[5] In Lansing, Michigan, the Weston family has owned and operated the Kewpee's restaurant since it opened in 1923.

[4] Kewpee's early plans under Blair and Adams seemed to stay out of major cities.

Blair died in 1945 and licensees continued to lease their locations and paid royalties for use of the Kewpee name from Adams.

[1] In 1963, the Grand Rapids licensee locations were sold and separated from Kewpee as Mr.

Thomas used to love eating at a Kewpee restaurant, which stood at Burdick and South.

Kewpee's sold square hamburgers and thick malt shakes, much like the famous restaurant that Thomas eventually founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1969.

[2][17] In January 2010, Kewpee was named to the National Restaurant News 50: All-American Icons list,[18] and the Lima City Council passed a resolution congratulating the company.

[21][22] Their advertising slogan is: Hamburg pickle on top, makes your heart go flippity-flop!