Posted on 06/16/2021 11:23:47 AM PDT by mylife
Ohio is reportedly down to one last Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips restaurant with the Garfield Heights location closing its doors last Saturday.
Owner Ben Vittoria said the decision to shutter the seafood house was not an easy one, but that, like many other restaurants in the area, he recently had trouble finding enough employees.
The location has been open since 1978, with Vittoria taking over the franchise in 2001. And he still owns the last Ohio location in Cuyahoga Falls, telling FOX 8 he plans to dedicate all of his resources to keeping that one running. Vittoria said Arthur Treacher’s stands apart from other fast food restaurants in that all their food is made in-house, rather than from frozen.
There are reportedly less than 10 Arthur Treacher’s restaurants left across the country, drastically down from when there were once hundreds. The restaurant got its start in Columbus back in 1969.
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but wait! do I glimpse hope?
https://www.eatthis.com/news-iconic-nearly-extinct-arthur-treachers-planning-comeback/
lovin’ it.
I loved it too
Oh well, at least I can still get an Isaleys BBQ chip chopped ham.
Oh.. wait..
Here in Pittsburgh PA area, I remember going to them in the 1970s here, and also to H. Salt Fish & Chips.
Arthur Treacher’s
Stuckey’s
A&W
Howard Johnson’s
Baskin Robbins
We still have Captain D’s and Long John Silver’s, but I haven’t eaten at either in decades.
It was good@!
ljs had a decent fish sangwich
I liked the pepperoncini pepper on there.
they had the BEST chicken sandwich ever.
been gone from here 35 years now
I loved them too! Made me want to donate to -
Never mind. Off topic.
I remember him from merv griffin.
great beer battered cod
We still have Long John Silver’s. Not bad but just not the same. Had an Arthur Treacher’s in the food court at Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan back in 1999/2000. The whole mall finally closed later on.
From 1965 to 1992 (dates approximate), my first cousin owned and operated the A&W in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monona Way as I recall. No in door seating and service with car hops.
He did close for part of the winter.
We recently got a new Baskin Robbins here. Jamocha Almond Fudge is my all-time favorite ice cream!
And (not sure it is still there?) there was an A&W as part of a large gas station/convenience store fairly close. Nothing like going to the A & W drive-in as a kid, or sitting at the window, having ice-cold root beer! YUM.
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