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Just a reminder that Wisconsin has a Big Boy and its fish fry is good

June 9, 2023

Almost two years ago, Big Boy came back to Wisconsin. Following a 26-year absence in the region, a restaurant group called Wisconsin Big Boy LLC officially brought the Michigan-based chain back to the state by ...

10 Midwestern chain restaurants that should come back to Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2021

Less than a week from now, Wisconsin will once again be home to a Big Boy restaurant. The first to return to the state in more than two decades will be located in Germantown in the space that was most recently ...

Big Boy Restaurant appears to be coming back to Wisconsin

Tyler Maas

June 4, 2021

Big Boy still holds a special place in Milwaukee’s heart. At one point, the classic burger chain and diner boasted more than 1,000 locations nationwide, and over 60 of those were Marc’s Big Boy restaurants. The...

A Milwaukee bar will host Big Boy Fest this weekend

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2019

Big Boy still holds a special place in Milwaukee’s heart. At one point, the classic burger chain and diner boasted more than 1,000 locations nationwide, and over 60 of those were Marc’s Big Boy restaurants. The...

AJ Bombers will feature special Big Boy burger April 8-14

Matt Wild

April 4, 2019

Big Boy restaurants—home to double-decker cheeseburgers, tasty fries, and the iconic suspender-clad Big Boy—opened in California in the 1940s, but they soon became a beloved Wisconsin tradition. The Marcus Corp...

5 Milwaukee area Big Boy burger impostors

Tyler Maas

September 26, 2018

Last month, we took a boat all the way to Michigan to eat at a Big Boy restaurant. As we'd assumed would be the case with a beloved burger chain that tragically left Wisconsin during our youth, we loved it. In ...

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