Timeline:
1921- Wichita, Kansas – Walter Anderson creates the very first documented hamburger for his restaurant, White Castle.
1948 – Two brothers, Richard & Maurice McDonald, open a hamburger stand called McDonald’s Famous Hamburgers.
1957 - The Whopper is born giving the Big Mac a run for its money.
1970 – McDonalds introduces the Happy Meal – puts the fun in fast food.
1984 - Clara Peller asks “Where’s the Beef?’
2007 - As the economy declines, more and more upscale restaurants begin introducing high-end hamburgers onto their menus. Some of the most delicious hamburgers ever made are born.
2009 – Hamburger Disco takes the hamburger to a whole new level.
What is Hamburger Disco?
Hamburger Disco exists to celebrate the hamburger. It is the fusion of everything that makes up company owners Matt, Jay and Rumell. Each design represents the trio in one way or another – whether they showcase Matt’s taste of saturday morning cartoons & breakfast cereals, Jay’s sneaker fetish, or Rumell’s love for classic hip hop.
How did it start?
“It all started with a trip to Japan…” recalls creator Matt Linsangan. While on vacation in Japan, Matt realized that North America didn’t celebrate hamburger couture as much as it should. “Capsule toys, pencils, candy, beach balls, CD Cases, stationary, street art – it seemed like there were hamburgers on everything in Japan. How could we as North Americans – the founders of the hamburger – not represent?” continues Matt. Hamburger Disco was founded shortly after.
(Japan's re-imagining of Ronald McDonald)
Friends – Hamburger Disco would like to thank:
Mark Montgomery, DJ Dash, IAMTHETREND, T-Shirts Around the Internet, Tcritic, PureButtons.com, Cottonable, HIDEYOURARMS, Emptees, Teezine
