/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18847524
My dad. I occasionally visited him for lunch. I miss him.

>>18847527
i wish i had a dad :(

I've never actually been to eat here but my mother and father always talked about loving this place in the 80s and 90s

>>18849160
I live next to a building that used to be a Rax
My parents would talk about it anytime they drove by coming over. Would rave about how good it was.

I literally thought it was a local joint, had no clue it was a fucking Arbys until I actually looked it up.
Killed a bit of the mystique for me

Horn & Hardart automat in the 70s and 80s.

>>18849168
Same, must have been a while since I read the wikipedia article

>>18847524
Kahunaville.

>>18847795
Just be a good parent you'll be alright

>>18849208
I love kids ALOT you just don't know.

>>18849160
>>18849168
ours got turned into a japanese steakhouse after rax closed for over 10 years

>>18847524
Those Chi-Chi used to be called "Garcias of Scottsdale "

>>18849257
Fuck that looks grim
>looks up area code
So the memes about Ohio are true I guess.

>>18849278
zaneville is a hit and miss town. downtown is dead, uptown has a half empty mall and everything between is aging badly

>>18849257
I hate how this could be anywhere in ohio pennyslvania or west virginia

>>18849257
Damn, that screams tiny town. It may look ugly, but for some reason I find it nostalgic, probably because I am from a little shitball town in Texas.

>>18849300
>>18849278
and right down the street is Zanesville's First Massotherapist™, who will massage you from his own home, must enter in back, evening hours available

>>18849333
This was just an elaborate attempt to shill your suck joint? Nice try, Tim.

>>18849333
based Masso

>>18849345
lmao

>>18849257
>ICHIBAN Japanese Steak House
>Hibachi
>Sushi
>Chinese

>>18847524
Casa Bonita.

>>18849904
Isn't that redone and opened now?

>>18847524

>>18847524
loved this place as a kid havent seen one of them since the early 2000s, to this day i remember thinking those were the best tasting fried chicken wings ive ever heard i can still remember the taste

>>18850189
lmao while just looking up the wings i came across this reddit thread, you mean my trash family wasnt the only one who did that every time we went back then? i thought we were so unique and smart to think of that, having a huge plastic bag in my moms purse lol god we were trash! it was great we'd always score like 20-30 wings to save for the next day

>>18850195
forgot pic now my post dont make no damn sense

It was a regional chain and dwindled down to one in Idaho before dying

>>18850179
Not in my city

>>18850204
Wasn't there only ever one?

>>18850318
Nope, was a chain.

>>18849257
How about a post office?

This beautiful little shop called Odeco. They did these lovely lunches.
A date took me here once, I swear I was the only guy in the place. I loved it so much I took another date here, and later a few friends besides.
It closed down a few years back. I'll really miss it.

>>18847524
Nogals

might have been regional, in so cal, but it was the only fast food when I moved inland to a rural area

>>18847524
>move to a small town right after a natural disaster destroyed a bunch of houses.
>hurt all the small local businesses
>not many chain restaurants
>local sandwhich shop, looks like its always 100% empty
>ignore it for a whole year, never go in
>not sure why, but randomly pop in one day

>amazing deli cold cut sandwiches, hot sandwiches. fresh cut in front of you
>ran by immigrant husband and wife, with a little kid running around
>start going in 3-4 times a week, get to know me
>i bring family and friends in
>they start asking me questions about the menu, giving me free stuff not on the menu they want to add
>tell me they moved in 3 months before the natural disaster, and that they have been hurting because of it, never took off.
>i actually start seeing more people in it

>already a subway, and jimmy johns announces they are coming to town
>within the week, they shutter their doors without a word

Yes, im still fucking mad
They got fucked by shit beyond their control and couldnt survive.

>>18850984
Should have talked to your city council. We've gotten gas stations and such kicked out bc of who it brings

I miss Taco Bell. Back in 2027 when the last one closed it was a real tragedy.

>>18849160
When I was a kid the Arby's in my town briefly became a Rax. They basically had the same food so I assumed it was just a name change but after a year or two it was an Arby's again.

>>18847524
I went to ChiChis when it was closing and we were the only people in there. They gave us great service and the waitress gave us a bunch of free chocolate alcohol things that were delicious. I miss those days.

>>18850994
Maybe they could have blocked the Subway but Jimmy Johns is the whitest sandwich chain. They'd never be able to keep them out.

>>18849257
christ look at the stage of that awning. but the fact that the building looks absolutely vile means the food is probably really good

>>18851547
Just go on the cruise line that spends more time in port than any other, and has fewer days at sea.
Easy if you know what to look for.

>>18850189
ohio Rax guy here again, on that same street was a Ponderosa thats now a Tlaquepaque mexican

>>18847527
Miss mine too, bro. Big feels.

>>18852755
man that building is very 80's architecture.

I miss the pizza hut buffets

it still hurts bros

>>18853453
My local Pizza Hut buffet still existed until Covid
They said it wasn’t coming back, which really sucks.

Carmine's in Metairie, LA. They had the best tomato sauce I've ever had. After moving locations, they struggled to get the same amount of business and their food suffered as a result. They held on for years, but it was a slow death.

>>18847524
The local boomer cafe closed this December after operating something like 40 years. They tore the building down a couple weeks ago.
The food was only OK but the prices and service were good and I liked the atmosphere there. Very cozy.

>>18854536
>they struggled to get the same amount of business and their food suffered as a result.
This sadly is very common. Happened to my favorite pizza place which tried to move out of the poor community into a nicer one.

Yes the old store was fucking garbage, but why would they spend the time and money to move if they werent going to focus on good food and good service.
Sad

Corbin's like two blocks from me, covid killed it. The place is still there but it's unoccupied.

>>18852755
Circleville has a Rax still, but when I would go through I always had to get White Castle. The fact that it also has a Del Taco next door to a Taco Bell strikes me as peak America.
Is Roosters any good?

>>18852755
Based Zanesville bro, that Tlaque is mad decent, we just got one in Newark last year that's solid. In case you were unaware there's still a Rax in lancaster I hit up occasionally, it's worth trying.

>>18854594
Roosters is actually pretty good if you have any sort of fondness for greasy bar food, cause it's just a higher teir of it. The wing sauces are good and the burgers are a decent size (but always seem a little too cooked for my liking)