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RESTAURANT CELEBRATES FOUNDING TODAY

 
The first restaurant at 4301 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, CA.

IHOP, formerly known as The International House of Pancakes, is a U.S. based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. Founders Al and Jerry Lapin,
along with early investors Al and Trudy Kallis (below),open the first International
House of Pancakes (above) in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake, California 
on Monday, July 7, 1958. Today, the company has 1,500 locations across America.

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Al Lapin                                      Al and Trudy Kallis

 
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CATCH THIS GIG TOMORROW NIGHT!

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                                                                                      (New CD cover)
Pictured from Left: Will Hobbs, Paul Douglas, and Kerry Canfield.


Woodlander
is a trio of musicians who have played together since the
1970s in various combinations, including a popular Northwest rock and
country/bluegrass band called Wheatfield, which was recently inducted
into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.

The band consists of Kerry Canfield on upright bass and accordion, Paul 
Douglas on guitar, fiddle and harmonica, and Will Hobbs on mandolin
guitar, harmonica and flute.

You can catch these guy’s with their three part harmonies and well-
developed talent tomorrow evening, Wednesday the 3rd, at Duff’s
Garage Bar & Grill in Portland from 6 to 8 P.M. $2.00 cover.

 

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                                          1635 SE 7th Ave
                                    Phone: (503) 234-2337

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TRADEMARK SUIT SOLD AT AUCTION

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(AP) Dallas – The president and chief executive of Kentucky Fried Chicken
Japan purchased the trademark white suit worn by company founder "Colonel"
Harland Sanders at auction Saturday for $21,510 — then promptly tried it on.

Masao "Charlie" Watanabe grinned while putting on the suit jacket and black
string tie at the Heritage Auctions event, standing beneath a photograph of
Sanders. He had already planned to attend a company marketing meeting in
Dallas, but arrived early after he found out about the auction, he said.

Watanabe was one of hundreds of in-person, telephone and online bidders
vying for various items, including a gun belt owned by legendary outlaw Jesse
James and leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown.

Watanabe also bought a mini-collection of Sanders’ memorabilia — including
his 1973 Kentucky driver’s license — for $1,912.

Sanders is a popular figure in Japan, and most KFC restaurants there have
statues of him in front, Watanabe said. He plans to display the suit at a
restaurant in Tokyo.

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A KFC restaurant in Japan

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REMEMBERING A RESTAURANT FOUNDER

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A young Bob Wian in 1938

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Robert C. "Bob" Wian
(June 15, 1914–March 31, 1992)

Bob Wian was the founder of the Big Boy restaurant chain. The
restaurant began as a 10-stool Glendale, California, hamburger
stand in 1936 with an investment of $350 which Wian got from
the sale of a used car. He sold the Big Boy chain to the Marriott
Corp
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in 1967 for seven million dollars.

      bob's burger

Big-Boy

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EAST COUNTY NOSTALGIA ~ DEA’S IN & OUT

Dea's 
The original location of Dea’s on East Powell across from Mt. Hood Theatre in 
Gresham. The restaurant has been family owned and operated for 58 years. 

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Dea Sparks founder

  

Dea's In & Out burn
Dea’s current location on NE Burnside Rd in Gresham

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Featuring “The Longburger”

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French Fries with the famous sauce

                          Dea's In & Out sign

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