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Bickford's Restaurants and Cafeterias are a chain of eateries that has existed in various forms since 1921. From the 1920s through the 1970s the chain was a mainstay in the New York City area; from the 1970s through the 2000s the chain was primarily located in the New England area. Samuel Longley Bickford (1885–1959) began his restaurant career in 1902, and, in 1921, he established his quick-lunch Bickford's restaurant chain. In 1959, the company introduced the Bickford's Pancake House family restaurants. By 2012 the remaining locations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire were known as Bickford's Grille. As of 2016, four locations remain, all of them in Massachusetts, three of them, in Brockton, Burlington, and Woburn, named Bickford's Grille (sometimes shown without the apostrophe in advertising material) and one, in Acton, named Bickford's Family Restaurant. The company also owned Foster's Cafeterias, as well as restaurants operating under other names. Although very few Bickford's are left, the name—along with Foster's—lingers on in frequent mentions in notable American literature.
Bickford's may refer to:
- Bickford's Australia, a soft drink company originating in Adelaide, South Australia
- Bickford's (restaurant), a chain of restaurants originating in New York, United States of America