The Ponderosa Steakhouse buffet chain was one victim of this trend. A combination of internal financial woes, changing ...

We recently featured The Wright Place on 6th at No. 6 and Bill's Fine Food at No. 5. Ponderosa Steakhouse opened in March 1978 at 1127 E. Grand Ave. in Rothschild, in front of the Shopko Plaza.

The area’s last Ponderosa Steakhouse has closed. The restaurant at 5 Eastport Plaza Drive in Collinsville closed its doors earlier this week. It was the chain’s last standing eatery in the ...