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  Restaurant First Opened Other Notable Restaurant Dates
1960
 
Domino’s Pizza, Tom/James Monaghan, Ypsilanti, MI
Hardees, Wilber Hardee, NC
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
 
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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