I don’t know of one still in existence, so I looked it up. It’ has no locations on their map
https://www.ljsilvers.com/locations
and this in their rewards
I eat at Long John Silvers whenever I’m in the area of it. It’s one of my favorite fast food places alongside Culvers. If they opened one in my town I’d probably eat it daily/weekly.
Go to one. Get some hushpuppies and see the superior side dish.
Gus fring works there
They sell a bunch of fried shit, who doesn’t like fried shit
Me. With a few exceptions like fries. LJS has awful fries and awful everything else.
Silver’s has the finest fast food chicken in America. Their fries are wack though.
I haven’t eaten at Long John Silver’s in over 30 years. I was just a young kid then and I didn’t even like seafood. I did like their hush puppies.
What I remember most was the decor. It was a core memory for me. The place was decorated like you’d expect to see in Treasure Island. Tropical island theme, shipwrecked cargo and nautical imagery. It’s really what a family restaurant should be!
Now I love seafood but LJS doesn’t seem to exist in Canada anymore? Makes me quite sad, even though it sounds like their food was bad anyway. I really love a good fish and chips. Maybe some other restaurant would step up with that style of decor?
They are still around me, but I’ve never spoken to anyone who has ever eaten at one.
I like Long John Silvers.
I’m that guy
Old/obese people
Serious answer, this seems to be a case of the company partially liquidating and turning over control of many existing restaurants to their respective franchisees but retaining key locations for the company.
This would explain why a lot of them are run down and haven’t updated their design aesthetic since the early 2000s.
There’s one two blocks from my house. I go there a lot. It’s falling apart and it’s run by some really sketchy looking people who are always super nice to me. I hope it stays in business forever.
it’s run by some really sketchy looking people who are always super nice to me.
Your local weed man went into business for himself.
Tbh solid way to clean your money, nobody’s looking twice at the books of a dated long John silvers.
As for who is keeping them in business, the short answer is Catholics. https://youtu.be/K2CdLu7Q7js
Arthur Treacher’s was better.
I really love Long John Silver’s chicken actually. I know it’s primarily known for fish, but their chicken is probably my favorite chicken. The food is greasy as hell though.
Less greasy than Capn D’s, at least in my area. I’ve never tried the chicken, but fish n fries are a delicious heart attack in a bag.
If you’ve tried their fish you’ve basically tried their chicken. Due to them being fried with the same batter in the same oil, they taste nearly identical. The fish doesn’t really taste like fish and the chicken doesn’t really taste like chicken - both taste like batter and grease that’s been reused one too many times.
I love it.
They used to do $5 plates, too, with two pieces of fish or chicken with fries, creamy coleslaw, and a few hushpuppies, with tartar sauce. I haven’t been in quite some time, so that probably went away?
I haven’t been there in maybe a decade if not more. My family used to buy their giant boxes of fried chicken or fish when I was a kid, never tried anything else.
Checking online, that $5 plate you mentioned is now $12 at my local LJS.
Yeah, it’s probably been about 8-10 years since I went, too. I guess it’s still not too bad of a deal, considering how crazy prices are. Better if they pay decent wages, but… It’s ljs.
I guess it stands to reason that the chicken is good cause the fish was garbage.
There is one in my hometown that i think pretty much has to be a front because i have never seen anyone actually inside the place and its in a seaside town with local fish and chips chain locations that have MUCH better food for the same price.
There is one in winnemucca Nevada. I stop there every time I drive I80. Gotta get them crumbs.
Will you share the handshake with us?
This is a running joke in my friends group. Me had a big storm role through about 5 years ago and it totalled our local LJS. We all assumed that was the end, but nope, they rebuilt and are still operating. I haven’t been in many years, but I enjoy it.
Here’s a good, quick case study of LJS. There’s another channel I like better, but his LJS episode is quite dated. https://youtu.be/tgZsUKHovQQ
