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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=George|date=1976-05-11 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> Yankee Doodle had a restaurant on 125th and Burleigh streets in Brookfield, Wis. during the 1970s. The building had a red, white and blue motiff. 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 |accessdate=2012-06-10 |date=2010-02-01 |work=Pleasant Family Shopping}}</ref>
'''Yankee Doodle Dandy''' was an hamburger restaurant chain started in 1966. The chain had as many as 27 restaurants, 7 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 |accessdate=2012-06-10 |last=Lazarus |first=George |date=1976-05-11 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}} [http://search.proquest.com/docview/617510732/ Alternate Link] via [[ProQuest]].</ref> Yankee Doodle had a restaurant on 125th and Burleigh streets in Brookfield, Wis. during the 1970s. The building had a red, white and blue motiff. 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 |accessdate=2012-06-10 |date=2010-02-01 |work=Pleasant Family Shopping |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>


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Yankee Doodle Dandy
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1966
DefunctEarly 1980s
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersUnited States
ProductsHamburgers

Yankee Doodle Dandy was an hamburger restaurant chain started in 1966. The chain had as many as 27 restaurants, 7 company owned and the rest franchised, in the Chicago area by 1976.[1] Yankee Doodle had a restaurant on 125th and Burleigh streets in Brookfield, Wis. during the 1970s. The building had a red, white and blue motiff. 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lazarus, George (1976-05-11). "Yankee Doodle Dandy: Name with '76 ring". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-06-10. Alternate Link via ProQuest.
  2. ^ "The Art and History of Cermak Plaza". Pleasant Family Shopping. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2012-06-10.