Big Boy Restaurants
American restaurant chain
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| March 2025 | Big Boy Restaurant Group started opening new restaurants in the evicted units, branded as 'Dolly's Burgers and Shakes'. |
| February 14 2025 | Frisch's Big Boy (New Frisch's) sued Big Boy Restaurant Group for allegedly negotiating with NNN REIT to reopen formerly closed locations, which violated a 2001 agreement. |
| June 2023 | Big Boy began opening restaurants with no table service and a fast-food menu, called Bob's Big Boy, with the first two locations in Farmington and Lansing, Michigan. |
| May 2022 | A second Big Boy restaurant, called Big Boy Tavern, opened in the Centennial Hills neighborhood of Las Vegas, featuring a bar and small casino area. |
| June 2021 | A Big Boy restaurant was planned to open in Germantown, Wisconsin, with the actual grand opening pushed to July 21 due to equipment shipping delays. |
| 2020 | The company moved its headquarters from Warren to Southfield, Michigan. |
| 2020 | Frisch's franchisee Azar's closed down. |
| November 2020 | The Big Boy restaurant in Sandusky, Michigan was stripped of its franchise for refusing to comply with COVID-19 restrictions and now operates as Sandusky Family Diner. |
| November 8 2020 | A franchised Big Boy restaurant opened in Terrible's Casino in Indian Springs, Nevada, initially planned as a Bob's Big Boy but ultimately opened under the Big Boy brand without 'Bob's' prefix. |
| October 2020 | A second Big Boy restaurant opened in Pattaya, Thailand. |
| May 2020 | First Thai Big Boy restaurant opened in Bangkok as a delivery-only service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 2020 | Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Calimesa, California closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | The Big Boy's Burgers and Shakes fast casual concept restaurant in Mayfield Heights, Ohio was closed. |
| January 2020 | Tamer Afr replaced David Crawford as chairman, CEO, and co-owner of Big Boy Restaurant Group. |
| 2019 | Singapore-based Destination Eats signed a franchise agreement with Big Boy Restaurant Group to expand into multiple Southeast Asian and Western Pacific countries. |
| July 2019 | Big Boy restaurant count reduced to approximately 76 locations. |
| February 2019 | The rights to Bob's Big Boy salad dressing and sauces were acquired by The Flavor of California, a partnership between Julie Pantiskas and Salt Creek Capital, based in Pasadena, California. |
| 2018 | Liggett sold the parent company, which was renamed Big Boy Restaurant Group. The company continues to franchise Bob's Big Boy and non-branded Big Boy restaurants. |
| April 2018 | Coldwater, Michigan Big Boy location closed due to health code violations and poor customer reviews. |
| February 2018 | A new Big Boy franchisee opened in Woodhaven, Michigan. |
| February 2018 | Marine City, Michigan Big Boy closed, with plans to reopen independently under a new owner. |
| November 1 2017 | Tecumseh, Michigan Big Boy restaurant allowed its franchise agreement to expire. |
| April 2017 | The Danville Big Boy in Illinois rebranded as the Border Cafe, becoming the only unit in the state to leave the chain. |
| April 16 2017 | The last Big Boy restaurant in Detroit closed. |
| March 2017 | Frisch's unveiled a restyled Big Boy statue that combined elements of the West Coast and East Coast designs, with plans to gradually replace existing statues. |
| 2016 | The Jackson, Michigan Big Boy restaurant closed after the site was purchased by a developer. |
| 2016 | Ann Arbor and Houghton Lake, Michigan restaurants continued to operate but dropped their Big Boy branding. |
| 2015 | A Brighton, Michigan franchise closed, requiring the removal of their sign with a rotating Big Boy statue due to zoning codes. |
| August 24 2015 | Frisch's was sold to an Atlanta-based private equity fund, ending the family's ownership and control of the chain. |
| 2011 | Bob's Big Boy restaurant count grew to 16 restaurants, primarily in California. |
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