Chain restaurants in the Syracuse area (New York, Binghamton: closing, stores, food)

[jrice]

Originally Posted by momix5

I think Sonic is only in the South maybe some in Virginia, the drinks are great but the food not so much.

They have them in Vegas and you are right, the food is typical fast food but the drinks are very good--lots of slush type drinks

[momix5]

Yeah but as gross as it is does the South have White castle like NY? or Friendlys? I know there are a few friendlys here or there but not like in NY area! I love the Sonic drinks though! Esp. the fruited ice teas!

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by momix5

I think Sonic is only in the South maybe some in Virginia, the drinks are great but the food not so much.

Sonic is coming to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA area in 2009. It will probably head into Upstate New York shortly thereafter.

[momix5]

YUM- ever eat at muggs in I believe Scranton?

[ckhthankgod]

I wish we had a Checkers/Rally's in the Syracuse area. Very good burgers. Also, I wish we had Church's Chicken back here again too.

Here are the sites for those establishments:Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.

Church's Chicken

[ckhthankgod]

Here's another place that would be good too:Krystal

It's pretty much a southern version of White Castle

[momix5]

On Long Island Churches hooked up with White Castle at some of there locations.

[deno088]

Originally Posted by bellafinzi

Chain Restaurants not in the Syracuse Market....yet are in either the Buffalo, Rochester or Albany markets.

1. Famous Dave's
2. Boston Market
3. Dinner By Design
4. Macaroni Grill
5. Buca di Beppo
6. Cinema Grill
7. Fuddruckers
8. Popeyes
9. Manhattan Bagel
10. Panda Express
11. Cheesecake Factory
12. Roadhouse Grill
13. Champps Enterainment
14. Long John Silver's
15. Cheeburger Cheeburger
16. P.F. Chang's China Bistro
17. The Melting Pot
18. Ben & Jerry's
19. Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse
20. Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano
21. Atlanta Bread
22. 99 Restaurant & Pub
23. Old Country Buffet
24. Perkins
25. Houlihan's
26. Jack Astor's
27. Firkin & Fox
28. Great Harvest Bread Co
29. Old Chicago Pizza & Pasta

For some reason many restaurants just skip over the Syracuse area.

These chains have tried the Syracuse market and have left but are still in business in other parts of the country.

Abbott's Frozen Custard
Athlete's Foot
Bennigans
Big Boy Restaurants
Blimpie Subs
Carvel Ice Cream Stores
Great Steak and Potato
Champion
Hardee's
Popeye's Chicken
Long John Silvers
Leachmears
Maaco Collision
Big Lots
Nobody Beats The Wiz
Krispy Kreme
Redwing
Perfumania
Bon Ton
Roy Rogers
Levi's
TCBY
Bob Evans
Hooter's
Aurthur Treatures
7 Eleven
Liz Claiborne
White Castle
Waffle Works
Chi Chi's
Kahunavile
Dairy Queen
Rockport Shoes
Harvey's
Orange Julius
Ponderosa Steakhouse
Harden Furniture
Old Country Buffet

Please add to the list if you know of any more.

[bellafinzi]

Originally Posted by deno088

These chains have tried the Syracuse market and have left but are still in business in other parts of the country.

Abbott's Frozen Custard
Athlete's Foot
Bennigans
Big Boy Restaurants
Blimpie Subs
Carvel Ice Cream Stores
Great Steak and Potato
Champion
Hardee's
Popeye's Chicken
Long John Silvers
Leachmears
Maaco Collision
Big Lots
Nobody Beats The Wiz
Krispy Kreme
Redwing
Perfumania
Bon Ton
Roy Rogers
Levi's
TCBY
Bob Evans
Hooter's
Aurthur Treatures
7 Eleven
Liz Claiborne
White Castle
Waffle Works
Chi Chi's
Kahunavile
Dairy Queen
Rockport Shoes
Harvey's
Orange Julius
Ponderosa Steakhouse
Harden Furniture
Old Country Buffet

Please add to the list if you know of any more.

Hmmm, your list isn't accurate. Some of those chains are still in the Syracuse area...for example: Big Lots, Bon Ton, and Blimpie Subs. Like many of the chains in your list, Perkins left the Syracuse market over 15 years ago.... yet haven't tried coming back into the Syracuse market since. The suburbs around Syracuse have grown since then and I'm sure with the right location, many of those chains would do good business here.

[bellafinzi]

Starbucks is closing three stores in the Syracuse market...1) Carrier Circle (who knows why they put one there in the first place...no one lives near there) 2) Sweetheart Corner in North Syracuse and 3) Route 11 in Cicero.

Why is Starbucks closing both stores that serve the eastern half of the northern suburbs? Stupid, stupid, stupid. That only leaves one Starbucks for all 150,000+ people in the northern suburbs! Plus the Starbucks on Route 57 in Clay is way out of the way for anyone living in the North Syracuse or Cicero area.

Starbucks should have chosen to leave either the Sweetheart Corner or Cicero stores open. That way the traffic from the one store would funnel into the other store. Both those stores are right road down the road from each other. Eliminating both stores is basically giving up on the 70,000+ people who live in the eastern part of the northern suburbs of Syracuse. Well, I guess Tim Horton’s(under construction), Dunkin Donuts, and Macdonald's among others will gain the patrons that Starbucks is losing....