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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIn 1940, Maurice and Richard McDonald moved their father\u2019s food stand \u201cThe Airdrome\u201d from Monrovia to San Bernardino<\/a> and renamed it \u201cMcDonald\u2019s Bar-B-Q.\u201d It functioned as a carhop drive-in until 1948, when the brothers restructured the business to focus on burgers and fries and changed the name to \u201cMcDonald\u2019s.\u201d<\/a> While the North E Street location is no longer a functioning Mickey Ds, the building\u2019s current owner, Juan Pollo Restaurants, utilizes the space as both their corporate headquarters and an unofficial McDonald\u2019s Museum<\/a>. The oldest operating McDonald\u2019s restaurant is in Downey, California.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The first Pizza Hut<\/a> was opened in 1958 by brothers Dan and Frank Carney in their hometown ofWichita, Kansas<\/a>. The two knew they wanted to have \u201cPizza\u201d in their new establishment\u2019s name, but didn\u2019t decide on \u201cHut\u201d until they discovered the building\u2019s sign only had room for nine letters and that the structure itself looked like a hut. In 1986, the original hut was moved to the campus of Wichita State University\u2014the Carney brothers’ alma mater\u2014where it is used by the International Business Student Association as a meeting place.<\/em><\/p>\n Looking for a place to meet people\u2014especially the eligible women he noticed in his Manhattan neighborhood\u2014Alan Stillman<\/a>\u00a0took the initiative and\u00a0founded a bar and restaurant. Before it opened in 1965, \u201csingles bars<\/a>”\u00a0were a rarity. Friday\u2019s is even credited as being one of the first bars to use \u201cladies night\u201d as a promotion. The original T.G.I. Friday\u2019s<\/a> closed in 1994 and is now\u00a0Baker Street Pub & Grill.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner opened the first Waffle House<\/a> in 1955 and remain involved<\/a>with the company to this day. The original location is now the\u00a0Waffle House Museum<\/a>, where\u00a0you can make your own waffles in its unchanged interior.<\/em><\/p>\n Before America was running on Dunkin\u2019, it was a simple donut shop on Southern Artery\u2014yes, like the heart\u2014in Quincy, Massachusetts. The location opened in 1948 under the name Open Kettle, then a year later it became Kettle Donuts, then a year after that it finally becameDunkin\u2019 Donuts<\/a>. While the building has been remodeled over the years, it still maintains theoriginal aesthetic<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The original Starbucks store began selling coffee beans and equipment from its 2000 Western Ave location in 1971, but by 1976, their building was to be demolished and they had to find a new place. In 1977, they opened the \u201c1st and Pike\u201d cafe, located at the mouth of the historic Pike Place Market,\u00a0and the rest is highly-caffeinated history.<\/em><\/p>\n When founder Steve Ells<\/a> opened the first Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/a> just down the road from the University of Denver, he and his father figured that it would have to sell 107 burritos a day to be profitable. In a month\u2019s time, the store was selling over ten times that amount. You can still get a Chipotle burrito from its original location.<\/em><\/p>\n What began as a Coney Island hot dog stand in 1916 … remains a Coney Island hot dog stand. Sure, in the years since Polish immigrant Nathan Handwerker<\/a> used his life\u2019s savings of $300 to begin selling franks made with his wife Ida\u2019s recipe to hungry Brooklynites, Nathan\u2019s Famous<\/a> has become a national chain with over 40,000 outlets. But for the Surf Avenue stand, little has changed in its physical appearance (which probably can’t be said about most of those training for Nathan\u2019s Hot Dog Eating Contest, an annual competition held at the original location).<\/em><\/p>\n Fensterbme<\/a>\/Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Though Wendy\u2019s closed its original restaurant<\/a> in 2007, the spirit of the company\u2019s first restaurant still lives on\u2014in their flagship store<\/a> in Dublin, Ohio, which boasts an entire \u201ccommunity room\u201d full of company history and memorabilia. Some historians, such as Yelp user<\/a> Jeffrey H., still found the original location\u2019s shutdown to be tragic, calling the day it closed its doors \u201cone of America\u2019s darkest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In 1983, six businessmen<\/a> got together and changed the face (ahem) of chain restaurant history when they opened a \u201cdelightfully tacky, yet unrefined\u201d dining establishment by the name of Hooters<\/a>. Thanks to the \u201cHooters Six\u201d\u2014as they are referred to in the \u201cSaga\u201d section of the restaurant\u2019s website\u2014never again would someone have to suffer through ordering food and beverages from a person wearing actual pants. While it has been subject toextensive remodeling<\/a> projects, the original Hooters is still home to their trademark hospitality, wings, and weird uncle smell<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n In 1964, three former high school classmates opened up the first Blimpie sandwich shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. One of the founders, Tony Conza, came up with the name aftersearching the dictionary<\/a> for an alternative to sub and hoagie and coming across the word blimp, which he felt would sound enough like a sandwich with \u201cie\u201d at the end of it. The original Blimpie is\u00a0still f<\/a>unctioning, so come on down\u2014and, for the love of all that is piled on top of a hero, don\u2019t mention Jared.<\/em><\/p>\n The building that was once the very first Taco Bell<\/a> is now home to an unaffiliated Mexican takeout place, but if you \u201cYo quiero Taco Bell\u201d and only Taco Bell, don\u2019t worry\u2014there\u2019s one right across the street. There aren\u2019t many places where one can enjoy a Fourth Meal and admire history at the same time.<\/em><\/p>\n Originally called Insta-Burger<\/a>, the first Burger King was founded by Keith J. Kramer and his wife\u2019s uncle-in-law Matthew Burns in Jacksonville, Florida<\/a>. With the help of their \u201cInsta-Broilers\u201d\u2014 ovens capable of cooking 400 burgers per hour\u2014the two went on to open multiple Insta-Burger restaurants and become a franchise. In 1959, Kramer and Burns sold the company to Insta-Burger franchisees James McLamore and David R. Edgerton, who changed the name to Burger King. A place called Stan\u2019s Sandwich now operates out of the original location.<\/em><\/p>\n It may be difficult to imagine a Sbarro\u2019s<\/a> that isn\u2019t steps away from a Spencer\u2019s Gifts, but the pizza chain began as a salumeria (or Italian grocery store) in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1956. The original Sbarro\u2019s, where Gennaro and \u201cMama\u201d Carmela set up shop after emigrating from Naples, is now a Japanese restaurant<\/a>.\u00a0You can still put the old adage about there being no such thing as bad pizza to the test at Kings Plaza Shopping Center<\/a>,\u00a0where they opened their first mall-based location in 1970.<\/em><\/p>\n Where the first White Castle<\/a> opened in 1921 now stands a multi-tiered parking garage. Today, the closest place to that original location to grab a case of sliders is all the way in St. Louis. Though seemingly content with depriving the people of Kansas, White Castle didn’t forget where it came from: In 2011, the company celebrated its\u00a090th birthday<\/a> by making a special one-day only return to Wichita to grill up burgers as a fundraiser for the Kansas Food Bank.<\/em><\/p>\n After discovering that his burger joint\u2019s name was already trademarked, Top Hat Drive-In owner Troy N. Smith Sr. renamed his Oklahoma chain\u00a0“Sonic Drive-In” in 1959.\u00a0Though it was not the original Top Hat location, the first Sonic sign arrived at the Stillwater restaurant and that\u2019s where it remains today. The service might not actually be \u201cwith the speed of sound,\u201d as the sign states, but you can drown that disappointment in half-price drinks and slushes from 2 to 4 PM each day.<\/em><\/p>\n Colonel Harland Sanders began selling fried chicken made with his secret recipe from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great Depression. It wasn\u2019t until 1952, however, that Sanders opened the first Kentucky Fried Chicken in Utah. The Salt Lake City location is still a KFC and boasts a display showcasing one of the Colonel\u2019s trademark white suits and a statue of him and Dave Thomas, an early franchise owner who came up with the \u201crotating bucket\u201d sign (and founded his own fast food chain, Wendy\u2019s).<\/em><\/p>\n In 1973, Chinese immigrants\u00a0Andrew Cherng and his father Ming Tsai Cherng opened the Panda Inn restaurant in Pasadena, California<\/a>. After ten years of providing the Los Angeles area with upscale sit-down meals, management for the Glendale Galleria asked the Cherngs to consider creating a fast-food version of their restaurant. They agreed, and now no trip to the mall is complete without a delicious free sample of unidentifiable goodness.<\/em><\/p>\n Looking for a way to pay for college, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca borrowed $1000 from Dr. Peter Buck and opened Pete\u2019s Super Submarines in Bridgeport, Connecticut.<\/a> By 1968, just three years after the restaurant\u2019s inception, the two added four shops and shortened the name to Subway. DeLuca never became the doctor he set out to be, but he did receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Bridgeport in 2002. The original Subway is no longer there, but those looking to \u201cEat Fresh\u201d have over 40,000 other locations to choose from.<\/em><\/p>\n In 1959, brothers Mike and Marshall Ilitch opened the first Little Caesars in a Garden City, Michigan strip mall. Mike wanted to call it “Pizza Cheap,” but Marshall (and good sense) won out with Little Caesar\u2019s Pizza Treat. While the name was shortened, the demand for their \u201cPizza! Pizza!\u201d has stayed strong. In 2008, Little Caesars filled an order from the VF Corporation for 13,386 pizzas. You can still pick up a \u201cHot-n-Ready\u201d \u2018za from the original location, but as one Yelp-user remarked<\/a>, \u201cIt should be \u2018hot and ready in 8 minutes.\u2019” Et tu, Dave K?<\/em><\/p>\n Jamba Juice began as Juice Club in 1990 when Kirk Perron opened his first storefront in San Luis Obispo, California. In 1995, the name was changed to Jamba Juice and four years later the company went national with its acquisition of Zuka Juice, Inc. The first Jamba Juice is still up and running, in case you feel like a smoothie and some history next time you\u2019re in San Luis Obispo.<\/em><\/p>\n The first In-N-Out was built in 1948<\/a> when Harry and Esther Snyder set out to “Give customers the freshest, highest quality foods you can buy and provide them with friendly service in a sparkling clean environment.” The original location was demolished so Interstate 10 could be built, so you’ll have to get your “animal style” fix at another location.<\/em><\/p>\n The first Tim Hortons was founded under the name Tim Horton Donuts in 1964. The owner, a professional hockey player, was a member of the NHL\u2019s Toronto Maple Leafs. Despite being an active athlete, Horton was able to juggle both careers thanks to his business partner Ron Joyce, a former Hamilton police constable. Tim Horton Donuts was eventually shortened to “Tim Horton’s,” which was eventually further truncated to “Tim Hortons” to maintain uniformity in the name of all their locations while also complying with the language laws of Quebec. The original location still operates as a Tim Hortons, but Ottawa Street N is now honorarily named “Tim Hortons Way.” Also: Tim Horton originally sold hamburgers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n In 1986, Jerry and Janie Murrell, along with four other guys (their sons), founded Five Guys<\/a>. The couple had advised the boys to \u201cstart a business or go to college.\u201d The first restaurant was located in the Westmont Shopping Center\u2014which was also home to Brenner\u2019s Bakery, where the Murrells originally got their rolls. Five Guys no longer calls the Arlington, Virginia shopping center home, but they maintain a strong presence in Northern Virginia, where the first five Five Guys were opened.<\/em><\/p>\n Two years after they invented the revolutionary formula for soft-serve ice cream in 1938, father and son duo John Fremont \u201cGrandpa\u201d and Bradley McCullough opened the very first Dairy Queen along with a former customer, Sheb Noble. The three knew they were onto something when the ice cream store sold over 1600 servings of the McCullough\u2019s new treat in just two hours.<\/em><\/p>\n Robert O. Peterson opened the first Jack in the Box in 1951 when he converted his existing drive-in restaurant into a drive-thru<\/a>. With its two-way intercom and pickup window, Jack in the Box made fast food even faster. Where the first Jack in the Box once stood is now Platt College San Diego. The private for-profit college does not have a mascot or an athletic program to go with it, but perhaps they can adopt the terrifying clown that once sat atop the location.<\/em><\/p>\n In 1964, 25-year-old Hiroaki \u201cRocky\u201d Aoki took the money he made driving an ice cream truck in Harlem and opened the first Benihana<\/a>. New Yorkers were initially wary of dining at the hibachi restaurant, but after it received positive reviews, people were much more open to the idea of sitting near a hot surface with strangers<\/a> while their chef threw their food around. The Beatles, Muhammad Ali, and other notables have dined at the original location, which is still in business today.<\/em><\/p>\n Johnny Carrabba and his uncle Damian Mandola opened the first Carrabba\u2019s Italian Grill<\/a> in 1986. As they claim on their website, they\u2019re not real chefs, but rather \u201creal eaters,\u201d and their restaurant was such a success that another location opened in Houston soon after. By 1993, Carrabba and Mandola were in a joint venture with Outback Steakhouse, Inc. (now Bloomin\u2019 Brands) and two years after that, Outback Steakhouse, Inc. purchased the rights to develop the chain nationwide. The first (and second) Carrabba\u2019s are still owned and operated by the Carrabba family.<\/em><\/p>\n The first Chick-fil-A opened in Atlanta\u2019s Greenbriar Mall in 1967<\/a>, six years after S. Truett Cathy, the chain\u2019s Chairman and CEO, invented the chicken sandwich while working at Dwarf House,\u00a0his Hapeville, Georgia restaurant. At first, Cathy referred to his burger alternative as a \u201cchicken steak\u201d sandwich, but ended up replacing \u201csteak\u201d with \u201cfillet,\u201d a word he found more appealing. Both the original Chick-fil-A and Dwarf House restaurants are still open for business\u2014unless, of course, it\u2019s a Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n Philip J. Romano\u2014the father of Romano\u2019s Macaroni Grill\u2014founded Fuddruckers in 1979<\/a>because he believed, \u201cthe world needed a better hamburger.\u201d The restaurant began as Freddie Fuddruckers, and it opened in a former bank.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ever wonder where your favorite fast food chain first popped up? Look no further. \u00a0 I’m sure you expected that Kentucky Fried Chicken started in Kentucky, but I’m surprised that Subway started in Connecticut and not New York. 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PIZZA HUT (503<\/em> SOUTH BLUFF ST, WICHITA, KANSAS)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n3. T.G.I. FRIDAY\u2019S (1152 1ST AVE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n4. WAFFLE HOUSE (2719 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE, DECATUR, GEORGIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n5. DUNKIN\u2019 DONUTS (543 SOUTHERN ARTERY, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n6. STARBUCKS (2000 WESTERN AVE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n7. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL (1644 E EVANS AVE, DENVER, COLORADO)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n8. NATHAN\u2019S FAMOUS (1310 SURF AVE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n9. WENDY\u2019S (257 E BROAD ST, COLUMBUS, OHIO)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n10. HOOTERS (2800 GULF-TO-BAY BLVD, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n11. BLIMPIE (110 WASHINGTON ST, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n12. TACO BELL (7112 FIRESTONE BLVD, DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n13. BURGER KING (7146 BEACH BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n14. SBARRO\u2019S (1701 65TH ST, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK)<\/h4>\n
15. WHITE CASTLE (NW CORNER OF FIRST AND MAIN ST, WICHITA, KANSAS)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n16. SONIC (215 N MAIN ST \u2014 STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n17. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN (3890 S. STATE STREET \u2014 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n18. PANDA EXPRESS (3214 GLENDALE GALLERIA \u2014 GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n19. SUBWAY (NORTH END \u2014 BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n20. LITTLE CAESARS (32594 CHERRY HILL RD \u2014 GARDEN CITY, MICHIGAN)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n21. JAMBA JUICE (17 CHORRO STREET, SUITE C \u2014 SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n22. IN-N-OUT (THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10 AND FRANCISQUITO AVENUE \u2014 BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n23. TIM HORTONS (65 OTTAWA STREET N. \u2014 HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n24. FIVE GUYS (3235 COLUMBIA PIKE \u2014 ARLINGTON, VA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n25. DAIRY QUEEN (501 N. CHICAGO STREET \u2014 JOLIET, ILLINOIS)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n26. JACK IN THE BOX (6270 EL CAJON BOULEVARD \u2014 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n27. BENIHANA (47 W. 56TH STREET \u2014 NEW YORK, NEW YORK)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n28. CARRABBA\u2019S ITALIAN GRILL (3115 KIRBY DRIVE \u2014 HOUSTON, TEXAS)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n29. CHICK-FIL-A (2841 GREENBRIAR PARKWAY SW \u2014 ATLANTA, GEORGIA)<\/h4>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n30. FUDDRUCKERS (8602 BOTTS LANE \u2014 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS)<\/h4>\n
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