From Our Survey: Bengal's #1 Most Mentioned Hangout in High School

Photo Courtsey Utah State Historical Society, taken at 1965 Grand Opening

Free comic books, free baby food, cheap hamburgers and shakes, and somehow everyone seemed to end up there: yes, it's JB's Big Boy! It wasn't all that close to Cottonwood Heights, but then nothing else was either. JB's was always busy on Fridays after games and on Saturday nights too. Sometimes it was full of Olympus cheerleaders, sometimes Hillcrest football players, and sometimes Granite or Murray High students got thrown in the mix. But always, it was a high school hangout at it's core.

Best known for its signature Big Boy burger, a three part sesame seed bun with two thin meat patties, cheese and the special Big Boy sauce (was this the inspration for the Big Mac?), we also loved their strawberry pie and hot fudge cake served with real hot fudge. Like so many other favorite places, it's gone now. Of course 33rd and 7th is still there but following successive remodels that turned JB's into some other kind of food service, restauranteurs just couldn't make a go it. For us it will always be JB's corner, always be Friday night and always have a place in our hearts.