Everybody Goes To GINO'S!

[fluffernutter]

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/jsf0864/page1.html

At least I did back in the late 70's early 80's before the one's close to me in Hatfield and Quakertown, PA both converted into Roy Rogers. Both buildings are still there today but only the Hatfield location still has some of the same architechture the old Gino's had. I vaugely remember going in for the GIANT which at the age of 8 I could take on. What a great burger. I challenge any of the fast food establishments out there today to beat that one. Where else could you get great burgers AND great KFC Original Recipe under the SAME roof! I really miss Gino's and am getting damn hungry for some Original Recipe right about now.

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[FUNKMAN]

for a long time i was confused... it was after Gino's turned into KFC or Kentucky Fried Chicken...

another childhood memory...

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[Gvac]

There was a Gino's around the corner from my elementary school. Every Friday night after a basketball game or whatever function was going on, we'd all head over there for the greatest greasy burgers and fries ever. Yes, even better than McDonald's.

It was an institution, and I wish they were still around.

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[Crippler]

Wow...what a blast from the past. I can't remember the last time I even thought about Gino's. I think the Gino's on Bloomfiled Ave. in Bloomfield has been gone since about 1980. I don't know if it ever became a KFC in between, but recently it was a Roy's, and now it's a Wendy's.

Thanks for the memories.

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[fiestygal]

its really funny that i and MAYBE a few othe rpeople have ever heard of HATFIELD or QUAKERTOWN on this board

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[Ralphy Ramone]

Wow!Nice find!And it's all true.Ithought it was urban legend that the chain was started by Balt Colts players(actually I was a patron at a couple of Gino's since the early '60's in NJ).
The burgers cost just 15 cents then and they were my personal preference over Mc Donald's(though quite similar).

Do a RFNet search on Weston's(another great burger palace of the 60's and 70's).If I remember correctly,the thread was started by Tall James.

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[fluffernutter]

its really funny that i and MAYBE a few othe rpeople have ever heard of HATFIELD or QUAKERTOWN on this board


Feisty, I probably asked you this already but are you from the Bucks County, PA area? If thats the case NICE! We could spew out a bunch of BC references and makes everyone scratch thier heads, HEH!

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[Gvac]

<p>With the posts about White Castle, White Manna, and a Fluffernutter spotting tonight, I had to dig this one up!</p><p><img border="0" src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/ginos_giantpic.jpg" />&nbsp;</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKALNnA1Os" target="_blank">I dig THIS Gino a lot more.</a>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>With the posts about White Castle, White Manna, and a Fluffernutter spotting tonight, I had to dig this one up!</p><p><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/ginos_giantpic.jpg" border="0" />&nbsp;</p><p>nice callback!!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; still sharp as a whip....</p>

[suggums]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7PehE-LFbo&search=Ginny">do they have ginos out in LA?</a>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by suggums on 4-5-06 @ 12:11 AM</span>

[Judge Smails]

<p>Completely forgot about Ginos.&nbsp; Now its all coming back to me.&nbsp; My mom used to take me to the Ginos on Bergenline Ave in Union City after school at least once a week.&nbsp; Then they turned it into a Roy Rogers.&nbsp; </p><p>Speaking of which, anyone know if there are there any Roy Rogers left out there?&nbsp; I always preferred their fried chicken to KFC.</p>

[SinA]

<strong>judge_smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>are there any Roy Rogers left out there?&nbsp; I always preferred their fried chicken to KFC.</p><p>That's the only good thing about the New Jersey Turnpike.&nbsp; Roy Rogers at all the rest stops.</p>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>judge_smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>are there any Roy Rogers left out there?&nbsp; I always preferred their fried chicken to KFC.</p><p>That's the only good thing about the New Jersey Turnpike.&nbsp; Roy Rogers at all the rest stops.</p><p>That's how I felt.&nbsp; But, someone correct me if I'm wrong, I think they've been replaced with Burger Kings.&nbsp; At least the ones at Exits 16E and 11.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by judge_smails on 4-5-06 @ 12:43 AM</span>

[PapaBear]

<p>Holy crap!!! I did a Google search of Ginos in my town (I think we had one when I was a kid, but wasn't sure), and for some reason, I found an old friend! This guy was one of my best friend's ever, but I lost touch with him about 8 years ago.</p>

[fluffernutter]

<p>Speaking of which, anyone know if there are there any Roy Rogers
left out there?&nbsp; I always preferred their fried chicken to KFC.</p>
<p> </p><p>As far as Roy's goes, I got all giddy when I spotted
some fresh and newly opened Roy's out in the Maryland panhandle around
Frederick and in Northern Virginia around Leesburg. Still the Fixin's
Bar and still able to satisfy my OCD by getting 2 Solo Cups of each
condiment and setting them up as if they were to be led into the Ark.
Then of course dipping my fries in each one in a repetitive clockwise
order. And the pickles.....the PICKLES!!!</p><p>Gino's.....I am still
searching for the elusive Red Tin Ashtray and the Red Ceramic Ashtray
for my collection. Also trying to find a menu board but I know that I
am pretty much shit out of luck there.&nbsp;</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">Gino's RULED Baltimore in the 60's, I ate at every 1 of the locations in the ad below, PLUS there was 1 a block from my Garndmother's house that my father &amp; I went to every Sunday afternoon. We even went and saw Gino Marchetti &amp; Col. Harlan Sanders at an instore personal appearance once!!! Blast from the past...</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://members.aol.com/jsf0864/images/gino's_menu.jpg" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 4-5-06 @ 8:44 AM</span>

[A.J.]

<p>I prefer THIS Geno's:</p><p><img height="225" src="http://dragonballyee.blogs.com/philly/images/genos.jpg" width="256" border="0" /></p>

[Hottub]

<p>When I was a kid, we used to go aboot once a month to<img height="184" src="http://slepocrevo.com/wp-images/arby's.gif" width="164" border="0" /></p><p>For the hot Roast Beef sammich. The one on Hackensack Ave. (Which, sadly, has been gone for&nbsp;over 30 years!)</p>

[Freakshow]

<strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>judge_smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>are there any Roy Rogers left out there?&nbsp; I always preferred their fried chicken to KFC.</p><p>That's the only good thing about the New Jersey Turnpike.&nbsp; Roy Rogers at all the rest stops.</p><p>Yes, we still have Roy Rogers in MARYLAND.&nbsp; There was a local owner who has 20 or 30 of them, mostly in Western Maryland.&nbsp; He kept his open while the chain was being bought and sold and bought and sold.&nbsp; They've done well enough, I guess, that he's opened up some new ones.&nbsp; I'm not sure if there is a connection with the Turnpike ones.</p>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>fluffernutter</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Gino's.....I am still searching for the elusive Red Tin Ashtray and the Red Ceramic Ashtray for my collection. Also trying to find a menu board but I know that I am pretty much shit out of luck there.&nbsp;</p><p>Are you willing to pay $25.00 for a plastic coffee stirrer spoon?</p><p><img src="http://i3.ebayimg.com/02/i/05/97/c9/9d_1.JPG" border="0" name="eBayBig" /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-GINOS-drink-stirrer-swizzle-stick-spoon_W0QQitemZ6234061610QQcategoryZ10905QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem" target="_self">People on ebay are insane</a></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<strong>judge_smails</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>fluffernutter</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Gino's.....I am still searching for the elusive Red Tin Ashtray and the Red Ceramic Ashtray for my collection. Also trying to find a menu board but I know that I am pretty much shit out of luck there.&nbsp;</p><p>Are you willing to pay $25.00 for a plastic coffee stirrer spoon?</p><p><img src="http://i3.ebayimg.com/02/i/05/97/c9/9d_1.JPG" border="0" name="eBayBig" /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-GINOS-drink-stirrer-swizzle-stick-spoon_W0QQitemZ6234061610QQcategoryZ10905QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem" target="_self">People on ebay are insane</a></p><p>I knew a carpenter who told me he'd buy McDonald's coffees for the stirrer and throw the coffee out.</p><p>They had a small spoon, like that one on the end that was great for blasting up with.&nbsp; I guess you can't keep a pinky nail intact as a carpenter, can you?</p>

[PapaBear]

I remember when McDonalds switched to the flat ended stirrer for that very reason. On Saturday Night Live (origional cast) News, they did their version of the story. When they showed the &quot;new design&quot; it was a pot pipe with the Golden Arches on the side!

[bobrobot]

<font color="#000099"><strong><strong><font color="#000000">I guess you can't keep a pinky nail intact as a carpenter, can you?</font><strong> </strong><p align="center"><strong><font color="#000099">I hear that's why Jesus quit!</font></strong></p></strong></strong></font><p><strong><font color="#000099" /></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000099">I&nbsp;usta do coke off the toothpick in my swiss army knife that I got for my Bar Mitzvah! When suitably high &amp; wreckless this was the cause of many nosebleeds!!! When&nbsp;I was&nbsp;greedy I used the flat head screwdriver blade... OUCH!!!</font></strong></p><p><img height="503" src="http://www.cccoin1.com/images/swisshunter.jpg" width="432" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 4-5-06 @ 11:21 PM</span>

[WhistlePig]

We had a Gino's here in Frederick! Then it turned into a Hardees, now it's a
Boston Market.
We also had Burger Chef!
http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/images/burgerchef.jpg

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by WhistlePig on 4-5-06 @ 11:21 PM</span>

[PapaBear]

We had a Burger Chef here in Winchester. Behind it was the miniture golf place. Fun times! We also had one of the last two Hardee's in the country, that were the round design with the big points on the top. They finally tore it down about 15 years ago to make more parking for Burger King.

[FUNKMAN]

anybody remember a burger joint with the first name Al... i thought it was Al Newmans but i don't believe that's exactly right...

[PapaBear]

<p>I think it was Molinaro...</p><p><img height="288" src="http://www.sitcomsonline.com/alopening.jpg" width="363" border="0" /></p>

[WhistlePig]

We also had a Red Barn!
"When the hungries hit...hit the Red Barn"

http://www.barnbuster.net/red.jpg

[PapaBear]

We had one of those! It's still there, but it's a Domino's now.

[Death Metal Moe]

I've feel like I've seen a Red Barn somewhere in my Unhallowed gig travels.&nbsp; What are they and do they still exist?

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Death Metal Moe on 4-5-06 @ 11:38 PM</span>

[FUNKMAN]

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[PapaBear]

<strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br />I've feel like I've seen a Red Barn somewhere in my Unhallowed gig travels.&nbsp; What are they and do they still exist? <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Death Metal Moe on 4-5-06 @ 11:38 PM</span> <p>They've been gone for a long time, but the buildings look exactly like the pic that WP posted. It's very likely you saw an old one that is something else now.</p>

[A.J.]

<p>anybody remember a burger joint with the first name Al... i thought it was Al Newmans but i don't believe that's exactly </p><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think it was Molinaro...</p><p><img height="288" src="http://www.sitcomsonline.com/alopening.jpg" width="363" border="0" /></p><p>I think there WAS a place named Big Al's.&nbsp; I remember it being in the food out at the Chapel Square Mall in New Haven in the mid-late 80s.</p>

[pete_in_NJ]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>judge_smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Completely forgot about Ginos. Now its all coming back to me. My mom used to take me to the Ginos on Bergenline Ave in Union City after school at least once a week. Then they turned it into a Roy Rogers. </p><p>Speaking of which, anyone know if there are there any Roy Rogers left out there? I always preferred their fried chicken to KFC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Grover Cleavland Reststop on the NJ Turnpike between exits 11 &amp; 12 . Even has the fixin's bar.&nbsp;</p>

[Hottub]

<a href="http://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/index.cfm/mode/Locator/Container_Id/439/Container_Top_Level_ID/384/Franchisee_State_Prov/NJ.htm" target="_blank">Roy Rogers in New Jersey.</a>

[pete_in_NJ]

Anybody remember the Buckaroo burger served from the kids menu at RR's?<br />