Indianapolis, IN

1300 West 16th Street

 

This was the site of the very first Burger Chef!  The original building is gone; Graybar Electric Company now operates on the site.  Read more about this location at Pilgrimages.

--R.T.

3201 W 16th Street

Posted by: Robby | August 23, 2006 at 08:54 PM

1318 W. 18th Street

You can see a picture of this Burger Chef's opening day at Lost Indiana.  This location is now a Hardee's.

--R.T.

6021 E 38th Street

Posted by: Robby | August 23, 2006 at 08:54 PM

6132 Allisonville Road

This store had a railroad-themed interior since the store was close to a set of tracks.

--R.T.

5725 Crawfordsville Road

This is the location at which the notorious Speedway Burger Chef Murders occurred back in 1978.  The crime remains unsolved; and the site is now occupied by an appliance store.  Pictures of this site can be found on Lost Indiana.

--R.T.

There was a Burger Chef in Speedway, where the infamous Burger Chef Murders rocked Indiana back in 1978. I remember it being all over the news as a small kid. I still own a red Burger Chef Frisbee...has to be from the 1970s. Fond memories of the Big Shef, Super Shef, Top Shef sandwiches. In 2002, Hardee's brought back the Big Shef, the double decker that preceeded McDonald's Big Mac, and it had the sauce similar to what I remember, but there will never be any way to duplicate the old days.

Posted by: Matt Hancock | July 31, 2006 at 05:28 PM

Growing up in Speedway In. I will never forget the Burger Chef murders that happened at the Crawfordsville Road location in Speedway. I was a classmate of one of the victims, (Mark Flemonds.) Mark was one of the first Black kids to go to Speedway High School.  He was a great guy who got along with everybody. If I remember correctly he was not even supposed to work that night but was filling in for another of our classmates who wanted off that night.  I remember when they found the bodies out in the country, 3 of them were face down in the dirt and were shot in the back of the head, Mark was found several hundred feet away, and it was determined he was able to run away from them, but ran straight into a tree.  Mark was on the track team, and was a hell of a runner.  It still brings chills to me when I think of Mark running through a pitch black woods and he is possibly thinking to himself that he has gotten away and he could survive this ordeal and then "Boom" he runs face into a tree, and the tree is what ultimately takes his life. The Murders have went unsolved, I don't think that location ever reopened as a Burger Chef, I remember that when it was a Hardees it never did much business at that location and then moved to a new location down the street.

Unfortunately those are my main Burger Chef memories, sorry they are not as nice as most of the others, I still have all of the original press clippings from it, My Mom Liked to save everything back then.

Posted by: Eric Cottongim | August 04, 2007 at 10:45 PM

3735 Martin Luther King Dr.

Read more about this site and see more pictures at Pilgrimages.  Also, I think this may be the former 2735 Northwestern Avenue location (The street changed names in 1985.)  Anyone know for sure?

--R.T.

Michigan Road

This is the store where Brett Kimberlan claimed to have sold nickle bags of pot to Dan Quayle.  Read more here.

--R.T.

2735 Northwestern Avenue

Owned and operated by Herman Taylor, this location sponsored the Burger Chef Stars youth basketball team.  The Indiana Historical Society has a picture, taken November 27, 1973, of the team posing at this location.  You can see it here.  Also, I think this may be the same as the 3735 Martin Luther King Dr. location.  (The name switched from Northwestern to MLK in 1985.)  Anyone know for sure?

--R.T

Pendleton Pike

The Burger Chef restaurant I knew best was near the southeast corner of Franklin Road and Pendleton Pike in Lawrence (Indianapolis). It was always a treat when my brother and I along with our 8 cousins (one family!) would all pile into my aunt's station wagon to go for hamburgers. A really special outing included a stop at the Towne Club bottling plant a block or so down the street. The outside of this particular Burger Chef restaurant had a black stone decorative wall base (pumice?) about 2 feet high around its foundation. These rocks were extremely sharp and I remember cutting my foot quite badly one day when I accidentally kicked the wall while barefoot.

Posted by: christopher bolander | December 19, 2006 at 08:28 AM

Shadeland & 10th Street

There was a Burger Chef at Shadeland and 10th street on the eastside. I remember my grandmother always taking us three boys there after swim lessons at the YMCA. Man was it good!!

Posted by: Jeff Kemp | April 22, 2007 at 10:21 AM

Sherman Drive

I rememer going to the one on Sherman Drive in Brightwood every Friday night to eat dinner when I was a kid it was the the best food around. I miss it.

Posted by: ron herring | July 03, 2008 at 01:02 PM

6 E. Washington

There are several great pictures of this site.  Check out Lost Indiana for pictures taken in 1967 and 2002 (shortly before the building was demolished.)  There's also a color photo of the store at Burger Chef Memories.

--R.T.

1708 E. Washington

Posted by: Robby | August 23, 2006 at 08:54 PM

8826 E. Washington

3127 W. Washington

Does anyone remember a Burger Chef manager in Indianapolis at the West Washington St. or Tibbs location? His name was Wes -something. It would have been around 1964. Thanks for any information.

Posted by: Dee | June 22, 2006 at 11:14 PM

Comments

[R.T.]

Does anyone remember a Burger Chef manager in Indianapolis at the West Washington St. or Tibbs location? His name was Wes -something. It would have been around 1964. Thanks for any information.

[christopher bolander]

The Burger Chef restaurant I knew best was near the southeast corner of Franklin Road and Pendleton Pike in Lawrence (Indianapolis). It was always a treat when my brother and I along with our 8 cousins (one family!) would all pile into my aunt's station wagon to go for hamburgers. A realy special outing included a stop at the Towne Club bottling plant a block or down the street. The outside of this particular Burger Chef restaurant had a black stone decorative wall base (pumice?) about 2 feet high around its foundation. These rocks were extremely sharp and I remember cutting my foot quite badly one day when I accidentally kicked the wall while barefoot.

[Jeff Kemp]

There was a Burger Chef at Shadeland and 10th street on the eastside. I remember my grandmother always taking us three boys there after swim lessons at the YMCA. Man was it good!!

[ron herring]

why is the one on sherman dr in brightwood not shown i rememer going there every fri night to eat dinner when we was a kid it was the the best food around i miss it

[chris]

i remember the broad ripple location on 62nd street near glendale mall...i was bummed that i never collected all of the fun meal village, as my cousins in crawfordsville had most of them, including the mat

[Tom Tyler]

I worked at the Indianapolis store on E. 62 St. near the Glendale mall around 1963. I was 15 when I started. There was an arcade just behind the store. Man, I loved those burgers. I still remember the manager but am not sure about his name. Mel? He bought a new 1963 Corvette split window coupe. He would not let me drive it to the prom at Chatard High!

[Paul]

Here is a former Burger Chef on East Washington, but the address isn't listed on this site. (5718 East Washington)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobycat/4046002749/in/set-72157622390498042/