Abandoned Long John Silver's / A&W Robinson Township, Pa
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- Abandoned Long John Silver's / A&W Robinson Township, Pa. We already don't have many Long John Silver's restaurants left around Pittsburgh but this was one of the very few that also had A&W in it.
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I remember as a kid going to A&W and it was so sad to see it and the Long John Silvers closed. Thank you so very much for showing it to us. You do excellent work!!!! Thank you for bringing back wonderful memories for me and all of your subscribers!!!! 👍😬
Michelle Goza No problem. I'm glad I could help you relive a nice memory. I really enjoy bringing y'all these videos. I really enjoy filming them.
WallieB26 I found out the A&W I went to when I was younger is closed. I am trying to find out if the building was abandoned or if it is a new business. Thank you again for the nice memories!!!👍😬
Michelle Goza No problem. I'm glad I was able to help you relive a memory.
Michelle Goza what is closed I so 😢
WallieB26. I so sad my a&w is closed my mom would love a&w
I used to work here in 2004-2005. This was still open as of May 2014. This was owned by YUM Brands restraint company there are in major trouble finically. There food was always fresh and good. This is sad This resturanwas always well kept at one time.
Chris Lemaster I ate here a few times. Never had any complaints except the hush puppies not being the greatest. But then again you're talking to someone whose favorite food is hush puppies. I can tell the difference between homemade and commercial.
I worked here in the early 90's
Havent been to the obx in awhile but i do love my hushpuppies
As of May 2014 This was still open. I ate there right before moving to Johnsonburg PA. Hey Wallie you need to go to Johnsonburg PA Downtown J Burg is practically abandoned.
Thanks for taking the time to show us the video. I love LJS and travel far for my 🐟 fix, but totally worth it. I hope they never close for good!
Love your abanded videos here in Pittsburgh! Thanks so much🥰 I live in Etna, PA The only LJS left is New Kensington, PA. My husband, kids and I go there still. Have a great day👍🏻
I love watching your videos! Thanks for doing these!
Good Job, very sad but interesting tour! Always liked a Long Johns every once in a while.
Never knew A&W existed in the US. All the times I go there, I never see one. We have them all over Canada though.
Yup, we have them in Ohio LJS/A&W combo stores.
A&w has more locations than a&w canada
Here in Colorado the A&W’s are paired up with KFC; at one time there were standalone A&W’s, and I even ran into one or two that were part of a Shell / 7-11 or Circle K combination. Even ran into one that was part of a Texaco/Circle K pairing too.
The small freezer door is for food deliveries. The semi truck pulls along side the building and they have a conveyor belt that comes out the side of the semi trailer. This allows them to transfer cold food straight from the truck to the freezer. Very ingenious idea.
I used to like the stand-alone A&W's with the carhops. I remember they used to always serve the root beer in the frosted mug. That's when they had the bear family burgers, Mama Burger, Papa Burger, Baby Burger, and Teen Burger.
I remember years ago, I used to see the occasional A&W and Long John Silver's combo restaurants in Illinois and other parts of the Midwest. They don't seem to be as common, as they used to be. There still are some standalone LJS in the Chicago area, but a lot of those locations seem to be (probably) quietly struggling. Since they do a lot of various cheap meal deal promotions, and also do local coupons from time to time. Already a few like in Naperville(or Aurora? can't remember, it's on Route 59 near the Fox Valley Mall) closed down, and another location(Lincolnwood) briefly closed then reopened again.
A&W used to have some combo locations in both the Chicago area and in other parts of Illinois. I recall there was one in Normal, IL(back when I attended college in that area) that was combined with a KFC. I believe it is now closed, per googling that location not long ago. IIRC, there was an A&W and LJS in Matteson, IL, but don't know if that one is still open anymore. There were some others too, such as a combo KFC/A&W in Berwyn, IL. And more I'm forgetting. A&W seems to be slowly closing down more locations in recent years in IL, such as one inside Woodfield Mall that closed something like 2 years ago, give or take. It's funny now that I think about it, that per online research that A&W in Canada seems to have been spun off from Yum Brands at some point, and has a lot of locations in Canada for whatever reason. I wouldn't be surprised if the expansion of Sonic, hurt A&W to some extent.
Another great video, btw from you! Btw at 6:00 into this video when you're looking inside from the side entrance all the way back towards where you see the walkway widen to an ordering counter to the right, and the dining area to the left, do you have any idea what was inside the first open door on the right close to this side entrance that was widely propped open?
A&W is my favorite restaurant. There was one 5 minutes away from me when I lived in Michigan, but in TN, the closest one is an hour and a half away. That I know of anyway. When they combine the restaurants like this, sometimes they only show up as one. I actually went to an A&W I stumbled upon, then searched for it on google maps, but it only shows up as a LJS. Doesn't show up on the A&W website either. So now I'm searching all the KFC and LJS locations near me to see if they're also an A&W lol.
@Dusk Raccoon we had a pizza hut and taco bell merged, when there was a pizza hut near it. The pizza hut isn't there anymore so only taco bell is there
We had an A&W /Long John Silvers combo location here in Newton, Iowa think it closed up around 2008 - 2010. The building became an liquor store called pit stop liquors and opened around 2012. Think the restaurant combo opened 1999 and Hardee’s used to been in the building since early 80s up to around 2000. And they had those same lights inside as the one in your video. Good capture and strange the most of the drive up menu board with food items still there. 😀
There is still a Long John Silvers restaurant that looks like that in Joliet, IL and is still open. Kind of a rare find.
I like the classic Corvette on the wall at 4:00.
love these videos, glad they are still up to check out.... that's one heck of an electric bill, wow ..
There was one of these in Stockbridge, GA that was built around 2007, but never opened. It sat abandoned for eight years until it was demolished in 2015. A Denny's sits there now. I've never had A&W, as there's only one in all of Georgia.
We had one here in Mcdonough Ga but it closed and it has been several restaurants over the years now it is a Mrs Winners.
I worked for LJS for 3 years and the hush puppies actually werent premade, at least not at our location. We made them with a flour and cornmeal mix with water.
Back in the early '90s, I worked at the Arby's just on the other side of that water tower at 4:56....Business at all the restaurants along the Pike was BOOMING back then, long before all the eateries opened in North Fayette Pointe, Settlers Ridge, & The Mall At Robinson -- Robinson Towne Center had opened not too long before that & the SUPER-KMart still existed. Now, that LJS is gone, the Burger King down the road is gone, the Denny's closed & is now Central Diner, & the Eat n' Park down the road was the corporate store & used to be one of the busiest in the region...Next door to the Arby's is a KFC/Taco Bell hybrid restaurant whicc is pretty cool. So many changes along the Pike in the past 20 years...There was an Ames right down the road back then also.
No more LJS here in Reno. They used to have an A&W/KFC together, but took out the A&W part. Left the jukebox. There is one A&W stand alone store left.. I saw a KFC/Taco Bell in outside of Chicago once.. 😎 That was pretty cool!
I used to live in Crafton and worked at the Walmart in Robinson, so this is pretty cool.
I loved a and w restruants back in 88 or 89 in norwalk california. U used to go there when i finished college an eat at a and w restruants.
Urs and Nate’s videos are the best
A&W is the best!
**UPDATE** It's a Popeyes now..
I wonder if this is the one that Pittsburgh Dad referred to in a video; he said the sign was down and “”jaggers” were growing out everywhere; he also pondered how Long John Silvers could go out of business during Lent.
I like A&W rootbeer floats. We have A&W's here in Canada.
I used to love Long John Silver's growing up. There is still one in Hermitage, PA. My husband and I stopped there and got food last year but the food was terrible. Not like we remember at all. We never went back.
Totally agree, more greasy breading than fish.
Looks pretty clean inside
What really happened to all of these is that YUM brands put its Long John Silvers up for sale. Once it was bought, they no longer owned it. Thus, they either had to close or rebrand their LJS combo stores to the traditional store model of a remaining brand (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut).
So crazy that this is gone now. I used to work at the Wendy's right next door to it back in 2009-11
sept 2021, the AW/long johns in Rochester, PA is still open and always busy
We've got one here in Elizabethton, Tn. Not worth exploring that's for sure.
Hey. Can you please go to abandoned pathmarks and A&Ps. They're maybe some in North NJ and there is like a few abandoned pathmarks in Bergen County NJ and maybe a few abandoned A&Ps as well
Oh radical very good video 😄😄😄😝
Hey wallie there is a abandoned elementry school in pleasant garden North Carolina , been that way for 25 yrs now .
Around here in Ohio all the Long John Silvers by itself closed many years ago.Other than the one on Gettysburg Ave, Which is still operating but is for sale.I personally never liked Long John Silvers since there is only one that I pass by on a daily basis.All the ones within 10 minutes of me closed because they did not have help from A&W.I’m super surprised the one on Gettysburg Ave is still open, but again, it is for sale.I know of Long John Silvers as a tremendously struggling retailer.I also saw a TV ad for the first time in 8 years for Long John Silvers.I know this diner very good, and look to try their hush puppies on Miamisburg Centerville Rd.
So I worked at this shop for several years in the 90's. The tiny freezer door was so the truck could unload directly in. This was a premier shop in the Pittsburgh market for many years.... Sad to see it in this shape.... Many people worked very hard to keep this place as a "Pride of the fleet" store...
There is a Long John Silver's in Wooster very close to where I used to live - from time to time, I would walk to the restaurant to pick up some fish dinners. (I was not a fan of the chicken at all!) Now I live four miles away - too far to walk! We have no A&W restaurants in Wayne County - I think the nearest one is in Ashland, about 20 miles west of Wooster. Well done!
Kevin Baker Thanks!
You should come check out Vermont someday we have a A&W in Rutland and a Stewarts Ice cream in middle berry
my uncle owned an A&W rootbeer back in the 1950's - 1960's in danville, illinois, my dad told me about going there for free food when he was a teenager
love this video
Brandon McClain Thanks!
HEY WALLIE, THERE IS STILL A LONG JOHN SILVERS / A & W ON TARENTUM BRIDGE ROAD!! I LOVE THAT PLACE AND SO DOES THE WIFE!
I remember A&W restaturants when i was a kid didn't really ever eat at long john silver until i got older when i moved to another city that has Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC connected in one restaurant
Would like a couple of those booths
I used to work at that one may still have a key. Still an assistant mgr at LJS in Texas
Watching this is def getting me wanting a float and or hush puppies...lol
How does Long John Silvers go out of business during Lent?
There are 2 abandoned lgs/aw locations intulsa as well as one still open where an old kmart use to be.
They razed the last LJS and A&W here about a year ago. The food was horrible . They now have a brand new Wendys on the site .
your train of thought, talking about the weeds, sounds like my husband and i when we go somewhere, we had not been to for awhile, like at the park, we would say something like " oh they moved the picnic tables" __" they cut the weeds by the creek" etc..
Hey Wallie , there is a abandoned Elementry school on davis mill rd in pleasant garrden Norh Carolina , been abandoned for 25 yrs now
Im so sad long johns are gone, there is one in Lorain ohio near my son, i need to go soon!!!
The old long john silver restaurant in Quincy Illinois they use to make the hush puppies every morning and make the batter for the chicken and fish and clams and they never lack portion size at all..but now the place is gone the owners of long john just demolished their store to the ground..
hush puppies best thing on their menu. it amazes me the difference between western pa to eastern pa. over here somebody wouldve thrown a brick threw a window. and people wouldve had the place spray painted up.
journey_with _jay Some places are like that around here depending on what part of town you go to. There some abandoned homes and an abandoned bar in Pittsburgh's North Side that I want to film but won't dare go alone. Certain parts of the North Side are shady as hell even during the day.
Kinda reminds me of the poor condition of the A&W Long John Silvers in Rochester. Foods great, but the building is another story. They even had a bad roof leak leading to mold.. how theyre still open beats me
hey wallie come to new kensington pa lots to see here would like to explore with you
You are awesome
Nice Video
nothing like cheese curds and root beer floats from A&W
wab1988 Their cheese curds are awesome.
long john silver was in queen mall I loved it company moved out after the mall did a full reno
Any word if it's been bought as of this year
Indiana PA still has Long John's & A&W
That was cool
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to take some of those benches
There was an A&W family restaurant in Boardman Ohio, opened in 1972 closed in 2012 after the family that owned it retired, was torn down and an Advanced Auto Parts is there now
Was the go to cruise spot after the Hot Rod Supernationals at the Canfield Fairgounds
We didn’t have the A&W/Long John Silvers but we had 2 Long John Silvers at one time in Norman, both have been closed and quickly demolished and redeveloped. The last one closed in November and it was torn down last month and they’re building a lube express.
Yum Brands sold off the A&W and LJS chains in late 2011, which may have led to this store's closure. Each one was bought by separate groups. In this area that meant two KFC/A&W became KFC only.
If I needed to redo a kitchen I do think I'd want to use one of those tables, with part of a booth and some of the chairs. They have a nice retro look to them.
I think there's still an A&W/KFC in New Albany, Indiana. But they seem to be a dying breed. LJS, otoh, is a weird thing. You never see one busy. Yet they're still here. You almost never see one close. Makes you wonder. There is one near where I used to live in Louisville KY that closed, and then reopened as a liquor store, but kept the original exterior building design. It's still completely recognizable. I have no idea what the actual name of the store is. But because it's easily recognizable as an old LJS, everyone I know (myself included) has always called it Long John Liquors, LOL.
LJS is completely out of my area now. I think A&W might be too? There was an A&W/KFC just across the state line from me, but they closed it and it's now a Sonic.
It has actually been so long since I had seen a LJS (maybe 2001-2002?) That when I passed one a couple of years ago, I was shocked because I thought they'd all gone out of business.
There is one A&W\ LJS left in Austin texas and a few LJS in town, like round rock.
I have been to 1 a&w in IS and it was cool, great food also
On Google Earth the above footage shows the place still open with cars in the parking lot, But the Street view shows it closed and for sale.
Was hoping you would do the drive thru in your car...maybe next one 😁
judgedread I wanted to but couldn't. The parking lot is roped off so you can't drive your car into it. I parked in the Wendy's lot and walked over. Tomorrow I will upload the old school Wendy's which is right next door.
Wallie... hey, the drive thru routine could be your signature.
judgedread YES!!!!!
I worked there like 13 years ago.
Wallie B, there's still a Long John Silvers/A&W in Durant Ok
I was born in Pittsburg but moved out of there when I was 4 though.
Do you ever find wags restaurant
Long John silvers near my place just randomly turned into a Starbucks without any warning which was funny because I was there about a week or 2 before I turn into a Starbucks and none of the employees or the manager told us they were going to close and the day before they started doing construction on turning it into a Starbucks long John silvers while still getting customers.
i use to drive by there everday going to work, 8 yrs ago
I wonder if you can call the leasing office & “pretend” to be interested in the property then go in and film the inside. My favorite video so far!
That's not a bad idea!
ive always thought about doing that. theres an abandoned mansion in the woods on 59 acres. that looks really cool inside, but i cant get inside. i figured if i call a realtor they would follow me around.
journey_with _jay It's worth a shot!
Worst they can say is no.
Nice work on this. I'll take 2 2 piece chicken/fish dinner please for $6.99. That's only >30 cents cheaper than current days prices at Captian D's !
Long johns... not really surprised it closed. We had two on two major streets. Both closed.
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Thank you very very much for the support. I appreciate it a lot! Thank you again and stay awesome!
I worked for Long John Silvers for 30 years and was about to retire until it all closed down
The menu is pretty cool
Sebastian Steele hell yeah!
I ate there in 2014. I worked on building behind over hill. Mosites office building.
I have worked for Long John Silvers for 5 years
Do the cops ever mess with you when doing these videos?
I’m like a hour away from Galveston Texas lol what are the odds lol
I ate at an A&W once, I don't remember being wowed by the food, so it must've not been anything special lol.
You tell me to check out Nate, when I had already found his channel before yours, sorry Wal.
BrokenDreams23 All good!
Tis was buy the Wendy's off of Route 60 Steubenville Pike. Right down the street is the original Giant Eagle which is a Hobby lobby. IS the Get Go Still there?
Chris Lemaster Yes it is!
THE R IS FOR REGISTERED BRAND......SMALL FREEZER DOOR IS A PASS THROW FOR DELIVERIES...... TKS FOR THE VIDEO
That LjS was always busy not sure what happen
If I worked for the electrical company i'd not even bother putting the electrical bill on the door its abandoned they're not gonna pay and they're not coming back
I could go for some chicken tenders , hushpuppies and a rootbeer float right about now
There's one by Kenny Wood park isn't there
0:37 My local LJS A&W is still open
i worked at long john silvers when i was 14-15 yrs old and wanted to see how big of a hushpuppy i could make and it turned out the size of a soccer ball ,surprised a customer with it as a bonus addition to their order
Close forever 😲😭
Calcutta OH has LJS and A&W. And Salem OH has LJS and Taco Bell combo.
news89 Wow, a LJS / Taco Bell combo?! I've never seen one. I know they, Pizza Hut, A&W, and KFC are all owned by Yum but I've never seen that combo before. We have several KFC / Taco Bell combos but never that!
news89 Most of Washington State has Long John Silvers or A&W and KFC collaborated.
North Canton, OH also has an LJS/Taco Bell Combo as well.
@@WallieB26 , we got a LJS/TACO BELL in Gloucester County N.J. Long John Silvers food is ok, but for fast food seafood I think Arthur Treachers was better. Unfortunately, none of those around anymore.