Fast Food

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...

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...

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.

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...