When & Where Did That Eating Place Start?-- Part 4: Taco Bell, Wendy's & White Castle

19.  SUBWAY--    Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1965.  At first known as Pete's Super Submarines, then Pete's Subway and then shortened to Subway.  They have 37,000 places in 100 countries.

20.  TACO BELL--  In 1948, Glen Bell opened  hotdog stand in San Bernardino, California.  In 1951, opened a taco stand and the first Taco Bell in Los Angeles began franchising in 1964.  When he had 868 locations in 1978, he sold Taco Bell to PepsiCo for $125 million.

21.  TGI FRIDAYS--  Manhattan in 1965.  Currently  300 locationsin U.S..

22.  WAFFLE HOUSE--  First one opened in 1955.  Now  1,900 locations in 25 states.  I always chuckled when my nephew referred to it as "Awful House."  Great food though.

23.  WENDY'S--   1969 in Columbus, Ohio.  Named for his daughter.  March 2022, opened 7,000th restaurant.  I'd put their chili up against anybody.

24.  WHITE CASTLE--  1921 in Wichita, Kansas.  Some 400 locations, mostly in the Mid West. Love Them Sliders.

So That's How the Bell Came In.  --RoadCastle

25 Fascinating Facts About Fast Food Chains-- Part 1

From March 18, 2022, YardBarker  "25 fascinating facts about your favorite burger chains: by Matt Sulem.

As you travel around our great land, you often see what are called fast-food restaurants.  

I am just listing them.  For pictures and more information, go to the site.

1.  McDonald's feeds 68 million people a day with 37,000 locations in 120 countries.

2.  McDonald's serves up 75 hamburgers (of various types) every second.

3.  One in eight of every American worker has been employed by McDonald's.  (Not me.  My first job through high school and parts of college was at Burger King.)

4.  McDonald's  golden arches are more recognizable than the Christian cross.  (I don't know about that.)

5.  McDonald's is the world's largest distributor of both Coca-Cola and toys.  (I don't know, they never gave me any toys!!!)

6.  Subway has more locations than McDonald's.  45,000 to be exact, maybe more.  But, McDonald's does a whole lot more business:  $40.3 billion to $7.1 billion.

--RoadDog