Ask Geoffrey: What Happened to Chicago Burger Chain Wimpy’s?
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Geoffrey Baer serves up some hamburger history in this encore edition of “Ask Geoffrey.”
A viewer wonders what became of a Chicago burger chain that borrowed its name from a cartoon moocher. Geoffrey Baer dishes on that story and serve up some more hamburger history in this encore edition of Ask Geoffrey.
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Ask Geoffrey: What Happened to Chicago Burger Chain Wimpy’s?
Clip: 4/12/2017 | 8m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
A viewer wonders what became of a Chicago burger chain that borrowed its name from a cartoon moocher. Geoffrey Baer dishes on that story and serve up some more hamburger history in this encore edition of Ask Geoffrey.
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