Fast Food

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

A downtown favorite, Fat Frank's, located in the U.S. Steel Building, served a big wiener on a nice bun. They served up their last dog in 2003.

You'll never get lost when you follow this map to delicious Camp Washington Chili!

Camp Washington Chili??has been serving up chili to Cincinnati natives 24 hours a day, 6 days a week for over 75 years!

Two Pesos was a Tex-Mex restaurant chain that opened in 1982 in Houston.  OS16122

Sandy's was a hamburger chain founded in Peoria, Illinois in 1956 by four businessmen who originally planned to open a McDonald's franchise. After a disagreement with McDonald's head Ray Kroc, the four men struck out on their own, naming their burger joint Sandy's. The...

Red Barn was founded in 1961 in Dayton. The chain, which served hamburgers and fish in addition to fried chicken, grew to over 400 locations in 19 states before shutting down in 1986. Their characters were called the Hungries.

Tom & Chee is not your mama's grilled cheese.

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations in the U.S. In the early '70s, it attempted to enter the...

Squire Jack's was a local chain of fish & chips restaurants in the late '60s and early '70s. At its peak, it had over a dozen locations in Greater Cincinnati.

Founded in Chicago in 1952, Chicken Delight grew to over 1,000 locations nationwide, tempting patrons with the slogan, "don't cook tonight, call Chicken tonight." The chain is now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The idea of creating healthier fast food goes all the back to the '70s and D'Lites of America. Based in suburban Atlanta, this chain offered a menu of reduced-calorie dishes, including hamburgers made with lean beef, high-fiber buns, and reduced-calorie cheese. It closed in...

All-American Burger founded in 1963 by a successful stockbroker named Aaron Binder.  The company grew fairly quickly, and by 1970 had four locations in the L.A. Basin. For reasons that are unclear, things took a turn for the worse in 1981, and the chain...

Tom & Chee is crafty.

Squire Jack's was a local chain of fish & chips restaurants in the late '60s and early '70s. At its peak, it had over a dozen locations in Greater Cincinnati.

In 1965, the four Daoud brothers bought a hamburger restaurant called Hamburger Heaven in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mt. Washington. With their purchase they also received a Cincinnati-style chili recipe. They quickly realized the chili was outselling the burgers, so they focused on the...