Mr. Ed’s Family Restaurant in Canon City, CO closed earlier this year and now the property is surrounded by chain link fencing. I don’t have a good feeling about this:


The Dari-Delite in Swissvale, PA was closed for many years but reopened in 2021. The sign has been repainted:

The Dairy Dream, former Dairy Queen, in Dunkirk, OH...:

… has repainted the rooftop sign repainted the rooftop sign recently and gave the building a black & white paintjob:

Here’s a better photo from their FB page:

The Dairy Queen in Carbondale, IL closed earlier this year and the rooftop sign was removed. It is now housing The Big Chill:

This chateau style (unique to Canada and rare) Dairy Queen in Montreal, QC…:

… closed around 2020. The latest StreetView shows it boarded up, tagged, and behind fencing — I fear for its life:

This castle style Burger King in Pennsville, NJ was demolished and replaced with a giant modern Taco Bell:

This pirate statue was installed at Sylvia’s Super Sub Shop in Allen Park, MI in 1969. The restaurant closed in 2020..:

… but the statue was saved and installed at Sylvia’s Catering in Jackson, MI earlier this year. It looks like the statue has been restored!:

This former Hot ‘n Now building in Marshfield, WI is gone now:

This former Royal Castle in Tallahassee, FL is gone now:

Although this Wishbone location in Tifton, GA had been closed since 2019, the sign remained until earlier this year:

The former Howard Johnson’s restaurant in Belleville, MI had been adapted decades ago for the China King Express restaurant:

It’s still there now but the original HoJo’s tiles and the Chinese temple tower are gone. At least the entrance remains:

The former Chicken Coop in Elkhart, IN is gone now:

The former Lodge Coffee Shop in Lompoc, CA was demolished last month:

This former Little Tavern in Washington, DC has housed many different businesses in recent years. Earlier this year, it began housing District Doughnut:

That’s enough for one post. Still many pages to go in the Eateries section. Be back soon…
Happy trails,
dj & the dogs