The Old School Restaurant Chain Owned By Walgreens That Everyone Forgot About

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The Old-School Restaurant Chain Owned By Walgreens That Everyone Forgot About By Jonathan Kesh Oct. 19, 2025 5:20 am EST

Walgreens is what you might call a standard drug store: They sell chips and soda and Advil, they have a pharmacy counter in back, and they're always finding ways to shove more ads into your face . However, a long time ago in a city far, far away (Chicago), Walgreens tried to open a restaurant chain that's almost entirely forgotten today. Depending on your age and your hometown, you may or may not remember Wag's, one of the many old-school restaurant chains that disappeared across America . Wag's was Walgreens' foray into the American diner or "family restaurant" scene during the mid-1970s, although they mostly existed around Chicago and throughout