Big Boy

Big Boy Restaurants to close Cincinnati stores amid turf war with rival Frisch's

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 22, 2025

The restaurant operator will shutter all six of its Dolly’s Burgers locations after just five months due to a restraining order from Frisch's Big Boy, which has exclusive rights to that market.

Financing

A Big Boy turf war heats up in Ohio

By Joe Guszkowski on Mar. 10, 2025

The burger chain's Michigan branch allegedly planned to move into closed Frisch’s Big Boy locations, defying the brand’s strict territorial boundaries. A court has temporarily blocked it from using the Big Boy name.

Financing

How Tamer Afr is fixing Big Boy

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 16, 2023

A Deeper Dive: The CEO of Big Boy Restaurants, who acquired the chain more than four years ago, joins the podcast to discuss the brand’s changes, its drive-thru location and its international push.

Food

Big Boy loses his job over a chicken sandwich

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 06, 2020

The burger chain has introduced a new mascot, Dolly, to hawk a sandwich aimed at competing with Popeyes' hot product.

Leadership

The luminaries we lost

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2019

The restaurant industry will be poorer in 2020 because of the talents and characters who died in 2019. Here are some of the standouts who were lost.

Operations

Is Big Boy ready to grow up?

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 14, 2019

The legacy brand had been closing units, but it’s now looking to grow, while also giving fast casual another shot.

Top 500 Chains

Big Boy/Frisch's Big Boy

May 03, 2019

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