  Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 91 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 68.249.9.204 |
For anyone who knows about the intersection of Harper and Gratiot before 2000, does anyone remember that check cashing place on the corner where the Marathon is at now. I was justed thinking about the shape of the building and I came up with this question..... Was that check cashing place originally a Burger chef restaurant? | ||
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard Post Number: 1373 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42 |
When did the Burger Chefs go out of business? In Madison WI I remember one in 1963, but it was long gone in 1970. | ||
Caseyc Member Username: Caseyc Post Number: 623 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 206.18.111.5 |
burger chef......and Jeff. Can I get an "incrediburgable" with my check advance here? amen.....oh, and a funburger and apple turnover as well. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 412 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51 |
I've driven past that corner for 27 years. Not a Burger Chef. | ||
Citylover Member Username: Citylover Post Number: 1763 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 4.229.123.201 |
Damn Casey the 1st thing I thought of was that Jeff motherfucker! | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 483 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.41.145.5 |
Those BC burgers were the best. I can't recall what they put on them, it might have been mayo, but those were some tasty burgers. I think BC was bought out in the late 70's/early 80's with many of them turning into Hardee's. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6799 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.136.149.133 |
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Chefdave Member Username: Chefdave Post Number: 63 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 68.85.144.61 |
There use to be a burger chef at 8 mile and mound road. It became a hardees and I think its a tim hortons now. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 92 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 68.249.9.204 |
Do anyone remember where the locations were at around the city? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 413 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.55.51 |
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Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 9 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 146.9.16.41 |
It seems that Burger Chef lasted until 1982 (with a couple exceptions); see http://www.freewebs.com/burger chef/ Note the shape of the building captioned "Early 1960's drawing of Burger Chef carry-out service" about a quarter ways down the page; is this what you are remembering? | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6802 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.136.149.133 |
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Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 94 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 68.249.9.204 |
yes zephyrprocess, your exactly right. | ||
Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus Post Number: 78 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 68.43.115.231 |
There was a Burger Chef at 7 and Mack. Where the Wendys is now. | ||
Tammypio Member Username: Tammypio Post Number: 75 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.43.85.165 |
Not in the city, but there was one on 9 Mile & Ryan for a long time | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 1284 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
For the nostalgic: Menu Burger Chef, in the mid-1970s, toasted the buns for its Super Shef, Big Shef, cheeseburger and hamburger on a hot-plate conveyor mechanism that used coconut oil. This was accomplished in less than 60 seconds using a temperature of about 400° Fahrenheit. The open flame broiler was used to cook frozen meat patties from frozen to fully cooked in less than a minute. The broiler ran at a temperature of about 700° Fahrenheit. Other offerings included: the Skipper's Treat (fish) and apple & cherry turnovers (which were deep fried). In the mid-1970s, Super Shefs sold for 89¢, Big Shefs for 79¢, cheeseburgers for 25¢, hamburgers for 20¢, and large & small soft drinks for 25¢ and 20¢, respectively. Burger Chef switched from animal-based shortening to vegetable-based shortening during this period. Burger Chef was also notable for pioneering the children's meal with toy premium (called the "Fun Meal"), later adopted by McDonald's as the Happy Meal, and was among the first companies to offer Star Wars related premiums when the original Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was released in 1977. The Burger Chef Fun Meal consisted of a paperboard tray that kept a burger, fries, and drink in cut-outs designated for each. A pop-up background with interesting scene completed the tray. Tuesday's at Burger Chef were called "Family Fun Nites" where Funmeals were offered for a special price. Usually, one employee costumed as a pirate or clown, would wave at passing traffic to attract business. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 174 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.62.6.147 |
There was one at 15 and Groesbeck. On the Northwest corner. | ||
Sarge Member Username: Sarge Post Number: 307 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 24.28.88.45 |
9 and Coolidge at the Northeast corner in Oak Park. | ||
Dodgemain Member Username: Dodgemain Post Number: 108 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.41.191.58 |
I'll bet this spawns a Red Barn thread. | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 1287 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
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Schoolcraft Member Username: Schoolcraft Post Number: 6 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 70.190.24.108 |
Plymouth Road. Livonia(near Wayne Road) | ||
Dfd Member Username: Dfd Post Number: 126 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 66.161.214.251 |
http://search.ebay.com/search/ search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2 Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&fr om=R8&satitle=burger+chef&cate gory0= | ||
Caseyc Member Username: Caseyc Post Number: 624 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 24.209.227.109 |
surprisingly [not], Burger Chef had, at one time, a promotional tie-in with Bill Keane and the wacky crew of miscreants from "The Family Circus." "Daddy, Barfy ate my mariner....and he's barfing......" | ||
Docmo Member Username: Docmo Post Number: 99 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.40.171.54 |
Five Mile & Merriman---Livonia | ||
Krawlspace Member Username: Krawlspace Post Number: 268 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 68.40.173.50 |
Thread-jacking in progress: What about a Barn Buster from Red Barn on Gratiot near Whittier? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 2763 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.72.244 |
Didn't the Hardees chain of restaurants buy out Burger Chef?? On the northwest corner of Gratiot and Harper there used to be a Chatham Supermarket. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 10570 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.37.236 |
Sure looks a helluva lot like a donut place on Ford Road in Dearborn, a mile or two west of the Wyoming Drive-in. Perhaps this was another back in the day? | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 102 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 68.251.25.74 |
I was recently discussing with a co-worker where we could go to lunch and I jokingly said Burger Chef. He's 31 and had no idea what I was talking about. Made me feel old. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 162 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
Yes Hardees bought out Burger Chef, and Wendy's/Tim Hortons bought out Hardees in the Detroit area, yet strangely the Hazel Park location that was once a burger Chef remains a Hardees. | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 97 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 68.249.9.204 |
You could of told him its a new joint that just opened up. Then you could have drove him to an old site and make it seem like yall were eating there. LOL | ||
Hysteria Member Username: Hysteria Post Number: 1296 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
Some of the Burger Chef restaurants became Burger Kings, though. Part of the early Quality Dining group - http://www.qdi.com/ | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 412 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 68.60.181.41 |
8 Mile and Grand River. I liked their breakfast thingys. | ||
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo Post Number: 249 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 66.82.9.74 |
11 mile and 75 - Royal Oak | ||
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve Post Number: 3240 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.220.69.129 |
Harper just north of Little Mack in St. Clair Shores. | ||
Spitcoff Member Username: Spitcoff Post Number: 74 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 69.136.150.236 |
Woodward one block north of Warren in the wayne state building I used to go there with my father when we would go down to the WDET studio. | ||
Magic_mushroom Member Username: Magic_mushroom Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 24.220.197.208 |
Some great pics here: http://hometown.aol.com/jsf605 213/myhomepage/index.html Making me hungry! | ||
Czar Member Username: Czar Post Number: 3237 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 129.137.171.4 |
"Daddy, Barfy ate my mariner....and he's barfing......" Now that's funny. I forgot all about the mariner. | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 60 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 207.230.140.240 |
There was one on Van Born, west of Pelham. Hardees moved in there, but I can't remember when. Too many apple turnovers... | ||
Emuhurons Member Username: Emuhurons Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 168.137.9.122 |
13 and schoenherr- warren | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 485 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.41.145.5 |
Family Circus http://www.freewebs.com/burger chef/newfamilycircus.htm | ||
Dabirch Member Username: Dabirch Post Number: 1840 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 208.44.117.10 |
12 and Van Dyke in front of Tech Plaza. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 79 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 75.10.91.78 |
We've got a Hardee's in Hazel Park. They have lots of old Burger Chef pictures on the wall, and though I was too young to recall Burger Chef when they were here, I believe the menu and the process which they serve you, (take a number to the table, and they bring your food out) matches Burger Chef's. | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2786 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 128.36.14.152 |
Burger chef used to give kids plastic handpuppets (kinda like how BK's gives out crowns). There were two Burger Chefs in westside detroit that I remember and additional ones in the nearby western suburbs. I recall one on Warren or Joy offa evergreen and 8 mile between Evergreen and Lahser. Suburban Burger Chefs included GR near 8 mile (it became a pinball arcade), Telegraph down south of Mich ave and one waay out in Westland or Wayne (I went waay the hell out there to get their promotional Star Wars posters in '77). (Message edited by rustic on September 08, 2006) | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 103 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 70.229.255.149 |
Hey Dabirch, is that where that subway is now? | ||
Dougw Member Username: Dougw Post Number: 1312 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 136.2.1.103 |
Center Ave & Pine Street in Essexville. (Oops, sorry, that was meant for BayCityYes.com.) | ||
Dirthead Member Username: Dirthead Post Number: 42 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 209.131.7.68 |
I met everyone I hung out with for years at the Burger Chef at 8 Mile and Grandriver. My mother still refers to them as 'that Burger Chef crowd'. Aaaah the 70s, good times. | ||
Detrola Member Username: Detrola Post Number: 30 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 69.14.28.209 |
Dix near Southfield, across from the Sears in Lincoln Park. | ||
Kilgore_south Member Username: Kilgore_south Post Number: 167 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 24.176.20.117 |
Ditto - used to be one in my West-Michigan hometown that was awful. But it changed into an even more awful Hardees. But I remember seeing them all over the place as a kid when we would drive around the state. ItsJeff, those old 70's ads make the food look just as stale and flavorless as I remember it. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1566 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
I believe there was a Burger Chef on Harper between Cadieux and Morang, and that it was turned into a Daly's Drive In in the 1970s. Does that ring a bell with any Eastsiders? | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 112 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 69.215.254.95 |
Kathleen, is that where the Tubby's is at now? | ||
Fozzy3 Member Username: Fozzy3 Post Number: 7 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 68.42.79.80 |
Joy road and Middlebelt Livionia. For me the most memorable childrens promo was the one shaped like a race car. | ||
Gargoyle Member Username: Gargoyle Post Number: 24 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 24.192.189.109 |
One of my less stellar employment gigs was at the Burger Chef on Main Street north of 14 Mile in Clawson. I discovered quickly that fast-food jobs are HELL! Didn't take me long to get my ass back in school. The burgers were good, though. | ||
Sardonicus Member Username: Sardonicus Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 69.14.182.152 |
Vernier and Beaconsfield (8 Mile between Gratiot and 94) became a Hardees | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 1567 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57 |
Dtown1: No idea what's there now...it's been quite a while since I drove Harper in that stretch. All I can say is that the Burger Chef and Daly's were on the north side of the street. Just looked at an aerial shot of the stretch and I'm thinking that the location would be on the north side of Harper at Bluehill. But I'm not positive. It's been too many years! | ||
Dtown1 Member Username: Dtown1 Post Number: 117 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 68.252.2.239 |
Ype, I'm sure its the Tubby's your talking about | ||
Commodore64 Member Username: Commodore64 Post Number: 231 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.65.11.254 |
I remember Burger Chef in Livonia. I used to go to the doctor on Joy Road, which now has "Spectrum Services" in it, after I went we always went to Burger Chef. | ||
Opus Member Username: Opus Post Number: 26 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 72.241.34.10 |
Burger Chef in the late 70's was really good. I loved being able to put my own fixings on my burger at the toppings bar. It was like a special treat when we would visit my grandparents because there were no Burger Chefs where we lived. | ||
Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 91 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
Whatever happened to "Mr. Tony's"? This site has some of the best info on the subject at hand : http://www.99w.com/evilsam/ff/index.htm (Message edited by angry dad on September 10, 2006) | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2787 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.234.183.131 |
There was a Mr. Tony's sub shop on GR just west of evergreen. I _think_ detroit area Mr Tony's sub shops went out of business in the late 70's. AIR tubby's started popped up about the time Mr Tony's were petering out. imo Tubby's was better, but at least as a kid I was addicted to those crappy subs at kresgees so my taste in these matters is suspect. |
