NATIONAL CHEESEBURGER DAY
Americas favorite sandwich is honored on September 18th with a slice of cheese. Its National Cheeseburger Day!
There are many theories to the beginning of the cheeseburger dating back to the 1920s. One story suggests that Lionel Sternberger is reputed to have invented the cheeseburger in 1926 while working at his fathers Pasadena, California sandwich shop, The Rite Spot. During an experiment, he dropped a slice of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger.
There are other claims of the invention of the cheeseburger:
A cheeseburger appeared on a 1928 menu at ODells, a Los Angeles restaurant, which listed a cheeseburger, smothered with chili, for 25 cents.
Kaelins Restaurant Louisville, Kentucky says it invented the cheeseburger in 1934.
Denver, Colorado 1935 A trademark for the name cheeseburger was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In.
According to its archives, Gus Belt, founder of Steak n Shake, applied for a trademark on the word cheeseburger in the 1930s.
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