With some clandestine insider information on McDonald's via a nephew who worked there, two brothers opened a rival chain that ...

Today, Taco Bell dominates fast food with a Mexican flair, but throughout the '70s and '80s, Taco Viva was pretty popular too. The now-defunct chain operated 85 restaurants in 11 different states ...

This week’s entry: List of defunct fast-food restaurant chains What it’s about: The past 50 years saw relentless expansion by fast-food chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway ...

Some of the now-defunct chains listed below were regional ... The chain, according to franchise owner Bill Lapitsky, was the first fast-food restaurant to offer a salad bar, but their true ...

Perhaps the most disturbing mascot was for the now-defunct regional fast food chain called the Doggie Diner. Its mascot was a 10-foot-high disembodied dog head, specifically a dachshund ...

Here, in no particular order, are our top 9 now-defunct L.A. fast food chains, plus one (#3) that recently returned. Started by Richard Naugle, there were just three Riverside County outlets in ...

The defunct fast-food chain Hot 'n Now says it will make a full comeback with new locations. Hot 'n Now was a widely popular burger drive-thru spot in the '80s that was owned by Taco Bell.