On Thu 19 Jun 2008 06:31:44a, kilikini told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>> Wow, they certainly have scaled down. At one time in the greater
>> Cleveland area they seemed almost as common as McDonald's, although
>> they were under the name of "Manner's Big Boy" at that time. Down
>> towards Akron, they were under the name of "Frisch's Big Boy". Some
>> time later they all were renamed Bob's Big Boy and then gradually the
>> numbers shrank.
>
> I remember in Wisconsin we had "Marc's Big Boy". I'm trying to look them
> up, but it seems they've closed down.
>
> kili
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At some point, I think all the "------ Big Boy" restaurants reverted to
"Bob's Big Boy". Many (if not most) have, indeed, closed.

Where there used to be numerous locations in the Cleveland/Akron area,
there is only one in Cleveland now. I don't know about Akron.

The one remaining here in Phoenix when we moved here in 2000 was really
horrible. Nothing at all like the quality of food they served back in
Cleveland. It closed shortly thereafter. It is now a restaurant called
"The Feed Bag", which has several locations here (local chain). :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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