Off the top of my head, a few.
There used to be a BBQ chain named "Love's", mostly in southern California as far as I know, though after they all closed there was oddly one location listed in Indonesia.
The BBQ was good, not amazing, but one dish was - the beans. Anyone who ever had them, I think will have their face brighten at the mention and confirm.
Another is the original Farrell's. Not that amazing - basically an ice cream and restaurant place for families - but it had a really good burger. It re-opened as a chain and then shut down again.
Some are unique, not chains, like "Applewood Inn Pizza" that only locals would know. Not a restaurant, but there was a small business 'Tom's cookies' that supplied local groceries that had the best oatmeal raisin cookies ever., Speaking of cookies, Blue Chip Cookie stores, best chocolate chip ever, are closed outside the headquarters area, but available online, if expensive (over $40 for a dozen).
Others have closed down in the area, but are other places, some nice things but not the best places - Mimi's Cafe, Marie Callendar's. Others are not west coast - Back Yard Burgers, Waffle House hash browns... And yet Jack in the Box and Burger King, with such bad food, are all over.
There used to be a BBQ chain named "Love's", mostly in southern California as far as I know, though after they all closed there was oddly one location listed in Indonesia.
The BBQ was good, not amazing, but one dish was - the beans. Anyone who ever had them, I think will have their face brighten at the mention and confirm.
Another is the original Farrell's. Not that amazing - basically an ice cream and restaurant place for families - but it had a really good burger. It re-opened as a chain and then shut down again.
Some are unique, not chains, like "Applewood Inn Pizza" that only locals would know. Not a restaurant, but there was a small business 'Tom's cookies' that supplied local groceries that had the best oatmeal raisin cookies ever., Speaking of cookies, Blue Chip Cookie stores, best chocolate chip ever, are closed outside the headquarters area, but available online, if expensive (over $40 for a dozen).
Others have closed down in the area, but are other places, some nice things but not the best places - Mimi's Cafe, Marie Callendar's. Others are not west coast - Back Yard Burgers, Waffle House hash browns... And yet Jack in the Box and Burger King, with such bad food, are all over.
