Kara Knapp
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Detroit Dining Traditions Grow Big
- By Kara Knapp
- Published 08/16/2010
- Food and Drink
- Unrated
In the metropolitan Detroit area and throughout Michigan, we tend to take a chubby little guy in checkered pants for granted. The mascot for the Big Boy restaurant chain, with his shiny black pompadour and red suspenders, is a familiar icon as he stands sentinel outside more than 100 restaurants in the Great Lakes State. But beyond Michigan, Big Boy sightings aren't so common.
