Family Style

Restaurants can be broken down into not only different restaurant types but also food types as well. Some examples of these may be – Asian, bakeries, barbecue, coffeehouses, desserts, family style, Italian or pizza, Mexican, sandwiches or seafood.

This page deals specifically with the family style restaurants. These types of restaurants have been around a long time and may not be as prevalent as they used to be in our culture. Most towns of any size may have a local family-style restaurant that is popular locally. These restaurants may feature food served on a platter. These restaurants also often to families specifically as well as kids.

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

Matthew Perkins was born in Manes, MO, November 23, 1911. He served in the Army during WW2 and in 1958 opened Perkins Pancake House in the Cincinnati suburb of Silverton, with his brother, Ivan. Their…

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Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel

Dan Evins could have probably remained prosperous in his family oil business, but he wanted to serve a different market. Dan turned to the restaurant industry and identified something missing.  He saw the new interstate system…

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Village Inn

Village Inn

The story of how, when or where Village Inn began remained a mystery in my research for a long time until I discovered one article which answered almost all the questions about their beginning. The…

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Bob Evans

Bob Evans

Bob Evans, the man, was unique as was the founding of the restaurant that bears his name. You see, he already had a successful restaurant, the Bob Evans Steak House in Gallipolis, Ohio which he opened…

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Denny’s

Denny’s

What began as a simple little donut shop grew quickly for Harold Butler and Rich Jezak. The two men opened Danny’s Donuts in 1953 to focus on good coffee, good donuts, and a clean restaurant.…

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