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1960's
| Restaurant First Opened | Other Notable Restaurant Dates | |
| 1960 |
Domino’s Pizza, Tom/James Monaghan, Ypsilanti, MI Hardees, Wilber Hardee, NC |
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| 1961 |
Wienerschnitzel, John Galardi, Long Beach, CA |
1961 - James Monaghan trades his half of Domino’s Pizza to
brother Tom for a Volkswagen Beetle
1961 - First Village Inn Franchise Opens |
| 1962 |
Taco Bell, Glen Bell, Downey, CA | |
| 1963 |
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| 1964 |
Arby's, Raffel
Bros "RB", Youngstown, OH Blimpie, Tony Conza, Hoboken, NJ 1964 - Tim Hortons, Tim Horton, Hamilton, Ontario Del Taco, Ed Hackbarth, Yermo, CA (Del Taco Website claims Barstow) Benihana, Rocky Aoki, NYNY Boston's Gourmet Pizza, Gus Agioritis, Edmonton, Alberta 1964 - Villa Pizza, Michele Scotto, New York NY |
1964 - Marie Callendars opens 1st full restaurant. 1964 - John Brown & investors purchase KFC for $2 Million |
| 1965 |
H Salt, Haddon Salt, Sauslito, CA TGI Fridays, Alan Stillman, NYC, NY |
1965 - McDonalds goes public
1965 - Nathans Famous HotDogs opens its 3rd Location |
| 1966 |
1966 - Sirloin Stockade, Oklahoma City, OK | 1966 - KFC & Denny's goes public |
| 1967 |
Taco Bill, Queensland, Austrailia
Steer 'n Stein, Huntington Beach, CA Chickfila, S. Truett Cathy, Atlanta, GA Minnie Pearl / Mahalia Jackson Chicken, John Jay and Henry Hooker, Tennessee 1967 - D'angelo, Dedham MA, (Started as Ma Riva's Sub Shop) |
1967 - The Big Mac was developed to feed hungry construction workers in Pittsburgh |
| 1968 |
Red Lobster, Bill Darden, Lakeland, FL
Braum's Ice Cream, Bill Braum, OK |
1968 - Foodmaker Inc. (Jack in the Box) bought by Ralston Purina Co
1968 - J. Peter Grace Company purchases Coco's 1968 - Burger Chef is sold to General Foods for $20 million 1968 - Krystal Opens it's 100th Restaurant |
| 1969 |
Wendy’s, Dave Thomas, Columbus, OH Red Robin, Seattle, WA Taco Johns, Juan, Cheyenne, WY Long John Silvers Old Spaghetti Factory, Gus Dussin, Portland OR Arthur Treachers, 1969 - Captain D's, Donelson, TN 1969 - Cracker Barrel, Dan Evins & Tommy Lowe, Lebanon, TN |
1969 - The 1000th Burger Chef
Opens 1969 - Arthur Treacher's purchases London Restaurant Malins (1860) and thus receives fish and chips recipe to use |
All the information on
Restaurant Franchise Timeline
was researched and gathered by Dacy Nottingham
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