... And we never ate it again.

[cirquelover]

Originally Posted by Alex

Do any Portland area people know if Burgerville is still doing Tillamook cheese turkey burgers? If not then the is a slightly darker place for me.

I'm not from Portland but there is a Burgerville in the next town, so yes last time I was there they still had them. Right now it's walla walla onion rings but for $7+ for 6 onion rings isn't worth it. I like the fresh shakes and sundaes with seasonal berries. Of course I'm all about the fresh fruit here in Oregon though.

[~MS~]

Oh McRibs....mystery meat or not ...yum...but they aren't really 'gone' they keep reappearing each year for a limited engagement.

[Mousey Girl]

Growing up in Hilmar was hard, everything good was located elsewhere. Whenever my sister had an Honor Band concert in Modesto we would go out to icecream. it was the only way my parents could get me to go. I miss Penguin icecream. They had a sundae called Crop Duster. It was mint icecream with malt powder sprinkled on it. When we moved here there was a Penguin, but it was not the same.

[Capt Jack]

how can it be possible that I just climbed out of bed, have barely had coffee...and that sounds freakin awesome???

[Not Afraid]

A&W Root Beer has that frosty good taste.


My "treats" as a kid were space food sticks, fiddle faddle, bugles and tang.

[Alex]

I like A&W root beer, but all the restaurants in my area growing up had closed and we never ate there (there was one but it was out of the way and we had Burgerville so why bother). So all I ever knew was the canned version.

So it was quite a shock when I moved to California and had a couple conveniently located on my long drive routes (Vacaville outlet mall; Patterson on way to Disneyland) and I stopped and ordered a large root beer from the tap only to find that it is absolutely vile. Way too much vanilla in it and way too carbonated for my preferences.

So sad for this root beer lover that the only wide scale "on tap" root beer is gross. Fortunately our local beer-couch-and-pizza theater has a good root beer on tap but that is only a twice-a-year destination.

[BarTopDancer]

I miss this delicious maple walnut ice cream that we used to get in Nova Scotia at a walk-up ice cream stand that was next to this restaurant that I really miss (it's still there but it's a bit far to go to for dinner). Their DQ carries similar ice cream, but it's still to far to go for ice cream

I also miss that dang 4-flavored candy bar. Miss E is going to bring a few home from UT but they aren't the same brand. Hopefully I can trick my brain though.

[Ponine]

Does Fantasia ice cream count in this thread? I miss it.

[Capt Jack]

any items that you used to eat/love that can no longer be had in its original form counts here.

like Picnic-n-chicken 'chick-itos'. chicken rolled tacos. my first exposure to rolled tacos of anykind. looking back, they kinda sucked compared to whats commonly available now, but back then they were da bomb

[katiesue]

Space food stix - have a box of em at home. The new version. They come in smaller pieces than the original stix but they taste about the same.

A&W drive up. Teen burger please. When I was a kid it was my dream job to work at A&W. Lofty expectations I know.

Arctic Circle fry sauce - our only other fast food in town.

McDonalds cherry pie - my absolute favorite but I'm sure I've still got burn marks from eating them before they cooled down.

Jack in the Box pizza pockets.

Egg Roll Fantasy - it was on Saratoga/Sunnyvale road in Cupertino. They had every kind of filling - pizza, cheeseburger, gosh they were good.

Hippo Kiss from the Hippo resturant in San Francisco.

Doggie Diner