BUSINESS: Great Lakes Dive Center LOCATION: Van Dyke between 21 & 22 Mile Roads, Utica, Michigan USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Saved so much money not having to buy and install their own pier motifs! PHOTO: Michael Pfaendtner
BUSINESS: Five Star Country Kitchen LOCATION: Groesbeck Highway, Mount Clemens, Michigan USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Are we sure this wasn’t a Mexican restaurant in between? PHOTO: Michael Pfaendtner
BUSINESS: Mi Pueblito LOCATION: Pasadena, Texas USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Mi Pueblito takes the higher ground here by doing almost nothing, and gives the visual nightmare of a Taco Bell/Long John’s combo next door (such betrayal!) enough rope to hang
BUSINESS: Jilberto’s Mexican & Sea Food LOCATION: Dallas, Texas USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Suddenly incredibly festive pink makes me crave fish tacos. A success! (Bonus points for being a -berto.) PHOTO: Gary & Aric
BUSINESS: Chicago Style Gyros LOCATION: Harding Road near I-24, Nashville, TN USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Now, I’m from Chicago, and I have to say it was not really our style to serve gyros out of a seafood
BUSINESS: Shanghai Express LOCATION: Armenia Avenue at Tampa Bay Boulevard, Tampa, Florida USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: You can take the cupola off of the roof, but I can still smell the hush puppies! PHOTO: Brad Hissing
BUSINESS: Tuptim Thai LOCATION: Washtenaw Avenue, Ypsilanti, Michigan USED TO BE A: Long John Silver’s CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: I am sorry to report they did take out the Captain’s Bell. PHOTO: Liz Clayton
