3. Bob’s Big Boy

Bob’s Big Boy was a restaurant chain that was founded in Southern California in 1926. The chain was originally called “Bob’s Pantry.” Now, the chain is defunct, but the parent company, Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant Group, is still around. Only five Big Boy restaurants exist today.

The company had some pretty serious publicity problems. In Los Angeles, the West LA location was the site of one of the worst crimes of 1980, when robbers forced eleven people into the freezer, killing three and stealing $1,700. Ten years later, there would be another murder at the location.