Cinco de Lunch-0: Long Island’s Most-Missed Chain Restaurants
Podcast: Evan & TikiPublished On: Wed Feb 18 2026
Description: The phones are ringing, Evan’s yelling, Tiki’s laughing, and nobody’s in control because it’s Cinco time. This one spirals fast when the “final Hooters on Long Island” goes down and Shaun Morash goes full food historian with a Top 5 list of chain restaurants we’ve lost (or are about to lose) locally. From Roy Rogers nostalgia and Bennigan’s smoke-stained memories, to TGI Fridays getting credit for potato skins, plus Friendly’s, Sizzler, Ground Round, and the Pizza Hut buffet glory days, this turns into a full-on Long Island food eulogy. Then it gets even better: a caller fact-checks Roy Rogers locations, the crew debates the Mount Rushmore of Wendy’s items. Chaos, nostalgia, and food takes that should probably be illegal.
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