<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1RetZZ_0wOJIcTK00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1RetZZ_0wOJIcTK00" width="980" height="643" ><figcaption>Eric Meier</figcaption></figure>Taking a nostalgic look back at well known fast food chains can often reveal surprises. The difference are almost always seen in the menu. Consider a<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/then-and-now-mcdonalds-menu-items-2020-2">n original McDonald's menu</a> that featured just a few items - hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and drinks. That was it.The trajectory of the menu at Little Caesars was decidedly different. The menu of the popular Michigan-founded chain has become much more basic in the decades since the first pizzeria was founded in the Detroit suburb of Garden City.That very first restaurant was known as Little Caesars Pizza Treat and featured - here comes the surprise - spaghetti, broasted chicken, shrimp and fish. Likely that seafood was fried.Just three years after the Garden City pizza shop opened in 1959 a franchise location sprouted in Warren. That location also included chicken, fish and shrimp on the menu. That same menu continued to be served at Little Casears across southeast Michigan.It was in the late 70s that the menu began to narrow to pizza. It was 1979 that the now famous PIzza! Pizza! concept was launched.A <a href="https://www.facebook.com/detroithistory/posts/pfbid0VrCnJRCt6P4bGnDoci2Cexon624EU2CW3TCWERGtjb4BS4J8ont3GCHQr4nVnz3Jl">look back at the original Little Caesars locations from the Historic Detroit Facebook page</a> brought both memories of the lost menu items and surprise at their existence from those too young to have known the original Little Caesars:<blockquote>Wowwww...why &amp; when da hell did dey stop making fish &amp; shrimpThe fish was a favorite at our houseChicken, fish AND shrimp?????????? Bring THAT back!Little Caesars need to go back to the old school with chicken fish and shrimp and all the fries you can give me thank you thank youWe ordered from there in the early 60s. It was a treat. Large pepperoni pizza and a quart of spaghetti.</blockquote>Today the menu at Little Caesars is pizza, breadsticks or cheese bread and chicken wings (notably baked rather than fried). While one might long to try items from the original menu compared to today's offerings, perhaps it's best to remember the adage to one one thing and do it great.The Little Caesars <a href="https://littlecaesars.com/en-us/our-history/">website has a full history</a> of the chain include photos of early restaurants.<h2>LOOK: 50 Beloved Retail Chains That No Longer Exist</h2><a href="https://stacker.com/business-economy/major-retail-chains-no-longer-exist">Stac</a><a href="https://stacker.com/business-economy/major-retail-chains-no-longer-exist">﻿</a><a href="https://stacker.com/business-economy/major-retail-chains-no-longer-exist">ker</a> takes a look at 50 major retail chains that no longer exist and the reasons for their demise. </div></body>

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No One Today Would Believe the Items on the Original Michigan Little Caesars Menu

Taking a nostalgic look back at well known fast food chains can often reveal surprises. The difference are almost always seen in the menu. Consider an original McDonald's menu that featured just a few items - hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and drinks. That was it. The trajectory of the menu at...