big john steak & onion type private industry fast food restaurants 1 founded 1963 1973 founder john e. klobucar headquarters mt. morris township mi 1 usa number of locations 16 area served central michigan key people john d. klobucar 1 products submarine sandwiches number of employees 75 1 website big johns steak & onion.net big john steak & onion aka steak and onion 2 and formerly slick chick inc. is a regional sub sandwich chain . 1 the name came from a nickname that the founder john e. klobucar had received from his friends . the chain is considered a restaurant icon of the flint area . 3 history edit john e. klobucar opened the first kentucky fried chicken in 1963 flint michigan the first outside of the detroit area . 3 4 he incorporated his business on august 16 1967 as slick chick inc. 5 a decade later in 1973 klobucar started big john steak and onion 3 4 the first restaurant to serve submarine sandwiches in the flint area . 3 on september 16 1975 slick chick changed its name to big john steak & onion inc. 6 klobucar later opened a kfc in owosso but sold the flint location . the restaurant grew into a chain of 15 stores across mid michigan . 3 references edit a b c d e big john steak & onion incorporated . manta.com . manta media inc. retrieved august 16 2013 . assumed names steak and onion . state of michigan . retrieved august 16 2013 . a b c d e confer karen may 12 2011 . founder of flint restaurant big john steak and onion dies . the flint journal . retrieved 7 june 2011 . a b hillaker allison 2011 05 13 . the founder of big johns steak and onion has died . nbc25 . retrieved 7 june 2011 . articles of incorporation of slick chick inc. state of michigan . retrieved august 16 2013 . certificate of amendment to the articles of incorporation of slick chick inc. state of michigan . retrieved august 16 2013 . external links edit big johns steak & onion.net retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title big john steak % 26 onion & oldid 711754711 categories fast food chains of the united statesregional restaurant chains in the united stateseconomy of flint michiganrestaurants in michigansubmarine sandwich restaurantsrestaurants established in 1973 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 march 2016 at 17 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view