I miss Long John Silver's. Not for the fish, since I always ate the chicken planks. What I really miss there is the hush puppies.

We used to eat at LJS about once a month until their prices increased so much we stopped going there. I also thought their hush puppies were the best. In fact, I usually got an extra side order of them. That LJS place was near us and closed nearly two years ago, then was demolished. Nothing has yet been built on the site since. That is surprising as it is a prime location for fast food as it has lots of vehicle traffic.

Anyone else remember Alfie's and Arthur Treacher's fish and chips shops? They were big around 40-50 years ago.

We have both LJS and Captain D's near enough to us to satisfy cravings.

Both are doable. No complaints.

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Aurther Treacher's was actually from here in Columbus, Ohio. They bought that really old store in London England. The last two AT's were owned by a brother and sister. They are still open for business, one (Marino's) is in an Old AT's on west 5th Ave. The other has moved around Pickerington a few times, called Rusty's Warf.

In the late 60's, I remember when they opened the first AT's on Morse Road. The lines would be 800 to 1000 feet long down the service road! I believe 2-pieces of fish and a bed of chips was 89 cents! and 3-piece fish and chips was $1.09. Those were the days!

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I bet that not more than one person in a thousand today has any idea of who Arthur Treacher was. I remember an AT that had one of those double decker London busses parked in front of it. A real one, it was even drivable.

I remember him from his days as a character actor, typically playing an English butler. He became even more famous when he became the announcer/sidekick on the Merv Griffin Show. He was able to capitalize on that fame by opening up his fish & chips chain. I never ate there because there wasn't one near where I lived, so I don't know how good they were.

When I lived in California, I'd eat at H. Salt which had pretty good food. They had a policy of accepting British money. After my first trip to Europe, I had a few British coins left over (and that's about all I had left), so I went to my local H. Salt, and they did accept my coins as payment.

Today, about all we have around here is a Long John Silver's, sad to say. The food is not particularly good, and the closest store always gets our order wrong, so fish & chips have been missing from our diet for quite some time.

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Since Londinium keeps being mentioned and this thread desperately needs photos, here are two from the City of Westminster:

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50 years ago there was an Alfie's fish and chips in Amarillo, TX. My wife and I used to eat there quite often. I haven't had decent fish and chips since they closed.