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Here are 7 iconic chains that went bust with one that recently reopened and hopes to expand.
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However, after expanding too fast, it filed for bankruptcy in 1998.
In fact, at one point, it was the second-largest sandwich chain with 5,000 restaurants across the country.
That number has dwindled to less than 150.
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“I think about Quizno’s at least once a month.
Haven’t been there in over ten years, but the chicken carbonara sandwich was so good!”
The brand was also known for edgy commercials.
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“I still like to think their terriblerathergood-like commercialsare what did them in,” one personsuggested.
Founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1954, by 1973 there were 1,050 locations spread across the country.
“I worked at the Red Barn in Nashville, TN.
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There were three restaurants one on Nolensville Road, Murfreesboro Road and Charlotte Pike.
Five years later Imperial passed the brand along to Marriott for about half the price.
The hotel chain closed the restaurants and opened hotels with the same name.
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Thefinal Howard Johnson’s restaurant in Lake George, N.Y. closed in 2022.
The first restaurant opened in 1966 and by the 1980s, was operating more than 280.
Eventually, it filed for bankruptcy and rapidly started closing restaurants.
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By 2008, not a single remained.
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Legendary Restaurant Brands
