Speedway

Longtime location in Kalamazoo suburb of Parchment, MI

Speedway may seem like another cinch, but there are still a few spots they could open that were neither Hess nor Express Mart, given that they only opened outside the mid-West in recent years:

Fulton - former Wilson Farms/Gulf, NY 3
Oswego - TBD, NY 104
North Syracuse - former Mobil, US 11 & Bear Road (although ones are up and down the street)

Perkins

Twin Cities location

With the recent closure of Friendlys across the region, Perkins could make a comeback in CNY.  I go by the Cortland and Niagara Falls, ONT locations sometimes.  They had been in deWitt and other locations in the past.  They could also go where other restaurants had been.

Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA (former Cantina Loredo)
Whitesboro - former Zebbs, NY 5A
Syracuse (east side) - former Firudo, NY 5
Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall, US 20 & NY 5 or former Dennys, NY 5
Fulton - former Nestlé site, NY 481
Geneva - former Friendlys, US 20 & NY 5
North Syracuse - former Ponderosa, US 11
New Hartford - former Dennys, NY 5

Amherst - former TBD, NY 78

Syracuse (Fairmount) - former Big Boy/IHOP/Good Buddys Pub, West Genesee St

Syracuse (east side) - NY 5; former Red Lobster

Friendly's in CNY, WNY and the Capital Region

Typical Friendlys, possibly in Connecticut. Courtesy Mike Mozart (he can take us all to school!).

Friendly's are a chain that I grew up with. Sadly, many have closed over the years due to bankruptcy, rises, inflation, the economy and competition. Only the Liverpool one is left that's closest to me, but I can't get over there anymore. Even sadder, I went to the surviving Utica/New Hartford location (2024) by the uni (former SU outpost), and was surprised and not surprised at the same time by the recent rises, which put me going there again to bed. Four in my area just recently* made me conjure up the ones that I can remember in CNY, WNY+, the Finger Lakes and the Capital Region parallel to I-90.++:

Syracuse (Eastwood) - NY 290* (now American Legion Post 1276)

deWitt - NY 5 and Bridge Street* (demolished; will become Shake Shack; was supposed to be Rachels Mediterranean Grill, but it never materialised)

Fairmount - Fairmount Fair Mall (now plaza)

Oswego - NY 104* (now Tullys)

Camillus - W Genesee Street (now Rio Grande)

Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall, NY 5 & US 20

Oneida - NY 5 (now WellNow Urgent Care)

Delmar - NY 443 (now Tea House Asian Bistro)

New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A

Utica - N Genesee St (now demolished)

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31 & 481*

Fulton - NY 481 (now a federal credit union)

Mattydale - US 11 (now demolished)

Colonie - Colonie Ctr, NY 5 and Wolf Road++
Geneva - US 20 & NY 5 (now Canandaigua National Bank & Trust)

East Greenbush - US 4 (later P. Brillos; now closed)
Rochester - NY 15 (now Duffs)+

Fayetteville - NY 5 & 257 (now Dunkin')

Williamsville - NY 78 (now King Crab)

Wilkes-Barre, PA - Bus PA 309 (just closed in 2025; only non-NY one that I'm putting here so not to go too far)

Amherst - Sweet Home & Maple Rds. (now UBuffalo Student Health Services)

All vacant or TBD unless indicated.