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.
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