Iconic American Fast-Food Chains That No Longer Exist

3. Bob’s Big Boy

Year Founded: 1936
Number of Stores at Peak: 240+
Last Store Closed: 5 locations left

Bob’s Big Boy was a restaurant chain that was founded in Southern California in 1926. The chain was originally called “Bob’s Pantry.” Now, the chain is defunct, but the parent company, Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant Group, is still around. Only five Big Boy restaurants exist today.

The company had some pretty serious publicity problems. In Los Angeles, the West LA La Cienega location was the site of one of the worst crimes of 1980, when robbers forced eleven people into the freezer, killing three and stealing $1,700. Ten years later, there would be another murder at the Playa del Rey location.