Jack-In-The-Box (Jack In The Box) - Various MI

Update 3/13/2025: Thanks once again to Bobby Peacock who put together a list of Jack-In-The-Box outlets. Most of the structures were on the street views although many have been torn down. The chain started advertising in 1969 by Ralston Purina to set up in Michigan and by 1980 they had pulled out. It is my understanding as of 2025 they intend to return to the Michigan market as they are still operating in other states.

This is just a starting point for this entry as it is going to require lots of research. I frequented a Jack-In-The-Box in Farmington as a teenager. It was just off of the Orchard Lake Rd exit of I-696 near 12 mile, pretty close to where a Wendy's sits now. It is long gone as are all of the Michigan-based locations. They are still going in other areas of the country, I have been to quite a few in California for example.

The locations I know about so far are:

1. Dearborn - 23440 Michigan Ave - Became Tubby's 1982
2. Dearborn Heights - 25827 W Warren Ave - Later Wine Villa, then Frank's Liquor, now vacant
3. Detroit - 20040 Plymouth Rd - Later Wuv's, then Tubby's, now Olympia Coney Island
4. Detroit - 2901 Woodward Ave - Later Manhattan Family Restaurant, then Mall's Coney Island; torn down ca 1990, site vacant
5. Detroit - 4110 E 8 Mile Rd - Later Wuv's, then Tubby's, torn down for BP (later Citgo, now Fuel Zone) station which is 4100
6. Detroit - 2600 Mack Ave - Later Jack's Coney Island, torn down, site vacant
7. Detroit - 7911 Mack Ave - Closed between 1972-76, later Manhattan Family Restaurant (1976 listing); torn down, site vacant
8. Detroit - 5270 Grand River Ave - Later Oscar's Coney Island; torn down ca 2013, site vacant
9. Detroit - 20601 E 8 Mile Rd - Now T&J Coney Island
10. Farmington Hills - 27600 Orchard Lake Rd - Torn down for now-closed Steak & Ale which is 27590
11. Grosse Pointe Woods - 20599 Mack Ave - Later several other banks, then Bank of America, torn down ca 2015 for Medpost Urgent Care
12. Madison Heights - 12 E 14 Mile Rd - Later Wuv's, then Tubby's, now a T-Mobile dealer
13. Monroe - 917 S Monroe St - Later Wuv's, then Tubby's, then a doctor's office, torn down for parking lot
14. Pontiac - 1085 N Perry St - Later Wuv's, torn down for parking lot
15. Roseville - 30991 Utica Rd - Later Sliders Hamburger Stand, then Ricky's Dairy Bar (1985 listing), then Royal Thai (1992 listing), Torn down for strip mall with China King (which is a 13 Mile Rd address)
16. Roseville - 18657 E 10 Mile Rd - Later Wuv's, then Doctors Pharmacy, torn down for Family Video (which is 18645)
17. Romulus - 9899 Wayne Rd - Later RJ Party Store, now vacant
18. Royal Oak - 3360 N Woodward Ave - Apparently renumbered to 3215 W 13 Mile Rd, which was later Church's Chicken, then Subway, then Royal Oak Coney Island, Torn down late 1990s? for CVS/pharmacy
19. Southfield - 26939 Greenfield Rd - Torn down 1980s? for Midas Muffler
20. Southgate - 13680 Pennsylvania Ave - Opened 1970 Later Tubby's from 1983-2004, then Wireless Giant (2004 listing), Later Metro PCS, became Checkers ca August 2015; closed and became Lefty's Cheesesteak 2020
21. Southgate - 11205 Allen Rd - Opened 1970 Later Kelly's Coney Island, then Famous Coney Island, now JOA Sushi
22. Taylor - 21255 Eureka Rd - Torn down for parking lot of adjacent bank (now a Sprint dealer)
23. Taylor - 8150 Telegraph Rd - Now Thrifty Florist
24. Warren - 29010 Schoenherr Rd - Now Thrifty Florist
25. Warren - 30700 Hoover Rd - Later Warren Coney Grill, torn down before 1999 for parking lot of nearby strip
26. Warren - 27400 Van Dyke Ave - Became Arby's ca 1980
27. Westland - 34410 Ford Rd - Later Silverman's, now Wireless Vision

This is going to be challenging as I am finding next to nothing in the newspaper or yearbook archives. They didn't advertise much in either one. The early ads indicate they had an office in Southgate at 15331 Goddard Rd which is now a radiator service shop.