Jim Delligatti, The Father Of The Big Mac
For National Cheeseburger Day, here’s the story of the guy who brought us one of the world’s most massive and massively popular burgers.
Colonel Sanders Was The Face Of KFC, And Occasionally Its Vocal Critic
Today in 1890, the birthday of Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder and public face of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and who, for a while, was also a pretty big critic of the fast food brand he started.
Taco Bell Once Sold A Burger Called The “Bell Beefer”
It's our show's fifth birthday! It's also the birthday in 1962 of the first Taco Bell restaurant, which had a "chili burger" on its original menu.
Before There Were Chicken McNuggets, McDonald’s Tried Selling Onion Nuggets
Today is National Onion Day. For a very brief time in the 1970s, the preeminent fast food chain on Earth thought the onion might be its pathway to bigger sales. Here's the story of the McDonald's Onion Nugget.
The “McBarge” Was A Floating Wonderland Of Fast Food
It's National Fast Food Day, and here's the story of an uncommon fast food restaurant: the Friendship 500, a floating McDonald's restaurant in the 80s nicknamed the "McBarge."
Donald Gorske Has Eaten 30,000 Big Macs And He’s Still Going
50 years ago today, a man named Donald Gorske ate a McDonald’s Big Mac. It was the first of over 30,000, and yes, he holds the world record for most Big Macs eaten by a single person.
McDonald’s Once Ran A “McTrain” Car In Germany
On any given day McDonald's serves huge numbers of people, either in restaurants or via drive-thru windows. But once, in the 1990s, the company also tried to operate restaurant cars on a long-distance German train line.
Has Eaten At Chick-Fil-A For More Than 130 Days In A Row
They said “eat more chicken.” He said, “okay.”
Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springfield: Some Things For August 23, 2019
Hi! We have plenty to go over today.
Burger King Deposed; The People Demand Mr. T
If I was Wendy, I'd be freaking the heck out right now.