I remember them. They used to sell KFC.

I remember when Gino's used to sell a "Hero Burger" which was a rectangular burger on a sub roll. My favorite was the Hero Burger with Cheese. Delicious...another tasty '70s treat.

The best burger was the "Gino Giant". tasted great. Do You remember the name of the boy on the sign holding up the bucket of chicken?

Talking about Gino's at work today and when thinking about the good ole days, yes, the Gino's Giant and the Gino's Hero Burger are engraved as part of the good ole days, good food to eat good memories to remember.

The ginos giant was much better the the big mac or the whopper in my opinion.

I worked @ Gino's in the 70's. The best aapple pies - deep fried - the special was $1.29, the dinner was $1.79 and the thrift box was $3.99, the bucket was $6.99 and the bucket was $8.99. The Hero burger was not as good as the Gino Giant. The good old days... The store was in Ridley Twp Pa.

Your description couldn't be more wrong. While I do remember Gino's going downhill late in the 70's, they had over 300 locations at the time and were bought out by I believe Marriot who changed the restaurant to their stinking Roy Rogers with the horse meat roast beef. Gino's did not fold up, they sold out. And had the best burgers.

The Gino's giant was absolutely better than the Big Mac. I remenber when they went out of business and I had my first Big Mac. What a let down. I am not a fast food junky, but I do remember going to Gino's on the way down to the Jersey shore. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end.

they were bought up by Marriott International and turned into Roy Rogers What a shame

I've worked for Ginos's in the 70's and was a manager in the following stores. Marlton, Berlin,Mt Ephraim, Vineland, Stratford, and Turnersville. The Big Mac was the best sandwich ever.

I grew up in Philly and we use to go to Gino's resturant all the time. I use to love the Hero hamburgers and vanilla milkshakes! It would good if they came back in business... just to mess up the competition! hahaha

I was just talking to my son and his girlfriend about the Gino's slogan - "Gino's is the place to go." Really loved the Gino's Giant until they came out with the Hero Burger. The Hero Burger, large fries and strawberry milkshake was my favorite meal everytime our family went to Gino's.

Boy oh Boy....I sure would love to have a Hero Burger or Gino Giant today! They were the best eva.

I remember growing up, we didn't have much at all. Going to Gino's was an absolute treat and I remember with great pride being old enough to get a Gino Giant all for myself. Definitely tasted better than the Big Mac. I remember the store in Roxborough, PA, near the Domino Lane shopping center. Ah, good times!!

There was a Gino's on McClean Blvd in baltimore just down the street from my elementary school. We were also treated to Gino's when our little leage team won the championship. I remember that $1 would feed you and you got change back.

If you're a Gino's fan, go to facebook and search "Everybody Goes to Gino's" for BIG news.

I am now forty-three and can still taste a Gino's Giant, what a memory. I always said if I hit the pick-6 I would find the owner and bring them back that was my best memory of hillside,NJ I now live in Durham, NC wish they were here so my daughter could taste what had in life so good.Love Gino's Forever....

Man, my mouth waters whenever i think about them GIno Giants and The Hero. Best burgers ever made, loved that square Hero with cheese and a shake. Those were the good ole days in baltimore.

I used to always go to the Gino's on MacDade Blvd. in Ridley Twp. back in the 70's. The Gino Giant was the burger of choice. They really were the best and I miss Gino's a lot. The reason I found this site is we were talking about it last night and tonight we are making some homemade Gino Giant Burgers!! Wanted to see if I could find a picture or recipe. From what I remember the sauce was the right blend of Mayo and Ketchup (hey, it's homemade so we have to make do) on top of a double cheeseburger. I'll write back and let you know how they came out.

Well, they didn't exactly come out the way I remember them, but they were still pretty good. Hardest part it trying to get the burgers that thin without falling apart. So the burgers puffed up a bit making them awkward in the bun. Would love to see Gino's make a comeback. They really were one of the best of their day.

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I worked for Gino's at the Trevose Pa. restaurant through my junior and senior years. When I graduated high school and went to college Gino's helped support my education. Upon completing college I went in the management and had a total of 9 years with Gino's I'am currently very interested in getting more info about this historic come back. Gino's was my all time favorite place to work. I meet my wife at Gino's and we are still married for 31 years. If anyone want to reach me my email address is kemenes2249@msn.com

I worked at Gino's in West Caldwell, NJ in the early/mid 70's. and love reminicing, reading the memories here. Question to those who also worked there - what did they sell to go with KFC? I don't recall potatoes, cole slaw or biscuits. (What did you get in the thrift box - just chicken??)

This one makes me smile. We used to go to Gino's way more than we did any other fast food place. My all time favorite sandwich was the Hero which was way better than the Big Mac. When I was young, I had to have surgery around Christmas time. The anesthesia made me violently ill, and it was a while before I wanted food. The minute my appetite came back, I asked for a Hero and fries from Gino's. It was soooo good. Later, there were rumors of rat infestation and soon after that they closed Gino's down. Sometimes when I drive by the old place(it's a cleaners now) I get a little lump in my throat. I miss Arby's too and Arthur Treacher's but not as much as Gino's.

I started working for gino,s from 1973 to 1979 at broad and snyder phila, pa. I have many old photos of the building patio counter mid section and the famous chicken room from cooking with the pressure pots and lids to the famous stste of the art collectramatics.What a great place it was to work and at only 1.50 an hour.Onfriday nights we made more giants than any other sandwich and at that time they were only 55 cents each.Our store was so busy all the time, the company enlarged our patio to occupy 200 people. Our store number was 04077.Our store was built in 1972 in the heart of south Philadelphia.Gino Marchetti came to see our store and was very impressed about how clean it was.I met a girl Diane there and married her in 1983. I am going to start sending my photos into the website soon. So many people are going to enjoy them very much,so stay tuned Ialso have the original menu board picture still hanging proudly on my garage wall and my limited edition license plate that i use to have on the front of my 1967 fairlane back in 1973.We all had some great relationships there and it wasn,t like going to work, We just had so much fun working there.Unfortunatly the store was torn down in 1993 and a wallgreens now rests on that great spot.I can't wait to send the pictures of all of us standing next to our clean stations at the end of the night.

I do remember me and my family going to get the bucket of chicken along with the biscuits that were out of this world & the Gino Giant burgers. The Gino Giant was the tops & i remember saying that the bigmac was just to small and didnot tast anything like the Gino Giant. Somone needs to bring it back and hope they would make it the same.

I remember a Gino's in Levittown PA Near the Oxford Valley Mall. Does anyone remember where that was exactly?

The Gino's your'e talking about was in LANGHORNE and is currently a MickeyD's (ugh) and yes Gino's is coming back, but this time they will be more like Five Guys Burgers than McD's or your other Garden variety fast food joint

Gino Giants were EVERYBODY's favorite here at the jersey shore...I was in a car accident in 76, had both legs in casts and was on demerol for the pain, couldn't keep ANYTHING down, til my mother sneaked me a gino giant (which the girl double wrapped for the trip..LOL)....that wqs my first solid food in a week and I kept EVERY bite down....so happy to hear Gino's are making a comeback, hope they eventually include the ocean or monmouth county areas of the jersey shore.....we'll make it worth the while, I'm sure...WELCOME BACK...(even if I have to take a road trip on occasion.....

I work at at Giant and today a gentalman came into our store and left his business card from Ginosgiant.com stating Gino's was comming back! Greg our cashier could not stop talking about Gino Giants to every customer. As for myself,I can remember walking a mile every day for a Gino Giant. We are telling alot of customers about the comeback. Love it.

I used to love the Gino's Hero, as mentioned earlier. I was just old enough to have a taste, before Gino's demise. One of the trinkets my father got for us was a red kite with the Gino's logo. Great to hear it's attempting a comeback, I will surely seek it out! http://www.ginosgiant.com/

Managed Gino's KFC takeout stores in North Jersey from '69 to '74. Elizabeth (2 locations), Union, Westfield, Newark, Highland Park, and North Brunswick. The sirloiner was a great burger. As was the Gino Giant. The biscuits were from a vender in Philly called Virnelsson's and they were better than the "made from scratch" ones sold at KFC today. The menu was simple. Snack box, 2 pcs, slaw and a biscuit was $.90. Dinner was 3 pcs, mash and gravy and a biscuit for $1.30. Thrift box was just 9 pcs for $2.80. Bucket was 15 pcs, 6 biscuits and a pint of gravy for $4.60. And a barrel was 21 pcs for $5.90. Individual sides of cole slaw, potato salad or mash and gravy were $.15. Pints were a half-dollar, pints of gravy, $.30.

we still talk about the gino giant it was at cottman toresdale in phila love the special sause ther was carboard around the giant we would lick the sause on the carboard can not wait its about time love them gino giants

The best fast food sandwich of ALL TIME was indeed the Gino Giant. I remember the day our Gino's in Pennsauken, NJ. closed up...a sad day! Aside from the great food Gino's also had the BEST collectibles...does anyone remember the NFL helmets that had their own cardboard display case?!? LOL, great stuff!

I am one of 7 kids and all 7 of us worked at Gino's, in Lancaster, PA. As soon as we turned 16, we applied and were hired. Gino's helped most of us go to college. I always thought the Giant's special sauce was like 1000 Island dressing

My two sisters and I worked for Gino's in Haledon, NJ. back in the mid to late 70's. To this day I have great memories of working there. Yes....the Gino Giant was the best with it's "thousand Island" special sauce. To this day, I still have the "beer" mugs that they gave as a promotion. lol. KFC was much better at Gino's then it is today. Would love to see a comeback!

The new Gino's opens on October 25, 2010 at 611 West DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia PA.

Gino's gives you freedom of choice, Gino's give you freedom of choice, so come on everybody and let's rejoice (hey) cuz, Gino's gives you freedom of choice...Love it!

1100 AM 10/26/10. Had my 1st Gino's Giant since 1982! Even better than I remember. The staff at 611 W DeKalb Pike is great and new locations are coming

I was the chicken man in the 70s at Ginos in Oaklyn, NJ, and Ocean City, NJ. Met my wife -- a "counter girl" -- at the Ocean City Ginos. What a great place to work, nice people, we were really a team. And the food was the best, except the french fries. We used to call the giant sauce "gooby sauce". We cooked the chicken in real pots. The burns on our arms were badges of honor.

Iworked for ginos/roys for 20 years my last gig with them was agsm at 69th and marshall upper darby I will only remember the GOOD!!!!

Good luck to the new incarnation of Ginos. In addition to the stores in the Mid-Atlantic states, there were stores in Southern Calif.,The Bronx, New Haven & Boston. Those stores had Ginos Golden Fried Chicken, not Kentucky Fried Chicken.

ginos rockville pike in md was incredible!! ginos giant...fixins bar, spinning big ginos sign outside...nothin better....ginos give u freedom of choice, so cmon everybody and lets rejoice

Remember the Gino's on Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore in the 1970's? Great place, great menu.

Gino's gives you freedom of choice Gino's gives you freedom of choice So come on, everybody, and let's rejoice Cuz Gino's gives you freedom of choice We've got great big Hero Burgers You know they can't be beaten They're fresh and made to order Just beggin' to be eaten With lettuce and tomato And lots of real great sauce Anyway you want it You are the boss Gino's makes 'em fresh for you Kentucky Fried Chicken, too So come on, everybody Won't you try us? Gino's gives you freedom of choice Gino's gives you freedom of choice So come on, everybody, and let's rejoice Cuz Gino's gives you freedom of choice

Ginos in Hackensack NJ on Hackensack ave right next to Bergen Tech!! Wow!! that brings back memories !! Delicious!! Who remembers the burgers came with a paper band around the it? I believe it was the kids burger and that they sold KFC chicken and that was the real recipe! the chicken recipe was better who would argue this point! ROAD TRIP TO KING OF PRUSSIA ON MY B DAY!!!!

i worked at gino's on th eb;vd in philly through my high school years from 1975through 1979 also worked there after high school ! its where i met my husband!!! i worked one of the company's first drive through windows and was one of the first girl to cook the chicken our managers were the best mike paoella and jimmy rivers to name a few!!! and my mom was a manager also great times great food and great people life time of memories and friend ships forged there and the food was good also!!!

Gino's was my first job!!!!! I worked at the Security Blvd location in High School.

Worked at Gino's from 74 to 77 in Harrisburg PA 29th St. Some of the Best memories ever in the early years, until they changed the menu to hero burgers. I did everything from Chicken to the Counter. My dad was a manager and mom worked the counter too... For you folks that are a little lost here's their new web sight with the history and latest news http://www.ginosgiant.com/index.html I sure so want to take a trip to King of Prussia right now. "Everybody Goes to Gino's, Because Gino's is the Place to Go! Everybody Goes to Gino's, Everybody in the Know"!!

i was staioned at mcguire afb in wrightstown nj back in 1970's. i remember when i had my 1st heroburger (best hamburger i had ever eaten) too bad they vanished. now that they are on the comback i hope gino's puts them back on their menu. in the meantime thanks for jackson hole burgers but can't wait and hope the heroburger re-appeaars

there were three store's in the Trenton Nj area. Hope they come back to the area

I remember early on when Gino's decided to enclose the patios and needed furniture for the customers. My family was in that business and a Gino's vendor. On evening our phone rang and my young brother answered to find Gino Marchetti calling for our dad. He was jumping up and down with joy. We worked with Gino's throughout their history until they were taken over by Marriott. Over time I had a family of my own and always had our kids birthday parties at Gino's in Ardmore. What a great bunch of people. It seamed that everyone who worked there enjoyed themselves. Their Giant was the BEST and non better than their hand cut fries. Welcome Back!!!

Gino's Hero burger was worth skipping school for.. :) Suitland Maryland Rocks!

We had a Gino's in Falls Church, VA... man that Gino Giant was WAAAYYYYY better than a Big Mac! I want one now! And after seeing the website, I do recall that they also sold KFC. (but the only thing I ever ordered was the Gino Giant and the Hero Burger)

What was the nameof the Fish Sandwich they had - it wasn't populat but they needed a fish sandwich to match the Whaler at BK and the Filet of Fish at McD's

Hey Mike A! I worked at the Gino's in Ardmore while I was in college from 77 to 81. Are you from the area Great memories.

Hey Sal A! You hired me at the Ardmore branch in June 1977. I worked there while I was in college from 77 to early 1981. I heard Tom Butler passed away from a heart attack a few years back. I was sorry to hear that. I hope you're doing OK. I work for Home Depot now. I still live in Ardmore.

I worked at a Rest. next door to the on on DeKalb Pike in KOP ate more GINOS the my one food. ate 2 times the week a street Rd good luck

I remember going to Gino's and eating the Jr. Giant burgers. The food was great. Just went to Bensalem store twice already. I was disappointed the milk shake machine was down. I was looking forward to a old fashion milkshake. Also, I don't like 5 Guys and I am getting so tired of the other chain restaurants. Welcome Back Gino's! You were sorely missed.

congrats ginos for coming back i live i soth philly you guys were the best i remember two locations 27th and snyder (we used to leave school at bishop neumann for lunch) and 20th and penrose i remember i ate my food and i was still hungrey so i told my girlfreind some disgusting story so she would give up her food and she did and of course i enjoyed it but were not together anymore lol i guess i have to drive to bensalem

I worked at the gino's in Quakertown pa. in 1981 and 1982..I remember deep frying everything we could think of in the kfc cookers...I remeber they were one of the first chains to do the salad bar as well.

Went to the new Gino's in Towson, MD last night and couldn't wait to get my Gino Giant. Big disappointment, the burger patties are huge, too much meat and cheese, and very little of the original Gino's sauce. Tasted alot like a Five Guys burger. Guess it was too good to be true. :(

mueslix, I can't remember the name of the fish sandwich either, but I do remember David Brenner doing the commercial where he compared Gino's fish sandwich to McDonald's. He ended the commercial with "Square Fish???"

Jane, Get a Jr Giant and as for extra sauce. Rarely do people complain about getting too much.