Hungry Hobo is a sandwich style restaurant chain in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa, United States, with eleven locations in the area as well as a location in Galesburg (Illinois). As of 2004[update] Pryce T. Boeye is the current owner.
The company was founded in 1973 when Ray Pearson, Tom Spero, with Jim and Joe Gende converted three Little King franchises into the original Hungry Hobo stores. The three Little King locations were: 1969 - Moline (Illinois) 1969 - Main Street (Davenport) 1970 - Rock Island (Illinois)