I was listening to Jim Morgan's Time Capsule on North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's 94.9 WVCO, the Surf, this morning which was back to 1968 and heard him say that in this year a one-store Burger King in Mattoon, Illinois, withstood an attack by the big corporate Burger King over its name.
Both were formed in 1952. The Mattoon store had an Illinois copyright on the name and the big Burger King had a federal copyright. It went to the courts and the little Burger King won and to this day, no corporate Burger Kings can be within 20 miles of Mattoon, Illinois.
So, if you're looking for a Whopper, don't go to Mattoon. But, if it's a unique mom and pop operation you seek. You know where to go,
Somebody Give Me A Cheeseburger. --RoadDog
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I stopped there in 2017 on the way to the Miles of Possibility Conference in Joliet.
http://dennygibson.com/rt66mop17/day02/index.htm#section3
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