Howdy Beefburgers

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (rocker0n)

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:43:57 GMT

Hello!!. In 1970 I worked at Howdy Beef Burger in the South end in New Beford Ma. I ws the cook. I still have my Howdy Shirt!!. We had a Howdy's in New Bedford Ma. Way before McDonalds,Burger Chef or Burger King. When I got paid my check had the Dunkin Donut logo on it. Howdy's were owned by DD back then.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (macpats)

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:12:58 GMT

hi all
We had a howdy's in Saco,Maine right on the river. i remember the big one was a good burger. also one Halloween they gave kids free small burger,fries and small coke. we went 3 times changing costumes each time.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (Skipcanavan)

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:20:04 GMT

Old Man

So I just watched History Detectives about a McDonalds clown suit and got me to thinking about Howdy's in Taunton Rte 44 that I would go to. Then I thought about how there was either a Burger Chef or Burger Queen near it, McDonalds down the road and a Jack In The Box on the other side of town. I remember when you went there if you were from Somerset the Taunton jocks wanted to fight you. Dighton boy, I was safe. I hung out with a friend that was a dwarf and he owned a Ford Boss 302, he had to literally slide off the seat to hit the breaks. The idea was to try to pick up girls. I am still holding my breath.
It was the first place I drank liquor, in the back parking lot. A whole bottle of Tango. To this day I still don't drink. The food was so much cheaper, but you got what you paid for.
I remember doing a Ebay search a long time ago to start collecting Howdy's stuff and there was nothing. Thanks for letting me ramble and good to see it wasn't a dream.

Old Man....I grew up in Taunton (THS Class of '80)...and loved going to Howdy's on 44. Next door was a Burger Chef and downtown we had a Carrol's which became Burger King and moved onto 44 also. The downton Tex Barry's HotDogs is still open I believe...I think it was once a large chain with only Taunton and Attleboro still open. And Tango...have not seen that since the mid-70's!

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (mjambro)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:08:29 GMT

At the East Hartford, CT location where I worked one summer, if you showed up and were ready for work 10-20 minutes early, the manager (who earned about 10 cents/ hr more than the minimum wage workers) would instruct us to clock in. It took a while before we realized he would only document the actual hours assigned. After leaving for college at the end of the summer, I went back to pick up my last paycheck. I had already been removed from the payroll, but was talked into working another shift where the manager fed me a line that he was being transferred to a location near where I was going to school and that he would compensate for the hours when I was hired at that new location. Hmm - I did take the new job, but never saw the manager or got that eight hours pay even after reporting it to the CT labor commission. I was told there was no evidence I had worked that day.

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (SCFP)

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:45:29 GMT

Yes, the Framingham (MA) locations are/were correct. I worked (VERY briefly) at the Rt. 9 site - it was near the Rt. 126 / Rt. 9 junction - while I was in high school at Framingham North.

The manager was a total a$$, whom would change the workers assigned hours DAYS after the schedule came out - and then had the nerve to get MAD at you if you missed (or were late) for a shift - AFTER he'd changed it w/o telling YOU.

Needless to say, this was the PRIME reason I left there ASAP, during the spring of '69.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (Old Man)

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:23:00 GMT

So I just watched History Detectives about a McDonalds clown suit and got me to thinking about Howdy's in Taunton Rte 44 that I would go to. Then I thought about how there was either a Burger Chef or Burger Queen near it, McDonalds down the road and a Jack In The Box on the other side of town. I remember when you went there if you were from Somerset the Taunton jocks wanted to fight you. Dighton boy, I was safe. I hung out with a friend that was a dwarf and he owned a Ford Boss 302, he had to literally slide off the seat to hit the breaks. The idea was to try to pick up girls. I am still holding my breath.
It was the first place I drank liquor, in the back parking lot. A whole bottle of Tango. To this day I still don't drink. The food was so much cheaper, but you got what you paid for.
I remember doing a Ebay search a long time ago to start collecting Howdy's stuff and there was nothing. Thanks for letting me ramble and good to see it wasn't a dream.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (Foodbme)

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:07:54 GMT

It's amazing how many new posters this thread has brought out of the woodwork on this subject. Keep Posting!

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (Skibum609)

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:44:22 GMT

The old Howdy Burger place on Rt 9 Framingham still stands and looks pretty much the same. It was Howdy's, then D'Angelos and was and still may be a Brazilian Bar B Q place. Tghe one on rte 135 was a D'Angelos for many years and the building was changed. It may be gone now.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (crisis_mid)

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:56:17 GMT

granite state packing out of new hampshre was the beefburger vendor fresh 3 days a week. beefburger and hamburger are different beefburger a little less fat

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (blaudani)

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:35:13 GMT

I used to work at the Howdy Beefburger in Lowell, MA, during the summer of 1966. I started on fries and eventually worked at the window. Think I earned $1.35 per hour. I was attending Lowell Tech and lived at home in Chelmsford.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (jvsmom)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:38:26 GMT

TJ Jackson

...but DNYC.....none of that is referred to in the thread......

Howdy Doody.

He was supposedly made of wood, which could be another sawdust connection (besides the filling).
I didn't know Howdy's was connected with Dunkin' Donuts, but now that I think about it, almost every Howdy's I knew of had a Dunks right next door. Makes sense.

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (TJ Jackson)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:04:44 GMT

...but DNYC.....none of that is referred to in the thread......

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (David_NYC)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:15:49 GMT

Well, I can see two references:
1. If the mascot was Howdy Doody, puppets are often filled with sawdust.
2. Some old timers in New York used to refer to Food Fillers such as the soya protein added to hamburger or rusk added to sausage as "sawdust."

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (TJ Jackson)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:15:06 GMT

NYPIzzaNut

Sawdust burgers...makes perfect sense!

I dont see any reference to Sawdust in this thread except for your comment

How exactly is sawdust relevant to this thread?

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (MikeCarno)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:09:50 GMT

I remember when I lived in Haverhill, Mass. they would go on sale 12 for a Dollar.

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (ellen4641)

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:18:21 GMT

tomcol

When I was first married I had a heart attck and we ate Howdy's hambugers because they were ten for a dollar.

So they were a good cure for your heart troubles then !!!

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (NYPIzzaNut)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:42:53 GMT

Sawdust burgers...makes perfect sense!

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (NYPIzzaNut)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:41:21 GMT

Howdy was their mascot?

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (markolenski)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:37:02 GMT

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (markolenski)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:32:31 GMT

Re:Howdy Beefburgers (MikeCarno)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:14:01 GMT

The building in Haverhill, Mass where the Howdy's was is still standing.

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (crisis_mid)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:14:39 GMT

as far as i know the howdys in quincy ma is a GINOs
taunton mass was a liquor store last i knew
there is a picture of brockton mass opening day at bill rosenberg at the univ of new hampshire also still standing a sub shop i think

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (tomcol)

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:54:14 GMT

Hi, I am looking for a picture of Howdies, started by the dunkin donuts folks. When I was first married I had a heart attck and we ate Howdy's hambugers because they were ten for a dollar. Hamburger helper and Howdy's were all we could do in those days, mid 70's. I can see the place in my eye's but would give anything for a picture anyone out there please help me as I am nearing 60 and who know's? Tom in RI ps my hoedy's was in warwick RI

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (tomcol)

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:49:24 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by boathook1

Hi to all hamburger lovers and historians.... Does anyone remember the chain of burger joints called "HOWDY BEEFBURGERS" ? They were in New England in the 50's and 60's .. An exact [or so they thought] copy of McDonalds... Menu, pricing, equipement layout, etc... Even had a large yellow lit sign out front... But it was more of an upside down arch...
P.S.
I'm always looking to buy rare obsolite china from burger joints... I pay well too...
Boathook1

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (crisis_mid)

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:04:42 GMT

i worked at howdys brockton,ma-west roxbury,ma-quincy,ma-worchester,ma. the BIG B was the sandwich thousand island was the sauce.early 70s some stores added roast beef sandwiches and fried chicken with steak fries.in 1968 i was the santa claus for the dunkin donut office party. used maxwell house coffee i beleive

this was fun to run into this site

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (grynch)

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:53:47 GMT

I dont know of any that are still standing... I think the one on rt. 135, Framingham is nothing but a parking lot now, and the one on rt. 9 is a D'Angelo's

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (Wistah)

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:57:35 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by grynch

there used to be a HOWDY on rt 135 in Framingham ( MA ) , and another out on Rt 9 if memory serves, but in the pre gas crisis muscle car days you had to park on the east side of the rt135 shop to be "cool".

Does anyone know if any of the old Howdy buildings are still standing and in use for other things? I am always interested in the architecture of older chain restaurants.

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (Kennino)

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:52:00 GMT

I used to go to Howdy's in Portland Maine. Still trying to figure out the nearest equivalent to the sauce on the Big B. Was it simply Thousand Island? Blew away the Big Mac.

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (grynch)

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:27:45 GMT

there used to be a HOWDY on rt 135 in Framingham ( MA ) , and another out on Rt 9 if memory serves, but in the pre gas crisis muscle car days you had to park on the east side of the rt135 shop to be "cool".

RE: Howdy Beefburgers (zacconejay)

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:39:26 GMT

Hi, my dad spent his life savings at the age of 23 to open that Howdy Beef Burgers in Nashua, NH. I wouold be particularly interested in theold white shirt with the patch. My mother just died and this would be a great surprise for my 70 year old father. Please respond

jay

quote:
Originally posted by justme123

hi
my husband worked at howdy beef burger in NH in the 1960's while in high school. we are cleaning out our keepsakes and found his old white shirt with a howdy patch on the sleeve. he remembers it to be his howdy beef burger uniform. i was going to put it on ebay, then i found your posting. any interest?