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Hamburger Hamlet (or "The Hamlet") was a chain of restaurants based in Los Angeles, and a point of reference for the inhabitants and creative industries of the city. Opened in 1950 by actor Harry Lewis with his future wife Marilyn (m.1952), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it grew to a chain of 24 locations, including the Chicago and Washington, D.C. metro areas ...
When Naylor bought a Hamburger Hamlet in Bethesda, Maryland in 2012, he rebranded it as "Du-par's Hamburger Hamlet", bringing the chain to the East Coast; [18] that location however closed for good in 2013. [19] Du-par's then took over a former Hamburger Hamlet in Pasadena, California in 2014. [20]
The following year, Koo Koo Roo acquired the bankrupted 14-outlet Hamburger Hamlet chain for US$11.5 million. [7] After suffering financial problems during the previous three years, the company was acquired by Family Restaurants Inc., the owner of Chi-Chi's and El Torito Mexican restaurants, in 1998 for $143 million in stock. [8]
Although the chain had a good run from 1914 to 1987 with the last individual restaurant closing in 2009, it unfortunately wasn’t built to last forever. Etsy 14.
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This Famed Breakfast Restaurant Is Closing More Locations Than Expected This Year—Here’s What's Happening. Nathan Hutsenpiller. February 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM.
The Lewises took Hamburger Hamlet public in 1969, and sold the company for $29.2 million in 1987 (equivalent to $78.3 million in 2023). Lewis and his wife Marilyn later owned the Beverly Hills restaurant institution Kate Mantilini , which closed in 2014 after operating for 27 years.