The Decline of Frisch’s Big Boy

In the 70s, Frisch’s had over 200 locations. It began to fall but Craig saved the company and it ballooned from 90 to 120 locations, then when bought, fell from…

Wags restaurant

In then 80’s I worked at a Wags restaurant in Roosevelt Field Mall in LI New York. We were led to believe Wags was a large chain with long history….

Newks eatery

One of the fastest growing casual restaurant in the us

TGI Friday’s vs. Ruby Tuesday

Both have similar names (both named for days of the week) and have been struggling to stay afloat. (Though for the most part, the latter is named for a Rolling…

The decline of Seaman’s Furniture

Being in the New York area, they used to be everywhere on TV. They went out of business and then Levitz took over their stores, only for them alone to…

Sonesta Hotels

This hotel chain has been expanding recently especially during COVID when a large REIT, SVC, terminated it’s agreement with Marriott and shifted almost 100 hotels to Sonesta. Sonesta is also…