Red Barn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Red Barn was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in the early-1960s in Dayton, Ohio by Harry Barmier.
Red Barn restaurants were in the shape of barns with a glass front and limited seating. Three mascots were used in the franchise's commercials : "Hamburger Hungry" (who looked similar to Ernie from Sesame Street), "Chicken Hungry" (a chicken leg), and "Fish Hungry" (a blue fish.)
Some of the most common items on Red Barn's menu were the "Big Barney" (a hamburger similar to a Big Mac) and the "Barnbuster" (similar to a Quarter Pounder.) The restaurants had coloring books, crayons and iron-ons for kids, and they also gave away a free glass with a meal. The food was served in cardboard barn-shaped boxes.
The restaurant chain had a TV commercial jingle whose lyrics were: "When the hungries hit / When the hungries hit / Hit the Red Barn."
Servomation bought the company in the late-1960s and then Motel 6 bought it in the late-1970s. They ceased advertising, and the last franchising leases expired around 1986, so most of the old buildings were converted for use by other restaurants. At its peak, Red Barn had 400 restaurants in 19 states as well as southern Ontario in Canada.
[edit] External link
The Red Barn offered fast food at affordable prices. While it was mainly centered in the Great Lake states it also was franchised in Southern Ontario
