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tcoria77 Member Since: June 2006 Contributions: 53 Gold Stars: 52 View User Posts	does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:21 pm Central Time hi guys, i live in memphis , and when i was younger, me and my mom, used to go to a restaurant called bonanza, it was a steakhouse, and it had a western theme, well bonanza left here yrs ago, and they had the best steak, ever, i was wondering have any of you ever ate at bonanza ?
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Beatles4ever Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 8146 Gold Stars: 763 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:27 pm Central Time Oh,my yes!We had one in our little town and was it ever popular!
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ChefPaulo Member Since: February 2006 Contributions: 375 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:24 pm Central Time They were in Pennsylvania, too, and quite a few as I remember. Its funny how huge chains of restaurants can dry up and disappear overnight. Remember Rib It? Steak and Brew? Victoria Station? Maybe not in your area, but now long gone.
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bobo123 Member Since: August 2006 Contributions: 15 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:27 pm Central Time I think they were the same as Ponderosa.
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Purple Panther Member Since: December 2005 Contributions: 1123 Gold Stars: 16 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:37 pm Central Time Absolutely! I ate there several times when I was a kid. It was the Pepsi to Ponderosa's Coke in our town. I wonder if the Cartwrights (Hoss and Little Joe) inspired those names.
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Purple Panther Member Since: December 2005 Contributions: 1123 Gold Stars: 16 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:37 pm Central Time I apologize for the triple post. My system has been invaded by gremlins!
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Purple Panther Member Since: December 2005 Contributions: 1123 Gold Stars: 16 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:37 pm Central Time Absolutely! I ate there several times when I was a kid. It was the Pepsi to Ponderosa's Coke in our town. I wonder if the Cartwrights (Hoss and Little Joe) inspired those names.
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eeyore19 Member Since: February 2006 Contributions: 3402 Gold Stars: 80 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:08 am Central Time We had a Bonanza/Ponderosa for a while. I don't remember if it started out as Bonanza for a few years and switched to Ponderosa, or vice versa. They closed up about 20 years ago, and there's an East Side Mario's there now. _________________ You're way too intelligent for my sarcasm. Current Terror Level:
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Railyn Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 693 Gold Stars: 12 View User Posts	Re: does anyone remember bonanza restaurants Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:12 am Central Time We still have a number of Bonanza restaurants here in Central PA. They're usually all the same - outdated, and in need of a good scrubdown. They're a big hit with the older crowd. We only had one Ponderosa, and it was about a 45 minute drive from here, in front of a mall we used to frequent. It was always pretty icky, but my husband loved to eat there. The last time we were there, he got violently ill in the parking lot (in front of several vans full of people, who turned around and left when they saw him). There was a Ponderosa when I lived in Ohio, but I once walked in, and walked right back out.
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