JonMyrlennBailey
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I'm old enough to know that a fresh baker's dozen doughnuts was once $3.00 or less from a local shop. I remember PLAIN old-fashioned doughnuts as well. They are now paying these workers well above minimum wage. That's why a stupid doughnut might cost a customer more than a pound of Walmart chicken and you are paying Porterhouse steak price-per-pound prices for McDonalds "meals". If you buy a hamburger "meal deal" at any fast-food joint, you have paid an hour's wage for one worker there.How much will your cheapest egg sandwich cost me ? I went to Dunkin Donuts yesterday and their cheapest was over 5 bucks ! I don't get out much, but that was ridiculous. I stayed hungry until I got home.
I've never heard of them. They must be a Midwest chain.There's one DQ in Des Moines, Iowa. I like the Wisconsin-based Culver's Butterburgers & Frozen Custard the best.
I've never heard of them. They must be a Midwest chain.
Dunkin Donuts originated in Quincy, MA. One of the brothers split from the company and formed Mister Donut, a mediocre chain that made okay donuts but never had much of a market outside Massachusetts. There's one, or used to be one in South Lawrence on Rt. 114 (Salem Turnpike) and their donuts were greasy and heavy.
Wisconsin-based. They are all over my state of Iowa. Is there a truly superior hamburger chain in New England?
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I still have my Skips Hamburgers " greatest hamburgers in the world " refrigerator magnate. I don't know about the " greatest hamburgers" thing, but it was nice having them close by. Now when Hadgee's Ice cream did their end of the year clearances, that was a major event !I don't know if there's a decent hamburger chain outside of the big commercial ones. Fuddruckers is probably the better of them. My dad designed their logo and did some other artwork for them ages ago. We got some free meals once. I ate there again in Rapid City, SD and the burgers were consistently good.
Other than the chains, we have local places and there's one of the old beach-road ones not far from me. Rt. 110 was the only road to the beaches up until the early 1960s when I-495 opened. Up until that time, all sorts of restaurants, gas stations, and convenience stores lined Rt. 110 from Lawerence to Salisbury. When I-495 opened, the majority of these places closed nearly overnight and today there are only a few here and there that have survived the generations. I suppose this is like the famous Rt. 66.
Located in Merrimac about east 10 miles from my house is Skips Hamburgers. This place still has a big neon sign and still serves some of the best hamburgers with homemade fries. Their onion rings are the best I've ever had too. When I was kid, we used to walk there from our house for ice cream. Oh, they also had homemade ice cream too, made right there on their premises. It seemed like a really long walk, but it was probably a mile each way.
I hadn't been to a Dunkin in a long time, but their cheapest doughnut was $1.54 ! I ended up just getting a small ice coffee.........$3.25....and it was watered down. Wow........not again unless there's some major changes.Dunkin Donuts is now owned by Bain Capital. They no longer make donuts locally and the donuts get trucked in from "somewhere". They used to taste a lot better and were a heck of a lot bigger. Today, they're made of neoprene rubber and make great dampening devices for noisy motors.
In the olden days, a cup of their black coffee was hot enough to survive a 25-mile trip to my house and still be piping hot when I got home. Today, it's not even close and doesn't even taste the same. It's more acidy and has less coffee flavor to it.
I remember the days of $2.00 for a dozen donuts in the 80s from a Dunkin Donuts location in South Lawrence, MA on Broadway (Rt. 28) and the donuts were made right there and not in some factory.
Today, Dunkins is good for hospital lobbies, airports, bus stations, train stations, and gas stations. What was once a great brand is mediocre now if that.
When I go for donuts, I now pay a lot more than $2.00 and close to $20.00, but the donuts are twice the size of a Dunkins's donut, taste a lot better, are twice as thick, and taste so much better than Dunkins ever did. It's a baker's dozen too meaning 13 instead of a dozen. They are also made fresh daily at all their locations and they serve real coffee if I want to get that too.
That was my most recent experience too. Never again.I hadn't been to a Dunkin in a long time, but their cheapest doughnut was $1.54 ! I ended up just getting a small ice coffee.........$3.25....and it was watered down. Wow........not again unless there's some major changes.
Skips Hamburgers may have been the greatest hamburgers back in the 40s and 50s. Skip was my late babysitter's uncle. My babysitter was a friend of my mother and babysat me when my brother was born in 1966. Her father was Mr. Matthews the Chief of Police for Merrimac and lived down the street from me. All I remember about him was he was grumpy when I met him.I still have my Skips Hamburgers " greatest hamburgers in the world " refrigerator magnate. I don't know about the " greatest hamburgers" thing, but it was nice having them close buy. Now when Hadgee's Ice cream did their end of the year clearances, that was a major event !
LOL> This got me thinking of my University days at Portland State. I lived in a dorm room with attached bath/shower and kitchen. Used to be able to eat really cheap back them by buying Totinos frozen pizzas for 25 cents each. Add fresh toppings and was good to go. Now those pizzas taste like crap, are square, half the size of the originals, and cost 2 bucks each.How much will your cheapest egg sandwich cost me ? I went to Dunkin Donuts yesterday and their cheapest was over 5 bucks ! I don't get out much, but that was ridiculous. I stayed hungry until I got home.
Ah that is why... You know we have Dunkin also around everywhere here in Germany too. It was the most distasteful experience I ever had. Todays 'quality'Today, they're made of neoprene rubber
The last burger I got at Skips around 20 years ago wasn't bad but a little on the greasy side for my taste. I think " Best burger in Merrimac" would have been feasible, but the whole world ?Skips Hamburgers may have been the greatest hamburgers back in the 40s and 50s. Skip was my late babysitter's uncle. My babysitter was a friend of my mother and babysat me when my brother was born in 1966. Her father was Mr. Matthews the Chief of Police for Merrimac and lived down the street from me. All I remember about him was he was grumpy when I met him.
That magnet is a treasure. That's an awesome trinket.
I vaguely remember Hodgie's Ice Cream in Amesbury. We went there once. There's another old-timer down on Rt. 110 not far from where I live now. Lavallee's Ice Cream. Their old building dates back to the 1920s or 30s and looks the same as it did when I was a kid including the paint color. I went to school with their daughter. This is one of the other few surviving places on Rt. 110.
It's sad how the interstates decimated the businesses and livelihoods of people and impacted the local economies. This plays out right across the US. I saw this in the Midwest with the towns empty of businesses with only big chain stores up near the highway entrances.