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Kings began in North Versailles, Pennsylvania in 1967 as Kings Country Shoppes. This name was later changed to Kings Family Restaurants to indicate the establishment was a restaurant rather than a store. By 1980 the number of restaurants had grown to 7, and 24 by 1990.
The Smiley Cookie would become so popular that it would eventually be added to its logo and would spawn the "Frownie" brownie from rival Kings Family Restaurants, which would be controversially discontinued in 2015 after Kings was sold to a private equity firm. [21]
JB's Restaurants: Family United States 104 A Big Boy franchise until 1987. One restaurant in the chain was named "Galaxy Diner". Koo Koo Roo: Chicken United States 38 Owned by Luby's Lee Roy Selmon's: Casual dining United States 3 Its original location closed in 2018 after 17 years. Little Chef: Roadside restaurants United Kingdom 439 Ended in ...
Dec. 1—A big name in coffee is perking up rural Buffalo Township. Starbucks opened Friday morning along Route 356 in Buffalo Plaza, inside the same building as the former Kings Family Restaurant.
Family-owned King Tut still has a retro feel, from the neon sign beckoning hungry passersby to the menu filled with staples like burgers and hot dogs and throwbacks like chicken liver and Swiss ...
Keith Pandolfi, Cincinnati Enquirer April 3, 2024 at 10:20 PM Two big restaurant openings happened in Madisonville and Fort Thomas last month, as well as a couple new pizza joints and the ...
The Smiley Cookie became so popular that it was added to the logo of Eat'n Park. A competitor, Kings Family Restaurants produced the "Frownie", a brownie decorated with a frowning face. The "Frownie" was discontinued in 2015 (later returned in early 2019) after Kings was sold to a private equity firm. [3]
Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 [14] [15] [16] [17]