We used to dine there when we had 5 young children who couldn’t sit still for 1 minute to wait for the food to arrive. We called it Kanes & Walkers because it was a big hit with the seniors. But honestly, the food was barely edible.
Most things have a life span at
which it is time to move on.
Probably like Morrisons use to be.
The one in downtown Raleigh had a treasure chest. Each kid got to pick something. I once claimed a rubber knife. Probably stabbed my sister with it.
Myrtle Beach, 1979. HUGE chicken breast is what I remember.
So sad...one of my first brushes with “southern culture” was K&W Cafeterias waaayyy back in the day. They fed a slew of folks over the years.
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I think we can blame the covid crazies for a lot of the hardship and demise. That entire period of time was like being in an insane time warp and the fall out, death, and business shutdowns are still taking their toll.
A lot of these chains get worse across generations. Kitchen Nightmares is maybe exaggerated, but some of the things they get up to, as new owners stop caring or were never competent to begin with, eventually sink the most venerable watering holes.
Cafeteria chains were in free-fall long before Covid. The regional chains have been dying off for a generation. Morrisons, Piccadilly, Luby’s, Furrs, Highland Park, S&S, Wyatts. Most collapsed before Covid.
I unfortunately lived in NC for almost 3 years. Never heard of them.