Monroeville Kings is closedSubmitted by CommonTruck t3_ye9wem in pittsburgh
sopabe6197 t1_itx4lfi wrote
After the chain was sold the food quality declined rapidly. It's a shame.
Excelius t1_itxag7s wrote
The Plum location just closed too, though that was because the plaza is being bulldozed to build a bigger Sheetz. There were hopes that might boost the business at the Monroeville location.
Don't think the chain has much of a future. New owners just drove it into the ground.
James19991 t1_itxbeah wrote
It's pretty sad. 15 years ago, it was a solid option.
Pencilveinyah t1_itxiqce wrote
15 years is a lifetime in the restaurant industry
James19991 t1_itxqdc5 wrote
Very true
Watchyousuffer t1_itxurp6 wrote
Wait really? On golden mile highway with conca d'oro?
Excelius t1_itxvejp wrote
Yeah. Just as of like a month ago.
Kings Family Restaurant in Plum closes to make way for new Sheetz
IrrumaboMalum t1_itxw4yh wrote
It feels like we're seeing the Franchise Wars of Demolition Man - but Sheetz is winning, not Taco Bell.
BackmarkerLife t1_itxyxf2 wrote
Sheetz is fortifying its positions to stand against Wawa.
IrrumaboMalum t1_ity30y6 wrote
DOWN WITH WAWA! SHEETZ RISE UP!
Wait...that doesn't sound too good...
Top_File_8547 t1_iu0iqpt wrote
I thought that they had an informal agreement to not encroach on each other’s territory.
LL_is_a_Cool_J t1_itycrsq wrote
And Sheetz is shit too boot.
I can't see the huge draw their places have.
Overpriced shitty food heated up in microwaves...
Most of the stores are dirty if you really look, like around the food prep areas, dust balls hanging off signs above the food prep area, dirty floors... The hundreds of slobs that touch the lottery machines, coffee machines... It's really funny how they pushed the covid masking while the entire rest of the time they've been opened they are probably responsible for god knows how many people getting sick from their dirty gern infested stores.
I'll take me a Rutters or even Speedway over any Sheetz in existence any day and all day.
IrrumaboMalum t1_ityet9f wrote
What Sheetz have you been going to?
LL_is_a_Cool_J t1_iu0mdxb wrote
I'll take some pics and start a new thread.
The ones around Indiana County are freaking disgusting.
I drive for a living and get to stop at lots of places.
I'll take the food quality and cleanliness of a Rutters any day and the food at a Speedway over any gross Sheetz slop also on any day.
IrrumaboMalum t1_iu1vvid wrote
The Sheetz around me are all pretty clean overall, aside from when they get slammed once in a while and literally cannot spare staff to clean stuff because everyone is either behind a register or in the kitchen preparing orders.
LL_is_a_Cool_J t1_iu25gdw wrote
Look at the signage and such above the food prep area, take a look at the tops of the cooking machines, at the smoke alarms in the stores. You're very likely to see dust rabbits, not little bunnies but full on dust rabbits clinging to the signs above where the food is made and around the edges of the floors at the walls.
Maybe it's just the few I go into that are shitty.
IrrumaboMalum t1_iu2iqt0 wrote
The only one in Indiana I've been to regularly (or semi-regularly) is the one on 119, I think, since it's close to my dad and stepmom's camp.
The ones I go to most often are Babcock, Monroeville (closest to 376, rarely do I go to the one past the mall) and on Route 8. Those ones usually seem pretty decent. I used to go to the one in Cranberry a lot, but since I left the shop I was working at there to do my current expat assignment I haven't been there much aside from stopping there on my way to the range at the game lands when I'm on vacation.
rangoon03 t1_itzg8co wrote
Any Speedway I’ve been in is gross and isn’t in the same universe as Sheetz.
LL_is_a_Cool_J t1_iu0jp5b wrote
The Speedway on 22 in New Alec is clean.
Cleaner than any Sheetz I've been in.
Tonyclifton69 t1_itz60k0 wrote
Conca D’Oro is staying though
Watchyousuffer t1_itzcxuh wrote
oh, so the strip mall isn't being torn down? I thought it made sense because a lot of those shops have emptied out, although it does say they're for lease
Tonyclifton69 t1_itzd1nf wrote
According to Louie (the owner) , they’re just moving down a few doors in the plaza (I think where zakia used to be)
Watchyousuffer t1_itzjmlp wrote
gotcha. thanks for the info!
purplegladys2022 t1_itx9okn wrote
Was at that location pre-covid, I was served moldy toast. Never seen moldy toast before.
Ninja_420_69 t1_itxe1ts wrote
Is that moldy bread that was toasted or toast that sat around long enough to mold?
purplegladys2022 t1_itzgdxt wrote
It was moldy bread that was so moldy it survived toasting.
TiesThrei t1_ityc2gt wrote
No one keeps toast. I'd think the toasting would kill mold on bread, though... unless the mold had become so resolute that the bread was more mold than bread before toasting. Edit: dropped the /s
vVSidewinderVv t1_iu0uh4s wrote
Sounds like some high end restaurant BS. Aged breakfast steak served with equally aged toast and eggs. Add in some oatmeal breakfast stout and call the place ARKEGIC.
BoringAdventures t1_itxdbur wrote
Used to love eating there w/ my dad before work. You're 100% correct, took a nose dive.
paddle_forth t1_itxpurd wrote
"It's a Burgh thing"
eisme t1_itznqg8 wrote
Growing up, I worked at the Plum location for a few summers in the 80s. I loved the food so much and never got tired of eating it, for my shift meals. Fast forward to the early 2000s when I stopped into a location in Wexford. I got something that I'd regularly ordered ~20 years earlier and it tasted like it had been pulled from the microwave. What a disappointment. I never went back again. King's has been in business for far too long.
Corny_Toot t1_itz8o8l wrote
It really did. We used to go there all the time. I miss their fries!
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