# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2944
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58867 "2018-05-08T22:09:17Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58868 "2018-05-08T23:57:20Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58869 "2018-05-09T00:20:31Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew 8. Tintin ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58870 "2018-05-09T00:50:59Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew 8. Tintin 9. Trixie Belden ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58871 "2018-05-09T02:17:58Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew 8. Tintin 9. Trixie Belden 10. Lockwood & Co. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58872 "2018-05-09T02:48:34Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew 8. Tintin 9. Trixie Belden 10. Lockwood & Co. 11. The Happy Hollisters ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58873 "2018-05-09T13:48:32Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew 8. Tintin 9. Trixie Belden 10. Lockwood & Co. 11. The Happy Hollisters 12. Jigsaw Jones ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58874 "2018-05-09T14:18:17Z")
Famous kid detectives 1. Encyclopedia Brown 2. The Boxcar Children 3. Cam Jansen 4. The Three Investigators 5. Frank and Joe Hardy 6. Harriet the Spy 7. Nancy Drew 8. Tintin 9. Trixie Belden 10. Lockwood & Co. 11. The Happy Hollisters 12. Jigsaw Jones 13. Young Sherlock Holmes Next - defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58875 "2018-05-09T14:20:23Z")
Next - defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58876 "2018-05-09T14:30:43Z")
Next - defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58877 "2018-05-09T15:29:55Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Lum’s ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58878 "2018-05-09T15:31:07Z")
Next - defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Lum’s 5. Chi-Chi’s ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58879 "2018-05-09T15:32:17Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Chi-Chi’s 5. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58880 "2018-05-09T15:42:13Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Chi-Chi’s 5. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour 6. Pup ‘N’ Taco ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58881 "2018-05-09T15:59:36Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Chi-Chi’s 5. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour 6. Pup ‘N’ Taco 7. Sambo’s No longer a chain – the very first Sambo’s, in Santa Barbara, CA, is still open. All other locations have long been closed down. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58882 "2018-05-09T16:41:42Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Chi-Chi’s 5. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour 6. Pup ‘N’ Taco 7. Sambo’s 8. Lum’s ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58883 "2018-05-09T17:20:26Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Lum’s 5. Chi-Chi’s 6. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour 7. Pup ‘N’ Taco 8. Sambo’s 9. Lum’s Lum’s was actually no. 4 until the prof.'s post. I’m not deleting no. 9. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58884 "2018-05-09T17:36:05Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Lum’s 5. Chi-Chi’s 6. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour 7. Pup ‘N’ Taco 8. Sambo’s 9. Lum’s 10. Bennigan’s ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58885 "2018-05-09T18:26:54Z")
[Whoa, that’s odd. I’m usually better at catching being ninja’d than that. Sorry.] ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58886 "2018-05-09T18:38:13Z")
Defunct restaurant chains 1. Burger Chef 2. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 3. White Tower Hamburgers 4. Lum’s 5. Chi-Chi’s 6. Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour 7. Pup ‘N’ Taco 8. Sambo’s 9. Lum’s 10. Bennigan’s 11. Howard Johnson’s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2943) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2945)