Jim's Restaurants is an American chain of restaurants owned by
Uptown San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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-based Frontier Enterprises. Jim's, most well known for its breakfast and charbroiled Frontier Burgers, was started in 1947 when founder G. Jim Hasslocher built his first burger stand. The burger stand grew and became a drive-in burger concept with carhops, which eventually led to full-service restaurants in several locations. Prior to 1980, the restaurant chain expanded into the
Houston
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metro area until Frontier withdrew and sold off the Houston locations. As of April 2010, Frontier operates 16 locations in the San Antonio area and 3 in
Austin
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.
In San Antonio, Frontier Enterprises took over eight
Shoney's
Shoney's is an American restaurant chain headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It operates restaurants in 17 states, primarily in the Southern United States, South with additional locations in the Midwest and lower Mid-Atlantic states.
Founder ...
locations in 1998 and later converted them to Jim's restaurants.
[Wake up and smell Jim's Café and Coffee Bar]
, ''San Antonio Express-News'', April 30, 2006. Frontier also operated the
Tower of the Americas
The Tower of the Americas is a observation tower-restaurant located in the Hemisfair district on the southeastern portion of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The tower was designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford and was bu ...
' restaurant at
HemisFair Park Hemisfair may refer to:
* HemisFair Arena, an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas
* HemisFair '68
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in
Downtown San Antonio
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In addition to being encircled by Loops 1604 ...
for more than three decades. In 2005, the City of San Antonio closed the Tower facility for remodeling and awarded the operating contract to another vendor.
Founder and chairman of the board, G. Jim Hasslocher, died on November 18, 2015, at the age of 93.
He was active in the business until his death.
See also
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List of hamburger restaurants
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References
External links
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Frontier Enterprises official website
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Restaurants established in 1947
Hamburger restaurants
Regional restaurant chains in the United States
Restaurants in San Antonio
Drive-in restaurants
1947 establishments in Texas