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Old Posted Oct 27, 2019, 9:16 PM
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Originally Posted by John Maddox Roberts View Post
In Texas in the 60s the chain was called Kip's Big Boy. In New Mexico it was Vip's. They all used the fat boy in checkered overalls mascot. I have no idea why the name changes in different locales since they were all clearly of the same chain. The Texas restaurant was famous for its hot fudge sundaes.
In Western MA all the Big Boys were owned by the Abdow family thus they were call Abdow's Big Boys. Before they were awarded the Franchise they all were called HighBoys and instead of the redish sauce they were served with tartar sauce on the bun.
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