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Gone But Not Forgotten

Red Barn

1961–1988

Fast food in a big red barn.

You couldn't miss it — the building was shaped like an actual red barn. Home of the Big Barney and the Barnbuster, it was one of the first fast-food chains with a self-serve salad bar (the "Farmyard Salad Bar"). Corporate owners let it wither, and the franchise had largely vanished by the late 1980s.

The Details

  • Opened · 1961
  • Closed · 1988
  • Filed under · 🍔 Restaurants