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05/03/2005: Speaking of extinct restaurant chains....
the Fark thread referenced earlier pointed me to this Red Barn nostalgia page. Red Barn was a chain of fast food restaurants (barn shaped, of course) which featured burgers, fish sandwiches and chicken (along with several annoying muppet-type mascots called "the Hungries"--Hamburger Hungry, Chicken Hungry, and Fish Hungry--and a seriously annoying ad jingle--"When the hungries hit, when the hungries hit, hit, hit the Red Barn"). This registered with me because back in my childhood in St. Louis there was a Red Barn at the northwest corner of Pernod and Hampton Avenues, right across Hampton from the St. Joan of Arc parish campus (ok, Eschmann, if you're reading here's your cue to speak up in the comments...). The distinctive barn shaped building became a Chippewa First Financial Bank branch sometime; IIRC I was working for a law firm that represented the bank in my first job in the St. Louis area after leaving the Navy JAG Corps. I wonder if the building's still there, and if so, what it's being used for now.
Obviously, I'm overdue for a "whatever happened to my childhood?!?!?!" St. Louis visit soon....
Len on 05.03.05 @ 12:16 PM CST
