List of defunct restaurants of the United States
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Below is a list of defunct restaurants of the United States.
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Contents
A–M
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- The All American Burger – a regional American fast-food restaurant chain founded in 1968 in Los Angeles, California by Aaron Binder and made famous in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High[1][2][3][4] Last location was located in Hollywood and was replaced by a Chipotle in 2010.[5][6]
- Bajio Mexican Grill – a Mexican food chain that was acquired by Costa Vida in 2011[7][8][9][10]
- Beefsteak Charlie's
- Big Daddy's Restaurants
- Bill Knapp's
- Blue Boar Cafeterias
- Boll Weevil
- Boston Sea Party
- Bresler's Ice Cream
- Briazz
- Brigham's – a Boston-area ice cream parlor and restaurant chain that closed in 2013[11]
- Britling Cafeterias
- Brown Derby
- Burger Chef
- Carrols Restaurant Group
- Casa Bonita
- Chi-Chi's
- Childs Restaurants
- China Coast
- Clifton's Cafeteria
- Clock
- Coon Chicken Inn
- Crystal's Pizza & Spaghetti[citation needed]
- Cuppy's Coffee
- Deco Refreshments, Inc.
- Dee's Drive-In
- Druther's
- Dubrow's Cafeteria
- Duff's Famous Smorgasbord – at one time, it had 150 restaurants[12][13][14]
- Dutch Pantry – chain that stretched from New York, south to Florida, and west to Texas;[15][16] three locations (Clearfield and Dubois, Pennsylvania, and Williamstown, West Virginia) remain open as of 2015[citation needed]
- Earl Abel's
- Forum Cafeterias
- G.D. Ritzy's – a fast food chain with a 1950s diner theme that specialized in hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, and homemade ice cream; founded in 1980 by former Wendy's executive Graydon Webb in Columbus, Ohio; at one time had 120 locations, but only 3 or 4 franchises survived after the company liquidated by 1991[17][18][19][20][21][22]
- Geri's Hamburgers
- Gino's Hamburgers
- Henry's Hamburgers
- Hobo Joe's – IRE investigated this firm in March 1977[23][24][25][26]
- Holly Tree Inn
- Horn & Hardart
- Horne's
- Hot Shoppes, Inc.
- Howard Johnson's – two restaurants are still open with this name, but no longer constitute a true chain
- Huyler's
- Isaly's
- Kelsey's Neighbourhood Bar & Grill
- Kenny Rogers Roasters
- Koo Koo Roo – chicken restaurant chain; last location closed in 2014 and was replaced by Fuddruckers[27][28][29][30][31]
- La Petite Boulangerie
- Laugh-In Restaurant – theme restaurant based on the television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In [32][33]
- Laughner's Cafeteria
- Little Tavern
- Lum's
- Luther's Bar-B-Q – a Houston-based barbecue chain that was founded in 1975 and later acquired by Pappas Restaurants in 2006[34][35][36]
- Lyon's – the last location closed in Sacramento by 2012
- Major Magic's All Star Pizza Revue[37][38]
- Manning's Cafeterias
- Mighty Casey's
- Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken[33][39]
- Montana's Cookhouse
- Morrison's Cafeteria
- Mr. Fables
- Mr. Steak
N–Z
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- Naugles
- Nedick's
- Nickerson Farms
- Official All Star Café
- The Original House of Pies
- Pancho's Mexican Buffet – approximately 18 restaurants remain open as independently run restaurants in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana
- Pantera's Pizza - filed for bankruptcy in 1989 after expanding too fast, absorbing other chains such as Pizza Inn and some Godfather's locations[40][41][42]
- Pioneer Chicken
- Planet Pizza
- Po' Folk's – once owned by actor Burt Reynolds[43][44][45]
- Pup 'N' Taco
- Red Barn
- Rio Bravo Cantina
- Roadhouse Grill
- The Royal Canadian Pancake Houses
- Rustler Steak House
- S&W Cafeteria
- Sambo's
- Sandy's
- Schrafft's
- Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria
- Showbiz Pizza Place
- Sir George's Royal Buffet – founded as the Sir George's Smorgasbord House in Orange County California in 1964 and had locations in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas[46][47][48]
- Sisters Chicken & Biscuits – founded in 1979, this was Wendy's first attempt to expand beyond burgers[49][50][51]
- Specialty Restaurant Group
- Steak and Ale
- Steve's Ice Cream
- Two Pesos
- Valle's Steak House
- Victoria Station – one restaurant remains open in Salem, Massachusetts
- VIP's – Oregon-based restaurant chain
- Wag's
- Weenie Beenie
- Wetson's
- White Coffee Pot
- White Tower Hamburgers
- Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978[52][53][54][55]
- Wuv's – Ft. Lauderdale burger chain; filed for bankruptcy in 1981[56][57]
- Wyatt's Cafeteria – bought by Luby's in 1996[58][59][60]
- York Steak House – one restaurant remains open in Columbus, Ohio
- Zantigo – a revival of the Zantigo menu and format has seven restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota[61]
- ZuZu's Handmade Mexican Food – an international fast casual Mexican chain that was founded in Dallas by Espartaco Borga and Horatio Lonsdale-Hands in 1989;[62][63][64][65][66][67][68] except for 3 or 4 isolated former franchises in central Texas, the chain did not survive beyond the end of the twentieth century
See also
- Lists of companies
- List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains
- List of defunct retailers of the United States
References
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