mozartpc27 wrote:Roy Rogers was a burger joint that had roast beef as well and generally higher quality ingredients than McDonald's, Burger King, etc., had a "fixins" bar where you could add toppings to your own burger in whatever combination and proportion you so desired, and also had delicious fried chicken after awhile (I never knew it without the fried chicken).
They were then bought out by Hardee's, which basically ruined them and Hardee's. Hardee's changed all the Roy Rogers to Hardee's, then changed them back when that proved a disaster. But by then Roy Rogers had taken a huge hit on its market share.
It still had many locations out west through a few years ago supposedly, but they were all closed in one fell swoop at one point. There is still a stand-alone Roy Rogers in NYC, and there are Roy Rogerses along the PA and NJ turnpike in the rest stops, and a hand full of stand-alone locations in Maryland and a few other places. I think they have less than 30 locations now all told.
There are also a few RR's at rest stops on the NY State Thruway.
RR was a big hangout for me growing up, as there was one near my school, one near my house, one near my friend's house, and one in downtown Ardmore, where we would often convene. We would spend hours there stuffing ourselves and being obnoxious.
