It's a safe bet that 10, 20, 30, or even 100 years from now you'll be able to find McDonald's, Taco Bell, Subway, and Burger King.
Once a rival of Outback Steakhouse, Texas Roadhouse, Black Angus, and the like, Lone Star Steakhouse just couldn't hold out.
If you were to drive across much of the American Midwest in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s, it would have been hard to miss the hot dog and root beer drive-in chain Dogs n Suds.
Bonanza Steakhouse and Ponderosa Steakhouse are the same restaurant chain operating under different names at different locations, having merged in 1997.
Burgers and ice cream—it's a winning combination, no? Well, not always, it seems. There are, at present, 125 Friendly's locations operating in America, and that might not seem bad, really.
From some 800 stores down to… one. Yes, this once mighty seafood-centric fast-food chain is down to just one location, which can be found in Cuyahoga, California.
Charlie Brown never did have the best luck, did he? Well, neither did the steakhouse that shares a name with the Charles Schultz character. Founded in 1966 as Charlie Brown's Steakhouse and later renamed Charlie Brown's Fresh Grill.
At its peak, there were dozens of Jerry's Restaurants in America, with most of them concentrated in the South and with a semi-autonomous chain operating out west, according to The Sacramento Bee.