Speedway, Indiana is a suburb of Indianapolis. Indianapolis has been known for killings forever. The urban youths and gangs make the place a no go zone now.
I remember other Burger Chefs in Indiana. They were great! Far better than McDonalds. I’m not sure but I think Hardees might have taken them over. And of course, Hardees is mostly gone now.
“And of course, Hardees is mostly gone now.”
In the Twin Cities, there used to be a number of Hardee’s. Most were in decent suburbs.
But in the last 25 years, so many have closed. Not sure why either. I like their food - especially the Frisco Burger.
Nowadays, I got drive 35 minutes east or 45 minutes south to find one.
That’s absolute crazy BS!
I go to Speedway at the time.
My son owns a house there too.
There was a Burger Chef in Flagstaff on Route 66. Back in the ‘60s there was a commercial jingle-song:
“For fif-teen cents
A nickel and a dime
At Burger Chef you can eat there any time.
For fif-teen cents, that is all you need,
You get french fried potatoes
Big thick shake
Or the best darn fifteen cent hamburger yet.”
Can’t say it was gourmet; but it was sure affordable.
Oh the times, they are a-changin’...
We lived in a trailer park very close to Speedway 1963-65.
We lived across the road from the owner-manager, but after a disagreement he made us move.
I won’t go into details, but he wanted to dictate who we could have as visitors.
His name was Tony Kiritsis. Maybe you remember him.
You may be confusing Speedway with somewhere else.
You must be high. Speedway is fine.
Ha! My dad used to talk about Henry’s burger chain once in a while. “What happened to Henry’s?” He thought they were as good or better, than McDonalds.
I remember Jay’s Potato chips being better than Lay’s. Betamax didn’t win out in the VCR wars either.