re: KFC Georgia Gold. . .

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The 5th turning has been foretold.

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I'm impressed with that reference. Up vote for the 5th turning from a member of the Nomad generation.

Wendy's had the first drive through that I can remember too....as well as the potato and salad bar.

Edit: they also had the pump your own ketchup deal which was light years ahead of having to beg for those packs. Dave was the Steve Jobs of fast food.

Or maybe go find it yourself. Or I don't care

This is a thread for people that can carry their own weight and keep up. And contribute. Not one where we hold Tarzan's hand and , as a consequence, dumb the whole class down.

I remember Godfathers and SHoneys. And there was a Shrimp Boats on Baxter Street in Athens at one time. None of these or the rest on your list are fast food though, idont thing, are they?

I'm pretty sure that once a fast food chain reaches widespread franchise level, it can't be killed. It becomes immortal.

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I do remember they had some kind of potato wedges instead of fries back in the day that were the shite.

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They still have these.

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Might depend on how old you are. I think you would have to be cognizant in the 50's, 60's, or 70's to remember them. Thy were competitors to say Long John Silvers and Captain D's today. While they did have sit down they had the fast food feel. If you recognize this building you might have an ideal of what the chain buildings looked like. It may be an auto lot today but it looks like it was built for the chain when they were still in business.

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Gotcha. I was born in '80, so totally possible there was one on Baxter.

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Who the hell eats fried chicken with a fork and knife though?

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Picture isn't showing on my end (could be me), but I'm sure John Kasich probably does that, too.

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Godfathers

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Was one of the first pizza chains to deliver pizza in 1950's cadillac hearse painted bright yellow. In the late 70's and early 80's I think the hearse was not longer politically correct and with the gas spikes of the 70's probably much more expensive to fuel up. Dominoes came on the scene and had the more efficient Ford Escorts and that was the end of Godfather's as a fast food chain.

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Shoneys

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Shoneys was the parent in Tennessee

Jerrico was the parent in Kentucky

Shoneys has Captain D's and Jerrico had Long John Silvers
Shoneys had Shoneys and Jerrico had Jerry's
Shoney had Lee's Chicken and Jerrico had Fazolis

As for the actual Shoney's and Jerry's they started out as the "Parkette" model where you pulled your car in and ate in your car. Sonic is a survivor of this model and pretty sure you would call Sonic a "fast food" operation. Later on Shoney's and Jerry's move to more family restaurant model like the current Denny's.

Shoneys also had 5th Quarter (steak house), Sailmaker, Barbwire, and Pargo's but seems the 5th Quarter was the only one with significant stores before Shoney's filed for bankruptcy in 2000.

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I'm pretty sure that once a fast food chain reaches widespread franchise level, it can't be killed. It becomes immortal.

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Chi Chi's was a mexican chain founded in 1975 and went defunct in 2004. I think they still sell the sauces in grocery stores but have not seen a food joint in awhile. A good case of food borne illness is a good way to kill of a chain as a Hep A breakout in 2003. Outback bought the choice locations and built their chain on the real estate but not anything else.

I remember Godfathers. I went to a friend's birthday party at one when I was a kid and they gave us all a tour of the kitchen and the big freezer where all the ingredients are kept.

Chichis was a restaurant too though. It's the fast food ones that can't be killed once widespread franchisement occurs. There's even some Hardees is still around. And they don't even try.

Right. That's what I said. Hardees is still around and they don't even try. No chain has ever given less of a frick than Hardees.