Gen X Chronicles
What Happened to Our Fast Food?
Fast food used to be fast, cheap, and dependable. Now it’s slower, pricier, and trying to be fancy, and we miss the simple drive thru magic we grew up with. [Continue Reading]
Hardees
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
The Ghostbusters II Promotion at Hardees
Let’s rewind the tape to 1989. I was knee-deep in Ghostbusters fever, and fast food promotions were hitting their golden [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
The Summer of Thunder at Hardee’s
Days of Thunder hit theaters in 1990, and I was all in on it. All in except for actually going [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
Hardee’s Fried Chicken of the 90s
Like most other American households in the 1980s, when my family wanted fried chicken, we got it from Kentucky Fried [Continue Reading]
Mickey's Retro Ramblings
I Was In Love With Hardee’s New York Patty Melt in 1993
In the spring of 1993, when my teenage appetite was as bottomless as my love for fast food, Hardee’s introduced [Continue Reading]