JB's Restaurants

[2][note 1] In 1963, the holding company was renamed JB's Big Boy Family Restaurants, Inc.

The company became public in July 1971 and its stock quickly sold out at its first offering.

The parties settled, JB's paying $7 million in exchange for additional territory, including central and northern California, and Oregon, where (as in Washington, Nevada and Arizona) it operated as Bob's Big Boy; JB's also purchased 29 existing Bob's Big Boy restaurants from Marriott.

[8] In 1984, JB's purchased 16 restaurants from the Salem, Oregon-based VIP's chain.

[11] In March 2000, Santa Barbara Restaurant Group sold JB's Family Restaurants to a group led by Lynn Whiteford, the chief operating officer for JB's.

[17] In 2019, JB's Family Restaurants again declared bankruptcy, leading to the closure of its last remaining Galaxy Diner in Flagstaff, Arizona.