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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]
The name of 2 Turkish villages. In Arabic "ḥamām" means "douche". Hamm: Those pigs sure aren't happy about this place. Hammerfest: A town in Norway. Hosting a hip hop festival here would make MC Hammer proud. Hampton Gay: A very gay village in England. Handsome Eddy: A hamlet in New York. Hang Chat: A district in Lampang province, northern ...
Chemic Tavern (formerly Chemical Tavern), Leeds, West Yorkshire. Named for the workers at the nearby Woodhouse Chemical Works, (C. 1840–1900) it was a beer house on the 1861 census when the licensee was James Lapish. [207] [208] Custom House Tavern, Wisbech: (now closed) named for the local customs post in the port. [3]
Although California's surfing scene is said to have gotten its start in Long Beach when in 1911 two surfers returned from Hawaii and the city hosted the first National Surfing and Paddleboard Championships in 1938, surfing is now uncommon in Long Beach due to a 2.2-mile (3.5 km) long breakwater built in 1949 to protect the United States Pacific ...
USS Long Beach, the first nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, serving from 1961 to 1995 . Long Beach-class cruiser, a ship class of the United States Navy with only one member, CGN-9
Bored & Hungry was located at 2405 E 7th St. in Long Beach, California. It occupied a 1,700 square foot (160 m 2) space that formerly belonged to a fried chicken restaurant and was almost replaced by a vegan burger location. [9] It had a small menu consisting of smash burgers, veggie burgers, French fries, and soda. [10]
The southern coast of Belmont Shore is a south-facing Pacific Ocean beach that lies just inside the Long Beach breakwater. Due to the presence of the Federal breakwater, this beach experiences very little surf and is not as popular for beachgoing during the summer months as are the nearby beaches of Seal Beach or Huntington Beach, for example. [2]
Neighborhood map of the City of Long Beach, CA. Long Beach, California, is composed of many different neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are named after thoroughfares, while others are named for nearby parks, schools, or city features.