Carl's Jr. is a restaurant chain created by Carl N. Karcher in the 1940s in Los Angeles, California named so because they were spinoffs of the original Carl's drive-in. Until 1979, Carl's Jr. remained very much a Southern California thing when it opened its first Las Vegas. Today, there are Carl's Jr.'s in California, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
Some of their more famous menu items include: