These chains once served as shining examples of successful burger franchises.
Founded in 1957 by NFL Hall of Famer Gino Marchetti, this burger chain was quite the regional powerhouse throughout the 1960s in the Mid-Atlantic. Its locations combined menu staples likeand sports memorabilia. It also offered bundled family deals likeAlthough the chain's footprint ended up growing to 330 by 1972, the success didn't last. In the 1980s, Marriott purchased Gino's and merged it with its existing Roy Rogers brand.
Red Barn changed ownership several times during its relatively short life, which was ultimately its demise. Once it fell into the hands of City Investing Company thanks to a merger in 1978, priorities and resources were shifted away from the burger business and into real estate ventures. By 1988, the chain was defunct.Coming into existence in 1926, five years after White Castle, White Tower was branded as a blatant copycat of America's oldest fast-food chain from the very start.
Naturally, it wasn't long before White Castle successfully sued White Tower in the 1930s and forced the chain to alter its aesthetic. White Tower ended up weathering the lawsuit and peaked at 230 locations in the 1950s, operating restaurants all over the East Coast and the Midwest. Ultimately, the suburban migration ended up being the chain's demise, thanks to the fact that its restaurants were mostly operated out of pricey pieces of real estate in city centers. Its last location shuttered in 2004.Mura is ETNT's Deputy News Editor, leading the coverage of America's favorite restaurant chains, grocery stores, and viral food moments.
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