So there just aren't any of these restaurants left. Anyone know why they are all failing? With all the nonsense AT posts on this board you'd think there is reasonable unmet demand for battered fish.

There used to be on in Falls Church, and one in Woodbridge. The District Heights MD location off Donnell Drive just shut down with no notice, as did the Capitol Heights version.

The one in Dale City is barely holding on, likely to fail soon.

You'd think the cobranded locations (Taco Bell/A&W+LJS) would make sense, but apparently not. What gives?

They are LJS in NY State, and the are also a few ATs in NY as well.

Everything is just better in NY just ask Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton, two of the most famous NYers in history.

McDonalds filet o fish is now on the two for Five menu. Yummy!

To answer Fish Head's question, it's because they didn't sell Fish Head Soup.
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It's a conspiracy!
McDonald's is running any legitimate fish outlets out of business.
Maybe involved in Chesapeake Bay Seafood failure.
All to leave us no option but the hideous fillet O fish.

My spouse likes McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. God knows what that thing is made of????? Yuck.

fish heads fish heads Wrote:
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> My spouse likes McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. God knows
> what that thing is made of????? Yuck.

It's interesting that you say that.
I like most kinds of fish, I like the variety of flavors and textures.
I guy I used to work with hated fish. All fish. Except McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. He would always order 2 of them. When I pointed out the contradiction, he would always say that he wasn't sure it was really fish, so therefor, it was OK.

Bill Mumy Wrote:
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> fish heads fish heads Wrote:
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> > My spouse likes McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. God
> knows
> > what that thing is made of????? Yuck.
>
> It's interesting that you say that.
> I like most kinds of fish, I like the variety of
> flavors and textures.
> I guy I used to work with hated fish. All fish.
> Except McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. He would always
> order 2 of them. When I pointed out the
> contradiction, he would always say that he wasn't
> sure it was really fish, so therefor, it was OK.
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From the McDonald's nutrition webpage:

FISH FILET PATTY:
Ingredients: Pollock, Wheat Flour, Water, Modified Food Starch, Contains 2% or Less: Yellow Corn Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Whey, Dextrose, Dried Yeast, Sugar, Cellulose Gum, Colored with Paprika and Turmeric Extract, Spice Extractives.

CONTAINS: FISH (POLLOCK), WHEAT AND MILK.
Prepared in Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with TBHQ and Citric Acid Added to Preserve Freshness).
Dimethylpolysiloxane Added as an Antifoaming Agent.


410 Calories

20 gramsTotal Fat: (31% DV)

39 gramsTotal Carbs: (13% DV)

18 gramsProtein

Mike_Hunt Wrote:
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> Bill Mumy Wrote:
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> > fish heads fish heads Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > My spouse likes McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. God
> > knows
> > > what that thing is made of????? Yuck.
> >
> > It's interesting that you say that.
> > I like most kinds of fish, I like the variety
> of
> > flavors and textures.
> > I guy I used to work with hated fish. All fish.
> > Except McDonald's Filet-O-Fish. He would always
> > order 2 of them. When I pointed out the
> > contradiction, he would always say that he
> wasn't
> > sure it was really fish, so therefor, it was
> OK.
> .
>
>
> From the McDonald's nutrition webpage:
>
> FISH FILET PATTY:
> Ingredients: Pollock, Wheat Flour, Water, Modified
> Food Starch, Contains 2% or Less: Yellow Corn
> Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Whey, Dextrose,
> Dried Yeast, Sugar, Cellulose Gum, Colored with
> Paprika and Turmeric Extract, Spice Extractives.
>
> CONTAINS: FISH (POLLOCK), WHEAT AND MILK.
> Prepared in Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Corn Oil,
> Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with TBHQ
> and Citric Acid Added to Preserve Freshness).
> Dimethylpolysiloxane Added as an Antifoaming
> Agent.
>
>
> 410 Calories
>
> 20 gramsTotal Fat: (31% DV)
>
> 39 gramsTotal Carbs: (13% DV)
>
> 18 gramsProtein

Yeah, right. That's what THEY say. LOL

Funny thing is, I remember when pollock was considered a trash fish: they'd throw it away. Long John Silver's was one of the first places Americans were exposed to it, per
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/fisherman-turns-80-into-1-1-billion-by-popularizing-trash-fish

That trans fat deep fried stuff at LJS is about the worst food you can eat.

And this comes from a guy who loves deep fried crap.

I used to pass by the one that was on Rt. 7 at the edge of Falls Church. If I had to stop at the traffic light there, I hated the smell from the place when the wind blew from that direction.

Greybeard Wrote:
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> Funny thing is, I remember when pollock was
> considered a trash fish: they'd throw it away.
> Long John Silver's was one of the first places
> Americans were exposed to it, per
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19
> /fisherman-turns-80-into-1-1-billion-by-popularizi
> ng-trash-fish


Flank Steak used to be considered a trash meat as well. My family lived off of that shit because my parents could get it so for next to nothing. Now I can barely afford it!!!!

Typical reasons a restaurant closes, any one of combination of these:
- Quality of food has become worse.
- Quality of service has become worse.
- Changing demographics of area and people not care for the kind of food the restaurant serves. Hmmmmm, no surprise for Fairfax County and some other parts of Northern Virginia.
- Restaurant lost lease.
- Restaurant costs have risen, such as increase in minimum wage.
- Economic decline in area, recession causes loss of jobs, people has less money for eating out or moved away to less expensive area.

Any of those reasons cause a restaurant to be less profitable and cannot stay in business.

I like going to LJS in Warrenton. I get fried fish planks with fries , hushpuppies , and double coleslaw. I take all that food home to eat so I will be near a shitter.

It’s Donald Trump’s fault. He likes McDonalds not LJS. So he ordered the CIA to launch a covert operation to put them all out of business. James Comey wrote about this in his book

OH NO!!

I have been confusing Arthur Treacher's with Long John Silver's for far too long.

There's one in Midland Park, NJ, fam.

Guess which one.

Long John Silvers in Warrenton is still going strong and has just been remodeled.The one in Dale city is open as well as Charles Town West Virginia.

Fuck yeah, Warrenton is only hour away from me.

Silly sods. Arthur Treachers or nothing. Cheerio!

Long John Silver has a new mac n cheese special with fried fish crumbles for crunch and flavour.

Real seafood should be from real sea-places, like, you know, oceans. So that’s exactly where we source ours from.

We’re no one trick sea pony. Sure, we’ve got the classic fried fish and chips you love, but we also have delicious grilled seafood options on our menu of delica-seas.

https://www.ljsilvers.com/seafood/

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LJS used to have a all you can eat bar on Sundays, I used to tear that shit up.

Arthur Treacher is a bitch ass punk motherfucker. Fuck that nigga.

You shut your whore mouth, donk. Arthur Treacher's is the Cadillac of fast food fishes, ricky.

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I frequently go to Charles Town Racing and Slots in West Virginia. Thankfully there are two Long John Silvers in close proximity to the race track. I always enjoy stopping by and feasting on several fish sandwiches after a night of successful betting. I recommend these two restaurants highly, it is well worth the trip from Fairfax

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> I used to pass by the one that was on Rt. 7 at the
> edge of Falls Church. If I had to stop at the
> traffic light there, I hated the smell from the
> place when the wind blew from that direction.


A boy i liked in HS use to work there and he use to smell like that a lot.