Wayne Lundberg wrote:
> A bit of history here to make things interesting:
> According to Wikipedia:
>
> The McDonald Brothers business began in 1940, with a restaurant opened by
> siblings Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino, California. Their
> introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 established the
> principles of the modern fast-food restaurant.
>
> According to my good friend and mentor Victor Rubio, most popular, respected
> and well known restaurateur in Tijuana during the WWII years through to his
> death in 2004:
>
> "I remember the McDonald brothers coming into my restaurant near the
> bullring and inviting me to have a beer with them as they shared their love
> of bullfighting and mariachi music during their occasional trips to Tijuana.
> This was around 1947, I remember because of the brouhaha around Margaret
> Truman's first public singing appearance. Tijuana had been and was still a
> huge magnet to Hollywood types, sailors and marines before and after the
> war. It was not until sometime in 1955 when I put two and two together,
> recalling Dick's penchant for taking notes, that I remembered their telling
> me of their observing how a small taco stand could serve so many people in
> such a short time that they began experimenting with the idea back at their
> San Bernardino restaurant. By 1960 you could not go anywhere in the United
> States without finding a nearby McDonald's. Truly an amazing story of how
> the fast food concept changed the way Americans eat. All from observing a
> trio of uneducated taco stand workers."
>
I'm trying to figure out who inspired Chili's. Something went very wrong.