10 Restaurants YOU DIDN'T KNOW Changed Their Name!!!

Have you ever wondered how and why your parents chose your

name

? Most establishments and the

name

they have chosen for

their

business have a very good story behind them. How important that name is to them, how good it sounds, how universal its appeal is to the general public, to potential customers: behind every restaurant name there is usually a juicy story. Let's take a trip and look at the top 10

restaurants

you

didn

't

know

changed

their

name. Bell's Drive-In and Taco Tia - Taco Bell People have probably seen the new Taco Bell commercial featuring the return of their Nacho Fries.

If you enjoyed actor Josh Duhamel (from the Transformers saga) last year, this year's commercial is equally great with actor James Marsden (from the X-Men saga) leading the race of Nacho Fries. Taco Bell just doesn't play around with their ads and promotions - Josh Duhamel and James Marsden's commercials are no joke, they were great trailers! But Taco Bell

didn

't always have such a good handle on its brand. Taco Bell has been in business since 1954 and from that year until 1962, Taco Bell was not yet its name, it was originally called Bell's Drive-In and Taco Tia. There's no doubt that part of the Taco Bell name comes from owner and founder Glen Bell's last name.

Bell founded Taco Bell in the San Bernardino area of ​​California and called it Bell's Drive-In and Taco Tia. Taco Bell's website shares the company's history and states that customers called the tacos "tay-kohs" back then. Now Taco Bell is one of the leading fast food chains, not only in the United States, but also worldwide. In fact, to start 2019, the company debuted in Thailand and opened its first store in Bangkok. St. Louis Bread Company - Panera Bread Panera Bread Company is a Missouri-based bakery, cafe and restaurant restaurant founded by Ronald Shaich about 38 years ago. According to Ron Shaich's website, Panera Bread has 2,400

restaurants

and employs more than 100,000 people.

The company earns almost $6 billion a year. In St. Louis, Missouri, Panera Bread is

know

n as St. Louis Bread Company. This was the first and original name of the famous restaurant. When they sold Au Bon Pain, a sort of spin-off restaurant, that's when they started using the Panera Bread name in establishments outside of St. Louis and Missouri. In December 2018, to celebrate the upcoming new year, Panera Bread gave out free bagels every day. Of course, there was one problem: the gifts were only for new customers. Today, Panera Bread continues to be the leader in fresh, healthy baked bread and pastries that are guaranteed to be delicious every day.

They continue to promote campaigns that not only advocate healthy living through healthy eating (such as transparency through menu nutritional labeling), but also increase customer awareness and potential loyalty. If someone is looking to seriously change the way they eat, Panera Bread, or St. Louis Bread Company, is almost always the first store they would go to for the dietary transition. Top Hat - Sonic Drive-In For the winter season and the new year, Sonic Drive-In offers its customers a new dish that is best eaten during cold weather: the Hearty Chili Bowl. It is a very hot dish of beef, vegetables and beans, topped with their spicy seasoning.

For just $2.49, it can be enjoyed as a side dish, snack or meal, and can be topped with chips, cheese and onion for an additional charge. That's just one of the many dishes that make Sonic Drive-In unique and stand out among the many fast food options out there. Sonic Drive-In serves around 3 million customers every day and its signature drive-in experience. Sonic Drive-In was founded and started by Troy Smith in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 1953, it was first called Top Hat and, according to the Sonic Drive-In website, Troy Smith started as a humble businessman with a small fast food store that grew to become one of the most well-known and beloved restaurants in the country.

Troy Smith decided to change the name to Sonic in 1959, because Top Hat was already a registered trademark. But Sonic seemed like a much better fit, and he chose it because his motto then, and now, is Service at the Speed ​​of Sound. DomiNick's - Domino's How much does $900 and an old '59 Volkswagen Beetle cost to one person? Well, we'll answer that in a moment, first let's talk about Domino's. Domino's is one of the largest and most successful pizzerias in the country and, surprisingly, in the entire world. While there are around 5,000 stores in the United States alone, there are at least 15,000 stores in total spread around the world.

Domino's is right up there with McDonald's, Starbucks and KFC in global prominence. But they started under a slightly different name back in the sixties, DomiNick's. Tom and James Monaghan are brothers who live in Michigan and together they bought a small pizzeria with only $900 and a Volkswagen Beetle used as a delivery vehicle. The pizzeria they bought was called DomiNick's and that's how Domino's started in 1960. Their business was so successful that after just 4 years they

changed

the name of the store to Domino's. They couldn't open new restaurants under the DomiNik name because they only owned the name of the location they bought.

Unfortunately for James, he had a stable job and didn't want the instability of being a restaurateur and sold his share to his brother in exchange for the Volkswagen Beetle. Four decades later, Tom sold his Domino's shares for an unconfirmed $1 billion. We hope James gets free pizza for life and really nice birthday gifts from his brother. Insta-Burger King - Burger King If you know who Andy Warhol was, then you're either an art buff or a pop culture fan. Andy Warhol was probably the most popular artist of the pop art movement, and almost 32 years to the day of his death, he appeared on one of the most watched events on American television.

It was Burger King who reminded the American people of Andy Warhol. A 45-second commercial showing Andy eating a Burger King Whopper aired during Super Bowl LIII, and it was incredibly brilliant. Burger King's goal was simple. Their burgers are for everyone, no matter who you are, artist or athlete, rich or poor, superstar or not. They had a simple but provocative tagline at the end of the clip, "Eat like Andy," and that was it. This is the genius that Burger King is used to operating with when it comes to their products and promotions. It's just one more reason why Burger King remains one of the top burger chains in the United States and the rest of the world.

But they weren't always known as Burger King, not in the first 8 years. From 1953 to 1961, the restaurant was called Insta-Burger King, the name coming from the instant grill that was used to cook the burgers in 1953. That name doesn't really roll off the tongue, so it's a good thing they changed. he. The Wet Whisker: Seattle's Best Coffee Seattle's Best Coffee is one of the youngest companies on this list, having been established just 49 years ago. It was 1970 when two brothers opened a small shop serving ice cream and coffee in Seattle, Washington. Jim Stewart and his brother Dave Stewart started a coffee business without any knowledge of how to brew coffee on Whidbey Island, near Seattle.

According to the Seattle's Best website, they changed the name after winning a coffee tasting contest to declare the best cup of coffee in all of Seattle. From then on, his small coffee shop was known as the best coffee in Seattle. But during the company's humble beginnings, as the brothers were getting used to brewing coffee and sourcing their beans from local producers, their company was called Stewart Brothers' Wet Whisker. "Wet Whisker" is actually an endearing name for a coffee shop, it makes us want to check it out and see what happens. They even had a homey, welcoming logo that matched the already effective name.

This is one of the company's few name changes that is partly a statement and, to some extent, a truth that it really is the best coffee in Seattle. Chicken on the Run - Popeyes The famous Louisiana Kitchen restaurant has been serving customers since 1972 and has one of the most original combination plates in the history of fast food restaurants. Who doesn't love their buttermilk chicken biscuits? Popeyes' website tells us the company started 47 years ago and was called Chicken on the Run. Since no one really remembers that name, it's safe to say that the company's launch wasn't a huge success.

But after holding out, they changed their name after a few months, changing the name to Popeyes and adding their famous New Orleans-style spicy chicken to the menu. Founder Alvin "Al" Copeland shares that he got the idea for the restaurant's name from New York detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, Gene Hackman's character in the 1971 film The French Connection. There is no connection to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. T.J. Applebee's Rx for Edibles and Elixirs - Applebee's Sometimes restaurant names can be a handful or a mouthful. Take KFC for example, it's actually not that long, but KFC was an abbreviation of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

In general, it's best if it's short and catchy, like In-N-Out or Wendy's. It's a really good idea that Applebee's changed his name to what it is now, just three syllables rolling off the tongue. Since the company has only one dollar Drinks of the Month, people definitely couldn't articulate the chain's original name. We told you it was a mouthful, and it is. A couple from Atlanta, Georgia, were the founders of Applebee's, Bill Palmer and his wife TJ Palmer. In 1980 they opened T.J. Applebee's Rx for edibles and elixirs. Then in 1986 it was changed to Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, a shorter name than the original, at least now we can call it Applebee's.

Getting back to that $1 drink, Applebee's website shares in detail what February's Hurricane cocktail is all about. No need to take a trip to New Orleans—you can head to your local Applebee's for a taste of Mardi Gras for just $1. Health! Topsy's - Jack in the Box Jack in the Box is a cute and fun name for a burger joint. It was wise to take the idea of ​​a popular wind-up toy and fuse it with burgers, tacos, and curly fries. But the original name of Jack in the Box was also... well, okay. It was originally known as Topsy's Drive-In.

Not bad, right? But this name would only remain until 1941, then it was changed to Oscar. Of course, the Oscar was taken from the name of Jack in the Box founder Robert Oscar Peterson. But that didn't last either, because in 1951 they changed it to Jack in the Box. Starting with the original El Cajon Boulevard location, they decided to change all of their restaurants called Oscar's to Jack in the Box. This was the beginning of the growth of restaurants throughout the United States. Jack in the Box remains relevant by introducing new promotions. They recently offered a one-time deal on a $6 meal called the Super Jack'd Monday Box that included tacos, chicken nuggets, curly fries, an egg roll, and a drink to wash it all down.

The limited promotion was also a partnership with food delivery company DoorDash. McDonald's Bar-B-Que - McDonald's McDonald's is a global brand known around the world. It's pop culture at its finest. Who, in any corner of the Earth, would not know McDonald's? Who doesn't know what a Big Mac, a Quarter Pounder or a Chicken McNugget is? It is a well-known name in countries like Canada, the United Kingdom, and even Japan, China, Germany, France, Australia, Brazil, and Russia. The company's website states that they have 36,000 stores in 100 countries. McDonald's has penetrated the market on almost every continent, near and far, and it all started in San Bernardino, California.

Two brothers, Richard "Dick" McDonald and Maurice "Mac" McDonald, had a great idea to sell 15-cent hamburgers and do it very quickly. They called it Speedee Service System. But before the real golden arches came about, they started in 1940 as a restaurant called McDonald's Bar-B-Que. Back then it wasn't all burgers and fries. Since their Speedee service system proved to be a real innovation in the fast food business, which in turn generated more profits, they focused on that. Ray Kroc (played by Michael Keaton in the film The Founder) then bought the company from the brothers in 1955, setting the stage for what Mickey D's is today.

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