The first Burger King, isn't what you think

 We went to Mattoon, IL with brother-in-law and sister-in-law.  We had lunch at the first Burger King....not the franchise, but a mom and pop place that was named Burger King in 1952.  In 1961 in Florida, another person started a hamburger place and also named it Burger King, which became the franchised version.  A law suit transpired, with the original business in Mattoon winning and are still using the Burger King name, but is not part of the franchise.  Also, the Burger King franchise can not build any Burger King restaurant within a 20 radius of the town of Mattoon.  The food was really good, real hamburger and fries.  I wanted a small ice cream cone and when my brother-in-law brought it back to the table it had candy eyes on it...how fun!  Also, on the way home we stopped by a restored 1950's SHELL gas station, very cool, it was called Big Al's...We had such a fun time!

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