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Billing itself as a chronicle of bad conversions and storefronts past, the website Notfoolinganybody.com records pictures of fast food franchises converted to something else.
LA entries include Thai Town Express at Hollywood and Western, and Jon's Markets rate a mention. We're surprised that there are so few LA spots listed on this site.
We can do better than this! LA practically invented the concept of adapted buildings and habitats. We recall seeing a number of barely disguised former Pioneer Chicken stands and IHOPs all over town. But perhaps things have changed.
Does Carney's count?
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A few Cali. examples that immediately come to mind are:
House of Pies on Hollywood & Whitley (check cashing place, terrazzo logo in sidewalk remains); House of Pies on Olympic and San Vicente (Hunan Taste Chinese restaurant); recently converted Taco Bell Hollywood at Oxford near Thai Express (think it's another Thai place); and Taco Bell on University Ave. in Berkeley is now something else.
As I expected, there are lots of former ex-KFCs on that site. I see them all over the place.
China Chili in Upland, Mix Bowl (excellent Thai place) in Pomona are two I can think of off the top of my head. Oh, and there's one in Dana Point which was converted into a hamburger place at one point. (May be something else now, I haven't looked for it recently.)
I've seen a couple of Michelle's Doughnuts that look like Michelle may have lived chez Winchell for a while.