York Steak House
El Torito



Go.

Piccadilly Pub in Peabody. They always gave you tons of cheese and crackers, they had amazing seafood chowder, and they used fresh squeezed oj in their drinks. Yum.

I thought the Ground Round was gone for good, but see they still have locations in several states.
Just not in Mass anymore.

Used to go there before/after trips to the Cleveland Circle Cinemas.

My friend and I used to go there now and then-the one at Alewife, when I lived in Somerville. Cause sometimes you wanted a place to eat with no wait for a table, and no hipsters.

the original pub was downtown westborough, now closed, but they built a brand new on around the long corner from my house.....

there's like 15 of them around the state

Taunton

Guvna Patrick traded Taunton to Rhode Island for 4000 feet of seashore.

Looooooong gone:
Kelly's Hamburgers. There was one in Fresh Pond.
Chicken Delight
Valle's Steak House

I think there's a still a bunch of Piccadilly Pub's around the Worcester area.

Right off of the exit ramp of 128 in Needham


Ground Round The
www.groundround.com
1 1st Ave
Needham, MA 02494
(781) 444-6360

Only one I remember was Valle's-and those were just the commercials.

There is one on 28 in North Reading.

Just closed down, I drove near it recently...unless they're renovating or something. Parking lot was all closed off, too.

nope... gone

Any remaining Ground Round has nothing to do with the old resteraunts... peanut shells on the floor, clowns handing out cheap toys, 3 stooges on the big screen and a cartoon booth. That's the Ground Reound that I miss.

According to their web site, there are none in massachusetts.

http://www.groundround.com/home/

It's not like I'm losing sleep over it ... I hadn't eaten at the Cleveland Circle one since about 1988 ...?

since this has become the all picadilly all the time thread


there's one on rte 28 in randolph

Yeah I used to live right up the street and hung out there all the time as a teenager.

true, true

the one in norwood was a regular dining place for my family and my friends families

pay what you weigh night was the night we always went


i feel like the one in norwell right off rte 3 is still open

oddly, they opened one about a year ago on melnea cass blvd in that new plaza by the medical center

lasted about 3 months before closing down

Actually, I even liked the new ones-compared to similar chains (Applebees, etc), I think the food really was a couple steps better.

But speaking of Norwood, I STILL miss that El Torito...

Was it an El Torito or Ground Round (or other) that lead to the downfall of Happy Hour in Mass? It was in Braintree if memory serves correctly.

Chelmsford still has a Ground Round off of 495 & 3.

There's a Piccadilly Pub in Tewksbury on Rte. 38

Was there ever a "Sizzler" in Mass.?

had one in Haverhill a long time ago.

HoJo's Fish Fry.

Woolworth's.

Bickfords.

I think the scary one in the South bay center is still there, but the one in Braintree was the shit.

I used to hit up the one in Dorchester-Neponset all the time.

Bonanza. I know that Ponderosa is supposed to be similar, but I loved Bonanza. There was a Bonanza in my home town and I miss that place. I love the serve yourself buffet style. Cube Steak and green jello with Cool Whip. I Also love all the little plates and bowls for the different foods.

I was a regular there for a 2am feeding after the HoJo's closer to the plaza closed

There's one on Rt 28 in Reading (or North Reading) in the Wal-Mart parking lot. One place will push your shit in, the other will help to push it out. Gross.

There used to be Deerings ice cream parlors that were kinda Brighams knockoffs. I went to the one in the old Rockingham Mall in Salem NH.

And I never realized Picadilly Pubs were endangered species. There are a ton in Metro West: Southboro, Marlboro, Franklin, etc.

There are only 4 left!!!! Oh Man...

http://www.bonanzarestaurant.com/index.cfm

the needham grd rnd is gonna be an office building...it was (ironicly) a hojo's

the needham industrial park has a lot of vacancies, so I suspect less of a lunch crowd....also lots of comptetion as needham center got more nice lunch places.

i miss tony's itallian villa on rt 9 in wellesley...growing up that was dad's favorite.

if i had the money and the know how...I'd love to open a Skyline chilli joint or a Casa Beounitia (?) like the one in Denver (mexican food with high diving for entertainment).

man, woolworths brought back memories.

any one here ever get charlie's chips delivered to your home?

dtk

"A" is for "apple"
"B" is for "Bickfuhds"
I think there's still one in Salem, NH.

Russell's Steakhouse. Used to hit that up after the Hanover Mall.

The Cottonwood Cafe - Porter Square. Man they had great margaritas. Miss 'em.

There is still one in Park Plaza. My friend Howie bartends there.

pretty sure that's where i ate a lunch counter in Kansas. awesome grilled cheese. awesome atmosphere. are they the store that had the blue light special? there was a department store with the cafe in the front on main st in worcester that i liked to go to.
mikeqube is right, picadilly's are around worcester.
and if york steak house was the place up by hampton beach, that place rocked. even if i never did win the prize in the treasure chest.

Used to be one of those on West Street in Keene, NH.

Is the Pewter Pot still in all the Malls?

While I am at it, anyone in the MV remember "Pub Dennis" which then became "Pub Benny's" and then finally "Benny's".

I don't let that stop me from making a mess.

not even:

These restaurants have been closed. Thank you for your past patronage.

That was a Ground Round. An Applebees now (I think, if it's still open). I haven't shopped at Burlington Coat Factory lately.

Cartman: Casa Bonita is my favorite place in the whole world, I'll just die if you don't take me. Please.

Kyle: Sorry, my mind is made up.

Cartman: Well fuck you, Kyle! I don't wanna go to your faggy birthday party anyway! I'd rather hang out at home than have to be around you and your Jew mom for a day. Kiss my balls, asshole!

I overheard someone saying that they're rebuilding the Ground Round at Alewife. I know it changed to something else for a while, then sat vacant for a while. They've torn it down and fenced off the whole parking lot.

I know the Trigger Burgers at Roy Rogers were awful, but I used to stop at the one on the Mass Pike anytime I passed by.

My mother used to take us to the Red Coach Grill pretty often when we were little.

Chain restaurants are so pedestrian.

You used to eat at The Mart?

NSSF. The real story (along related lines) is much more convoluted and interesting:

In 1683 Freetown was incorporated as a town within the colony. The southern part of what is now Fall River was incorporated as the town of Tiverton as part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1694, a few years after the merger with Plymouth Colony. In 1746, in the settlement of a colonial boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, Tiverton was annexed to Rhode Island, along with Little Compton and what is now Bristol County, Rhode Island. The boundary was then placed approximately at what is now Columbia Street.

...

In 1803, when Fall River was separated from Freetown [it was] officially incorporated as its own town. A year later, Fall River changed its name to "Troy." The name "Troy" was used for 30 years and was officially changed back to Fall River on February 12, 1834.

In July 1843, the first great fire in Fall River's history destroyed much of the town center.

During this time, the southern part of what is now Fall River (south of Columbia Street) would remain part of Tiverton, Rhode Island. In 1856, the town of Tiverton, Rhode Island voted to split off its industrial northern section as Fall River, Rhode Island. In 1861, after decades of dispute, the United States Supreme Court moved the state boundary to what is now State Avenue, thereby creating a City of Fall River entirely within Massachsuetts. (Also as part of this decision, Pawtucket, Massachusetts would become part of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Don't get me started on the Ground Round

Actually, the Chelmsford one is gone now too. It's an upscale restaurant these days. Still looks the same on the outside though.

If I recall, the Ground Round had some pretty dope nachos.