[eej71]

My other favorite example of this is the A&W Restaurants which in the states was a bit more of a fast food establishment. It was never that successful, but you'd see them every so often. Gone now in the states, but I believe its Canadian successor is still going strong.

[natebc]

There's still quite a few A&W restaurants around in the US though they are rareish.

https://awrestaurants.com/locations-list/

400+ according to their wikipedia entry.

[bombcar]

A&W is exceptionally rural now, and I'm not 100% sure why - it's a weird combination of fast food (drive thru) + waitress/sit down ordering that doesn't really exist anywhere else (kind of how there are a few carhop/drive UP restaurants that still exist).

[Washuu]

There are bunch of A&W restaurants in Okinawa as well and as far as I know, it's popular.

[lupusreal]

The Canadian A&Ws are very good as far as fast food burger joints go. The American version is quite shitty though, last time I saw one years ago.

[jasona123]

Canadian A&W is expensive though - like "only really go for a treat" expensive. Made McDicks somehow more reasonable.