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VILLAGE INN PANCAKE HOUSE RESTAURANT
VILLAGE INN PANCAKE HOUSE RESTAURANT. In 1958 the first Village Inn Pancake House opened in Denver, Colorado. Frnchise requests inspired co-founders Merton "Andy" Anderson and Jim Mola to place an ad in The Wall Street Journal for prospective franchisees. Soon after, the first Village Inn franchise started operating in 1961.
The 1980's were years of growth and transition for Village Inn. Early in the decade the company incorporated, changed its name to VICORP Restaurants, Inc. and became a publicly traded company. In the late 1980s, Village Inn Pancake House changed its moniker to Village Inn Restaurants to reflect the addition of home-style lunch and dinner offerings to our traditional breakfast fare.
Village Inn is concentrated in the Rocky Mountain region, the Midwest, Arizona, Florida, and our newest region, Texas.
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Village Inn website: http://www.villageinn.com/about/history.php
The 1977 through 2013 Dubuque City Directory listed 1940 John F. Kennedy Road.