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Reddit user ienjoysuffering asked: 'What discontinued menu item from a restaurant do you miss the most?'

Restaurants, whether they are part of a major chain or a beloved local establishment, offer dishes that have become favorites by repeat customers.

But in order for some of them to thrive in a competitive dining industry, owners of your favorite places for dinner are constantly updating their menus to attract newer customers and to stay relevant in the culinary scene.

Unfortunately, the changes come at the cost of banishing your favorite entrees to the past.


Curious to hear from dispirited diners online, Redditor enjoysuffering asked:

"What discontinued menu item from a restaurant do you miss the most?"

Fast food joints are constantly updating their menus–sometimes to much success, and others, much to the chagrin of fans.

Yesterday's Salad

"Wendy's used to have a mandarin orange chicken salad that was amazing and the potato wedges from Jack in the box!!"

– RogueSleuth_

"I remember that salad! As a kid I thought it was strange to put fruit in there until my mom let me try some."

– Wooden_Artist_2000

Bye To The Snack Wrap

"Every fast food placed used to have a chicken wrap, and I don't get why they're gone. I mean they were never that great, but they were the best food to eat while driving."

– Justice_Prince

The Colonel Has Spoken

"popcorn chicken from KFC. They were genius, why would they remove them?!?"

– Will-i-n-g

"KFC is dead to me. Why get rid of potato wedges? It's criminal."

– fingerpuppet716

Back To The Beginning

"The entire Subway menu needs to be switched back to it's original form."

– jimbosdayoff

"When you walk into a Quiznos and ask for a sub that has its ingredients pre-selected the workers actually knew what to put on it without looking at the menu.When you walk into subway and they have all these new fancy pre-made subs they have no f'kin idea what goes on it and just ask you what you want anyways."

– t_funnymoney

Nothing sweet about these goodbyes.

The Bell Said 'Adios'

"Caramel apple empanadas from Taco Bell."

– Capable-Pay-4308

"There were nights where I'd go to Taco bell for a caramel apple empanada...and that was it. Not sure what the staff thought of me when that happened, but I don't care. Those things were fcking delicious."

– Better-be-Gryffindor

A Scalding Hot Favorite

"The fried cherry pies from McDonald's."

"Some places still have fried apple pies (popeyes, Taco Bell used to have a fried caramel apple empanada), but nobody has cherry."

– NecroJoe

"Oh man...! I remember those as a kid! You had to wait a several minutes before you bit into it, otherwise the Liquid Hot Mmmag-ma that is the cherry or apple filling would lay waste to the roof of your mouth."

– Any_Street

Healthy Goodbye

"Fruit and yogurt parfait from McDonald’s. Don’t understand why they got rid of it."

– Billiesoceaneyes

"Can almost guarantee they became 'too expensive' when produce started going up like crazy. Hell, everything went up, I believe it was around early pandemic when there were supply-chain issues galore. But they got rid of salads right around the same time, I guess you can hold frozen stuff damn-near indefinitely, but not so yogurt or lettuce."

– Sp1d3rb0t

It's not always about fast food.

Mad At The Factory

"Cheesecake Factory f'ked me thrice."

"First, got rid of their chicken Caesar sandwich. Second, got ride of their shrimp po-boy sandwich (remoulade was awesome). Third, got rid of the chocolate peanut-butter cookie dough cheesecake."

"Complete a**holes."

– CalabreseAlsatian

Another One Bites The Dust

"They got rid of their Oreo cheesecake years ago and I’m still not over it. Now it’s a half chocolate cake, half Oreo cheesecake fudge thing and it’s just too much."

– FiftyShadesOfGregg

"Chocolate Perfection"

"Chocolate lasagna at Olive Garden early 2000s, not the fake thing they have now. The old one had like a whipped cream cheese icing between layers of fluffy chocolate cake. There were white chocolate shavings on top. I was broke but would buy slices of it to take home and slowly devour. It was chocolate perfection."

– GreyWanderingFish

It's the bargain prices these customers miss most.

Beloved Dollar Menu

"It's more a general thing, but back when there were actual dollar menus at fast food places."

"Like you could get 2 tacos, a Jr Bacon Cheeseburger, and fries for $3. The broke adult's feast."

"Now the 'value menu' is like $2-3 an item."

– AVBforPrez

Meal For A Steal

"90s prices"

– Kangaroowrangler_02

"I'll take even late 00's pricing."

– Bubba420

"$5 footlongs!"

– Professional-Kiwi176

I still lament the loss of the garden poutine that used to be offered at my favorite mediterranean restaurant in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan called Kashkaval Garden.

They seriously perfected the ratio between gravy and potato pork belly.

The other items on the menu are definitely delicious, but when they unceremoniously did away with my and my husband's favorite dish, it was enough for us not to go back.

Sad but true.

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