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There is still a Stuckeys at exit 75 on I-40 in NC.

I remember that from a drive across the U.S. back in 1981 when I my dad had orders moving him from the East Coast out to Californing. We ate at Stuckey's a lot. We did the same thing on the return trip East a year and a half later.

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Defunct restaurants in the United States[edit]

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• Arthur Treacher's – fish and chips, one location remains^[1]
• Big Daddy's Restaurants
• Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill
• Bill Knapp's
• Blue Boar Cafeterias
• Boston Sea Party
• Bresler's Ice Cream
• Briazz
• Brigham's – a Boston-area ice cream parlor and restaurant chain that closed in 2013^[2]
• Britling Cafeterias
• Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse
• Burger Chef
• Carrols Restaurant Group
• Cheeseburger in Paradise
• Chi-Chi's
• Childs Restaurants
• China Coast
• Clifton's Cafeteria
• Clock
• Coon Chicken Inn
• Cuppy's Coffee
• Deco Refreshments, Inc.
• Dee's Drive-In
• Don Pablo's – closed in 2019
• Druther's
• Dubrow's Cafeteria
• Earl Abel's
• Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour
• Forum Cafeterias
• Fresh Choice
• Geri's Hamburgers
• Gino's Hamburgers
• Henry's Hamburgers
• Holly Tree Inn
• Horn & Hardart
• Horne's
• Hot Shoppes, Inc.
• Howard Johnson's – a restaurant chain that featured an iconic orange rooftop, reasonably priced, consistent-quality menu items; founded in 1929 by Howard Deering Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts; at its cultural peak, it served more meals outside of the family home than any entity except for the US Army; in 1979 it had 1,040 locations, but only one franchise remained open in Lake George, New York^[3] until its owner was arrested in October 2017.^[4]
• Huyler's
• Isaly's
• JB's Restaurants
• Kahiki Supper Club
• Kenny Rogers Roasters
• La Petite Boulangerie
• Laughner's Cafeteria
• Little Tavern
• Lone Star Steakhouse – parent company for other restaurants
• Lum's
• Lyon's
• Manning's Cafeterias
• Mighty Casey's
• Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken^[5][6]
• Montana's Cookhouse
• Morrison's Cafeteria
• Mr. Fables
• Mr. Steak
• Nedick's
• Nickerson Farms
• Official All Star Café
• Pancho's Mexican Buffet
• Pioneer Chicken
• Po' Folk's – once owned by actor Burt Reynolds^[7][8][9]
• Pok Pok – Portland, Oregon and New York City
• 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
• ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen
• ShowBiz Pizza Place
• Signatures Restaurant
• Sisters Chicken & Biscuits – founded in 1979, this was Wendy's first attempt to expand beyond burgers^[10][11][12]
• Soul Daddy
• Specialty Restaurant Group
• Steak and Ale
• Steve's Ice Cream
• Sweet Tomatoes – Founded in San Diego in 1978 and operated as Souplantation in California. Closed all locations temporarily in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but announced in May 2020 that the closure was permanent.
• Tasty Made
• Texas Land and Cattle – peaked at 20 locations, only 1 remains in Austin
• Two Pesos
• Valle's Steak House
• Velvet Turtle
• Victoria Station – one restaurant remained open in Salem, Massachusetts until it was abruptly closed in December 2017^[13]
• VIP's – Oregon-based restaurant chain
• Wag's
• Weenie Beenie
• Wetson's
• Whiskey Soda Lounge – Portland, Oregon and New York City
• 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^{[14][15][16][17]}
• Yankee Doodle Dandy
• 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^[18]

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