Burger Chef Memories

Cookeville Tenn. - Burger Chef

Pictured in June 1995 on a visit I made to there then.  Closed around July 1996.

This was the last remaining Burger Chef.  It was changed to Pleasers (?). Cookeville is east of Nashville on I-40.

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Rear view of Cookeville Burger Chef - June 1995

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Drive-thru menu sign, showing it's age.  Owners couldn't get advertising or support,  Hardees' really didn't want any Burger Chef's open.  Franchise contracts were not renewed on expiration.  Leaving restaurant owners without a restaurant name.  Some of them joined the "Pleaser's" group, but didn't have strong advertising support, some remained independant and came up with some pretty catchie names, like "The Chef", "Schroder's" and "Jim's Burger Haven", just to name a few.

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June 1995, me in front of the sign at roadway.

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This is the back of Cookeville Burger Chef, it was probally originally built about 1964, you can really tell where the old met the new.  Unknown when it was remodeled, or to what extent.  Most bc's in the late 70's had the yellow roofs with red letter signs.

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This was the last known sign. It was still standing until 1996. 

Please see the Bedford page and look at the pleasers sign they had, they changed it to a pleasers sign using the bottom parts.

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Anyone having any information on the old Cookeville TN Burger Chef, please e-mail me, I'd like to put a current picture(s) with these, PLEASE. -  Kyle Captofd@aol.com