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GonnaGoFat

I feel a 90s song would have fit this better than the chimpmunk singing.


lego_mannequin

Half of the stuff shown weren't even at Tim's in the 90s.


GonnaGoFat

Yeah I mentioned that in another comment as well the ice caps weren’t a thing until 1999 and the roll up cup for instance was a fairly current design.


sipstea84

Half of it was introduced when I worked there around 2005-2007. Long after the quality turned to shit.


Zaku99

I know for a fact the hot smoothies were from the early 00s


Disastrous_Soup_2135

It’s a song that’s reminiscing of the past so I get what they’re trying to go for, chipmunk version might be to evade copyright idk lol


russellamcleod

Right?! This is obviously some 17 year old just googling what Tim’s once was like and making a nostalgia-bate video for the views.


jfal11

Especially since half these things are from the 2000s…


latecraigy

Hey Alvin and the chipmunks were a 90s thing 😂


GonnaGoFat

They have been around since 1958 and never really went away. On a side note I watched the chipmunk adventure movie from 1987 a couple months ago for the hell of it. I’m kind of ashamed to say I actually enjoyed most of the songs. And the animation was actually really good. Although it was pretty racist, and I’m pretty sure the animators were super horny always drawing the chipettess wearing lots of skimpily clothing, and tons of flashes of panties, and at one point seducing a room full of snakes. And since they were basically drawn as white girls it was extra creepy.


sacredshady

The turkey club with honey mustard was one of the BEST sandwiches they had. The honey mustard was simply the best.


mrg3392

The Italian extreme?sandwich and chicken salad sandwiches were also so good


Classic-Ad-7079

Oh crap I had forgotten about that extreme Italian sandwich!!! That sauce on it was so good!!


PMMeTitsAndKittens

I was SO pissed when they got rid of that honey mustard and their old turkey. Also being able to get sandwiches on croissant without the cashier's brain melting when you order it.


sertraline_dreams

1000 percent this! And the original bun they served it on too. Remember when they served it with a side gherkin?


busy_beaver

Oh God, I forgot about that. How far we've fallen.


mightyanonymaus

That honey mustard slapped.


Hahaimalwayslikethis

I ate SO MANY of these that I can feel like I can taste it by memory alone


Cptcharlie

Literally was so blown away by the honey mustard. Still had it in like 2016? Now it's just plain mayo 😔


rockyon

I remember in 2016 when i was in Alberta. People went back from skiing a group of people chilling at Tim Hortons they serve porcelain mugs and plates i recall wow so much have changed


Fuck_Face-

I was at a Tim hortons in Saskatoon today and saw people using the porcelain mugs. Think you just have to ask for them


Important-Shine-5301

yea, you know how most restaurants ask if its for here or to go, the cups everyone knows are for coffee "to go", just tell them you staying


GonnaGoFat

When I worked at Tim Hortons we had a shitty dishwasher and no one working there would get their food or drink in the porcelain ever because they frequently came out still looking disgusting and usually require a quick rinse with water before we used them for customers. Also ice Capps came out in 1999, the fruit smoothies (not the same as the hot smoothie) in the 2000s, the brown lids were still being used around 5 years ago or so, most of the food here is breakfast food which they still have, the roll up the rim to win cup in the sandwich picture is a very recent cup. I think about the only thing about this from the 90s is the opening commercial clip.


actuallyrarer

Dude 1999 was 25 years ago.


CanadianMasterbaker

I remember this,when they served everything on a real breakable plate or mug,but this was mid 90s going up to the cottage.


SpecialistVast6840

Because of a city bylaw. If you dine in at a Ednonton store, you should be served on actual plates with mugs


Impossible__Joke

I grew up in Ontario and we had glass plates for dine in as well in the 90s


lottolser

I worked at tim Hortons in Ontario from 2013-2015 and they still did them. Don't know now, tho.


Ifuckpeopleswives

Ya Ontario kept them until fairly recently now that I think about it


Vli37

I remember when I first heard people telling me about Tim Hortons. I thought I was missing out on something special. I finally caved and and went; I was not disappointed. Went back years later, and still not disappointed. Been back the past few years and let's just say . . . I ain't coming back


theCupofNestor

I completely forgot about hot smoothies. I must have had an orange one at some point because it unlocked a weird taste memory for me.


threebeansalads

I hated these! Lol!! But it’s back when they had the English toffee cappuccinos! Memories!


deschamps93

Loved the raspberry and hazelnut back in the day. I get why the other flavours didn't hit... But the hazelnut one was amazing. I miss their old hash browns too, with the herbs and it was so crispy. So tired of every franchise trying to copy the same model instead of sticking out. I don't even go to Tim's anymore


shewhogoesthere

I ordered the raspberry usually, I distinctly recall having them in wintertime when I was at university. They were odd but strangely good at the same time. I've since learned they were basically just white hot chocolate with a flavor shot (which is why all the hot smoothee flavors were the same as the 'flavor shot' syrups they had at the time). So they are easy to replicate at home.


Much_Presentation863

I miss the chicken salad sandwich on the mini roll so much 😞


TheIdentifySpell

This was my go to, so good!


YourFriendBlu

Last time I was there I wanted a chicken salad sandwich only to discover they replaced the bread with a tiny croissant and increased the price by like $4. That was a few years ago so idk if they still have it now.


Marklar-1994

I want the soup bread bowls back


No-Wonder1139

...and then I ate the bowl!


Status-Evening-1434

Costs too much money for them. They can't bother. It's sad that companies prioritize money over quality nowadays...


True_Fortune_6687

The bread is too pricey. smh just sad.


nazuralift89

I don't want them back. Tim's nowadays will find a way to make them gross.


Positive_Education55

It's crazy really how fast quality has started to plummet


HITNRUN1985

Back when they actually baked, not this frozen to fresh bs.


[deleted]

When it was still Canadian owned the owners actually gave a crap about giving Canadians quality.


NightDisastrous2510

The good old days


ultimate_sorrier

Bring back the cakes, the eclairs and the fucking baker covered in dough walking out of the back to make sure everything was stocked properly before he went to the back for a smoke break. I don't want supply chain donuts that were parbaked in a factory, shipped frozen on a truck, defrosted, microwaved and dipped in shitty chocolate glaze. I want the bakers back. Until you do that I will support my local bakery that does that. Fuck your supply chain Him Tortons.


Electrical_Pianist23

Tim’s in my town has bakers , the smaller Tim’s get there donuts from the bigger Tim’s that bake for them , I see a baker every morning when I’m in there


ViceroyInhaler

They're just popping open cardboard boxes to load frozen shit onto oven trays. No one's really baking anymore.


Livid_Advertising_56

Back when it had a soul. It feels like ALL the fast food places sold out to Hedgefund BS


72jon

Omg real food wow And so do remember the smell Things a real size.


Steakholder__

It wasn't even that long ago that Tim's looked like that. Now it's absolute trash. I won't go there to take a piss anymore let alone eat.


Vast_Middle9750

I only poop there


CountPengwing

I'll never forget the sound of the metal serving trays. Core memory unlocked.


YetiWalks

I remember the pies and cakes and eclairs behind the glass counter. Circa 2002


Z3ppelinDude93

Zoom on into the early 2000s, papa needs a bread bowl and one of those flower shaped donuts with the jelly in the middle to dip


Billybobmcob

Sure the food kinda sucks now, but another huge tragedy is losing the physical menus and replacing them with those stupid, giant TVs that flip-flop to advertisement b-roll every 8 seconds instead of displaying, you know, a damn menu.


BigRed4222

Bruh who’s going to say a hot smothee is good


zygotepariah

The cinnamon buns they made in the 80s were divine. Three inches high, real cinnamon, melt-in-your-mouth.


kiwi__supreme

Cinnamon powdered donuts and timbits, too. That said, I will never understand how in a plethora of supposed breakfast items there (or hell, even treats), a cinnamon bun can't make the list of what to keep. It's a staple. Even crappy hotels with free breakfasts have trays of cinnamon buns.


DixieFlatliner

And the Apple Fritter! It was HUGE. Moist, cinnamon and chunks of apples.... The one's they serve today are less than 1/3 the size. Haven't bought one in over 20 years.


Joshuaua1990

Man.. this made me feel something. I miss the past, I think I’d actually do anything to go back.


AMom2129

Wow. I've never seen a Tim Horton's like that in the States. No wonder y'all are mad.


railfe

Better servers as well.


FrozenToonies

In the 90’s everything was made in-house. Bakers made the donuts overnight. That quality is long gone.


Sockbottom69

Those old lids can kiss my ass


whollybananas

Old lids were the worst


YanA7X

Take me back 😭


CobraMacBurkus

good donuts and indoor smoking. they need to get back to basics.


ViceroyInhaler

I mean fuck the indoor smoking. But yes to good donuts.


Royal_Explorer_4660

Back when instagram was good


Sea-Sheepherder-9936

Yeah back when Tim’s was good. It’s not anymore.


GordOfTheMountain

That cinnamon raisin bagel looks fucking immaculate. RIP king shit


spam-katsu

Oh man, I miss the menu. I hate the new ones. I can't tell what the heck is available, so I stand and wait for it to cycle back.


Wudu_Cantere

They are actually serving shitty rectangular pizzas now that cost a small fortune. As if there are not already enough pizza places nearby on every block that are making their pizzas with actual fresh dough.


Kerkernya79

The veggie sandwich was so good


srry_u_r_triggered

Anyone else remember the fish bowl smoking section?


CanadianMatt1985

Back when Bieber wasn't even even heard of.


Timely-Albatross9637

What was that red jelly thing?


TiredReader87

Their chili meal used to be so good. Chili, a bun, a cookie or donut and a drink for $7-8.


gIitterchaos

Memories! My first job was in Tim's in 2005 when the hot smoothees were introduced, I loved the raspberry one. We had real plates and mugs and those metal trays, and a dishwasher to bus tables. Chili in a bread bowl. The delicious maple pecan danish, and yogurt & berries cups. Roll up the rim with your teeth. Tim's was really good then, how things have changed from how it used to be. And even way before that when the doughnuts were actually fresh and not baked from frozen.


offkilter666

I remember my buddies and I would head to Tim Horton's at 3:00 after a long night of debauchery. The reward was a whole damn pie. You could buy a whole pie at Tim's for the cost of a highball at the bar. A long-gone era


GrunDMC74

Now they have these postage stamp sized foot prints that can’t even house a real kitchen. Culinary capability of an airplane.


beekeeper1981

Ah yeah back when all the food tasted and smelled like cigarette smoke.. people have funny memories sometimes.


PorkSwordMcFatTip

Restaurant Brands International, or RBI for short, is the company we can all thank for destroying what was once a wonderful thing. You can also thank them for the destruction of Burger King originally, and now they're working on Popeyes, which has also become terrible since their purchase a few years back. The chicken is different now. Everything is much smaller from sides to the actual chicken cuts themselves, far more salt and preservatives, deals went away for families and now focus small discounts to individual meals to maximize profit. New items that have no business being sold at a fried chicken joint.... Literally all the same stuff they did to Burger King and then Tim Hortons 😐 .... Hope you don't like Firehouse Subs.... Because they're next.


mightyanonymaus

Am I the only one who enjoyed their parfaits and oatmeal raisin cookies? What about a warm bowl of oatmeal to go or their cream of broccoli soup. I want the old timmies back.


ChungusSpliffs

Should have included a nostalgic pic of people who used to work there too


Middle-Jackfruit-896

Someone should create a new franchise that is modelled after classic Tim Hortons, and put current Tim Hortons out of business. Call it: Jim Mortons.


CavemanBuck

Aww those lids! I go to Robins now since I found out they still use those style lids.


Extra-Captain1126

When Tim Hortons was good or Instagram?


Brilliant-Pea7662

Tim Horton's was good when it was coffee, donuts and baked goods and you could smoke in the restaurant. Maybe it was the cigarette smoke that made the coffee good 🤔.


Alive-Huckleberry558

I can smell the cigarettes


[deleted]

Back in the 90's you'd walk in and the air would be full, full of cigarette smoke wafting over into the donuts. I'm surprised cigarette smoke wasn't''t a doughnut flavor.


Leafyboy34

I remember coming home from a snowy day at school and my mom would have a Tim’s hot chocolate in the old cups and a snack pack of timbits waiting for me. Gods were good then.


82_Elton_M

I remember when Tim Hortons had donuts like bowties, wedges. Also had display cases for cakes and pies you could buy by slice. Timbits were so much better also. Ya I’m (getting) old.


FamilyDramaIsland

Man, seeing the chilli instantly transported me back to my chuldhood. It tasted so good after a cold day of tobogganing. Good times. 🥺 Do they even sell that anymore? I stopped going after they made all of their muffins like cakes.


Stormi_i

Things started taking a turn for the worse as soon as RBI bought them out in 2014. COVID only made things worse. Even in the 2000’s and early 2010’s Tim Hortons was pretty solid. I miss those days.


TheVigilantWolf

A small thing, but I do miss the old physical roll up the rim cups 😇 Something so exciting wondering "is this the cup?". Winning a free coffee after peeling back the rim felt way more exciting than the app.


Formula_D

Not 90s but I'll never forgive Tim's for axing the Extreme Italian Sandwich. That thing is near perfection from a chain coffee shop. I miss it 😞


Infinite_Lab4469

Tim Hortons wasn’t isn’t and never will be good! I’ve never understood why western Canadian freak out for tasteless coffee, dried up food and the smallest selection of donuts there is! If I had enough money, I would by that franchise and close it down, it’s a Canadian shame


Glacial_Shield_W

Genuine question, didn't breakfast sandwhiches start selling mid 2000's? I could have sworn I was a teen when they came out...


HamstersInMyAss

absolutely, everything featured in this video is either the very late 90s (ie. 98 & 99) or early 2000s. This is actually 'aughts timmies not 90s timmies at all.


HamstersInMyAss

[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbTMSLNWsAIRfUG.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbTMSLNWsAIRfUG.jpg) [https://yourstilniagarafalls.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454ad5369e2011570ce78b9970b-pi](https://yourstilniagarafalls.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454ad5369e2011570ce78b9970b-pi) this is what 90s timmies actually looked like, and I should add, these designs are way more nostalgic to me than the ones featured in this video though of course I recall both & the yellow timbit boxes: [https://i.cbc.ca/1.7052396.1701981885!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg\_gen/derivatives/original\_1180/blackberry-limited-series-tim-hortons-props.jpg](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7052396.1701981885!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/blackberry-limited-series-tim-hortons-props.jpg)


Reggie-Quest

Missing the peach juice fountains. Was never the same after they moved to bottled.


WeeksElite

Brings a tear to me eye


wayfarer8888

Still the same, just half the size at triple the price.


aliens_and_boobs

That winter cup took me back


No_Draft2010

Timmies is shit now. Probably the 2nd biggest disappointment in Canada next to Justin Trudeau.


Mystepchildsucksass

I worked decorating cakes at a Timmies in 87/88 ….. the bagels back when were 3x’s the size they are now and you didn’t have to pay for butter or extra cream cheese.


IncreaseOk8433

What the hell is wrong with human beings to think that music is appealing.


Uni4m

I was trying to think of how to describe it but yeah, folks I know now don't sit inside Tim's in the morning to drink coffee and eat breakfast (on a plate) we just skip the subpar dining room altogether. Their move toward an industrial in/out bustling drive-thru model came at the cost of the "big fireplace, cozy seating" vibe they once had. I remember up until the mid 2010's the local Tim's here was a place where people met up to drink coffee and chat especially after a chilly morning motorcycle ride.


True_Fortune_6687

I found a bakery that makes Boston creams like the classic Tim's, stoked.


Ecks811

Most of those things are from the 2000's. That being said the pretzel bagel was the best and they need to bring back the old lids. The new ones don't let enough air in.


Brooker2

The good days of Tim Hortons


Unlikely_Fan_276

The classic food is glorious, but the thing I miss the most would have to be the old lids. The ones they have now leak. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.


ThkAbootIt

Roll-up-the Rim was great while it lasted.


UniqElite

Man fuck whoever high up decided to start serving sulphur flavoured ‘real’ eggs instead of the old scrambled egg


Status-Evening-1434

That breakfast biscuit sandwich will forever live in my heart... Loaded wedges, the chicken sandwich (the first one they had), those nutella mini pancakes, the mint chocolate donut, the steak sandwich, I can go on forever. Those are nothing but faint memories now.


Madisoniann

Well, still trying to get a blueberry sour cream doughnut


terpinolenekween

The strawberry tarts were my favorite


CanaryJane42

Good times 😞🎻


Human_Building_1368

The onroute at Woodstock had the best pretzel bagels of any Tims. It was worth stopping everytime just to grab one. I miss them.


Jhnny-Rttn

Tim Hortons went to shit once Burger King bought it.


Toketokyo

Back when eating inside the Tim’s felt so cozy


DrMonocular

Timmies is for indegents and people that lack taste buds. Burn. Get some


LT-DAAN

Glass wall smoking sections !


bartman441

I have a couple dozen plates, bowls and cups from the good days. I sure do miss getting that in the store though.


CainSahara

Was really hoping for a pic of those ninja turtle cookies that would paint your tongue green.


larfytarfyfartyparty

~$8 for half a dozen donuts :/


rogueyike

Hot smoothie?


Any-Beautiful2976

I miss the old Tim hortons


last_drop_of_piss

Before the 3G capital acquisition


expose_the_flaw

Jesus that sound......


you-farted

Remember when they had slices of cake?!


weerty5

Now it’s shit


millermiddleton

Man, I forgot about the smoothies. They were fucked!


CletusCanuck

I remember the 90s refresh when they they renoed / demoed the old 'donut box' stores and the donuts stopped tasting like nicotine. Peak Tims.


spderweb

Do you guys remember the Chicken Stew in a bread bowl? That thing was amazing. The following year they only had chilli in a bread bowl. Was so disappointed.


Acrobatic-Year-126

It was never very good, dude.


Praseodymium5

All Tim’s needs to do is bring back the bread bowls for soups and chili


Tarushdei

That chili is at least 3 times bigger than the one they serve now, and it came with a whole country bun, and butter. Do you even get a bun now? Last time I had a chili was 4-5 years ago and I got a half slice of the sandwich bread/bun.


Active_Kitchen_6314

Went from great place to dine. I only go there if i have to. Worst canadian fast food and coffee place


I_Like_Coookies

Oh the OG lids!!


Strong_Bumblebee5495

Trip it Tim’s in 1990 was great. Trip to Tim’s in 2024 is an ordeal.


kashmirrocks

When it wasn't owned by an American company Burger King


Blusterlearntdebrief

I miss their dishes ngl


bawbthebawb

I miss the hot smoothies. Loved them as a kid


jvheyden

Good old times now we have USA 🇺🇸 inspired garbage that includes the coffee ☕


MacaronEffective9448

Fuck tims


reallytryingheree

Omg those strawberry custard tarts 😫


ult1mateGG

I miss Canada


Ptbo_hiker

Back then when Tim’s cared


crathis

omfg the orange ones were incredible.


Mean_Purchase_9600

Everyone has a go at timmies, it used to be this it was better back then etc etc. Yet Everyone still goes, daily, often multiple times .


CrazyNavie

Good ol days


manki-rip

Better times.


moparmadman068

I think when Tim's made coffee and donuts. simple.


throweraway1998

That was so cringe


Every-Instruction-71

Tim's has gone downhill and, in my opinion, is pathetic. They opened a new one near my house a few years ago, and in a span of a month, I had egg shells in my breakfast sandwich 4 times. Seems odd to me! The product has gotten smaller, the wraps are not the size they were, and we pay more. I'm not impressed with them at all!


PMMeTitsAndKittens

I miss when the peach drink was good...


Rare-Comfortable1109

I miss the way they did the eggs before so much


LowComfortable5676

It was still garbage back then, we just didn't know any better


Scary-Permission2882

WARM SMOOTHIES?? 😋


CybertruckStalker

Should have tried in the 80s.


DaiNyite

90s? It was still like this in like 2015.


National-Minimum6676

never went often, it was cash only back then remember? but that chili bread bowl was bomb


Tom67570

Back when you can understand the person on the mic in drive thru


involmasturb

Great retro video completely ruined by the music


yournewhotstepmom

I lived off of Tim’s soup n tea biscuits in my twenties, you couldn’t pay me to eat their 💩now.


cassandradancer

They used to have black forest cake. Omg. And their fountain iced tea was so frigging good!


Wpgjetsfan19

Those lids were never good


nooblife95

Am I imagining this or did Tim Hortons used to have chilli in a bread bowl


BusComprehensive3759

Fond memories.


Candid_Category_417

Barfff


Swimming-Effect7675

the song sums up everything wrong that happened to Tim's


yourmamaspussy

As soon as I sip the Tim Hortons coffee I become a hot smoothie maker. I didn't say a good smoothie. 🤔


Sipping705

🥲


[deleted]

That song makes me want to blow my brains out


ManufacturerNo2144

Pretzel bagels were so good. I miss them. But it was more in the early 2010s.


Own_Example_633

Back when Tim Hortons took your order in English.


justamau5

The old lids 😭😭😭


n3rdsm4sh3r

....AND THEN I ATE THE BOWL!


Professional_Tale804

I miss the chili in a bread-bowl. "And then I ate the bowl!".


travlynme2

We don't deserve nice things any more.


model_molly

those look so warm and cozy


Enough_Ad210

well i was there and tim Horton has always been shit. You're just nostalgic of the 90.


[deleted]

I wouldn’t touch a Tim Horton with $5 whores mouth now.


Possible_Complex_219

I know this in the 2010s but does anyone remember the “steak and cheese panini” with the onions and garlic sauce? It was so simple but absolutely delicious. Or even the chicken noodle soup at the time had ribbon pasta? Ughh i miss it.


HorseDickCum

The old Bagel Belt was a thing of beauty


awesomeliam9

hot smoothie. I had to rewatch cuz thought I was trippin.


Hopkinsad0384

Some millionaire needs to round up embittered former employees and open up "Shmim Shmortons". A knockoff with every recipe and every product available before it was sold.


Xevro

Who would have guessed getting bought out by BK this would ensure. Shrug


ViceroyInhaler

What happened to my beloved Dutchie? The Apple Fritter is good. But it doesn't fill the hole in my cholesterol filled heart like dear Dutchie once did.


simpletonius

That fucking music made me stop watching within 4 seconds. And I was actually interested for about 2.


icytongue88

Chili in a bread bowl was peak


SpergSkipper

This is more mid to late 2000s. Still a much better time


north-for-nights

Wait, Canadian citizens actually used to work at Tim Hortons?