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[redside20]

other Ohio Hardees locations
Circleville
Genoa
Belpre
Dayton-Needmore Road
Dayton-Colonel Glenn Hwy
Miamisburg
New Philadelphia
Mt Vernon
Coshocton
Strasburg
Willoughby
Seville
Akron-Gilchrist Road
Jefferson
and Minerva

[BerkshireKid]

The Hardees in Owosso is here to stay!
They just got done with a remodel within the last couple of weeks. They added Red Burrito. Never heard of it before but i've heard its good.

[Jochs]

If by chance you find yourself in Winterset, IA, there is a Hardees there as well. Last summer, I was there photographing the Covered Bridges of Madison County, but unlike Clint Eastwood in the movie "Bridges of Madison County" I did not meet a pretty girl. .

South of there, in Osceola, IA, is the busy BNSF main across S. IA as well.

[rsinoms]

Arthur Treacher's was in Michigan years ago, just like Jack in the Box and Hardee's (yes I know, DR, there is still your personal Hardee's in Owosso )

I remember there was an Arthur Treacher's in Southfield at the Ghetto mall there in the food court... And for my fellow Hardee's lovers this is a list of every Hardee's in Michigan.

UP
Escanaba
Manistique
Iron Mountain
Marquette
Munising

LP
Owosso
Sterling Heights
Hazel Park
Marshall (Love's Truck Stop)
Niles

Also the next nearest Hardee's to Elkhart is in Portage, IN... Anyways I am craving Hardee's!!!

[sd70accsxt700]

They have Hardee's at just about every other or maybe third rest area on 80-90 all the way from Chicago to Cleveland.

[SW]

If there ever was a restaurant that disappeared from the state of ohio, it would be......RAX.

There was a similar chain called Friendly's. They had one in Plymouth (MI) that was ALWAYS packed, but it closed anyway. I know they're still around, just not in Michigan anymore. Ate at one in Sandusky, OH after a day at Cedar Point.

[sd70accsxt700]

Oh man Friendlys's are all over still. Spread out. One in Toledo. across from where the old Southwick Mall (?) was. One in Clearwater, Fl. too.

[TSB]

No Hardees in Cape Coral. Nearest one is in Fort Myers on Palm Beach Blvd.
1/2 mile west of I75. Bunch of them up near Tampa. My advice is to eat
slow food in a waterfront bar like Double Nickel, The Blowfish or Marker 92.

[GP9R]

When I first moved to Central Illinois. I found out theres a Hardees there. On my way south towards Georgia I found atleast another dozen or so. Really common once you get out of michigan

[cbehr91]

If there ever was a restaurant that disappeared from the state of ohio, it would be......RAX.

There was a similar chain called Friendly's. They had one in Plymouth (MI) that was ALWAYS packed, but it closed anyway. I know they're still around, just not in Michigan anymore. Ate at one in Sandusky, OH after a day at Cedar Point.

There's a Rax in Bellefontaine, Ohio at US-33 and US-68 (in fact there's a picture of it on the chains' Wikipedia page). While there are a mere 13 Raxes left, they are spread out over five states.

There's one Friendly's left in Columbus and I think the one at I-71 and Bagley Rd. in Berea is still there.

[redside20]

Cory, ironically enough most of the Rax's are in southern Ohio and you are correct about the 13 store locations. down from 40 before the restructuring. here are the ohio locations besides Bellefontaine

Portsmouth
West Union
Hillsboro
Georgetown
Ironton
Wheelersburg
and the kicker! two restaurants in Lancaster..yes two. Why does Lancaster get all the cool, obscure, has been restaurants just like Arthur Treachers and Hardees. they never die

[cbehr91]

I've never had Rax, is it good? At least for me, it's hard to top Arby's (other than that they're a little pricey).

[redside20]

I've never had Rax, is it good? At least for me, it's hard to top Arby's (other than that they're a little pricey).

ate there about 25 years ago at the turnpike one..i thought it was pretty good at the time. hey its time for a trip to Lancaster to eat at Rax. I agree about Arbys and the West Broad Street Arbys has terrible service

[Jochs]

I drove by the Wyoming pawn shop over the weekend. The old Burger Chef sign is no longer there.

There is a Chinese Restaurant in South Haven which still has a kite-shaped sign and familiar building.

Here is the former Burger Chef in South Haven, MI.



Note the architecture of the building and the kite-shaped sign.

[redside20]

Now being built in Findlay, Ohio....Culvers! I'm sorry to report that Arthur Treachers in Fremont Ohio has closed. I see there is now a Culvers in Sidney and one has popped up in Reynoldsburg near Columbus. In Michigan i see that a Culvers has popped up in Adrian and there are burger joints in Westland, and Taylor

[redside20]

A Rax has just opened up in Circleville..sounds like Rax is making a comeback.

[cbehr91]

A Rax has just opened up in Circleville..

It used to be a Wendy's...

[railohio]

A Rax has just opened up in Circleville..

It used to be a Wendy's...

More to the story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rax_%28restaurant%29

[redside20]

You used to see Rax on the Ohio Turnpike at the service plazas

[SW]

Friendly's has filed for bankruptcy protection and closed 63 restaurants (424 remain):
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... titialskip