Jack in the Box was founded in 1951 by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California as Topsy’s drive-in. Several more Topsy’s were opened and renamed as Oscar’s after Peterson’s middle name and a circus like décor eaturing drawings of a starry-eyed clown.
In 1951, Peterson opened a similar restaurant on the Pacific coast highway in Long Beach with a giant clown’s head atop the building, called jack in the Box. This hamburger stand had a two-way intercom system instead of carhops allowing much faster service through the drive-through window as no. of orders could be taken at the same time The idea was a hit and soon all the Oscar’s were equipped with similar system and rechristened as Jack in the Box.
Today, it has around 2200 locations located in California, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Nevada, North Carolina and St. Louis Metropolitan Area. The company also operates the Qdoba Mexican Grill chain.
The menu includes Jumbo jack, Potato Wedges and the ultimate Cheeseburger along with Egg Rolls, Tacos, Breakfast Burritos and shakes. There are also bacon ‘n’ cheese ciabatta & ciabatta burgers. In locations like Hawaii, local delicacies like Portugese sausages, eggs and rice platter, Teriyaki Chicken and rice bowl.
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