A Carrols restaurant in Syracuse in the 1960s. The Syracuse-based company later became the largest Burger King franchisee in the country.File photo
Syracuse, N.Y. — Sixty-four years ago, Herbert Slotnick decided to break out on his own after helping his father expand his chain of Central New York movie theaters and drive-ins.
After hearing a presentation on a new fast-food chain named McDonald’s during a business trip to Chicago, the World War II combat veteran applied for a franchise with the company but was rejected.
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