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Stewart's Restaurants
Restaurant information
Established1924; 100 years ago (1924)
Food typeBar
Dress codecasual
CountryUnited States of America.
Websitewww.stewartsallamerican.com

Stewart's Restaurants are classic 1950s style fast-food restaurants located throughout the United States. Restaurants are branded as Stewart's Root Beer or Stewart's Drive-In or similar variations. Started in 1924 in Mansfield, Ohio by Frank Stewart, the chain became a franchise in 1931. Stewart's is famous for its Stewart's Fountain Classics root beer and hot dogs. It has over 60 locations in the United States, 38 of them in New Jersey with the rest in Maryland,[1] Missouri,[2] Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.[3]

History

The first Stewart's Drive-In was opened by Frank Stewart in 1924 Mansfield, Ohio. Stewart opened up a small stand to make extra money in the summer to supplement his income as a school teacher.[4]

The restaurant was originally a West-Coast-style fast-food eatery serving only root beer and popcorn. Stewart added extra salt to his popcorn to boost his root beer sales. He opened up more locations, many of them with carhops.

Entrepreneurs John and Ami Mandt helped expand the business by franchising the brand starting in 1931, and there are two such remaining locations in West Virginia. Ownership of the company was handed over to Ohio businessman Carl Ransbottom, then to businessman Raymond Beck. Carl's son, Robert E. Ransbottom continued to work under Beck, who sold the company to Frostie Enterprises in 1971, which was purchased by a company named Moxie Industries. In 1979, the company was handed over to a new company, DeNovo Corporation, which also operated Dog n Suds franchises in the Midwest.[5] Michael W. Fessler, one of the original owners of the DeNovo Corp., still owns Stewarts Restaurants, Inc.

As of 2019 there are 30 locations open, the majority of which are located in New Jersey.[6]

See also

A Stewart's Drive-In in Tuckerton, New Jersey, which has been in continuous operation since the 1970s

References

  1. ^ "Stewart's Drive In - Rosedale, MD 21237". Metromix Baltimore. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  2. ^ "Map of Stewart's Drive-In, 301 S US Hwy 169, Gower, MO 64454 on Gower Citysearch". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  3. ^ "Stewarts (location page)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  4. ^ Stewart's Drive-In, Stewart's Root Beer, 50s Drive-In: History
  5. ^ Stewarts Restaurants Archived 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ https://www.stewartsallamerican.com/
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