An elderly woman walked into a new Big Boy restaurant on Grand River Avenue in Farmington and explained she met her husband at an eatery in the chain about 80 years ago. He’s gone now, the woman ...

But instead of the classic red and white checkered overalls, Big Boy will sport, of course, ... Founded in 1936, there are 57 Big Boy restaurants across six states, including Michigan.

Football fans who are fans of Big Boy burgers and Slim Jim sandwiches will find them -- and a Big Boy statue, too -- at the Big House in Ann Arbor.

The new concession stand also features a Big Boy statue decked out in maize and blue attire, rather than his traditional red-and-white checkered overalls. “Big Boy and Michigan Athletics are two ...

The Big Boy restaurant chain’s iconic overalls-wearing mascot used to be an ubiquitous sight across the U.S. — especially here in the Detroit area, where the nearly 90-year-old company is ...

Kip’s Big Boy had two restaurants in Wichita in the 1970s and 1980s. ... In 1985, the Big Boy chain asked customers to vote whether the overalls-wearing mascot should stay or go.

Big Boy, the hamburger-carrying mascot of the fast-food chain with the same name, is throwing in the towel (or rather the checkered overalls) to make way for a new girl in town named Dolly. Well ...