Kewpee Hamburgs-- Part 6: Five Left

The original Flint location became Bill Thomas' Halo Burger.  Wendy's founder, Dave Thomas, as a child eating at Kewpee got the inspiration for his burgers from the Kewpee burgers.  He founded Wendy's in 1969.

Early Slogans:

"Mity Nice Hamburgers"

"Your Grandpappy Are Here."

"We Cater To All Folks"

"Hamburg Pickle On Top!  Makes Your Heart Go Flippity-Flop!""

There are only five Kewpes remaining:

**  Lansing, Michigan

**  Racine Wisconsin

**  Lima, Ohio, has three of them:  Downtown, West and East

--RoadDog

Kewpee Burgers-- Part 3: Some More Information

**  Once there were more than 400 Kewpee hamburger sites by 1940.

**  There is also a Kewpee Doll Museum.

**  There is a Kewpee restaurant in Racine, Wisconsin, at 520 Wisconsin Avenue.  Looks like I'll have to go there now.

**  **  Some of the Kewpees shut down during World War II because of meat rationing.

**  There is one in Lima, Ohio.

**  Wendy's founder Dave Thomas was a big fan of Kewpee Hamburgs and when he started his restaurant he replicated the Kewpee square hamburg.

--RoadDog

Kewpee Hamburgers-- Part 2: Five Remaining Kewpees (One in Racine, Wisconsin)

Comments:

**  The Kewpee hamburger chain started in Flint, Michigan, and evolved into what is now known as Halo Burger.  Under recent new ownership and starting top expand into southeast Michigan.

**  Why was the word "hotels" used in the name?  I'd like to know that as well.

**  The area around Rochester, NY, refers to the sandwich as hamburgs and hot dogs as hots.

**  Racine, Wisconsin, has one of the five remaining Kewpees.

My question.  Might Red's Giant Hamburg, a famous Route 66 restaurant, since torn-down, have been influenced by Kewpee Hamburg?  It too is regarded as one of the first places with a drive-thru window.

--RoadDog

About Those Kringles-- Part 3: All Sorts of Fillings

O&H is the biggest kringle-maker in town..  It takes them three days to make a kringle.  On day one they fold and layer it with lots of butter.  Their kringles get folded into 36 layers.

Throughout the year they have flavors of the month for their kringles including key lime pie and rhubarb.  Other flavors this year have included churro, peach cobbler, pink lemonade, root beer float and summer shandy.

For Christmas, they are featuring a kringle with chocolate cake filling laced with peppermint.  Bits of red velvet cake top the creamy icing.

I Want One of Those!!  --RoadDog