Dave Barham (June 13, 1913 – March 25, 1991) was an American business entrepreneur who founded the fast-food chain,

Hot Dog on a Stick Hot Dog on a Stick is a fast food company that was founded by Dave Barham in Santa Monica, California, in 1946, and later branched out into malls and shopping centers. In 2014, the company was purchased by Global Franchise Group (the strateg ...

. Barham is also credited with being the originator of the stick in the

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Early years

Born in

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, Barham lived his youth on a farm. He traveled frequently to nearby mid-western cities such as

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and

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. In these two large cities, he was exposed to big city atmosphere. Barham's favorite snacks were the

s. He figured out that, while other foods such as

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s and

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s had chain restaurants, corn dogs did not.

Hot Dog on a Stick

He set on an enterprise to create a hot dog restaurant. Soon after, the first Hot Dog on a Stick was opened in 1946 by

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. The first restaurant ever in a mall was a

franchise in Murray, Utah. Barham was able to convince the mall owner in 1972 to rent him the space for the restaurant. The restaurant flourished and had franchises across the United States. By the 1980s, Barham was a common guest speakers at businessmen meetings. The restaurant chain he created is now arguably more famous for their

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s. Employees wear bright

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and

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uniforms, and can sometimes be spotted mashing lemons by hand to make the restaurant's lemonade. Barham died in 1991 from cancer and left the Hot Dog on a Stick franchise to his employees, making it the nation's only 100 percent employee owned and operated fast food restaurant chain.Hot Dog on a Stick looks at Valley expansion , Arizona Business, personal finance, technology news for East Valley and Phoenix , eastvalleytribune.com
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Early years

Hot Dog on a Stick

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