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Arby's
Discontinued: Around 2010
Arby’s sold Onion Petals in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The restaurant battered and fried onion wedges. They were served with a special zesty dipping sauce. Think of a bloomin’ onion, but pulled apart. Arby’s had few East Coast locations back then, so fewer people tried them. Steakhouse Onion Rings replaced the menu item around 2010.
Discontinued: 2020
With the discontinuation of Onion Petals, Steakhouse Onion Rings appeared in 2010. Each order came with five jumbo rings cooked fresh and priced under $2. But former employees say the rings took longer to cook than other fried items.Sales stayed low. Stores rarely kept batches ready. Dooming the side dish. Steakhouse Onion Rings lasted about a decade before the fast food item was discontinued.
Discontinued: Multiple times (1990s, with returns in 2008, 2011-2012, and sporadic appearances)
The Arby-Q Sandwich first showed up in 1977. Arby’s smothered roast beef in tangy barbecue sauce and served it on a toasted sesame seed bun. The chain first removed it in the 1990s. Then, they kept bringing it back. In 2008, the Arby-Q sold for 99 cents. In 2012, you could get two for $4 thanks to inflation. Some locations sold two for $5 as recently as September 2025. No menu item at Arby’s has disappeared and returned more than once.
Discontinued: 2021 (returned September 2025)
The Loaded Italian Sandwich arrived in 2015. Ham, salami, and pepperoni stacked together. With cheese, banana peppers, lettuce, tomato, red onion, red wine vinaigrette, and garlic aioli on an Italian roll. CEO Rob Lynch called it “a natural addition” that “pays homage to the classic” Italian sandwich. When Arby’s discontinued the Loaded Italian in 2021, a Change.org petition demanded its return. The sandwich came back in September 2025, with Jersey Shore stars Snooki and JWoww promoting the sandwich.
Discontinued: July 2021
The Pizza Slider joined the menu in 2017. Salami and pepperoni sat on a soft bun with roasted garlic marinara sauce and melted provolone. It became Arby’s eighth slider, the first menu item to feature pizza flavors. When the slider was discontinued, very few people cared or noticed it was gone.
Discontinued: 2021
Arby’s added the Ham Slider in 2015. Just ham and cheese on a small bun. Simple. The slider line sold 29 million units in its first month. When the Ham Slider left in 2021, Arby’s stopped sending ham to most locations. According to some insiders, you can still ask for ham in the locations that serve breakfast. But it is currently off the official menu.
Discontinued: 2021
Loaded Curly Fries appeared in late 2015. Arby’s piled bacon, sour cream, and cheddar cheese on their beloved curly fries. They also made a gyro version with Greek gyro meat, tzatziki, and gyro seasoning. Fans loved the gyro version, and they paired well with the popular gyro sandwiches. You can still get loaded fries, but only with their crinkle fries.
Discontinued: 2022 (brief return late 2022)
White Cheddar Mac ‘n Cheese showed up in early 2020. The creamy white cheddar macaroni sometimes came loaded with bacon and chicken. Fast food mac and cheese faces a problem. Bulk cooking and high holding temperatures turn pasta mushy and sauce gloopy fast. White Cheddar Mac ‘n Cheese disappeared in 2022, came back briefly, then left for good.
Discontinued: After 2022
The Country Style Rib Sandwich launched in October 2021. Arby’s smoked pork rib meat for eight hours on hickory wood fires. Crispy onions, Gouda cheese, and barbecue sauce topped the meat. The chain positioned the Country Style Rib as a McRib competitor. Arby’s hired rapper Pusha T to record an anti-McRib diss track. Strong sales brought it back in 2022, but the sandwich never stuck around permanently.
Discontinued: Mid-2000s
Sourdough Melts came in two versions in the early 2000s. One had ham and Swiss cheese. The other had beef with a thousand island dressing. Both came on sourdough bread. Marketing photos showed huge sandwiches. But customers complained as they got too much bread and almost no meat. The Sourdough Melts tasted like nothing but soggy bread. Reality didn’t match the ads. So Arby’s axed the failed sour experiment.
Discontinued: March 2021 (returned February 2025)
Potato Cakes launched with Arby’s in 1964. These triangular fried patties came from shredded potatoes pressed into a crispy shell. They looked like oversized hash browns, but crunchier. For 57 years, they sat on the menu without changing. Arby’s randomly cut them in March 2021. Customers revolted. Tens of thousands of people screamed at Arby’s with Actor Kyle MacLachlan leading the charge. The tantrum worked. Arby’s brought Potato Cakes back in February 2025.The chain now promises to pay $1 million in food giveaways if it removes them before December 31, 2026.
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