Every State's Favorite Restaurant is Closed Now — Nobody Expected This

Every state had a restaurant chain that was more than a place to eat. It was THE place. The booth that was yours. The waitress who knew your order. The menu item that existed nowhere else on earth. Then one day — the sign came down. From Howard Johnson's last orange roof closing in Lake George NY in 2022 to Bennigan's and Steak and Ale closing on the exact same day in 2008 without warning, to Luby's LuAnn platter slowly disappearing from Texas — we go state by state through the chains America loved and lost. Some of these will make you feel something unexpected about a fast food chain. That's the point. What restaurant from your state do you still think about? Drop your state and the name in the comments. Subscribe to Behind The Menu — new episode every week. #ForgottenRestaurants #FastFoodHistory #AmericanFoodHistory #BehindTheMenu #HowardJohnsons #Bennigans #FoodNostalgia #RestaurantHistory