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| 1969 Lorain Phone Book ad |
Burger King was kind of a latecomer to the area, arriving after McDonald's and Sandy's. Its first ad appeared in the November 1969 phone book (above), promoting two locations: one out in South Lorain on Fairless Drive near Kmart, as well as one in Elyria on Broad Street. By the time of the 1970 phone book, Burger King had added the restaurant on Leavitt Road (Route 58) near W. 21st Street.
To visit a great website with a visual history of not only Burger King advertising but McDonald's, Wendy's, Dairy Queen, Arby's, Hardee's, and a few others, click here. And to learn specifically about all of the various Burger King mascots through the years, click here.
The Burger King restaurant on Leavitt Road was the one my family went to once in a while. I remember we were fairly excited to give it a try after seeing all those Whopper commercials – and we weren't disappointed.
Speaking of commercials, here's a few vintage ones to jog your memory. The one I remember well – with the poor guy in handcuffs trying to eat his Burger King french fries – is in there too.
In contrast to McDonald's, who closed all three of the original Lorain locations (and built new restaurants elsewhere), Burger King still has restaurants at both the Leavitt Road and Fairless Drive locations.
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| The Burger King at Leavitt Road & W. 21st Street today |
3 comments:
Back when they first opened, Burger King had HUGE sandwiches! My favorite was the Whaler.
You mention three original McDonalds locations in Lorain that are all closed now...I can think of two: West Erie near Rt. 58 and Colorado Ave near Kansas, but where was the third?
There was one on (what was then) Route 254 across from the Sheffield Center. It was more or less replaced by one on South Broadway close to Route 2.
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