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Miguel's
Restaurant
Founded
in 1973
in
Corona,
CA by
Mike &
Mary
Vasquez
Currently
has
7 QSR
locations
and 2
full
service
restaurants |
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Miguel's Restaurant
was founded in 1973
by Mike and Mary
Vasquez in Corona,
California. They
renamed it
“Miguel's” in honor
of Mike's
grandfather, and
decided to make an
attempt at the
restaurant business.
With three small
children, they
struggled to make a
go of it. Mike kept
his day job and
worked the
restaurant at night,
while Mary developed
dishes and recipes
based on those from
her childhood in
Mexico. In 1974,
before their last
child was born, they
moved the family
from San Bernardino
to Corona. By 1975,
business was
improving so much
they decided to open
a fast food
restaurant down the
road and named it
“Miguel's Jr”. It
was an instant
success! Currently
there are seven
Miguel's Jr.
locations, four in
the Corona-Norco
area, one in the
Galleria at Tyler in
Riverside, and the
others in Grand
Terrace and Fontana.
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YEAR |
BRAND NAME |
FOUNDERS |
LOCATION |
LINK |
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1975 |
Chili's |
- |
Dallas,
TX |
www.chilis.com
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El Pollo Loco |
Juan
Francisco |
Guasave, |
www.elpolloloco.com
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Miguels Jr |
Mike and
Mary Vasquez |
Corona,
CA |
www.miguelsjr.com
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Casa Gallardo |
Romon
Gallardo |
St Louis,
MO |
www.casagallardo.com
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1976 |
Chi-Chi's |
- |
- |
www.chi-chis.com
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Coffee Beanery |
JoAnne
and Julius Shaw |
- |
www.coffeebeanery.com
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1977 |
Claim Jumper |
Craig
Nickolaff |
Los
Alamitos, CA |
www.claimjumper.com
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1978 |
Chuck E. Cheeses |
- |
, |
www.chuckecheese.com
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Ben & Jerry's |
Ben Cohen
& Jerry Greenfield |
Burlingon,
VT |
www.benjerry.com
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Au Bon Pain |
Louis
Kane |
Boston,
MA |
www.aubonpain.com
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Barnaby's Family Inn |
- |
Southbend,
IN |
www.southbendbarnabys.com
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1979 |
Yoshinoya |
Irv
Rossman |
Columbus,
OH |
www.goodtaste.org
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Damon's |
- |
Los
Angeles, CA |
www.damons.com
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House of Donuts |
- |
CA |
www.houseofdonuts.com
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Las Brisas |
Larry
Cano |
Laguna
Beach, CA |
- |
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