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Red Barn

1961–1988

Fast food in a big red barn.

Restaurants

You couldn't miss it — the building was shaped like an actual red barn. Home of the Big Barney and the Barnbuster, it was one of the first fast-food chains with a self-serve salad bar (the "Farmyard Salad Bar"). Corporate owners let it wither, and the franchise had largely vanished by the late 1980s.

Did you go to Red Barn? What do you remember?

The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Red Barn.

💭 No rules — but if you’re stuck: what was on TV · what you were eating · the movie it brings back · who you were with

💜 Memories are kept forever — they live on this place’s wall. You can delete yours anytime.

Community Memories

👕 Wear the memory

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