According to rumors, the downfall started when Valle’s Steak House grew too ambitious with their expansion.
To make matters worse, there was an oil crisis that caused many economic problems. Sadly, in the year 2000, the last location closed in Portland Oregon.
G. D. Ritzy’s
The chain had 120 locations originally, but it started going down and eventually ended up with just three locations by the time it was liquidated in 1991.
Although most of their stores have already closed down, there are still some open in Evansville, Indiana and Huntington, West Virginia.
Valle’s Steak House
Valle’s Steak House was considered revolutionary during its time. In 1933, loyal customers were offered their famous surf and turf meal for a fairly low price, when it was opened by Donald Valle.
It eventually became popular and expanded to more and more locations throughout the 1970s.
La Petite Boulangerie
The name sounds very classy, doesn’t it? La Petite Boulangerie, otherwise known as “The Little Bakery,” was an American chain that started with only two stores in 1977.
Shortly after opening, it was bought by PepsiCo and franchised out. From there, the chains started growing rapidly. La Petite Boulangerie had 140 locations nationwide at its peak.
La Petite Boulangerie
Then they were bought out by Mrs. Fields Original Cookies Inc. and ended up trading hands a few times until they were finally acquired by Java City.
There were no longer any La Petite Boulangerie locations by the end of 2000. No matter how many times this restaurant changed, it is still worthy of making this list.