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RE: Pargos restaurant: A favorite that failed
You are correct, I have never heard of it. I have heard of Shoney's though. I always feel the same way when I go by a place that I know used to be a Chi Chi's and the architecture is still there, but is is some other place now. The same is true with Stuckey's gas stations on I-75 heading down to Florida. They used to be all over the place with their high roofline. Now most of them are gone or turned into something else but the architecture is still there..
I think Shoneys was an innovator, but then places like Western Sizzlin (which is also quickly disappearing), Golden Corral and what not came along and did it better.
Chi-Chis is gone? That's a shame but i suppose not terribly surprising when every town has authentic Mexican food for far cheaper than Chi Chi's charges.
Yeah, Chi Chi's had an issue several years ago with Listeria outbreak or something like that with some lettuce or something and they were never able to fully recover from it I don't think.