Edward Warren Belcher - Founder of the 7-11 Ranch Restaurant
In 1933 Edward Warren (E.W.) Belcher sold a cow and bought a hot dog stand on South Vernal Avenue. Warren bribed George Ramsey with a jug of whisky to borrow the city's cat and moved the stand in the middle of the night to East Main Street. The restaurant was ran as The Grub Box until 1949 when their new building was constructed and re-named the 7-11 Ranch Restaurant.
About Warren
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Edward Warren Belcher was born on December 23, 1907. Warren Married the love of his life, Daisy Lux Belcher, on January 17, 1928. They were later sealed for all eternity in the Salt Lake City, LDS Temple on March 10, 1965. Warren and Daisy were the parents of seven children: Adoree McCarrel, Bonnie Howard, Patsy Bynum, Lana Riddle, Dixie Sperry, and twins Connie Pope and Curg Belcher.
The Menu - The Original Social Media:
The only reason I am alive today is that I eat at the 7-11 Cafe
In a poem found on the back of the original menu, Warren tells his customers how life is without holding back. In a world full of PC rules and social media, it is fun to look back to the 1930's and read his words:
"All my life I've been bawled out, balled up, and held down; bulldozed, blackjacked, walked on, cheated, squeezed, and mooched; stuck for war tax and sin tax, Liberty Bonds, Baby Bonds and matrimony, Red Cross, Green Cross, and doublecross; asked to help the Society of John the Baptist, G. A. R. Women's Relief Corps. Men's Relief, and stomach relief. I've worked hard, lost all I had and part of my furniture; and because I won't spend or lend all or little I earn, and go beg, borrow, or steal. I've been cussed, discussed, boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied to, lied about, held up, robbed, and damn near ruined; and the only reason I am alive today is that I eat at the 7-11 Cafe!"
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