Financial Woes
Remember Big Boy? The diner-style restaurant with its iconic boy-holding-a-hamburger statues used to dot the country. The name of the restaurant actually comes from its popular Big Boy cheeseburger, a double-pattied creation with a third bun in the middle, which was the inspiration for McDonald’s Big Mac.
There are some Big Boy restaurants left in the U.S., though much fewer than there used to be. One chain in particular, Frisch’s Big Boy, seems like it’s in serious financial trouble. Many Midwestern locations were just evicted from their buildings, and more are on the way. Here’s what’s happening.