<P> Coordinates: 34 ° 09 ′ 09" N 118 ° 20 ′ 46" W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.15258 ° N 118.346154 ° W ﻿ / 34.15258; - 118.346154 </P> <P> Bob's Big Boy is a restaurant chain founded by Bob Wian in Southern California in 1936, originally named Bob's Pantry . It is now part of Big Boy Restaurants International, the current primary trademark owner and franchisor of the Big Boy system . As of September 2017, only five Bob's Big Boy Restaurants remain in operation, all in Southern California . Those five locations are in Burbank (Toluca Lake), Calimesa, Downey, Norco, and Northridge . </P> <P> Wian created the Big Boy hamburger less than a year after opening his original location by slicing a bun into three slices and adding two hamburger patties . </P>

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