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Long John Silver's, formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppes and sometimes abbreviated as LJS, is an American chain of fast-food restaurants that specializes in seafood. The brand's name is derived from the character of the same name from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. [2]
The success of White Castle led to numerous imitators. Restaurants copied the distinctive architecture of White Castle buildings, as well as created confusion for consumers by using a similar name. The first of these imitators in Wichita was Little Kastle. Many competitors created their names with a play on the White Castle name.
Name Original location Founded Headquarters Parent company Number of U.S. locations Areas served Notes BonChon Chicken: Busan, South Korea: 2002 Dallas, Texas: 115 Nationwide Cupbop: Salt Lake County, Utah: 2013 Salt Lake City, Utah: 38 Mountain states, Oklahoma L&L Hawaiian Barbecue: Honolulu, Hawaii: 1976 Honolulu, Hawaii: 209
Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 [14] [15] [16] [17]
Its 150th location opened in April 2015 in Loveland, Colorado, and nearly three years later its 300th location in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March 2018. The state with the most Freddy's locations to date is Texas, with 73 restaurants. [10] In 2022 it was announced that Freddy's would be expanding their locations to nine provinces in Canada. [11]
Sambo's was an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett in Santa Barbara, California. [1] Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its two founders, the chain also associated with The Story of Little Black Sambo.
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. is an American steakhouse chain that specializes in steaks in a Texan and Southwestern cuisine style. [4] It is a subsidiary of Texas Roadhouse Inc, which has two other concepts (Bubba's 33 and Jaggers) and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. [5]
Bob Evans Restaurants, also known as Bob Evans, is an American chain of restaurants owned by Golden Gate Capital based in New Albany, Ohio.After its founding in 1948 by Bob Evans (1918–2007), the restaurant chain evolved into a company with the corporate brand name "Bob Evans Farms, Inc." (BEF), and eventually established a separate food division to handle the sale of its products in other ...