Hey Blake,
After seeing an article about the comeback of the Roy Rogers fast food restaurant chain, I told a friend how I remembered going to one in Metairie as a child. Where was it and were there other locations here?
The fast food chain named after Roy Rogers, the legendary singing and acting “King of the Cowboys,” opened in 1968. Rogers licensed his name to the western-themed restaurant chain, which at its peak included more than 600 locations across the U.S. The menu included roast beef sandwiches, hamburgers, fried chicken and more.
In 1969, just a year after its founding, the chain had five locations in the metro New Orleans area: 6309 S. Claiborne Ave.; 4122 Chef Menteur Highway; 701 Westbank Expressway in Gretna; 1001 Veterans Blvd. at Oaklawn Drive; and 4713 Veterans Blvd. at Clearview Parkway. Later there were also locations in Kenner, Slidell and on Belle Chasse Highway…