Abandoned Chinese Restaurant - Teppanyaki Grill & Buffet
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2018
- Sitting along a busy stretch of road near Scranton Pa. sat a popular restaurant. It first opened as a Golden Corral, after that Charlie Browns steakhouse used this location for a few years. Finally a Chinese Buffet moved in. Open since 2010, Teppanyaki had large crowds in its first several years of operation but that slowly began to change. Rumors starting going around about the quality of food, but it wasn't until i drove by a few days ago that i noticed it was closed up. After doing a quick search online, i found several sites and articles showing that it failed numerous health inspections. An auction was held earlier this month to sell off all remaining equipment. The future of this place is unknown, but if any changes do occur, i will follow up about it. Enjoy
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The best part about this is that there are coupons for this place in this months local clipper magazine.
Small update: They're already working on the front of this building to convert it into the AAA office location complete with dumpster out front and some portions of the exterior being taken apart for the conversion.
thing is, an hour after exploring this place, you want to explore another
So sad that they just couldn't keep it clean
I love your videos. You do such a good job and find so many interesting places. I love how respectful you are too which is unfortunately a rarity it seems in this craft. I'm praying for your continued safety and success with your channel. Thanks for all the great content!
Thanks so much karen
Awesome as always!
Enjoyed the tour....a bright clear picture . You have a great camera .( love that the panning is nice and slow, too..not jumpy like some.
This was actually filmed on my smartphone. Takes good images.
Amazing video blessings ⚘🙏😇🙏⚘
Another great video man 😁😁😁👍🏻
Electrical_Dynamo ty
Wow! Didn't even know that they closed! Awesome video as always.
Thank you
I can definitely tell that was an old golden corral. Ours in Boardman closed 3 years ago and sits there abandoned. Excellent video
Thanks
With the health issues they had, I am not surprised they closed. I went in there once a while back. The food was not appealing at all and I walked out without even being seated. I noticed patrons were being hinted to hurry up when I was there.
You pretty much summed it up.
I work at Spirit Halloween right across the road from this place and I KNEW it looked like a Golden Corral at one point. It’s a AAA office building now. I always guessed it was a Golden Corral or some other restaurant because of how absurdly large the parking lot is.
Did you guys do an abandoned of the mama dutchess diner in danville? That place had MAD flies in it my dad used to bring a fly swatter when we ate LOL it was sad tho :(
No we didnt, atleast not yet.
Another great video you do an excellent job always. We had a City Buffet here in Seymour - it was a Chinese restaurant delicious food and my family and I ate there frequently. Last month seems overnight it closed because of poor health reviews. I don’t know enough about how they store their food but we never had any problems and we miss the place - The food was delicious and the price was good it’s a shame that they get closed down .
This place like most start out well, but with either change in ownership or change in attitude their quality declines. A new non restaurant business is taking over this building.
Love Golden Corral. Sturgis, Michigan used to have one.....I now have 2 of them within one hour of where I live.
Interesting video. Thanks.
You're welcome
Just drove by there today. Was going to eat there but realized it was being totally redone. Found out it was shut down. Ate there earlier this year or last year I think. Was always good when we were there. I recognize it was dumpy and super grimy but we enjoyed the food. Went to royal buffet and wow I wish we had known about it sooner. Much better ! Is this place really going to be office spaces ?
Yep, its turning into AAA (motor club). Royal is the best in the area. Just ate there last week and had no complaints.
I believe the former Pizza Hut restaurant up on Route 6 was also a Chinese buffet for a short while. FYI: Roma Pizza(which moved out of the Viewmont Mall when Buffalo Wild Wings took part of their spot) has a fantastic pizza buffet till mid afternoon. They're up in the former Entenmann's Bakery Outlet building up closer to where the closed Kmart was.
What is it about Chinese restaurants taking over all the old Pizza Hut buildings, it must be that roof that reminds them of back home.
Ha $6.99 for the buffet at Golden corral. I just ate at one in South Maryland just this month and it cost me about 3 times that! Commercial you can tell must of been from late 80s early 90s. Great videos as usual JP! Keep up the good work!
I'd love to find a buffet for 6.99 today lol.
Watching this made me hungry. I think I might stop by Royal today :)
I use to go to Charlie Browns for "Lunch" when I worked up there.
Great Video 👍 JP do any Halloween shows
Halloween shows?
I didn't know about the health department issues. I never really got sick from eating there. Now if you were talking about the Chinese buffet that was in the South Side Shopping Center in South Scranton, THAT was a pig sty. The carpeting closest to the busing station where they took the dirty plates to put into trays bins to take to the back to wash was grey/brown/black and sticky.
Fun fact about that place is that I think they only really covered up the front facade from when it was ACME(then Insalaco's later on) and left behind the fish eye logo from Acme under there somewhere. There's also a former Acme down in Duryea area. It's a mile or two from the Pittston Kmart. It's now a medical plaza.
Always puzzles me whenever a food business opens, why not keep up the health & sanitation of the food & the environment. I mean that's their livelihood, how they make a living and just to let it go down the tubes is totally bewildering to me.
Thank Goodness for you there was a breeze or the trash, rotting food, etc... would have been horrible for you.
Thank You for sharing✌🏼
I think they get greedy and cut costs and lower their standards.
@@JPVideos81... and you've most likely hit the nail on the head!!!
I dont know about greedy but it's just pure laziness and the mentality of "eh, dont worry about it nothing will happen." Which is common in chinese cultures.
@@tiberianexcalibur or combination of both.
Thanks for sharing
anytime
Love this footage I was suppose to get out today and film trying to learn how to fly a drone lol I bought two cheap ones to practice! Good job on this video god can’t belive I ate their just seeing all that junk around the back of it ! Could imagine the kitchen!
If you wanna meet up at a local park to fly our drones let me know. Yeah that garage was disgusting.
JPVideos sounds like a plan I bought two cheaper ones two practice so I’m sure it will be a learning process I fired the one up in the kitchen and it took off hahahahaha my wife wasn’t happy with me ! But def will get together I have a few places to mention to you where we can both film !
Sounds good. Ill be in touch.
Drive by every few days and had no idea it closed.
I'm glad the last time I went there was more than five years ago.
Cody Taber food poisoning
man wish i knew you were going to be there today i work 2 mins up the road :) and i think it closed sometime in early march or late feb. i stopped seeing cars around then. Last time my wife and i were in there it smelled dirty carpet was not cleaned and the waitresses stood by our table while we were paying our bill asking for tips
This was a spur of the monent location but im always filming around Nepa.
I remember this one. Funnily enough it wasnt the building that I remembered but the rubbish skips. That is absolutely disgusting. 😲😲😲🌿🌹🌿
Great video
Thanks Dan
I just did some research on this place...and the internet doesn't give an exact date as to when it closed...but based on the reviews by customers...in the last few months of operation...they went downhill pretty fast...there is some building issues...and flying termites...and garbage was piled up outside the bathrooms
Its completely remodeled now and its AAA auto services.
6.99 steaks that’s my time
Not as interesting only being filmed through a window, better footage of abandoned locations from the inside
Its just documenting something from the past. Not everything is a homerun.
@@JPVideos81 It was nice to see a place that wasn't abandoned for years and falling apart. I think it's a good change, even if only seen through windows.
Up videos you need to make more Wal-Mart videos I like them !
I'll see what i can do.
They have one of these IN Destin, fl
FYI: The MAIN reason they may have closed was TAXES, since I recall seeing a listing in the paper for I think a lien stating they owed $40,000 or something like that.
Good possibility but people were complaining about the lack of quality going downhill. The failed health inspections certainly didnt help their business.
Dang i used to drive by there and always say I wanna try it sometimes smh guess that not happening :(
You didnt miss out on anything. There are much better ones out there.
This location is now going to be the consolidated office for AAA North Penn. Article was in this morning's Scranton Times.
Thank you for sharing that update.
Looks ok inside, but the flys there is a reason why they are there, something is not right. All foods have to be stored properly. I have had food poision once in my life and that is no picnic. I would love to see kitchens all in glass so everyone can see how things are done in the kitchen. I have heard food falls on the floor and goes right back in the pan. I just don't like that. would they do that to there own family, I don't think so. Good find JP. You are top notch.
Have u ever traveled out side of Pennsylvania
Yes, i have videos from new york, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and Florida.
You should try coming to Wyoming
So much stuff left inside 😮
the bin next to garbage probably still has grease in it
I ate there when it was Golden Corral
What side was was the dessert stand on the left or the right
Too bad they didnt keep it up to healthcodes. Seems like it changes business wuite a bit.
Used to be golden corral
Have you seen the Facebook page for the restaurant? Let's just say the main picture looks NOTHING like the place in Dickson City. Although when I did a search earlier it brought up MULTIPLE results for restaurants named Teppanyaki.
Here's the FB page: facebook.com/teppanyakigrillbuffetdicksoncity/
I found the fb page when i was doing my research. Teppanyaki dickson city brought it right up.
It looks like something from a Horror Movie. Just Saying.
There is probably old food in the dumpster .
That’s a nice place. Too bad it had all those problems.
So sad. We love good places to eat at.
Closed only a few months and it's littered with flies, LOL
Flies were probably there when it was open.
What? Really? OMG. I don't understand why buffets don't last long.
That place history has always had health inspection issues.
I did a mukbang video at this restaurant a couple of years ago. I called first, the food was ok. Check out the video. you might laugh at it. Look it up under it's name.
They should bring back the Golden Corral Teppanyaki was trash
Yo I live so close if you wanna make cool vids in this area check out the Scranton abandoned train station and lace factory
Already filmed them, although the lace factory is currently undergoing demolition.
im from here too woooot
JPVideos awh damm best of luck!
Teppanyaki not Chinese food, this is not the Chinese Restaurant.
MrGoldenmango I know that teppanyaki Japanese food, famous in everywhere, because they take over the restaurant, they don't do so much changing of the interior.
I can’t understand.
Teppanyaki is just a upgrade and bigger size of a stew or bbq. What’s the difference? Just a bit expensive meat?
MrGoldenmango all Asian country is known as wok the food in a big stew. Teppanyaki is just a big plate so they can easily wok everything in same time. Sorry if I’m wrong. I’m not against or anything
Teppanyaki Grill & Buffet, 941 Viewmont Dr., Scranton, May 16. Regular r inspection; out of compliance. Violations: restaurant not open for scheduled inspection restaurant had scheduled inspection was not open for business for visit. Food observed in the kitchen/bain marie area, slimy to the touch not wrapped from previous night/spoiled. Food was discarded as no conclusive explanation was given as to why food not dated, sorted, wrapped and secured. Records not accessible day of inspection which was scheduled. Shucked shellfish, observed in the bain marie area, are not labeled, or label does not have all necessary information and is missing or was unidentifiable to manager. records not immediately available for scheduled inspection. Food in the cooler area stored opened with no covering or date of last used. Food piled on top of one another, container after container, food was thrown out. Informed employee through translation with manager that all food is to be wrapped at end of night, sealed and sorted accordingly and dated for next day use. Potentially hazardous ready-to-eat food prepared in the food facility and held for more than 48 hours, located in the bain marie, is not being date marked. Employee and manager had hard time describing what exactly each container held. Food was tossed out. Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in cooler equipment. Food facility does not have available sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration. Manager said he would address that on 5/16/16. Wash compartment of the manual ware-wash equipment contained dirty wash water, with pots, pans, which were not scraped and water was filthy and greasy. Excessive food residue not being pre-scraped from dishes prior to ware washing. Food facility does not have enough outside waste receptacles as evidenced by refuse and waste lying on the ground. Garbage was laying behind dumpster, over abundance and need to be addressed. Garbage overflowing and laying behind dumpster, pictures taken, also old equipment laying on side of buildings. both men and women restrooms had issues to address cleaning wise.
Its now AAA
$6.99, $6.99, $6.99!!! Ha!
Japanese, not Chinese
I know was built as a Golden Corral originally.Buffets dying out too many patrons going to these that eat too much of the more expensive entrees and unacceptable"take out"with same expensive entrees with freezer bags in large women's handbags.The same people that leave no tips for dining room wait staff making these style restaurants even more difficult to keep staffed.Big reason these always transitioned to Chinese is front & rear staff is usually illegal immigrants.But Chinese are used to"looser"health,food and sanitation standards than US🇺🇸and eventually are closed when unannounced spot inspection happens after complaints to state and county health depts.🆑Then abandoned,building left in such bad,filthy and decrepit condition guarantee's it's demolition.But libs keep telling people illegal immigration isn't that big a deal.😲
Also the quality of food at buffers are doing down hill, and yes most of the lowest health score are Chinese establishments.
Teppanyaki is Japanese 👍🏻👍🏻
i like chines!how the people eat live squid,one way get chock and die.those a sea food abandon in frackville,when u go in town through 81.that smell bad big time,i think they have sea food left inside,if i remember it was call alsea food i think.i been mouths our year i was there.maybe they clean our knuck it down.