Lima, Ohio
September 18, 2010
Kewpee Hamburgers is the second known chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants, andwas founded in 1923 in Flint, Michigan under the name "Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs". Kewpee's current headquarters is located in Lima, Ohio. The chain is named after the Kewpie doll. Kewpee was one of the first to institute curbside service, which morphed into drive-in service, and then finally was transformed into drive-thru service. Its founder, Samuel V. Blair, also claims to be the first to use the flat bun and developed the "deluxe" hamburger. At its peak, before World War II, there were more than 400 Kewpee restaurants in operation with half closing during the Great Depression. In 1928, the Lima, Ohio location opens under the ownership of Stub Wilson.
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