From its inception in 1948, under the guiding hand of founder, Al Ross, Doggie Diner quickly started spreading throughout the area.
In 1986, the chain closed, but the mascot has remained a part of the local pop culture up until this day.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
After a while, the brothers wanted to get out of the fast food business and decided to pursue another restaurant idea.
Slowly, the chains started dying until the last one finally closed. In 1988, the brothers opened four of their own casual dining restaurants called Bailey’s Restaurant & Bar.
Doggie Diner
Doggie Diner was iconic for its trademark mascot, the Dachshund, who also happens to be dressed in a chef’s hat and cute bow tie.
It originally started out as a small chain of restaurants in San Francisco and Oakland. As you may have assumed, they specialized in hamburgers and hot dogs (pun totally intended!)
G. D. Ritzy’s
G.D. Ritzy’s was the place to be during the 1980s. The restaurant was founded in 1980 by ex Wendy’s executive, Graydon Webb. Ritzy’s was a “luxury grill” with a 1950s diner feel.
Aside from your daily fix of hot dogs and burgers, it also served ice cream to cater to those with a sweet tooth!
G. D. Ritzy’s
The chain had 120 locations originally, but it started going down and eventually ended up with just three locations by the time it was liquidated in 1991.
Although most of their stores have already closed down, there are still some open in Evansville, Indiana and Huntington, West Virginia.