[wardaddy]

Sharkey's ...or Shakeys?

We first got Shakeys around 65 or so....served black beer and you sat at long tables with checkered cloth and they did sing alongs with banjos.....seriously. Before that we only had a sitdown Greek/Italian joint for pie dough pizza.

Pasquales came along after Shakeys.

The first real chain down here was Shoneys ....or Kips or Big Boys as it was called elsewhere.....and I-Hop.....Krystal was the Southern White Castle....almost identical except the Krystal bun had a bit more mass to it.

I guess the ubiquitous Wlagreens soda fountains were chains too.....maybe the first.

[Vinnie]

The first real chain down here was Shoneys ....or Kips or Big Boys as it was called elsewhere.....and I-Hop.....Krystal was the Southern White Castle....almost identical except the Krystal bun had a bit more mass to it.

S. Fla had Royal Castle. Three Burgers ( they were on dinner roll size buns) and a Birch Beer in a frosted mug for 50 cents.

[GrandMoM]

Bob's Big Boy was a drive-inn in Michigan and where I got my first job, I was 16.

My dad use to think I was a just a waitress there, until he came early to pick me up one night, and caught me car-hopping. That was the end of that job!!!

....I made good money though!

[visualops]

>>We first got Shakeys around 65 or so....served black beer and you sat at long tables with checkered cloth and they did sing alongs with banjos<<

Yep, I remember going to eat there a couple of times as a kid. Couldn't you watch them make the pizza thru the window?