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When the Hungries Hit...

Hit the RED BARN!

My family was involved in the Red Barn System from the beginning, so I accumulated a few items over the years, Enjoy!

If you have any RED BARN items that you think I might want, please e-mail me at: , lets talk.

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This page was last updated: May 11, 2008

The chain started in the early 60's in Dayton, OH by a man named Harry

Barmier, it was called The Red Barn System. It was sold in the late 60's to a

company called Servomation (food vending) and became Red Barn Restaurants Inc..

After many successful years, The Red Barn chain was sold again in the late 70s, this time to Motel 6. Motel 6 only wanted Servomation Corp., not the Red Barn chain. Over time with little or no advertising, leases ran out and the restaurants closed. In its 20+ year run, the Red Barn operated in 22 states, Canada and Australia.

This is the only web site dedicated to the Red Barn Fast Food Restaurant. Here you will find more then you ever wanted to know about the Red Barn!

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"My father was Red Barn's first employee, outside of the actual employees at the first restaurant. He was hired in 1962 by the three founders of the company-- Don Six, Jim Kirst and Martin Levine. (Harry Barmeier was a franchisee in Youngstown, and a cousin of Jim Kirst.) At the time, they only had one unit, which was in Springfield, Ohio, it was on US 40, as you entered the western edge of town. My father's name was Jack Lee, and he was in charge of selling franchises. And he sold 100's of those over the years. The fledgling chain was bought in 1963 by a company called Foodcraft Management, who also owned Culp's Cafeterias. They were located in Dayton, Ohio, where we lived for a year in 1963. The owner of Foodcraft was Richard Kearns, and he relocated the company to Fort Lauderdale in 1964. I was told that he and his wife Ginnie had fallen in love with Fort Lauderdale on their honeymoon, and that was the reason for the move. Then, sometime in the late 60's, Servomation bought the chain and my father was made president. In 1972, Servomation wanted to move the headquarters closer to most of the restaurants (Florida actually had very few Red Barns), and my dad chose McLean, Virginia. He remained president until 1976. At it's peak, I believe there were more than 300 restaurants, perhaps as many as 400". The Red Barn chain was sold again in the late 70s, this time to Motel 6. Motel 6 only wanted Servomation Corp., not the Red Barn chain. Over time with little or no advertising, leases ran out and the restaurants closed. In its 20+ year run, the Red Barn operated in 22 states, Canada and Australia.

Update 6/14/06: Recently I received e-mail from Mike Lee, the son of Jack Lee, Red Barn's first employee. Mike was kind enough to give a true account of the beginning of the Red Barn chain. Jack Lee was the man that introduced not only my family to the Red Barn chain, but hundreds of others. Thank you Mike, we all hope you will continue to update this site and help keep the memory alive for the thousands of us that truly miss this American classic. Below is a portion of the e-mail from Mike Lee, used with Mike's permission.

5/10/08 Hello folks, In the last 2 weeks our reunion buses from Cleveland and Minnesota have been cancelled due to bus rates more then tripling since the fall of last year.

The per person bus rate increase has put the bus fee out of reach for most of the 58 people planning on riding the bus to Bradford, and the rising fuel costs has caused a number of people to cancel their hotel reservations and reunion reservations. At this point we have no choice but to cancel the reunion until fuel costs and bus rates drop. All un-cashed checks have been mailed back today, delivery conformation. We would like to thank the unbelievable amount of people that planed on attending, and the many that were willing to fly across the country to attend.