Ground round grill bar is an american casual dining restaurant that was founded in 1969 by howard johnson s.
Ground round peanuts on floor.
In the 80s it made a national book as one of the hot spots to meet and socialize odd right.
The best part about this is that they let you just throw the peanut shells to the floor.
At that time the ground round was known for playing silent movies having a mascot named bingo the clown a pay what you weigh night and of course the peanut shelled floors.
So does some other steakhouse.
Apparently they are still in business in some form but certainly not around here.
Ground round and its peanut shell covered floor.
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What happened to the peanut shells on the floor.
And chi chi s which made fajitas a mainstream dish in.
The ground round was a popular restaurant growing up in my neck of the woods always packed with floors littered with peanut shells and one night a week was all you can eat wings.
And visitors could see that a few of the ground round s distinct original features still exist in some form.
Can t remember the name though.
Ground round grill bar.
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Bennigan s one of the first casual dining chains.
You didn t have to be prissy neat about it.
Here s a commercial for the old restaurant chain the ground round.
Each table now gets a basket of popcorn but the age old peanuts are available upon.
The peanut shells crunching under your feet the charlie chaplain and betty boop cartoons and bingo the clown were all reasons you wanted to have your birthday party at ground round.
Ground round used to do that.
On january 17 2010 independent owners cooperative llc became the owner of ground round a group originally formed of 30 franchisee owners which is based in freeport maine.
During the 1970s and 1980s ground round was well known for its children s parties showing silent movies.