As a child of the late 1980s and early 1990s, I’d be a huge liar if I said I didn’t spend my fair share of time in fast food restaurants growing up.
I used to hit all the classics: McDonald’s, Burger King, Long John Silver’s, and my personal favorite, White Castle.
White Castle, oh how I long for thee…oh sorry, I didn’t mean to say that out loud.
But the point is that the 1980s and ’90s were the Golden Age for fast food joints, and people really have a lot of strong memories about them.
Apparently, a lot of these tweets got rolling because folks on Twitter were talking about how Wendy’s used to be yellow and things went from there.
Let’s take a trip back in time with these fast food tweets.
1. I want all of this right now.
Probably not good for the gut, though.
I’m this old .. pic.twitter.com/EOiGb7eQCR
— Chibaku Tensei🌑 (@onapowertrip) December 8, 2020
2. I still remember the first Subway I ever went to.
It was a magical journey.
People are talking about Yellow Wendy’s, but not mentioning early 90’s Subway, complete with yellow furniture and newspaper wallpaper…about subways. pic.twitter.com/A2E6Iux1vG
— MWF (@MWF78332042) December 10, 2020
3. The yellow Wendy’s…
Do you remember?
https://twitter.com/IronicallyBravo/status/1335697965277736960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1335697965277736960%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Flizmrichardson%2Fyellow-wendys-fast-food-nostalgic-tweets
4. The best of the best.
The jukebox was pretty solid, too!
https://twitter.com/shannyy/status/1337059059988623361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337059059988623361%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Flizmrichardson%2Fyellow-wendys-fast-food-nostalgic-tweets
5. Wild ’90s colors all over the place.
Feels like an episode of Saved by the Bell.
https://twitter.com/AllYouCanEat22/status/1337038872098856976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337038872098856976%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Flizmrichardson%2Fyellow-wendys-fast-food-nostalgic-tweets
6. There are a lot of cool McDonald’s locations out there.
A lot of stuff went down in those Playlands.
yellow wendy’s? i remember when my local mcdonalds looked like this 😔 pic.twitter.com/kM3BdFhz3r
— mewtype ☆ (@dadaraen) December 10, 2020
7. Styrofoam for days.
They weren’t too concerned about the environment back then…
Yellow Wendy’s is trending but I grew up on 80s McDonald’s 🍟 pic.twitter.com/Tebp3nf6dK
— TodayInSports (@TodayInSportsCo) December 10, 2020
8. I do not remember the McDLT.
I missed this one somehow.
https://twitter.com/suzma_gooz/status/1337066560838635523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337066560838635523%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Flizmrichardson%2Fyellow-wendys-fast-food-nostalgic-tweets
9. Oh man, this was some good stuff.
It was always nice and greasy!
Yellow Wendy’s is cute but I’m Little Caesars pizza pizza in a paper wrapper on Friday nights old pic.twitter.com/4zZBD2LZbn
— 🐦 Sky Blue Designs LLC 🐦 (@SkyBlueBirdie) December 10, 2020
10. Check out that ashtray!
And those old Taco Bell wrappers!
https://twitter.com/TweetingCrap/status/1337043319382290438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337043319382290438%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Flizmrichardson%2Fyellow-wendys-fast-food-nostalgic-tweets
11. Going wayyyy back with this one.
You never forget your first time.
Yellow Wendy's hell, I'm this old… pic.twitter.com/fy8ILQMt2U
— Tony LoyalⓋ🇺🇦 (@TonyLoyal1) December 10, 2020
12. Kind of wild to think about this now.
That was a lot of fun!
https://twitter.com/GXNEManny/status/1337059398829662212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337059398829662212%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Flizmrichardson%2Fyellow-wendys-fast-food-nostalgic-tweets
Okay, time to spill the beans…
What’s your favorite fast food restaurant?
Talk to us in the comments! Let’s get greasy!
