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The Big Boy franchisee relevant here, Vip's Big Boy of New Mexico, was acquired by JB's Big Boy in 1972 but continued using the Vip's name until rebranded in 1982. [ 253 ] [ 254 ] [ 156 ] The other, Vip's Restaurants of Salem, Oregon, was not a Big Boy franchisee but sold units to JB's Big Boy, which operated them as Bob's Big Boy. [ 193 ]
In the 1970s JB's expanded by acquiring neighboring Big Boy franchisees: Vip's, Leo's, Kebo's, and Bud's; and the subfranchisee: Bob's Big Boy of Arizona. [5] In 1970 JB's became the Big Boy franchisor in New Jersey and built five restaurants in the state, but in 1975 it sold the territory and stores to the Marriott Corp. who rebranded them as ...
After meeting with Big Boy founder Bob Wian in 1951, Schoenbaum became a Big Boy franchisee on February 7, 1952, now calling his several locations the Parkette Big Boy Shoppes. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In May 1954, a public "Name the Parkette Big Boy Contest" was announced, and in June 1954 Schoenbaum's five Parkette Drive-Ins were rebranded as Shoney's.
Wisconsin Big Boy is open at on Main St in Sussex. Its hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Frisch's is the oldest, longest surviving, and smallest (formerly largest prior to evictions) regional Big Boy operator, excluding Bob's Big Boy in California, which was the original Big Boy restaurant and franchiser. The last new Frisch's opened in the Northern Kentucky International Airport in 2023.
It was so successful that it grew to nine area locations open 24 hours a day. Now it is down to two diners operating three blocks from each other in downtown Kansas City. One is open 24/7.
Buckwheat. Despite its name, buckwheat doesn’t contain any wheat at all, making it a popular grain in gluten-free diets. While buckwheat groats, or kernels, contain a good amount of protein ...
Some Jerry's restaurants became known as Jerry's J-Boy. [22] [23] By 2015, the number of locations had decreased, although there were still at least three locations, all located in Kentucky. [15] Two locations closed in early 2020, [22] [23] leaving only one location in Paris, Kentucky. [24] [25]