How old am I? I'm so old, I remember 15-cent hamburgers at one of these joints.
Yes, the 15-cent hamburgers at Carrols were wretchedly small, on a plain bun, and without cheese. IIRC you added your toppings yourself. Our local Carrols was about 2 blocks from our High School, and was the first "food" place you ran into when walking home from school in that direction. So guess who was their target audience?
They relied heavily on teenage employees, who of course had to wear a Carrols uniform and a stupid-looking paper hat. But you'd best not laugh at them openly, or they'd spit in your milkshake while making it.
Wikipedia says the chain was eventually bought out by Burger King, who in turn sold the name to a Finnish group, who in turn just recently relegated the name to oblivion. Thus, another small bit of Americana is buried without a trace.
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