Due to inexpensive franchising and operating costs, Subway is omnipresent. Pete's Subway was created in 1965, but its success remained uncertain.
In 1964, the Raffel Brothers launched the first Arby's in Ohio. Arby's is a pun on the first two letters of "Raffel Brothers," not an acronym of roast beef.
Glen William Bell, Taco Bell's founder, has European heritage. Bell liked Mexican food, opening Taco Tia in the 1950s.
Pizza! Mike Ilitch and Marian Bayoff met on a blind date and married months later. The first restaurant debuted in Garden City, Michigan, in 1959.
Pizza Hut was founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 1958. The founders, brothers Dan and Frank Carney, could only fit eight letters on the restaurant's sign.
Fast-food businesses were born in 1953. In 1988, Shawnee, Oklahoma opened the first Sonic Drive-In.
Robert Peterson was a successful restaurateur when he founded the first Jack in the Box in 1951. It became one of America's largest fast-food chains.
Harmon Dobson wanted to design a burger so enormous that customers would remark, "What a burger!" In Corpus Christie, Texas, the first Whataburger opened.
Two successful chains started on opposing coastlines. In Quincy, Massachusetts, Dunkin' Donuts, then named Open Kettle, opened.
Chick-fil-A is one of America's most loved and reviled fast-food chains. Some can't obtain enough food, while others won't try it due to politics.
McDonald's has more than 39,000 outlets worldwide, yet it's not the oldest fast-food chain. Richard and Maurice McDonald launched it in 1940.
The Colonel, Harland Sanders, began selling fried chicken to hungry drivers in 1930.
Harold and Kumar weren't the first to visit White Castle. This fast-food company was formed in 1921.
Specific individuals may not realise A&W is a restaurant franchise due to its lack of presence in some places. A&W root beer is widely available canned or bottled.
Coney Island's hot dogs are famous. This store helped. Or 'dog'? Nathan Handwerker began Nathan's Famous as a hot dog cart in 1916.