5. Hot Sam Pretzels

If you grew up in the 70s or 80s and had an affinity for giant soft pretzels with hot mustard, there’s a good chance you would have visited a Hot Sam Pretzels location or two at some point growing up. Detroit’s Livonia Mall was the home of the first Hot Sam’s, but the company didn’t stay put for long. Soon enough, there were Hot Sam Pretzels locations in malls nationwide.

The pretzel company was sold to General Host in 1971, then again to Mrs. Fields in 1995 (yes, the cookie lady). This meant Mrs. Fields’ mall locations were selling fresh baked cookies and pretzels, and Hot Sam Pretzels were no longer leaving customers with thirsts to quench.