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{{Short description|Defunct hamburger restaurant chain}}
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| company_name = Yankee Doodle Dandy
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| fate = [[Bankruptcy]]
| foundation = 1966
| name = Yankee Doodle Dandy
| defunct = Early 1980's
| logo = <!--INSERT LOGO IMAGE HERE-->
| location = [[USA]]
| type = Private
| trade_name = {{ublist|Yankee Doodle House|Yankee Doodle Dandy}}
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| industry = [[Restaurant]]
| fate = Replaced by Bailey's Restaurant & Bar
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| products = [[Hamburgers]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1966|12}} in [[Bensenville, Illinois]]
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| founders = {{ublist|Chris Proyce|Bill Proyce}}
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| defunct = Late 1980s
| location = United States
| area_served = Suburban Chicago
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'''Yankee Doodle Dandy''' was an hamburger restaurant chain started in 1966. The chain had as many as 27 restaurants in the Chicago area by 1976<ref name="ydd1976">{{cite web |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/617510732.html?dids=617510732:617510732&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+11%2C+1976&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Yankee+Doodle+Dandy%3A+Name+with+%2776+ring&pqatl=google |title=Yankee Doodle Dandy: Name with '76 ring |accessdate=2012-06-10 |last=Lazarus|first=Geroge|date=1976-05-11 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>. According to some sources, the chain went out of business in the early 1980s. <ref name="ydd1980s">{{cite web |url=http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2010/02/art-of-cermak-plaza.html |title=The Art and History of Cermak Plaza |accessdate=2012-06-10 |date=2010-02-01 |work=Pleasant Family Shopping}}</ref>
'''Yankee Doodle Dandy''' was a hamburger restaurant chain started in [[Bensenville, Illinois]] in December 1966 by brothers Chris and Bill Proyce as the '''Yankee Doodle House'''.<ref name="ydd1976" /><ref name="dhsc-1966dec22">{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/arlington-heights/daily-herald-suburban-chicago/1966/12-22/page-84 |title=Yankee Doodle House ad announcing its opening in Bensenville |newspaper=Daily Herald Suburban Chicago |date=December 22, 1966 |page=84 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url-access=subscription}} [https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/arlington-heights/daily-herald-suburban-chicago/1966/12-22/page-84 Alternate Link] via [[NewspaperArchive.com]].</ref> The chain had as many as 27 restaurants, seven company owned and the rest franchised, in the [[Chicago]] area by 1976.<ref name="ydd1976">{{cite web |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/05/11/page/50/article/yankee-doodle-dandy-name-with-76-ring |title=Yankee Doodle Dandy: Name with '76 ring |access-date=June 10, 2012|last=Lazarus |first=George |date=May 11, 1976|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |id={{ProQuest|617510732}}}}</ref> Yankee Doodle had restaurants on 125th and Burleigh streets in Brookfield, Wis. and at 1119 N. La Grange Road in La Grange Park, Illinois during the 1970s. The La Grange Park site is now a dry cleaner. The buildings had a red, white and blue motif. The slogan in the early 1970s was "Come On Down Where The Good Times Are! Yankee Doodle Dandy!" Their T.V. ads featured an attractive woman in a 1776 "Betsy Ross" style costume. The restaurant had a design and menu similar to Burger Chef and Burger King. According to some sources, the chain went out of business in the early 1980s.<ref name="ydd1980s">{{cite web |url=http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2010/02/art-of-cermak-plaza.html|title=The Art and History of Cermak Plaza|access-date=June 10, 2012|date=February 1, 2010|work=Pleasant Family Shopping |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>

Starting in 1981, the Proyce family decide to withdraw from the fast food industry and refocus its efforts in casual dining restaurant and bar industry through the conversion of two of the company owned ''Yankee Doodles'' in [[Elmhurst, Illinois|Elmhurst]] and [[Arlington Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights]] into the new ''Bailey's Restaurant & Bar'' concept while closing the rest of the fast food operations.<ref name="dhsc-1982dec01">{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/arlington-heights/daily-herald-suburban-chicago/1982/12-01/page-5 |title=Hearing is set on conversion of fast-food eatery |newspaper=Daily Herald Suburban Chicago |date=December 1, 1982 |page=5 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url-access=subscription}} [https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/arlington-heights/daily-herald-suburban-chicago/1982/12-01/page-5 Alternate Link] via [[NewspaperArchive.com]].</ref> Eventually a total of four ''Bailey's Restaurant & Bar'' were opened by 1988. The last remaining Bailey's Restaurant & Bar (as of Aug. 2020) is at 17731 Oak Park Ave. #A, Tinley Park, Illinois <ref name="ct-1991oct20">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/10/20/yankee-doodle-beginnings-were-a-dandy-start-for-baileys/ |title=Yankee Doodle Beginnings Were A Dandy Start For Bailey's |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=October 20, 1991 |first=Helen |last=Anderson}}</ref><ref name="ct-1992jul12">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/07/12/transformation-to-baileys-suits-yankee-doodles-dandy/ |title=Transformation To Bailey's Suits Yankee Doodles Dandy |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 12, 1992 |first=Helen |last=Anderson}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains]]
* [[List of defunct restaurants of the United States]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Restaurants in Illinois]]
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[[Category:Defunct restaurant chains of the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct restaurant chains in the United States]]
[[Category:Restaurants established in 1966]]
[[Category:Restaurants established in 1966]]
[[Category:Fast-food franchises]]
[[Category:Fast-food franchises]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Illinois]]



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Latest revision as of 04:42, 11 September 2024

Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • Yankee Doodle House
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurant
FoundedDecember 1966; 58 years ago (1966-12) in Bensenville, Illinois
Founders
  • Chris Proyce
  • Bill Proyce
DefunctLate 1980s
FateReplaced by Bailey's Restaurant & Bar
HeadquartersUnited States
Area served
Suburban Chicago
ProductsHamburgers

Yankee Doodle Dandy was a hamburger restaurant chain started in Bensenville, Illinois in December 1966 by brothers Chris and Bill Proyce as the Yankee Doodle House.[1][2] The chain had as many as 27 restaurants, seven company owned and the rest franchised, in the Chicago area by 1976.[1] Yankee Doodle had restaurants on 125th and Burleigh streets in Brookfield, Wis. and at 1119 N. La Grange Road in La Grange Park, Illinois during the 1970s. The La Grange Park site is now a dry cleaner. The buildings had a red, white and blue motif. The slogan in the early 1970s was "Come On Down Where The Good Times Are! Yankee Doodle Dandy!" Their T.V. ads featured an attractive woman in a 1776 "Betsy Ross" style costume. The restaurant had a design and menu similar to Burger Chef and Burger King. According to some sources, the chain went out of business in the early 1980s.[3]

Starting in 1981, the Proyce family decide to withdraw from the fast food industry and refocus its efforts in casual dining restaurant and bar industry through the conversion of two of the company owned Yankee Doodles in Elmhurst and Arlington Heights into the new Bailey's Restaurant & Bar concept while closing the rest of the fast food operations.[4] Eventually a total of four Bailey's Restaurant & Bar were opened by 1988. The last remaining Bailey's Restaurant & Bar (as of Aug. 2020) is at 17731 Oak Park Ave. #A, Tinley Park, Illinois [5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lazarus, George (May 11, 1976). "Yankee Doodle Dandy: Name with '76 ring". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 617510732. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Yankee Doodle House ad announcing its opening in Bensenville". Daily Herald Suburban Chicago. December 22, 1966. p. 84. Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
  3. ^ "The Art and History of Cermak Plaza". Pleasant Family Shopping. February 1, 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "Hearing is set on conversion of fast-food eatery". Daily Herald Suburban Chicago. December 1, 1982. p. 5. Alternate Link via NewspaperArchive.com.
  5. ^ Anderson, Helen (October 20, 1991). "Yankee Doodle Beginnings Were A Dandy Start For Bailey's". Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ Anderson, Helen (July 12, 1992). "Transformation To Bailey's Suits Yankee Doodles Dandy". Chicago Tribune.
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