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No chains.
I miss a local hole in the wall called Chicken Galore. They had very good fried chicken. It was open for decades but suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a Polish cafe.
Definitely Morrison's Cafeteria. Amazing Fried Chicken and Baked Chicken, Salisbury Steak with mushroom gravy, Baked Mackerel (used to love it!), Fried Shrimp, Macaroni and Cheese and the best Coconut Cream Pie to name just a few. Hopefully someone will resurrect an old-fashioned cafeteria format because I think there's a lot of demand for it to return.
I miss the old time cafeterias too. We had a Lubby's for years and years but it closed. Then a Furr's opened and only lasted 3 or 4 years until it went under too. There must not be the demand we think. I live in an area with a lot of retirees as assume Sanford has. The Furr's turned into yet another Chinese buffet. Yuck.
Pioneer Chicken; they used to be everywhere in L.A. Saddened that my once favorite location (on Olympic & Fairfax) is now a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, even though there's a Starbucks around the corner.
I would choose Chi-Chi's. I loved the food and atmosphere, it was such a fun place to go! Yes, I know the food wasn't authentic Mexican, but back then we didn't have any authentic restaurants. I especially loved the El Grande Burrito, smothered with queso.
We lived in a city that didn't have a Chi-Chi's, but there were three within an hour's drive. We would drive north, south or west to dine at Chi-Chi's. When I got my driver's license one of my first trips was to a Chi-Chi's.
Chi-Chi's is associated with so many good memories for me. When I was in college, my friends and I used to go to Chi-Chi's for special occasions. I had my first margaritas there. As broke college students we would go to Chi-Chi-s for their "buy one pitcher get one free" margarita special.
The bar at Chi-Chi's had some tables that were video games. I remember sitting at the Pac Man table, playing games and eating chips and salsa.
Later when I had kids we moved to a city that had several Chi-Chi's locations. We went there for special occasions and sometimes when we were just craving it.
How sad that Chi-Chi's closed after the largest Hepatitis A outbreak ever in the U.S. Over 650 people were sickened, and I think 4 people died.
Before I even clicked on the thread, I was going to say Chi-Chi's. I miss it so much. It has been gone from the Kansas City area since - well, I don't know how long. Maybe the 90s? There have been so many new Mexican restaurants, but none of them compare to Chi-Chi's. I was excited when I saw you can buy their salsa, etc. in the store. But it doesn't taste like Chi-Chi's salsas. I loved their seafood enchiladas and I have found "copy cat" recipes and tried them, but I haven't been able to recreate them.
A few weeks ago I ate at a local steakhouse in the building that used to house Chi-Chi's and it brought back memories of the food and the fun with friends and family.
And I hate to admit it, but I don't like authentic Mexican food. Give me Tex-Mex any day!
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