Gino's Hamburgers

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Hamburger Gino is a chain of fast food restaurants set up in Baltimore, Maryland, by Baltimore Colts defender Gino Marchetti and running back Alan Ameche, along with their close friend Louis Fischer, in 1957. The new group of restaurants in under the name of Gino which involved some of the principles of the original chain starting in 2010.

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History

Gino first opened in Dundalk, Maryland, just outside Baltimore; it got its official name in 1959 when the owner was invited to Colts' captain Gino Marchetti to become a partner. In 1967 Gino joined Tops Drive Inn, a chain of 18 drive-in restaurants located in Washington, D.C., area; most of the Tops locations were renamed to Gino's. In the early 1970s, the company sought to expand from the East Coast base to the midwest, but this location only operated in no time. For one location, he bought Orchestra Hall in Detroit and plans to destroy the structure to build a restaurant. When the plan becomes public, it leads to a grassroots campaign to save and restore the abandoned structure.

The chain has 359 locations belonging to the company when the Marriott Corporation acquired in 1982. Marriott stopped the brand and changed its location to the Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. The last Gino, located in Pasadena, Maryland and independently owned from Marriott, closed in 1986.

Gino also operates the Rustler Steak House chain, which was sold by Marriott shortly after the purchase of Gino.

The restaurant is famous for its hamburgers such as Sirloiner, made from sirloin steak (and was originally a staple food of Tops Drive Inn), and Gino Giant, who once started and then competed with Big Mac. The company held a franchise for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Mid-Atlantic countries. Jingle company, who played during radio commercials in the early years was "Everyone goes to Gino, because Gino is the place to go!"

The company is also known for its philanthropic efforts.

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Gino's Burgers and Chicken (2010)

Marchetti, Romano, and Fischer have opened several new Gino restaurants. Marchetti and Fischer will serve as consultants. New restaurants plan on serving burgers, chicken sandwiches, handmade fried potatoes, and handmade milkshakes. Initially, the network plans to open locations in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

The one responsible is Tom Romano, who worked for 20 years with the company, and C.O.O. in 1982 when the chain was sold. "It's obviously there is a need for better burgers out there", says Romano, citing the success of chains like Five Guys, and Gino's Burgers and Chicken have placed themselves upscale from Gino before. Gino plans to make his burgers to order from fresh beef.

Their first location opened in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, the same city as its original chain headquarters, on October 25, 2010. The plan was announced in Spring 2011 for a franchise expansion to Baltimore. On August 17, 2011, Gino's second location opened in Towson, Maryland. Another Gino opened in Bensalem, Pennsylvania on October 11, 2011.

Gino's Burgers and Chicken opened at Oriole Park on Camden Yards at the start of the Orioles season in 2012, but closed at the end of the 2014 season.

On January 22, 2013, Gino's Burgers and Chicken opened in Aberdeen, Maryland, but the location of Bensalem closed around the same time. Then, on July 9, 2013, the location of King of Prussia closed, effectively leaving the Philadelphia market. Locations in Perry Hall, Maryland, which opened on 5 March 2012, closed on 8 December 2013. The Aberdeen location closed on March 27, 2016, leaving only the locations of Towson and Glen Burnie.