Rant #3,298: Another One Bites the Dust

I had a good weekend as I progress with my rehab.

Baseball began. I watched a lot of professional wrestling with my son, and we entertained for the first time since we moved to our new residence.

On Friday, I found out that a takeout food mainstay of my family was no more ... at least in my neck of the woods, but evidently beyond that.

Boston Market is now officially out of business on Long Island, as the Bethpage store was shuttered after all the other ones were closed.

Although I am not a chicken eater, I used to go to this eatery for my wife and my mom, and I have to say, they had the best creamed spinach around.

I knew something was afoot six months or so ago, when I went in there for a chicken meal for my wife ... and they had absolutely no chicken--nothing was on the spits, and I mean NOTHING.

Evidently, the chain went bye bye because they weren't paying their workers nor the suppliers they used to get their food, including, I would assume, their chicken.

Others have written to me to say that Boston Market is shuttered in their areas, too, so is the chain gone like Wetson's, or is it still around?

In early January, for some unknown reason. I received an email about new investment opportunities being made available for the chain. 

But maybe that was a last gasp.

The last couple of times I went to the one in Bethpage, the place was not as it had been, and their food wasn't that good, according to my wife.

They had cut down on their sides, and the chicken was tough.

And yes, I did not make up the absolute fact that one time I went in there and they were chicken-less.

Look, they were an alternative to the usual hamburger joints, a place that you could actually sit down and have a meal, with real.plates and utensils.

I used it for take out, and st one time, their turkey sandwich wasn't bad, and like I said, the cream of spinach thst they offered was really good.

But like what happened to many businesses, things took a turn for the worst when COVID hit, and they never really recovered.

I think people realized that you could get better rotisserie chicken at your local supermarket, at a cheaper price, than you could at your local Boston Market.

And as people found that out, the chain's offerings simply deteriorated ... and you know the chain is in trouble when they begin using unbranded packaging to put their wares in when using them for takeout.

I remember writing to the company about my no-chicken experience.

They wrote back to me a letter that was totally unapologetic, saying very matter of factly that they experienced supply chain issues ... and told me to come back another day.

Well, now I not only can't come back, but I guess because of my injury, I missed their funeral.

Boston Market, R.I.P.