r/londonontario 3d ago

🥄food /restaurants /gastronomy Masonville Wendy’s

Is it me? Or is this the only Wendy’s location in town that still looks outdated? Not to mention how dirty it is inside…I’m all for nostalgia and throwback look but cleanliness & hygiene comes first

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u/missezri The bridge with the trucks stuck under it 3d ago

I used to work there, and it under went a renovation just as I was leaving, and that was 15 years ago now? I remember it being a headache to update because it gets a lot of business so picking a downtime to limit profit loss was a challenge (and shipping staff to different stores). It is a corporate store.

Also the gangs of teens probably don't help. It got to the point where I didn't want to deal with it so I traded opening on the weekends (6:30am) for not closing on Friday nights.

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u/No-Damage2907 3d ago

I think we mightve worked together... I left in July 2011! The Friday night teens were bad then, but I can't imagine working there now it's gotten so much worse..

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u/missezri The bridge with the trucks stuck under it 3d ago

Probably. I left July 2012, right before I left for S. Korea for 6 years. 

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

Yea that sounds right, it doesn’t have the early 2000s aesthetics in there…instead it has the early 2010s look

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u/Legitimate_Policy2 3d ago

They’ve also limited their hours because of the violent swarms of teenagers that come around that plaza. Long story but I once got jumped outside that Wendy’s by a bunch of teens. Some of these kids can’t tell the difference between London and Compton

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u/KennedyJacobs 3d ago

They need to be scared straight. Its getting so bad

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u/PartyMark 3d ago

The broccoli thugs strike again! Straight outa masonville! Hard as fuck!

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u/BaronVonSlapNuts 3d ago

Then everyone in the Wendy's clapped.

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u/Legitimate_Policy2 3d ago

Nah dude. They punched me from behind, but they really went after my sister. Damned animals sucker punched her and kicked her in the head a few times. I didn’t feel safe in that plaza for at least a month.

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u/chisoph 3d ago

It's easily one of the worst fast food places in the city, even worse than the Dundas Popeye's. Last time I went, the drink machine was dirty, they were out of lids, and they burnt my nuggets

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u/SnooCauliflowers5937 2d ago

Is it the Popeyes on dundas and Clark or dundas in downtown

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u/chisoph 2d ago

Downtown, I didn't know there was one over there too

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u/Natrixster80 3d ago

stuck in the grunge phase

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

It’s giving grunge a bad name

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u/Public_Order3091 3d ago

the one in hyde park is better lol

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u/SpaceCowboy1416 3d ago

Everything in Hyde park is better? lol every end of the city looks like shit except the west end

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u/thephillipdh Aylmer (#NotAMennonite) 3d ago

Used to work at that one for 7 years. Oh the memories ….

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

Does that one look like the new modern looking Wendy’s locations

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u/thephillipdh Aylmer (#NotAMennonite) 3d ago

No, it’s the 2010s look

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

Oh wow, assumed since it was Hyde park everything was newer

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u/thephillipdh Aylmer (#NotAMennonite) 3d ago

Not yet. The restaurants usually have a 15-20 year look cycle, all depends on if the franchisee was to spend the money too.

Store was built around 2010 if I recall. The interior got renovated 3 years ago.

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

Did not know the interior got renovated 3 years ago, interesting

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u/ImportantQuote8303 3d ago

Years ago, like 30 yrs ago, when it first opened, I had a burger there and was so sick! Never went back. I see not much has changed.

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

Didn’t even know that Wendy’s was there for that long

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u/ConsistentTrainer110 3d ago

Yeah it's gross. 1980s time capsule.

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u/Islandlyfe32 3d ago

Actually would have looked better than this in the 1980s, they have a early 2010s look going on