Big John Steak & Onion
usnook | 2013-08-01 15:01
Big John Steak & Onion
|
Type |
private |
Industry |
Full-Service Restaurants |
Founded |
1963/1973 |
Founder(s) |
John E. Klobucar |
Headquarters |
Owosso, Michigan, USA |
Number of locations |
16 |
Area served |
Mid-Michigan |
Key people |
Sharee Bitterman |
Products |
submarine sandwiches |
Parent |
Jlj Chicken Limited Inc. |
Website |
Big Johns Steak & Onion.net |
Big John Steak & Onion, a division of Jlj Chicken Limited Inc., is a regional sub sandwich chain. The name came from a nickname that the founder, John E. Klobucar, had received from his friends. The chain is consider a restaurant icon of the Flint Area.
John E. Klobucar opened the first Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1963 Flint, Michigan, the first outside of the Detroit area. A decade later in 1973, Klobucar started Big John Steak and Onion, the first restaurant to serve submarine sandwiches to the Flint Area. Klobucar later opened a KFC in Owosso, but sold the Flint location. The restaurant grew into a chain of 15 stores across Mid-Michigan.
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