Rax Roast Beef Refugee Rd Columbus Oh

BBF - Burger Boy Food-O-Rama 1015 E Hudson Checksmart 1349 W 5th Ave Open 1964 - 1974 Fifth Third Bank 1380 W Mound Good Buddy, Sisters Chicken & Biscuits, Viereck The Florist Torn Down 2020 1510 N High St Iacono's Pizza Wendy's 186 Granville St. Gahanna Key Bank 1885 W Henderson Rd Presutti's, Schmidt's, CVS 200 E 5th Ave Mid America State Liquor Agency 2020 N High St Believed to be the original Burger Boy Restaurant that was a hotspot in the 50's and 60's.  They had carhops and lots of teenagers cruising around.  They were also famous for their strawberry pies. Wendys/Tim Hortons
2044 Lockbourne A vacant field in the 60's turned into a BBF (a fastfood version of the Burger Boy Restaurant on Livingston Avenue).  After it closed in the late 70's or early 80's Stars & Stripes (private club) 2150 S Hamilton Was vacant farm land until the 70's when building started around the Eastland Mall area.  Then the Bombay Bicycle Club was built in the area that once housed the Buffalo Wing place as well as other small places in that shopping area.  Bombay didn't last long  (rumor: it was due to the cockroaches!)  Buffalo Rings & Wings (closed) 2370 S High St 2411 Morse Rd 3090 E Main St Wendy's 3275 Refugee Rd Burger King 3746 Riverside Dr McDonalds 4000 Indianola Ave Spine Rx Management Co 4639 West Broad Street bank, 5800 Karl Rd Columbus Metro Federal Credit Union 780 S High St The Village Junction Restaurant Was a Blockbuster Video Borden Burger 3094 Southwest Blvd Opened after Borden bought BBF Dairy Queen Burger Boy Mainliner (sometimes confused with BBF) 2133 East Livingston Avenue Burger Boy Mainliner Drive-In Sisters Chicken and Biscuits 40 N James Rd Sammy's New York Bagels 2135 E Livingston Av Popeyes 4399 E Livingston Ave Columbus Check Cashers 5980 E Main St Spaghetti Shoppe  Demolished 631 E 5 Ave Auto Zone 955 E Dublin-Granville Rd Mark Pi's Express. 4910 N High St (was Jerry's) Tee Jaye's Country Place 3461 Cleveland Ave Popeye's Chicken 5720 Cleveland Ave Peking Wok Chinese 2130 Morse Rd Mark Pi's Express 1873 W Henderson Rd taco bell 1416 W 5th Ave (was Stew Harrison's. spaghetti Shopps. Hoggys. Winking Lizard) 6140 Sunbury Rd 6546 Riverside Dr Mark Pi's Express. Demolished in 2013 6330 Tussing Rd Boston Market 1059 S High St Mark Pi's Express. the Subway 3444 S High St Ohio Deli Burned down on 12/30/2014 2791 W Broad St (was Burger Chef) China City Express 4310 W Broad St Boston Market 1380 W Mound St (was Burger Boy Food-O-Rama. then Borden Burger) Viereck The Florist, then demolished 428 S State St Schlotzky's Deli CME Federal Credit Union 4785 E Broad St FLOWERAMA 2777 Billingsley Rd Taco Bell Big Bite In 1981. Mr. Robert Davis (and others) founded Big Bite. Inc. (Big Bite). to promote fast food franchises serving pita sandwiches. Mr. Davis was a primary investor in Big Bite. In 1983. he was elected to Big Bite's board of directors. By 1982 or 1983. Big Bite expanded to a chain of approximately 30 restaurants. In the mid-1980's. Big Bite's restaurants fell out of favor with consumers 13 Columbus Arthur Treachers were converted to Big Bite in 1982 1325 Bethel Road. became oriental. now an import car specialty parts location became oriental. an import car parts store Duncan 1298 W Fifth Ave 19 E Gay Street. Downtown 2285 Morse Rd 561 S Hamilton Rd 3539 N BROADWAY 3871 E Livingston Ave 5328 N High St torn down and rebuilt as a Taco Bell. became an oriental place. now Greek 2421 S Hamilton Rd was it a big bite? 79 S 4th St Ritzy's restaurants were first introduced in 1980 and were patterned after old-fashioned soda fountains and diners and were decorated in a 40's motif complete with background music of that era. The restaurants offered the staples of our industry with a noticeable focus on quality. Fresh made hamburgers. casing hot dogs. julienne cut fries. a fresh variety of salads and premium ice creams containing fresh fruits. whole nuts and the highest quality chocolate are the benchmarks of the concept. In fact. Ritzy's chocolate ice cream was voted the best in America. in the 1980's. by People magazine. New Ritzys opened at 4615 N. High St. in 2018 1111 Fountain Lane 1298 fifth Ave @ NW (was ORIGINALLY a White Castle) ->"Cheapers" -> Rally's -> Chipotle. 155 Georgesville Road Skyline Chili -> Georges Coneys 1816 N High St 19 E Gay St Siam Express 1939 Stringtown Rd Rally's 2070 Morse Rd Arby's - > Gyro Express 2087 E Livingston Ave Mr Hero 277 E Livingston Ave Happy Dragon 2804 S Hamilton Ave Papa Johns Pizza 2880 W Broad St 3298 ? South High St 3849 E Broad St Mark Pi's Ancient Wok 4285 N High St Cheepers ->Rally's -> Indian Restaurant -> Mexican restaurant 4614 N High St 5710 Cleveland Ave Tim Horton's 6111 ? McNaughten Rd 641 S State St. Westerville Chipotle 7332 E Main St Happy Dragon 3797 S High St Gyro City Grill RAX In 1963. Restaurant Administration Corporation (RAC) began by becoming a Franchisee of Burger Chef Systems and opened its first restaurant in Wheeling. WV. In 1967. They opened the first JAX Roast Beef opened in Springfield. Ohio. In 1977. the name JAX was changed to RAX and a RAX Restaurant opened in Columbus. Ohio.  The first RAX franchised restaurant opened in 1978. In the first quarter of 1997. Wendy's acquired 31 Rax restaurants in Ohio and West Virginia for conversion to Wendy's and Tim Hortons restaurants. The purchase price was $8.9 million. 140 Worthington Square Chili's Grill & Bar 1652 Neil Ave Jimmy John's. 1724 W 5th Ave Wendys 1960 E Dublin Granville **Last RAX in Columbus to Close" Chipotle Mexican Grill 3075 E Main St (An original JAX location) Skyline Chili 3475 Cleveland Ave Tim Horton's 2160 Morse (An original JAX location) Torn Down ->Arbys 1980 N High St (OSU) Used Kids Records 2754 N High St Tim Hortons 3623 S High St Tim Hortons 3155 W Broad St (An original JAX location) ** CLOSED 4/26/04 ** 3559 E Broad St 2071 Stringtown Rd (Grove City) Burger King. 3850 Lyman Rd (Hilliard) Tim Hortons 4470 Refugee Rd (An original JAX location) Now Minuteman Pizzza 4484 E Main St Arby's 4710 Reed Rd Kaya Restaurant 5559 E Broad St ? 580 E Livingston Ave Wendy's Torn Down 2010 is now Abigail Wexner Research Institute 6111 Busch Blvd Skyline Chili 6490 Riverside @161 Tim Hortons, replaced by Bridge Park 6780 E Main St Tim Hortons 772 S State St Tim Hortons 790 Georgesville Rd Tim Hortons Arthur Treacher's Original Recipe Fish and Chips 1216 W 5th Ave Marino's Seafood Fish & Chips 1765 Brice Rd 209 E Broad St 2110 Cleveland Ave Draft-10 Head-To- Toe Studio 2127 E. Livingston Ave opened in former Long John Silvers 2183 N High St Domino's Pizza since the early 1980's. 2216 W Henderson Rd 2245 Morse Rd 245 Granville Rd (Gahanna) A Strip Shopping Center 261 Lincoln Cir 2880 Mc Kinley Ave 355 Granville St 3615 W Broad St Speedway Parking Lot 3871 E Livingston Ave Big Bite 5328 N High St Acropolis Gyro Palace 561 S Hamilton Rd 808 S. High St Taco Bell Sandy's Drive-In 1276 W 5th Ave (W of NorthWest) (Later site of Hungry Herman's) 1516 E Main St (W of Kelton) 1578 Parsons --> Lois Mann's Family Restaurant 2398 S High St 3414 Sullivant Ave --> KFC 4299 N. High St --> El Burrito 850 Mt Vernon Ave Parking lot for The King Arts Complex Burger Chef During the 1960's. Burger Chef reached into 38 states as the chain grew steadily. In 1968. General Equipment sold Burger Chef Systems to General Foods for $20 million.  Burger Chef -which peaked at 1.200 stores-went into a tailspin. General Foods sold Burger Chef to Hardee's in 1982. It was at this time most Burger Chefs were converted to Hardee's outlets. many were closed or sold-especially those with a Hardee's location nearby. Less than 100 Burger Chef locations were left. The last known Burger Chef was closed in 1996. located in Cookville. TN. N High St 1370 W Lane Ave Front Runner & Subway 1449 Oakland Park Ave --> Livin Large Christian Center 1652 Neil Ave Rax Jimmy John's 2431 S High St   (S of 104) --> Southern Auto Sales 2791 W Broad St (W of Hague) Was replaced by a  Sisters and now a smoke shop. 3511 Sullivant Ave Torn down and replaced by a Key Bank 3771 E Livingston Ave 3825 Indianola Ave - -> Images of Distinction 44 N High St 4536 Karl Rd New Dentist Office 4710 Reed Rd --> Kaya Restaurant S Hamilton Rd Faux-Mex restaurant chain founded in 1969. by the co-owner of Chi-Chi's. Sold to KFC in 1974. In 1986. Pepsi bought KFC. since they already owned Taco Bell they converted them to Taco Bell. 1312 5th Ave @ Northwest Converted to Taco Bell. in 2013 demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell 1395 S High St 2111 E  Livingston Converted to Taco Bell. later demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell 2408 Stringtown Rd Converted to Taco Bell. later demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell 2553 N High @ Hudson Converted to Taco Bell. in 2003 demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell 26 E. Schrock Road Converted to Taco Bell. later demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell 2820 S Hamilton Rd 30 Graceland Blvd Taco Bell demolished 1/08 to be rebuilt 3402 Cleveland Ave taco bell 4210 E Broad St The Mad Greek 6101 Busch Boulevard New House of Mandarin (closed) 6320 TUSSING RD Converted to Taco Bell. later demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell 6325 E Main St Converted to Taco Bell. later demolished and rebuilt as a moden look Taco Bell Across from Eastland Mall Taco Bell -> Payday Loans Northland Mall Parking Lot Taco Bell Demolished and re-built West Broad near 39-ohh-ohh W Broad 1233 Hill Road North Pickerington 1288 W. Lane Avenue Closed in 2009 Currently open as a Vietnamese / Thai / Chinese Restaurant 1330 STONERIDGE RD 1997 1339 Harrisburg Pike 1429 Polaris Pkwy Columbus 1525 N HIGH ST 1994 1557 W. Broad Streetv Columbus 1680 Hilliard-Rome Road Hilliard - 1717 Morse Rd. Columbus - 1866 N High St 1873 W. Henderson Rd Greek Restaurant 200 WILSON RD 1992 2225 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD ZANTIGO 1977 Rebuilt 2421 S HAMILTON RD opened 1979 (big bite??) 2515 Morse Rd now CVS 26 E. Schrock Road Westerville - 2777 BILLINGSLEY RD 1986 294 S. Hamilton Road Gahanna - 30 Graceland Blvd 3402 Cleveland Avenue Columbus - 3591 W Broad St 3605 S. High Street Columbus 1991 - 3820 W Broad St 3944 E. Broad Street Whitehall 400 South Hamilton Rd 4210 E Broad St 4652 Cemetery Road Hilliard 4770 SAWMILL RD 1992 495 S State St 5328 N High St 5449 W. Broad St. Columbus 1999 6006 E. Livingston Ave Was "Nick the Greek" 6075 Gender Rd. Canal Winchester 6140 SUNBURY RD 1992 6320 Tussing Rd 6325 E Main St 650 GEORGESVILLE RD 1992 6770 E BROAD ST 7960 Worthington-Galena Rd Worthington - 808 S HIGH ST 8440 N. High Street Columbus - Original KFC Buildings that have been abandoned 1267 W 5th Ave Westerville State St Subway opened in 2000 2711 N High St @ Arcadia Ave closed in 1985. moved across the street Patrick J's until 2022 when tirn down 2700 N High St @ Arcadia Ave KFC reopened here in 1985.. closed in 2009 Graffiti Burger 2010-13 Lums 180 N High St. Downtown 3121 Olentangy River Road Platinum Auto Wash 395 Georgesville Rd Captain D's 4400 Karl Rd C Note Lounge 771 S HAMILTON RD  (built in 1968) Lane avenue Shopping Center Tee Jaye's Country Place Randy Sokol is the co-owner of Tee Jaye's Country Place Restaurants. His father. Jules Sokol. started the now defunct Beverlee Drive-Ins in 1951and in 1972 opened the first Tee Jaye's. a family dining chain. now with 10 area restaurants. 1071 Dublin Rd.. Grandview. Closed in late 2007 1264 E. Dublin-Granville Rd.. North Closed in late 2000's now mexican 2435 Brice Rd.. Reynoldsburg. 4048 W. Broad St.. Far West Side. 350 S. Hamilton Rd.. Whitehall. 4910 N. High St.. North. Was Jerrys. then Sisters 1385 Parsons Ave.. German Village 895 S. State St.. Westerville. closed 2004? 1880 Stringtown Rd.. Grove City Former White Castle 6184 E Livingston Ave 1976 Sonic Chicken 2725 N HIGH ST Original Building 1929 Closed December 24. 2010 and demolished in 2011 Repalcement Building 1986 2150 N high St 1898 Brice Rd. 2453 Stringtown Rd 2467 S. Hamilton Rd 3560 W. Riverside Dr 3769 E. Broad St 3815 S High St 45 N. High St 4711 W. Broad St 5150 N. High St 680 S. State St 6949 E. Main St

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