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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Frisch's Restaurants, Inc., doing business as Frisch's Big Boy, is a regional Big Boy restaurant chain with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. For many years a Big Boy franchisee, in 2001, Frisch's became the exclusive owner of the Big Boy trademark in Indiana, Kentucky, and most of Ohio and Tennessee, and is no longer affiliated with Big Boy Restaurant Group.
The party is a carnival-style celebration, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 15 at the Big Boy Arena, 34400 Utica Rd. in Fraser. At the event, the Big Boy Food Truck will offer free Big Boy burgers to ...
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 ...
The restaurant started as a 10-stool hamburger stand in Glendale, California, opening in 1936 with an investment of $300 raised from the sale of his car. Wian sold Bob's Big Boy and rights to the Big Boy chain to the Marriott Corp. in 1967 for $7 million [ 4 ] ($64 million in 2023).
Yes, it's part of the Big Boy chain, but Bob's Big Boy near L.A. is worth a special trip for any drive-in devotee. Built in 1949, it might be the most architecturally impressive drive-in anywhere ...