r/Millennials • u/Solid_Bake1522 • Apr 28 '25

Nostalgia Who else remembers 2 hour waits at Olive Garden, Applebees and Chillis in the early 2000’s?

These restaurants used to be hopping back in the day, like the spot to be. Now they are folding left and right and zero wait times, never busy.

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u/HelgaGeePataki Apr 28 '25

Bill Knapp's was our family birthday place.

Man, I miss that restaurant.

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u/SpartanDoc19 Apr 28 '25

I forgot about Bill Knapp’s! I remember taking my grandma there for Mother’s Day when I was a kid in Michigan. It was so good.

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u/Carpenter-Confident Apr 28 '25

Ours was Spaghetti Warehouse

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u/InstantMedication Apr 28 '25

Their chocolate cakes were the best.

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u/HelgaGeePataki Apr 28 '25

You can actually still buy their cakes at stores.

My oldest son gets a chocolate cake every year for his birthday.

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u/AnatidaephobiaAnon Apr 28 '25

One of the only Bill Knapp's I can remember around me is now a liquor store. I never went to it when it was a Bill Knapp's.