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Submitted by Robby (not verified) on Sat, 6/25/2011 - 2:00am
The earliest Hardees looked like a McDonalds without the arches.About 1963 they switched to a zig-zag roof on a round building with a point in the center.The next buildings were also round and pointed with a wave pagoda roof like the Durham one.The Guess Rd Hardees had a sideways A-frame roof because it was built as a Chip's hamburgers.Most Chip's in the south became Hardees about 1966. Robby
Submitted by Raphael (not verified) on Sun, 1/26/2014 - 8:12pm
I remember this Hardees, as well as the Forest Hills Park just west of here. I worked a summer job at the Eckerd Drug Store in the Forest Hills Shopping Center (actually a strip mall) across the street, summer of '65. Sometimes would go swimming at the pool at Forest Hills Park.
Submitted by Todd (not verified) on Sat, 6/25/2011 - 2:00am
I remember many picnic lunches during the late 1960's and early 1970's that featured Hardees food. My mother and father would order up a sack full of hamburgers and french fries for my brothers and sister and me. We would pull onto the lawn under the old oak trees at Forest Hills Park; fold down the tailgate of the Pontiac station wagon and enjoy a family meal. We continued the tradition even after the new Hardees opened on Chapel Hill Boulevard. I still do this with my daughter once or twice a year today. You may be able to gather information/photos from: Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc. P.O.Box 1908 1021 Noell Lane (27804) Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1908 P (252) 937-2000
Submitted by Renee (not verified) on Sat, 6/25/2011 - 2:00am
Awww, I'd forgotten about that building. When I was a kid, I called it the space burger place. (I don't know why; I guess it reminded me of the Jetsons or something.) Those are some truly ugly new buildings they've plopped down there. All the character of a cardboard box.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 6/25/2011 - 2:00am
I remember going there in 1964 and after when I was in high school. Hardee's was founded in 1960 but didn't become a chain until 61 so 63-64 is about the earliest it could have been. The little pointy roof buildings were the first design for buildings. I really loved that place.
Submitted by Robby (not verified) on Sat, 6/25/2011 - 2:00am
The Hardees opened about 1964-5 and closed in the mid-late 1970s when the new location was built on Chapel Hill Blvd.this was Durham's first Hardees. Robby
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 6/26/2011 - 2:00am
Someone else remembered Chips burgers. TB
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 6/28/2011 - 2:00am
Having grown up on Forest Road, I remember the Chips hamburger place on Guess Road before it was a Hardees. Chips would give out small toys to the kids. The one I remember specifically was a small, green frog shaped metal toy that clacked when you pressed it. Jim Webster
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 7/4/2011 - 2:00am
When I was very young my family would visit that Hardee's on occasion. I can remember sitting at a picnic table behind the restaurant. The building made a huge impression on me, I thought it was the coolest place. 44 years later, I remember it vividly.
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