List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains

This is a list of defunct fast-food chains. A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchising agreements. Typically, the restaurants within a chain are built to a standard format through architectural prototype development and offer a standard menu and/or services.

Defunct fast-food restaurant chains

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• The All American Burger – The All American Burger was a regional American fast-food restaurant chain founded in 1968 in Los Angeles by Aaron Binder and made famous in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High.^[1][2][3][4] The last location,s located in Hollywood, was replaced by a Chipotle in 2010.^[5][6]

• Ameche's Drive-in

• Bajio Mexican Grill – was a Mexican food chain that was acquired by Costa Vida in 2011.^{[7][8][9][10]}

• Burger Chef

• Burger Queen

• Chicken George

• Chooks Fresh & Tasty

• Clock

• D'Lites

• Dee's Drive-In

• Druther's

• Forum Cafeterias

• G.D. Ritzy's – A fast food chain with a 1950s diner theme that had specialized in hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, and homemade ice cream, it was founded in 1980 by former Wendy's executive Graydon Webb in Columbus, OH. At one time, the chain had 120 locations, but only three or four franchises survived after the company liquidated by 1991.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

• Geri's Hamburgers

• Gino's Hamburgers

• Henry's Hamburgers

• La Petite Boulangerie

• Mighty Casey's

• Mr. S Burger

• Naugles

• Pumper Nic was a chain in Argentina, founded in 1974 and closed in 1999.

• Pup 'N' Taco

• Red Barn

• Sandy's

• Wetson's

• Wimpy Grills – Founded in Bloomington, Indiana in 1934, it eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the US. The international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open, while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978.^{[17][18][19][20]}

• Winky's was a Pittsburgh institution in the 1960s and '70s that filed for bankruptcy in 1982.^[21]

• Wuv's, a Ft. Lauderdale burger chain, filed for bankruptcy in 1981.^[22][23]

See also

• List of defunct restaurants of the United States
• List of defunct retailers of the United States
• List of fast food restaurant chains
• List of restaurant chains
• Lists of restaurants

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