Carrols Restaurants
Did you know that fast-food businesses precede the likes of McDonald’s and Burger King by decades? Although it may be tough to believe, this is the case. The Club Burger was first served at Carrols, the world’s first burger restaurant. Burgers that were originally 15 cents (in the 1960s, but still!) were available for purchase, as were special Looney Tunes glasses. Herb Slotnick, the company’s creator, bowed into the pressure and turned Carrols’ outlets into Burger Kings as well, as a result of the proliferation of Burger Kings in the surrounding region of Carrols’. What a huge disappointment!
Carrols Restaurants
Wetson’s
Originally from Long Island, Herb Wetanson founded the Wetson’s Burger fast-food restaurant chain in the 1970s. After seeing the first McDonald’s on a road trip across California, he made the decision to establish his own restaurant. When Wetanson, with the help of his family, opened the first Wetson’s restaurant in Levittown, Long Island, in 1959, it was a great success due to the 15-cent hamburgers that were offered at the time. However, the business suffered throughout the 1970s, when McDonald’s and Burger King aggressively increased their presence in the New York market. By the end of the decade, Wetson’s had become a distant memory for most people.
Wetson
