Quote Originally Posted by Killer
hmm... it always says elias brothers on the building.... but the signs always said big boys never knew it was bobs... and i was raised on those hash browns!!!! oh and that pumpkin pie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats because you got the Nothern Franchised version of it....it was completely different. Different prices and menus


these are the different franchises:

Abdow's (Massachusetts, Connecticut)
Azar's (Northern Indiana, Colorado)
Bob's (California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Northeastern Ohio, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania turnpike and airport locations operated in several states by the Marriott Corp.) Eat'n Park (metro Pittsburgh) dropped Big Boy in 1976.
Elby's (West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio) owned the Big Boy rights to northern West Virginia, originally through Shoney's and quickly expanded Big Boy into bordering Ohio counties, subfranchised through Frisch's, and later expanded through Pennsylvania. A trademark battle with Frisch's over Ohio operations caused Elby's to drop Big Boy affiliation, to be followed by Shoney's et al.)
Elias Brothers (Michigan, Northeastern Ohio, Ontario, Canada)
Franklin's (Northern Pennsylvania)
Frisch's (Ohio, Kentucky, S. Indiana, Florida until the early 1990's) the Cincinnati restaurant chain and first franchisee, began serving Big Boy hamburgers in 1946; Frisch's now operates 88 Big Boys & franchises 32 Big Boys to others. They also franchise Golden Corrals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.
JB's (Utah, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Washington, New Mexico, Kansas, Rhode Island)
JB's (Canada) (Ontario and Alberta in the 1970's)
Jerry's (Western Kentucky, S. Indiana, operated until the late 1990's)
Kip's (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas)
Lendy's (Western Virginia)
Mady's (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)
Manners (Northeastern Ohio)
Marc's (Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois) were owned by the Marcus Corporation. Some were sold, others were converted to Marc's Café and later Annie's American Café. Most now operate as Perkins.
McDowell's (North Dakota)
Shoney's (Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, southwestern Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio, Missouri), founded by and named after Alex Schoenbaum, no longer displays the Big Boy Statue, because it dropped its relationship with Big Boy in order to expand to other states where others owned the trademark, in 1984. It was the second Big Boy franchisee and subfranchised to Elby's, Lendy's and Yoda's).
TJ's (New York)
Tops (Illinois)
Vip's (New Mexico)
Yoda's (Western Virginia)