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15 Restaurants You Didn't Know Changed Their Names

These household names weren't always so recognizable.

Domino's Pizza shop window in Brighton UK Michaelasbest/Shutterstock

Domino's

You're not alone if you've never understood the connection between games and takeout. Long before Domino's rebranded to expand beyond pizza, it was called DomiNick's Pizza after its owner, Dominick DiVarti. He sold the restaurant to some friends, but when they started expanding, DiVarti didn't want his name on the new shops. So a pizza deliverer came up with an alternative: Domino's. Learn how more of your favorite pizza brands got their names.

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen exterior. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is an American chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants. Ken Wolter/Shutterstock

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Apparently, customers are in no rush to go to a restaurant called Chicken on the Run. When the fried chicken restaurant struggled after its grand opening in 1972, the founder reopened it as Popeyes Chicken. The name wasn't in reference to a spinach-loving sailor but to detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle from The French Connection.

Panera Bread restaurant and logo. Panera Bread Company is an American chain of bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants in the United States and Canada. dennizn/Shutterstock

Panera

Au Bon Pain was going strong in the early 1990s, but founder Ron Shaich wanted more. When the owners of Saint Louis Bread Company showed him their own bread-focused chain, Shaich was impressed and bought the 19 locations in hopes of hitting a suburban market. Realizing St. Louis Bread Co. doesn't have a universal appeal, he made up a word that conjures images of breadbaskets: Panera. He later sold Au Bon Pain to focus on his new baby. Check out these other 10 secrets you never knew about Panera.

Seattle's Best Coffee facade on June 2, 2018 in Manila, Philippines. Seattle's Best Coffee LLC, an American coffee retailer and wholesaler, based in Seattle, Washington. walterericsy/Shutterstock

Seattle's Best Coffee

In the 1970s, Seattle dwellers looking for a caffeine fix might have headed to The Wet Whisker for coffee and ice cream. As you might imagine, the founder realized a new name would help him "compete in the market," so he turned it into Stewart Brothers Coffee in the early 1980s. But that wasn't the end of the story—Stewarts Private Blend Coffee all the way in Chicago caught wind of their shop and called the shop out for copyright issues. Stewart Brothers Coffee could keep its SBC logo, and fate would decide what the initials would end up standing for. SBC won a local competition for the best coffee in the city, and Seattle's Best Coffee was (re)born. Find out where Starbucks got its name.

Red Robin restaurant exterior and logo. Red Robin is an American chain of casual dining restaurants. Ken Wolter/Shutterstock

Red Robin

"Reeeed Robin … Yum!" isn't the only song that goes with the restaurant. When it opened in the 1940s, it was called Sam's Tavern. The restaurant owner also happened to be a barbershop quartet singer, and one of his favorite ditties was "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)." He loved the song so much that he changed the name to Sam's Red Robin. When another entrepreneur bought and franchised the restaurant, he shortened the name to Red Robin.

An exterior view of a Dunkin Donuts coffee shop in New York City, on November 27, 2013. Dunkin Donuts has over 15,000 restaurants in more than 30 countries. JStone/Shutterstock

Dunkin Donuts

Dunkin's original name didn't conjure up images of doughnuts or coffee to dunk them in. Two years after opening his Open Kettle restaurant, the founder and his executives decided to switch the name to Dunkin Donuts, forever confusing Americans about how to spelldoughnut. This is what the first locations of famous fast food restaurants looked like.

Applebee's in Coney Island. Peter L. Gould/Shutterstock

Applebee's

Applebee's wasn't always just a place for half-price appetizers. When it opened in 1980, it was called T.J. Applebee's Rx for Edibles & Elixirs. You can understand why it became Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar six years later.

KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken retail restaurant store front with Colonel Harland David Sanders logo portrait sign Saint Augustine, Florida USA. March 8, 2018 Boofoto/Shutterstock

KFC

Calling the fast food chain KFC isn't just a short way of saying Kentucky Fried Chicken—it's also the restaurant's official name. In 1990, the state of Kentucky trademarked its name, meaning any companies with "Kentucky" in the name would have to change their names or pay the price (literally). Kentucky Fried Chicken skirted licensing fees by rebranding to KFC, but later trademarked Kentucky Fried Chicken in 2006 after reaching a settlement with the state. Learn the secret that makes KFC's fried chicken so crispy.

Los Angeles, California/United states Of America-April 6,2018: Close up shop sign McDonald's is on the road W Century Blvd in Los Angeles. Etaphop photo/Shutterstock

McDonald's

A McDonald's burger probably seems a far cry from what you'd flip on your own backyard grill, but its first restaurant wasn't the grab-and-go meal you'd get today. Dick and Mac McDonald first opened McDonald's Bar-B-Q in California in 1940 as a drive-in with car hops and an extensive menu. Toward the end of the decade, they revamped to a streamlined the menu, made it self-serve, and simplified its name as McDonald's. Find out what was on the first McDonald's menu.

Swansea, UK: March 08, 2018: The first Denny's American Diner to open in the UK was in Swansea in 2017 creating 70 jobs. Denny's was one of the original 'diner' concept and is now found worldwide. jax10289/Shutterstock

Denny's

Spoiler alert: Denny isn't a real person. The chain opened its first location in 1953 as Danny's Donuts—not quite the Grand Slam-slinging diner you'd think of today. When one of the two co-founders left a few years later, the other tweaked the concept to focus on coffee, turning it into Danny's Coffee Shops and leaving the doors open 24 hours. But when customers started to confuse it with Coffee Dan's in Los Angeles, the name was again changed to Denny's Coffee Shops. By 1961, that became the short-and-sweet Denny's.

BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 10, 2017: inside of Burger King restaurant. Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. NavinTar/Shutterstock

Burger King

Burger King doesn't share a lot about its own history, but sources say it has its roots in a 1953 Florida restaurant called Insta-Burger King, using an Insta-Broiler to cook the patties.

Jack in the Box fast food hamburger restaurant, Cottonwood Arizona USA, June 24, 2018 QualityHD/Shutterstock

Jack in the Box

Before there was Jack in the Box, there was Topsy's drive-in. Founder Oscar Peterson later tweaked the concept to a drive-through and changed the name to his own (Oscar's) but eventually had even bigger dreams. Drive-throughs already existed, but Peterson did something revolutionary by hooking up a two-way speaker to a plastic clown for his famous Jack in the Box franchise. These are the origins of 14 other company names.

Muncie - Circa March 2017: Perkins Family Restaurant and Bakery Location. Perkins and Marie Callender's are sister restaurants II Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

The original Perkins in Cincinnati, Ohio, had one thing in mind: pancakes. It opened its doors in 1958 as Perkins Pancake House. But as IHOP didn't learn until recently, a "pancake house" name can be limiting. The franchise changed its name to Perkins Cake and Steak, hoping to highlight its other entrees. In the 1980s, it became Perkins Family Restaurant before later settling on Perkins Restaurant & Bakery. The more generic, the better, in Perkins's case.

Chuck E. Cheese's in Toronto, Canada. Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of American family entertainment centers and restaurants. JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock

Chuck E. Cheese's

At Chuck E. Cheese's, you'd probably rather put your focus on Skee-Ball and pizza than the creepy robot band that's finally being phased out. But in 1977, when the food-forward arcade opened, the animatrons were a focus in Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre.

Fuddruckers, whose Fairlane Mall store is shown on December 21, 2014, has over 170 restaurants. Susan Montgomery/Shutterstock

Fuddruckers

Saying "Fuddruckers" out loud is a sure way to spark a smile. The burger joint's original name was just as odd but at least provided a bit of context: Freddie Fuddruckers. No word on why founder Philip J. Romano chose that name, but we won't question it.

Exterior of a Sonic Drive In restaurant. Sonic is an American chain of restaurants featuring car hops. James R. Martin/Shutterstock

Sonic Drive-In

Early versions of Sonic in the 1950s were called Top Hat, but that name didn't highlight the drive-in's main feature: speakers that let customers order from their cars. Bragging about its "service at the speed of sound," the quick-service joint rebranded as Sonic Drive-In in 1959. Don't miss these other 11 famous companies that originally had very different names.

Originally Published: May 01, 2019

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