Monday, April 16, 2007

How It All Began ....

Welcome..... My interest in the former Biff-Burger drive-in began during my childhood when I frequently visited the Biff-Burger located in Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania. 

Sadly, this location closed after 35 years of service and was torn down in 2001. As a tribute, I created and continue to manage a website to document and preserve the history of the former Biff-Burger chain (National Biff-Burger System), for all to enjoy and reminisce. 

When I started this blog back in 2007, only two Biff-Burger locations still existed.... The 3939 49th Street North location in St. Petersburg, Florida which still uses the same name and has many of the original "classic" biff-burger architectural features and a second location, re-named to Beef-Burger during the 1980s, however is still referred to as biff-burger by the locals, is located at 1040 West Lee Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

Unfortunately Ralph Havis, owner of the former Beef Burger in Greensboro, NC died and the place was sold off and the St. Petersburg, FL location closed. So, Biff-Burger is all but a memory now. (Updated - August 2023)

Please feel free to share your experiences and stories of a former Biff-Burger location. 

Christopher "Orange Bird" Catherman 
Biff-Burger Fan and Historian