The Club Sandwich is one of Big Boy's signature sandwiches, and remains one of the most popular items on the menu since it was introduced in the mid-70s.Д¬heck out my recipes for Big BoyВ double-decker hamburger and cream of broccoli soup here. The Elias Brothers, a Michigan-area franchiser for many years, purchased the Big Boy name from Marriott in 1987, and today is the sole Big Boy franchiser worldwide. Those mostly West Coast Big Boys were later converted to Coco's or Carrows restaurants, and there the Big Boy went bye-bye. In 1992, Marriott chose to sell all of the Bob's Big Boys to an investment group. Thousands of voters elected to keep the tubby little tike, but his days were numbered. This was also the year the Marriott Corporation, which had purchased Bob's from retiring Bob Wian in 1967, created a national ballot to decide whether the Big Boy character would stay or go. Soon a slew of imitators hit the market with their own giant-sized burgers: Bun Boy, Brawney Boy, Super Boy, Yumi Boy, Country Boy, Husky Boy, Hi-Boy, Beefy Boy, Lucky Boy, and many other 'Boys' across the burger-crazed country.Д«y 1985 the Big Boy statues had become a common sight in front of hundreds of Bob's restaurants around the country. When Bob Wian invented the first Big Boy double-decker hamburger in 1937, his restaurant business went through the roof. Menu Description: 'Slices of turkey breast with bacon, tomato, lettuce, mayonnaise, stacked on toasted bread. Source: Top Secret Restaurant RecipesВ by Todd Wilbur. See if you can get your mouth around it.Д¬heck out my other Big Boy copycat recipes here. McDonald's Big Mac, the world's best-known burger that came more than 30 years later, was inspired by Bob Wian's original creation. The Big Boy hamburger was the first of the double-decker hamburgers. So the name of the new burger, along with Bob's booming chain of restaurants, was changed to 'Big Boy.' The company's tradename Big Boy character is from a cartoonists napkin sketch of 'fat boy,' little Richard Woodruff. Bob thought it was the perfect name for his new burger, except the name was already being used as a trademark for another product. He often wore baggie overalls and had an appetite that forced the affectionate nickname 'Fat Boy'. Just a few days later, a plump little six-year old named Richard Woodruff came into the diner and charmed Bob into letting him do odd jobs in exchange for a burger or two. When Stewie tasted the huge sandwich and loved it, every band member wanted his own! So Bob cut a bun into three slices, rather than the usual two, and stacked on two hamburger patties along with lettuce, cheese, and his special sauce. In a playful mood, bass player Stewie Strange sat down on a stool and uttered, 'How about something different for a change, Bob?' Bob thought it might be funny to play along and serve up Stewie a burger he could barely get his mouth around. One February night in 1937, the band came by after a gig as they often did to order a round of burgers. Menu Description: '1/4 pound of 100% pure beef in two patties with American cheese, crisp lettuce and our special sauce on a sesame seed bun.'Д«ob Wian's little ten-stool diner, Bob's Pantry, was in business only a short time in Glendale, California, before establishing a following of regular customers-among them the band members from Chuck Fosters Orchestra.

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