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Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:06 am
by kid1955
This was my first burger place that I used MY money to buy a hamburger! My family had been driving up to the McDonalds on Shields and Blackstone for the occasional dinner menu change, I guess that is where I got my first taste of fast food burgers. When I started Sierra Jr. High, I convinced my best friend to occasionally go without spending our lunch money at the cafeteria and instead, drop by Burger Chef on the way home from school. The campus was closed to leaving for lunch so that was our only option if we wanted to buy our own burger. We would have to eat dinner with the family in a couple of hours after school but we always had room for both. I found a couple of pictures of the way the restaurant used to look. I’m not sure when it actually closed. The first picture is how the sign looked from Cedar and the next one is representative of the layout with the central front door as the only entrance.

The only bad thing about the place is that since it was central to both McLane students as well as Sierra Jr. High students and that must of been the reason that there where a lot of fist fights there. I remember one huge one in particular that I got caught in, sad really. Of course by today's standards, nobody ever got shot so I guess it was only minor disturbances. But tell that to the tooth I got knocked out. However, the burgers and french fries were great.

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:04 am
by Big J
Oh fantastic. Where was this place, actually, on Cedar whereabouts?

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:52 am
by a58pacer
Twelve cent hamburgers! That's what I remember best about burger chef. Plus the hamburger grill assembly line, where the raw patties went into the fire on a conveyor belt, and came out the other end ready for the bun. On Cedar between Shields and Dakota, IIRC. Pacer

*Note from admin: Newspaper clipping added from 1968 showing Burger Chef ad.

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:53 pm
by Big J
So is this where the Foster's in now over there?

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:25 pm
by sjvalleydave
It was where the KFC is..East side of Cedar, near Fountain Way, just North of the old DiCicco's...Fosters is on the West Side of Cedar

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:01 am
by fresnope
I remember they had coupons or something for 5 cent cheeseburgers. My dad let me ride my bike (Schwinn Stingray!) over there to pick up dinner. 45 years ago it was a safe part of town.

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:10 pm
by Janet Brown Thompson
What I remember about Burger Chef was that they used Miracle Whip instead of mao, that was my first taste of MW and I fell in love with it. Thanks for the memories.

Note from admin: Newspaper clipping added showing Burger Chef ad.

Re: Burger Chef next to Sierra Jr. High

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 3:33 pm
by Lost Fresno
Grand opening ad for the Cedar location!