On December 12, 1948, Dick and Mac McDonald reopened a small drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California, with the entire menu reduced to nine items. They had spent the previous three months tearing the... Read More →
On April 14, 1955, Ray Kroc spent the night before his grand opening checking the temperature on his deep fryers in Des Plaines, Illinois. He was 52 years old and had just bet his... Read More →
On May 15, 1940, two brothers from Manchester, New Hampshire opened a drive-in restaurant at the corner of 14th and E streets in San Bernardino, California. They served slow-cooked barbecue from a pit stocked... Read More →
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