09/09/2007 ... Mr. Quick fan Alan Morton writes
I decided to find out about Mr. Quick chain after it was mentioned on another website which I frequent. I remember the place from my youth. Found your site while searching for online info of it. It is mentioned on your pages.
There are also lots of hits from various directories refering to the Mr Quick in Ottumwa, IA. A friend of mine who lives in Ottumwa told me it is no longer there. It burnt down in 2003 or 2004. The owner did not rebuild and a Walgreens drugs store now stands there. The online directories are not very well maintained.
Perhaps Mr. Quick's last original classic sign? From Ottumwa, Iowa with special thanks to www.roundamerica.com
There were a couple in Peoria, one of which I went to for lunch when I was in grade school. The other stayed open into the mid 1980's, at which point it became a BBQ ribs place. Not a lot to be found on the chain.
It appears there are still several in lower Michigan along the east coast of Lake Michigan. Click Here to go to the Mr. Quick website for the stores in Michigan. Note as of this writing they do not say they are in Michigan
I ran across one in Bloomington, IL in the early 1990's. I stopped there once. Remarked that I remembered when they were in Peoria and was told there were still a lot of them open in Arkansas where the chain's headquarters were. (Note: Mr. Quick's headquarters were in Moline, Illinois, perhaps this was a regional headquarters). This venue was closed sometime in the 1990's I am guessing. It was still open in 1996 according to an article in the Pantagraph newspaper.
I have found references online to them being Texas, Iowa City, IA, South Bend, IN, Bolingbrook, IL and Fayetteville, AR. There is also a restaurant called Mr Quick in Hays KS, that may or may not still be in operation and if it is it may or may not have anything to do with the chain. A place called Mr Quick in Orlando, FL is not a fast food place.
One website that did have a little info on Mr Quick is the website for B-Bops, a Des Moines based hamburger chain. From the B-Bops website http://www.b-bops.com/about.htm
"In 1971, B-Bops founder Bob Johnson began his career in the fast food industry with Mr. Quick in Illinois. He began as an assistant manager, a position he held for two years. Impressed with Johnson's ambition and skill, Corporate offered him the opportunity to become a Franchise Partner in the business. In 1973 Johnson accepted the offer, moved to Newton, Iowa, and opened a Mr. Quick. He later opened stores in Fairfield and Muscatine, Iowa. In 1983 Johnson and his partners changed the restaurant name from Mr. Quick to Sizzlin' Sams. (It was about this point in time the other Mr Quicks closed down).
"In 1986 Johnson became familiar with the double drive-thru concept. Double drive-thru's were popping up in the sunbelt states and their success impressed him. Johnson began researching the available data and developing his own complimentary ideas, knowing that one-day he would pursue the opportunity.
"In 1988 the Johnson noticed a building located at 1500 E Euclid in Des Moines, Iowa. His research and intuition told him that this was the ideal location to open a double drive-thru. Within six months the first B-Bop's was opened on that spot.
The site of the former Mr. Quicks in LaSalle, IL is now being used as a locally run fast food place. I stopped there last month and would not have known it if there was not a picture from 1972 inside showing it when it had been a Mr Quick. The guy working there said that it had been 4 or 5 other restaurants since Mr Quick shut down and they had nothing to do with it.
There was also one in Belvidere IL. I remember driving by it after it had closed down in about 2001. They had changed the name to simply Quicks before their demise. The building has since been torn down.
There was another one in the Peoria suburb of Sunnyland. It was sold to the manager who renamed it Harolds Hamburgers and it remains more or less the same as it was. It is located on Washington St in Sunnyland. Washington St (AKA Rt 8) and is located between Washington and East Peoria.
I did not know it had been a Mr Quick when I frequented the place in the late 80s early 90s when I was going to ICC. Later learned what it had been, I stopped there about once a week back then and was back there earlier this year. Not much has changed since I found the place. They are talking about widening the road to 4 lanes all the way through, not sure if it will effect Harolds or not.
Special thanks to Alan Morton for this picture of Harold's taken in 2007. The exterior is still the classic Mr. Quick building along with blinker lights along the roof rim. The lights were functioning as of 2006. The interior is 100% classic Mr. Quick and is a must see for anyone wanting to experience the Mr. Quick 1960's thru 1980's dining experience!
In this picture of Harolds, you can see that it is the original Mr. Quick building. Even the trademark blinker-lights trim the roof. Only the sign out front has changed. They are still using the original char-broiled conveyer belt and when you lift up the bun of your burger, you can see the charred stripes on it just like Mr. Quick was famous for. The interior is a time-warp. It is exactly the way it was from the french fries heat lamp to the interior decor and seating.
From my little knowledge and research I can come up with the following venues they had- guessing there were many more.
AR
Fayetteville - closed
IL
Belvidere - torn down
Bloomington - torn down
Bolingbrook - closed
East Moline - Oriental food restaurant
LaSalle - different fast food - as of August 07
Milan - local eatiery
Peoria Main St - Chinese food place - couple years ago
Peoria SW Adams St - Rib Place as of September 07
Pontiac - on Route 66 - unknown
Silvis - Porkies BBQ
Sterling - ???
Sunnyland - Harolds Hamburgers
Rock Island - Happy Joes Pizza
IA
Bettendorf - unknown
Burlington - offices
Clinton - unknown
Davenport - torn down - Walgreens
Fairfield - became Sizzlin Sams
Muscatine - became Sizzlin Sams
Newton - became Sizzlin Sams now closed
Ottumwa -burnt down
IN
South Bend -closed
KS
Hays - this may be one: 335 W 8th Street 67601 785-625-2129
MI
4 locations still open
TX
Ft Worth - closed
09/09/2007 ... When the local guy makes good, it makes everyone feel proud. In the case of Mr. Quick drive in restaurants, the local operation has expanded to a highly successful Regional Chain with 67 locations throughout 9 states. It all started with Mr. Quick's on 42nd Avenue East Moline (shown in picture above). Not only do UTHS students find this location handy, it is also very easy to stop by the Hero Street Quick in Silvis, Illinois. Source: Skyline 1975
08/10/2007 ... source - Muskegon Chronical, Teresa Taylor Williams - Founded in 1962 in Moline, Ill., Mr. Quick was once a 300-store chain with restaurants from Texas to Minnesota. Today there are few locations outside of Muskegon, and local owners own the rights to the name.
The franchise has been in Muskegon 45 years. Brewster and Grega also own a Mr. Quick restaurant at 3091 Heights-Ravenna in Cloverville, while Davis also owns locations at 4190 Grand Haven in Norton Shores and 650 Whitehall in North Muskegon.
09/20/2007 ... Mr. Quick owner and Vice President Matt Grega is looking for Mr. Quick pictures! If you have any pictures of Mr. Quick and can provide a high resolution scan of them, please email me!
Hi my name is Matt Grega, I am one of the owners of the 5 Mr. Quick Restaurants in Muskegon, MI. I was wondering if anyone might have high quality pictures like the ones on your website that I could receive a scan of to hang in our restaurants. I have also done a lot of research with newpapers and libraries and have not been able to find anything. Thank you.
Matt Grega
If you have any memorabilia, pictures or stories of Mr. Quick, please email me!
Vice President
Mr. Quick Restaurants
Special thanks to Alan Morton for this picture of Mr. Quick in Rock Island which is now Happy Joe's Pizza. Notice that not only is the building the original but the sign is as well. In place of HAMBURGERS, the sign now spells HAPPY_JOES!
Special thanks to Alan Morton for this picture of Mr. Quick on SW Adams in Peoria, Illinois as it stands in 2007. Unbelievable.
Special thanks to Alan Morton for these pictures of Mr. Quick in Michigan. He arrived at the locations at night, just before closing. The woman in the picture is the Manager, Michelle.
There were two stores in Davenport, Iowa. The Division Street location was torn down for a Walgreens, but the Brady Street store is still standing, and is currently a donut shop.
The Bettendorf, Iowa, location was on State Street, in the 2000 or 2100 block (I think). The original building has been augmented by several major additions, and is (or was) a laundromat.
Both Sandy's and Mr. Quick offered wider menu choices than the competitors. Many fond memories.
Christopher Browne
11/04/2007 ... Mr. Quick owner and Vice President Matt Grega provides outstanding pictures of his Muskegon location. What an incredible job they have done in keeping this classic Mr. Quick location in stellar shape. The stain glass window with the Mr. Quick icon is a terrific addition. Notice the spotless stainless steel counter as well. If you are looking for the Mr. Quick experience, this is it! Hi, these are some of the pictures from our recently remodeled store at 915 E. Laketon in Muskegon, MI
Thank you.
Matt Grega
Matt,
I was thinking about the past and searched for Mr. Quick. To my surprise pages of results turned up. My dad, Wayne Herrin was one of the primary early investors in Mr. Quick as it got it's start back in the mid or early 60's. I recall as a grade schooler flying to Bloomington, Illinois, I believe and riding around with my dad and Marcel Compti (I'm not sure of the spelling) who was the original idea guy/president looking for locations. My dad's business, Herrin Advertising in Jacksonville, Il was the designer and produced the original signs for Mr. Quick. They were attractive, but I think fairly costly to produce. My dad's other business ventures never allowed him too much time for involvement in Mr. Quick. He sold his interest, I believe, sometime between '66 and '68. It was a competitor with the other chains in the beginning like McDonalds or Hardees. I remember the hamburgers as being better than McDonalds at the time. With the right early management no telling where it might be today. Glad to hear of your success -
Mark Herrin
12/25/2007 ... Alan Morton presents this incredible update;
Here are a couple of pictures as promised.
One is in LaSalle Illinois. They have a picture inside of the place when the
parking lot
was being paved and the Mr Quick sign was up from the 1970s.
The other
is in
Princeton Illinois. It is a Red Apple Restaurant. I have eaten at both of them. Princeton has been
added on to and is much bigger than a Mr Quick would have been. Notice that the word HAMBURGERS on the original Mr. Quick sign in front of the building now reads RESTAURANT!
Here is the list of locations as it now stands. The
order is as follows; city, street, address, currently at location if
known.
Special thanks to Rick Sheese Building added onto. Harold was the owner of Mr. Quick. Now owned by one of Harold's employees. Run exactly the same as Mr. Quick with all original interior & exterior. Bettendorf
Clay Stevens
Special thanks to Brad Morrison! Special thanks to Brad Morrison!
04/02/2008 ... Mr Quick fan Collin Freeman writes; Hi! I noticed on your website you have one listed for Bloomington, IL. There may have been one in Bloomington, I'm not completely sure (I am pretty sure there was a Sandy's in Bloomington) but the Mr. Quick I remember was just a few blocks from where we lived in Normal, on North Main Street. Today it would be some where between W. College Ave and W. Hovey Ave. Nowadays, North Main becomes one-way in this area, but back then it was a two-way street with all kinds of fast-food restaurants and local shopping along the way, close to the ISU campus (which made it an ideal location for fast-food). McDonalds and A&W were along this same stretch of road, and there was a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant further south just before the railroad tracks. Mr. Quick had great fries and shakes according to my recollection. In fact, when my family moved away from Normal up to Rockford in the summer of 1969, I remember we stopped at Mr. Quick for lunch before heading north. We used to go back to the Normal-Bloomington area a lot because my grandmother still lived there and I remember still seeing the Mr. Quick on Main up through maybe the mid-1970's. After that, I don't know when it actually closed. I miss those regional chains like Mr. Quick and Sandy's. They really knew how to make a better meal than McD's or Burger King.
I live in Kansas now, and until I saw your webpage I never knew the Bucky's in Lawrence had once been a Sandy's. I ate at Bucky's a few times when I was in college at KU. Sorry to see it go. It was a landmark in that part of Lawrence.
Thanks for the memories,
Collin Freeman
I noticed on the website a Mr. Quick in Bolingbrook/Lemont IL. The store was actually in Bolingbrook .
I remember this Mr. Quick as it was a frequent for our family. We moved to Bolingbrook , IL in 1971. The restaurant was at the corner of I-55 and Hwy 53. I do not know when the store closed. I believe the restaurant has lately been Family Square Restaurant (or at least it’s on the site). I think Lemont is on the website because Bolingbrook actually used Lemont’s zip code for many years. This was the only Mr. Quick that I was familiar with. I hope this helps with some of the history search.
Thanks,
Debbie
The Mr. Quick's in Clinton, Iowa closed down in either 1995 or 1996.
Before then, the place had the same interior design that it must've had
in the early 70s--it looked like Barthie Burgers from You Can't Do
That On Television. All the in-store POP ads were from the 70s and so
were the graphics on the drive-thru. Even as a little kid, I knew that
was really cool.
All I remember of the place was that they did a deal where you got five
ham or cheeseburgers and a 1/2 pound of fries for some obscenely low
price. My parents would get that when I or my sister had friends over.
They also used a mustard that
was incredibly pungent and hot by fast food standards and that was the
overriding flavor on the burgers. Still, I would pay a good amount of
money for a geniune Quick burger right now! My favorite was the "Seasoned Fries" which
were thicker than the normal fries and covered with extra salt and dried
parsley flakes. Whenever I make fries at home I sprinkle a little
parsley on them, to keep the Quick's spirit alive. Hello,
I was intrigued to see your Mr. Quick web page. I know of a store not listed by you. It was in Coon Rapids, MN near the SE corner of Coon Rapids Blvd. and Crooked Lake Blvd. I don't know if the building still exists or not. I'll try to find out and get back to you. The signage at that particular store was identical to the sign at the top of your page.
Thanks for the Memories,
Doug Howe
Howdy from North Texas! I have a little nugget of information for you.
I
found out about your web site from another web site dedicated to the
history
of Fort Worth, Texas.
There used to be a Mr. Quick Hamburgers at 5320 Trail Lake Drive in
Fort
Worth, on the southwest side of town. It was in a stand-alone building
in
the parking lot of a shopping center. I was born in 1968 and remember
very
little of it, except that I think my dad may have taken me there for
dinner
as a reward for a good report card in the 3rd grade. :)
What I remember more is that this Mr. Quick Hamburgers closed in the
late
1970s. I don't know why. The building was renovated shortly
thereafter for
a Swenson's Ice Cream Parlor. I remember going to that many times in
the
late '70s/early '80s, particularly on Monday nights after watching the
TV
show "M*A*S*H." I was quite fond of their chocolate/chocolate-chip ice
cream! They also served a mammoth ice cream sundae called the
"Earthquake";
it could feed half a dozen kids at one sitting. Sadly, even that
Swenson's
eventually closed and the entire building was demolished. Today there
is
absolutely no trace of that Mr. Quick/Swenson's building left, and
looking
at the site now, it's just a part of a big parking lot. You'd never
know it
had ever been there.
Thanks for the memories!
Matt McCullar
Arlington, TX I was in the Fort Worth Central Library this afternoon and
found the
following locations for Mr. Quick restaurants in the FW area in 1972:
2832 W. 7th
As a caveat, I got these addresses out of the telephone book and I
cannot
vouch for their veracity. To whit: the 1965 phone book mentions an
address
as 1401 E. Berry, instead of 1501. Don't know if it was a misprint or
if
the restaurant just moved. I have no idea, but it's easier to believe
a
misprint.
The Trail Lake Drive location did not exist in 1965.
I might also add that many of the above addresses may not actually be
in
Fort Worth proper, but in one of the many communities surrounding it.
The
phone book did not specify and I can't say for sure, either, because
Fort
Worth has a history of expanding its boundaries and glomming onto
surrounding properties. What may not have been Fort Worth in the past
may
be today. Some of these locations may actually have been in the cities
of
Euless, Haltom City, etc., which bump up against Fort Worth. Sorry I
can't
be more specific.
Thanks for your great web site! I love urban archaeology!
Matt J. McCullar
06/25/2008 ... Mr. Quick fan Brad Morrison writes; At the following address stands a former Mr. Quick restaurant:
1201 Gillingham Road
It's current use is:
USW Local 2-148 Union Hall
As a union member, I have been in it many times.
Also, I have seen and taken pictures of the former Mr. Quick in Oconomowoc WI because I recognized the building style. That was probably about 10 years ago. At that time it was an "out of business" hair salon. I showed the pictures to some of my co-workers and they all said, "That's our union hall!" It was from my co-workers that I learned what fast food restaurant our union hall had been.
I haven't been back to Oconomowoc since I took the pictures so I don't know what ever happened to that building.
If you would like pictures of any of these, let me know and I'll see what I can do!
Brad Morrison
07/30/2008 ...Hello,
My name is David Brewster, I started with Mr Quick in 1972 at the Henry Street location in Muskegon MI. In 1973 I became the manager of Laketon Ave Mr, Quick In Muskegon, till around 1988 when I sold out. At that time I had opened Mr. Quick on Apple and Hts Ravenna Road, all in Muskegon. My partner Jerry Dahms and I also owned the location in North Muskegon. He passed away about 10 years ago. I then sold my interest to my minority partner but kept the Hts Ravenna Rd location where I am also the landlord. Last year the manager from there Matt Grega and I reopened the Laketon Ave location. Lots of memories in that location since I was a owner and operator there for 15-16 years. Matt runs both of my locations and is also my new partner. He does a great job. The locations you are missing the state for are Rogers, Arkansas, Carthage, Mo. Rochester, Minnesota, and if I remember right, Independence was Kansas. I am still active with the Mr Quick restaurants but now on a smaller scale.
David Brewster
08/28/2008 ... My dad and uncle (Stan & Tony) Banaszek were partners in the East Moline store. I was born in 1968 so I dont really remember too much about it but the buildings in East Moline and Silvis are still standing and whenever I see them I think back to when they were Mr. Quick. Too bad that it is not as popular as McDonalds because I know I would frequent it.
09/08/2008 ... Thanks for the great website. My uncle and I use to frequent the store in Decatur Illinois. Being that our last name was also Quick, he would tell me they named it after him. haha He would purchase a bag of burgers and fries along with a shake. I would get one or two of those great burgers, he would eat the rest. It was that memory that helped to shape my career. It is a long story in itself, but I accepted a position with Vitro Seating, a restaurant manufacturer in St Louis. While in customer service I was asked to help design the new Chuck-A-Burger. I didn't go to school for design, and up to that point my only experience was doing purchasing for my father-in-laws company, a restaurant design company based in the Chicago area. So when I was asked to help in the concept of the new Chuck-A-Burger, I borrowed from the Mr Quicks in Decatur. That project has led into many more, and in fact, we have created a complete design dept. To date we have done several restaurants worldwide. Pretty good career...all due to my experience in Mr Quicks!
Notice the roof line! Thanks again for the website! If I could only go back for an hour......... Larry QuickVitro
09/08/2008 ... Memories of the early 70’s… aahhh yes… I am from Faribault , MN and at that time, for fast food, there was only the Black Steer which sold hamburgers, shakes, and fries. But then a new restaurant was coming to town. It was out by where a K-Mart was (maybe) going. Anyway, it was a Mr. Quick. Very popular and good food for after the Friday night football games. I don’t see that it was mentioned in your list, but we had one.. now the building is a Mexican restaurant.
Sandy’s came a little later… when it came to town, I was one of the first employees. I remember the good grilled cheese sandwiches we sold along with the tenderloins. We were busy. Holy cow were we busy! I remember when we changed over to a Hardee’s and of course the menu was changed. At first it was just as busy. I moved on after working there about 3 years. The grilled hamburgers were the greatest and I remember that we had to take the grates off and soak them every night. Then they decided to go back to frying. Later the burgers got to be expensive.. almost like a dine in restaurant. So our Hardee’s sold out to Arby’s. However, in the last couple of years Hardee’s came back to a new building out by the freeway. I guess what goes around, comes around!
Thanks for this site. It brings back a lot of memories. I can still picture my uniform, the bags, and the cups. Although we made maybe a $1.50 an hour and the work was tough… it was fun.
Rick Hallanger
09/11/2008 ... I used to work for the Mr. Quick in Monmouth, IL. It is currently the Dairy Queen on North Main Street. - Rick Sheese
09/24/2008 ... I thoroughly enjoyed coming across this website. It brought back many fond memories. My father, Wayne Currens, was the Vice President of Mr. Quick Hamburgers back when Paul Womack and later his son Lee Womack were president. My whole family worked there including my Uncles Bill and Chuck Currens. Mr. Quick in Sunnyland was my first job but I had also traveled extensively with my father growing up in the 60's and 70's opening new Mr. Quick locations all over the Midwest from Wisconsin to Texas. A few I didn't see mentioned were in Grand Prairie, Texas on Main Street, Irving, Texas, Main Street in Peoria, Illinois and St. Roberts Missouri. Too many to remember.. and stories... lost of fun memories. If you have any questions I'll be happy to help. - Steve
10/12/2008 ... At my age of 75, seeing you're website today was a big suprise! I will start by giving you these names; Henry Street store, opening store manager was Michael Jenkins. This was about 1970. I was inticed back into the fast food life by John Highly, VP of Operations. Jim Morgan, Supervisor.
I also remember Jery Dohms and family. I was transferred to Mr. Quick in Peoria, Illinois after training four or five new frachise managers at the Henry Street store. From Peoria I was promoted to Operations Supervisor and started opening stores in the Minneapolis, St. Paul area. The reason I mention this was one of the equipment packages for a store in Muskegon was delivered there on a Budget rental truck. We (my son and I) traveled across Rt. 8, from Minnesota, across Wisconsin, crossed Lake Michigan on a ferry and then to your city. Now that was a long time ago. Wayne Currens and I were the opening supervisors for all stores in Wisconsin.
- Michael Jenkins
ADDRESS
CITY
TODAY
ARKANSAS
I-55 @ Rt 18
Blytheville
1525 S School St
Fayetteville
Thep Thai Restaurant
Rogers
Special thanks to David Brewster
ILLINOIS
1700 Block of S State St.
Belvidere
Torn down, replaced with a bank
803 East Washington
Bloomington
Remained open until the mid 1990's
Bolingbrook
1215 North University
Decatur
Autozone
547 - 42nd Ave
East Moline
914 N Henderson
Galesburg
Lagondola Spaghetti House
154 3rd Street
Lasalle
JJ's Dogs, Beef, Chicken & More, Inc.
I-55 & SR 53
Lemont
522 W 1st Street
Milan Family Restaurant
316 North Main
Monmouth
Dairy Queen
I-80 & SR 47
Morris
North Main
Normal
Special thanks to Collin Freeman
3901 SW Adams
Peoria
Open as a Ribs Restaurant
430 W Main
Peoria
Open as a Chinese Restaurant
Historic Old Route 66 & SR 23
Pontiac
I-80 & SR 26
Princeton
Open as a family restaurant.
1412 30th Street
Rock Island
Happy Joes Pizza
Hero Street @ 1st Ave
Silvis
Porkie's Ribs
1055 Gardner St
South Beloit
Max's Restaurant
Sterling
Torn down - Special thanks to James Higby
2305 Washington
Washington (Sunnyland)
Open as Harolds.
INDIANA
Ireland Road
South Bend
IOWA
2124 State St
Scrub Pub Laundromat
Roosevelt Ave @ Johannsen Dr
Burlington
1702 North 2nd
Clinton
Member's Choice Credit Union
411 - 2nd Street
Coralville
Reminisce Scrapbooking
1717 Brady Street
Davenport
3924 N Division
Davenport
Torn down/Is now a Walgreens
1103 Burlington
Fairfield
The Pizza Ranch
200 South Jefferson Street
Indianola
Godfather's Pizza
521 Oak
Iowa Falls
Dairy Queen
710 Grandview
Muscatine
Pizza Hut
I-80 and SR 14
Newton
Sizzlin Sams
309 4th Street
Ottumwa
In business until it burned down in 2003
918 Washington
Waterloo
817 - 2nd Street
Webster City
Godfather's Pizza
KANSAS
605 N Santa Fe
Chanute
The Feathered Nest Gift Shop
335 W 8th Street
Hays
CONVENIENCE XPRESS #7
924 N Broadway
Pittsburg
Southeast Kansas-Dental Clinic
1425 North Main
Parsons
I grew up loving the burgers from Mr. Quick. In third grade, we even took a class field trip to see the inner workings of the restaurant. The Parsons, KS location is long gone, first replaced by a Hardee’s, which has since been replaced by a Burger King.
MICHIGAN
1088 Peck Street
Muskegon
Burned down & will not be rebuilt
3091 Heights Ravenna Road
Muskegon
OPEN!
4190 Grand Haven Road
Muskegon
OPEN!
5501 E Apple
Muskegon
The Mr. Quick at 5501 Apple ave in Muskegon is now rebuilt and OPEN!
Thank you.
Matt Grega
Mr. Quick Restaurants
!
2958 South Henry Street
Muskegon
Little Caesars Pizza
915 E Laketon
Muskegon
OPEN!
650 Whitehall Road
North Muskegon
OPEN!
MINNESOTA
Coon Rapids Blvd. and Crooked Lake Blvd.
Coon Rapids
Special thanks to Doug Howe!
Faribault
Special thanks to Rick Hallanger!
Rochester
Special thanks to David Brewster
MISSOURI
202 South Baird
Clinton
Used car dealer
Carthage
Special thanks to David Brewster
1901 Main
Joplin
ST. ROBERTS
Special thanks to Steve Currens
1815 North Glenstone
Springfield
Pizza Hut
3444 West Chestnut Expressway
Springfield
Cliff's Auto Sales
Old Highway 66
Waynesville
OKLAHOMA
520 Steve Owens Blvd
Miami
Lil' Cafe Express
PENNSYLVANIA
North Broadway
Pittsburgh
TEXAS
2832 W 7th St
Fort Worth
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
5320 Trail Lake Drive
Fort Worth
Demolished/Parking lot
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
2832 W. 7th
Fort Worth
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
1501 E. Berry
Fort Worth
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
391 E. Pipeline Rd.
Fort Worth
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
414 W. Euless Blvd.
Fort Worth
Schola Cantorium of Texas
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
3251 Mansfield Hwy.
Fort Worth
Beefers Breakfast N Burgers
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
7405 Weatherford Hwy.
Fort Worth
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
2482 Jacksboro Hwy.
Fort Worth
All Smiles Dental Center
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
810 E. Main
Fort Worth
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
205 N E Wilshire Blvd.
Fort Worth
Special thanks to Matt McCullar!
Main Street
Grand Prairie
Special thanks to Steve Currens
I-35 & SR 22
Hillsboro
Irving
Special thanks to Steve Currens
WISCONSIN
1871 Cranston
Beloit
706 East Geneva
Delavan
Classic Embroidery
303 South 3rd Street West
Fort Atkinson
Hardees (Now Closed)
3333 Milton Ave
Janesville
Arby's
3007 N Summit Center
Oconomowoc
Chili's/Torn Down
1201 Gillingham Road
Neenah
USW Local 2-148 Union Hall
CITY KNOWN - STATE NOT CONFIRMED
106 South 10th Street
Independence
Missouri?
123 N Garrison Ave
Carthage
Missouri?
S 8th St @ W Birch St
Rogers
1221 Marion Road South
Rochester
Minnesota?
I saw your Sandy's yahoo webpage and soon found your Mr. Quick page too. I remember both restaurants, having grown up in the Illinois and Wisconsin area, but the one I remember the most was Mr. Quick. 
1501 E. Berry
391 E. Pipeline Rd.
414 W. Euless Blvd.
3251 Mansfield Hwy
5320 Trail Lake Dr.
7405 Weatherford Hwy.
2482 Jacksboro Hwy.
810 E. Main
205 N E Wilshire Blvd.
Arlington, TX
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Faribault, MN
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Rock Island Argus, Thursday June 8th, 1967 ... MR QUICK DRIVE IN TO OPEN The newest Mr. Quick drive-in restaurant at 30th St and 14th Ave Rock Island, will have its grand opening tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. Featuring a char-broiled burger as its main item, the restaurant offers a predominately sandwich menu with indoor eating facilities for 64 as well as other facilities on an outdoor patio. |  INSPECT NEW ENTERPRISE - After a meeting late yesterday afternoon the board of directors and stockholders of the new Mr. Quick drive-in restaurant at 30th St. and 14th Ave Rock Island, made a tour of the newly erected business establishment. Shown from left are Chris Malwald, architect and vice president of the firm. Charles Agnew, vice president in charge of leases and locations. James Bergreri, manager and franchisee. Paul Womack, president of Mr. Quick and Harold Rasmussen, the landlord. |
The 2,160 square-foot layout includes 900 square feet in the dining area which is air-conditioned. The glass brick and ceramic tile structure is adjacent to an off street parking lot with facilities for 48 vehicles.
Jim Bergran 3135 1/2 23rd St., Moline is general manager of the new facility. His partners are Stanley and Anthony Banaszek of East Moline and Sen. Donald Carpentier, East Moline.
The Rock Island facility is the 20th to open nationally. The headquarters of Mr. Quick are located at 3158 23rd Ave., Moline and the national franchise was secured in August 1965 by a group including Paul Womak, East Moline, Chris Malwald and Charles Agnew, Rock Island. Virgil Bozeman and William Gresham, Moline and Helen Williams, Silvis.
Similar facilities are scheduled soon in Muskegon, Mich., Iowa City, LaSalle, Burlington, and two in Scott County. There already is a Mr. Quick in East Moline.
Mr. Quick on North Broadway in Pittsburgh.
If you have any memories or pictures of Mr. Quick, please email me!
