[tubebender]

Was born in 33 in western Fresno County and my first encounter with "Fast Food" was a little trailer on Main Street that sold burgers, hot dogs and the BEST DAMN TACOS" ever. This was in the late 40s in San Joaquin Ca. The town looks like a third world hell hole today. My first pizza was in Redding Ca in 1956 at a place called Sharkeys I believe.

[wardaddy]

Sharkey's ...or Shakeys?

We first got Shakeys around 65 or so....served black beer and you sat at long tables with checkered cloth and they did sing alongs with banjos.....seriously. Before that we only had a sitdown Greek/Italian joint for pie dough pizza.

Pasquales came along after Shakeys.

The first real chain down here was Shoneys ....or Kips or Big Boys as it was called elsewhere.....and I-Hop.....Krystal was the Southern White Castle....almost identical except the Krystal bun had a bit more mass to it.

I guess the ubiquitous Wlagreens soda fountains were chains too.....maybe the first.

[wardaddy]

I forgot about Chuckwagons(shaped like covered wagons) burger joints, Frost-Tops, Burger Queens(not Kings), Dog and Suds.....damn I'm remembering more than I thought i ever forgot.....and to think, no cannabis has been inhaled by these lungs for 20 years or more now....lol

I'm going home.

[WVNan]

Finally, someone my age! I was almost the oldest person reading this thread.