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Oct 23, 2022 · In 1953, Denny’s founders Harold Butler and Richard Jezak opened up a coffee-and-doughnut shop in Lakewood, California, called Danny’s — Danny’s Donuts, specifically — and worked to open ...
Denny's was founded by Harold Butler and Richard Jezak in 1953, who opened Danny's Donuts in Lakewood, California, in 1954. In 1956, a year after Jezak departed from the six-store chain, Butler changed the concept, shifting it from a donut shop to a coffee shop with store No. 8.
When Richard Arthur Jezak was born on 29 March 1920, in New York, United States, his father, Joseph Felix Jezak, was 29 and his mother, Pelagia Zachmyc, was 27. He married Frances Louise Bedford on 9 October 1945, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
co-founder of the Denny's Restaurant Chain.
Dec 8, 2016 · In 1953, Butler and partner Richard Jezak opened Danny’s Donuts in the small town of Lakewood, California. “I put my last $50 into that first doughnut shop,” Butler recalled years later. According to the Los Angeles Times, Butler’s first years in SoCal were filled with ups and downs:
Jan 20, 2014 · Richard Jezak left the partnership in its early years, tired of the constant traveling as Denny's expanded throughout the West. Harold Butler grew the chain, spun off Winchell's Donut Houses, and tried to parlay fast food into ownership of the Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas.
Since 1953. Our History. 1953. Harold Butler and Richard Jezak open Danny’s Donuts in Lakewood, CA.
Jan 26, 2021 · The chain that now calls itself “America’s diner” started modestly in 1953. Harold Butler and Richard Jezak opened a donut stand in Lakewood, California, and called it “Danny’s Donuts.”
Jul 9, 2021 · In 1953, Harold Butler and Richard Jezak founded Danny’s Donuts in Lakewood, CA. Danny’s became Denny’s to avoid confusion with Coffee Dan’s in 1961. The chain went international in 1967. Fortune...
Denny's was founded by Harold Butler and Richard Jezak, who opened Danny's Donuts in Lakewood, California in 1953. 1956. In 1956, a year after Jezak's departure from the 6-store chain, Butler changed the concept, shifting it from a donut shop to a coffee shop with store No. 1959.
