Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers - in Portland, OR
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 21:57
Does anyone in P-town remember the very first Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers? Its founder, Dave Thomas (1932-2002) named the chain after one of his daughters, and used her likeness to plug the chain. This year, now it is she that is acting as the spokesperson, which is very surprising since for many years it was her own father who served as the chain's spokesperson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2U4cR2c20s
Back to the history ...
Some of the earliest-known Wendy's units in Portland, OR are:
*4829 SE 82nd Ave. (opened 1977 / closed 2000s)
*8445 SE McLoughlin Blvd. (opened 1981 / closed early 1990s)
*232 NE 82nd Ave. (opened 1980 / newer roof but still original frontage)
*2880 SE Powell Blvd. (opened 1980 / retains original mansard roof)
*1405 N Lombard St. (opened 1980 / newer roof but still original window frontage)
Most of these stores have discard the old mansard roofs for the Victorian-style roofs when they became commonplace around 1983. Also, the original tower signage (with a similar logo to what is seen on the mansard roof of the 29th & Powell store) has long disappeared from the early stores.
These locations are presumed to all have opened sometime after 1982:
*17217 SE McLoughlin Blvd., Milwaukie, OR
*16220 SE 82nd Dr., Clackamas, OR (Greenhouse Square)
*11607 SE 82nd Ave., Clackamas, OR (Clackamas Town Center) (updated with red lettering on front after the 1990s)
*1335 Molalla Ave., Oregon City, OR
Survivor... Wendy's by mobycat, on Flickr
(This store appears to be a prototype for it has both the yellow roof and the newer-style window frontage aka a glass solarium.)
~Ben
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2U4cR2c20s
Back to the history ...
Some of the earliest-known Wendy's units in Portland, OR are:
*4829 SE 82nd Ave. (opened 1977 / closed 2000s)
*8445 SE McLoughlin Blvd. (opened 1981 / closed early 1990s)
*232 NE 82nd Ave. (opened 1980 / newer roof but still original frontage)
*2880 SE Powell Blvd. (opened 1980 / retains original mansard roof)
*1405 N Lombard St. (opened 1980 / newer roof but still original window frontage)
Most of these stores have discard the old mansard roofs for the Victorian-style roofs when they became commonplace around 1983. Also, the original tower signage (with a similar logo to what is seen on the mansard roof of the 29th & Powell store) has long disappeared from the early stores.
These locations are presumed to all have opened sometime after 1982:
*17217 SE McLoughlin Blvd., Milwaukie, OR
*16220 SE 82nd Dr., Clackamas, OR (Greenhouse Square)
*11607 SE 82nd Ave., Clackamas, OR (Clackamas Town Center) (updated with red lettering on front after the 1990s)
*1335 Molalla Ave., Oregon City, OR
Survivor... Wendy's by mobycat, on Flickr
(This store appears to be a prototype for it has both the yellow roof and the newer-style window frontage aka a glass solarium.)
~Ben