Thanks nickcarraway. A nightmare for the easily terrified.
- Ancient snack stall uncovered in Pompeii, revealing bright frescoes and traces of 2,000-year-old street food [12/26/2020]
Posted on 07/02/2022 5:07:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"There's still barbecue stains that kinda look like blood." 😳
It's not every day that you find an abandoned vintage Burger King hiding in not-so-plain sight. But that's exactly what happened to a group of people who made a peculiar discovery at the Concord Mall in Wilmington, Delaware.
On June 28, Twitter user @RealJezebelley shared a photo of the retro space, which looks like it could have easily doubled as a restaurant set for your favorite '80s or '90s sitcom. The photo was taken in April of this year by Jonathon Pruitt and shows lots of pastel tabletops, retro decor, and even some fake greenery.
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Shortly after the image was shared, Twitter user @loserskwaddd revealed that the throwback Burger King was used as a storage room for a seasonal job she had in 2019. In her Twitter post, she included eerie video footage of the restaurant, which she described as "terrifying."
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"This place is f**king terrifying because no one's used it in years," she said in the video. "There's still barbecue stains that kinda look like blood and then the ceiling is rotting away. And that's like the start of the f**king Grudge or some sh*t."
News of the hidden Burger King comes shortly after the fast food chain made headlines for a more wholesome reason. Earlier this week, a Burger King employee who never missed a day of work in 27 years was blessed with a surprise reunion with his family during an appearance on Today. Prior to being on the morning show, video of the 54-year-old father receiving a handful of gifts for his work anniversary went viral and ultimately led to a GoFundMe campaign that has since received over $270,000.
Forgot to mention: The Gino Giant pre-dated the Big Mac.
I always wondered if McD’s stole the idea from them.
In 1983, I ate at a Burger King in Amsterdam. The employees handed each customer their meal with the words (in English) “Enjoy your meal.” At that time the girl employees were still dressed like mod stewardesses.
The double meat Whopper with cheese, lettuce, pickle, onion, tomato, and mustard is a pretty good meal. But now I’m made at their woke flirtations, so I haven’t been going.
Back when Hardees was still selling lots of little hamburgers, their big burger was called a Hardee’s Husky or Huskee. For some corporate reason they changed the name to a Deluxe Husky and then just to a Big Deluxe.
Which was also probably where Gino stole theirs from too.
Big Boy is the original double decker hamburger although the place was called Bob's Pantry at the time and it was not yet a chain.
Did Bob’s have the special sauce, lettuce, etc.?
Everybody ripped them off.
Thanks nickcarraway. A nightmare for the easily terrified.
I would have sworn you were making those up until I watched and remembered. Doubt I recognized right away because I remember that at the time he reminded me of the Kid Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I didnt remember Shakes at all until he delivered one of his lines then a faint glimmer appeared.
What would I give for Antenna TV or some other nostalgia channel to have on Saturday mornings cartoons (Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Hour, Tarzan, Jackson 5, and a lot of the other Filmation stuff) and live action shows (Shazam/Isis, Jason of Star Command, Banana Splits, Space Academy, etc) that were on from the 1960 to about 1980 period.
And along with that, you’d have during the ad breaks a few of the classic McDonald’s or Burger King ads with the characters I mentioned in my post (McD’s of course the ones with Ronald and Hamburglar and Grimace and Mayor McCheese and the Fry Guys and others). And even also the ads for classic toys from the Star Wars and other popular flicks from that time.
Looks like they left it in pretty good shape. The narrator needs to deal with her (??? I’m not a biologist) many neuroses.
At one time it was common to find Mickey D's and Burger King in malls. The franchisees got tired of paying rent on the seating space and the malls figured out they could make more money from food courts, so these places disappeared.
I like Burger King on occasion s simply because it tastes chargrilled
True fast. Food
I prefer Culver’s or in and out double double animal
Schlotzkys too
I’ve been to that BK many years ago. It still looks the same.
It doesn’t say what year it was closed and now long it had been walled off...
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