What Happened to Burger Chef?

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Today we are taking a closer look at another fast food restaurant that with over 1200 locations at its peak, was poised to be at the top of the burger food chain. Burger Chef was an American fast-food restaurant chain founded in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana by brothers - and inventors - Frank and Don Thomas, and a partner Bob Wildman. The chain featured several signature items, such as the Big Shef, the Super Shef, the Funmeal, and the Works Bar.
In this edpisode, we explore Burger Chef’s beginnings, its innovative mark in fast food, and finally the eventual buyout by Hardee’s.
REFERENCES
"Images of America - Burger Chef" - By Scott R. Sanders - www.amazon.com/Burger-Images-...
"Flameout: The Rise and Fall of Burger Chef" by John P. McDonald - www.amazon.com/Flameout-Rise-...
JSF's BURGER CHEF Tribute Site - tons of details on Burger Chef history - jsfburgerchef.homestead.com/
The Burger Chef Reliquary - locations and discussion boards - www.thebawdycloister.com/reliq...
Kyle's Burger Chef Memories Website - A great Burger Chef tribute site, fantastic vintage photos! - www.freewebs.com/burgerchef/
Lost Indiana: Burger Chef A page about Burger Chef in its home state. - lostindiana.net/2001/06/01/bu...
Roadside Architecture: Eateries Photos of former Burger Chef buildings and signs. - www.roadsidearchitecture.com/

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@allenorganist2011 5 лет назад

I used to love going to burger chef over McDonald's back in the late 70's. So many memories...

@jeffreyk239 4 года назад

Me too, never like McDonald's food, still don't.

@b.j.banditt206 3 года назад

@@jeffreyk239 Likewise here; Burger Chef had the GRILLIN' TECHNIQUE that stood out from the rest of the crowd (especially from Burger King). The Works Bar made 'em STAND OUT!!!!!!

@photonotavailable7936 3 года назад

Ditto in the late ‘60s in Long Beach, California.

@mattrussillo4587 3 года назад

As a kid in the 60s and seventies I remember nobody I went to school with either went with McDonald's or wanted to admit they did! McDonald's The same thing the same thing could be said of Queen and KISS in hindsight. Nobody would ever ADMIT it if they listen to them- or at least no one older than 12!

@alvinwine5665 5 лет назад

I miss Burger chef, I use to love going there as a kid

@restaurantrewind9026 5 лет назад

Alvin Wine me too!

@generalzod7959 5 лет назад

Ditto

@generalzod7959 5 лет назад

@Todd Foret who needs a job? He kills for a living now... Or so i hear. 😄

@TheTeufelhunden68 5 лет назад

I as well. They beat McDonalds by far. As Burger King does today. The works bar was the best.

@stephenredden3719 5 лет назад

@@TheTeufelhunden68 Oh yeah! , we had one in walking distance from me , I used take a regular burger and stack all kinds of goodies and make it into a super burger, I miss burger chef

@tellurye 6 лет назад

OMG!1 I thought I was the only one who remembered Burger Chef lol. I was about 5 and I LOVED it. So sad it closed. Thanks for an awesome trip down memory lane. So awesome to hear history I never even knew.

@nunya9540 4 года назад

tellurye Burger Chef and Jeff lol

@TheBrooklynbodine 3 года назад

I'm 57 myself, and I don't remember when it opened, but the one in my town was still there in 1980, but it seems like it was gone not long after.

@pay9011 5 лет назад

I remember when our local Burger Chef turned into Hardees. The quality immediately deteriorated. It was obvious that people stopped going there.

@eucliduschaumeau8813 3 года назад

Hardees was the bottom of the barrel. Awful drek.

@johnd4348 3 года назад

Same happened to Taco Bell when it changed to Montery Jack.

@plawson8577 2 года назад

Hardee’s was good. It’s Carl Jr’s that’s Awful.

@ttnt3332 Год назад

our Sandy's turned into Hardees! And then little later Burger Chef all disappeared Sad!

@MileyonDisney 6 лет назад

That's incrediburgible! Been a long time since I thought of a Big Chef. They were really delicious!

@rekitnilc 6 лет назад

Buger Chef was within walking distance of the old farmhouse we live in during the mid 70s. We were quite poor but I remember walking there with some friends many times and getting hamburgers. Good memories, thank you for the video, much much appreciated! By the way, the burger chef was in Trotwood Ohio.

@vegasprepperone 6 лет назад

i worked for burger chef in illinois and i had the opportunity to play burger chef in the mascot costume in a major parade ! loved my years there !!!!!!! 74-76 i still have my name badge

@homeschoolmom2799 4 года назад

I've not had Burger Chef since the mid 1970's. I never ate there often, but always wondered what happened to them. How sad the way it fell.Thanks for the history.

@Tornado1994 2 года назад

I truly believe, had the 1978 Robbery and Murders in Speedway had never occurred, they would have survived.

@rickster348 6 лет назад

- I still miss Burger Chef.

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

rickster348 miss them too!!

@luisreyes1963 4 года назад

Never had a Burger Chef burger in my lifetime. ☹️

@73beetle19 3 года назад

We had a Burger Chef in Richmond Virginia.

@newmanoutdoors1564 5 лет назад

I loved the works bar . Also the super chef was better then the whopper and Big Mac .

@SladesVWBeetle 5 лет назад

Ed Newman I loves them! And we had winkys too near us!

@JohnnyUtah15 3 года назад

Man, I made a mountain of toppings with the Works Bar. I miss the one that was in a nearby city. Last recall eating there in the late '70s/early '80s.

@b.j.banditt206 3 года назад

@@JohnnyUtah15 Likewise here, Johnny.

@InvisibleAvenger 3 года назад

As best I can tell, the Big Mac is pretty much a complete copy of the Big Shef. The Big Shef was introduced sometime in 1964 and the Big Mac didn't come along until 1967. Even typing the names out now, Big Shef to Big Mac, it seems even more clear that Ray Kroc/McDonald's was simply taking Burger Chef's ideas rather than developing new food ideas. Makes me wonder about the story of an inspired secretary coming up with the Big Mac name. It makes for a nice story, but when your new burger and it's name are so similar to a competitor's existing product that story starts looking like awfully thin cover.

@b.j.banditt206 3 года назад

@@InvisibleAvenger DAMN FUCKIN' RITE!!!!! The Big Shef was SO MUCH TASTIER THAN THE BIG MAC. Ironically, the Big Boy was more the inspiration 4 the Big Mac than the Big Shef. Even moreso, In-N-Out also inspired the Big Mac (the only difference btwn the Big Mac vs. the a4mentioned others is the Big Mac sauce has no tomato-based products; paprika gives the Big Mac sauce its reddish-orange hue).

@Big_John_C 5 лет назад

Ah my favorite place to eat as a kid! Hard to believe that was 45-50 years ago, places now days cannot touch the quality and taste that Burger Chef had.

@TheBrooklynbodine 3 года назад

Yep, I'm 57 and remember going there when I was 6 years old (seems I was going there regularly before that), and I believe the one in my town was in operation as recently as 1981. The place where it stood is now a fast food outlet (I forget the name and I don't get out that way very often), but I believe it's Wendy's. It was a Rax Roast Beef sometime after it was Burger Chef, and I think something else after Rax, but before what it is now. It also seems that the original building was torn down. Both of my older brothers worked there (not at the same time) as teenagers when it was still Burger Chef.

@josephfrank1472 Год назад

Because of all the chemicals and GMO’s now.

@joeschmo2693 5 лет назад

My 1st paycheck job was at a Burger Chef. I was 15, so I had to lie about my age. This was late 81, early 82, right at the end I guess. Didn't work there long - those busy lunch hours, and general ass busting work, convinced me to get my butt back in school.

@cindyfrancis5820 6 лет назад

I loved Burger Chef! I wish it would make a comeback. They should have gotten credit for the first boxed meal with a toy!

@miked3168 5 лет назад

Cindy Francis they won't ever come back. Too much competition today, especially with 5 guys, n and out, shake shack, etc... Plus people's tastes have changed.

@willdwyer6782 5 лет назад

The box was the toy.

@lyndavermaat3284 5 лет назад

IT WAS THE BEST, WISH IT COULD COME BACK. I CRAVE THEM AT TIMES. GRAND RAPIDS, MI

@luisreyes1963 4 года назад

If you had a burger from Hardee's, you're practically eating a Burger Chef burger. 🍔

@kevincanter2575 3 года назад

They had a spinning top which was my favorite toy to get!! The unique kid meal trays!! Miss it

@whomagoose6897 5 лет назад

Lot of the old time burger places are gone. Taste Freez and Minute Man are two I remember. Minute Man was the first to have microwave ovens to cook food back in the 1960's. The microwave oven was a novelty back then.

@MrKmoconne 5 лет назад

Our family was a Burger Chef family. We rarely went to McDonalds. The food at Burger Chef was just better. When you entered Burger Chef you were always greeted by the smell of flame broiled burgers. They had a good fish sandwich too. I don't go to Hardies either. Their burgers are too big and they just don't evoke the same flavor I remember from Burger Chef.

@impalaman9707 11 месяцев назад

That's probably because they went back to frying the burgers when they changed to Hardees😔

@kenpainter7890 3 года назад

Thank you for mentioning the Burger Chef in Danville, IL. My family used go there in 1970's. We went there so often, I was able to collect all 4 of the Star Wars posters. Later in the late 1980's, I got a job close by and ate there a lot because of the coupons out of the local newspaper. The coupons were for buy a burger meal and get a second burger free. Great for saving money, though it was still cheap to eat there. Too bad he had to change the name. I think the building now is a used car place.

@restaurantrewind9026 3 года назад

I have the fish sandwich sign that hung off the bottom of the road sign. My buddy Jon has restored the top of that road sign and has it on display at Urban Artifacts in Peoria!

@jdavidreynolds 2 года назад

Somewhere in a box in the attic, I think I still have those Star Wars posters!

@hobbgreen4529 Год назад

i went to the burger chef on gilbert street in danville many many times . im old enough to remember before it had indoor seating . i loved to get the fries by the pound .

@alcosteam 11 месяцев назад

Butch Schroeder who was the last of their family to own the restaurant in Danville also restored vintage aircraft, one of which was the P-51 Lil' Margaret. Sadly that P-51 possibly the finest example ever restored was sold to an out of country buyer who subsequently crashed it.. haven't heard if its going to be wrote off or repaired. There was even a paperback book wrote of their P-51 restoration called "P-51 restored" by Paul Coggan

@kenpainter7890 11 месяцев назад

@@alcosteam I remember that P-51. I remember seeing the wing sitting outside at Vermilion County Airport for a long time. I am guessing that he flew it a few times because the plane buzzed over me once when I was on a county road.

@getx1265 5 лет назад

Used to always look forward to our stop at Burger Chef in Litchfield, Illinois, each trip to/from college 1969-73.

@restaurantrewind9026 5 лет назад

Gary Ellliott is the building still standing in Litchfield? I’m in Springfield area.

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

Thank you all so much for your comments! I have another video just about ready (Within a week) and more on the way. New equipment and better software will ensure the quality continues[ to get better. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@gasdorficmuncher9943 6 лет назад

what happen to kings department stores ?

@Hello-fi4ew 6 лет назад

What happened to Showbiz Pizza Place

@DavidLLambertmobile 5 лет назад

Do Arthur Treachers, Roy Roger's, Rax, Whataburger ... 🍔🍟🌮🌭🥗🥤🍦

@mikebutler6225 5 лет назад

@@DavidLLambertmobile Yes RAX

@sneezintits2354 5 лет назад

Rax is still around

@dsrutherford9197 4 года назад

I remember in the late 60’s we’d have family supper at burger chef. My dad liked Sinatra, I loved The Rolling Stones. The TV was always on in the background, Vietnam playing in the background, the news would win every night. We were starving, but not just for dinner. My dad would say let’s go to another dinner table where everyone can get what they want when they want. He would say it would be bright and clean with no laundry and no telephone.; and no TV. Dad would say we could go there and get the connection we were hungry for. Mom would say ‘sure there’s chaos at home, but there’s family supper at Burger Chef.’

@hairyhunk44 2 года назад

I worked for Burger Chef in the 80's. I still have a tee shirt with the logo in 2021. BC was the first of the burger chains to have a kids meal, salad bar and first to have a bacon burger called the Top Chef in a time when no one ever heard of putting bacon on a burger. First to serve breakfast.

@lisab4821 Год назад

The top shef patty had to be thawed first so it could be cooked on same broiler as the super shef because it was a third pound

@timcouch488 5 лет назад

Burger Chef in Gainesville Ga was our cruising spot in 76 and 77. Think about it quite often, great times.

@kimsullivan5576 3 года назад

I used to love going to Burger Chef in Battle Creek, Michigan when I was a child.

@user-is9iv8hp1t 4 месяца назад

What great memories working there in the 70s. Made it special because my brother managed the place and got me a job for the summer when I visited from CT. He never cut me a break, was probably harder on me to show no favoritism. But the memories are even more special today, we lost my brother a few days ago at 73 years. I’ll never forget him, or the lessons he gave me working at burger chef.

@Mark-sd7fc 5 лет назад

Was a burger chef on Arlington street in Akron Ohio 1 block from grandmas house and my uncle was the manager, mid to late 60s

@animalactivist7820 5 лет назад

I remember Burger Chef very well. My sister got her driver’s license in 1965. There was a Burger Chef in Mansfield Ohio and about 5 miles from our parents house. On Friday nights, when our parents would eat out at a nice restaurant with friends, my sister and I were given ~$2~ (total) for us two kids to eat dinner out at Burger Chef. We could get our choose of hamburger or cheeseburger, an order (each ) of fries, and a soft dink OR shake for less than $.50! Amazing!! Their theme song used to go... “$15 cents, a nickel and a dime, at Burger Chef, you’ll eat better every time, cuz a nickel and a dime will get......(🎼)🎼 French Fried Potatoes, big thick shake, or the greatest 15 cent, Hamburger yet.. Eat at Burger Chef, for a nickel and a dime!! We love Burger Chef and went their for years, EVERY Friday night, even after they became Hardee’s. Hated to see them go, because their food was much better tasting than McDonalds, and their burgers weren’t fried, but char-broiled. Hardee’s: “Hurry on down to Hardee’s where the Burgers are charcoal broiled”... Great Americana!

@birdsfan57 5 лет назад

I, too, remember those 15 cent hamburgers and fries from McDonald's and Burger Chef back in the 1960's. We also had a "Steer-In" burger place that Dick Clark, before he moved American Bandstand to California, owned in the Philly area. Those burgers were amazing. He stopped by there quite often and we saw him several times when we went there for dinner. Sadly, Steer-In couldn't compete with the popularity of McDonalds and Burger Chefs in the area, and wasn't around long enough.

@donfinkey692 5 лет назад

Animal Activist I used to work at the one on RT 42 in front of the Big Bear grocery store.

@RobHoffman83 5 лет назад

Wow, I just left a comment about our local Burger Chef and it was this very one in Mansfield. Do you remember the Arthur Treacher's on Park Avenue?

@8bigbob 5 лет назад

I also ate at this same Burger Chef on Park Avenue West, in Mansfield, Ohio back in the early 1970's. I remember it had a lot of glass windows.

@johnyoung468 5 лет назад

Rob Hoffman We had a Burger Chef and a Arthur Treacher's in Huntington, WV also. Not many people in this area remembers Arthur Treacher's. I guess they are too young. lol

@danielletripkoff4199 5 лет назад

Growing up in the 70s I enjoyed going to Burger Chef for lunch or dinner. As a kid I enjoyed the Happy Meals and reading about Burger Chef and Jeff and all of their friends.🍔🍟

@johnschuster4709 5 лет назад

I worked at a Burger Chef in St Paul MN on Marshall Ave in the early70s. Loved the job, still miss the Big Chef, best burger ever.

@maxwellcrazycat9204 5 лет назад

I worked at the one in Richmond Heights Ohio in the early 1970's while in high school. We had a lot of fun there.

@mikehughes4969 3 года назад

Oh man, I remember Burger Chef & Jeff very very well. The burgers were good, better then McDonald's, and the shakes were simply phenomenal. Why does it feel like it's been a thousand years since I've had one?

@samuelallen3570 6 лет назад

I was an Assistant Manager at Burger Chef in North Smithfield, RI.

@robertcoia130 5 лет назад

Didn't realize there was one in N. Smithfield, but I just barely remember one in N. Kingstown, because we moved there in 1974 from Providence.

@williebowen1043 5 лет назад

I LOVED BURGER CHEF..THE BIG CHEF W/CHEESE, THE FISH SANDWICH. THE Vanilla Shakes.

@heresthetruth7403 6 лет назад

Burger Chef started downhill in our town when, in about 1973, they started serving sandwiches in plastic bags. Condensation ruined the sandwich right away. The Hamburger was a Flame-Broiled beef patty cooked on a chain drive rack. One rack for regular patties and another ,slower, rack for the 1/4 pound patty. Simple menu, Small Restaurant with an Open Kitchen design. Fast service. The "Future Is Now" program was a Corporate attempt to revive the store operation. They added a "Fixin's Bar" so you could put lettuce and tomato and onion on your burger yourself. They died here shortly after McDonalds opened a big store with a playground out on the main highway. Burger Chef and Jeff could not compete with The Clown.

@GSGExtreme44 5 лет назад

My dad is from Rhode Island and we were taking a road trip in his hometown and I remember him telling me there used to be a Burger Chef near his house - I never forgot and decided to do a youtube search on this - Thanks for posting!

@MrSafetyForever 6 лет назад

Thank you for allocating the time to create this video! Greatly enjoyed the historic perspective of one of my favorite childhood restaurants!

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

MrSafetyForever I appreciate the feedback! It's a lot of fun to do these....wish I had more time to get more out there!

@billsummy2412 6 лет назад

LOVED our Burger Chef in Ravenna Ohio , that was my hang out as a kid , I would ride my bike see my friends and we all had good burgers and fries ! I miss them ....

@rohnkd4hct260 5 лет назад

Many good memories of "Burger Chef " I grew up in a single parent family, as my father died suddenly, mother and I would go to Burger Chef as a treat when we had business in town. Was very sorry when we lost the great Burger Chef . It was like losing an old friend. The one in Goldsboro, NC closed before they started "the works bar."

@KKG51 3 года назад

Oh Man!!! We had a great Burger Chef in Milford CT. It was a great hangout spot when we were teenagers and the people behind the counter and the manager were always kind to us. As long as we did buy some food, and didn't cause trouble, they would let us hang in the store or in the lot. There was a guy there, I think his name was Fred, he was like an assistant manger there, he drove a nice looking Turquoise colored mustang and it seems like he was always there even if he wasn't working a particular shift. What a great memory, sadly it's now a walk-in medical clinic :(

@restaurantrewind9026 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing your great memories!

@70brine 5 лет назад

Loved Burger Chef when I was a kid.

@wrg1183 5 лет назад

My dad was a manager at Burger Chef, it stayed around until the late 80's and then disappeared.

@butchs.4239 5 лет назад

The pic of the light globe brought an unexpected smile, I hadn't seen one of those since our local Burger Chef closed some 40 years ago.

@restaurantrewind9026 5 лет назад

Butch S. Where was your local Burger Chef?

@butchs.4239 5 лет назад

Pensacola, Florida. Loved it as a kid as I was a fussy eater and I could dress my own burger the way I wanted it. Sadly Burger Chef didn't last all that long as Pensacola had McDonalds, Burger King, Krystals, Whataburger and a few locally owned burger joints for competition in what was a fairly small town at the time.

@goldwinger5434 3 года назад

The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh had a Burger Chef on the ground floor. I had my own table where I'd meet up with friends every morning, have breakfast, and drink coffee. Throughout the day, we'd peel off for classes but someone was usually there to hold the table. Good memories. There was also a Burger Chef at the plaza right off Purdue's Campus. Another favored eatery but I didn't spend all day there but it was at least a once a week visit during my years at Purdue.

@restaurantrewind9026 3 года назад

Very cool! Thanks for sharing the memories!

@wvincagold 6 лет назад

I loved burger chef and the works bar rocked. I also remeber as a child we would go as a family, my father was unable to walk do to polio so my mom and I would bring back the meals in Flint Mi. I would enjoy the kids meal as i recall was sort of a tray that had special places for the burger, fry, and drink and whatever toy. As a young man when I started to drive and work I knew 2 bucks would feed me quite well. I truly miss that resteraunt.

@greggbenac5006 6 лет назад

My family used to go to the one in Owosso, Mi. every Monday night after swimming lessons. We would get the fish sandwich. They had some kind of trivia game at one point.

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

Greg Demott yes that was the Funmeal! BC was definitely family-friendly.

@williegilligan2661 5 лет назад

Yep, I worked there when Hardees bought them out, sorry they closed.I ate just over 1000 big chefs over the years. I still have a few of the Burger Chef coins somewhere

@TheBrooklynbodine 3 года назад

When did Burger Chef have coins?

@b.j.banditt206 3 года назад

@@TheBrooklynbodine Back in the 1970s (especially the early-2-mid 1970s).

@TheBrooklynbodine 3 года назад

@@b.j.banditt206 OK, thanks.

@williegilligan2661 3 года назад

@@b.j.banditt206 My coins are dated 1969 & I still have them..

@b.j.banditt206 3 года назад

@@williegilligan2661 GR8!!!!! U have a genuine collector's item!!!!!! Dammit, Willie; u r makin' me FUCKIN' HUNGRY (& THAT'S A GR8 THING)!!!!!!

@jasonervoes1326 Год назад

I miss Burger Chef. I wish they would come back. I miss their Burgers. Fries, cola, super chef, salad, apple turnover. When I was a kid. I have everything you can think of.

@chuckschillingvideos 3 года назад

I had never heard of Burger Chef until the Mad Men episode. And I'm a child of the 60's/70's.

@DrumWild 6 лет назад

I used to go to the Burger Chef in Anderson, Indiana. Burger Chef and Jeff were Incrediburgible!

@thechetjr 6 лет назад

I worked at the Burger Chef in Baton Rouge in the 1950's. Great part time job, lots of fun, hard work.

@disciplebill 5 лет назад

I wish I'd found these sooner. I just recently escaped the restaurant industry and these videos are a fascinating flashback. Thank you!

@vistulagibsoncooper2420 3 года назад

That was a treat from Our Daddy on Sundays!!❤❤❤He would always get us a Hamburger and ice cream! Great great childhood memory. Thanks BURGER CHEF!!!

@ThePr8head 6 лет назад

I remember when I was a kid and we moved to Bedford Indiana in 1980 there was a Burger Chef MMM. It did eventually become a Pleaser's and still had the Works bar idea but not the same MMMish. They sadly are both gone now and are a strip mall. But we still have a Hardee's yeah! I really miss the day's where two brothers had an idea and made it real and Tasty!

@johnnyveng4014 3 года назад

I lived in Lincoln Park, MI, and Burger Chef was my favorite place to eat as a kid. I'd like to see a video on how the relationship between Carl's Jr and Hardee's developed.

@restaurantrewind9026 2 года назад

I do need to do that one!

@toddprater14 2 года назад

We used to go to the one on dix-hwy and Southfield road(freeway). It was Next to a Perry’s drugstore this was across from Sears shopping center….Michigan downriver represent..😀

@reecepierce 2 года назад

@@restaurantrewind9026 please do 🙂

@nfergus11 5 лет назад

We had one across the street from our high school in the mid 70's. I went often to meet Sharon Hicks there. lol. Then the place became a small bar, and after that a donut shop.

@restaurantrewind9026 5 лет назад

Hal 9000 the one in Jacksonville IL became a donut shop for a time. It looks to be a warehouse these days.

@michaelm3052 6 лет назад

I remember Burger Chef as a child growing up in the 70's. I loved the little station they had to put things on your burger. I used to load mine up with tons of pickles. I wish there was something similar nowadays.

@SladesVWBeetle 5 лет назад

Michael M I remember them too!! We had one right down the street!!

@suddendee 6 лет назад

I knew it! McDonald’s copied the idea of their Happy Meals from Burger Chef’s Fun Meal/Fun Burger 😒🍔

@TheBrooklynbodine 3 года назад

Ah, the Fun Meal! I used to live for Tuesdays when my dad would take me to Burger Chef. That was in the early to mid 70s. I'm 57 now.

@gtg1959ful 5 лет назад

El Paso Texas had several locations. I frequently ate at the McCrae one, it was down the hill from Eastwood High School and was handy for a freshman who had to walk anywhere he went out to lunch. They all were gone by 1975.

@JamesWilson-vr3ql 5 лет назад

Practically lived on Burger Chef in the early '70s. They (unlike McDonald's) had NO problem with special orders. Well before Burger King made it an advertising tagline.

@thisisabadchannel.stopsubs2952 6 лет назад

My mom used to work at all of this stuff back in the day. She's such a good cook.

@DavidLLambertmobile 5 лет назад

Burger Chef had a mid 1970s era Star Wars promotion. 🎬📽📺🍔🍟🥤. They had a TV ad with C3PO & R2D2...

@ronaldflint4569 5 лет назад

I loved Burger Chef as a kid and as a Young adult... I remember dressing up my plain hamburger at the works bar with pickles and onions.. I felt like a King back in the day.. I miss those simpler times....

@Steveshappylittletrees 5 лет назад

I'm in Michigan, and Burger Chef was a few blocks down from my Paternal Grandfather, and I loved that place when I was a child.

@anyhoot47 5 лет назад

In the early 70's I remember my mother taking us to Burger Chef and then I convinced her to swing by McDonald's to get the fries.

@TheBrooklynbodine 5 лет назад

I also remember the Works Bar. At the student center at my local college, the Works Bar was transplanted there, after Burger Chef left town.

@Mr.TylerSC 3 года назад

The Works Bar is also a famous fixture at Roy Rogers, where it is called the Fixin's Bar. And ironically Roy Rogers is another great chain that Hardee's bought and almost destroyed, but this time they were forced to convert back to Roy's after a Hardee's conversion failed. Today Roy Rogers is making a comeback after their largest franchise operator acquired the brand from Hardee's. Just too bad Hardee's did not allow Riverview or some other franchise operator to bring back Burger Chef, rather than just eliminate and destroy the brand.

@TheBrooklynbodine 3 года назад

@@Mr.TylerSC OK, thanks.

@Grzz51 5 лет назад

As a newly graduated student in 1966, I started school in Pine Bluff Arkansas. there was a Burger Chef on Olive St. They had the best fries ANYWHERE!. Great burgers too. I ate a ton of them.

@rogerbrown5088 5 лет назад

Worked at a Burger Chef as a teenager, late 60’s and early 70’s...

@eako2107 5 лет назад

Flameout is THE definitive book about the history of Burger Chef. Good overview Troy

@kirkscobey3031 5 лет назад

Sunday treat after church in Corunna Michigan. Burger Chef and Jeff!! Best of McD and BK

@anner091 6 лет назад

We had two Burger Chef restaurants where I grew up. I will always remember them for those Star Wars posters -- the very first Star Wars fast food promotion.

@makeminefreedom 5 лет назад

I grew up in Indianapolis in the 60's. I remember seeing their commercials on Saturday mornings during the cartoons. They featured Burger Chef and Jeff telling us about the latest toys being given away at their restaurants. My brother and I used to ride our bikes to the nearest store to get our Super Chef and the latest toy. I miss the stores and had many great memories there.

@hobbyhermit66 5 лет назад

I loved Burger Chef, as a kid. I have 3 of the dining room light fixtures, tho one globe has a broken corner. Gonna hang one up and use it.

@restaurantrewind9026 5 лет назад

Fred Lamb I’m going down to Louisville to pick on up in a couple of weeks

@hobbyhermit66 5 лет назад

Restaurant Rewind Awesome!

@onefatstratcat 5 лет назад

My wife worked at the location in Bryan Ohio back around 1980. Your video made her smile :)

@restaurantrewind9026 5 лет назад

onefatstratcat yaaaay! Thanks so much for watching!

@Jhihmoac 3 года назад

I remember Burger Chef from my younger days, and recall going into all three styles of architecture - the "Kite", the "Cosmo", and the later "Short Trapezoid" (aka "McCopy") restaurants at different times and locations... I also remember the different sign styles from the original "Moustached Chef", to "The Midget" to "The Chef Clef" to "The Delicious Smiley Chef", and finally "The Big White Chef Hat"... I loved the taste of their burgers, as well as the "Works" and "Salad Bar" they introduced in the early/mid 70s... Overall, I would pick then over McDonald's whenever I could get to a Chef... I miss them...

@johnroos5807 3 года назад

I was born in 1965, so I remember Burger Chef!:) I'm so sad to see it go.... Semper Fidelis

@billfuhrman9772 5 лет назад

Liked Burger Chef , Always had a special when we were young and broke

@donfinkey692 5 лет назад

Used to work at one in Mansfield, Ohio in the 1960’s My starting pay was $1.25 per hour.

@lloydkline3265 5 лет назад

Really, good old day

@alexyoungberg5232 3 года назад

About $12 today..

@TyG2k9 5 лет назад

I absolutely LOVED Burger Chef when I was a kid in the early 80s. Then when they changed to Hardee's, we didn't understand why and my mother was hesitant to take us there. But when we finally did and saw that the actual food didn't change, we continued to eat there. Good times.

@ms.tep_ 2 года назад

I remember Burger Chef....So sad that they are not around today. :(

@GregDaGoblin 5 лет назад

I grew up in Indiana. Graduated HS in '77. The name kind of rings a bell, but I don't recall ever eating at one.

@hoderharris 6 лет назад

Thank you for this. My grandmother used to walk my twin brother and I to Burger Chef once a week to eat. It was a highlight to do so. My brother and I would call it Buger Chef, ha. I remember very much the fun meal very much.

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

Hoder Harris yes Burger Chef was such a treat for my sister and me in the 70s. Good times!

@badbackshop 6 лет назад

As a yute I mistakenly called it "Burger Chief."

@janetmonahan6904 5 лет назад

@george gross

@POPO-fy9hl 5 лет назад

Burger Chef in Victoria Texas was great, we could leave grade school at lunch time to go have a burger there. Those were wonderful memories early 60"s

@michellejeffries9010 6 лет назад

I still have the towns you could make from the kids meals in the early to mid 70's. Gone are the good ol days

@waldog7996 6 лет назад

I'm from Indianapolis and well remember Burger Chef...they were good.

@johnyoung468 5 лет назад

TSC TSC Huntington, WV had one.

@anonymous-zn5em 6 лет назад

Thanks for the video. The first job I ever had was at Burger Chef in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I spotted the exact building design in the video and called the boys in the room to tell them about it. (they were uninterested)

@anonymous-zn5em 6 лет назад

Grills only in mine, also. Approximately the same time period.

@briano.5746 5 лет назад

I remember Burger Chef very well. I was a kid in the Richmond Indiana area in the late 60's early 70's. It was them and McDonalds pretty much.

@brianmeyer2718 3 года назад

My dad worked for Burger Chef when we lived in Michigan. I enjoyed the walk through memory lane for sure.

@jasonboggs2835 5 лет назад

We had one in Cambridge Ohio in the 70s and 80s. LOVED the Super Shef! They also had the BEST mushroom swiss burger! Hardee's tried the MSB but it didn't taste the same to me. Another great fast food chain gone along the wayside. Great Video! Waiting for Hot & Now next! ;)

@danvanhoose6783 5 лет назад

Used to cruise the burger chef in circleville in my 63 Chevy.good times.

@emeyer6963 5 лет назад

My parents and I ate in the Burger Chef in Keene NH a few times in the late 70's.Always enjoyed the burgers and can remember the fixens' bar.

@billynolanjr2266 4 года назад

I absolutely loved Burger Chef and the wonderdul memories I have of my mother taking us there often ! The burgers were simply the best and the works bar was fun ! The fun meals etc just wonderful childhood memories that i so wish I could re live . I miss Burger Chef and the 70s in general , life just isnt the same anymore . it was a simpler better time ! Its a shame

@brunopaolucci6594 5 лет назад

Thanks Troy! Living in Canada, nevrer got to experience this great brand. Thanks for sharing this and keep up the good work!

@sparty954 6 лет назад

Does anyone remember the “Burger Chef Village”? I remember going to Burger Chef on Mack Ave. in Grosse Pointe, Mich back in the mid to late ‘70’s and collecting all kinds of different “houses” and “buildings” that were the hamburger boxes I think? There was a large village map that you could put all the buildings on. I think I had the whole village ( since thrown away by mom). Anyone else remember the village buildings?

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

Sparty 954 hmm interesting. I’ll dig in and see if I can find anything on that.

@sparty954 6 лет назад

Restaurant Rewind I just looked into it. It was called Burger Chef Fun Village. It was available in 1975 and for .75 cents you could buy the street map and then collect the fun village buildings that were on funburger boxes (including the last one made and hard to find- Burger chef restaurant building!! Thanks. There’s a couple pictures of them on google. It says they are very rare and hard to find.. Wish I still had mine now!

@davisjones3725 6 лет назад

Sparty 954 ... I remember that...Grew up on the Eastside of Detroit..

@patricewilliams3827 3 года назад

I always love Burger Chef when I was a kid. They were the best in town. My sister use to work for them in our hometown in Ga. There will NEVER be another fast food chain like this one ever in this world or it's lifetime. Bc they had the BEST food that you ever tasted,hands down.😋❤️❤️❤️👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

@marcm9999 5 лет назад

There were 2 Burger Chefs in my hometown of Kenosha, WI. Loved them. Some of my buddies worked for them. Great job.

@234dilligaf 6 лет назад

I really enjoyed watching this video. Very informative. I was discussing with someone on what happened to Burger Chef, then searched for this video. Excellent.

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

234dilligaf So glad you enjoyed it. I plan to begin putting more videos out in December, so be looking about the second week!

@IndyGuy65 5 лет назад

Great video, I wondered what happened to Burger Chef. It was one of my favorite places to eat growing up in Richmond Va.

@TheOneAboveAll 4 года назад

Loved Burger Chef. My mom would take me and my brothers there after swimming. Best burgers ever.

@ChadQuick270W 4 года назад

The Hardee’s shown at 9:35 is from my home town of New Albany Indiana located at Grant Line Road and Daisy Lane. I remember when it was a Burger Chef. The building is still there but is now a quickie mart.

@zrrifle. 3 года назад

They had the best fish sandwiches, no one came close.

@wisconsinrailstotrailscycl4277 5 лет назад

I miss Burger Chef, they had great burgers. I miss Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips, too!

@makeminefreedom 6 лет назад

I grew up in Indianapolis. My mom used to take my brother and I to Burger Chef when she went shopping. I miss Burger Chef and my mom.

@MichaelClark-uw7ex 6 лет назад

I remember my aunt taking me to Burger Chef for french fries when she babysat me in the 1960s, thanks for the trip down memory lane. They made their fries from real fresh potatoes and the burgers were much better than McDognuts.

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

Michael Clark definitely!

@jeremyscaggs8822 6 лет назад

Please do more of these. This stuff interests me

@restaurantrewind9026 6 лет назад

Jeremy Scaggs thanks, glad you enjoy these. I plan on doing more for sure. Unfortunately my work schedule is crazy busy for the next several weeks. When it does down I am planning to get some more made. Thanks for watching!