The History of the Menches Brothers
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According to family records and hamburger lore, Frank and Charles Menches were food vendors at the Erie County Fair at Hamburg New York in the summer of 1885. They ran out of their regular fare of sausage sandwiches and reportedly had to substitute ground beef to feed the hungry masses at the fair. With their beef sandwich success, they named it after the location of the fair-and the Hamburger was born! The brothers’ success continued in their native Canton and then Akron food businesses with their invention of the rolled ice cream cone and Gee Whiz, a candy-coated popcorn and the forerunner of today’s Cracker Jack snack. The Menches Family various food businesses prospered through the turn of the century, but with the outbreak of World War I and the great depression, they found a tougher economic climate to grow. Leave it to the entrepreneurial spirit of the Menches family when great grandson and granddaughter John and Linda rediscovered the secret family recipe for the 1885 Hamburg New York Menches Brothers Hamburger and sought out a local food vendor booth at the 1991 Stark County Fair. They experienced fantastic demand for their hand rolled secret recipe Menches Hamburger and decided to rekindle the famous Menches name and set up shop in Uniontown on Massillon Road. The rest is history. Menches Brothers now has two restaurants –the original in Uniontown and the second in Massillon which is owned and operated by another Menches sibling, Tom Menches. Both restaurants currently feature the world-renown Menches Hamburger and employ about 65 people. There may be other claims to the invention of the hamburger but come here why the Menches family perfected it! To visit Menches Brothers today, visit their website at: Menches Brothers - Hamburger Restaurant in OH |
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