JACA RESTAURANTS

In 1947 Wayne Abshere began his restaurant venture in Arvin, CA after serving in World War II. He and his wife, Mary, and his best friend, Charley Barrett, decided to travel to California to start a new life. They just packed up one day and hit the road on their new adventure in Charley's car because Wayne did not have one at the time. They chose to open a hamburger stand which was a seven foot by fourteen foot trailer. Then in April of 1950 Wayne and Mary decided to return to Lawton, Ok and open a sit-down hamburger restaurant called Wayne's Burger Bar located at 201 ½ B Avenue. The burger bar was located behind Harry Poston's Service Station in the alley and was employed by Wayne and Mary... Wayne expanded the business with a location at 1011 Lee Blvd and also at 7 South Sheridan Road. He decided to sell his B Avenue location and his Lee Blvd location. The Lee location was sold to his lifelong friend, Charley Barrett, which was known as Charley's Drive Inn.

Also known as: JACA RESTAURANTS, LLC, Wayne's Drive Inn, Wayne's Drive Inn in Lawton, OK

Primary location: Lawton United States