Biggest problem was weekend mornings. That was before there were any McDonalds in Queens. There was a Wetsons on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore back in the 60s. Hey, those feet, do you put your feet on the furniture at your home??. Me, being all of 8 years old thought I should get two burgers as well. They specialize in hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, and milkshakes. It closed when they moved to the southwest corner of Sunrise & Rockaway Ave. They were much better than Jack In The Box! I remember laughing with my friends siting on the curb next to my Moms brand new blue Ford Falcon while eating fries and feeding the sparrows. I recall paying 15 cents for a burger & 10 cents for fries. Beginning hourly rate was $1.50 I believe and received an increase every time I relocated. The music from the 60s and 70s was the best. It was a special treat to go there and I remember how I just loved their burgers! I remember getting hamburger, fries and coke for less than $.50, I was just telling my wife about Wetsons at Queens Blvd ans Woodhaven Blvd. Compare Wetsons to McDonalds Wetsons used to sell real fried chicken while McDonalds sold chicken mcnuggets. Lived on Bell Air Rd in SI. Two brothers from Europe that made their own wonderful ice cream . Our menu includes hamburgers, cheeseburgers, Mexican Cuisine, All Day Breakfast and More! I thought the manager was going to turn blue. Errol who was a POS had married one of the Hemingway daughters, Didnt last long as was expected. As a kid I know I ate there but people I talk to dont remember it.. Food was good. Here are photos of burger places past, from my personal collection. and The Wetson Burger always a part of thoes good times. Any memories? and Levittown Parkway it is part of history.and everyone I talk to say the samething. His elderly father would drop the fries. I remember the one at the corner of Oceanside Rd and Sunrise Hwy in Rockville Centre. Someone else asked this before but I didnt see a response; hope somebody knows. During the summer of 1967, at age 9, I took swimming lessons at the Bayshore Motel, which was about 200 yards or so from the Wetsons. It is not on the list of locations. Forgot the one on Braddock Avenue and Hillside Ave in Queens Village. 3101 Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405. I regret not trying longer I miss driving by those orange rings. Taught teamwork but the manager liked to drink at the bar directly in back of the store. I remember going to the one in Valley Stream on Sunrise Highway at night for a snackon the way home from family outings in the city. Delicious!!! Wetson's was known for its signature burger, the "Big W", as well as 15-cent burgers, 10-cent fries, and the slogans "Look for the Orange Circles" and "Buy a bagful",[1] phrases similar to the McDonald's slogan "Look for the Golden Arches" and White Castle's "Buy 'em by the sack". Best food in the world the best times we were actually a family and I remember a lot of the guys that used to work there. There is a Tach Hell there now. I believe there was the Glen and the Town theaters. He and the other guy putting the burgers together had competitions every day who could swat the most flies per burger. Two men from Valley Stream, Harold Norbitz and Carl Wetanson (a popular race car driver on the Island) visited a McDonalds in Chicago, were impressed by the concept, and decided to duplicate it in New York, hopefully before the Golden Arches made their inevitable entrance into the local market. The drug was created to treat rheumatoid arthritis and gout over 60 . Unforgettable burger. There was a location not listed, in Co-Op City on the junction of Tillotson Ave and Baychester Ave. It was right between the Town and Glen Both ended up becoming police officers also. I can remember Sister Angelica telling us not phenybutazone, is a painkiller and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) used on horses and considered harmful to humans if ingested. every now and then I think about when I was a kid my friends and my family, and all the good times we had. Tweet Share Pin It Add Email. Starting to sound like my parents when I was young when they told me about their good old days when everything cost a nickellol!! It was torn down and turned into a carpet store and still was before I left for the Navy in 82. So many have come and gone. Dad used to take us there as a treat when wed been really good. There was a bank there for a while, then a daycare center. The total years of both and they are still selling burgers and fries at that location. Was a great time. Then in 1975 a member of that family started another chain named TACO RICO. The site has been a DD for quite a while now. Next town going East is Valley Stream. At least I can conclude this article with this little glimmer of hope a few years ago, National Food Brands bought the rights to the Wetsons name. Thank you Weston . Wetson's was an American fast food hamburger chain that existed from 1959 to 1975. i still own pictures and a plastic hand puppet of wetsons. Ive just learned about Wetsons and love the architecture of the buildings. After every win we got 2 burgers fries and a soda. I Love The Hamburger And The Pickles Was Very Tasty. Lots of copycat burger recipes from fast food to upscale restaurants. In Freeport by the Freeport Theatre and the LIRR. The super burger smhsmh still to this day the best tasting burger Ive had in my life . He had an interesting and creative 10 year business plan. Wish I could take my kids w me and show them how it used to be. We used to work 40 to 50 hours a week back than unheard of these days for a high school kid. He lived in Freeport. Posted by unclekipsy at 1:26 pm (PST) on Mon November 10, 2014 ; Mom would take us to Wetson's..somewhere in Queens. Up the road was Pine Brook Racetrack. Funny now looking back. Use to live on the Wetson and White Castle burgers that were across the street from one another on the border of where Hempstead met West Hempstead. I think we had a total of 43 stores when i left Wetsons. the burger joint was razed in 1976 and there I remember Nathans on Sunrise highway worked there as well. Sponsored. I was just telling my husband that one of my best memories of Brooklyn was going to Wetsons with my godbrothers, godparents and my parents. you missed the one on Jericho Turnpike just east of New Hyde Park Road. Maybe they should have called me the closer. Hempstead, NY Fulton Ave. Believe it or not it was a union job. The farmers engaged largely in the production of milk to supply the Newark market, and considerable quantities of butter, eggs, poultry, pork, beef, hay and straw were produced for market. What a perfect day! .. We went to the Bayshore, Long Island NY one and sometimes the Freeport NY one. I remember one in Bellport, NY on Station Road off of Montauk Highway. I remember a Wetsons in Levittown, NY, on the North side of Hempstead Turnpike in the late 50s and early 60s. Thank you for your research. I worked on the one on Penn and Stanley ave. What happened to Jimmy and his pops The one on Penn and Stanley, worked there for 2 yrs as a teen. At least the burgers and fries tasted like real food. How about Meyers Ice Cream on Jamaica Ave. ? This one was the one I was most familiar with for it was on the way to my school and also because it my fathers favorite burger place. I worked at that one in the early 70s. $.20/burger at that time. During that summer was promoted to manager by relocating as district manager requested. Then there was Hubie Burger with seeds on their buns. Brooklyn, NY Bay Parkway and Shore Parkway (now Wendys) YUP. Remember it very well. Actually, the one in Valley Stream was on Sunrise Highway east of Green Acres. I remember one in Franklin Square, LI, in between the towns of West Hempstead and Elmont on Hempstead Turnpike. My parents brought him to the Lake Grove Wetsons instead. My bro worked there its first summer cutting the fries. WETSON'S HAMBURGERS-BUY A BAGFUL-NEW YORK CITY-ORIGINAL 1950s ERA DRINK CUP Wetson's Hamburger Buy A Bagful 1960-era lPaper Cup Long Island New York 1968 WETSON'S HAMBURGERS CHEESEBURGER SALE AD 4" X 10" Newspaper Clipping M262 WETSON'S HAMBURGERS-BUY A BAGFUL-VINTAGE 1960s ERA UNUSED BEVERAGE CUP Spent many a summer there with family. I begged for one for Christmas one year. I still remember the Hazlet location on Hwy. The Wetsons on Empire and Flatbush became a Nathans around 1976. Thanks again! Thank you so much for posting this! Today it is the site of Valley Stream Honda Pre Owned. Does anyone remember the Dublin Pub in New Hyde Park one of my favorite places to go on the weekends as a young adult of 18-21.Yes the memories. I grew up on 48th between Broadway and Northern Blvd, down the street from Bryant HS. He couldnt read at the time so he didnt know any better. LOL!!! He got his hamburger and a server (not me) tried to help him with a plugged ketchup bottle. Nothing was microwaved. The chain started growing in popularity by the 1960s, and it became a culinary mainstay, with its slogan "Everybody goes to Gino's." Gino's Hamburgers Having grown up working in his father Carl Wetansons restaurants, Herb was drawn to this new and unique style of what would later become known as a "fast food" restaurant. Mine was: Valley Stream, NY Sunrise Highway at Rockaway Ave. (demolished). 29;000 pounds of meat, which is. It also was a Nathans and an Arthur Treachers fish and chips!! In the US and the UK Bute has been shown to cause the suppression of white blood cell production; as well as aplastic anemia. My first job.. remember cutting and blanching fresh potatoes each morning into French Fries , Weston made the best double cheeseburgers on Long Island they melted the cheese I came all the way from queens to go to the Westons in Hicksville between old country rd. There was a Kid named Stevie that worked there also and one morning before the Mgr. Then I got a job at Hicksville location until they closed. Does anyone remember the pizza, .15, the slices were huge and loaded with fresh chewy. There was also a Carvel nearby on the same side of Sunrise. Remove burgers with a sturdy metal spatula and transfer to a plate. & Jericho Tpke, Bellerose, N.Y. Late 60s, early 70s, remember burgers 10 cents, anybody remember location and price, just down the block from original High Class Pizza and Pizza Hut which I remember turned into a used car dealer. The fries were addictive. We used a tumbler/peeler to peel the potatoes for the fries, while the new one used frozen fries. I also had the pleasure of meeting Errol Wetson at Au Bar in NYC on night. What a great resource! Valley Stream Westons was not at Rockaway Ave. The original Valley Stream Wetsons was on Sunrise Hwy between Stewart Pl. Ah memories. Six days a week front 1 A.M. to 8 choppers chop, mixers mix, grinders grind and 15 pattty machines turn out 150,000 hamburgers at Schloesser Weingarten. It is now a Top Banana, which is a combination bodega and pizza parlor (dont ask!). They seemed tremendous to me at the time. ESTATE AUCTION The Late Errol Wetanson. We used to go to one near the Crossbay Theater in Queens when we were kids. Clipping found in Daily News in New York, New York on Nov 15, 1964. wetsons locations 1964 I remember going to the Bay Shore, Long Island location in 1966 with my mom in her red VW bug. The Food Was Excellent. Wetson's 20 Hempstead Avenue West Hempstead Long Island, New York. I believe it was sold and became an adult store then an auto parts store. every day on the way home from CCNY, I would have a fish fillet, fries and a drink while waiting for my bus. Co-Founder of Wetson's Burgers. an office building with store fronts. The entire university shut down for a week. Then youd put each potato into a slicer, water them down, and fry them. Wetson's Long Island-native Herb Wetanson was inspired to found Wetson's after seeing McDonald's while on a roadtrip out west. Thanks for sharing, My dad woul take us there on Fridays about 4:00pm, as soon as he got off work and had the 65 panel truck loaded up to head upstate to the cabin. Glen Cove NY, Glen St. Later on a putt putt went up not far from there. we lived only a couple of blocks away. They were all diesel powered. Staten Island, NY Hylan Boulevard and Burgher Avenue (now an auto parts store) There was another Wetsons on Staten Island, on Richmond Ave and the Pathmark shopping Center. This was in the early 1960s. Known for selling nutrition-focused meals, this chain served burgers with lean beef, high-fiber buns, and low-calorie cheese. I loved The Place, Broke my heart when they converted to Nathans. As a high school student, My hands-down favorite candy bar as a little kid. At its peak the Wetson's chain comprised over 70 restaurants. I wish that wasnt the case, and hope that if you have any old photos, you consider sharing them with the site. So glad this article was written. I grew up out there and the building looks like it could have been one. Do any still exist or have they all been demolished? Still McDonalds since 1975. IT was a short cut from our house in Rolling Woods. Except I do remember the manager Gus was constantly scolding any of the customers who had there feet up on the benches of the eating booths. In 1959, the fast food giant of the West Coast, McDonalds, had yet to open any restaurants in the New York area. That would very often be a treat lunch my Dad would pick up and drop off at John H West Elementary for me to have for lunch..yup those burgers were GREAT! There was one in Teaneck NJ, on Teaneck Rd. I was inspired by a local Police Officer that occasionally stopped by to take the Nassau County Police Officer test. Wetson's was an American fast food hamburger chain that existed from 1959 to 1975. That location had been several burger joints. Knowing we would probably get jumped, we tried to ride away but were jumped and overcome and our bikes were taken, all while a crowded street of adults stood by and did nothing. In Rockville Centre during high school and have such great memories of that place! You may know thisalmost all the Wetsons locations were sold to the new fast food chain.McDonalds. I thought I herd a buzzing sound, I lifted the bread it flew away. Those buses ran on overhead electric wires . While on a road trip to San Bernardino, California, Herb happened to stop by the original McDonald's Hamburger Drive In restaurant, owned and operated by the McDonald brothers. The restaurants history is brief, slayed mercilessly during the fast food wars of the 1970s. there used to be a wetsons in Glen Cove , between two movie theaters. It was called Titus Oaks. Great memories. 1960-The nights were spent in Wetsons parking lot waiting for a race. Employment Application; If I remember correctly there were a couple of Items I could get at Wetsons but not at McDonalds. Anyone remember the Westons sponsored race care at Freeport Speedway in 1960s- orange and black I believe. It's now a Dunkin' Donuts. in Ozone Park .The big W was better than the big Mac.What great times.Then,in 1971 we moved to Paramus,I dont remember the one on route 17 south that became the Stage deli.I do remember the Stage.There was also one on Essex St in Lodi,right off route 17&route 80.That,as the one in Ozone park,became a Nathans.Then,Ozone park became a DD.Id kill for that place now!! The one in Rosedale was on Sunrise and Hook Creek. I too used to eat at the Bethpage location in the 60s. Researched this online but cant find any info on where in Bridgeport Wetsons was located. My mom said be sure to get one for Ginger, but hold the pickle. Being from a family of EMT FDNY and the NY POLICE DEPARTMENT you could always find a White Castle. As soon as it was finished, we would cut out on Fridays to buy lunch there. to bad it no longer exlst . Funny on how reading this article I can still taste them today. I always made my mother scrape off the onions back then.not now. Their used to be one located in Lynbrook LINY. Total loser with no redeeming value.. Who replaced Wetsons on Empire Blvd and Flatbush Avenue? there was everything in that little lot on Northern Blv. Does Levittown Parkway go right into the parking lot entrance if you keep going straight? Theres a strip shopping center on the site now. (3) Imex Model Co # imx6321 $13.39 ADD TO CART WISH LIST Trust 1000's of Reviews on Hobbylinc.com Industry Leading Loyalty Program Buy - Earn - Save Website security verified by GoDaddy. LOL. Damn Burger King and McDonalds ruined Wetsons and put it out of business Howard Johnsons Thanks for the memories. Does anyone else remember it? Also check out the other pages. Think White Castle in Hempstead was the only other fast food burger place around at the time. Hamburgers w/onions & pickles w/fries, oh my. Things just seemed so different back in 70s. He passed by me and nodded, I nodded back. We had lunch there almost daily. In 1975 Wetson's fast-food restaurants were converted into Nathan's Famous restaurants. In Roslyn, NY. I was a junior at Stony Brook and lived on campus. I also worked in the Lawrence Wetsons after high school for about a year. The chain struggled against the ever-growing McDonald's and Burger King brands. WETSON'S Status 700 - Registered Status Date 2016-10-25 Filing Date 2014-07-28 Registration Number 5069141 Registration Date 2016-10-25 Mark Drawing 4000 - Standard character mark Typeset Published for Opposition Date 2014-12-23 Attorney Name Pina Campagna Law Office Assigned Location Code L50 Employee Name MCPHERSON RAYBURN, SHA Statements I remember the one in Teaneck, N.J. Years later I had the pleasure of meeting Errol Wetson one night at Au Bar in New York City, N.Y. A perfect gentleman with so much charisma! . You would pull into the lot and before you could park some kid would flip open your hood to see what engine you were running! Just one thing wrong with the list up top..Bay Shore, (not West Islip) had to Wetsonsthe one on Sunrise Highway & Pine Drive was in Bay Shore, and was a very interesting location due to its place near number one, Gardner Manor Shopping Center, & number two, that any traffic coming from Bay Shore Road from points west, was detoured to a short stretch of Pine Drive, then east on Sunrise Highway to Howells Road to continue to Downtown Bay Shore or points east.a VERY BUSY intersection. The main kitchen staff person was a very nice woman by the name of Gladys. Grew up in Garden City and remember 1967 grad year driving to the Wetson off of Hempstead Tpk in West Hempstead near Kleins, LOVED THEIR FRENCH FRIES! Bought some turntables at the Fordham road (Bronx) location when I was 14. Staten Island, NY Forest Avenue (converted into an Italian deli) from street hemis to all sorts of things on trailers waiting. I may be wrong but I seem to remember their cheeseburger cost 5 cents more. Glen Cove Wetsons was razed & the current McDonalds was built in its place in 1975, not an office building (I worked in the new McDonalds in 75). Wetsons Hamburgers Assembled Perma-Scene This is the N Scale IMEX Perma-Scene Built-Up Wetson's Building. I use to attend Louis pasteur jhs 67 in Little neck ny at lunch some of us ran down the hill to get those super burgers and get back to school on time. I remember the New Hyde Park Rd location in the 1970s. The Jamaica location is now a fruit stand, assuming youre talking about the location that was at Hillside Avenue and Hollis Court Blvd. Westons , Lake Success, New Hyde Park, near Sperry Gyroscope (my aunt was an engineer) and LI Jewish Hospital! Everything was different then. After closing they built a bank at the original location. Any suggestions??? West islip. We ate there too often and we looked like we did. Now to get my fix I go to All Americans in Massapequa when on Long Island. Wish we could go back in time to do it all again and relive our youth. Great memories. I remember Wetsons at Sunrise and Horton Ave. Am I wrong? Any Chance the Slo Jacks in Hampton Bays was a Wetsons? My classmates watched it go up when we were in 6th grade. Wetsons,Jack-in-the Box, White Castles, the best fast food hamburger resturants ever and I mean ever. I remember the Westons on Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, by Korvettes shopping center, as a kid in the 70s, in fact met a guy, at Villa Baglieri, Italian dude ranch, upstate, NY, who served as a double for the wrestler Ivan Putsky, who told us some interesting stories about the place and some special serving methods they employed. Here you will find the best burger recipes including classic hamburgers, sliders, cheeseburgers, and more! in Roslyn. to go anywhere near Wetsons it was evil. Thank you for sharing all of those wonderful memories and thank you for helping to keep people safe for all those years. Sale Description. I went to the one in Bayshore. Dont remember too much else about Westons but the fries were good. Rego Park, NY Woodhaven Boulevard and 63rd Drive (now Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins) O, the good old days! .15 cent burgers at Wetsons, .12 cent burgers at White Castle(where when my father would drive up.hed roll down the window half wayand the waitress would roller skate up to the car with a tray that hung on the window)they also had a Sabaret hot dog stand that sold .25 dogs(with everything)(close by). They offered to have it cleaned but Lombardo took it in stride and said he would take care of it. I lived one block away. In a further nod to McDonald's, Wetson's presented two mascots, Wetty and Sonny, who were, you guessed it, clowns. Shop wetsons hamburgers t-shirts created by independent artists from around the globe. Recognizing that the Levittown area of Long Island shared a similar post-war demographic to that of San Bernardino, he found a closed Mayflower coffee and donut shop in that town and, along with his younger brother Errol Wetanson, in 1959 at this location opened the first Wetson's. Wetsons Hylan & Burger Ave Friday and Saturday Night.. $$$$$$$. I have had the Nestle Aero bar,. The company operates Checkers and Rally's restaurants in 28 states, and the District of Columbia. Best cheese burgers ever at Wetsons. Great times! The older one had better food, service and personel. also there was one on hempstead Tpk.Levittown, Lake Grove Long Island. Now it is a Honda dealership. yup!!!!!!!! Good old days! Westchester Burger Company 337 $$ "and mozzarella & bacon. The runzas sold by the Runza restaurant chain are rectangular while many of the bierocks sold in Kansas are . that is correct. My. The chain was operating over 100 restaurants by 1985, but after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, by 1987 the company sold 90% of its locations to Hardee's and soon rebranded. I worked at the Syosset Wetsons on Jericho Turnpike in 1966. Today there would be a lawsuit. Really wish I had a time machine. We used to walk to the New Hyde Park Wetsons a little over a mile away. 1. At its peak, Wetson's had approximately 70 locations in the greater New York metropolitan area. Runzas can be baked into various shapes such as a half-moon, a rectangle, a round (bun), a square, or a triangle. There were 2 Wetsons in Bridgeport CT wetson's hamburgers menu. Something so fun about eating in the back seat of the car, all smushed together before the days of seat belts. We had one in New Hyde Park, and Franklin Square. A perfect gentleman. Long Island,Sunrise Hwy with friends. Nice to meet you you all. The one shes lists was @ 144th St. and Hillside Ave. It wasnt on Rockaway and Sunsrise Highway, it was on Brooklyn Ave at the intersection Sunrise Highway across the street Friday evening, after the last day of the school year!, time to get the band new Ked sneakers for Summer fun, Jones Beach,, Coney Island, Rockaway Playland, Rye Playland (steeplechase Merry go round, fun house the big spinning slinging wooden disc!). Brings back some old memories. I worked in many of the stores within 20 miles of Valley stream. It was the last/first stop on the B-57 bus. THIS IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. It was the first fast food I ever had, at age 4. It Preceeded McDonalds in the Greater NY area. The first Original Pancake House opened in 1953 in Portland, Oregon, by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke, who collected recipes for their restaurant from around the world. Was there ever a Wetsons located on Flatlands Ave off Ralph Ave. , Brooklyn. When we got home my fiance was holding the bag. its a real shame that the kids today cant experience Wetson Burger. I grew up in Franklin Square and my mother often gave me money to go to Wetsons on Hempstead turnpike between the burger, fries and chocolate shakes it was the best. I recall the restaurant managers name was Gus, with a very long Greek surname that I cant recall exactly. Jamaica, NY Hillside Ave (now a car dealership). Don't forget to try our made-to-order sides, like fresh-cut fries and double beer-battered onion rings or our delicious frozen custard desserts. It was a free standing unit. Married to the love of his life Viviane Ventura, Actress and Socialite. Loved the burgers. It brought a tear or two, missing my dad who used to take me there. Whatever happened to that? Pine Brook, NJ Route 46 & Hook Mountain Road We also serve premium Wagyu beef, cage-free chicken, award-winning VegeFi Burger, Beyond Meat Burger and more. Great memories at Bethpage location best fries and burgers then go next door to jolly Rogers always a treat. The one in VS was on Sunrise Hgwy and Rockaway. FYI> The Texas BBQ place on Junction BLVD in Rego Park, Queens used to have (& may still have) some giant poster sized pics of the Wetson Burger places of old (due to same ownership)..Me also thinks that there may have been one on the Queens side of the Triboro Bridge (now RFK) @ Eastbound service road somewhere (or maybe not)..JMcH. Either way, fond memories of this historic fast food chain. Absolutely correct. Our menu is inspired by real family dishes from the Wahlberg kitchen, recreated by Chef Paul with a delicious twist on your favorite homestyle classics. Still, amongst those who had the pleasure, it remains one of the most fondly remembered burger joints from the era. I remember the Wetsons in Bethpage on Hempstead Turnpike across the road from the Pergments Department Store & Miles Shoe Store and next door to the Jolly Rogers Playland. There was a Wetsons on Flushing Avenue in Ridgewood Queens not listed. Allow to rest for several minutes, then transfer to buns. My family would take us to Wetsons Stamford ,conn . I ate so many burgers they called me Wimpy. Thanks for the memories. I was a little kid and have a distinct memory of going to that Wetsons after going to the south shore mall with my mother. We used to go there after the drive-in movies in Westbury. It apparently didn't help much. What a disaster. Rax Roast Beef is a regional U.S. fast food restaurant chain specializing in roast beef sandwiches. I raced home to tell my siblings, Left out the Wetsons on Glen Street in Glen Cove, NY between the two theaters, I used to LOVE Wetsons! Was the All-American Burger on Merrick Road in Massapequa originally a Wetsons? 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