When you were a kid/teen what was your favorite fast food place to go to? They may be long gone or still around. Mine

[debm55]

was a place by the roller skating place called Harper's Burgers--burgers were 10 cents.

[happybird]

1. Roy Rogers

Fried chicken and birch beer

[debm55]

3. Thank you very much happybird. We didn't have any in my area. When I went to college.they had a Roy Rogers.

[Deuxcents]

2. Howard Johnson's..my parents treated us to an ice cream cone after a day at the beach

Every once in a while we’d go to A&W for a frosted mug of root beer

[debm55]

9. Thank you Deuxcents. I only remember them from the PA turnpike. My husband said they were all over the place in MA, He

always talks about the Ice Cream cones.

[regnaD kciN]

24. I'm not sure Howard Johnson's qualifies as "fast food"...

…seeing as they were more of a family restaurant. But they were, indeed, all over Massachusetts, and my parents and I regularly visited their Wellesley location in the ‘70s for the clam roll platter.

[SheltieLover]

4. Too many... lol

A hot dog place where hot dogs were 50 cents, K of C for deep fried cod, vinegar slaw, & fries are 2 that immediately come to mind. Oh, & a dairy for ice cream cones. The dairy frequently had the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile visiting. Lol. Drove folks nuts with those little weenie whistles.

Super yummy!

Funny, I was just thinking of these places this afternoon.

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much SheltieLover. I still have my weenie whistle. Hahaha

[SheltieLover]

87. Too funny you still have it!

[wcmagumba]

5. Peter Pan Ice Cream Store, they had great burgers and fries too...

This was in small town KS.

[wcmagumba]

29. A&W Drive In...

This is my second entry but my little KS town had one of these too. Papa and Mamma and Teen Burgers with fries or rings were excellent. But the Root Beer Floats made it into fast food heaven....

[debm55]

58. Thank you wcmagumba. That sounds great

[Permanut]

6. Yaw's Portland Oregon..

I grew up in a Happy Days/American Graffiti world. Yaw's was the place to go with my '56 Chevy, and drive around and around the block with the other hotrodders. There was a Portland cop monitoring the situation, and he handed our tootsie rolls as we drove by R.I.P Bob Svila.

[debm55]

59. Thank you very much Permanut. What a great post

[Luciferous]

7. When I was in high school my

boyfriend and I would go to McDonald's several times a week for lunch. I also liked Taco Bell, but that's because I worked there and got free food 😂

[debm55]

60. Thank you very much Luciferous. That sounds great.

[SheltieLover]

8. Dog 'n suds for rootbeer & Tex Mex burgers

Too many yummy hot dog places to name.

[debm55]

62. Thank you SheltieLover. I remember them. Good memories.

[SheltieLover]

86. Very good memories!

[hlthe2b]

10. I do remember "HoJos" (Howard Johnsons) but also Shrimp Boats (some of those structures are still around

but taken over by other fast-food restaurants. They were shaped sort of like a shrimp boat appropriately enough. My sister and I loved fried shrimp as kids and those offered some pretty inexpensive offerings. There was also Shakey's pizza which had a great shrimp pizza as one of their offerings (yeah, we loved shrimp)... LOL

[debm55]

63. Thank you hlthe2b. That shrimp boat place sounds great. Wish we had one around here. Love shrimp, too.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Dairy Queen

The Brazier Burger with fries. Heaven!

[Deuxcents]

14. There's a Dairy Queen not far from me..they offer a10% discount for seniors on Tuesdays

[debm55]

65. Thank you very much no-hypocrisy.

[Walleye]

127. My first job was at Dairy Queen. I made thick blizzards for my high school friends.

[ultralite001]

12. As a kid... we could get nickel tacos at a little store a bike's ride from our house...

We'd ride around picking up discarded glass bottles...
Redeem them at the little store... + buy lip-smacking tacos
made while we watched...

We could also get strawberry shortcake from the Japanese family's
strawberry farm when berries were in season... yumm!!!

[debm55]

66. Thank you ultralite001, that's how we got our money too. Your two choices sound great.

[ultralite001]

148. 50+ years later...

Strawberry shortcake still floats my boat...

+ killer tacos steal my ❤❤❤ away...

I just remembered the little abuela who lived next door... Kids would line up in the morning on their way to school... She would
hand off fresh grilled tortillas w/ a smear of butter to each child on their way to school... So good...

[debm55]

149. Thank you ultralite001

[displacedvermoter]

13. The Lure

10 cent burgers and 25 cent milkshakes!

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much displacedvermoter. That sounds wonderful.

[Bmoboy]

15. Harley's

Baltimore sandwich shop run by Harley Brinsfield, a jazz nut who also had a nighttime jazz radio show.

The Original or the chicken salad were to die for.

[debm55]

68. Thank you very Bmoboy. They sound terrific.

[doc03]

16. Elby's Big Boy nt

[JoseBalow]

21. Our Big Boy's was Elias Brothers

[doc03]

22. I think the Elias Brothers also owned Elby's in WV, Western PA

and Ohio. We still have Frishes Big Boy around Columbus.

[Emile]

116. Our local Big Boy is now a marijuana dispensary.

[JoseBalow]

119. Like the KFC in South Park

[debm55]

69. Thank you very much doc03. We had Big Boy and a similiar place called Eat and Park. Eat and Park is still around.

[doc03]

79. There was aa Eat & Park Big Boy in Washington PA.

Well I think the Eat & Park is still there. There is one in St. Clairsville OH near me.

[debm55]

144. Thank you doc03. There was one in Bethel Park. They had the misfortune of placing the Big Boy in the grass in the front

of the building. Needless to say the Big Boy was stolen.

[Freddie]

17. Gino's

A Pennsylvania (and Maryland I think) chain that went under many years ago. Great burgers and KFC in one place. 🎶 Everybody goes to Gino’s, cause Gino’s is the place to go 🎶

[debm55]

70. Thank you Freddie. I vaguely remember Gino"s

[BlueKota]

18. We used to eat mostly at local diners or bar & grills.

when I was a kid, but I remember Carrols Hamburgers was the first fast food place that opened here. They had good hamburgers, but closed down pretty quickly once McDonald's came in.

Neither's hamburgers could compare though to the ones made at the bar and grills. A cook at one of them would season them just perfectly and put on mustard and finely chopped onions. Then after he retired we started going to a different place and the owner's wife convinced me to try a hamburger with her signature tomato sauce on it. It was love at first bite. I miss those days. We used to know most all the local business owners and they knew us.

[debm55]

71. Thank you BlueKota. That sounds wonderful

[JoseBalow]

19. I would beg Mom to take us to "Big Hat"

[debm55]

72. HAHAHHAHHAHAHH. Did she take you to the Big Hat aka Arby's?

[JoseBalow]

100. Yes! We even had a little song about it

Great memories!

[debm55]

104. Thank you, JoseBalow.

[NBachers]

20. Carroll's Hamburgers in Western New York. I sure would love to travel back in time and stop in one again. The days of 15

cent hamburgers.

If there was still a real one open, it would be mobbed.

[debm55]

50. OH. The one I went to had the space age design too. Yes, 15 cent burgers. No eat in. Ordered your food and ate in the

car. Thank you NBachers for bringing back memories.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

23. In Pittsburgh

in the early 1960's. during summer vacation we'd swim everyday at 'The Fort' public swimming pool, then on the way home we'd stop at Bard's Dairy Store and I'd get an orange sherbert Frosty (like a thick sherbert milkshake) and a 25 cent bag of barbeque potato chips. YUM!!!!

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much, some_of_us_are_sane. That sounds wounderful.

[Dorothy V]

25. Way back when Victorville CA had less than 3,000 people ...

There was this place on the north side of town on the road to Oro Grande, but before you turned off to the road to George AFB. I don't recall its name and can't even remember a sign on it with a name. Just a gravel parking lot, a low stucco building with a window where you placed your order, and a string of bare yellow light bulbs. A place that looked like it would have to go some to qualify as a greasy spoon. But they had the BEST TACOS EVER! Drippy, greasy, and Big! Dad never let us eat them in the car (we never got to eat anything in the car), but we'd spread an old blanket over the trunk of the car and sit on it to eat them.
Nowadays I am not sure such a place is even possible.

[debm55]

47. Thank you very much, Dorothy V. It sounds great.

[WmChris]

26. Local drive in's

There were several locals in the 60's.

[debm55]

46. Thank you very much for sharing, WmChris. I only remember one drive in and it no longer around.

[underpants]

27. Wendy's. We moved from Ohio to Virginia

We had no idea that a world existed without Wendy’s. No Pringle’s either

We waited, and it does, the world came to us.

[debm55]

44. HAHAHAHHAH. thank you very much underpants.

[House of Roberts]

28. A fast food place I liked back 50 years or so was Burger Chef.

Some might remember that chain.
Then there was a restaurant named Sno-White, that had a stand alone location plus a small lunch counter uptown on the North side of the courthouse square. The burgers were about the same as a Krystal burger. The one uptown was within walking distance of the public library and when we could get one of our mothers to drop us off at the library, we'd stash our books in a corner and walk down to get a snack. I remember that as about 7th to 8th grade when we did that.

[debm55]

35. I remember Burger Chef. We didn't have a Sno-White but had a White Tower in Pittsburgh. Your story is funny about the

library.Thank you House of Roberts.

[catbyte]

30. A & W Drive-In. It was the ONLY "fast food" place within 50 miles, lol.

We'd pull up in the Chrysler, a car hop would come and take our orders (usually a hamburger deluxe, fries, and a cold, frosty mug of root beer. Heaven on a warm summer evening.

Except the time my dad got a big piece of butcher paper in his burger. He was not amused.

[debm55]

33. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA. That sounds good. So sorry for your dad. Did you still go back there to eat?

Thanks catbyte

[catbyte]

36. We had no choice, lol. And it was cool to eat in the car.

[Solly Mack]

31. The Varsity, Atlanta, Georgia. Downtown.

Best chili dogs or chili cheeseburgers.

[debm55]

32. Thank you very much Solly Mack.

[OldBaldy1701E]

111. I have eaten there! Good place! (n/t)

[Solly Mack]

122. I always enjoyed it. Been a few years though.

[OldBaldy1701E]

138. Yeah. Like 30! LOL.

I remember it well, though.

[Xipe Totec]

34. El Greco

If you've never heard of it, I'm not surprised, and I feel sorry for you.

It was THE hangout for teens when I was a teen. It was not a chain, and it no longer exists.

[debm55]

43. We did not have in my region. It sounds great. Thank you , Xipe Totec.

[boonecreek]

37. When I was a patrol boy in 8th grade .

It was a place called the Bob Inn Grill next to a bar by the same name.
Not really a fast food place but they had great burgers with a basket
full of fries.

[debm55]

42. Thank you boonecreek. We had a similiar place. Loved their fish sandwiches.

[wendyb-NC]

38. Carolls hamburgers

It was a chain, similar to McDonalds's. I grew up and lived in upstate NY. They opened in 1965 or 1966. I didn't go to any fast food till I was a senior in HS. They were less expensive than McDonalds, and their milk shakes were really good. I think they have gone out of business.

[debm55]

41. Thank you very much, wenyb-NC. They sound good.

[Initech]

39. The Original Tommy's!

Oh man I could sure go for one of those grease bombs right now!

[debm55]

40. Thank you very much Initech.

[Emile]

45. Mike's Grill

Twin Burger 🍔

[debm55]

73. We had one like that. Is that in SW PA? they were great.

[Emile]

74. Tilton, Illinois

[debm55]

141. Thank you. Emile.

[Earl_from_PA]

49. Winkys

Made you happy to be hungry.

[debm55]

56. I remember Winky:s. If I remember correctly There was no place to eat inside. Thank you Earl_from_PA

[surrealAmerican]

51. Friendly's

Their burgers were nothing special, but you could get a hot fudge sundae for desert, with cherry ice cream!

[debm55]

75. That sounds really good, surrealAmerican. I would skip the burger and eat the sundae,

[BOSSHOG]

52. MR Quick Burgers

Good Food. Long Gone.

[debm55]

140. Thank you BOSSHOG. I'm glad you liked MR.Quick Burgers.

[marble falls]

53. Chet O'Keely's in Barberton, Ohio. Chey was a half punch drunk ex-boxer. The place was a dive ...

... The burger was unbelievable good.

If not there, Bob's Burghers from the seventies, before the yuppies discovered it. Or the Blue Fame. Or the Flagpole, the original Bob's Big Boy or, jeez, how could I forget a Swenson's, dragged through the garden - even my vegetarian friends had to have one once in a while .......

[Diamond_Dog]

54. Marble ... it's not fast food, but have you ever had Barberton Chicken? I have not but I hear raves over it.

[marble falls]

64. You mean Milich's Village Inn, Belgrade Gardens, Hopican Gardens, the White House - ...

... Nevah hoid of 'em. Once a week for almost twenty years. Hot sauce. There was a place that I loved, small and I can't remember their name, close to Village and Hopican Gardens that had popperkosh.

There was a road on Wadsworth Rd call the Trockadiro, that had good burgers and chicken.

[debm55]

143. Thank you marble falls. You have a selection there.

[Marigold]

55. Gino's Hamburgers

I think it was a mid-atlantic franchise. They had a competitor to the Big Mac called the Gino's Giant.

[debm55]

145. Thank you Marigold. I remember a Gino's here in Pittsburgh, But it didn't last long.

[lark]

61. A&W Root Beer

A&W Root Beer stands - they had the best root beer floats and burgers and were cheap. They are long gone from here. I also loved Dairy Queen and there was one a couple of miles away! The A&W was much further away.

[debm55]

78. Thank you very much . Lark.. I remember the A&W stands. Never ate there though. Still have a Dairy Queen here.

[gab13by13]

76. Pop's Place

Home made root beer floats.

[debm55]

99. Thank you gab13 by 13 . I never liked plain root beer but I loved root beer floats.

[RazorbackExpat]

77. My friend and his dad would sometimes treat me

to a sundae at the locally-owned Dairy Delight. Later. Mr. Quick came to town, offering hamburgers @19c in 1971

[debm55]

98. Thank you very much RazorbackExpat. That was very kind of them. So Mr. Quick was the burger joint? 19 cents for a

burger was very good.

[RazorbackExpat]

158. Mr. Quick had a great location, too

Right across the street from the high school. But it didn't last long, for some reason

[debm55]

159. Thank you RazorbackExpat,

[RazorbackExpat]

167. We also had a Dog 'n Suds for a while

I still vaguely remember one of their commercials:

"It was a hot afternoon in Springfield. The "troops" (kids) were hungry and thirsty. Then their "leader" (dad) uttered those immortal words....

(in a Milton the Monster voice)
'Six root beers. Six Coney dogs'"

1968 or thereabouts

[dwp6577]

80. Frisko Freeze

Tacoma, WA 98403
Landmark quick-serve spot with retro style & a choice of drive-thru or walk-up ordering.

[debm55]

96. Thank you very much, dwp6577, That sounds fantastic.

[LoisB]

81. There weren't any "fast food" places where I lived as a child/teen. We went to the soda

fountain at the local pharmacy or to the hoagie shop.

[debm55]

95. I went to the local pharmacy and would get real milk shakes and the orange crackers with peanut butter inside. TY LoisB

[LoisB]

142. If you want a real milk shake today, you have to make it yourself.

[debm55]

147. Agree

[samnsara]

82. starting in jr hi my walk to/from school was over a mile long...

..along the way there was a corner drive in had the BEST tacos with tons of shredded cheese. I think they were about 35 cents.

[debm55]

93. Oh that sounds great. Thank you very much samnsara.

[marked50]

83. Smaks Hamburgers in Kansas City and surroundings

Their Hickory Burger was to die for.

[debm55]

92. Thank you very much. marked50. It sounds delicious

[mwmisses4289]

84. Dairy Queen

Pizza hut, and a mom and pop taco place. All long gone, the dq is currently a wine bar, the pizza hut is a Mediterranean restaurant and hookah bar, and the taco place was torn down.

[debm55]

91. Sad isn't it? The best places during your youth in your area are gone.Thank you mwmisses4289

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[justaprogressive]

94. DQ is Not Gone!

https://vinepair.com/articles/map-states-dairy-queen/

[debm55]

139. I have answered the question wrong. I should have said in the posters area. as I have one here. I'll fix.

[justaprogressive]

85. A&W drive in

Black Cows forever! Burgers were good too!

[Polly Hennessey]

88. A&W for Nirvana root beer floats and any place I could get a banana split.

[debm55]

89. Thank you very much, Polly Hennessey. Banana splits---YES

[debm55]

90. Yummy. Thank you very much justaprogressive. Loved the Black Cow, but not a root beer fan.

[ProfessorGAC]

97. Italian Place About A Mile From Our House

Was called Pastori's.
One of those joints where the family lived upstairs and the restaurant was on the first floor.
Looked kind if like Louie's from The Godfather where Michael shot Sollozzo.
They closed when I was in 7th or 8th grade. None of the kids wanted to take over the business, so when mom & dad wanted to retire, they just closed the joint. There were always people eating there, from noon until close.
Lots of people were bummed when they closed. There was some surprise that somebody wasn't willing to buy the place, recipes and all, but that didn't happen.

[debm55]

109. Thank you ProfessorGAC. They say the restaurant business has the highest turn around for closing. Thank you for sharing

About Pastori;s

[OLDMDDEM]

101. Chris's Burgers. 10 cents also.

[debm55]

107. Thank you very much OLDMDDEM.

[pdxflyboy]

102. Carroll's Hamburgers on Wesport Avenue, Norwalk, CT

Hamburgers were 15 cents in 1965.

[debm55]

106. Thank you pdxflyboy. I think someone else mentioned a Carroll's Hamburger. They must have been good.

[LakeArenal]

103. Dairy Queen was very nearby.

We had a drive in called Gilles (pronounced Gill eeezzz)
Still there, still great.

Tuckers Twofers was a great place too.

[debm55]

105. Thank you very much LakeArenal. You had some great places nearby.

[greatauntoftriplets]

108. The Morris Barbeque in Elgin, IL, about 40 miles from Chicago.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/64466548496/

My grandmother lived in Elgin, and this was a frequent stop when we went to visit her. It's been gone for many years.

[debm55]

123. Thank you very much, greatauntoftriplets. I went to the Facebook site you listed. The Roaster was outside. It looks some

places of my youth. That's nice they have a site for it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

125. I was surprised that there wasn't more information on it.

It had a great reputation back in the day.

[debm55]

137. Oh I thought since I am not a member that I couldn't read more.

[greatauntoftriplets]

146. You should be able to read it unless it's limited to members.

I'm not a member either.

[electric_blue68]

110. I don't think we ever went out for dinner at a fast food place. We'd stop at Dairy Queen if we were visiting our...

cousins in NJ.
Carvel in NYC.

[debm55]

115. Thank you very much, electric_blue68. We, as a family , didn't go out to eat ,period. But I did with my friends and

Extended family. Never went to nice places either. Big treat for us, is when my mother bought hoagies from K' Mart

[OldBaldy1701E]

112. I'd say Pizza Inn as a kid... same thing as a Pizza Hut.

As a teen, I preferred Wendy's. They had this food bar at the time. It was good for the price.

But, nothing beat my father's mother. Grandma Baldy was a far better cook than any restaurant! Her Chicken Salad and her biscuits were famous around the county!

[debm55]

113. Well, thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E . And hats off to you Grandma Baldy. You made a great tribute to her.

[Diamond_Dog]

114. My father had a huge aversion to fried food.

I don’t ever remember our family ever getting anything from a fast food or burger joint. On rare occasions when he was working late my mother took my sister and me to a little drive-in called the Yum Yum. There was no seating inside, you got your food from the drive-up window, parked, and ate in your car.

[debm55]

117. Thank you Diamond_Dog. Same here. K-Mart hoagies were supposed to be a treat. I would take all the mystery meat off and

have a salad sandwich. In fact, with my family we never went out -fast foods or family style . When I was a teenager I went out with my friends. I never went out until I was in college.Their thing was why eat out when it could be made at home. We did go to a place called Isaly to get ice cream cones.

[Diamond_Dog]

124. We were the same

Except on Fridays we went out sometimes to eat fish because we were Catholic (although I never saw my dad set foot in a church, my mother always took us) but he loved fish so he was willing to take us for our Friday fish dinners. Back then nobody ever cooked fish at home that I recall, except Mrs. Paul’s fish sticks. Lol. I feel the same way as you about the cheap waxy looking lunch meat they used to put in those already prepared hoagies and I was the oddball that didn’t like Isaly’s chipped-chopped ham.

[debm55]

131. You are from Pittsburgh??????? Fish on Friday, Sticks and Patties. (Catholic here too) Somes we would order shrimp

dinners from the local bar. But we never ate there. We packed lunches when we went to Kennywood or Idlewild Park. Heck when I graduated from Penn State, they brough jumbo sandwiches with yellow mustard and we ate on the grass. Long story short. my parents had very good money.They just didn't want to spend it .Sorry for venting.After paying my entire way through college. I thought at the time I should have gotten more then a jumbo sammie. Heck, at least they didn't bring KMare hoagies.

[Diamond_Dog]

133. Ha ha no not from Pittsburgh

I grew up in Warren OH (NE Ohio) which isn’t too far from you. We were half Cleveland (dad’s side) and half western PA (mom’s side) if that makes any sense. Don’t apologize for venting. My parents could be a real trip sometimes too.

[debm55]

135. thank you for understanding. Diamond_Dog.

[kozar]

118. A&W root beer

For coney Tuesdays, 25 cents each

[debm55]

120. Thank you kozar. I am not a root beer fan , but I loved their floats.

[kozar]

150. I didnt drink the root beer

25 cent coney dogs,I ate!
Koz

[debm55]

151. Thank you kozar, was a little confused on my part. I heard they are good. Never had one but heard alot about them.

[AnnaLee]

121. Tucker's Hot Tamale Cart

I loved hot tamales as a kid. Since this business was a cart that was rolled around downtown at night, you found the cart, bought the tamales and took them home to eat. Years later, the owner of the business set up a permanent location, retired and left his children running the business. [Hot tamales are not quite the same as Mexican tamales. They are much smaller, usually hot (but not flaming), but are still a meat filling covered with cornmeal mush]. What a wonderful flavor. I moved away from the Mississippi Delta after college and haven't had one since. It is the only food I would like to have before I die. So, "they are to die for".

[debm55]

126. What a wonderful tribute to Tucker'sHotTamale Cart. It sounds great and my mouth is watering. Thank you AnnaLee.

[Jim__]

128. Wetsons - fast food hamburger chain

Wetson's - gone since 1975.

[debm55]

136. Thank you Jim__ I read the article. very interesting. Question is--which was better, Wetson's or McDonalds"?

[Walleye]

129. Our first fast food joint was called Geno's. They had something like a big Mac before McDonald's.

We didn’t even have a pizza place in Dover when I was growing up, but we had sub shops and cheesesteaks

[debm55]

134. Thank you very much Walleye. Why no Pizza places?

[malthaussen]

130. I didn't (and don't) like to "go" anywhere. But Mom always brought home McDonald's after payday.

Loved the Quarter Pounders, but they've ruined them like everything else. I won't touch them now.

-- Mal

[debm55]

132. Thank you very much Mal. I liked them too, Now I get a regular cheeseburger. Used to eat the Big Mac. Haven't had one in

a long time.

[walkingman]

152. H. Salt Fish & Chips (in the early 70s) .....delicious...wish they were still around

[debm55]

153. Thank you walkingman. I remember them to when my friends went to the mall. Really liked them.

[The Blue Flower]

154. Royal Castle

15 cents for those little, square burgers topped with chopped onion.

[debm55]

155. Thank you The Blue Flower. We called them the White Tower--same as you square bun, square burger and diced onions.

[pansypoo53219]

156. gotta go younger. zarder's for the too thick marts. i think they had thin crinkle frys.

[debm55]

160. Thank you pansypoo53219.

[pansypoo53219]

162. i forgot wongs wok at the mall. they just closed their last place.

even as a kid i thought mc ds crap. except the hot cherry pies. did like popeyes for art school school lunch. tho i preferred the french roil + salad. then chick f let instead. lunch at gay bar best. i think i was the only student to eat at the gay bar. they had great fries + soups. then the italian chicken breast on a croissant.
my paternal grandma cooked better food. i always was a picky kid.

[debm55]

164. Thank you pansypoo53219

[yellowdogintexas]

157. Tastee Treat. They served a type of loose meat sandwich that was outstanding

Also they had the best soft serve ice cream I have ever tasted.

This was in Kentucky. The bags the burgers were in had a map showing our location with big arrows pointing to Nebraska where there were a few more of them. I have never been able to find out if those other locations still exist.

We figured this place may have been started by a WW II GI who was based at Ft Campbell and decided to settle there after the war. However it happened we enjoyed the place.

[debm55]

161. Thank you very much yellowdogintexas.

[oldsoldierfadingfast]

163. 1950s...

we had two places. Sealtest and one, near my home (named for local owner) that had skaters as servers.
At both places - Hot dogs - 10 cents, burgers - 15 cents; price went up to 15 and 25 cents just before I graduated HS.

[debm55]

165. Thank you very much oldsoldierfadingfast. You sound like you really enjoyed them both and welcome to DU

[soldierant]

166. When I was a kid there weren't any.

Ray Kroc bought out the McDonald brothers in 1961. I was already a senior in high school and heading for college. By the time I ever went to a fast food place I was well over 21.

[debm55]

168. Thank you very much soldierant. I didn't know Kroc bought them out.

[soldierant]

169. YVW. I had to look up the dates myself.

I really just remember McDonald's being a new thing when I was a young adult - and that it was something new - it was the first.