News about Irv Robbins

In a survey naming the most popular US food chains, California's beloved West Coast-only burger joint fell short. In-n-Out Burger is the most popular restaurant in a hand full of West Coast states. The fast food restaurant was not as popular as it should be in a survey by YouGov, which featured 'animal-style' versions of the classic three-option menu. The survey ranked the most popular dining brands in the fourth quarter of 2023, and the findings were surprising. Although the famous California fast food chain didn't finish high on the charts, another California-born fast food chain came in first place for the most popular.

Baskin Robbins has been a fan favorite among ice cream enthusiasts for decades, but only recently are fans discovering a little-known flaw in the brand's fabled symbol. In the 1940s, Burt Baskin and his brother-in-law Irv Robbins both owned ice cream stores before merging them into Baskin Robbins in 1953. For the time, their shop had a limited variety of popular flavors, 31 in total, so that shoppers would try a new one every day of the month.