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Even arsenic a millennial, seeing however the eating scenery has changed is wild. I inactive retrieve my household being asked, "Smoking oregon non-smoking?" erstwhile going retired to eat. A portion ago, redditor lordofedging81 asked the r/AskOldPeople assemblage to share the iconic edifice experiences they grew up with that nary longer exist. Here are immoderate of their nostalgic memories from eating retired successful the '70s and '80s.
1. "I miss erstwhile Pizza Hut had eating rooms with dark, integrative Tiffany hanging lamps implicit each array and those integrative reddish cups."
2. "Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. Whenever idiosyncratic ordered a Zoo (a vessel with 20 scoops of ice cream, usually for parties), they'd bring it retired connected a stretcher-like item, carried by 2 people. And they'd ringing a bell, stroke a siren, marque a racket, and tally astir the edifice with it earlier bringing it to the table. If 1 idiosyncratic ate a full Zoo, determination was an announcement accompanied by sirens, bells, etc. Every travel to Farrell's was definite to see aggregate large interruptions to the meal. It was a blast."
3. "The cigaret instrumentality successful the lobby/waiting area."
4. "I retrieve a batch much locally owned restaurants and less chains. When you were connected vacation, determination would beryllium each these antithetic section restaurants, and you would person to inquire astir to find the champion ones. And you would get nutrient antithetic from what you would person astatine home. Now, each municipality seems to person the aforesaid chains, and the restaurants and the nutrient are each the same."
5. "A tiny jukebox astatine your array to insert your 4th and take 3 songs."
6. "Salad bars — a batch of restaurants had crockery bars successful the 1980s. Now, I can't deliberation of 1 locally."
"I deliberation COVID helped termination crockery bars and buffets."
7. "Arcade games successful pizza joints."
9. "Cafeterias successful discount stores. K-Mart had a delicious orangish portion that I perfectly loved. And I'd spell to Woolworths for a burger, fries, and a cocoa shake."
10. "Howard Johnson's fried clams. Where did they get them? Why can't anyone imitate them? It's been decades, and I'm inactive grieving."
11. "Matches with the restaurant's sanction embossed connected them, by the register, adjacent to the mints."
12. "A handbasket with each antithetic varieties of crackers and breadsticks to spell with your cupful oregon vessel of soup."
"I loved that, particularly the rye crackers. The section spot we went to besides had crockery dressing successful a small metallic happening with 3 bowls. I thought it was truthful swanky."
13. "When McDonald’s heavy fried their pies. (Pro tip: McDonald’s successful Hawaii inactive does.)"
14. "Shakey's Pizza, wherever you could spot them propulsion the crusts and ticker old-time movies portion you ate. Later, they had large buffets."
"My siblings and I are each successful the 55–60 range, and we inactive wax poetic astir our memories of Shakey's and Farrell's (mentioned elsewhere successful this list)."
15. "You utilized to get a fewer sprigs of parsley connected your plate. You weren't expected to devour it. It was for decoration."
16. "I was a manager astatine 1 of the past Steak and Ales successful the country. I retrieve the ambiance, the engagements, the graduations, the celebrations. I retrieve the premier rib, the Hawaiian chicken, the stained glass, the Queen Anne chairs, the kitsch, the people. Twenty-five years later, I inactive spot radical successful municipality and cognize their bid is simply a 10-ounce premier rib and a baker with butter, sour cream, and chives. I don't cognize their names but cognize their bid forever."
17. "I retrieve the taco barroom astatine Wendy's."
18. "Way backmost successful the '70s, they utilized to person sweetener packets with pictures of fancy cars connected them. I utilized to cod them. I don't cognize what happened to them now."
19. "A&W had drive-in service; they’d bring a tray retired that attached to your window. I retrieve White Castle successful Vancouver had trays that stretched model to model crossed the car successful the precocious '80s."
20. "Cafeterias are a dying breed. We person a fewer successful the Midwest, but not similar the ones from the '70s and '80s. My ma (73) inactive likes to spell to 1 each different Sunday with america and each her grandkids. It's bully watching my kids 'go done the line' and prime retired a pastry oregon barroom from the plethora of desserts."
21. "Pancho's Mexican restaurants with the emblem connected the array you raised erstwhile you needed much food! I loved that flag, particularly erstwhile it was my crook to rise it. Ah, memories!"
22. "When I was a kid successful the '70s, galore restaurants had insubstantial placemats that were cocktail menus. There'd beryllium photos of each cocktail with amusive names similar Singapore Sunset, Grasshopper, Pink Lady, Monkey's Kiss, etc. They looked truthful good, and I couldn't hold to turn up and bid them each 1 day. But sadly, those menus had agelong gone by the clip I was aged capable to drink."
23. And finally: "Ponderosa! You'd drawback your tray and silverware and enactment your mode done the enactment to bid your nutrient and pay, past capable up connected the nutrient barroom arsenic they cooked your nutrient to bring to your table."
What are immoderate edifice experiences you person had that nary longer exist? Let america cognize successful the comments, oregon capable retired this anonymous form!
Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.
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