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I see many abandoned fast food restaurants, gas stations and banks in the OH/IN/KY area. A local Hooters even closed.

It's getting scary bad with no end in sight!

1 posted on 06/30/2011 1:45:20 PM PDT by TSgt
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The O’Charley’s company used to own other chains but got rid of them years ago to refocus. Surprised to hear they could be in trouble.

Their headquarters is in south Nashville, TN.


99 posted on 06/30/2011 2:48:40 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Mitt Romney makes Nelson Rockefeller look like Ronald Reagan. NO MITT 2012.)
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Denny's, Wendy's and Domino's

Of the three names mentioned, two of them have poisoned me. I hope they both go "belly up".

105 posted on 06/30/2011 2:51:23 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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And gas is below $4 for now... Wait until it finally hits $5 and $6 just like Obama wants and see what happens to those places that only survive from expendable income. He is clueless.


106 posted on 06/30/2011 2:51:55 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Three Denny’s went down in my area about 6 months ago. Boarded up ,they look horrible and are fast becoming blights on the neighborhoods.

An Italian resto that was here when I moved here more than 30 years ago closed shop about two months ago , too. Thank you Øbama. You’re doing a swell job.


114 posted on 06/30/2011 3:02:38 PM PDT by curth (Sarah Palin: THE Genuine Article - Accept No Cheap Imitation)
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Simple solution, allow restaurant meals to be purchased with EBT cards, 45 million potential new customers.

EBT Only Night, Free Beer with 100 dollar purchase!

118 posted on 06/30/2011 3:04:07 PM PDT by Joe Miner
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The problem is, there are too many people having trouble paying for the pizzas and Big Macs they ate two years ago.


121 posted on 06/30/2011 3:06:48 PM PDT by TruthSlayer
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Whoooo! At least Outback (the ORIGINAL Support Our Troops resturant, caterred steak dinners to the troop in Afghanistan) ain’t on the list and ought to survive.


126 posted on 06/30/2011 3:10:09 PM PDT by woofer
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Denny’s Chapter 11 Grand Slam breakfast.


129 posted on 06/30/2011 3:12:00 PM PDT by chuckee
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One Denny’s in my area became an America’s Diner, which lasted only a few months before it also closed. And the other Denny’s seems to be on the brink - the menu has been cut and business looks very slow. We had a Wendy’s and a Domino’s also close within the last year. And the place that replaced Wendy’s - a Cajun place - also closed after about six-eight months. We also have a Sears that’s seemed on the brink for years. And a Taco Time closed in the mall food court. Sounds like next time I go back, the Sbarro’s might be gone too.


135 posted on 06/30/2011 3:18:08 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Last week I had the displeasure of eating at Bob's Big Boy in Bakersfield, CA. Just the thought of a really good hamburger and a real malt from days gone bye, encouraged me to enter.

Before ordering, I used the Ladie's Room, and it was the most disgusting public restroom I have ever been in. I will not post the repulsive mess here. (Yer welcome) I should have left the premises immediately - but didn't.

When the hamburger came, it had two micro sized patties of 'beef' (?) in the bun. (NINE dollars!) They were thinner than Mickey D's baby burger, and were ice cold. The onion rings were so limp, they fell onto my hand when picked up, and they were barely even warm. The coating was not crunchy - but it was slimey! The malt tasted like chemicals.

I told the manager about the restroom as soon as I left it, and told the server about the horrible food that was served to me and my guests - (that no one could eat).

The manager told me she would try to get the restroom cleaned up soon, and the server offered me a free coke.

I will never eat at a Bob's Big Boy again. Of course they don't care - the only people who enter are tourists, and they aren't counting one bit on return business!

If any restaurant should be closed - it should be them!

138 posted on 06/30/2011 3:21:20 PM PDT by yorkie (It is *WE THE PEOPLE*!. . . . . . . . .NOT *me the president*!)
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We got a family-owned place where I live [Continental Pizza] that serves 12” x 9” rectangular 6 topping pizza for about $13.

Makes a meal for 2 people with 4 pieces left over for a snack the next day ...

And it is Waaaaay better [and cheaper] than Dominos ...

Also, large subs [12”], the mostly costly of which is $6 ...


141 posted on 06/30/2011 3:27:24 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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The Dairy Queen in my town serves consistently good fast food. That’s where we head when we want fast food.
Love their hotdog and chicken baskets.


143 posted on 06/30/2011 3:30:37 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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Now, I’m sad to hear about Marie, probably Denny’s also....I quit Wendy’s when they quit the “hot’n’juicy” adds a couple of decades ago (all their crap is dry as cardboard now). Sbarro’s ? That cardboard airport pizza? No big loss there.


144 posted on 06/30/2011 3:31:03 PM PDT by Gaffer
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I haven't quit mourning since Royal Castle went under years ago. I think it was their gigantic breakfast murals featuring eggs and coffee beans that turned me into a caffeine addict.


176 posted on 06/30/2011 4:53:39 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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A local Hooters even closed.

when young scantily clad nubile women cannot entice men to eat a hamburger you know you are in trouble

182 posted on 06/30/2011 5:17:19 PM PDT by woofie
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‘Gone Galt’ here...not one extra dime being spent on ANYTHING outside of food and fuel UNTIL this country shows some sign of getting back on the right track.


198 posted on 06/30/2011 7:40:52 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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What exactly is the, um, “danger” of bankruptcy? They file Chapter 11, close a few stores, lay off some deadwood, terminate a few contracts, and continue operations with no debt. Not getting the “danger.” It’s what you do when you get too bloated.


200 posted on 06/30/2011 7:47:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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It's getting scary bad with no end in sight!

It was "scary" with "no end in sight" in 1961. And 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001. And it was true. There was no end. 2011 and we're still here. 2021 we'll still be here. With maybe fewer Wendy's and more Culvers.

201 posted on 06/30/2011 7:50:46 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Trouble with these places, is for the most part, they don’t actually serve food. No, instead it is something that looks like food, tastes funny, and is more likely to have been made in a chemistry lab.

Worse yet, I think the modern grocery store has gone the same way.

We need a grocery store that only serves REAL food, grown without massive human interference, chemicals, alterations.

I suppose I can grow the stuff myself? I think that might have to be the next alternative.

When you look at national obesity today, much of it can be blamed on lack of excercise, but I actually think the majority of the problem is the content of “food” today.


220 posted on 07/01/2011 11:11:48 AM PDT by Professional
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