I remember some very famous New England restaurants expanding, only to find their new businesses not very appetizing to everyone.
The former, famous Green Ridge Turkey Farm on the Daniel Webster in Nashua, N.H., opened up the Green Ridge Steak House right next to its landmark restaurant. It didn't last long at all. Let's just call it a "misteak," or a real turkey of an idea. The now closed but legendary Hilltop Steak House in Saugus, Mass., started up a Hilltop Steak House also on the Daniel Webster Highway. While it lasted a while, it never quite caught on and clearly lacked the magic of its flagship location. I think they needed more plastic cows out front. The now-closed Wursthaus in Cambridge, Mass., was once one of the most beloved restaurants in Harvard Square -- a German-American restaurant with a cozy, one-of-a-kind atmosphere perfect for conversation and excellent food and drink. The Wursthaus owner decided to try a location in the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis, Mass. It goes without saying the Hyannis Wursthaus didn't quite have the Harvard Square location spirit! It just didn't seem the same buying a Johnny Miller golf shirt at Sears and then going into the Wursthaus to talk about what Cape Cod beach to visit on that day.
Can you think of any Boston/New England restaurants that expanded with less than desirable results?
Nostalgic Boston memories of a simpler time including favorite restaurants no longer there, retro family road trips, travel attractions, TV and radio personalities and special hometown reflections. Also featuring old school Boston businesses still thriving today!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
Does anyone remember Dana Hersey and The Movie Loft on WSBK, Channel 38 in Boston? Hersey, with his deep, resonant theatrical voice, expe...
-
Boston television has turned out some outstanding meteorologists through the years with one of the best periods taking place in the 1970s an...
-
For a chain, the Pewter Pot resonated with personality. With waitresses dressed in Revolution era dresses, colonial theme wallpaper, post a...
-
The sepia-tinted memories of going out to eat with family and friends back in the day conjure up warm memories at wonderful places that, unf...
-
I need your help. People don't believe me when I tell them there was a Midget Deli in Cambridge, Mass. It's like I am the only one...
-
Growing up in Arlington, Mass., during the 60s, 70s and 80s, I was country before country was cool. I loved watching The Andy Griffith Sho...
-
The Massachusetts Turnpike Howard Johnson's restaurants were sub-par, Wellington Circle location too congested with traffic and the Le...
-
Eddie Andleman Let's face it, Sunday nights as a teenager in the Boston area weren't the best of times in the 1970s. An increas...
-
When thinking of some of the greatest personalities in modern Boston radio history, the old WHDH on 850 AM (now WEEI) surely ranks amongs...
-
Downtown Lexington, Mass., remains an impressive central district with many outstanding mom and pop shops and restaurants, but I do miss gre...
The Green Ridge Steak House was my very first job when I was 15. I've found ads for them online from 1972, and I know they were around until the early 1980's. A ten year restaurant isn't exactly a mistake! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in my late 40's and clearly remember going to the Wursthause at the Cape Cod Mall. In fact, they had a huge cheese block with tons of crackers that were FREE... never forget it. 40+ years later, I'm sad that this restaurant is gone. However, I married a German so I can have Schnitzel anytime I want!!!
ReplyDelete