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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:39:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm still mourning the loss of Arthur Treacher's.  There (somehow) actually one left, in NE Ohio. Long may it reign.  Man. That's a name I haven't thought of in ages. They opened one a couple miles from my childhood home. It was badass and quite the treat back in the day. LJS used to have decent fried clams many moons ago but like so many things they went to shit. I haven't been to one in probably 15 years. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:40:55 PM EST
[#2]
Meh
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:41:24 PM EST
[#3]
It was legit 1987 the last time I went to a Long John Silvers.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:44:07 PM EST
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Quoted:  lol... |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:44:52 PM EST
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree they've changed in taste from earlier days. Not too many in my neck of the woods, so it's a moot point, IMO. Captain D's seafood is rocking it in TN though. Good food. Captain D's seems to have filled the niche left behind when many of the LJSs around here started closing. I eat there occasionally too and find that they suffer the same issue as LJS did: You cannot leave fried food sitting under lamps waiting for a customer to show up. Fried foods only have about five minutes out of the fryer before the taste and texture decline rapidly. Freshness is key. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:45:04 PM EST
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the last freestanding ones I know of is in Round Rock, TX. Back in the 1980's, LJS was great! I even know of hard core foodies who lament the passing of that level of LJS. IDK what changed, but nothing there tastes the same any more. It's trash. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Never seen one in person. They must all be photoshop fakes. Or maybe where the bird drones are made. One of the last freestanding ones I know of is in Round Rock, TX. Back in the 1980's, LJS was great! I even know of hard core foodies who lament the passing of that level of LJS. IDK what changed, but nothing there tastes the same any more. It's trash. I had to Google it. I honestly had no idea it was there. I haven't been to one in at least 15 years. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:46:06 PM EST
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:47:04 PM EST
[#8]
My 87 year old mother loves that place.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:48:19 PM EST
[#9]
I ate there a couple of times last year and it wasn't too bad. Not good to eat a bunch of fried food though. Might go back at one point but maybe not.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:49:48 PM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The only one here is a combo Taco Bell/Long John Silver's. Last time I ate there I had the shits for three days. Never again. If there was a TB/LJS place within 10-15 minutes of me I wouldn't eat anywhere else. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:51:44 PM EST
[#11]
I like it. The fish is really crunchy, their cole slaw isn't bad, love the hush puppies. Their shrimp is tasty and their cocktail sauce is excellent.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:52:16 PM EST
[#12]
I'm just now realizing Arthur Treacher's and Long John silver aren't the same restaurant.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:52:55 PM EST
[#13]
I last ate there in 2020.
Before that, the last time was definitely in the 90s. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:53:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of the last freestanding ones I know of is in Round Rock, TX. Back in the 1980's, LJS was great! I even know of hard core foodies who lament the passing of that level of LJS. IDK what changed, but nothing there tastes the same any more. It's trash. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Never seen one in person. They must all be photoshop fakes. Or maybe where the bird drones are made. One of the last freestanding ones I know of is in Round Rock, TX. Back in the 1980's, LJS was great! I even know of hard core foodies who lament the passing of that level of LJS. IDK what changed, but nothing there tastes the same any more. It's trash. I eat at the Round Rock LJS at least once a year. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:53:44 PM EST
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My 87 year old mother loves that place. My experience was that my MIL liked it and we just ate there because it was convenient because of all of the extra traffic that the yankees have brought to town. MIL has passed now so probably not. I really have to have the cow you know. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:54:40 PM EST
[#16]
Doubt it, haven't been in many years, don't anticipate going anytime in the future
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:57:02 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm still mourning the loss of Arthur Treacher's. There (somehow) actually one left, in NE Ohio. Long may it reign. I lived in Alliance in 67-68. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 4:57:40 PM EST
[#18]
There's about 15 fast food joints that rank ahead of that in my book, and I eat fast food like 2x a year, unless you count a gas station shit sandwich/pizza.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:00:20 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Watching them slather a frozen chunk of something in a bucket of batter before dropping it in the fryer is appetite killing No way in hell anybody drops frozen fish in the vat. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:01:48 PM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Love me some LJS fish with the malt vinegar apparently, some of us have the gastrointestinal system of cavemen that not only will chow down on the Fish, Chicken, Hush Puppies and delicious krispies left in the bottom of the container. I love it. but don't test my gut anymore than 1-2x a month. Nancy Lads and their sensitive tummies. LJS Franchising |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:03:18 PM EST
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Last Friday we met friends at a very large local Catholic Church for a fish fry. Huge turnout. All-you-could-eat fish, sides, and soft drinks. They gave us each 3 tickets for beer but they waived the tickets so all the beers you wanted were included. The fish was really good - thick pieces of cod (thicker by about double compared to LJS). Good cornmeal breading. $20.00 a person. This was our first time there. Won't be the last.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:04:12 PM EST
[#22]
Enjoyed going after church growing up
Not been in years I think they closed here |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:05:34 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm still mourning the loss of Arthur Treacher's. There (somehow) actually one left, in NE Ohio. Long may it reign. @Subnet, remember when Rax was a thing in the PA/OH corridor? |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:07:06 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No way in hell anybody drops frozen fish in the vat. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Watching them slather a frozen chunk of something in a bucket of batter before dropping it in the fryer is appetite killing No way in hell anybody drops frozen fish in the vat.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:09:05 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm still mourning the loss of Arthur Treacher's. There (somehow) actually one left, in NE Ohio. Long may it reign. I'll be headed there in a week or so. Hit ljs 6 months ago water first getting back to Ohio. Fish flavored batter is not what I went there for. (Clara voice)Where's the fish? Fuck ljs, hope Arthur Treacherous is more like I remember |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:09:09 PM EST
[#26]
I'd keep them in business if I could find them. I think it's been three years since I've seen one.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:09:21 PM EST
[#27]
Was at one maybe 20 years ago.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:09:33 PM EST
[#28]
LJS is pretty rare in the South. Still have a few Captain Ds sticking around. I tried it for the first time since I was a teen last year. It was...
suboptimal. 
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:11:40 PM EST
[#29]
 Taylor Proves the Long John Silver's Conspiracy Theory | PKA |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:12:22 PM EST
[#30]
Our local one is also an A&W, so maybe once a month...
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:12:32 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Never seen one in person. They must all be photoshop fakes. Or maybe where the bird drones are made. I can walk to one in less than 5 minutes. Haven’t been there in years. Everything tastes the same, fish, shrimp, chicken, just depends what sauce you dip it in. Haven’t been in years but might go next time my bowels need flushed. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:13:17 PM EST
[#32]
I don't think I've been once in the last 40 years.
I prefer real, fresh seafood. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:14:34 PM EST
[#33]
I've never set foot in one, but certainly would have no problem doing so.
I used to eat at Skippers once in a while, and love their clam chowder, and their fish and chips aren't to gross. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:14:38 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude, you ate at an LJS in PAC Beach???? Good god man, there must have been 20 better choices for fish! BYW, my BIL is from PAC Beach. I love the strand. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I ate there once when I lived in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego in the 1970s. I saw no reason to go back. It was a lot more fun buying McDonald's burgers when they were on sale and handing them out to meat-starved Hare Krishna kids. Dude, you ate at an LJS in PAC Beach???? Good god man, there must have been 20 better choices for fish! BYW, my BIL is from PAC Beach. I love the strand. Even H. Salt Esquire was better than LJS, but I was desperately poor back then and couldn't afford to go to a respectable restaurant. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:15:08 PM EST
[#35]
The one by me went out of business years ago — it was replaced by a drive thru Starbucks recently.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:15:23 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @Subnet, remember when Rax was a thing in the PA/OH corridor? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm still mourning the loss of Arthur Treacher's. There (somehow) actually one left, in NE Ohio. Long may it reign. @Subnet, remember when Rax was a thing in the PA/OH corridor?  Burger Chef is another one that I'm aware of, but never got to try. I'm a bit too young. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:18:20 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I vaguely remember seeing them as a kid, but I don't think I ever ate in one. The only reason I even knew of Arthur Treacher's, was more out of trivia - it was my Dad's first job, as a teenager in Toledo circa 1974 or 1975 (during their heyday). So I kinda ate there when I could, more out of a misplaced sense of nostalgia. I did like it, though. Burger Chef is another one that I'm aware of, but never got to try. I'm a bit too young. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'm still mourning the loss of Arthur Treacher's. There (somehow) actually one left, in NE Ohio. Long may it reign. @Subnet, remember when Rax was a thing in the PA/OH corridor? Burger Chef is another one that I'm aware of, but never got to try. I'm a bit too young. Burger Chef was awesome. They went away I suppose by the mid eighties or so where I grew up. Glad I got to know them. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:21:01 PM EST
[#38]
I don't think I've ever eaten there before.
Captains D's is my jam!! It's so damn greasy   Attached File |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:21:22 PM EST
[#39]
I don't think I've been one in about 20 years. I don't even know if there are any near where I live.
Only reason I ate there was because at the time we were installing communications equipment for them in WV. We would eat there as long as the place was clean. We were up in the ceilings and back rooms so you could tell if the place was OK. Sometimes we paid, others the manager would offer us a free meal. The food wasn't horrible. I will say to this day I remember an employee there telling a story to her co workers and it was straight up white trash Jerry Springer shit. It has been so long I can't quite remember the entire story but she was smacking her husband with a board over something. I always thought they were surviving because they were owned by Yum Brands but looks like they sold them 10 years ago. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:24:30 PM EST
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:24:35 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: True. LJS switched to coelacanth filets in 2002. Well, Google says there are only 500 of those worldwide, so that won't last |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:24:59 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll be headed there in a week or so. Hit ljs 6 months ago water first getting back to Ohio. Fish flavored batter is not what I went there for. (Clara voice)Where's the fish? Fuck ljs, hope Arthur Treacherous is more like I remember  I was only aware of the one in Cuyahoga Falls (which was the one I hit, for my dose of nostalgia). It looks like they re-opened an old one in Garfield Heights, about a month ago. Takeout only, though. Reviews seem mixed on that one, so I'd probably stick with the one in Cuyahoga Falls. It was good when I last ate there like 7 years ago, anyway.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:25:38 PM EST
[#43]
It’s been years and years. None around me
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:26:02 PM EST
[#44]
I haven't seen one locally for several years now, and even then, it was grafted on to a Taco Bell.
I could go for some greasy shrimp and mystery fish right now.... |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:26:31 PM EST
[#45]
They served draft beer when they first opened ( the 70's)
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:26:57 PM EST
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think I've ever eaten there before. Captains D's is my jam!! It's so damn greasy https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/322543/348s_jpg-2759953.JPG That looks NOTHING like what they served me last year. Mine was served in a hard plastic cafeteria tray. Fries were not an option. Had a scoop of buttered corn and fried okra. Felt more like a soul food cafeteria than a fast food seafood joint. IDK maybe it was just that location. Not going back though. |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:27:55 PM EST
[#47]
Never have....
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:29:50 PM EST
[#48]
Been there maybe once
Not even sure it was a ljs actually lol |
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:30:40 PM EST
[#49]
I didn’t even know they were still around. I hit Culver’s when I feel the urge for a fish sandwich.
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Posted: 3/26/2023 5:32:44 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @Subnet, remember when Rax was a thing in the PA/OH corridor? LJS going strong here or at least as strong as KFC. Lees has way better chicken and service. |
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