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  2. Bob's Big Boy - Wikipedia

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    Bob's Big Boy is a casual dining restaurant chain founded by Bob Wian in Southern California in 1936, originally named Bob's Pantry. [2] [3] The chain's signature product is the Big Boy hamburger, which Wian created six months after opening his original location. Slicing a bun into three slices and adding two hamburger patties, Wian is credited ...

  3. Big Boy Restaurants - Wikipedia

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    Elby's was unique in leaving and rejoining the Big Boy system. When Marriott purchased Big Boy (Wian Enterprises) in 1967, this included Bob's Big Boy. The name "Bob's" would be used by all Marriott owned Big Boys and became common in parts of the eastern U.S. and elsewhere, far away from Bob's historic territory.

  4. Beloved Midwest Chain Frisch's Big Boy Faces Evictions ... - AOL

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    Bob Wian opened his first hamburger stand in California in 1936. When he named his unique and popular cheeseburger the Big Boy, the name of the restaurant became Bob’s Big Boy. In the 1940s, he ...

  5. JB's Restaurants - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. 'Eating there was special.' Frisch's Big Boy struggles to ...

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    The first ever Big Boy sandwich was created as a “joke” by Bob Wian in 1937 at his hamburger stand in Glendale, California, then called Bob’s Pantry. It quickly became a local favorite. It ...

  7. Johnie's Broiler - Wikipedia

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    Johnie's Broiler, originally known as Harvey's Broiler and currently operating as Bob's Big Boy Broiler, is a restaurant located in Downey, California.It first opened in 1958 by Harvey Ortner, a former partner in the Clock Broiler restaurants chain in the Los Angeles area.

  8. Wisconsin Big Boy, featuring shakes, Big Boy beer and ... - AOL

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    The Germantown Big Boy location closed in October, and the Sussex location is the only one in Wisconsin. The hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

  9. Bob Wian - Wikipedia

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    He continued on the city council but resigned in August 1948, [10] [11] citing conflicts with Bob's Big Boy and "a desire to make an occasional fishing trip". [12] Wian was also a member of the service organization 20-30 Club, serving as president of the local Glendale club, governor of the Southern California district, [13] and as national ...