Now, there is only one Druther’s left, located in Campbellsville, Kentucky.
D’Lites
Healthy foodies would have found D’Lites to be, well, a delight!
They even sold frozen yogurt!
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Sandy’s
Sandy’salso known as Sandy’s Drive-Inwas a popular old-fashioned burger chain from Peoria, Illinois.
Tops Drive-Inn
1953 was the year of drive-in restaurants.
Tops Drive-Inn was one of the many that benefited from the increasing popularity of automobile ownership.
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They even partnered with Kentucky Fried Chicken to sell KFC in all Washington D.C. locations.
Similar to Ronald McDonald, Wetson’s also had two clown mascots named Wetty and Sonny.
Winky’s
“Winky’s Makes You Happy To Be Hungry!”
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The company, unfortunately, went bankrupt and closed in 1982.
The burger joint was soonbranded as a blatant copycat of America’s oldest fast-food chainfrom the very start.
The founding father-son duo even hired a former White Castle operator to help them with the business.
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A version of this story was originally published in July 2022.
It has been updated to include new information.
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