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Denny's was founded by Harold Butler and Richard Jezak in 1953, who opened Danny's Donuts in Lakewood, California, in 1954. [4] . 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.
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...
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 and Lakewood resident Harold Butler began Danny's in 1953 by first attending "doughnut school," according to Nancy Jezak-Grgas, Jezak's daughter. Butler and Jezak opened their modest, 900-square foot coffee and doughnut shop in 1954 at the intersection of Bellflower and Del Amo boulevards in the newly incorporated Lakewood.
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.
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May 20, 1994 · Richard Arthur Jezak. Birth. 29 Mar 1920. New York, USA. Death. 20 May 1994 (aged 74) Garden Grove, Orange County, California, USA. Burial. Burial Details Unknown Add to Map.
Oct 14, 2013 · Founders Richard Jezak and Harold Butler probably didn’t anticipate the massive expansion they’d soon see when they set up the first “Danny’s Donuts” in 1953 in Lakewood, California. Butler said of his start-up in the beginning, “We’re going to serve the best cup of coffee; make the best doughnuts; give the best service; keep ...
