Restaurants that are not the same anymore?

[MonkeesFan]

What restaurants is not the same anymore after moving to another location or merging with another company? My votes are Long John Silver after merging with A&W and Furr's in Moore

[Prunepicker]

How about Laredo's?

[Bigrayok]

Beverley's since it moved to its current location. Everytime I go, there are service problems. I like Beverley's, but I am embarrassed when I take friends and family at my suggestion and the service is not up to par.

Bigray in Ok

[skyrick]

The classic example is El Charrito after it was bought by El Chico. They went from fresh ingredients, with cooking starting at 6am, to installing a walk-in freezer to hold the product after it was shipped from Dallas.

[SoonerQueen]

We ate there once after they relocated to the Classen location. It just wasn't the same. I like Pepe's better in Edmond.

[SoonerQueen]

When Beverly's moved I was excited because they would be open later, but was very disappointed in the food and the service. I didn't like the previous restaurant that was in that location, and it seemed to me that Beverly's became them. We ate there a couple of times but haven't been back.

[SoonerQueen]

As a little girl, the big eat out night was going to El Charrito's on Paseo. To me, their food was fantastic. El Chico is different and not fresh food like it used to be.

[skyrick]

We ate there once after they relocated to the Classen location. It just wasn't the same. I like Pepe's better in Edmond.

Pepe was from the same extended family as the Alvarados, the original El Charrito owners.

[skyrick]

As a little girl, the big eat out night was going to El Charrito's on Paseo. To me, their food was fantastic. El Chico is different and not fresh food like it used to be.

I may have been your busboy when you went there between 1968-70.

[Prunepicker]

Pepe was from the same extended family as the Alvarados, the
original El Charrito owners.

Do you know about the owners of Nino's and Los Amigo's. Those
are 2 Mexican restaurants that very closely resemble El Charrito's.

[Jesseda]

you are so true monkeesfan, i loved the long john silvers when it was just long john silvers off 12th street, that was a highschool lunch hang out place for me.. I also miss harry bears, the new location and atmosphere with the food just seems so different, i miss the old location in the new city shopping center, and before when it was a stand alone off 12th street. also the mazzios off 12th is no longer any good, i use to love it back in the day when it had the glass room area that has rope lights all around it

[Martin]

the mazzios off 12th

didn't that location predate the mazzio's name? it was originally called ken's, wasn't it? -M

[okyeah]

Zorba's. The food was better at their old location

[BBatesokc]

Falcone's for me. Love their original location, but the other's pretty much stink in my opinion.

I also really liked Meiki's Route 66 when they were on NW 39th street near Meridian. They've moved twice since and its just never quite been as good (but I haven't been in awhile).

[skyrick]

Do you know about the owners of Nino's and Los Amigo's. Those
are 2 Mexican restaurants that very closely resemble El Charrito's.

Not sure about Los Amigos. Nino lived across the street from us. He originally managed the Shepard Mall El Charrito. His family was Bolivian and he married into the Alvarado family. Luis Alvarado was the patriarch of the El Charrito extended family.

[Jesseda]

im not sure mmm.. i know 20 plus years ago.. my youth baseball team would always have parties in the evening in that glass room at mazzios that was liten up by tons of little lights.. great memories of me being devilish and unscrewing the cheese and pepper shakers on all the tables and watching people make a mess.. I know evil huh...I also miss the old taco mayo on 12th , the cheesy 70s felt mexican portraits on the wall and the desert landscape out front, MEMORIES lol i liked the old mayo better then the new one

[corwin1968]

Back in the mid-80's, Scholtzkys had sandwiches that were out of this world but now they are just okay. Subway used to be a lot better than it is now and Quiznos went from a large, diverse and deliscious menu to a small, limited menu of much lower quality food.

[Prunepicker]

Applewood's. They should have never moved. It was terrible.

[icemncmth]

Actually McDonalds was pretty good in the 70's. A big mac was a huge sandwich. Same goes for Burger King. City Bites isn't as good as they once were. Hideaway Pizza in Stillwater is still so much better than the others. New York Bagel Company was really good till they tried to franchise.

Johnnies use to really have good cheeseburgers but now there is more cold cheese on the meat than meat.
Goldies in Tulsa on Lewis is great but most have just gone downhill.

Mazzio's use to have really good pizza but now they are like the rest.

Restaurants go one of two ways. Sell lots of food cheap or sell top quality food for a high price. Think Little Caesars they sell a lot of cheap pizza.

[Achilleslastand]

Can you guess what A&W,KFC,Long John Silvers,Pizza Hut and Taco Bell have in common? They are all owned by YUM foods. And the quality of these are nothing like they used to be.

[corwin1968]

Actually McDonalds was pretty good in the 70's. A big mac was a huge sandwich. Same goes for Burger King. City Bites isn't as good as they once were. Hideaway Pizza in Stillwater is still so much better than the others. New York Bagel Company was really good till they tried to franchise.

Johnnies use to really have good cheeseburgers but now there is more cold cheese on the meat than meat.
Goldies in Tulsa on Lewis is great but most have just gone downhill.

Mazzio's use to have really good pizza but now they are like the rest.

Restaurants go one of two ways. Sell lots of food cheap or sell top quality food for a high price. Think Little Caesars they sell a lot of cheap pizza.

You mention one I forgot and you are so right!! Citybites was awesome back in the late 90's but even as far back as 2005 or so they were no longer the same.

[Edmond Earl]

I do not believe any restaurant has gone down hill more that Johnnies. It seems fifteen years if was a much higher quality restaurant. The last time I was in one of their locations they had a hot pan full of precooked patties. I just don't think they would of done that years ago.

[oneforone]

Charcoal Oven

When I was kid that was one of my favorite places to eat. Every burger on their menu was awesome. My parents would often go buy there on the way to my grandparents house. Grandma and Grandpa had a huge pool with a diving board and a slide. The adults would hang out on the patio and enjoy adult beverages while us kids played in the pool. I stopped going there after bad service and a stale burger that tasted more like garlic toast than it did a burger. I completely wrote them off after my niece and her friends that worked at the one off MacArthur were treated like slave labor.

[jmarkross]

Actually McDonalds was pretty good in the 70's. A big mac was a huge sandwich. Same goes for Burger King. City Bites isn't as good as they once were. Hideaway Pizza in Stillwater is still so much better than the others. New York Bagel Company was really good till they tried to franchise.

Johnnies use to really have good cheeseburgers but now there is more cold cheese on the meat than meat.
Goldies in Tulsa on Lewis is great but most have just gone downhill.

Mazzio's use to have really good pizza but now they are like the rest.

Restaurants go one of two ways. Sell lots of food cheap or sell top quality food for a high price. Think Little Caesars they sell a lot of cheap pizza.

I remember the Burger King near 39th and Portland back in 1971...on Tuesdays you could get a Whopper--FFries--and a med size drink for 59-cents. Now that was a deal...

[OSUMom]

As much as it pains me, but Ann's Chicken Fry. Was a staple when I was a kid. When I was dating my now husband we ate there a lot. Then it changed. The gravy just stunk. And for a chicken fry, you NEED good gravy. We gave it several chances but finally gave up. So much time has passed (like 20 years!) and it is still there. Every so often we will think about giving it another try but end up at Chuck House instead.