The current design model for fast food restaurants, such as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and McDonald’s, is a boxy, nondescript building with a prominent drive-thru and limited seating inside. This is a far ...

Decades before McDonald's, there was White Castle. Historians credit the hamburger chain with creating the modern fast-food industry as we know it. The legend goes that White Castle founder Walter ...

The 1960s were a formative decade for the fast food industry, with many chains experimenting with drive-thrus, themed restaurants, and signature menu items. Some of these pioneers grew rapidly, while ...