Andy Chase

McDonald’s old-school deep-fried Apple Pies.

Apparently there was one McDonald’s in Allston, Massachusetts that kept selling them well into the 1990’s, but then it burned down.

Pizza Hut Priazzo

I believe they used to market it as “stuffed pizza”. The usual Pizza Hut ingredients in an inch-deep, crackery sort of crust, with more crust and cheese on top.

Hostess Pudding Pies

But not the green Ninja Turtle ones.

Snapple Soda

Tru Root Beer was the best, but I seem to recall a nice Raspberry-Lime flavor too.

Mister Donut

They had the coolest logo. We hardly ever actually bought donuts from the one that used to be in Gardner because they had a counter where all the old timers would go and smoke cigarettes, giving the all of the donuts a nice ashtray aftertaste.

The Pewter Pot

I can’t remember ever actually eating at one, but I was always fascinated by the anachronistic, heavy, dark colonial theme when you’d walk by one in the middle of a shopping mall.

Polar Orange Bitter

It was more or less like the “Orange Dry” they still sell, except it had quinine in it.

Friendly Cola

Friendly restaurants (back when they were “Friendly”, not “Friendly’s”) used to sell their own cola, which actually tasted like cola.

Fribbles

Speaking of Friendly’s, am I the only person on the planet who remembers when the Fribble was the super-thick, almost-too-thick-for-a-straw milk shake? That was the whole point of calling it something other than a regular old milkshake. I don’t know when they changed it, but I’ll never forgive them.

Deering Ice Cream

They were a lot like Friendly Restaurants, but just around Portland, Maine. They had their own green lemon-lime soda.