"an advertising jingle used in Chili's Restaurant commercials to advertise the restaurant's line of baby back ribs. The ad features a doo-wop quartet singing a cappella. The song was written by Guy Bommarito and produced by Tom Faulkner Productions for GSD&M Advertising of Austin, Texas. Faulkner sings both ""I want my baby back, baby back, baby back..."", as well as the melodic theme. The deep ""Bar-B-Q Sauce"" was sung by famed New York bass vocalist Willie McCoy. ""Advertising Age"" magazine named the song first on its list of ""10 songs most likely to get stuck in your head"" in 2004."
"markets. In 2015, Tony Roma’s became one of the first US-based restaurants to open a store in Myanmar. As of 2018, Tony Roma's had ""new licensing deals in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand"" and ""new development agreements in Spain, Nicaragua and Bolivia."" Tony Roma's Romacorp Inc., which does business as Tony Roma's, is an American casual dining chain restaurant specializing in baby back ribs, although outlets in Muslim-majority countries do not offer this item. The first location was established by the founder in 1972 in North Miami, Florida. Clint Murchison Jr. purchased a majority stake in"
"Tony Roma's Romacorp Inc., which does business as Tony Roma's, is an American casual dining chain restaurant specializing in baby back ribs, although outlets in Muslim-majority countries do not offer this item. The first location was established by the founder in 1972 in North Miami, Florida. Clint Murchison Jr. purchased a majority stake in the restaurant in 1976, and he and Roma established the jointly owned Roma Corporation. The first international location opened in 1979 in Tokyo, followed by an international expansion with both company-owned stores and franchises. As of 2018, there are over 150 locations on six continents. The"
"Later buildings had the familiar fast-food style mansard roof which allowed them to comply to more local building codes. They were known for ""Big Barney"" (a hamburger similar to a Big Mac) and the ""Barnbuster"" (similar to a Quarter Pounder or Whopper.) The chain was quite forward-looking with their food choices: the Big Barney predated the Big Mac by a few years, and it was the first chain to have self-service salad bars. The restaurant chain had a TV commercial jingle whose lyrics were: ""When the hungries hit / When the hungries hit / Hit the Red Barn."" Three mascots"
"Radiant Radish The Radiant Radish was a health food store located at the corner of Melrose Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard in West Hollywood, California from 1969 to 1971. It was managed by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, his cousin Steve Korthoff, and friend Arnie Geller. Early in 1969, Beach Boys band leader and lead composer Brian Wilson opened a small health food store named the Radiant Radish. It was co-founded by his cousin, Steve Korthoff, and friend Arnie Geller. The shop was preceded by Wilson's fervent interest in physical fitness once exemplified in the song ""Vegetables"", written for"
"were not limited to: A classic Frisch's jingle used on both Radio & TV in the 1960s went: Frisch's Frisch's Big Boy is a regional Big Boy restaurant chain with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. For many years a Big Boy franchisee, in 2001, Frisch's became the exclusive owner of the Big Boy trademark in Indiana, Kentucky, and most of Ohio and Tennessee, and is no longer affiliated with Big Boy Restaurants International. In December 2018, there were 120 restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. This includes 21 Big Boy stores in Cincinnati, 6 in Dayton, Ohio, and 6 in Louisville,"
"to preserve the sanctity of the craft and champion individual voices. Our work isn't just b-roll for someone else. It just shouldn't be considered, whether or not it's legal. It's a bad precedent to set."" The mention of the American restaurant chain Red Lobster in the song's bridge increased sales at the restaurants by 33%, and upon the song's release, the chain was tweeted about over 42,000 times during the first hour and trended for the first time in its history according to Red Lobster spokesperson Erica Ettori. Since the release of the song and the subsequent Super Bowl performance,"
"direct connection to the namesake restaurant which inspired the chain. Beefsteak Charlie's marketing concept emphasized an all-you-can-eat salad bar, as well as unlimited beer, wine, or sangria. Early 1980s advertising featured an actor in early 20th century dress playing the role of Beefsteak Charlie, later joined by his nephew ""Beefsteak Chuck."" Two of the chain's famous indulgent slogans were ""I'll feed you like there's no tomorrow"" and ""You're gonna get spoiled."" As of 1984, the chain had over 60 locations, located primarily on the East Coast. Corporate owner Beefsteak Charlies, Inc., changed its name in 1985 to Lifestyle Restaurants, Inc."
"Roy Rogers Restaurants Roy Rogers Franchise Company, LLC is a Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States chain of fast food restaurants. The chain originated as the rebranding of the ""RoBee's House of Beef"" chain of Fort Wayne, Indiana acquired by the Marriott Corporation in February 1968. However, Marriott first used the Roy Rogers Roast Beef name on conversions of the company's Junior Hot Shoppes in the Washington D.C. area in April 1968, then the existing RoBee's stores. An aggressive nationwide franchising campaign was launched. Several Big Boy Restaurant franchisees—that trademark also owned by Marriott—became master franchisees of the Roy Rogers chain."
"of the United Kingdom and France. A Coon Chicken Inn advertisement is a plot device in ""Ghost World"", a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff. Coon Chicken Inn Coon Chicken Inn was an American chain of four restaurants founded by Maxon Lester Graham and Adelaide Burt in 1925, which prospered until the late 1950s. The restaurant's name contains the word ""Coon"", considered an ethnic slur, and the trademarks and entrances of the restaurants were designed to look like a smiling blackface caricature of an African-American porter. The smiling capped porter head also appeared on menus, dishes, and promotional"
"they were. Chickens. I would always e-mail back something funny. I would e-mail them back just the way they e-mailed me. …It really does bother people, I mean, people think it’s a speech impediment. ... But, you know what, if they have to have to pick something on me, that’s OK.” Spangles (restaurant) Spangles is a family-owned fast food chain based in Wichita, Kansas. It serves 1/3-pound burgers, flatbread pita wraps, french fries, onion rings, breakfast sandwiches, cinnamon and sugar donuts, lactose-free milkshakes, and an array of other soft-serve desserts. The chain is known for its bizarre, kitschy television commercials."
"Gregory died on December 2, 2001. His family continues to operate the company, and Gregory's profile, with a cigar and his ""Ribs King"" crown, remains a part of the company logo. In 2009, Montgomery Inn opened a new restaurant just north of Columbus, along the Scioto River in Dublin, Ohio. In January 2017, the restaurant in Dublin closed. Closure of the Fort Mitchell location was announced on July 1, 2018. Montgomery Inn Montgomery Inn is a barbecue restaurant chain based in the Cincinnati suburb of Montgomery, Ohio, United States. It is best known for its specialty, loin back ribs, and"
"were used in the franchise's commercials: ""Hamburger Hungry"" (a humanoid figure with a hamburger in bun for a head); ""Chicken Hungry"" (a chicken leg); and ""Big Fish Hungry"" (a blue fish). In Australia, the appearance of Red Barney was common on ""Cartoon Corner"" with Daryl Somers. He was an affable clown who gave away prizes and preceded Ronald McDonald. In the spring of 1970, the chain found itself at the center of controversy when a franchisee wanted to erect a store in Dinkytown, a neighborhood adjacent to the University of Minnesota-East Bank campus in Minneapolis MN. Protestors, who were already"
"2012 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The business was not affiliated with the previous two ventures Flavor Flav has had in the restaurant business. Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs was a casual dining experience with a quick serve attitude. They are known for making their sides from scratch. The ribs were smoked then dipped in the house sauce, and the chicken came in fresh weekly from the Gold’n Plump Company. Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs closed in July 2013 after being evicted by its landlord for failure to pay rent. In 2002, Flav appeared in Taking Back Sunday's music video for"
"Mid-Atlantic states. The company's jingle, played during radio advertisements in the early years was ""Everybody goes to Gino's, 'cause Gino's is the place to go!"" The company also became known for its philanthropic efforts. Marchetti, Romano, and Fischer have opened several new Gino's restaurants. Marchetti and Fischer will be serving as consultants. The new restaurants plan to serve burgers, chicken sandwiches, hand-cut french fries and hand-spun milkshakes. Initially, the chain plans to open locations in Pennsylvania and Maryland. In charge is Tom Romano, who worked for 20 years with the company, and was C.O.O. in 1982 when the chain was"
"Montgomery Inn Montgomery Inn is a barbecue restaurant chain based in the Cincinnati suburb of Montgomery, Ohio, United States. It is best known for its specialty, loin back ribs, and the barbecue sauce used in preparation and serving. The family-owned company began on November 1, 1951, when founder Ted Gregory took over McCabe's Inn in Montgomery, Ohio, then a country town on the edge of metro Cincinnati that was just beginning to grow rapidly. At first, the restaurant, renamed Montgomery Inn, was better known as a place to drink than eat, as the restaurant side of the operation was leased"
"of ""M*A*S*H"", in which Hawkeye Pierce craves the barbecued ribs from a fictional restaurant adjacent to the station, but can't recall the name. He calls the station master from South Korea to get the restaurant's name and phone number. He incorrectly calls it the ""Dearborn Street Station"". ""Dearborn Station"" is a song by the rock band Fortune that was released in 1985. Dearborn Station Dearborn Station (also referred to as Polk Street Station) was the oldest of the six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It currently serves as office retail and entertainment space. Located at Dearborn and Polk"
"jingles was for the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain, in which she sang their famous slogan, ""Red Lobster for the seafood lover in you""). Her parents insisted she return to school to finish her degree, which she did, and then headed to California to pursue a career. Returning to Nashville, she signed with the Lea Jane Singers, which marked the beginning of her commercial success. In 1975, Fricke moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she became an in-demand background vocalist. She sang background for numerous other artists at the time; including Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, Lynn Anderson,"
"their advertising commercials. One of them plays a guitar, and the other sings a song called ""We Love the Subs"", in an apparent and shorter spoof of their original song, ""We Like the Moon"". Several commercials with the Spongmonkeys were released, including ones about rejoice and coupons. However, after a few months, Quiznos discontinued airing these commercials. An inflatable character costume that is in the style of a plastic Quiznos cup and is used in and around the store. Quiznos QIP Holder, LLC, doing business as Quiznos, is a franchised fast-food restaurant brand based in Denver, Colorado, that specializes in"
"followed a pattern of controversy for the company, as previous advertisements produced by CP+B had come under fire for perceived or overt sexual innuendo. An earlier example of this type of advertisement was a promotion for a LTO version of Burger King's TenderCrisp sandwich which featured Darius Rucker in a commercial singing a variant of Burger King's ""Have It Your Way"" jingle that featured a line about ""a train of ladies with a nice caboose,"" where caboose was not referring to the last car of a train, but the buttocks of the actresses featured in the commercial. The issues raised"
"their song ""Call More Dudes"" in a Taco John's as part of a tribute to the franchise. Wesley Willis advertised Taco John's in at least one of his songs. In the 1990s, Taco John's slogan was ""A Whole Lotta Mexican,"" which accompanied a jingle that stated ""Once we getcha, then we gotcha... gotcha coming back for more! Taco John's."" In December 2006, a reported 50 people became sick and 18 people were hospitalized after eating at a Taco John's restaurant in Iowa. Shortly after that, Minnesota health officials reported that an additional 27 people became ill after eating at Taco"
"blue jeans and shirts in a variety of colors, changing the menus to a chalkboard theme, adding more current top 100 hit songs to the internal music system and updating their logo to a more modern font style. Continuing the trend in 2015, the chain updated their dated children's menu with the addition of cheese pizza and corn dogs, more colorful plastic beverage cups, and colorful twisty straws. To promote the more family friendly feel, the chain introduced a Kids Eat Free night on their flagship day, Tuesday. At all company owned restaurants, a child's meal is free with the"
"was eventually adopted as the mascot by the American A&W chain as well. The famous tuba jingle was played by famed Vancouver jazz, classical and session trombonist Sharman King. King also did the ads for the ""Book Warehouse"" chain of discount book stores, which he owned. In the early 1980s, the drive-in style of restaurant was phased out. It was replaced with a modern, pastel-coloured fast food outlet which included marginally healthier options. While the chain continued to open some standalone restaurants, A&W also aggressively pursued shopping mall locations, and as a result A&Ws are still commonly found in Canadian"
"today, located in Oklahoma City, Port Huron, Michigan and Canadian neighbor Sarnia, Ontario. The chain's logo was an image of a rooster smoking a cigar and carrying a golf club. The chain also used a logo of ""Chicken's Caddie"", which depicted a chick acting as a golf caddie, stating ""I'll gladly be fried for Chicken in the Rough"". The restaurant's name was devised on a cancelled 1936 road trip to California, in which Beverly spilled a picnic basket of chicken after Rubye hit a bump in the road while driving on the Oklahoma prairie. Rubye remarked something to the effect"
"by the Chicago office of advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding, now part of the Interpublic Group of Companies'. The slogan was typically used in Western advertising campaigns: a typical television commercial would ostensibly appear to be a public execution, but when the supposed executioner would ask ""what do you want on your tombstone?"" (i.e. an epitaph), the accused would reply along the lines of ""Pepperoni and cheese."" A Tombstone pizza would then be summoned. Another slogan used in 1999 and early 2000's was ""Shoulda had that Tombstone."" In one of the television commercials, the growling of a boy's stomach"
"Spangles (restaurant) Spangles is a family-owned fast food chain based in Wichita, Kansas. It serves 1/3-pound burgers, flatbread pita wraps, french fries, onion rings, breakfast sandwiches, cinnamon and sugar donuts, lactose-free milkshakes, and an array of other soft-serve desserts. The chain is known for its bizarre, kitschy television commercials. Today, Spangles Inc. has 27 locations in Kansas, with 14 in the Wichita area, 4 in Topeka, 2 in Hutchinson, 2 in Salina, and 1 each in Andover, Derby, El Dorado, Emporia and Park City. Spangles began as a restaurant named Coney Island in Wichita, Kansas. Brothers Dale and Craig Steven"
"and it was given to Creuzot's son, Percy III. It sells sausage and meats to independent grocery stores and restaurants. Frenchy's Chicken Frenchy's Chicken is a restaurant chain in Houston, Texas selling Louisiana Creole cuisine. It was established in 1969 by Percy ""Frenchy"" Creuzot Jr. In 2010 Allan Turner of the ""Houston Chronicle"" wrote that the original location, still operated by the founding family, and the chain-operated locations together have a ""loyal clientele"". Houston R&B artist Beyoncé Knowles made references to the chain in her music. In 1969 Percy ""Frenchy"" Creuzot Jr., a New Orleans native who had traveled to"
"bankruptcy in early 1999. The franchise had a mascot, a green hippo called ""Nic"". One of their famous menu items was ""Dos por uno"" − two burgers for the price of one. French fries were called ""Frenys"". Names of other Pumper Nic sandwiches include: Mobur, Jaque (jamon y queso, ham and cheese) and Jaque'H. Their most famous tagline was ""Pumper Nic, the new way of dining"" (La nueva forma de comer) Nic the hippo, is featured among the animals that escape from the Los Angeles Zoo during an earthquake that hits Los Angeles in the short animated Oscar-winning film ""Logorama"""
"on television. In 1957, Pillsbury commissioned a television commercial jingle (from its advertising agency Leo Burnett) with the main lyrics ""Nothin' says lovin/Like somethin' from the oven/And Pillsbury says it best""; the jingle became a well-known signature of the company and was used, with modifications, in some form for at least the next 20 years. Later corporate acquisitions included restaurants such as Burger King, Steak and Ale, Bennigan's, Godfather's Pizza, Häagen-Dazs, and Quik Wok, plus popular grocery store food brands such as Green Giant. In the 1960s, Pillsbury added Sweet* 10 made with cyclamate, which became the most popular artificial"
"restaurants have a distinctive red-and-yellow color scheme. The original locations had a black lava rock exterior with a red shingled roof. Most older locations have covered the rock exterior to conform with the current yellow stucco appearance. During the 1970s and 1980s, the company occasionally licensed characters from the Popeye comic strip to use in its advertising. TV and radio ads often use New Orleans-style music, along with the trademark ""Love That Chicken"" jingle sung by New Orleans funk and R&B musician Dr. John. In 2009, Popeyes introduced ""Annie the Chicken Queen"", a fictitious, upbeat, African-American Popeyes chef. The character"
"retrofitted old house, Bret offered a choice of five meats with two side options. He continued to refine his recipe by competing in barbecue competitions and learning from fellow pitmasters. Within five years, RibCrib expanded to six units. In 2017, RibCrib smokes barbecue on-site every day in more than 60 locations in eight states. In June 2005, RibCrib was in ""Restaurant Business"" magazine's ""top 50 growth chains"" list. RibCrib had a 25% increase in sales in 2004 and planned a co-branded venture with KFC. This venture took place in Marshfield, Missouri, promoting that a barbecue and fried chicken pairing would"
"Underwood Deviled Ham, Post Raisin Bran, and Dunkin' Donuts' Dunkin' Munchkins-brand ""donut holes"". Since retiring from acting Reese has become a restaurant entrepreneur with multiple businesses in the New York City area. He owned Paladar, a now-defunct Pan-Latino restaurant located in Manhattan's Lower East Side. He then opened ""Destination Bar and Grille"" located on Avenue A in the East Village, which is also now closed. He opened a sports bar called The Luxury Box, which closed in 2015. Mason Reese Mason Reese (born April 11, 1965) is a former child actor who appeared in numerous television commercials in the 1970s,"
"Zippy the Pinhead comic strip; on November 15, 2004, February 10, 2005 December 19, 2006, and September 2, 2007. Griff's Hamburgers Griff’s Hamburgers, or Griff's Burger Bar, is a regional fast food chain founded in 1960 by Griff's of America, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. At one time they had locations nationwide with the majority in the South near highway exits. Griff's was named for the founder, Harold Griffin. The restaurant buildings were of a patented A-frame design, produced by Valentine Diners of Wichita, Kansas. Later restaurants sported more conventional architecture. A bright yellow sign read HAMBURGERS in"