Restaurant Franchise Timeline

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1950's

Glen Bell was influential in the opening of
many restaurants including Bell's Burgers,
El Taco, Taco Tia, Del Taco, Weinerschnitzel,
Taco Bell and More.
Read more about him here.

	Restaurant First Opened	Other Notable Restaurant Dates
1950	Whataburger, Harmon Dobson, Corpus Christi, TX Dunkin Donuts, Bill Rosenberg Arctic Circle, Don Carlos, Salt Lake City, UT	1950 - Carls Jr., Anaheim, CA
1951	Jack in the Box, Robert Peterson, CA Bakers, Neal Baker, Rialto, CA 1951 - Cozzoli's, Mr Cozzoli
1952	KFC, Colonel Sanders, Corbin, KY Churchs Chicken, George Church, San Antonio, TX Fatburger, Lovie Yancey, Los Angeles, CA	1952 - Carls Jr. puts a star on their signposts
1953	Danny's Donuts, Harold Butler, Lakewood, CA
1954	Burger King, James Mclomore/Dave Edgerton, MiamiFL El Torito, Larry Cano, Encino, CA Taco Tia, Glen Bell, San Bernardino, CA 1954 - Shakeys, Sherwood Johnson Polcaris,	1954 - Danny's Donuts Changes to Danny's Coffee Shop 1954 - Howard Johnsons has 400 restaurants in 32 states
1955		1955 - McDonalds is purchased by Ray Crock, Headquarters moved to Des Plaines, IL 1955 - Glen Bell gets divorces, wife gets Bell’s Burgers 1955 - Nathan's Famous Hot Dog's Opens it's 2nd Location
1956	El Taco, Glen Bell, Long Beach, CA Burger Chef, Frank and Donald Thomas, Indianapolis, IN
1957
1958	IHOP, Al Lapin, Toluca Lake, CA Sizzler, Culver City, CA Pizza Hut, Wichita, KS Sbarro, Gennaro Sbarro, Brooklyn, NY Village Inn, Merton "Andy" Anderson and Jim Mola, Denver Colorado	1958 - Burger Chef opens first official Restaurant at 1300 W. 16th St in Indianapolis - 7 more followed this same year
1959	Little Caesars, Garden City, Mich Round Table Pizza, William Larson, Menlo Park, CA Taco Time, Ron Fraedrick, Eugene, Oregon Bickfords Pancake House, Harold Bickford, Peabody, MA 1959 - Chuck's Steakhouse, Chuck Rolles, Waikiki HI	1959 - Danny's Coffee Shop changes to Denny's

All the information on
Restaurant Franchise Timeline
was researched and gathered by Dacy Nottingham

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