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PERKINS CAKE AND STEAK
PERKINS CAKE AND STEAK. The Perkins chain was established in 1958, when Matt and Ivan Perkins opened Perkins Pancake House in Cincinnati, Ohio. Throughout the Sixties, the chain expanded as a franchise.
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"Perkins," Wikipedia
The 1980 through 2013 Dubuque City Directory listed 3500 Dodge. In 1985 or 1986 the name became Perkins.