arch Deluxe

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

Lack of sales is no. 1 factor for
discontinued items.

 

[JCHateSteve]

Lack of sales is no. 1 factor for
discontinued items.

No. 1.5 is cost cutting the quality of ingredients in popular items for a higher profit margin.

 

[MR_VOL]

Far as I know..Triple D filmed there once..Cardin's however is no more..even tore the building down
Pizza Palace

A friend went by Pizza Palace just before Christmas and said it was closed.

We would eat at Cardin's on the way to UT football games.....it was a tradition.

 

[MR_VOL]

Lol no I was 16...if we wanted beer we had to drive across the bridge to Newport and pay the underage markup for beer lol

As long as you had money, age didn't matter in Newport. I remember a place called Mousie's (cash only and no tax) that only had a drive-thru.....on Saturday night there would be a line of cars McDonald's would be envious of, and there was an underage mark up. Laws, rules, or regulations never mattered in Newport.

 

[volwindy]

K-Mart had that too. And you could get Icees as well. Or was it Slurpies?

Yep, our Kmart had that and a little Caesars where you could get pizza by the slice and mini crazy bread.

 

[volwindy]

Growing up my dad taught an adult Sunday school class and he would go early to church to prep and I would go to help unlock all the doors. But anyways we would always stop at McDonald's on the way and get sausage biscuits and gravy. It was good! I think they stopped that, not sure it ever came back since I don't go there. Just a fun memory.