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McDonald's - 1972
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)they got rid of Root Beer. And no, Dr Pepper is not an acceptable substitute.
unblock
(52,288 posts)though as for individual stores and franchises, ymmv.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)but thanks.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)where is cents on the keyboard............I remember there being one??
FBaggins
(26,756 posts)then type 0162 and let go of the Alt. I think you have to have a keypad for it to work.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,573 posts)local chain in northern Virginia. The closest one was torn down years ago. The lot is now filled with townhouses.
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)And when I was 16, I flipped burgers at a BC. Home of the Sirloiner, IIRC.
Guess that made me a Burger Chef.
-- Mal
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,573 posts)Arlington has never had a shortage of unique local eateries and for many, one of the most memorable was the Tops Drive Inn on Lee Highway.
Home of the Sir Loiner, a double-decker hamburger thought by many to be a forerunner of todays Big Mac, Tops was founded by businessman James J. Matthews in 1953. The original Tops Drive Inn was a 15-seat facility which included a team of carhops and a machine called the Teletray, enabling drivers to order their food without getting out of the car. The interior featured turquoise-colored phones at the tables for placing your order, and mini-juke boxes for hearing the hits of the day. There were 18 Tops in the DC Metro area before Matthews merged the chain into Ginos Inc. in 1968.
Some Tops trivia:
Three of the sandwiches served at Tops were the Sir Loiner, the Jim Dandy, and the Maverick.
Tops was the original server of Col. Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken in the area, and owner James J. Matthews served on the board of Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation after Colonel Sanders retired.
There was once a 15 minute television afternoon weather show sponsored by Tops called Top Of De Vedder. The program was hosted by Professor Felix Von Topsnak, who used a hand-drawn map of the U.S. on which hed chart the weather while dressed in an overcoat, top hat and monocle.
Here's a Burger Chef:
A salad bar? What's that?
I see Burger Chef was not a local chain:
In 1982, the General Foods Corporation, then-owners of the Burger Chef trademark and name, divested itself of the restaurant chain, gradually selling to the owners of Hardee's. The final restaurant to carry the Burger Chef name closed in 1996.
We had a Burger Chef long before we had a McDonald's.
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)The BC Sirloiner was the answer to the McDonald's Quarter Pounder. 1/4 of sirloin, allegedly. They were actually dryer than a QP, but they didn't taste bad.
The Quarter Pounder was created in 1971, and went national in 1972, so BC had to think of something to compete.
-- Mal
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,573 posts)benld74
(9,909 posts)MAny a cheap night ended with JUST enough $$$ for this.
rsdsharp
(9,195 posts)They were 12 cents at Henrys, but I wouldn't want to eat one, even back then.
yagotme
(2,919 posts)although I don't know if that would hold true today...
red dog 1
(27,844 posts)(They were small..but not bad)
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)There was similar place called Kelly's that opened in a larger town about 30 miles from where we lived. We actually had a big family outing one weekend and drove there to eat at a freaking fast-food hamburger joint. I remember clearly, even though I was only about 10 (this would have been early 60s) that they had the price of the hamburgers in huge letters built into the front facade of the building: FIFTEEN CENTS.
I thought it was the best thing I had ever tasted and knew what I would be eating for the rest of my life. And I did until I began to realize how crappy and unhealthy that food was.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)Very interesting trip down memory lane.
FWIW $0.28 in 1972 → $1.64 in 2017
http://www.in2013dollars.com/1972-dollars-in-2017?amount=0.28
LeftInTX
(25,504 posts)My fave was the quarter pounder.
I think it cost 50 cents where I lived.
sarge43
(28,942 posts)malthaussen
(17,215 posts)Everyone in my high school was hoping to get a job making three bucks an hour. Came out to about a hundred a week after taxes.
That was when an E-1 was making about $133.00 a month.
-- Mal
sarge43
(28,942 posts)But then, three squares and a flop.
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)In 1971 I bought a stick shift car, for $2100. A person could buy a nice home for $30 -$35,000...Gas was 40cents a gallon. So, if things have gone up 5 times...and we get 5 times more for our pay..then, question..
Can you get a hamburger, fries and a shake for about $5.00?...at Mc Donalds? and I think that the answer is .....YES YOU CAN....................... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also: the cost of a postage stamp 8 cents, now 44 cents...8 x 5 = 40
malthaussen
(17,215 posts)... I've run those numbers many times. Certain commodities have gone up a lot more than five times since 1970. Books are a glaring example: paperbacks, 50 cents, hardbacks a buck fifty. Milk, bread, cigarettes have all gone up more than five times. Examples could be multiplied.
In the case of McDonald's, though, yeah, the price has gone up about five times, or even less. QP with fries and a Coke for $5.50. Although at the little joint down the street, I can get two cheeseburgers, fries, and a Coke for four bucks.
-- Mal
haele
(12,667 posts)From 5th grade to graduation from High School, the prices were
15 cents for
Hamburger - local ground beef made into patties that day.
Fries
Sodas
Milk
25 cents for
Plain Cheeseburgers
Hot Chocolate
Plain Ice-cream scoop /Ice cream cone
(they had 4 flavors plus a seasonal flavor of real local ice cream they scooped, none of the soft-serve type ice cream...)
30 cents:
Deluxe Cheeseburger
Double scoop Ice Cream cone
Milkshakes (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and hot fudge - which I see they don't have anymore)
Ice Cream Sundaes (four flavors - including blackberry, made from locally made blackberry syrup)
Root-Beer Float
Their deluxe cheese burger was similar to an In-n-Out burger.
The only problem with Dick's was that we lived in the University District, and there were none around us at the time. They've always been pretty much a burger/fries/shake sort of place.
There was also the BurgerMaster, which was okay and closer, but they tended to be all over the place in terms of their menus, and tended to be a bit more expensive, so we just stuck to grilled cheese and fries for the most part. Though they did have a killer shake menu that was a great treat.
Haele