Amarillo, Texas Rejoice As This Fast Food Icon Is Finally Coming Back

At one point in history, Amarillo, Texas has 6 of these popular fast-food restaurants serving each area of the city.

Did Amarillo Have a Long John Silver's?

Yes!  Amarillo had six locations, Pierce, Paramount, South Bell, South Western, Ross, and Westgate Mall.  This fast food haven was a great place to get fish, shrimp and those heavenly chicken planks.  Not to mention the crumbs from the batter that fell into the grease as they dropped your fish or chicken into fry.  Truthfully, that is one of the best parts about Long John Silver's.

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It seems that each Long John Silver's in Amarillo slowly closed its doors due to bad management and lack of care.  When that great customer service and good food stops, people stop showing up to purchase food, and when money isn't coming in, things close.  However, when these restaurants were run well, they did well.

It's a safe bet at the end, the bell sat silent.  If you know you know.

As the years have passed since the last LJS closed in Amarillo people have constantly craved this delicious golden fried goodness.  People will drive close to two hours to Lubbock or Clovis to get their LJS fix. On any given day, you can find a post about Long John Silver's on the many Amarillo Facebook Groups. This restaurant literally has a cult following from Amarillo.

A few years ago we reached out to LJS to see if there was even a chance the restaurant would be returning to the Yellow City and they never circled back to us.

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Then most recently, Long John Silver's went on a mission to find out what cities wanted them to open a restaurant.

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Not long after we shared that article, we received a message and we have it on good authority from an employee from the City of Amarillo, that Amarillo will once again have a Long John Silver's

Long John Silvers is Coming Back to Amarillo

Yes, you all heard the collective cheers of Long John Silver fans all over the area.  Here's what we know, according to a source at the City of Amarillo, LJS has received water service at a location in Amarillo.  The address where the service was requested isn't in one of the former LSJ buildings, many of those have been torn down or are now other businesses.

It looks like the return of this fast-food seafood giant will be at 4406 S. Bell Street, which has been many restaurants since Arby's closed that location (it's one of our cursed buildings).  If you've driven by recently, you might have noticed that something is definitely going on at the building.

We did reach out to Long John Silver's to see if this is correct and if the "If We Did Well Ring the Bell" restaurant is coming back to Amarillo, but at the time of publishing we had yet to receive a response.  As of now, we don't have an official yes we are coming to Amarillo from the company or franchiser.

If our City of Amarillo source is correct, this means that we could soon be sinking our teeth into one of those golden fried chicken planks or crunching on the crumbles.

On another note, Lubbock's Long John Silver's at 1101 SW 50th is about to get a makeover with a new building, so the Hub City might be without Long John Silver's for a few months as they remodel.

Once we find out more and a timeline on the return of LJS to Amarillo, we'll keep you updated.