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Forty Years of Brunch Began With Three Aluminum Tables
A Long Beach diner found its moat in an empty marina patio, a borrowed breakfast scramble and the radical act of having an owner in the room.
The Card Shark Who Bet It All on Breakfast
Brian Tate spent twelve years grinding high-stakes poker tables. Then he took his winnings, a shaker bottle, and a stubborn idea - that oatmeal could be worth waking up for - and built a business doing more than $200 million a year.
How a 25-Cent Burger From Corpus Christi Turned Into a Texas Religion
Founded on the promise of a burger big enough to need two hands, Whataburger spent 75 years turning a single Corpus Christi stand into one of America's most fiercely defended regional brands. Now, with new ownership and a national expansion plan, the orange-and-white stripes are showing up in places that never had them.
Del Taco
The Mojave taco stand that grew into America's number-two Mexican drive-thru now serves fries next to burritos, runs a loyalty app with four heat-rated tiers, and just changed hands for the second time in three years.